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Chapter 122 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Shadow

I knew this was too good to be true. Damn it. Why did I read the whole thing, and what's with that reward? I sat on my bed with absolutely no clue how I should proceed.

Looking towards the table, I saw my wanted poster. Whoever gave me the name "Shadow," I thank you, but I might be dead in a couple of days.

There's no reason I should take this quest, but I can't resist. Why is it so hard to resist, even when I would come so close to death...

Chapter 396 Homesteading in a fantasy world

It had only been a day since my talk with David, and while being in my office in the capital, I was able to level up my heroic commander class by doing some important paperwork for the military.

It was interesting how classes gained experience. For a true crafter, they could not gain experience from fighting or killing creatures, the same way combat classes could only gain experience by fighting.

That was why dual classes, as they called them, were so sou...

Chapter 121 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Dungeon Core

I finally had it. There were about 300,000 patterns I currently had, and while most of the species had 100 or more pattern variations that I saved, there was only one human pattern.

It wasn't much more complicated than the others, but the intelligence made the difference. It's what was protecting them from me, and the stronger your understanding of yourself and the world around you, the better mana is able to protect you from my influence...

Chapter 395 Homesteading in a fantasy world

First elder homesteader: You are the inspiration and the shepherd, the first to guide the others and the first to be an elder for all homesteaders. This class lifts all restrictions on every skill used in homesteading.

Lands authority is upgraded to land keeper. Trait gained aura of Rich Dirt. Ability gained potential evaluation, and voice of an elder. This class gives a chance to upgrade a skill or ability into a more specialized one.

Of course, ...

Chapter 120 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Carl

I just knew that I wasn’t going to enjoy what would soon happen. At least I would be able to fight and test myself against other adventurers, but I would really rather not fight in front of so many people.

"I have the honor to introduce to you the challengers of the 21st floor's first hub station tournament. We have all seen these challengers fight to earn the right to participate in this tournament, and I do not need to tell you how exciting the last three have been. I...

Chapter 394 Homesteading in a fantasy world

Even in the short time we had our company advertisement up, we were still able to get 104 applicants. It seems that it was quite common for entire adventure parties to try to join together, most of the time because they simply ran out of funding and now had to tie themselves to a bigger organization.

Arabella was very strict, so from all the applicants, only twelve were accepted for the week-long evaluation. The two most surprised new members were two adventurers who were still in the g...

Chapter 119 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

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I announced on discord that I had a small accident well after going to the doctor it turned out that I have nerve inflammation. He said it could keep hurting like it currently is for a week or two. (this sucks) I did get better pain meds but its still not good. So chapter uploads might be a bit more messed up until I get better. 

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Pov Dungeon Core

Time continues to pass. Usually, I did not care much, but I was slowly getting closer to my 100th year of lif...

Chapter 393 Homesteading in a fantasy world

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Yesterday I announced on discord that I had a small accident well after going to the doctor it turned out that I have nerve inflammation. He said it could keep hurting like it currently is for a week or two. (this sucks) I did get better pain meds but its still not good. So chapter uploads might be a bit more messed up until I get better. no dungeon core chapter today :(

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The next month went by quite fast, but it was a busy and fun time. Building the compound, teach...

Chapter 118 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Dungeon Core

Thanks to dungeon modifications being rank S, everything was easier. While it still took time to do everything, being able to do those things a couple of times faster than before was amazing. However, there was one unfortunate fact: it would take me a while to be able to get deep enough to get my skills to SS rank in a reasonable amount of time.

I should probably work on getting my current skills to S rank, and then perhaps I should figure out new skills to add to...

Chapter 392 Homesteading in a fantasy world

Francis was doing a magnificent job, and so was Luke. At the end of every day, they were completely tired. Coming back with the wagon hauling so much more weight was putting a lot of strain on both of them. Still, they were getting it done. They were, however, both completely relieved when finally, the city walls of Connection came into sight.

The city guards did hold us up for a little while. They still wanted to do a proper check so nothing illegal or dangerous would be brought inside...

Chapter 117 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Faris

I was not certain if I liked my big hands or if I disliked them. Doing paperwork was so much easier now, but I really missed flying around. Those were, however, just unnecessary fleeting thoughts as I had a hard job to do, and my feelings about this human form had nothing to do with the mission at hand.

The paperwork was never-ending, but I liked it. It was why I had gotten this position and why I will get my mission done. More and more people shuffled into the room, mos...

Chapter 391 Homesteading in a fantasy world

The journey seemed quite peaceful, which was unnatural. Goose was high up, flying and keeping a lookout, but none of the beasts chose to come close to us, which was the reason why everything felt so unnatural.

"Hey, let's switch?" I said to one of the lookouts on the roof. He didn't seem to mind, and we switched places. I needed to figure out why we weren't being attacked.

It took me longer than it should have to realize that I was the problem. We were currently in the wilderness ...

Chapter 116 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Dungeon Core

I was incredibly excited. Everything was done. My 21st-floor playroom and dungeon room were finally at a point where I was happy to move on. But before I triggered my breakthrough, it was time to watch how everyone reacted to me opening up the 21st floor. First, the adventurers.

I didn’t give any notifications; I simply opened up a path that would now allow them to enter the 21st floor. Even without me having to notify anyone, the news spread immediately. It see...

Chapter 390 Homesteading in a fantasy world

When we made it back to the company compound, I introduced Luke to everyone. Four of our original members were currently out on a quest and should be back in a few days, which should not mess up any of my plans. What did make my eyes twitch a bit was my oversight of not thinking where Francis would sleep.

There was what I would call a garage-like building here, but that's where Goose slept. Both of them wouldn't fit properly through the front door. Even the wagon would barely fit into t...

Chapter 115 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Vinny

In the distance, I heard the bell that called for a clan meeting. Those normally happen every month, but during the past six months, they have been at least a weekly occurrence. I was a bit too young to be a part of those meetings, at least according to our ruling members.

They were keeping me out on purpose because otherwise, the voting could get too close, and the correct ruling family might find it troublesome to keep themselves in power.

I didn’t care much be...

Chapter 389 Homesteading in a fantasy world

Francis looked quite worried as we were waiting for the portal to open in the capital. While pulling complicated devices and even being a part of the war helped him adjust to more human-made structures, he never really enjoyed being in the barn and spent most of his time outside. I kept my hand on his head and scratched it to keep him calm.

When the portal opened, it did scare him a bit, but it seemed that his desire to pull heavy things was bigger than his fright of unfamiliar things. ...

Chapter 114 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Carl

There was already a decent-sized outpost in this quite small room. The gateway was constantly being used as people were coming and going. Different guilds were bringing in materials and supplies to make this a proper village. This was a normal occurrence in way stations and hub stations. But this was just a small room, there was only one of this kind of room per floor.

I kind of don’t remember if the upper floors had such a room, but down here there certainly was one, a...

Chapter 4 Adam West and The Realm of the Everlasting System

Before I decided on what my first target should be, I decided to just look at the monsters for a while. They were not just standing in place, but they were also not doing things that normal monsters would do. They were walking around and even talking to each other, but it was like they were new to being alive, following some set guidelines but slowly seeming to become more alive.

That observation took me three hours of just watching them. At the start, they were walking around like they...

Chapter 3 Adam West and The Realm of the Everlasting System

We decided to approach together and hopefully get more information before any of us entered a portal. There were 22 people who didn't seem to be in separate groups, but they were arguing with each other.

When one of them noticed us, he quickly told the others, and then everyone was looking at us. Immediately, two people from the group worked their way to the front. They were obviously different from the others.

They had large backpacks, and they had better weapons. One had a sword...

Chapter 2 Adam West and The Realm of the Everlasting System

Jacob had already gotten his hardwood stick, and so had two others. They were all around Jacob as he was helping them figure out the system. There was one exception: the girl on the ground who was still non-responsive.

I walked towards her and knelt next to her. "Hey there, can you hear me? I’m not here to hurt you." I continued to talk to her, but there was no response. When I touched her shoulder, she didn't shy away, but there was also no positive reaction.

Jacob finally got ...

Chapter 1 Adam West and The Realm of the Everlasting System

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This will not be a regular series but a few weeks back this story came to me and if I didn't write it down it was all that I could think about. After cleaning it up I decided to shear it.

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The rain was a constant companion as I walked up the staircase of an old New York building. It was supposed to be a sunny morning, but I guess the winds changed.

It was one of the things I missed about living outside of cities. You can smell when the rain is comin...

Chapter 113 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

It was really fun to watch how all of my creatures reacted when their floors became larger. The effect was obviously more noticeable on the smaller floors. Of course, ants were the first to start expanding into the new space, but to my surprise, the second were the bees. It seems that they wanted to take back their playroom.

From the looks of it, they wanted to expand fast so they could increase their numbers and essentially use mass warfare, exhausting the number of fruit flies and esp...

Chapter 388 Homesteading in a fantasy world

Pov Arabella

Before I knew it, I was in front of the tree, and both of my hands were against it. Then my trait triggered. The rest of the world fell away, leaving me in darkness except for the tree that towered over me. At first, it was quiet, but then I could hear a hum getting louder. It didn’t take long for it to start hurting, but when I tried to back away from the tree, I couldn’t; I was stuck to it.

Then I remembered my training, and instead of trying to pull away, I pus...

Chapter 387 Homesteading in a fantasy world

Pov Arabella

We walked down a newly and well-built road. Rich was silent, and it seemed that something was truly bothering him. So, I decided to ask him about the road, which perked him up a bit. As he continued to talk, I looked down in amazement. So much work to make this road, but I think Rich is right. It will last for a while.

Then he asked a question, "How were the roads built in the Elven nation you're from?" I really needed to think about whether I should reveal some Elven...

Chapter 112 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Dungeon Core

Everything was finally finished. Updating all 20 floors sure took a lot of time, but now it was finally time to start with the 21st floor.

Well, I did have the space expanded, which gave me a floor size of a bit over 8600 kilometers in length and around 7200 kilometers in width. I also decided to start increasing the height a little bit with every floor, so this one was 1600 meters in height.

It was a lot of real estate to use, but unfortunately, I didn’t ...

Chapter 386 Homesteading in a fantasy world

Pov Arabella

We were walking through the market of Connection after just visiting the company's house in this city. It was truly a rundown place, but Rich seemed to have a solid plan to fix it.

I was just thankful that I finally got my freedom from that contract. I honestly still don’t understand why someone was trying to get me killed. It’s not like I could go back and claim my noble title. The whole situation was unsettling.

Now, however, I was under a different contra...

Chapter 111 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Ziiipe

"This is the last mini-boss for this path. It's an overgrown badger that can manipulate the earth and has incredible defenses. I will get close to it and keep its attention while trying to do as much damage as I can.”

“Try to stay as far away as possible but keep using that crossbow of yours; it should penetrate its defenses. Are you ready?" Carl asked me while we were standing behind a boulder, hiding from the monster.

"Yep," I answered back, doing a last che...

Chapter 385 Homesteading in a fantasy world

As I walked to the quest hall, the implications of getting Arabella to be in my company started to truly sink in. While she's still rank two, she has incredible potential.

Of course, the best part is that I need to do a lot less time-consuming management stuff. If I were in her shoes, I think I'd accept that trade. Getting out from under people who wanted to kill you, even if they weren't willing to do it openly, was worth doing some paperwork.

The first thing I did in the quest h...

Chapter 110 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Pov Dungeon Core

I have decided that I do not much enjoy going through all the old floors and updating everything. It was unfortunately something I needed to do, but because it was a bit boring, I was also spending more time watching my creatures and the adventurers.

This, of course, made the work go slower, which also extended the time I needed to spend working on everything. I have not yet decided which approach would be better.

It was at least fun to do more upper floors ...

Chapter 384 Homesteading in a fantasy world

The flight to Breach was quite fast, and during this time, I was able to get Goose to understand why we needed Francis and how it would help Goose get his time in the wilderness. So he can feast to his content, and hopefully get closer to the next rank.

This time, we didn’t land on top of the Fort but at the entrance instead, so Goose didn't have to walk all the way down, which he really didn't like.

I had always gotten looked at in Breach because of Goose, but now those looks a...