Kaltyr awoke to find herself in a bed of flowers, leaves, and vines atop a suspiciously rough surface, very high up in the sky yet still beneath a humongous canopy. “Oh,” the sleepy warrior muttered as she rubbed her face, “this.” [Indeed. This is reality. You are very near the end of your tutorial.] Those words, …
Chapter Forty-Eight: Whoa
If the forest was a verdant sea, with all the various hills being its waves, then what Kaltyr looked at with awe could be described as a lonely mountain jutting so far out of the green water’s surface that there could be no reasonable explanation for its existence. THAT was how massive the oak tree in the not-so-distant distance was. …
Chapter Forty-Seven: Beast Battle
The sky glowed red, but only dimly through the overcast. Rain had yet to fall again since…however many days it had been since the first storm, but it looked like the rolling, gray clouds above were prepared to remedy that. Kaltyr adjusted the weight of her belongings as she marched forward, uncaring of the fact that she wouldn’t …
Chapter Forty-Six: Pond Monster
Despite it being cautious of Kaltyr’s ability to encompass herself in the dirt it hated so much, the plant monster didn’t choose to hide or disassemble itself back into the natural flora of the pond. Maybe it was wary but still confident in its ability to kill her? Perhaps it was unable to return to its natural state for the …
Chapter Forty-Five: Pond
Only after the encounter with the earth squirrels did it occur to Kaltyr that…her clothes were pretty damn cool—possibly overpowered. Not only did her clothing refuse to burn away under the stress of being on fire and being struck by lightning, even the mana bolts she’d suffered to couldn’t damage them. Yes, they damaged her, but the clothing still …
Chapter Forty-Four: That Thing in the Distance
[That thing in the distance?] Sir Quiggly-Do the Fifth’s latest puppet took shape from solid lightning, which was bright white and continuously released a high-pitch whine. “You know what I’m talking about.” Kaltyr sat in the lotus position next to her personal lean-to back in what was once her safe zone, her new level 8 spear—enchanted …
Chapter Forty-Three: Further Upgrades
[Wakey-wakey.] Kaltyr awoke to find that the sky had shifted to its blue phase. After Sir Quiggly-Do the Fifth concluded its lecture, it gave her time to rest, which she used to sleep. She had a feeling that she liked napping, but due to the nature of her new life, she didn’t have the opportunities for them until …
Chapter Forty-Two: Glorious Rewards
It was the Green Hours by the time the esteemed Dungeon Diver—her clothing in tatters—returned to her home territory, carrying with her several makeshift bags. Exhausted, the girl thanked the heavens that the rain had stopped, then tossed the one deerskin and three beaver-skin bags onto the ground before launching a barrage of Crude Mana Bolts at the weak animals …
Chapter Forty-One: Geniuses?
Kaltyr stayed put in the tree until nightfall, ultimately spending the last half of the daytime resting, recuperating from the battle against the five strong minions and their lightning-attributed leader. The girl thought about how the corpses of her enemies had sunk to the bottom of the river and were probably becoming food for whatever aquatic wildlife was …
Chapter Forty: Put to Good Use
Kaltyr could only imagine how her opponents felt as they watched her exit the tree line and approach their lodge with no fear, even going so far as to taunt them with a blast of fire into the air before diving into the river. The girl still wielded her twin spears as she entered the flooding, turbulent waters …