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Chapter 107: Problems & Potential Solutions
Chapter 106“Probably not. We aren’t even sure if you can level yet, and level one isn’t a great place to start the Arena at,” I answered, not wanting to dash Maud’s hopes, but that request just didn’t seem realistic, let alone safe.“Actually, our squad still is missing members, if Pryte can get her added on before we go, the potential for power leveling her and greatly benefiting our...
Chapter 106: Soul Chain
Chapter 105I woke up, not to a sense of opening my eyes, but as a chat window grabbed my sleeping brain, pulling my perception directly towards it.>Santa: Welcome back. How’d the soul ignition go?>Dave: It worked. How come there’s no environment this time at all?>Santa: Pretty sure I was right on that whole soul manifestation thing, just not enough energy to bring it all together now. Especial...
Chapter 105: Soul Train
Chapter 104“Considering it’s the middle of the night, I think you can sleep for a few more hours before you start,” John said.“Yeah, Rabyn and Connie are gonna be out fer a bit still anyway,” Mel added.“Wait, what happened to them?” I asked. It seemed unlikely they would have been hurt handling the orcs. They were two of our powerhouses.“As I said, I ran my mana reservoirs nearly d...
Chapter 104: Soul Plane
Chapter 103“Glorp, start looting everything, Elody, please help him identify and sort it all as quickly as possible. I’m assuming the experience window means we’ve handled this city for now, so unless Dave wants us to stick around, I want us all back on the bus as soon as possible,” Elicec said, giving out the commands with ever-increasing ease. He seemed born to lead. Had his parents real...
Chapter 103: Orcish Combat 2
Chapter 102We walked back to the still-growing group of people in silence. I had no idea what to say to her, and she didn’t really want to talk to me. Even the end of the world couldn’t change that. Too much has passed between us to ever really bridge that divide again.“Dave, good luck, and I really mean that,” she said as she broke off from me, heading toward one of the soldiers who had c...
Chapter 102: Reunion
Chapter 101“Hey before we see the kids, we need to talk real quick,” I said to Laura as we entered back into the room with their escape tunnel, following behind the soldiers. I wasn’t looking forward to another climb back through it, but I hadn’t been given another choice.She turned to me with the same angry eyes she had had so often during the final years of our marriage and then let out ...
Chapter 101: First of His Line
Chapter 100“Come on, let’s start clearing a path. It looks like there are, or at least were, people inside!” I yelled to the crowd of survivors we had managed to college. Pulling up my chat window, I quickly sent a message to Corey. I wanted the kids here, in case we found their mother, but also to help me figure out what to do in case we didn’t find anyone.>Dave: Corey, I want you to head...
Chapter 100: Unwanted Authority
Chapter 99As we pressed forward, the group behind us swelled in size, each time over the corpses of several newly slain orcs. Interestingly, so far no experience notifications had popped up despite the fact that we had now killed at least thirty of the invading orcs. Did this whole city count as one giant encounter as far as the System was concerned? This hadn’t been part of the plan, but I wasn...
Chapter 99: A World in Chaos
Chapter 98Once we were all on the bus the next day Timon displayed a surprisingly accurate depiction of the globe, and on it were several dots apparently representing the orc activity he had discovered, plus a giant question mark in Antarctica. We’d have to hit that one eventually, but for now, it was the lowest priority. This trip was about learning to function as a team, saving lives, and acce...
Chapter 98: Dinner, Conversation, Plans, Futures
Chapter 97The meal it turned out, wasn’t all that different from a roast pig. A large buck had gotten into Cecile’s newest field he had planted this morning, and the twinoges had been forced to put it down after it tried to attack them, refusing to leave the area. John had then capitalized on it, and, with the help of Rabyn, cleaned the carcass and spent the day roasting it over a large fire o...
Chapter 97: Path of the Mana Weave
Chapter 96I still needed to dive into my class today, but first, following the advice of the book, it was time to look over my long-ignored interaction attributes, starting with moving presence up to five hundred. I didn’t feel anything noticeably different immediately and started to assume that only came from changing my senses. Assuming my understanding was correct on how most attributes worke...
Book Numbering Information
So what I originally was going to have as book 1 became too long, so instead book 1 now ended at Chapter 62. Chapter 63: Home is where Book 2: System Foundations officially stars
Core Architect 1-31-2025
Core ArchitectThe Core Architect class is a versatile class that allows the host to deepen their understanding of the underlying forces that guide existence and, through that understanding, begin to modify themselves and the world around them.~Path of the Dungeon~Path of the Dungeon works to unlock the mysteries behind dungeons and the intelligence that shapes them.{1,000,000/1,000,000 Experience}...
Chapter 96: Synergy
This chapter includes changes in the way I'm formatting things, to make it so tables and images aren't as needed. Let me know your thoughts if you'd prefer (specifically the Dave/Corey convos, to go back to the black boxes)Chapter 95I made my way back to my garage, wanting not to be interrupted as I explored the new changes in my mana orbs. Before I started that, though, I pulled up my...
Increasing Tier Chapter Count
As you've seen the first of an extra chapter was posted today. I plan to move the Wireless Transmission tier up to 20 chapters ahead over the next few days.
Chapter 95: Philosophy Bros
Chapter 94“Rabyn, what exactly do you want in life? Ignoring the possibility of an execution, what would you do given the resources to grow with this faction?” I asked the orc. His answer here was probably all that really mattered about the previous conversation. The revelation, while a problem, didn’t seem like it really made anything a bigger issue at the moment, just another tally in the ...
Chapter 94: First Annual Performance Reviews: Crops & Cooking
Chapter 93“Okay, that’s all well and good and incredibly unsettling, but you have to know more about the soulhunters, right?” I asked, decided not to add the long lost ancient Spiral civilization to a list of my own problems. That one was for the archaeologists.“Somewhat more. As I said, what happened to you isn’t common at all, but those who have survived it have reported increasingly s...
Chapter 93: First Annual Performance Reviews: Old Melodies & Lost Knowledge
Chapter 92“So, what exactly do you all want to know about me?” Connie asked the moment she was through the door before Pryte even had a chance to return to his seat. Truth be told, I wasn’t entirely sure how much more we needed to know about her either after the previous night’s talk.“We’re doing this with everyone. I know we covered a lot of your details last night, but I want to go o...
Life Mana Orb Updated 1-28-25
Going to get all the full orbs up here in a collection to make things easier for people who may want to reference them. But also working on a redesign that uses fewer tables to make things easier on one reader with a screen reader as well as cross-posting and eventual book formatting. What are everyone's thoughts?Mana Orb~Life (2)~-First Tier-Inner Vitality (8)Requirements: N/AInner Vitality a...
Chapter 92: First Annual Performance Reviews: Glorp
Chapter 91“Hey guys,” Glorp said nervously as he joined us in the room, followed by Pryte, who had left to find him. He looked ready to bolt at the drop of a pin.“Hey, don’t feel so nervous. We’re gonna have these talks with everyone today. You’ve already well past earned a place here. Hell, if anything, I owe you for what I’ve gotten you stuck in. Basically, this is just about figur...
Chapter 91: What Would You Say You Do Here?
Chapter 90Mel was waiting for us in my small study and, judging by the additional chairs, had been preparing for the day’s meetings. The rest of the room looked just like it had before I had been whisked away to another universe. Several bookshelves were full, with titles ranging from construction guides and textbooks on different engineering principles to some of my favorite fiction. My copies ...
From what site did you find the Patreon on?
Just curious on where most of my traffic is coming from.
Chapter 90: Tropical Beaches With Saint Nick
Chapter 89I tossed and turned in some half-awake state when the sound of birds caused my eyes to shoot open as I bolted upright in the cot, fully awake. Those had been tropical bird calls, something I hadn’t heard in years. How could they be here? The darkness of my garage vanished into a cheerfully bright sunlight, illuminating a beautiful beach as the bird songs continued.Instead of my cot, I ...
Chapter 89: Beneficial Conspiracies
Chapter 88“Pryte, just how old are you?” I asked, curious as I was reasonably sure I remembered him claiming to have been around during Sanquar's initial time in the Arena.“No idea, well, not really no idea. I think my official birth record has me listed as a few hundred million years old, but time measurement tends to get a bit complicated in the Spiral. I was born on a planet long befo...
Chapter 88: More Problems
Chapter 87“First up, all of ya start emptying yer storage space unless you’ve got some ability keep things fresh in it. Glorp, Cecile, and Elicec put everything where John tells ya. John is the guy that looks like Dave for those that don’t know,” Mel ordered the moment the door was closed to the house.The entire squad started loading every surface down with different kinds of food, some pr...
Chapter 87: Spiders & Giants
Chapter 86“Come on, we’re getting back to yer place immediately. Everyone keep their mouth shut and don’t agree to anything anyone asks,” Mel said as his way of greeting us. Whether he was willing to say it or not, his dark green shade gave away his happiness at our survival, so I was willing to take some of his feigned anger.“I am very glad to see you all managed your climb so successfu...
Chapter 86: Order to Chaos
Chapter 85Behind the giants came several more chariots, and while I couldn’t tell who exactly crossed the line in what order, I was sure the System could. Glorp was jumping up and down, celebrating his victory, and who could blame him? I doubt we could have done better even if everyone was still up and ready to go. Hopefully Elody had been able to do something about what the jesters had done to ...
Chapter 85: Chariots of Fire
Chapter 84“So what happened to everyone?” I asked as soon as the hall door was closed behind us. None of them looked particularly healthy. Even Rabyn looked ready to fall over at any moment.“Whatever those things were, they got into our heads. I think we ate something they offered, hard to remember exactly,” Elicec said. Cecile gagged but managed to keep his stomach down.“Dave, you and G...
Big Announcement
Ahead of today's chapter release just want to share some great news with everyone. I've signed a publishing deal that includes Magical Engineering. (and if anyone is worried it changes nothing here except maybe some future access to early chapters, this Patreon will always be ahead on new material)So I hope you are all looking forward to a ton more Magical Engineering in the future.
Chapter 84: Forests of Illusion
Chapter 83“Dave Imogen, please halt your planned attack and that of your linked core. We do not wish to fight or harm you, only to speak of an unusual matter that we believe you’ve become part of,” pleasantly melodically a voice called from the strange trees. I quickly sent a message to Corey.“Done, for the moment. Why not come out where I can see you if you wish to speak, though?” I yel...
