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The Power Of Ten: Sama Rantha Novel Chapters
List of most recent chapters published for the The Power Of Ten: Sama Rantha novel. A total of 531 chapters have been translated and the release date of the last chapter is Apr 02, 2024
Latest Release: Chapter 1 : The Power of Ten – The Missing Tens – Sama Rantha, Vol I – HagbornChapter One – Rebirth
The Power of Ten – The Missing Tens – Sama Rantha, Vol I – HagbornChapter One – Rebirth and DeathWhere am I?I looked around dazedly, trying to get my foggy thoughts together. It was hard to think.I thought… I thought I had been reborn. I thought I was a b
- 131 "Haze, I have a question." Mama Greta was seated outside, rocking in her favorite chair, shawl on as she watched the sun go down. Hazé would usually leave to go live-lining about this time, but they often watched the sun go down together before
- 130 I knew he was coming, and it was a Big Thing. The King Under the Mountain generally stayed Under the Mountain, and him coming out was not something idle.Given the number of dwarves running around with Marks and grumping to one another in Marktell and real
- 129 Hazé spun her short Staff around her hand. Being four years old was still a major pain, but not as bad as it used to be. The fact she knew some Cantrips was now common knowledge, but to be expected since her Mama knew magic and had been progressing nicely
- 128 His steps were loud because plate armor isn't stealthy, especially fifty pounds of it. But it wasn't like she was hiding, having moved from hours of Tatting out hundreds of dwarves eager to get a taste of what it meant to fight with Thunder in y
- 127 Hazé knew the two idiots were bad news as soon as they walked in the door. The bell rang loudly, and heavy boots scuffed the floor, pounding on the boards self-importantly, breaths were cleared haughtily, and loud sniffs could be heard even before she and
- 126 Fighting elves was a total pain in the a.s.s in wooded terrain. Briggs almost laughed to himself.He was okay as far as skulking went, but in the trees, if a lightly-armored elf didn't want to be seen, well, Treeslipping, 90% concealment, was a huge t
- 125 The inhabitants of the small town of Vyster and its winery had no idea a Ten was watching over them. Hazé was p.r.o.ne to 'go playing' for hours on end, doing two things: expanding her lived-line, and robbing certain individuals blind.The first
- 124 "Well, that sure took you long enough. I always thought Fey had a decent gossip system, but I thought you decided to forget all about that matter." Which would be precisely something a Fey would do. After all, I'd given no time limit to it,
- 123 It took Hazé twenty days to solve the puzzle of Weirding the Silent Spell Meta. Able to use Valence II's to cast now, she could do eighty Casts a day with I+I's. Thirteen days after that, Still Spell was done. Eschew Components was inbuilt as a
- 122 "Well, duh. A Chaotic Twenty warlord, and a Warp Gate singing with the siren call of slaughter. They're pulling you in like a hungry lion to bleeding bait. Of course you were going to be here!"He didn't look all that happy at hearing t
- 121 Time had pa.s.sed.With Mama's help, Hazé had pa.s.sed the truly dangerous time, carefully hidden away, doing the uncontrolled p.o.o.ping and peeing stuff like any other child, resting and taking care to get stronger and healthier.It meant she had to
- 120 It had been two weeks since we'd last seen the Rockborn. Many things had changed.Ten days, used properly, meant ten Levels. Ten Levels meant depth.They hadn't seen Briggs in his armor, and a fair number of polished eyeb.a.l.l.s nearly fell into
- 119 She was in a city, in the slums down by the docks, where only the poorest of the poor lived.Naturally, she had to get out of there. Cities were hives of disease, and she was in no condition to be breathing this air with her tiny, laboring lungs. She reall
- 118 I could kind of feel them squinting at me through the Markdoors, and the silence grew long.-Huh. I must have discovered some terrible untold secret of the Brotherhood. It's a shame that a woman who can watch dozens of battles; feel her Marked's
- 117 The first spell she cast was a.s.say.It took hours to get all the mana she needed to fill her Valences, and all the time she had a really bad feeling, as if something was happening around her. The second heartbeat she heard seemed to be getting weaker, an
- 116 So, I was saving my intended family from a doppelganger invasion. Which, naturally enough, began to rapidly expand across the kingdom, then the Empire, as more and more of my Marked chimed in about certain people wearing jewelry with amberish gems with da
- 115 Twelve years ago...Her heart was beating.She could feel it, clear as day. She could also feel another heart beating, right next to hers, all around her. She felt warm and confined and comfortable , despite the fact that she wasn't breathing.And there
- 114 It was late, and Captain Anton Markov was in his tent, the rough fabric of the military issue cloth flapping in the night wind. But he was not asleep, not now.The Sage had Sung to him again. She had not done that... since the dream.How many times had he d
- 113 She put the steel bar into the magefires of her Floating Forge, and stepped back.-If you do not wish to join in, close your Door,- her /voice rippled through from the new light inside the head of the Fire and the Sword. Startled at the sudden interruption
- 112 Movement rate, 110. I could run faster than they could fly... if they could fly, which they couldn't. A hundred yards in under six seconds, no magic aiding me to be dispelled or countered.+X True Death in my hand screamed about a Ravager of Queens an
- 111 "Oh, you've escorted some of my sisters to the Churches of Sylune to get purified?" I replied immediately.His mouth opened, and then slowly closed. He stared at me for a long moment, the twitch on his shoulder faded away as if it weren'
- 110 Blindness doesn't have to come from darkness. Creatures of darkness often tend to overlook the fact. So do those of us who live in the light.I had been slowly building up my Tats. After all, I didn't have a lot else to work on. My Weapons tended
- 109 "You haven't felt Sama's Null," Briggs sniffed, and leaned forward conspiratorially, the man matching him reflexively. "Cold, smooth, and diamond. I wouldn't try charming her. She's Senior to all of us."The man stra
- 108 "Well, h.e.l.lo, Hagmother. Getting desperate, are you?"Daemon gore, replete with disease, rot, poison, and corruption, fell off of me, most already burning vivic.This wasn't a real representation of ol' Hagmom, but an extension of the
- 107 "No. Their churches, religions, the flow of mortal faith and belief. A corrupt religion is one that needs to be cleansed. An alien one must be purged. False G.o.ds, wors.h.i.+p of things outside Creation, lies spread as true words… the Light and Scep
- 106 "I Can't Stop You, Can I?" The frustration and despair in the voice were almost palpable.The area was a complete mess, strewn with the remnant corpses of over a thousand magical beasts. This fight had been a brute-force, all-in charge and m
- 105 Estemar smiled despite himself as the Salute faded away. "Master Briggs… what if… we win?" he asked suddenly, his voice full of hope. "Not just this fight. What if… Heaven won?""There is no winning, the scale is too big," Bri
- 104 Another orc warband, purely in Dream, across a blasted heath where nothing wanted to live or move. Boar-faced yellow-skins littered the ground, bleeding yellow-black stuff onto the ground, burning away with vivus.The lads were looting with moderate enthus
- 103 -Mmm, only one continent. To be expected.- I immediately /doused them all. -A planetary map would have opened up some interesting possibilities.- I narrowed the /view down by drawing a circle around a specific point.-This is Yle Tyorm, the center of a gre
- 102 Spears slammed down, boots slammed counter. The lads fought to keep smiles off their faces, thank heavens for closed helms in the front lines."Tremble, Tremble, she comes…"The eerie synchronicity of it was enough to off-put even these inhuman b.
- 101 My kingdom was expanding.I had two thoughtstreams going full bore, the benefits of a 30 Intellect (28, actually). One did all my normal stuff, and the other was managing the information stream from all those Marks.In particular, I had asked for and was mo
- 100 The ziggurat behind me was heaped with the dead. Tremble had snickered as he told me about how they were screaming in disbelief about how a hairless monkey could be killing like this, even as he howled and jabbered and mocked them ceaselessly right back.L
- 99 "The fastest way to change this situation is through slaughter, and gearing up." Briggs waved his hand at the now-silent battlefield. All the elves and rangers in good health had already left, fanning out to find more of the enemy with their ani
- 98 In the end, I didn't need my men.I wasn't going to tell them that, of course, but it was largely true. With them, I could kill a lot of enemies quicker, and I could claim Glory Awards if we won. I could almost feel the Karma coursing in when som
- 97 The Fanatics all had one of their arms converted to a razor-sharp pincer, and were all oiled and glowing with muscle, totally ignoring the thorns nailed into them, as if they were ribbons or other garnishes to their perfection.They didn't ignore it w
- 96 A Raptor Tyrant, the equivalent of a tyrannosaur, came barreling down the overgrown street, scales bright red and yellow, with two slightly smaller ones in red-black and green-yellow behind him. Thundering on the scaled stones, ripping through stands of v
- 95 -Up, you two,- I /informed the dozing lads. Briggs's eyes snapped open instantly, and Estemar grunted and blinked a few times, coming out of his Meditation. -They've found two more Warpbands. We're off to make some contributions.-Well, you&
- 94 I certainly wasn't expecting this, and the hyn seemed pretty amazed, too.In The Power of Ten, the hyn were born from human midgets and pygmies in a magical world, transforming from the tide of magic coming across the planet. Thus, no more midgets wer
- 93 "So, remember how we talked about Cla.s.ses and Levels, and what you got from them?" Briggs asked Estemar casually.The young Paladin nodded quickly. "Of course. Optimizing your Cla.s.s Levels is a powerful tool, and I've seen the resul
- 92 He was a Ten swordsman, with Mastery in the Sword, and his Weapon was magical to +III. He had some cla.s.sic training in long and short, and with his size advantage, thought he had this.It took him two long minutes to realize that I was toying with him an
- 91 "I made a promise on MY Fate," Briggs corrected. "I am the Source of my Fate. The Fate of other things has no more effect on me then it has on your or her," he said, waving at the two of them and Sama. "So, I have declared that I
- 90 It was a windswept high tor of stone grades and broken ridge lines…Then, a winding frozen landscape of snow and ice and ancient hills beaten down by the cold…A steaming desert, dunes and dry riverbanks forming a place to shed blood upon…A winding forest c
- 89 "d.a.m.n, Sama," Briggs said in the middle of that, his pale violent eyes intense. "Instantaneous telepathic contact across any distance in real time. Can you do a sensory share?""There's no control over the other side, so if
- 88 Grey washed across the land. Sighs and gasps sounded from everyone around as they watched the world disappear about them.There were exactly fifty-seven of them left alive.Those closest to the Loot Stash, a Disk I made that held the valuables salvaged from
- 87 They came forward, a little hesitantly and reluctant, especially after their ident.i.ties were announced to all and sundry. Without asking, Briggs dragged Estemar up to join the little circle, while the elven general and Caster looked a little lost at the
- 86 My trophy belt of Tattoo Marks was proceeding apace. Only two of them were actually dominated by a succubus now, one being the lilithi priestess. I was still hoping for a lilitu for the other. Have to leave it up to the attractive power of the Curse, alth
- 85 Estemar stared despite himself. All he had ever heard of the Brotherhood of the Void described them as merciless killers, opportunists, and where they went, disaster tended to follow.They were not people anyone wanted to see, because death usually followe
- 84 Skittering subsonics, creeping movement against the stone, almost levitating, it was so light. Insectile feet ghosting across brick and mortar, angling to get into position for a swift kill.Very surprised when Tremble came plunging through the brick wall
- 83 "Hey, Sama. Let me introduce you to General Moonriver and Maga Skycloud, the commanders of the Sidhete forces here.""How do you do!" Shocking the unprepared elves, Sama glided right up, lithe and graceful as a breeze, and pumped each o
- 82 "Wake up."------"Here's the deal."------"I want a Blessing from you."-------"You have the right to refuse me."-------"I'll give you thirty seconds to think it over.------"You have that long to st
- 81 I was behind the arc of vision of the Sluggor. Sure, it had a bunch of self-exploding little goobers running around it, but what were they going to do, alert it a little girl was coming at it?Tremble waited behind me, sheathed and ready as I arced across
- 80 I pulled Tremble from the chest of the last succubus commander, who fell bonelessly to the ground.A whirling circle of force blades came down around me, and I leisurely slashed out, Null aura las.h.i.+ng through the magic, and it dissipated before they co
- 79 Briggs looked over the scattered dead around, causes of death quite apparent by the arrows left sticking out of them. Wolves seemed to be a majority of the corpses, targeted by archers ensconced along the steep hill above, and others likely waiting in amb
- 78 The fights to get to the battles were still intense for some time, as if laying out hope that by sheer repet.i.tion the Curse might get lucky and kill me again.Instead, the days went by as I hacked my way through the small fry, looking to get to the group
- 77 The trail was not hard to follow, given how the Warped hardly cared for the environment, and were p.r.o.ne to las.h.i.+ng out randomly at things around them, as if leaving a scar on the pristine forest affirmed their existence in the face of their slavery
- 76 The Curse gave up.Doc had turned the tide. Matching up with a shot of Invigoration from Tremble to overcome any fatigue, it literally could not kill me. I just hacked myself back to full Health, and my Soak went up and down as my Battle Vigor had the chan
- 75 "That sounds like Druids at work," Sama agreed. "By position, I a.s.sume they are between the Fey and the Empire?""Aye, and the Fey were known to pitch into the fight in the past. Their Erlking in particular has a nasty reputation
- 74 Wooden sword. Treated with Ironwood, strong as steel. Made of heavy oak for weight, then auto-treated with Greater Magic Weapon at 20, for a pithy +V enhancement bonus, combined with the same effect on his crafted oak-leaf scale armor, looking resplendent
- 73 "Use three of them," Briggs said calmly, taking Sama's cue. "Rep counts. You need to use those as often as possible to get your rep counts up.""Rep… counts?" he repeated, even as he crossed his hands again."What, th
- 72 "You hold them spears firm! Anyone who lowers that spear gets one up his a.s.s to encourage them to do it right!"The line of spears extended out, ready to meet the charge of the incoming fey.The loose mob of quicklings and redcaps had been unpre
- 71 "One man on horseback, a dozen wolves in pursuit," Sama informed Briggs, as their course suddenly s.h.i.+fted.He acknowledged the path through the gra.s.s with a glance, looking for signs of blood… and finding a few. "Injured horse. He won&
- 70 There were some definite changes today, before I even got out of the first room.For starters, all the formerly twenty-foot-plus giant people were now down to between ten and twelve feet tall, tops. The house rescaled to fit them. Of course, oversized crea
- 69 "Crafting time!"Their pell-mell running through the forest faster then a startled deer came to a stop in a hillside clearing. Sama stopped power-skating and glided to a stop over the rough ground as if her legs were shock absorbers, coming to a
- 68 I opened my eyes and grabbed Tremble, as I had so many times before.I could still hear the skin-shredding howl of the wind, the rupturing ground, the blasts of flames, and the lashes of water both liquid and ice. b.l.o.o.d.y axes sweeping by, the sky dark
- 67 "So, what are you thinking about?"Briggs smirked, as Sama picked the most interesting time to ask questions. They were running along upside-down across an overhang, Sama's feet misting as her Cloudstepping Sandals kept them unerringly on co
- 66 Gargorians came. Finally, they went. So much for grims-worth of uber oversized gargoyles.Bacchae and maenads were next, insane revelers possessed by divine madness as they caroused, and wanting to tear apart anyone that didn't join them in their deme
- 65 Briggs was pretty sure he'd be a better smith then Sama once he reached Ten, if for no other reason then that he was a Hammer Grandmaster, and so could ply one more quickly then she could. They'd probably be near-identical on QL, but he should e
- 64 Binder/3.Binder/4.Expert/8. +1 to Int, Mirrored to +1 Dex. Int 24, Dex 26. +8 Skill points, plus 8 more for Int increase. 2 to s.h.i.+pwright (8), 6 to Pilot (6), default Expert Knowledges.Alchemist/5. +1 SA, now totaling 7d6, 3-6 per die. +1 Bonus Alchem
- 63 "Ahhh…"The pleasure of having a real smith's hammer in his hand was almost surreal. Briggs hefted it, noting the giant-hide wrapping it was almost perfect for his hand size, and looked at Sama expectantly.He'd already sorted through th
- 62 I was mad, and I took it out on everything.The opening day fights I hacked my way past, and I was quite cruel to the evening ones, giving them no face and slaughtering them at maximum speed. I didn't even mock the grimm like I usually did.The giants
- 61 "So, Captain Sama Rantha. You're a long way from Coralost, Sama," Briggs noted, not unamused.He'd swapped out his torn leather s.h.i.+rt for a simpler, embroidered vest that his mother's sister had made for him. It wasn't hig
- 60 I had tipped over Binder/2, I had sent the 4 Skill Points to Sailor as I had Binder/1, and I had done my Crafting and mixing.It was time to put it to the test, as a foggy evening turned to dark, and the Mask I'd Tattooed on my face lit up and let me
- 59 Her sword danced around her, and four beastmen fell down, various limbs and necessary organs spilling from them with copious amounts of blood."So, how long have you been here?" she asked conversationally. He could feel the hum of ki carrying her
- 58 Well, they were zombies, not ghouls. But, fast zombies, not lumbering zombies. They were dumb and mindless, and couldn't hit me unless they got lucky, but when you're dealing with so many of them, getting lucky isn't all that hard, and will
- 57 The griffon came swooping in from overhead. Given the speed I was moving at, I was definitely something to catch the attention of fliers, so he picked me out fairly easily.I looked up at his call as he swooped in, and Mikle, who was again riding on my bac
- 56 She was three times my size, and I kicked her in the face and sent her flying. That axe of a nose broke as I beheaded her cauchemar, one of normal size, and let it tumble past me on the floor of the bedroom.The crib was gone a few nights past, and a large
- 55 "The picture she paints is terrifying," Shvaughn admitted, watching the warrior girl run off faster than she could attain with magic. Sama looked human enough in ears and build, but those eyes were either magical or something else, and the mottl
- 54 "It's a true Aberrant, probably from Leng. I believe it's called a Lurker in the Depths. It must have wandered over into Dream and been attracted here by our unique circ.u.mstances." I was somewhere between amused and irritated.Contrar
- 53 I listened to Warp mutants dying in the distance. Someone was shooting them down with extreme prejudice. After the general thinning they'd received at my hands, it was a bit too much for the poor lads, and they were just dying off.Heh. I glanced at t
- 52 There were a lot of giants coming up off of that boat. There was no good way to kill all sixty-two of them. Once they entered the active area, they were searching for me, and the magic of the Curse made sure they would eventually find me. So, no real rest
- 51 The griffons naturally had a very good idea of large movements in their territory, being low level sentient apex predators with a strong territorial instinct. They were able to tell pretty much exactly where the Warp intruders were coming from, and they d
- 50 "So, watcha think, Trem?" I asked him, as I woke up depressurized and certain I knew how a waffle iron at work felt."Until you can run on air and have an unpredictable movement path, we're hosed in that fight," Tremble said with a
- 49 The griffons slowed down when they saw me running towards them, no doubt cautious and uncertain as to what I really was."Follow me!" I announced to the griffons, and if their leader sounded a small squawk of displeasure at me giving it orders, i
- 48 It looked rather pretty, all things considered.They probably kept it mowed with magic and weeded it frequently, but the expanse of green before me would not have been out of line on a golf course. Of course, this was Dream, so things were both more and fa
- 47 "Weeeeeeee!"Brownie Mikle's shriek of glee sounded next to my ear as I zipped through the forest. He was standing on the top of my Ma.s.s.p.a.ck, hanging onto my hair and his hat at the same time, although my Vajra had cut down wind resista
- 46 I ticked over one mental lever. Without pause, I ticked over the other.My soul began to percolate. Energies began to move through flesh and spirit, although it was probably all spirit here in Nightmare, and the Karma I'd ripped off the Curse by slaug
- 45 'Fantasy Magic Forest Dangerous. Enter at Own Risk.'I wanted to put up a couple dozen of those signs as I made my way through the overgrown magical woodlands. Opting for the smart thing, I generally tried to stay close to the river, and if I had
- 44 Renewal came. I reached out to Tremble as I blinked and made sure I still had a face and not a caved-in sh.e.l.l."Ouch!" he said for me."They're using Teamwork Feats." I shook my head. "Improved and Superior Aid Another, Impr
- 43 Packing up actually didn't take all that long.I did, after all, have a good toolset with me, and it was enough for me to make to make some Compression stuff, and my Floating Forge could support about ten tons, easily able to support everything.Interl
- 42 I hacked up some blood, spit it out. There wasn't much, as my Vajra did the clotting and first aid thing really quick. Heal Ranks ftw.They were all dead. The smell of Jotun blood permeated the whole house at this point. They and their pets littered t
- 41 Erlking Noir Rabe had taken the only available seat, just a boulder I'd cut in two to form a rough seat, and he'd located the water jug and a carved stone goblet to drink from it with. He was eyeing the subtle designs on the cup when I came up.I
- 40 Death by Jotuns and spells continued as I kept up exploring the house and altering my tactics to limit the number of giants I had to face at any one time. The guests in the ball room would turn into reinforcements with a suitable shout from Dad the Duke,
- 39 Hoofbeats?And not just one or two. They didn't sound metallic, so they weren't shoed, but they were extremely uninterested in hiding their presence.Unshorn meant they weren't something being ridden, and weren't conventional military. T
- 38 Three more days to Impervious.Nine days to Slot Drei for s.h.i.+elding use. Two more days for Armory, another two days for Defiant/Giants, and we were in business.Tremble now had 66 or so Hardness against damage, and was in no danger of being sundered by
- 37 Time pa.s.sed, and nothing really that eventful happened. Which was fine with me.The Wards of the Hags failed one by one. The choking, stinking fog and mist evaporated, cool mountain winds began to blow through the valley. The waterfall illusion over the
- 36 I slapped my hand on Tremble, who woke up after his injection of Soul. "Like, wow. Did you even have a Null against her?" he protested, clearly aggrieved at how easily I had been killed.I sighed, despite myself. "She was casting at Twenty,
- 35 A dreadwood. Really.The last of the Hags sent out a flock of blood ravens to see what happened at her sister's little hut. None of them came back, which was an answer all its own.There were thorn golems out there, some very nervous ogres and trolls,
- 34 My Inspiration picks were as I'd needed: s.h.i.+eld Parry, s.h.i.+eld Focus and its Greater brother, Elusive Dodge, Battle Vigor, a.s.sa.s.sin's Stance, t.i.tan Slayer DT.Battle Vigor returned 44 points of Soak to me at 4/rd during every fight,
- 33 The sh.e.l.lycoat lived in a house of plastered reeds and mud, with an underwater entrance, something like a beaver dam. The trolls had a lair in the mud under a rock outcropping close by, while her ogres had set up in the roots of a fallen forest giant r
- 32 Pure reflex, I put my hand up to my head, making sure it was still attached."Ugh, wasn't that a big change."I injected Soul Essence into Tremble, and he lit up."From incorporeal killer singers to tree-sized maids and guards. Wow. Every