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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

NOTE: Edited 01/11/23 - Significant changes to prose, pacing, and the battle scenes. Much cooler now.

The old fogies at this adventurer's retirement home in New York that Divah forced me to work in twice a month had a saying…

'It's a dangerous business, going on an adventure,' they collectively warned fourteen-year-old me. 'You step on a path filled with trials, and if you don't steady your footing, there's no telling where you might get carried off to.'

Tonight at least, I guess those old fogies weren't wrong exactly.

Hel, even Saga, our strongest member, was swept off her feet by the waves of blood that exploded out of the castle's open entryway.

Yep, what began as a pool of blood spilling out onto the staircase quickly escalated into a crimson tide that crashed against our unprepared bodies, sending some of us scrambling back into the tunnel while the others drowned in blood.

"Raise your shields, guys!" Dess yelled.

Castle of Blood, Part 1