Void Forged: A LitRPG Progression Fantasy (Victor of Tucson Book 10) by Plum Parrot

Author:Plum Parrot [Parrot, Plum]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Podium Publishing
Published: 2026-03-03T00:00:00+00:00

26

A Light at the End of the Tunnel

Victor spent the next couple of days having meetings with Kynna and her various governors; it seemed running an empire spanning more than a dozen former nations was a tedious and complicated process. She’d asked for Victor’s attendance mostly to answer questions and provide assurance that he was ready, willing, and capable of fighting as many duels as necessary to consolidate Kynna’s grip on the western continent.

It was mostly for show; once Kynna’s representatives saw him with their own eyes and heard his confident words, they would use his past victories to leverage the lesser nations of the western continent to bend to Kynna’s rule. Her nation’s proximity, at the center of the continent, made her a more immediate threat than the Khaliday Empire and the other great houses. Any of the eastern nations that wanted to curb her influence would have to go through her—something she and Victor invited.

Meanwhile, Bryn continued to pressure the craftsfolk working on Victor’s cultivation chamber. He was eager to see it finished because his Breath Core had reached the last rank of the advanced stage, and he hoped that a breakthrough into epic would provide insights and power that he could use to fuel his battle with the void curse. The curse continued to march inexorably toward Victor’s destruction—slowly, but very surely growing as it devoured his flesh.

Arona came to his room one morning and announced that it had been ninety-six hours since they’d left Du’s dungeon. Victor told Bryn he’d be gone for a couple of days, and then he and Arona returned to Fanwath, teleporting directly into the cavern containing Du’s portal. To his surprise, stone walls had been constructed, closing off the lava tubes that gave access to the chamber. One of those walls contained an enormous iron door, and Victor found two of his house guards watching it—one on either side.

It seemed that Gorro ap’Dommic, his governor, had made steady and fast progress with his construction crew. They weren’t yet building the keep in the caldera, but according to the guards Victor questioned, the restoration of the citadels guarding the road was well underway. Pleased to see such progress, Victor and Arona entered the Crucible of Fire again, and challenged themselves to complete it more quickly than before.

Du didn’t make it easy for them. Victor wasn’t sure how the dungeon Core gained levels and power. He berated himself for not getting those details from the Core before setting it free in the mountain, but he had to assume that the Core gained something from having people challenge his creations. Even if Victor and Arona won, completing the dungeon and killing the “boss,” it seemed that Du gained power. At least that was Arona’s guess when they found themselves facing challenges that were noticeably more difficult than during their previous run.

They faced wave after wave of powerful enemies on the first gate. Like the hordes from Victor’s solo run, the numbers mounted into the tens of thousands, but they were stronger creatures with heavier armor and more powerful attacks.

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