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Chapter 57: The importance of knowledge
Stuffed with insect meat Ethan walked through the forest until he heard the telltale noise of a river. When he finally stood before it he not only cleaned himself but also quenched his now rediscovered thirst. During the time he didn’t need to eat, which was at this point a couple of weeks, he was...
Chapter 56: The last 30 days
After walking at a leisurely place for around two hours Ethan couldn’t shake the feeling that something was missing or rather someone. The familiar weight on his shoulders or around his staff, the soothing connection between them that shared not only their thoughts but also their feelings, their p...
Chapter 55: The Wildwood elf and the feeling of finality
He totally did that and seconds before he actually did it felt like the right thing to do. When his sister was still alive he constantly annoyed her with such things, even when she was older. It worked wonders when she was in a bad mood or hated his guts for some unknown reasons, like all siblings d...
Chapter 54: Prisoner and nature magic
The moment Nora gave the green light he jumped from the tree, his magic working already to create clouds under him. So for the first few meters he just accelerated only to land on a magical hardened snow cloud that carried him downwards. Suppressing a grunt he managed to stay silent for now. Once he...
Chapter 53: The search party and ambush plans
With the enemy approaching Ethan had only one possible way, a decisive victory to scare them off forever. He would crush their spirit, break their bones and send them away with a bloody nose and a lesson for life. At Least that was what he wanted to do but he knew how unprepared he was for a fight.W...
Chapter 52: The staff sings with power
Sleeping the night in some burrow was actually one of the best nights Ethan had in the entire tutorial, his need to sleep was decreasing with each level up but he still required rest, that lately came in the form of unconsciousness and shouldn’t be something he wanted to introduce as a permanent s...
Chapter 51: Choosing the right path
Both of them decided to take a more stealthy approach this time, they walked a few hundred meters away from their last entry point and this time Ethan crawled over the ground. The moment he laid down he could feel the water soak into his robe, the ground was muddy and wet, grass constantly took his ...
Chapter 50: Getting ambushed in the last circle
Ethan stopped in front of the massive jungle. Looking up the trunks of the trees he could barely see the top of them. Vines as thick as his wrist stretched between the trees and formed a complex net high up in the air.Taking a deep breath he rammed his staff into the ground and stretched his sore bo...
Chapter 49: The painful march through the desert
He couldn't remember when he fell asleep, but the shock he had when waking up nearly made his heart jump from his chest. Nora sat next to him, coiled up and her eyes staring into his face, it seems she watched over him the entire time.Ethan managed to sit properly and let his pounding heart calm...
Chapter 48: Sacrifices and Legacy
It wasn’t the first time Ethan stood in a magic circle, but the first time he was involved with blood magic. While he said magic wasn’t good or bad and he actually believed it but feeling the energies of the dead wash over his skin made him feel dirty, tainted. Maybe he would pay for it at some ...
Chapter 47: The absurd growth of broken classes
Ethan spat out some more blood and wiped his mouth, his black robe covered in so much red dust and pale blue blood that the black underneath wasn’t visible anymore. Using Nora’s offered tail as support he pushed himself to his feet and took his hat off. The long black hair on his head was messy ...
Chapter 46: The Power of Winter
Like skeletal fingers frost started to cover the ground, arrows made from ice shot into all directions at once, rushing over and freezing the world at an incredible pace. Icy chains erupted from already frozen patches of sand and dragged everyone to the ground, which Ethan considered an enemy in thi...
Chapter 45: Demons of the past
The darkness, the utter lack of any form of light, so all encompassing that you doubt your own existence.The cold, there was no warmth, like the concept of heat didn’t exist in this world.The Fear, it was depressing, cruel and paralyzing and had the ability to break every feeling creature in exist...
Chapter 44: The messenger of war
When you think about war in a fantasy scenario as a normal person you might envision speeches before battle, generals at the front raising a sword while a young man holding the flag of their nation behind him. The men challenge their enemies with cries of war that make the earth shake. Swords were b...
Chapter 43: The Frostrot Revenant
When the commanders gathered he didn’t waste any time. While he had no actual knowledge of tactics and strategy he knew some things that were important for any kind of battle. For the rest he would rely on the commanders of his army to carry them out for him, this was after all their duty and pass...
Chapter 42: The Wight King
Magical boots, convenient, stylish and with an amount of class you couldn’t achieve with a little bit of enchantment. Well fuck them because nobody included a stupid manual how useful they really were, sometimes an item description isn’t enough to explain it properly. Because “you will always ...
Chapter 41: The superiority of rituals
Rushed, that was the first thing Ethan came to mind when thinking about this part of the tutorial, from becoming a literal leader of an entire race he met only a day before to now commanding what was the entire living population of the third circle. He was pretty sure the so called capitals didn’t...
Chapter 40: An (easy) alliance
Reaching the Brammgestir was, to Ethan’s surprise, uneventful. No ambush, no open attacks, no hordes of the undead. Instead more of his troops joined the growing army and even some Brammgestir scout parties merged with the delegation and formed a rather impressive shock force. While it didn’t ha...
Chapter 39: War in Heaven - Part 2
Ouroboros stopped in the throne room and turned around to his allies, while he could attack the enemy forces and siege their castle there was simply no reason for that. This war couldn’t be won, only lost and the loser would be the side that tried to force victory.. The war on earth would bring th...
Chapter 38: War in heaven - Part 1
The ground rumbled and cracks formed on both sides of the massive valley as something started to break through the rocky ground. The mountains surrounding the valley shook violently, snow and ice drifted from their peaks and left only hard gray rock in their wake.Dirt and rocks got thrown in the air...
Chapter 37: A new dawn approaches
- you better believe me Ethan, the next time you pull something like that I’m gonna bite you enough to make even my venom work on you. You promised no more near death experiences for my sake, but especially for yours! Even when you die by my hand I will just ask your benevolent patron to revive yo...
Chapter 36: The duel for supremacy
So it finally happened, Ethan fighting his first proper duel. While he had challenging fights before, even against single opponents he wouldn’t consider them…sentient. The monster Marie became wasn’t even it's own being but more a guided flesh puppet and while the ghoul king and the fire g...
Chapter 35
There were many things humanity could be proud of, their successes since the beginning of human history were truly marvelous. Like the discovery of electricity, the fact they could build a car, extract resources from the earth or use the sun to generate energy. There were also the negative things li...
Chapter 34
Ethan raised his hand and the general knew instinctively what he wanted. The group of behemoth lizards stopped and prepared for battle, after climbing down from the lizards they streamed to the front and positioned themselves in orderly rows. Ethan, still holding the sphere of ice in his hand, stood...
Chapter 33: Revelation & Abyssal Frostbite of Relentless Growth
During his journey with the Crocodiarii Ethan learned a bit more about them, but the general wasn't someone interested in culture and arts, he listed the abilities of his people. Their strong scales and mighty jaws, their fearless nature and their pride. Which weapons they could use and how many...
Intermission: Nothing can repair a broken vase
“Stop that Lily!” Liliane swatted the roots away that her murder plant tried to wrap around the Brammgestir laying in front of her, the beast was barely breathing but with some healing spores she managed to keep him alive a bit longer. After all she wanted to test her new creation and what bette...
Chapter 32: March to War
When Ethan woke up again he felt surprisingly good. Someone carried him into the barracks while he was unconscious and stuffed a blanket under his head. Nora raised her head when she noticed Ethan’s mind becoming more active, her unblinking eyes looked at him inquiringly.Are you feeling better? Th...
Chapter 31: The heavenly court
Ouroboros opened his eyes as a swirling vortex opened in front of him. It glowed in an ominous red, the color of blood. Through it stepped a man, his skin had the color of charcoal, eight eyes dominated his face. The white hair on his hair looked stiff, more like bristles than actual hair. He looked...
Chapter 30: Wizard of Glacial Chains
Ethan walked behind the Crocodiarii, a few steps brought him up the berm the guards had built so it was possible to look over the palisade wall. What he saw drained the remaining blood from his already pale face. Hundreds of undead moved towards the guard post. He saw Crocodiarii but also the hulkin...
Intermission: Revisiting the other tutorials
Sophie looked down from her throne, it was a crude thing made from bones and animal hides but it was hers. In front of her, kneeling like the dirt they are, were the other tutorial attendees. She took control of them a week ago once the goblins served their purpose. Those dark green fucks, she thoug...