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Explore the realmsverse, battle monsters of myth and legend, die trying... and then come back to life stronger with the advantage of hindsight! Rinse and repeat.

Death holds no power over Will Wisdom, a boy who’d once been sacrificed to the altar of the gods of death only to reincarnate moments later. Will’s a teenager stuck with Extra-Life, a curse that lets him relive the same day of every death with all the gruesome details of his latest demise intact to help him survive in his next run of whatever realm, dungeon, or adventuring class he’s decided to challenge next.

Returning to life after each harrowing encounter is a useful hack for a teenager enrolled in the legendary Academy, a school that teaches young adventurers to become the kind of heroes who chase after the big monster bounties and uncover the great mysteries of the Realmsverse. Mysteries such as finding the cult of evil ljósálfar who’d cursed Will with Extra-Life in the first place, and then exacting his revenge on these bright elf bastards! 

The Academy is the perfect place for Will to achieve his hopes and dreams too. Assuming he does well in Swords and Sorcery, Apprentice Alchemy, Dungeon Excursions, P.E., and a whole host of crazy training courses in his novice schedule. Will may need a little help with that. 

Welcome to the Academy, Will Wisdom—hope you live to see graduation day!

*** Aside from daily chapter releases, I will release extra chapters every Sunday depending on power stones earned during the same week. 200 stones = 1 additional chapter!

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Adventure Academy

NEW NOTE: EDITED 12/08/23, Changed the dialogue a lot to give Esme***** more personality. Changed some of the narration too. Made the situation more urgent.

"Holy Hel," I whistled, "there's a lot of them out there… way too many."

"Like a herd of walking dead rolling into town," Esmerelda agreed.

"Exactly," I nodded. "And here I am without my crossbow."

"I've got a spare sheriff's hat in my room if you're looking to cosplay," Esmerelda replied genially.

I couldn't help smiling at her. It was nice to meet someone who did pop-culture references as easily as I did in harrowing situations. We might have gone on some more—neither of us caring about the draugr twitching close by—but I noticed Liara giving me the stink-eye and I thought it might be best to nip the banter in the bud.

"It feels like we've fallen into a real-life tower defense game," Esmerelda added.

Out of the Frying Pan and Into the Fire, Part 3