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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
- 1 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
- 2 I had a Hard Soul. It could kill me out of spite, but it couldn't turn me into a Hag!I clenched my phantasmal fists again.I just had to survive, until I grew stronger. Until the physical body it had devoured and imitated grew stronger. Then my body i
- 3 Existing Skill Ranks. Expert/3 would be 24 points, with +3/level from Int, for 33 points. Experts, all Skills were available.Taking my Human Skills to 3 would cost 12 Ranks. I flicked a mental switch.I was actually amazed when I clicked over the mental sw
- 4 Oh, but I wasn't done. Because I had Karma waiting.And so, I clicked over the mental latch to Melee/2. One Cla.s.s Level per day, right?My Soul seemed to billow and expand inside me. I inhaled whatever pa.s.sed for air here as every cell in my body q
- 5 The mists folded in, the vaguely threatening forest collapsed into the dreamscape. I kept moving, consciously staying physically relaxed, yet mentally vigilant. Where I was going was not important, and if roiling images kept coming up and trying to unnerv
- 6 The rope supporting the lion up there snapped audibly, tawny lines painted on its flat mane and everything, and it fell down into the crib. With clearly artificial motions that somehow retained a bit of feline grace, it bounded towards the hole already ma
- 7 Waking up was a slow and painful process. The memories of my death were quite vivid, as the Curse wasn't going to pa.s.s up any method to try and suppress me, or purge my persona.That was fine. I expected I came back at midnight, my Renewal, the poin
- 8 I stepped out onto the crib again. Felt the eyes of the constructs lock on me again. They were dumb AI's, wouldn't remember I already killed some of them, or how I did it. They'd have to be phages to be intelligent.I ran over, grabbed the p
- 9 I gasped despite myself as Vigor sealed my wounds, long b.l.o.o.d.y gashes extending half the length of my body.It had ripped me up pretty good, and bitten right through my left shoulder. Of course, it didn't have any eyes anymore, and was starting t
- 10 "Huh!"I wasn't in a web, I was back in the starting circle. Maybe the Curse didn't want me killing so many spiders. But things would change today.I'd killed over forty of the nasty b.u.g.g.e.rs, before the sheer amount of poison d
- 11 In the future…I'll kill you! I will!"No, you won't. I can't kill our d.a.m.ned Hagmother if you do that. Put the blame where it goes. As soon as she picked me, you were going to die. I'm Forsaken, you were never going to live.&quo
- 12 It took me a bunch of deaths to kill that dog. I think the Curse was very smug.It was an Advanced h.e.l.l Hound, ten to twelve Hit Dice, a true monster of the breed, and it looked like a powderpuff poodle the size of a small elephant… and acted like a pla
- 13 It didn't take me long to clamber down the mountain. I wasn't in a hurry, enjoying the sensations of life, getting used to being truly physical, and all the limitations of it.No more rebirths, for one. I had this one life left now, and I wasn�
- 14 Time to take those Archer Levels.Without a missile weapon, Archer Levels were basically almost useless. Almost, but not totally. I could at least plan to the point when I finally got a crossbow or something else useful to throw. It would have been really
- 15 I was in no hurry to reach the Coven. I had Karma to apply, and working Levels to regain first.But now my limits were Ten, not Three. I was so much more dangerous than I looked that it was not funny.I was also hungry, and when you can catch fish with a ha
- 16 My hand closed around the hilt of Tremble, melted steel now shaped to my hand, as I opened my eyes.I had now died ten times. It wasn't any more pleasant then before. Without Dauntless, I would have had some serious PTSD issues right about now.d.a.m.n
- 17 It definitely wasn't the dreamscape. I had to wander a bit to find things trying to kill me. It was a new and amusing situation.Most of the Fey seemed to have gotten the news that I wasn't going to kill them unless I had to… or they were Unseeli
- 18 Feeling rats eating my insides and face while I was still alive was one of those experiences I could have lived without, right there with being burned alive and groped by monster spiders.Ah, well, needs must.Soulshaper/2! Tough Soul! Vajra Mastery/1! Vajr
- 19 I surveyed the pool ahead of me with patient eyes.Brownleaf was back in the forest, just watching, not helping or giving advice. Presumably he knew some things, but I hadn't asked him for information, other than confirming this was the proper way.No
- 20 The Rats would die today! And I will get to see what's next!"Alchemist/2!"Discovery! Bonus Forsaken Discovery! Poison use, +2 Poison Saves! 6 Skill points! An advance!Discovery, Blood Healing! Normally this would require some customized alc
- 21 The path caught my eye, because it was winding between the stones. Even with the weight of the beings making it, it was worn down. So, regular traffic. Looked like someone had even wasted time making steps.You don't make steps to someplace that isn&#
- 22 Hahhhhhhhhhhrrrrrrrrr!I grit my teeth as my soul st.i.tched itself back together. Fort.i.tude save to throw off negative levels. f.u.c.kyouf.u.c.kyouf.u.c.kyou!It burned and cut and chilled and nauseated all at once, as the shredded bits of my soul gather
- 23 The drak-hounds arrived first.They were basically wolves with Mire Dragon blood, so they preferred swamps. Cunning but stupid, barely sentient, but clever pack hunters, and much stronger and more dangerous then normal wolves. They weren't exactly qui
- 24 "Hahahaha! They actually killed me with damage!"I almost jumped to my feet, my eyes s.h.i.+ning.They brought out spectres!Too many of them to deal with after the wraiths and shadows, but I had still exploded through them, crowing at them as thei
- 25 It was a biga.s.s tent, sprawling over half an acre, and propped up a good twenty feet high at its poles.It was made of skins. Skin, not hides. Mostly human, from the looks of it.The ma.s.sive skin tent was located at the northeastern edge of the swamp, a
- 26 I slowly lifted up my left hand to feel my face.Well, that rebuild went well, because I was pretty d.a.m.n sure I didn't have an intact skull…I huffed, raised my eyebrows, and slowly got myself to my feet. I stretched out, and began to go through som
- 27 The Unseelie Nymph and her cohort of needlemen and minotaur love-slaves died first.Actually, it turned out she had a werewolf lover. The power of the moon easily healed away any damage her presence did to him, leaving him a besotted lycanthrope who wasn&#
- 28 Ten more deaths had pa.s.sed.I hadn't managed to get past the ghosts yet. I had killed fourteen of them, however.Today, four key things were happening.The first thing was Slaughter earned its first Slaughter alternate Bane today, and Bane to the Unde
- 29 I still hadn't penetrated to the center quarter-mile of the Valley. Killing the two swamp giants in their stinking crib was as far as I'd gone.This time, I waited for nine days, stuck in a little cave with just me, my Sword, and the loot I'
- 30 My best so far was eight of them.Two months had pa.s.sed. I had been patient.Twelve banshees solo was a completely ridiculous encounter. If it wasn't for the fact that my Fort save was so d.a.m.n high against them, just the screams going off could ha
- 31 They seemed a bit agitated.I was hiding in the swamp nearby, near the s.h.i.+t mound of the otyugh that was still burning after twelve hours, staining the blighted swamp with purity and goodness. They'd sent some ogres over to kill the blaze, and sin
- 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
- 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
- 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,
- 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,
- 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,
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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,
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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&
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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&
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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