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MT 127 - Monster Battle

MT 127 - Monster Battle

“We don’t know what’s through this portal,” I said. “If it’s a Delve, we need to hit the ground running.”

“We should still move with cauti...

MT 126 - Crafts!

MT 126 - Crafts!

One might wonder why our party valued the Training Expo so much. The short answer is that it was going to save us a hell of a lot of time. The long answe...

MT 125 - Eldritch Doom and Scheduling

MT 125 - Eldritch Doom and Scheduling

Xim recoiled from the shared text, whatever desire she’d held for experiencing god-like secrets fleeing from her. Etja wore a grim expression li...

MT 124 - Dread Star

MT 124 - Dread Star

“Hot damn,” I said, looking over the massive space.

The area was partially set up like an expo or swap meet, with fairly open regions exposed to a large c...

MT 123 - Beginning the Descent

MT 123 - Beginning the Descent

There was a tug at my gut and a sensation of weightlessness as the world blinked. An instant of darkness cut off my vision, and then a field of endless s...

MT 122 - Reaching the Descent

MT 122 - Reaching the Descent

As the heart hammered above us, Grotto’s eyes glowed and his tentacles wrapped tightly around Xim’s arm. The cleric’s forehead split and the obsidia...

MT 121 - 'Confusing' Some Littans

MT 121 - 'Confusing' Some Littans

We returned to the strategy of keeping most of the party inside the Closet while Nuralie scouted ahead. The Operator moved with her, able to stealth u...

MT 120 - Damned if You Don't

MT 120 - Damned if You Don't

I leaned back against the gnarled trunk of a dark, contorted tree as The Operator spun its yarn, wishing I had a bit of popcorn to munch on. Kettle corn, s...

MT 119 - Generations Past

MT 119 - Generations Past

Vines and foliage whipped past me as I sailed through the canopy in The Operator’s grasp. Its grapple had come so quickly that I was snatched from Shog’s ...

Saturday's chapter and other updates

Hello and good evening,

I have been dealing with a family emergency for a couple of days and I'm not confident that I'll be able to have the next chapter in a finalized form by tomorrow. I'm ...

MT 118 - Architect

MT 118 - Architect

When I first noticed the powerful soul, it was little more than a glimmer along the distant horizon. Had I been using my eyes and relying on Soul-Sight as I had in t...

MT 117 - Delayed Evolutions

“But, before I decide anything, tell me more about the Delve,” Sakra said. “Where is it?”

“It’s on the other side of the continent,” I said, trying to sound casual. “Between s...

MT 116 - Sakra Manar

MT 116 - Sakra Manar

“Oh, and feel free to call me Sakra,” said the Zenithar of Deijin.

“It’s an honor to meet you, Sakra,” I said, before introducing the members of ou...

MT 115 - Vyxmeldo'a

MT 115 - Vyxmeldo'a

A cool wind began to blow through the forest, the gentle rustle of a hundred thousand leaves helping to soothe my emotional hangover. I took a second to collect mys...

MT 114 - Symbiosis

MT 114 - Symbiosis

I hopped onto Gracorvus and headed toward Nuralie’s skirmish, evaluating the new combatants as I went. They were between levels 3 and 4, also Silver like their ste...

MT 113 - That Won’t Stop Me Because I Can’t Read

MT 113 - That Won’t Stop Me Because I Can’t Read

When I created Gravity Anchor with Sam’lia’s guidance, the process involved three main steps. This technique is what Grotto ref...

MT 112 - Shouldn’t Have Aimed for the Head

MT 112 - Shouldn’t Have Aimed for the Head

A damn popup ad appeared in my field of view, and a lance of anger ran down my core. I thought we’d moved past those things. I couldn’t...

MT 111 - Camping

MT 111 - Camping

“In my experience, most heads of state travel with a large entourage,” I said as we ran. The party traversed a span of grassy hills that spread for dozens of miles...

MT 110 - No Time For Sightseeing

MT 110 - No Time For Sightseeing

Eschengal, the capital of Eschendur, was a city of three identities. An elemental triad informed all aspects of its architecture, with water, earth, an...

MT 109 - Grotto Safari

MT 109 - Grotto Safari

The next morning I awoke to an unfamiliar tingle in my senses; the senses with designated values above five, that is. The extra ones. I sensed some weir...

MT 108 - On Revelations

MT 108 - On Revelations

The bark and gnarls of the enormous tree branch weren’t painful to lie on, but they were definitely uncomfortable. I’d discovered long ago that my best bet ...

Small delay for MT 108

Howdy. Chapter 108 will be coming out later today, rather than in the next hour. Had some health issues last week (doing much better now) and some other work bled into the weekend, so it's not quit...

MT 107 - Ownership

MT 107 - Ownership

“The Inquisitor serves an important role during difficult times,” said Zura. She turned and motioned for us to follow behind her as she continued down the road. ...

MT 106 - Cheer Up, You Got Levels!

MT 106 - Cheer Up, You Got Levels!

We walked across the surface of the sea behind the languid steps of Zenithar Zura, but the water formed a channel that swept us to the shore in under...

MT 105 - Geul's Embrace

MT 105 - Geul's Embrace

I didn’t mind a beach day here and there but I tried to stay out of the water as much as possible. All the salt made me itchy. 

I broke back throug...

MT 104 - Thunderdome

MT 104 - Thunderdome

Critical damage reduced by 40%!

Bleeding negated!

HP: 605 -> 381

The pa...

MT 103 - Five (Four, actually) vs. One

MT 103 - Five vs. One

I cast Shortcut again to appear a hundred feet above sea level, scoping out the aquatic battlefield before me while standing on Gracorvus. I felt a tug at the bac...

MT 102 - One vs. One

MT 102 - One vs. One

“Were you just… watching that whole time?” I asked. 

Yaretzi pulled himself up and over the railing, then surveyed the body of the Speed Delver. E...

MT 101 - Three vs. Sixteen

MT 101 - Three vs. Sixteen

Etja didn’t have the mana to fly us all to shore with Varrin’s legs disabled while dodging magic cannonballs and, even if she could, I had no id...

MT 100 - Yaretzi!

MT 100 - Yaretzi!

Varrin was somewhere near a retreating galleon north of our position and the four of us quickly flew over. Etja set Xim and Nuralie down on the ship’s deck both to ...