Flossindune

Chapter 186

The Seven-Ten Bowling Alley, Etson - 7:56 PM

I readied myself as I tuned out everything else. The ball I held in my hand was not the regulation breaking 30 pound lunker I had inherited from Boss Steener. This 14 pounder was a custom specimen that rocked a shining gold sheen, had “Boss Anthony Franklin” in bold letters along with the Sol Ligatus emblem, and was chosen ...

Chapter 185

Etson College - 5:27 PM

Sara insisted on a change of venue and, after she got changed into something she felt comfortable wearing outside, we decided to walk around my college. The Florida heat was bearing down on us, but it wasn’t terrible. My girlfriend didn’t sweat at all despite being in a copy of my Ringmaster’s Hoodie, which made sense given what she was. She ...

Chapter 184

Location: unknown - Time: unknown

I was disoriented. My vision blurred and my head felt like it was going to split open. It was bad enough to elicit an actual groan of pain.

The feeling slowly receded, and I was face to face with an old, though familiar, sight. I blinked, not fully comprehending my environment.

The door in front of me was sloppily painted a da...

June update

Salutations, readers!

We now return to your regularly scheduled chapter of 100th Run 5.

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Chapter 183 (End of Book 4)

The Pitt - 7:32 PM

Kayla and I left the Angel Express after I rejoined the guild. We emerged from the door Sara had me put deep in the Pitt. I was feeling clean and refreshed, my clothes were all in pristine condition, and I wasn’t worried about the team at all. With a gesture, we started walking towards the dungeon housing the Trial of the Silver Nightmare.

Snapp...

Chapter 182

Pittsburgh - 6:09 PM

Thanks to Sara navigating for me, I was able to get back to Pittsburgh with only a few minor inconveniences. All I had really known was to head west until I found the right highway, but with her directions I was able to stay on the roads to cut my time down. That still left us with plenty of time to talk, though, and I sent her each of Pustibule’s t...

Chapter 181

Hell - 12:20 PM

“You have chosen a painful route, Angel,” the real Pustibule said, sounding disappointed rather than angry. “For the record, I will not kill you, but your time in Hell will not be ple-“

Thankful that the Demon Lord was a talker, I opened my mouth and unleashed my Dragon’s Breath. The beam of holy energy slammed into his chest. Hope spread t...

Chapter 180

UPMC Presbyterian, The Pitt - 12:04 PM

I ran the edge of my sword against the hospital walls as I approached the screaming Demon. From the sounds of it, Mercury had done as instructed and ruined several pieces of Pustibule’s equipment with the can of Rust-It I had given him. From the fact that he was still yelling, I took it on good faith that any quick and easy suicide...

Chapter 179

UPMC Presbyterian, The Pitt - 11:45 AM

Despite my Heat Resistance passive keeping me comfortable at temperatures as high as 150 degrees Fahrenheit, I was already starting to sweat from Olivia’s missed attack. The woman’s abilities would have been terrifying anywhere else, but her demeanor and circumstances always made Greg outshine her.

While she was trying to t...

Chapter 178

The Pitt - 11:27 AM

I ran towards the dungeon alone, having sent Mercury ahead with Sara’s instructions on how to get to the hospital himself. If I had been able to use Divine Messenger, I would have been faster than him, but this deep in the Pitt there were barely any flat surfaces for it to be useful. When it came down to it, the ninja excelled more than I did in this...

Chapter 177

The Angel Express - 10:00 AM

I watched as Kayla continued to tend to Jamie’s wound. Jeremiah’s Stinger Rifle came with an ability that poisoned the people it shot to make them harder to heal. It was a measure to make sure that their targets bled out if they managed to survive, but that wasn’t what was happening here. The Weapon Master had passives against that kind ...

May Update [Hiatus update]

Hello again! May update part 2 here.

The big news is that I finished 100th Run book 4! I'm pretty happy with how it all turned out. I am going to have to trim down some fat for publication because it came out at a huge 167k, but that's not a concern for any of you. Y'all got the full Run experience!

Unlike what I initially thought, the book actually ends on chapter 183! That means t...

Chapter 176

UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse, Pittsburgh - 9:42 AM

It didn't take long for the Fieldhouse to become absolutely packed. I was ready to go at it right away, but Greg was insistent on grabbing a crowd. It was suspicious how fast everyone figured out this was happening, but I guessed he sent out a message to his guild to gather people.

As usual, thanks to my high status withi...

Chapter 175

The Guild of Guilds, Pittsburgh - 8:31 AM

It had been quite a few days since Jamie and I had seen the Master of Masters, Kail Fortetta, and the Akkarae twins. Back then, their building had only just been liberated and there hadn't been anyone around to appreciate it. Aside from the trio and their small army of Elven workers waiting for the people of Pittsburgh to get rich...

Chapter 174

The Angel Express - 7:43 AM

My mug of hot chocolate was almost completely gone by the time I finished transcribing the last of the directions for the group. Jamie was in her room while Kayla and Jeff played with Corwin in the Depot. Across from me, with an empty cup of coffee and dark bags under her eyes, was Ashley.

“I still don’t know why I have to be up for t...

Chapter 173

The Angel Express - 8:23 PM

Jeff and I walked through the portal and into the dining car to find a very welcome sight. Mercury and his sister weren’t supposed to be here until morning, but Kayla and Jamie were sitting with the Dealer. Corwin jumped up from his bed and immediately ran to us, and the knight went to one knee to pet his trusty hound.

“I’ll be hone...

Chapter 172

Carnegie Science Center, The Pitt - 7:54 PM

After placing the doorframe where Sara thought I should, we headed towards the dungeon. It was one of many that my Patron couldn’t see into. Whether it was because of Pustibule’s Angel Blinds, the administrator keeping it hidden, or whatever else, it was suspicious. That made it worth checking out.

We neared the cavern...

Chapter 171

The Angel Express - 6:19 PM

I walked out of my room after a successful bout of meditation. My Mental Points, like my medallion, were full to the brim and ready to be worked. Stretching, I entered the dining car to see Jeff and Mercury sitting across from each other having a discussion.

“- is a deadly and precise weapon,” Jeff said, tapping the table with an exte...

Chapter 170

Crown Antiques, Pittsburgh - 5:00 PM

By the time the building returned to the surface where it belonged, Mercury had come down to join me on the first floor. It was disappointing, but the only screen I received was the one I got when a member of my guild liberated something. I received no credit for what he had done despite my presence here.

Which was fine, honestly...

Chapter 169

Crown Antiques, The Pitt - 4:34 PM

I absently tapped the flat of my blade on Jeremiah’s shoulder as I thought about his words. Setting up players to be suicide bombers was an unfortunately common tactic from the Demons. Almost all of the unfortunate survivors of the Washington, D.C. had been herded into buildings to get the procedure done in the anticipated war against ...

Chapter 168

The Pitt - 4:02 PM

It didn’t take long to confirm that my suspicions were right; we were being followed. I activated Aura Sense every few minutes, and every time it showed the same group trailing us at the very edge of the skill. At times they had disappeared from it completely, but slowing down allowed them to catch up. Since we had time, I quietly told Mercury the sto...

Chapter 167

PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh - 2:54 PM

“That’s so gross!” Mercury exclaimed as he watched my foot slowly grow back. “You’re like a Troll or something!”

After settling down, I discovered that I had lost my left foot, shoe and all, to one of the snapping cables. My brain hadn’t registered it at the time, several others had struck me and left gouges on my...

Chapter 166

The Lake of Bones, The Pitt - 2:32 PM

I retrieved my Writhing Belt Whip from my inventory and held it opposite of the Smash Stick. The bones were still rattling, sounding like a macabre house of bees, as they worked to form the final form of the Accumulator. Its body was both massive and lithe at the same time, though incomplete.

The boss hadn’t moved while it pre...

Chapter 165

The Lake of Bones, The Pitt - 2:17 PM

While it would have been really easy to keep “Mercury Moongrave” in the air, I gave him some reprieve and let him stand on the ground. I continued holding onto him, though; I kept a tight grip on his collar and he kept a tight grip on my arm.

“Is that really the name you want to go with?” I asked, arching an eyebrow.

100th Run Book 3 release day!

And it's released on Kindle and Paperback! For those of you who didn't get to pick up the ARC copy or just want to support me, you can find it on Amazon here. Any and all ratings/reviews are wholly appreciated and will really help the story's optics, thank you to anyone who goes through such a thing for me....

Chapter 164

The Lake of Bones, The Pitt - 2:05 PM

When I gathered my papers to leave the Fieldhouse, I had found that they had been tampered with. Not noticeably if I were to give it a passing glance, but enough that I could see it clearly because I knew what to look for. That, coupled with my performance, meant that he would certainly be following me.

Which was good, because w...

Chapter 163

UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse - 10:45 AM, 3 days later

While I made sure to liberate at least two dungeons a day, the majority of my time was spent competing in the Fieldhouse against others. Because Sol Ligatus was the guild that completed the scenario quest to free it, we were allowed to change its rules at the start of the day. Thanks to that privilege, I was able to set the ...

Chapter 162

The Angel Express - 7:58 PM

It didn’t take long before the Greenhouse finished conjuring itself, and I stepped inside with Kayla after collecting Jamie’s plants from the Vault. The car walls were rounded and covered in glass just like the Phipps Conservatory was, but it would be just as sturdy as the rest of the train. We could see Jeff and Corwin playing in the Subsp...

Chapter 161

The Angel Express - 7:35 PM

Gardening took a lot of my time after the conservatory was liberated. It was sufficiently far from downtown that it took people a while to show up, but by then I had pilfered the place clean of anything valuable. I didn’t take any of the plants, however. Those would grow back their fruits and leaves quickly enough thanks to the system, and th...

Book 3 release details!

I come with good tidings!

The release date for 100th Run Book 3 is now finalized for March 26th! I've included the link to the ARC (Advanced Reader Copy) for my passing Patrons.

You can get it through the link, I only ask that you review it on Amazon when it releases. It's great for growth, and now that there's three books out there's going to be a section of people who will give it...