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Chapter 15 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

While portions of my mind were occupied with making the dungeon rooms, the rest of me started to work on the eighth-floor playroom. I had a lot of material to get rid of as my 8th floor was quite large. The width was just over 1.2 kilometers, the length was closing in on 2 kilometers, and the height was over 200 meters. It kind of felt useless to have the height so high as not even the largest trees were as tall. Perhaps it would be better if I made a different kind of terrain than I original...

Chapter 247 Homesteading in a fantasy world

POV Omar

I stopped listening to my cousin’s explanation halfway through. This petty kingdom was nothing special and would probably fall in the next year or two. I spotted something interesting happening before the new group could go and try to set up their area of command. The Queen’s lapdog approached them and didn’t let them leave.

I used my ability to listen in. "The queen of the Salarian Kingdom requires you to agree to this agreement so we can fight this dragon side by ...

Chapter 14 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Time flew by as I continued to create new dungeon rooms and observe the rest of my dungeon. Occasionally, I added more traps, keeping them as simple as possible for now. However, I already had ideas for later floors with truly difficult traps that would require masters of disarming to get past. The second route was already finished and, like on the previous floor, the third route had an inch of water on the ground. For the creatures, I simply increased their numbers slightly.

For the an...

Chapter 246 Homesteading in a fantasy world

I ran back to town as quickly as possible, each step leaving behind a distinct footprint. My abilities had not alerted me that something was wrong in our nation, so I truly wondered what the urgency was. When I was about halfway back to the town, I could finally see something that wasn’t ordinary.

More and more people started to move around the town, similar to how an anthill would start to move when something was threatening it. Was it something in the sky? Could my ability not work ...

Chapter 13 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

As I was about halfway done with my playroom, both goblins and horned rabbits had become real creatures. I could already see how the high mana concentration was starting to influence their bodies. At this point, something happened on the 3rd Ant floor. There was a standoff between three guardians of one empire and a guardian from another empire, who was the strongest guardian to have ever existed.

This guardian was one of the oldest ants alive and someone whose power had enabled their e...

Chapter 245 Homesteading in a fantasy world

There was a lot that needed to be done, but first, I spent a few hours going through the design of the road and explaining why every part was important and what it accomplished. The dwarves in the room were especially interested in it, but even before I finished my explanation, everyone else was also on board as the benefits outweighed the concerns by a lot.

The original road project needed to be scaled up a lot. We didn’t just need properly cut stone, we also needed broken down stone...

Chapter 244 Homesteading in a fantasy world

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No chapter tomorrow. A big holiday will start tomorrow and I will not be in town.

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The days went by quickly. I was once again constantly doing something which I thoroughly enjoyed. While I had learned to accept waiting, I’ve never enjoyed it. Making bows for the United Freeholds wasn’t as profitable as just making bows for myself. I was still getting paid a decent amount, but this way I could help my nation without just donating money.

Making so many secon...

Chapter 12 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

I was getting a bit restless. I needed to keep waiting and waiting until the correct time when I could initiate a breakthrough. If I didn’t have so many different things to observe, there was no way I could have survived without going mad.

The ants’ progression was slow because of their warring nature as wars and skirmishes still happened. None of the major powers had fallen, but they were certainly heading that way as they were overpopulating their empires. Their pride wouldn’t l...

Chapter 243 Homesteading in a fantasy world

Being so tall has come with a different problem. Farm work, especially planting and, I expect, weeding as well, is quite tough on the back. If I didn’t have my stats and more than a dozen traits helping my body, I would say that I wouldn’t be able to be a farmer. It was a sobering thought and something that I absolutely didn’t like. A good distraction has been planting and messing with my evolution project.

Evolving plants slowly over the generations and only giving small nudges s...

Chapter 11 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Carving out the 6th floor playroom was coming to an end. I wasn’t planning on making this accessible to the ants. The population density they were currently tackling was good for their empires, so from now on, until there’s a better designation for the room, it will be called my playroom. I will be playing in it and testing new things, so I think the name fits.

My next goal was to make more apple trees. They seemed to be quite excellent for mana generation and gave me a chance to te...

Chapter 242 Homesteading in a fantasy world

POV Arabella

Today’s fight was quite exciting and while I was glad that I could fight stronger opponents, my next fight was scheduled for the next week. I kind of miss the days when I could fight multiple times a day, but then again, I was so weak back then. This fight, however, showed me my limitations. No matter how good I get, if my equipment can't keep up, I would be limiting myself a lot. I was interrupted when my servant came in.

"I apologize for distracting you, my mistre...

Chapter 10 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

POV Ace

The dungeon was simple, even with the changes. Being an iron rank made this delve incredibly easy. When I finally saw the boss, I was impressed. I readied myself and rushed in, which almost cost me my life. As soon as the boss noticed me, the three-legged stool that it was sitting on was used as a throwing weapon that would have definitely hit my head if I hadn’t dived down. Luckily, I was fast enough to get back up and defend myself against the two spear wielders.

I fin...

Chapter 241 Homesteading in a fantasy world

POV Roger

"I apologize for my misunderstanding. It's quite rare to see such an enlightened form of government. To continue, I think it best that I transfer you to one of our account managers who can better help get you everything you need in a more reasonable time frame," the receptionist finished saying. I couldn’t help but give him a genuine smile. He wrote down some instructions for me to follow and added a stamp to it, saying that I should show that to the guards who stop me.

Chapter 9 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

It seems that this breakthrough came with a lot more knowledge. There was constant influx of knowledge that I didn’t know before but I did now. More of the world made sense to me. There was so much more that I knew now, from different environments to the planet itself. This information was probably out of date, as who knows when my parent dungeon made my seed, but most of it should still be relevant.

The most interesting thing was the gateways. I could now make gateways between the fl...

Chapter 240 Homesteading in a fantasy world

Our bodies were feeling the strain from the constant portaling. I looked at the open portal in front of me with trepidation. At least this would be the last portal for a few days. After we stepped through, we found ourselves in a massive portal complex that had at least 100 portal stations. From what I heard, this wasn't even the only portal complex in this city. To call this place a city was an insult. The biggest city in the world should have a better designation.

Before the plague, i...

Chapter 8 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

The Age of Empires is still going strong. It's been about five years but they are still developing and learning what it means to be an empire. There are now a lot more humans and a few other species that are constantly delving.

I don’t mind because they are actually a net positive in mana which is a good thing because the ant population is troublesome. The empires are more cautious about going to war as two major powers have fallen and three major powers have risen.

This has cau...

Chapter 239 Homesteading in a fantasy world

POV Roger

Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to admire the view for too long as a more important attendant approached me. "Good day to you. I presume you are Roger, the person who sent the letter, and the rest of you are his merchant party?" The person who spoke was a bear person. He was quite big but seemed happy that he had some new business. "Yes, I’m Roger and good day to you as well. Let me get your payment right away," I said, then took out and handed him the agreed-upon payment. 2023-06-15 10:56:40 +0000 UTC View Post

Chapter 7 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

POV Ace

It was just a simple cave entrance, but it was so obviously a dungeon. My own dungeon. When that realization hit me, I fell to my knees. This will start everything. It will now be so much easier to get people to come to this village as adventurers always meant profit, which meant regular villagers will also come. It was also a chance for me to keep advancing as the trip itself already cost me my extra lifespan I have gotten from my current advancement.

It would be weird to...

Chapter 238 Homesteading in a fantasy world

Back at home, I continued my meditation and training. With the free time I had, I started a new project: making myself armor that would hopefully last longer. I consumed quite a lot of unique materials so I could boost my armor as much as possible, but even then, I wasn’t able to bring it to rank two, which was a bit disappointing but also understandable. Still, this should be good enough with my defensive abilities to make this armor truly effective.

My apprentices also helped me out...

Chapter 6 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

I was quite excited to make an even bigger room for my ants, so I didn't wait any longer. Once again, I had to divert a lot of mana away from my floor guardian. I followed my current pattern and made a deer for my floor guardian.

I gave it a lot of general improvement but also made the antlers as good as I could. With the third floor officially finished, I started to expand my territory downwards, eventually finding that I was able to expand my territory around 50% more than my third fl...

Chapter 5 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

POV Ace

I had just finished another dungeon run. The amount of mana I could accumulate was minuscule. But there was nothing I could do about it. The dungeons I was allowed to delve into were of a wooden rank, but there were no other adventurers around here that I would want to form a party with so I could enter the copper rank dungeon in the nearby forest. At least I was close to another breakthrough which should allow me to go to a larger town and find myself a proper party.

My t...

Chapter 4 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

The first floor was about 10 metres in height, 80 metres in length, and 55 metres in width. Usually, the next floor is about 20 to 30 percent bigger, but mine was almost double. I felt so satisfied; it just felt so good to be big. Having so much territory also upped my mana regeneration, which meant I could make a lot more ants and still keep growing. This was incredibly fun.

I started by making a thick dungeon stone wall around my new territory. Then, I finally gave in as my instincts ...

Chapter 3 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

It took me about a month to finish the first floor, and once again, I knew that was fast. Normally, I believe that this should have taken close to a year. Looking over at my dungeon, I was satisfied and content to wait until I had gathered enough mana to start making a second floor.

With the five combat rooms in a loose configuration and every one of them having a monster inside of them. The first three only had one horned rabbit, but the next two had two inside of them. Here too, I onl...

Chapter 2 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

Another thing my instincts were telling me was to make the walls into dungeon stone, and that was something I agreed with. There were only a few things that could break through dungeon stone, but if something like that came here, I would already be dead.

It took a while to do this and a lot of mana, but thanks to having real territory now, I was getting a lot more. Ants did no longer just give me mana on their deaths. I was just getting it from them living inside of me, once again provi...

Chapter 237 Homesteading in a fantasy world

My achievement: Surpassed the system also triggered thank to me reaching the second rank of energy access. It gave me 600 free points which was massive and something I did not know what to do with. For the moment I will just keep them unspent.

After getting a bit more used to my body, I exited the smithy and started to walk towards my house as I was feeling quite hungry. It was weird being so tall; the sudden jump in height was messing with my brain. My walking speed was already faster ...

Chapter 1 Dungeon Core: “The Eternal Training Ground”

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Something different that was quite fun to write.

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Everything I'd never felt before was now screaming at the back of my mind. I needed to do something to quell that need. I became more aware of what I am. Then, I felt a sense of wrongness. I wasn't quite right. What wasn't right? My body. It wasn't in the right shape. I needed it to be a perfect circle, but I was in a random shape.

I immediately knew what I needed to do. I started to pull some parts of my body ...

Chapter 236 Homesteading in a fantasy world

It was finally time to start working on the longbow. It was nice to get back to the basics, at least for the start of the crafting. To split the long log in two, I needed to use my abilities to keep the tool from breaking and so it could actually cut through the log. My incredible strength made the job easier, but no normal human could ever even scratch this material.

Not every part of Iron Oak was under first rank, and this particular log was quite strong with excellent properties for ...

Chapter 235 Homesteading in a fantasy world

There was less than a month until my birthday and all the preparations were completed except for one. There was still one material missing for my plan to succeed. When I collected leaves and acorns from the iron oak, I chanced on a particular branch that I instantly felt had an incredible bow just waiting to be uncovered.

It took a little work to bring that branch back, but I haven’t done anything with it. I would guess making a first-rank or hopefully, a second-rank bow would give me...

Chapter 234 Homesteading in a fantasy world

After a few days of marching, I had finally calmed down completely. It seems that being called a hero is still a trigger for me. Just another thing I need to work on. With my mind finally centered I opened up the notifications that have been blinking at me for a few days. It seems that I have gained a level in renowned true archer and first homesteader. Two levels in heroic commander brought me to level 20 which gave me some extra goodies.

The ability I gained from the level 20 level up...

Chapter 233 Homesteading in a fantasy world

With snow slowly falling everyone held their breath when The Slicer hit Rich. His unmoving body was towering over all and without hesitation, Rich continued the fight.

The Slicer knew that she was in danger. Rich’s right hand was already moving and was about to grab her hand and the sword was already moving towards her head. She tried to get away, but Rich was fast enough that he was able to grab her sleeve.

Even if Rich was currently wielding his two-handed sword in one hand Vi...