Emily steps out of the portal, pulling free from the swirling black mass of mana to appear in the cave system once again. Her gaze is instantly drawn to Juliana, standing with their friends, cautio...
2024-08-19 17:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostEmily becomes a whirlwind of violence, her arms flashing out, finding the weak points between the hobgoblins’ armour before digging Claws into their soft flesh. They try to fight back, lashing ou...
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Graphic descriptions of violence and gore!
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“I don’t know,” Enzo says, glancing at Dante’s wounds with concern. “A few seconds after y...
2024-08-12 17:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe doors swing open wide but, instead of a path for them to follow, it opens into a swirling black vortex.
“What’s that?” Hester asks, looking at the swirling mass of darkness with ner...
2024-08-09 17:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostHester follows close behind Emily as they both swim down towards the hole again. They run into the piranhas Emily spotted earlier as they sink lower, but Emily quickly dispatches them all with a fe...
2024-08-05 17:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostEmily turns away from Hester, swimming over to collect the eels’ bodies before they can sink into the weeds below. She sends all of them into her storage except the last, which she keeps in hand,...
2024-08-02 17:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostPulling her attention away from the water, Emily turns to her friends, meeting astonished and questioning gazes. Tom, Hester, and Juliana are all looking around in wonder, taking in the beautiful s...
2024-07-29 17:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostEmily closes her eyes and pulls up her notes covering Gaius’ findings on ascensions, supported by his countless observations of other mages. She opens a blank note as well and writes down her maj...
2024-07-26 17:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThey head back through the nest, ignoring all of the valueless items scattered around by the ants.
“Why did you say my mana manipulation was a pleasure to watch?” Emily asks Ivor as they ...
2024-07-22 17:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostEmily’s friends stand behind her, mouths open in shock as they gaze upon the destruction wrought by her spells.
“Don’t just stand around, let’s go!” Emily says, snapping them out of...
2024-07-19 17:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostAfter healing the light damage done to Juliana’s eardrums, Emily gently wipes the blood from her face before moving quickly between her friends and healing them too.
Damn, that used mor...
2024-07-15 17:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostEmily’s friends all look at her in confusion.
“What do you mean by the end?” Ivor signs the question on everyone’s minds.
“I have reason to believe there is a single set endpo...
2024-07-12 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostEmily surveys the destruction wrought by her spell with immense satisfaction. The blackened trees are still smouldering as more magical fog rolls in, smothering the small fires she has accidentally...
2024-07-08 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostEmily sits down next to Dante as he sets up a small fire using some dry wood from within Tom’s bag and roasts skewers of a razor-fanged wolf he killed during the night.
“Wow, you actuall...
Emily and Juliana sit in silence, enjoying each other’s company, for the first hour of the night watch. Not a single beast approaches their camp and, eventually, Juliana breaks the silence.
Just posting a little note to let you guys know I just rewrote a tonne of early chapters (between 6-20 have all been changed to varying degrees, then 26, 38, and 51 have had small changes too).
... 2024-07-01 00:36:37 +0000 UTC View PostEmily steps into the treeline, her friends close behind, feeling the dense mana wrap around her like a comfortable blanket. She takes a deep breath, appreciating the weight pressing on her shoulder...
2024-06-28 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostEmily stands up, her heart calm with acceptance as she strips the two warm corpses lying before her in the tent of their magical possessions. She also takes the inhibition incense, finding a few sp...
2024-06-24 17:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostEmily steps out of the stairwell into the black market again, this time using her machina to hide her mana signature from the start. She heads straight for The Crystal Skull’s tent, moving throug...
2024-06-21 17:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostEmily sighs, looking over the two corpses in the tent and the blood-splattered tarp around them.
“Well, shit! I know Oscar said they killed themselves when captured, but I didn’t think t...
Heyo! Just letting you guys know there have been a few small changes to the start of chapter 74 for its public release. It's only within the initial dream sequence. I wanted to make a few changes f...
2024-06-14 17:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post“Planning another expedition?” Agnes asks with a raised brow, ignoring Emily’s declaration.
“Yeah. I want to have a look further into The Crystal Waters. Maybe find a dungeon this tim...
2024-06-10 17:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe next day, Emily leads her friends towards the training hall after breakfast. They find Dante and Enzo waiting outside the hall’s closed door, Emily having invited them to watch as well in her...
2024-06-07 17:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post“Follow the numbers,” Emily mutters, trying to process the message. “Which numbers? Page numbers?”
She flips back through the diary from the start, noting next to each quote what page...
2024-06-03 17:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostA few hours later, Emily and Juliana walk into the cafeteria for dinner. A calm air of resignation hangs over them as they take a seat at the table with Ivor and Hester.
“What’s up with y...
2024-05-31 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostEmily closes her eyes again but pauses before diving back into the Spellweave.
Since this is only pushing mana to my cortex for experimenting on known spells, please tell me this works. S...
2024-05-27 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostEmily immediately sets to work, clearing her workbench before taking out potion making supplies and setting up. She collects the potion materials from shelves and her spatial storage, gathering the...
2024-05-24 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostEmily pours two hundred and fifty millilitres of water into the empty cauldron before her. She sprinkles in a touch each of powdered light and wind crystals, turning the water a sparkling pale, lim...
2024-05-20 17:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostThe next day, Emily heads to the training hall slightly early, hoping to run into Agnes before the class starts. Luckily, Agnes is there when Emily walks in, doing some warm-up before classes.
<... 2024-05-17 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostLate in the evening, Emily drops her head on the desk, growling in frustration.
“Wrong again,” she whines into the hard wood.
Her attempts so far to create a sealing array have prov...
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