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Struck down amid the battle, the Hero and Demon King meet their demise. As their souls linger on the edge of the afterlife, a mysterious force intervenes, merging their fragmented souls together with a new being. Rusty, the living armor, now affected by their memories and presence, embarks on his own quest. Will he seek revenge on those who betrayed the hero, or will he fulfill the desires of the fallen demon king? or instead, forge his own path?
- Prologue – Something Awakens.
- Chapter 01 – Status.
- Chapter 02 – Your Skill Is Mine.
- Chapter 03 – Skill Absorption.
- Chapter 04 – First Kill.
- Chapter 05 – Playing Dead.
- Chapter 06 – Evolving?
- Chapter 07 – Soul Forge.
- Chapter 08 – Going Down.
- Chapter 09 – Using The Terrain.
- Chapter 10 – Dungeon Menace.
- Patreon Announcement/Reminder +Bonus chapter?
- Chapter 11 – The Guild.
- Chapter 12 – Craving Battle.
- Chapter 13 – Tactical Retreat.
- Chapter 14 – Down The Hole.
- Chapter 15 – Ants.
- Chapter 16 – Crystal Cavern.
- Chapter 17 – Looking For Copper.
- Chapter 18 – Insect Wars.
- Chapter 19 – Down With The Queen.
- Chapter 20 – Strange Egg.
- Chapter 21 – Next Evolution.
- Chapter 22 – Soul Forge Expansion.
- Chapter 23 – Blacksmithing.
- Chapter 24 – Training Area.
- Chapter 25 – E-Rank
- Chapter 26 – Guiding Lights.
- Chapter 27 – Gleam.
- Chapter 28 – Asking For Guidance.
- Chapter 29 – Not Worth Much.
- Chapter 30 – Tracking Ores.
- Chapter 31 – Gleam Evolves.
- Chapter 32 – Spells.
- Chapter 33 – One To Go.
- Chapter 34 – Gleam To The Rescue.
- Chapter 35 – Sleepy Ant.
- Chapter 36 – Angry Ant.
- Chapter 37 – Time To Go Up.
- Chapter 38 – Escaping Up.
- Chapter 39 – Captured.
- Chapter 40 – Back In The Dungeon.
- Chapter 41 – Darkness Takes Hold.
- Chapter 42 – Escape.
- Chapter 43 – Future Plans.
- Chapter 44 – Hopeful.
- Chapter 45 – Alone.
- Chapter 46 – Hunting Goblins.
- Chapter 47 – Skill Training.
- Chapter 48 – Skills Go Up.
- Chapter 49 – AOE Farming.
- Chapter 50 – Blending In.
- Chapter 51 – Expanded Level Cap.
- Chapter 52 – Ninth Floor.
- Chapter 53 – Adventurers Coming.
- Chapter 54 – 10th Floor Boss.
- Chapter 55 – Freedom Close.
- Chapter 56 – Back At The Forge.
- Chapter 57 – Iron Crafting
- Chapter 58 – Armor Variants.
- Chapter 59 – Approaching The Heart.
- Chapter 60 – Dungeon Defense.
- Chapter 61 – Unbound.
- Chapter 62 – A Body Within.
- Chapter 63 – Trying To Speak.
- Chapter 64 – At The City Gates
- Chapter 65 –Cross-Examination.
- Chapter 66 – Bad News.
- Chapter 67 – Unpaid Dept.
- Chapter 68 – Familiars
- Chapter 69 – Peddling Metal
- Chapter 70 – Iron Adventurer Test.
- Chapter 71 – Forming A Party.
- Chapter 72 – First Battle In A Party.
- Chapter 73 – Unforeseen Trouble
- Chapter 74 – Unknown Dangers.
- Chapter 75 – Party Over.
- Chapter 76 – Back To The Grind.
- Chapter 77 – Detection.
- Chapter 78 – Desynthesis.
- Chapter 79 – The Iron Bandit.
- Chapter 80 – Old Friends.
- Chapter 81 – Thieves Guild
- Chapter 82 – Battle In The Sewers.
- Chapter 83 – Iron Fists.
- Chapter 84 – Awkward Helper.
- Chapter 85 – Auction Approaches.
- Chapter 86 – Finishing The Preparations.
- Chapter 87 – Auction Starts.
- Chapter 88 – Back Together?
- Chapter 89 – No Escape.
- Chapter 90 – Captured.
- Chapter 91 – Back Together.
- Chapter 92 – Underground Cult.
- Chapter 93 – Wrong Plan?
- Chapter 94 – Retreat.
- Chapter 95 – Defeated?
- Chapter 96 – Sneaky Escape.
- Chapter 97 – Leaving Town.
- Chapter 98 – Future Plans.
- Chapter 99 – Some Help Is Fine.
- Chapter 100 – Crawling Through The Night
- Chapter 101 – Searching For Bodies.
- Chapter 102 – Hunting Spiders.
- Chapter 103 – Strange Cave.
- Chapter 104 – Undead Spider.
- Chapter 105 – Three Heads.
- Chapter 106 – Gleaming With Style.
- Chapter 107 – At The Cap Again.
- Chapter 108 – New Forms.
- Chapter 109 – Trouble Brewing.
- Chapter 110 – Summoning.
- Chapter 111 – Too Easy.
- Chapter 112 – Twilight Embrace.
- Chapter 113 – Getting Angry.
- Chapter 114 – Time To Craft.
- Chapter 1 - Prologue – Something Awakens.
- Chapter 2 - 01 – Status.
- Chapter 3 - 02 – Your Skill Is Mine.
- Chapter 4 - 03 – Skill Absorption.
- Chapter 5 - 04 – First Kill.
- Chapter 6 - 05 – Playing Dead.
- Chapter 7 - 06 – Evolving?
- Chapter 8 - 07 – Soul Forge.
- Chapter 9 - 08 – Going Down.
- Chapter 10 - 09 – Using The Terrain.
- Chapter 11 - 10 – Dungeon Menace.
- Chapter 12 - Patreon Announcement/Reminder +Bonus chapter?
- Chapter 13 - 11 – The Guild.
- Chapter 14 - 12 – Craving Battle.
- Chapter 15 - 13 – Tactical Retreat.
- Chapter 16 - 14 – Down The Hole.
- Chapter 17 - 15 – Ants.
- Chapter 18 - 16 – Crystal Cavern.
- Chapter 19 - 17 – Looking For Copper.
- Chapter 20 - 18 – Insect Wars.
- Chapter 21 - 19 – Down With The Queen.
- Chapter 22 - 20 – Strange Egg.
- Chapter 23 - 21 – Next Evolution.
- Chapter 24 - 22 – Soul Forge Expansion.
- Chapter 25 - 23 – Blacksmithing.
- Chapter 26 - 24 – Training Area.
- Chapter 27 - 25 – E-Rank
- Chapter 28 - 26 – Guiding Lights.
- Chapter 29 - 27 – Gleam.
- Chapter 30 - 28 – Asking For Guidance.
- Chapter 31 - 29 – Not Worth Much.
- Chapter 32 - 30 – Tracking Ores.
- Chapter 33 - 31 – Gleam Evolves.
- Chapter 34 - 32 – Spells.
- Chapter 35 - 33 – One To Go.
- Chapter 36 - 34 – Gleam To The Rescue.
- Chapter 37 - 35 – Sleepy Ant.
- Chapter 38 - 36 – Angry Ant.
- Chapter 39 - 37 – Time To Go Up.
- Chapter 40 - 38 – Escaping Up.
- Chapter 41 - 39 – Captured.
- Chapter 42 - 40 – Back In The Dungeon.
- Chapter 43 - 41 – Darkness Takes Hold.
- Chapter 44 - 42 – Escape.
- Chapter 45 - 43 – Future Plans.
- Chapter 46 - 44 – Hopeful.
- Chapter 47 - 45 – Alone.
- Chapter 48 - 46 – Hunting Goblins.
- Chapter 49 - 47 – Skill Training.
- Chapter 50 - 48 – Skills Go Up.
- Chapter 51 - 49 – AOE Farming.
- Chapter 52 - 50 – Blending In.
- Chapter 53 - 51 – Expanded Level Cap.
- Chapter 54 - 52 – Ninth Floor.
- Chapter 55 - 53 – Adventurers Coming.
- Chapter 56 - 54 – 10th Floor Boss.
- Chapter 57 - 55 – Freedom Close.
- Chapter 58 - 56 – Back At The Forge.
- Chapter 59 - 57 – Iron Crafting
- Chapter 60 - 58 – Armor Variants.
- Chapter 61 - 59 – Approaching The Heart.
- Chapter 62 - 60 – Dungeon Defense.
- Chapter 63 - 61 – Unbound.
- Chapter 64 - 62 – A Body Within.
- Chapter 65 - 63 – Trying To Speak.
- Chapter 66 - 64 – At The City Gates
- Chapter 67 - 65 –Cross-Examination.
- Chapter 68 - 66 – Bad News.
- Chapter 69 - 67 – Unpaid Dept.
- Chapter 70 - 68 – Familiars
- Chapter 71 - 69 – Peddling Metal
- Chapter 72 - 70 – Iron Adventurer Test.
- Chapter 73 - 71 – Forming A Party.
- Chapter 74 - 72 – First Battle In A Party.
- Chapter 75 - 73 – Unforeseen Trouble
- Chapter 76 - 74 – Unknown Dangers.
- Chapter 77 - 75 – Party Over.
- Chapter 78 - 76 – Back To The Grind.
- Chapter 79 - 77 – Detection.
- Chapter 80 - 78 – Desynthesis.
- Chapter 81 - 79 – The Iron Bandit.
- Chapter 82 - 80 – Old Friends.
- Chapter 83 - 81 – Thieves Guild
- Chapter 84 - 82 – Battle In The Sewers.
- Chapter 85 - 83 – Iron Fists.
- Chapter 86 - 84 – Awkward Helper.
- Chapter 87 - 85 – Auction Approaches.
- Chapter 88 - 86 – Finishing The Preparations.
- Chapter 89 - 87 – Auction Starts.
- Chapter 90 - 88 – Back Together?
- Chapter 91 - 89 – No Escape.
- Chapter 92 - 90 – Captured.
- Chapter 93 - 91 – Back Together.
- Chapter 94 - 92 – Underground Cult.
- Chapter 95 - 93 – Wrong Plan?
- Chapter 96 - 94 – Retreat.
- Chapter 97 - 95 – Defeated?
- Chapter 98 - 96 – Sneaky Escape.
- Chapter 99 - 97 – Leaving Town.
- Chapter 100 - 98 – Future Plans.
- Chapter 101 - 99 – Some Help Is Fine.
- Chapter 102 - 100 – Crawling Through The Night
- Chapter 103 - 101 – Searching For Bodies.
- Chapter 104 - 102 – Hunting Spiders.
- Chapter 105 - 103 – Strange Cave.
- Chapter 106 - 104 – Undead Spider.
- Chapter 107 - 105 – Three Heads.
- Chapter 108 - 106 – Gleaming With Style.
- Chapter 109 - 107 – At The Cap Again.
- Chapter 110 - 108 – New Forms.
- Chapter 111 - 109 – Trouble Brewing.
- Chapter 112 - 110 – Summoning.
- Chapter 113 - 111 – Too Easy.
- Chapter 114 - 112 – Twilight Embrace.
- Chapter 115 - 113 – Getting Angry.
- Chapter 116 - 114 – Time To Craft.
- Chapter 117 - 115 – Basic Enchanting.
- Chapter 118 - 116 – Over Points.
- Chapter 119 - 117 – Journey Continues.
- Chapter 120 - 118 – Unfortunate Adventurer.
- Chapter 121 - 119 – Ferndale.
- Chapter 122 - 120 – Another Guild Registration.
- Chapter 123 - 121 – Real Estate.
- Chapter 124 - 122 – Decrepit Lair.
- Chapter 125 - 123 – Being Followed.
- Chapter 126 - 124 – Children.
- Chapter 127 - 125 – Ferndale Underbelly.
- Chapter 128 - 126 – Home Alone.
- Chapter 129 - 127 – Kobold Hunting.
- Chapter 130 - 128 – Crawling From Above.
- Chapter 131 - 129 – Mana Control.
- Chapter 132 - 130 – Elemental Magic
- Chapter 133 - 131 – Ugly Monsters.
- Chapter 134 - 132 – Kidnapped.
- Chapter 135 - 133 – Acting Drunk.
- Chapter 136 - 134 – Explosive Exit.
- Chapter 137 - 135 – Small Escape.
- Chapter 138 - 136 – Future Aspirations.
- Chapter 139 - 137 – Stuck.
- Chapter 140 - 138 – Flashback.
- Chapter 141 - 139 – Reinforcing The Walls.
- Chapter 142 - 140 – The Siege Starts.
- Chapter 143 - 141 – Short Siege.
- Chapter 144 - 142 – Stalking The Orcs.
- Chapter 145 - 143 – Cleaning Up Orcs.
- Chapter 146 - 144 – Sun Powered.
- Chapter 147 - 145 – Blasting Away.
- Chapter 148 - 146 – Playing Dead Again.
- Chapter 149 - 147 – A Spirit?
- Chapter 150 - 148 – Silver Wings.
- Chapter 151 - 149 – Max Level.
- Chapter 152 - 150 – Armor Puppets.
- Chapter 153 - 151 – Lack Of Choice.
- Chapter 154 - 152 – Enchanting.
- Chapter 155 - 153 – Summoning Again.
- Chapter 156 - 154 – Second Summoning.
- Chapter 157 - 155 – Weak Summoner.
- Chapter 158 - 156 – Giant Scorpion.
- Chapter 159 - 157 – A Party Forms.
- Chapter 160 - 158 – Dark Horse.
- Chapter 161 - 159 – Persuading.
- Chapter 162 - 160 – Taking Out The Competition.
- Chapter 163 - 161 – Metal vs Lightning.
- Chapter 164 - 162 – Summoning Coins.
- Chapter 165 - 163 – Finally Fighting Back.
- Chapter 166 - 164 – Mini Soul Forge.
- Chapter 167 - 165 – Price and Quality Inspection.
- Chapter 168 - 166 – Let Me In.
- Chapter 169 - 167 – Flipping Pages.
- Chapter 170 - 168 – Cheating Allowed.
- Chapter 171 - 169 – Test By Combat.
- Chapter 172 - 170 – Not Enough.
- Chapter 173 - 171 – Party Prospect.
- Chapter 174 - 172 – Stealing Enchantments.
- Chapter 175 - 173 – Puppet Smith.
- Chapter 176 - 174 – Ant Solo.
- Chapter 177 - 175 – Precious Item.
- Chapter 178 - 176 – Easy Mining.
- Chapter 179 - 177 – Sneak Attack.
- Chapter 180 - 178 – No Mercy.
- Chapter 181 - 179 – Darkness Takes Hold.
- Chapter 182 - 180 – Silvery Evolution.
- Chapter 183 - 181 – Re-Enchanting.
- Chapter 184 - 182 – Home Repair.
- Chapter 185 - 183 – The Quiet Life.
- Chapter 186 - 184 – Too Much Money.
- Chapter 187 - 185 – New Shop In Town.
- Chapter 188 - 186 – Shop Progress.
- Chapter 189 - 187 – Posh Frame.
- Chapter 190 - 188 – Merchant’s Guild.
- Chapter 191 - 189 – Going Out of Business.
- Chapter 192 - 190 – Flying Mount.
- Chapter 193 - 191 – Drunken Bandits.
- Chapter 194 - 192 – Robbing The Robbers.
- Chapter 195 - 193 – Bandit Eradication.
- Chapter 196 - 194 – Blood Lake.
- Chapter 197 - 195 – Up In Flames.
- Chapter 198 - 196 – Mercenaries Fall.
- Chapter 199 - 197 – Training Chamber Upgrade.
- Chapter 200 - 198 – Mystwood Academy.
- Chapter 201 - 199 – Overzealous Friend.
- Chapter 202 - 200 – Arriving Late.
- Chapter 203 - 201 – Vague Objective.
- Chapter 204 - 202 – School Life.
- Chapter 205 - 203 – Rowdy Sleeper.
- Chapter 206 - 204 – New Friend?
- Chapter 207 - 205 – Red Gate.
- Chapter 208 - 206 – Summoner Fusion.
- Chapter 209 - 207 – Monster Knight.
- Chapter 210 - 208 – Back From The Void.
- Chapter 211 - 209 – The Competition Starts.
- Chapter 212 - 210 – Awkward Leader.
- Chapter 213 - 211 – Summoner Siege.
- Chapter 214 - 212 – Summon Rider.
- Chapter 215 - 213 – Mission Complete.
- Chapter 216 - 214 – Summoning Unlock.
- Chapter 217 - 215 – New Feature Unlocked.
- Chapter 218 - 216 – Armor Of Vengeance.
- Chapter 219 - 217 – Lust For Vengeance.
- Chapter 220 - 218 – Back For Real.
- Chapter 221 - 219 – Crystal Hunt.
- Chapter 222 - 220 – Guide Armor.
- Chapter 223 - 221 – Light And Dark Frames.
- Chapter 224 - 222 – Necromancer’s Turn.
- Chapter 225 - 223 – Annoying Summoner.
- Chapter 226 - 224 – Whatever It Takes.
- Chapter 227 - 225 – Carry On.
- Chapter 228 - 226 – Dashing Through The Snow.
- Chapter 229 - 227 – Witch.
- Chapter 230 - 228 – Summoner Limit.
- Chapter 231 - 229 – Small Confrontation.
- Chapter 232 - 230 – Plotting Mercenary Downfall.
- Chapter 233 - 231 – Night Stalker.
- Chapter 234 - 232 – Death Comes From Above.
- Chapter 235 - 233 – Sneaky Ant.
- Chapter 236 - 234 – Ambushing The Ambusher.
- Chapter 237 - 235 – Fast Movements.
- Chapter 238 - 236 – Dash Step Training.
- Chapter 239 - 237 – Vengeance Continues.
- Chapter 240 - 238 – Saving Some Elves.
- Chapter 241 - 239 – Elven Fugitives.