August 2022 Preview Epub
The epub of this month's RoyalRoad chapters (119-132).
2022-08-01 12:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Aster Loka posts
Pausing.
Aster here, in a rather miserable puddle. :(
While I've been striving to still write chapters even in the midst of the summer madness, I'm entirely dissatisfied with their quality. I technically have around 10k worth of chapters written, but they're just... bad.
I'm also sick a...
2022-07-26 23:09:24 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 165 (Laurence)
[Note: Chapter 163 has been renamed to Chapter 162, as Chapter 153 (Riana) has been shifted up to 164. If you haven't read Chapter 163 (V2), it is new and was posted simultaneously ...
2022-07-16 23:51:36 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 163 (v2)
"Anything good?" Gordon asked as Levi stared into his system interface.
"Yeah. Very interesting stuff here. One physical attacker, one tank. Their mana gains are ridiculous." As he was speaking he named the more standard one Iris, and the second Lash. It seemed appropriate.
"How ridic...
2022-07-16 23:51:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Chapter 162 (Laurence)
Laurence led the way, setting the pace as fast as they could maintain. Perhaps a bit higher, a few times.
As they got used to each other the traveling went easier, the group steadily warming up to one another. Despite their longstanding internet rivalry, the Frires and Doom Raiders had a lo...
2022-07-08 14:49:00 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 161
Levi snapped his eyes closed and took quick stock of his situation. Unable to move, but aware of the battle once again.
Something was attached to his face, claws gripping each side of his head. Between the closeness of the creature and the tightness of the Soul-Seeker's tendrils wrapping ar...
2022-07-06 16:33:01 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 160
The soul-seeker shuddered as Skarm impacted. It tried to whirl on this new attacker, but Levi took advantage of its momentary distraction to step forward into its reach and stab upward with a Beast Bite. The attack cost a lot of mana to sustain, but as long as he maintained the bite it would serv...
2022-07-04 15:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 159
Levi highly doubted that ever before had anyone constructed a pair of anti-soul-seeker goggles out of a pair of Destruction tokens and a shadevine. And... to be entirely honest, there was probably a good reason for that.
While elemental dungeon tokens were vaguely translucent, they also glo...
2022-07-02 20:27:58 +0000 UTC View PostJuly 2022 Preview Epub
The epub of this month's RoyalRoad chapters (106-118).
2022-07-01 12:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Chapter 159
Levi slammed his eyes shut, trying to preserve the memory of what the room had looked like and to protect himself if either of the Soul-Seekers turned their gazes away from their minions.
The glitterlings swarmed and he was fighting blind, all sound and motion and chaos. Having the soul-see...
2022-06-28 15:22:00 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 158
The remainder of the Control dungeon was challenging, as usual for the rapidly-leveling dungeons, but until they reached the final room of its second floor they'd only lost Firelord and Flomper. Well, technically they'd lost Firelord twice, and Frosty once, but after using their revives the other...
2022-06-25 22:14:49 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 157
Naturally, Levi’s first move was to max Pack Leader.
There was no other ability that called to him the same way, that was so clearly essential to his future plans of leading an army of monsters and demons into battle. And this time when he put the point in he could've sworn he actually fe...
2022-06-23 15:41:27 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 156
A few days later, Skarm and Two both reached their second thresholds within three fights of each other.
Levi held off until they reached the third treasure room, midway through the second floor of the dungeon, before immersing himself in their ability upgrade options. It wouldn't be a good ...
2022-06-18 23:13:59 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 155
Pierce the super-massive centipede may be fast, but he was not stealthy. He increased the overall speed of the procession to the point where Levi could actually move at a decent pace without worrying about leaving anyone behind, but he made Maggie look downright sneaky.
Maggie left...
2022-06-16 19:56:32 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 154 (Laurence)
The Doom Raider contingent ended up being Laurence himself, Bradley, and Xander. Tom Arlin had volunteered, but was unanimously voted down. This was going to be a dangerous run and he was still a minor.
The Frires provided four of their own, nearly half their guild. Frire Duck, who Laurence...
2022-06-11 23:28:09 +0000 UTC View PostOfficial Discord Server Invite
I've got it linked in a random chapter somewhere too, but since I keep forgetting to promo it here's a link in case you want to come hang out.
Once in, just let me know that you're a supporter and I'll give you the approp...
2022-06-09 15:08:32 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 153 (Riana)
“What are you supposed to wear to a magical monster dungeon?” The wide-eyed teen currently wore a Magical Girl Erudita cosplay, clutching a cheap Power Wand between her pink-gloved hands as she stared up at Riana. “I don't have any armor."
"Well, what class do you want?"
"Mage, ...
2022-06-08 22:32:32 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 152
The next dungeon in the loop was Lightning type, one of the rarer ones that Levi didn't have much experience with. There hadn't been many of them in the areas he'd been posted, and they were kind of treated as a joke. Lightning powers were pretty much the definition of 'flash without substance'.<...
2022-06-02 16:10:20 +0000 UTC View PostJune 2022 Preview Epub
The epub of this month's RoyalRoad chapters (93-105).
2022-06-01 12:28:08 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 151 (Levi; Laurence)
"Your turn."
They'd just reached the next dungeon on their route - a basic Destruction one - and Levi smiled at Gordon's look of uncertainty.
"You said you wanted to face adversity, right? What better way than to take the lead in this next battle?"
"I'm not sure I'm ready for
New temporary tier: Summer-Only
First, thank you for all the well-wishes and support. I understand that it's a bit difficult to justify paying full price for half the content, so I've added a temporary tier for the next three months at $4.50 for new chapters only. It will not include the backlog, but if you're a previous subscr...
2022-05-31 20:53:06 +0000 UTC View PostJune-August Notice
Hello! Aster here to ramble on about my life a bit. :)
I have a very busy schedule at my main job during the summer - tourist season gets insanely hectic and I normally block out those months as non-writing months due to mental strain and exhaustion.
But right n...
2022-05-31 15:17:40 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 150
Control. One of Levi's least favourite dungeon types, but a necessary encounter if he wanted to properly prepare. He wasn't sure of all the specifics of crafting the Summoner evolution item, but he knew that all Tamer class upgrades require Control tokens predominantly among their ingredients. Bo...
2022-05-28 15:28:59 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 149
[Note: I have adjusted the specifics of dungeon leveling speeds mentioned in chapter 143. Due to a miscalculation in my original numbers, it would have required around 90 years to reach where they should be in 8. That has been corrected. xD The updated theoretical maximum for dungeons run eve...
2022-05-27 17:14:36 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 148 (Laurence)
Laurence knocked on the door.
No response.
He wished he still had a working phone, but his had given up its last ghost days ago. The sacrifices one must make for magic.
"Come on, Rachel, it's me."
He knocked again, more insistent, then pressed his ear against the door.
... 2022-05-26 16:47:44 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 147
Levi jumped forward, his health nearing full though it continued to dip as it struggled to deal with the three remaining centipede legs still impaled through him. He didn't have time to pull them out and deal with the resulting health drop at the moment.
Gordon cast Dismay. This was too pow...
2022-05-24 16:11:00 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 146
Level 3+
(Stone Centipede)
Health 48%
Levi backed away from the thrashing centipede, his mana expended, breathing hard. He didn't think he could make much headway against the monstrous centipede without being able to activate his mana...
2022-05-23 16:01:25 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 145
The Stone Centipede boss was absolutely massive. Not simply an upsized version of the eight-foot sort like Cen and Centoo, instead it had coils upon coils sprawled out behind it, significantly longer than Maggie. Its front section reared up to twice Levi's height and at least five or six times th...
2022-05-21 01:56:26 +0000 UTC View Post