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Chapter 412 Homesteading in a fantasy world

Pov Rich Dirt

The sun was just rising. It was an auspicious day for my birthday. Looking over the surroundings from a large stone pile meant for the future fort made me feel amazing.

It has been a long journey to get here, but finally, we will be building our own fort. It will be a massive one, as the stone pile I was on, meant for this build, is already taller than five stories, and we have multiple ones.

From this far up, I could see ...

Chapter 411 Homesteading in a fantasy world

As I was holding this card of mine, I felt like this was a pivotal moment. This has set me on a path that I cannot escape from. I felt so very weak at this moment. Slowly, I walked away from the dead body that was next to me until I reached a tree that I sat next to. It was a sturdy tree that helped support my back.

As time started to pass, my mind came up with scenarios and disregarded them until I was as certain as I could possibly be about what was in front of me. While ...

Chapter 136 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Ace

It has been a long time since I’ve been so nervous. I walked onto the roof, followed by my guards, to see the newly built airship dock. My advisors had wanted this sort of dock built a long time ago so we could welcome important guests in a proper manner. I hadn’t cared much before this, but now they have their special dock.

The ship slowly approaching was impressive, but I could see the person that was important enough for me to actually make...

Chapter 410 Homesteading in a fantasy world

So I wouldn’t lose my initiative, I didn’t stop with just one step; instead, I accelerated so I would have more movement speed. What I didn’t do was use my movement ability to get close to any of them. Instead, I let go of my sword with my left hand so I could produce and throw multiple throwing knives.

Most of these I could only empower a little bit as they didn’t stay connected to me long, but one was special. That ranger wasn’t the only one who could hide their...

Chapter 135 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Caspian

"Where are we?" I asked, no one in particular. My mind was still catching up with the fact that we almost died. However, I didn’t let my guard down. This place smelled different, even felt different than the dungeon rooms I was used to. I couldn’t put my finger on it, but at least we were safe for the moment.

My concentration was, however, broken when Ziiipe held out the necklace towards Carl. "I can barely hold it together," she said, and...

Chapter 134 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Carl

I did not know if I was grateful or annoyed that this way station was so hilly. It helped hide us as we ran but also made it difficult to anticipate when someone would pop up behind a hill and start attacking us.

Ziiipe was somewhat able to locate groups of people who were hostile. The problem was we didn’t have much experience fighting in such battles against other adventurers, especially her.

"There are at least five groups...

Chapter 409 Homesteading in a fantasy world

"Report," I said in a commanding voice, which made all the people except for Kodgrid straighten up.

"We left this morning on a mission to exterminate some quest beasts. About 30 minutes ago, we felt that someone might be following us. At first, we thought it was a beast stalking us, but it didn’t feel right. As commanded, we set up this camp if we were to feel that something was off and then break the stick."

So, I think I was correct; these people were...

Chapter 408 Homesteading in a fantasy world

We made it back to the capital. I still didn’t need sleep, but Goose desperately did, so he headed to his roost that was built specifically for him.

My mind was still mostly occupied by the new discoveries I made. It seems that my trouble sensing ability really helped us here. Thanks to it we were able to figure out about the Undead Kingdom without them finding out about us.

When I reached near my office, the secretary who was currently working stood up...

Chapter 133 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Carl

We were a bit early to this current raid, but I wouldn’t mind waiting for a little bit. Anna and I were currently waiting away from the gathering point so Tristan and Ziiipe could join us.

“What should we name the next one?” Anna asked me, and I purposely looked into the distance. “You aren't even pregnant yet.” She punched me in my arm.

“It's rude to talk to me while not looking at me,” I took a few deep breaths ...

Chapter 407 Homesteading in a fantasy world

Goose was truly fast when he didn't have to carry extra weight. He couldn’t keep up this speed for long, but currently, I was supplying him with energy so we could keep going longer.

He was enjoying every moment of it, and so was I. I did not know how fast we were going, but Goose wasn’t using his wings any longer and was only using wind manipulation to keep himself going at this ludicrous speed.

Eventually, we did slow down as we could not risk Goose...

Chapter 132 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Caspian

Damn, moving was getting difficult. We basically ran out of food a month ago and have only been eating the tiny amount we have left when it truly gets too bad. If it wasn't for Sandy's magic, we would not have survived; her restoration magic was simply on a different level. However, one of her weakest spells has been keeping us alive for months now.

I never expected basic water creation to be so crucial. Our gold-rank bodies could survive long...

Chapter 406 Homesteading in a fantasy world

When I was back in the capital, I was surprised that no one started to lecture me about my bad decision-making. There was, however, a special meeting, but yet again, it wasn't to question my actions; instead, it was for me to be able to properly give a report on what happened.

It was a surprisingly long meeting, mostly because during the fight, I learned quite a lot about what higher-rank goblins could do. That was incredibly valuable information for the future, especially ...

Chapter 131 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Caspian

I could feel another attack towards our starboard, so I immediately started to fly us towards the port. The spell just missed us and detonated far enough away to do no real damage, but it still shook the airship. It was damn difficult to control this vessel as it's already taken quite a lot of damage, and I constantly needed to look backwards to make sure that our pursuers didn't have a clear line of sight.

Fortunately, we had reached a portio...

Chapter 130 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

My sub-dungeons didn’t have cores, but I could always sense them growing a little bit stronger as creatures constantly delved into them. I could, of course, make them deeper anytime I wanted to, but I was quite curious to see how they would upgrade themselves. The first one to reach this point was in the Ant world.

I could feel it getting close to a point similar to when I felt that I was ready for a breakthrough. Then it happened. That must’ve been the shaking I have h...

Chapter 405 Homesteading in a fantasy world

Thanks to Goose's ability to stay hidden, it was no problem for me to continue observing how the goblins of this horde worked. For the weakest of the goblins, their daily routine was quite sad. I do not know exactly how long they stayed protected by the stronger goblins after they were born, but it couldn’t have been too long.

I could see a constant flood of young goblins being pushed towards the large camps. Calling those places camps, however, was a stretch.

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Chapter 404 Homesteading in a fantasy world

When Goose and I landed near the goblin settlement, I genuinely took a few minutes to just look at it all. There were now more proper buildings, and I even saw a few humans walking around. It looked like a bustling village, but all those changes were nothing compared to the goblins themselves.

All of them seemed taller, and their proportions were a lot different from what I was used to. All of their stomachs were also smaller, but it was still a noticeable racial trait.

Chapter 129 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Dungeon Core

It was basically finished. The floor was a huge one, with a length ever 11,500 kilometres and a bit under 9500 kilometres in width. Once again, I increased the height by another 100 meters, taking it to 1,800.

I was still a long way off from making truly deep oceans or huge mountains while still keeping the floor's length and width. Perhaps I should stop making them larger and focus on height for a while. I guess I will decide that after ...

Chapter 403 Homesteading in a fantasy world

I was back at my office in the capital doing some paperwork. It has only been two weeks since I returned with Goose, but this time I’m being a bit more diligent in doing my paperwork, so I’ve been coming to the office more regularly.

I don’t want to repeat what I did during the winter when I didn’t visit for a few months. However, there was another report from Arabella that I needed to address.

We have already sent two teams to supply and gather m...

Chapter 128 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Ace

I was totally exhausted. It has been a crazy month—scratch that, a crazy year—no, a crazy decade. Well, perhaps not this long, but ever since the dungeon's birthday, which was now a bit more than five years ago, things have not really slowed down at all.

Fortunately, the celebrations for the city state's 100th are now over. So many parties, so many speeches. Ruling is stupidly exhaustive. At least all of the chairs are comfortable. Really glad...

Chapter 127 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Ace

I waved to the crowd, something I was unfortunately used to by now. However, this was my first public appearance inside the dungeon. Today was the last day of the celebration the dungeon threw for its 100th birthday.

I still can't believe it actually did this. I was also pretty certain that it was well past its 100th birthday, but it was nice that it chose its own 100th birthday five years before the city's 100th birthday.

It wa...

Chapter 402 Homesteading in a fantasy world

I had talked to Sandy for well over 2 hours, but I sent her to get herself some food. Currently, I was simply leafing through the design book, but I was doing my second pass. There didn’t seem to be any design more suitable for my needs than 5e. The story of this company, or at least their founder’s family, was a sad one.

Their great-grandfathers started this, but the child’s grandfather was the one to make a crucial mistake. He wanted to expand, but for that, they ne...

Chapter 401 Homesteading in a fantasy world

Goose and I were flying quite high. Underneath us were the grasslands that extended from my land all the way to the middle ring. It occupied the upper center of this continent, filled with smaller wildlife, mainly rabbits of all kinds. The closer you got to the center of the continent, the more variety and stronger animals appeared.

This kind of trip should have taken me months, well, perhaps about a month since I’ve gotten a lot stronger since my last visit to a raid dun...

Chapter 126 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Dungeon Core

It was finally time. A week from now will be my 100th birthday. I wanted the celebrations to go on for longer than one day, and the things I had planned required a longer timeframe than just a singular day.

Just in case, I rechecked everything once again, especially in the quest system, so nothing would go wrong.

The first and arguably biggest event would happen in the arenas. Any challenger could step up, be it alone o...

Chapter 400 Homesteading in a fantasy world

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400, that's a big number I never expected to reach. This was all possible thanks to everyone who has and still is supporting this story and me. I thank you all.

A bit about what will happen with this story. When this ark ends there will be a time skip that will start the last ark. It will be a long ark and I hope you all are ready for the madness that will come.

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Most of my days were filled with training. Arabella was a decent enough teacher. Because of this, I ...

Chapter 125 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Before I truly started to think about what I will do with the 23rd floor, I wanted to check up on how the adventurers were doing on the 22nd floor. It was then that I realized I hadn’t actually opened it up.

How could I have forgotten to do that? Well, whatever. I opened up the pathway so the adventurers could now delve deeper. This also meant that I would have more time to think about what I wanted to do with the next floor as I wanted to see some of their reactions.

Chapter 124 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

There was so much happening in my dungeon, and I couldn’t have been happier. There was so much happening with the ants.

It had been quite a while since they got the new floor, but it seems that many were waiting for it. I would have thought that the largest nations would have been the happiest, but they were barely ready for the added floor.

No smaller groups, some who even prepared for generations, were ready for the opening of a new floor. They had se...

Chapter 399 Homesteading in a fantasy world

As I gave the go-ahead, the portal was activated, and me and ten others went through and reached Connections portal hub. We would need to wait a bit before the rest of our members could come through.

There's only so many people who can go through a portal at a time, so after we waited for an hour, all 30 of the new members were here with me, and we started to head towards the company compound.

It wasn't unusual for a group as large as ours to walk through...

Chapter 398 Homesteading in a fantasy world

Everything was packed for my trip to Connection. There was, however, some time before I needed to meet up with the new company members in the capital. Arabella had done a good job recruiting in Connection, but there were also promising recruits in the UF military.

This was also a good way to keep strong people tied to UF. Otherwise, when their service ended, many would leave and join guilds or other companies so they could continue their journey of leveling up. With my comp...

Chapter 123 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Dungeon Core

That madman actually pulled it off. Not only was he able to get me the skill crystal, but he also managed to escape without leaving any evidence. Well, now that I look back on it, there is no evidence that I was involved. I'm pretty sure that monster of a Guild Master picked up the scent of the theft.

Fortunately, that wasn’t my problem as I had what I wanted. I admired my copy of the skill crystal. It was magnificent. Unfortunately, it...

Chapter 397 Homesteading in a fantasy world

I had been sitting on my bridge for a while now, looking at my achievement page. The weather was still nice and warm, but there was a hint of coldness.

I still had six levels to go in my renowned true archer class before I reached level 80. It was a lot of experience to gain, but that wasn’t the true problem. There was a feeling in the back of my head telling me that if I just grinded out the levels, I would not be able to gain an upgraded class.

Making...