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Magma Dragon Rewrite Announcement:
Hello Dear Reader,First, I would like to thank you for your continued support. A great sense of pride and satisfaction wells from the bottom of my heart, knowing someone enjoys my writing enough to pay to read my words. Once more, thank you.Here is where people often put a but — however, there wil...
Chapter 182 - Luckless
51st of Season of Air, 59th year of the 32nd cycleThe plateau stretched to Newt’s left and right, seemingly into infinity. A mere hundred feet ahead, stood the next wall, and Newt pulled himself up over the ledge before rushing towards the next wall while others hurried to do the same.He did not k...
Chapter 181 - Climb to Power
49th of Season of Air, 59th year of the 32nd cycleNewt distinctly disliked being the center of attention. The establishment Dandelion had chosen was a great place to be when Dandelion won the event, and when Newt’s participation went by largely unnoticed. With Newt winning again, that was no longe...
ER: Chapter 65 - Leveling Savant
Day 131, 11:15 AM“Welcome to the dungeon,” we’ve got fun and games. My voice is much more normal than the words might imply as I step onto the first floor, leading Millie and Elie.“Millie, I need to know your class, level, agility, physique, wisdom, intellect, and the number of attribute poi...
Chapter 180 - First World Problems
49th of Season of Air, 59th year of the 32nd cycleWhenever a lull happened, Sleek came to the game of microraptor and mouse played by the Explorer’s Gate’s Newstar Blazing Salamander and the Shadow Valley’s Willow Blackeye. Fairly early on, the game had changed into microraptor and ankylosauru...
ER: Chapter 64 - Ancestral Shame
Day 127, 10:00 AM“I’m too old to be anything other than what I am.” Of all the dumb things Harlos could have said, this is probably the dumbest. He’s barely a kid.“My knees ache, and I have trouble walking. It would take a month to reach the dungeon. I’d probably drown in the rain. It’...
Chapter 179 - Games People Play
49th of Season of Air, 59th year of the 32nd cycleOne against two, Newt had no intention of being a gentleman. He fireburst towards the closer swordsman, Magmin Scales and Granite Crust enveloping his body. The grand sect’s core disciples scattered, their moment of confusion lasting less than a bl...
Chapter 178 - Difficult Opponents
49th of Season of Air, 59th year of the 32nd cycleNewt’s flags buried themselves into the soft, squishy ground yet again.“This is so annoying,” Newt mouthed the words, but did not vocalize them.He had two choices, stand in the middle of a small clearing, or head for the nearby bushes from whic...
ER: Chapter 63 - Recruitment
Day 123, 6:10 AM“Where do you think you’re going?” Edna asks, her treant army blocking my path.“Neat creations. Did you come up with the design?” I don’t answer her question and watch her reaction.“Archmages long dead designed the tree soldiers, now, where are you going?”“Deephorn,...
Chapter 177 - Skill vs. Strength
49th of Season of Air, 59th year of the 32nd cycleFinally, after waiting half an hour in the bushes, Newt could move again. He skulked through the jungle for a handful of minutes, carrying four flags in his hand, when he saw three flags planted in the ground, their owner nowhere to be seen.Newt focu...
ER: Chapter 62 - Leaving the Mansion
Day 106, 11:50 AMI start yet another loop, fifty-third, I believe, by quickly reaching level six of the mage class. Thanks to plentiful experience, I can cast and maintain six active spells at the same time. That should be the level up condition which stopped Edna from reaching level six.Level seven...
Chapter 176 - Flags
49th of Season of Air, 59th year of the 32nd cycleNewt had taken Dandelion’s advice for what it was - a roundabout confession that he would throw future matches against Fiery Glory, and that he should not bet on him. That and the odds of Dandelion winning the next event had gone down from one to t...
Chapter 175 - Aggressive Negotiations
47th of Season of Air, 59th year of the 32nd cycleNewt watched round after brutal round until the only ones left were the Sword Abode and Dandelion. A female announcer listed the victors amongst second-realmers, listing them in order, while Sleek and Northstar continued narrating the third-realmers...
ER: Chapter 61 - The Lab
Day 119, 7:30 PMMy two weeks passed quickly. An hour a day, usually around meals, went on teaching the girls new spells. The rest of the time I spent on searching for secret compartments and wasting mana to improve my capacity.The most exciting discovery was the secret room beneath the library, a pl...
Chapter 174 - Failure
47th of Season of Air, 59th year of the 32nd cycle“I’m spent, Newt,” Flare’s voice came from the other side of the fort. It was just the two of them, two gates destroyed and over a minute left until the end of the current wave.“Go into the jungle and try to find something that will help us...
Chapter 173 - Overwhelmed
47th of Season of Air, 59th year of the 32nd cycle“The eighth round is about to start with only seventy-two teams remaining, two of which are independent cultivators.” Northstar interrupted Sleek’s heated cheers for the Billowing Sands’ final cultivator.The woman fought desperately against t...
ER: Chapter 60 - Path of Life
Day 106, 7:30 AMAn invisible force pulls a carp the size of my forearm from the pond and places it atop the paralyzed tarantula we caught along the way. Edna sings a wordless song of two trees which have merged as they grew next to each other, the other scene is more graphic, and once more reminds m...
Chapter 172 - Killer Pace
47th of Season of Air, 59th year of the 32nd cycleThe wall gave one loud crack before Newt arrived at the scene. The nanuqsaurus had a bloody face and a pair of legs sticking out of its jaw as it bashed its head once more against the reinforced palisade.The blow landed, then Newt’s glaive sliced t...
ER: Chapter 59 - Class Progress
Day 106, 4:10 AMHundreds of drums beat in the darkness. The sound of rain battering at the roof and gushing through the drains is reassuring and intimately familiar after the years I’ve spent in this room. My chest feels tight, air entering my lungs with difficulty.I’m alive,the thought comes un...
Chapter 171 - Fortress Warfare
47th of Season of Air, 59th year of the 32nd cycle Newt appeared on a flimsy wooden wall fifteen feet above ground, his eyes at the level of the jungle’s canopy. The surrounding greenery was dense, with a path heading straight from his location into the depths of the rainforest.“Welcome to my re...
Chapter 170 - Outstanding Results
45th of Season of Air, 59th year of the 32nd cycleA group of disciples from five different sects surrounded Dandelion, enthralled by his story.“So there I was, in front of an army of fearsome cannibals, them staring at me, me staring at them. My jaw dropped, and I was about to utter a curse, when ...
ER: Chapter 58 - The Chase
Day 105, 1:45 PMThe blinding lightning, moth dust, and the spasming urchin’s backstab started a havoc amongst the minor abominations. Three died to my spell, five more injured, all of which frenzied and tearing at each other rather than me. A centipede from hell turns around and starts feasting on...
Chapter 169 - Odds and Bets
45th of Season of Air, 59th year of the 32nd cycleNewt followed the corridor alone. It was a gentle slope, ever rising upwards. His heart raced, unbidden thoughts assailing him. Could it be that the previous team were mere semifinalists? Was he really heading for the twelfth match? He counted on his...
Chapter 168 - Energy Efficiency
45th of Season of Air, 59th year of the 32nd cycleNewt lost three sect-mates in the three following battles, each time finding himself forced to finish the matches personally. Spell formation scribes, in particular, presented a challenge for him, but he endured and plowed through their tricks.After ...
ER: Chapter 57 - Battle Against Abominations
Day 101, 11:30 AMThere’s a lot of magic I was passively training during the decades-long loop. My internal clock is now precise down to seconds, and the information constantly trickles into my mind, letting me know the exact time.Combined with the constantly active scanner and having to sing spell...
ER: Chapter 56 - Moving On
Day 86, 10:01 AMI turn around in the service corridor once more. Instead of going to get drunk and cause a needless incident with Edna, I head back towards the library. I must look like a madman to anyone watching. Fortunately, I’m alone in the cramped space.The plan for this loop is to finish the...
Chapter 167 - Impossible
45th of Season of Air, 59th year of the 32nd cycleNewt’s taunt worked. The wielder of the slender sword, probably a woman by the shape of her body, lashed out. Newt thrust his glaive towards the center of her chest, but she sidestepped. With a twist of his wrist, Newt turned the blade and slashed ...
Chapter 166 - Strategic Thinking
45th of Season of Air, 59th year of the 32nd cycleNewt was not tall by any means, but he never considered himself short either. That changed when the black giant stepped forth to meet him. The man loomed, easily seven feet tall, maybe more, and Newt did not doubt for a moment that the one facing him...
Chapter 165 - Foregone Conclusion
45th of Season of Air, 59th year of the 32nd cycleTwochains won the duel with some difficulty, meaning he was also between yellow and orange on the power rainbow. The moment the decisive blow landed, the yellow-orange man vanished, and four paths appeared in the circular room.Newt chose the leftmost...
ER: Chapter 55 - Mistakes
Day 86, 10:00 AMI rub the phantom pain out of my neck. Snapping it while Edna was having a mental breakdown was one of the worst deaths in a long while. Well, not exactly, it was no worse than cleaving my head, but the despair and madness in Edna’s screams was something I’d like to forget as soo...
