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Chapter 237 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Ismael

When the gateway opened, I allowed myself to blink for the first time in a week. All of the trouble over basically the last decade was worth it just to see what I saw. Even if whatever is behind that gateway is truly a world for dragons or just a way to capture me. I can count on one hand the number of times something truly good has happened to me, but I’m willing to roll the dice on this one.

I was still quite mesmerized by this gateway as a...

Chapter 236 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Rafe

I watched as the gateway expanded section by section, getting near the maximum size the hiding device allowed. I was tired, like most everyone else here. It had been quite a tiresome ordeal to get this built without anyone knowing about it.

I was the main transporter of materials since I could go deep underwater and make my body excel at stealth. The worst thing was that most of the materials needed refining, and the quality we needed meant a rid...

Chapter 235 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Dungeon Core

I have not been enjoying the last year or two, and I will not be enjoying the next four. All the distractions inside my dungeon help, but keeping myself about 90% full of mana so when I need to, I can advance at a moment’s notice is not pleasant. What isn't helping is that the 50th floor is done, and so are the dungeon rooms, just waiting for me to open them up.

I think this is what anxiety feels like, but I’m not entirely sure. Anywa...

Chapter 234 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Meriswyn

I looked upon the great entrance to the dungeon called Eternal Training Ground. It looked like something made for a giant, as the pillars were so large and the entrance so tall. The number of people here was staggering, and my skills were having a hard time categorizing everyone, but I was still capable of this volume of information gathering.

So this is the place my mistress is interested in. While it seems like the world is going to tear it...

Chapter 7 The Way Of Fire

I slept nearly for a day, but I felt a lot better now. It was time to go and do some paperwork so I could get some free lessons. When I pulled the chair away and lifted the bar, I realized that I didn’t have to unlock my door—it was already unlocked.

"Well, that’s mildly concerning," Now I’m glad that I always remember to put the bar down and a chair in front of the door. Unfortunately, I couldn’t do the same when I left my room, but I didn’t leave anything behi...

Chapter 6 The Way Of Fire

Our journey continued; it was more subdued after that. The person who was taken was just like me, another hopeful adventurer who wanted to become someone. Fortunately, I was pretty sure that the talon that was through his body killed him before he had to suffer too much.

For the next four days it was hard for me to sleep as I kept replaying that scene. It easily could have been me. What I needed was a library so I could focus on something else. Finally, we reached out of th...

Chapter 5 The Way Of Fire

I was a bit sad to know that this would probably be one of the last trains I will ever ride, unless I come back to rank zero worlds. It a classification meant for places like my home and the place I am currently traveling to, including the world where I leveled. Rank zero worlds were classified as places where there was nothing more dangerous than regular animals, although they could still get pretty dangerous in some worlds.

Rank one worlds were where monsters started appe...

Chapter 233 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Falcon

I watched another group come out of the floor guardian's room. They went in with 15 and came out with 14. Looks like they lost their tank. So that charge is more of a problem than I thought. Still, I think my strategy has to be the same as I use with every charging monster. It’s unfortunate that it’s so nerve-wracking, but if I pull it off, I think no one can beat my record for the fastest floor guardian clear on this floor.

There were many...

Chapter 232 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Falcon

I stepped out of the gateway and moved to the side to get out of the way. I had finally reached it—I was finally able to see End's Rest. It wasn't anything special, although there were a lot more people and market stalls than I imagined, but that made sense. All of this would get a lot quieter as soon as the markets moved on to the next floor.

It took me a while, and while the front lines were already pushing into the 48th floor, End's Rest w...

Chapter 231 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Ace

“The situation in the dungeon is getting worse, and there are enough morons who keep trying our defenses. We simply don’t have enough people to keep all of the recommended path protected,” one of my advisors explained. Another one took over right afterwards, basically saying the same thing in a slightly different way.

Just two months ago, the 48th floor was opened up, and the Big Three, along with the clans and other reasonable guilds who we...

Chapter 4 The Way Of Fire

I was in my room in a meditation pose, sitting on the floor with my mind focused on my heart crystal. The ten rings continued to compress inwards, starting to form a pattern around my heart crystal. This was a crucial phase, and for the next few hours, I monitored it to make sure that I was going to get the right pattern.

There are three possible patterns, at least ones I knew of; perhaps there were others, but that didn't matter now—it was too late to seek new knowledge....

Chapter 230 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Dungeon Core

The 49th floor was done. Unfortunately, the gateway device meant to hide the gate's activations was still far from being completed. It's just incredibly difficult to move such valuable materials quickly into one of the most secure and monitored areas on the planet. I helped as much as I could, but the small portal and its hiding device were close to being burned out, so I couldn’t send any more materials through.

Ismael was excited when...

Chapter 3 The Way Of Fire

Today was my free day, and I was spending it in bed relaxing. It was weird to see my room so empty, as during the past two weeks there were at least a few books in my room at all times. Concentrating so much on this project helped me deal with missing my family. While I still miss them, it's starting to get a little bit better.

I've also started to get used to not knowing the weather, which is good news as it was messing with my mind, making me a bit more sluggish. Tomorrow...

Chapter 229 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Edmund

I felt how the wind shifted and changed. All of this felt so real, even the sky above, but it wasn't. How this dungeon managed to make such a small area feel so real and big, I had no idea, but from what I could tell, it was getting constantly better at mimicking real environments. Currently, I was sitting on a small cliffside overlooking almost the entire hideout that we had just recently gotten.

Almost all of us were now here, building up hom...

Chapter 2 The Way Of Fire

When I finally woke up, I was pretty sure that a lot of time had passed, but thankfully I had the three-day grace period to get myself situated in this place. First thing I did was get a shower and go to the bathroom, and I was surprised to not find wooden floors in the bathroom but instead ceramic tiles. I think I prefer them over wood.

When I made it to the large entrance hall of the dorm, I figured out that I had slept for close to 17 hours, but I had a lot of work to do...

Chapter 1 The Way Of Fire

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Synopsis of The Way Of Fire

Mark Farron is a boy who grew up on a small farm in a small world. He has always been dedicated and pragmatic so when he learned in school about the wider world about adventurers and about the powers everyone will get, he started planning.

This story follows Mark Farron's journey as he travels the many worlds big and small filled with danger and opportunity in this universe inspired by Isometric Hack-and-Slash Loot-Centric Action Role-...

Chapter 228 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Dungeon Core

It feels like every day I simply get busier and busier. It’s also not the good kind of busy where you do what you enjoy. Instead, I feel like a huge portion of me is constantly working on projects to keep me alive. It would be nice to just get to do things my way and not have to worry about them condemning me to death.

This overall situation has helped me understand my creatures and their lives a bit better. For a lot of them, this is t...

Chapter 227 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Dungeon Core

“217,000 kilometers in length, 185,000 kilometers in width, and 14.9 kilometers in height of the oval-shaped floor. That’s the size of the floor, and it’s currently still empty. A little bit of that space will go to the area I call dungeon rooms, which adventurers think is my entire floor size. So, the playroom’s size, where your race will inhabit, is huge. I believe it will be plenty of space,” I communicated to Ismael after he asked how much spa...

Chapter 226 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Ismael

I watched as Rafe excused himself. He was still only wearing pants after his transformation, and I could appreciate what I could see. I wonder if he did that on purpose to distract me, but that didn’t matter anymore. People on the ship were already moving, which was damn impressive, especially after I lost control for that moment.

I won’t blame myself for that moment; at least no one got killed. But all of this still sounds too fantastic—...

Chapter 225 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Rafe

So hard to keep my thoughts in order. It was some of the dragon senses in my body that wanted me to bow down to this powerful dragon. There’s no point in staying in my current form; there’s no way I could do anything to him, no matter what form I’m in. So I changed, having to throw off some of my mass, but when I was in human form, those senses were no longer screaming at me to obey.

I watched as the huge dragon shrank in size, and soon, a ...

Chapter 224 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Enn

We were docked at a small island that had a natural harbor that could actually handle a ship of this size. It's been close to 8 months since we caught the first nesting dragon, and since then, we have caught many others. Our holds were close to being full, so it will soon be time for us to return.

I looked towards the cliff edge that was on this island and saw Rafe, still in his dragon form, resting from the journey we had. He looked more like a d...

Chapter 223 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Rafe

"We are about to take to the sky, and after that, it won’t take long before we reach our first target," I heard Enn say from behind me. I was meditating and at the same time converting energy into mass so I could become a bigger creature, which will help me fight against the dragon.

I stopped my inner process and opened my eyes to see the sea in front of me. It should be covered in darkness, but this ship allowed us to see quite far out. The wa...

Chapter 222 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

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Yesterday I titled the chapter wrong so if you thought I didn't post a dungeon core chapter yesterday please read chapter 221 before this one.

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Pov Enn

I watched as he finished eating quite fast and then started following me through the city towards the port. We were no longer using the secret language and just talking about nothing specific.

I don’t think he noticed how people seemed to keep their eyes on him, though they wer...

Chapter 221 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Rafe

For the first time in quite a while, I was able to reach up and take a breath of air. The underwater world was amazing, but the sunlight on my face as I continued to walk up the beach—and more importantly, the fresh air—was so good.

I might be able to turn myself into any creature and make myself completely comfortable under the sea, but I was still a creature of the land, and it just felt right being able to breathe air.

A...

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It was surprisingly hard for me to write the THE END at the bottom of homesteading. It was my first proper story and it has plenty of mistakes that I have learned from, but it's still special to me with all its faults. This is...

Chapter 417 Homesteading in a fantasy world, Fin

His full attention was scary, but was he actually drooling right now? Anyway, he just helped make my point. “I’m sorry, but I think you messed up right now. You should really learn to handle your desires—you shouldn’t let your abilities take control of you.” He looked a bit confused at that, and then I pointed towards his own army.

When he looked towards it, he was hit by a powerful spell that actually managed to damage him. I don’t know how long it had been sin...

Chapter 416 Homesteading in a fantasy world

It took me a week to stabilize the entire war front, and we were already pushing in a few places well enough that the only thing the enemy could do was retreat.

My body was in constant pain, but I wasn’t hurting it faster than I could heal. Every so often, healers came to help me, which made this more bearable. In a month, we were winning on all fronts, except whenever elites got involved. Fortunately, we had good movement capabilities for our elites, making it impossible...

Chapter 415 Homesteading in a fantasy world

Our destination was a specially built facility—or more exactly, a huge fortress—with only one purpose: to help end this war. Right now, it was the main command center for our alliance, with many of the representative nations and organizations coordinating their efforts from one place.

Usually, I wouldn’t want everything to be in one place, but it was needed, as this wasn’t Earth, and here there were abilities and skills that could be used to boost not just a few, bu...

Chapter 414 Homesteading in a fantasy world

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It will be over in a few chapters this is the best I could do.

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It took time, a lot of time, but eventually, the meeting was over, and our plan of action was completed. What I disliked the most was how little I was going to be involved, at least at the start. It was necessary, otherwise, we would be revealing our strategy too early, and that would be disastrous. Everyone was preparing for a long war, but I had some other ideas, which I had to keep secret from many....

Chapter 220 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

It was finally time to get rid of the water-making crystals. They were attached under the floor of the dungeon rooms and on the ceiling of the playroom. They were massive, but they had too much potential to be left in this playroom, as they could mess up the ecosystem. So, I dissolved them, taking back the mana it took to make them. Below them was the huge ocean, my biggest water area to date.

The floor itself was almost 189,000 kilometers in length, 160,000 kilometers in w...