To her surprise—though she really shouldn't have been surprised, at this point—Derivan was right. There was a lot to learn from the festival. It was called the Festival of Stolen Light...
2024-04-08 15:40:13 +0000 UTC View PostThere's no one at the rendezvous point when I go to check on it, which means I'm either going to have to wait or check in on the rebels myself. I choose the second option, because there's a risk th...
2024-04-08 15:20:15 +0000 UTC View PostVex still couldn't access his system, and it was starting to frustrate him.
The system had been the cause of a lot of problems. He'd never really liked it because of that. Half of El...
2024-04-06 15:56:35 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note: Having a bit of trouble with 50, but have 49 in the meantime! (I deleted and am rewriting chapter 50)
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The imbuement process takes exactly five minutes...
2024-04-05 17:06:17 +0000 UTC View PostIt had been a long time since Sev was last alone in a dungeon.
Properly alone, anyway. He'd been separated from his party before, but even then, they were always nearby. Now Derivan, Vex, and...
2024-04-05 14:35:48 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note: All references to the third Prime KIngdom have been changed to Enkiros to match what it was called in Book 3. I forgot I already named it. >_>
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2024-04-05 14:34:15 +0000 UTC View PostVex was dimly aware that something hurt.
But it was a dim awareness. There was a point where the pain had become excruciating, and then something had snapped—which was a relief, re...
2024-03-31 14:50:15 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note: Do you guys want the book as a completed PDF/epub instead of me individually uploading every chapter? Or should I do both (pin a post with the completed book and kee...
2024-03-30 14:47:56 +0000 UTC View Post"Shit!" Misa leapt out of the way, dragging Sev with her; she didn't want to risk another block. Not with their system skills apparently being on the fritz. The Soulblossom didn't move that 2024-03-29 15:19:09 +0000 UTC View Post
"You basically did the thing you keep telling me not to do!" Sev complained. Misa groaned, already annoyed by Sev's nagging—mostly because he was right, dammit, and she knew that. She kn...
2024-03-29 15:18:21 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note: That pause lasted a little longer than I expected--I'm sorry about that. Turns out writing 80,000 words in a couple weeks is kind of hard. But we're back now! This c...
2024-03-29 15:15:36 +0000 UTC View PostThe first step to their plan was finding the errant soulbloom in question. Despite Tinsel's words, it didn't seem eager to erupt out of the ground and attack them—in fact, if Misa hadn't...
2024-03-20 01:35:15 +0000 UTC View Post"...You're going to have to explain that one," Misa said. She took a seat on one of the nearby benches—because why not, really—and was only slightly surprised when one of the tiles beneath her ...
2024-03-20 01:34:23 +0000 UTC View PostVex stood at the precipice of the Void. His eyes glowed with mana. His connection with his Grand Anchor was as strong as it could possibly be, and though there was a small piece of himself that sti...
2024-03-20 01:32:56 +0000 UTC View PostThere was a red dragon standing in front of the three of them. It looked about as confused as Novice did, though both Derivan and Vex didn't seem particularly surprised.
"Uh," the dragon said...
2024-03-20 01:27:11 +0000 UTC View Post"That was a little depressing." Vex stared at the cover of the now-closed book. It had been a remarkably short read, considering the size of it. The rest of the pages were blank, though Vex flipped...
2024-03-20 01:25:21 +0000 UTC View PostAn hour later found them with a small pile of books about semerits. If there was anything Helg was good at, it was organization—all the books about semerits were sorted together, and it hadn't ac...
2024-03-18 16:40:31 +0000 UTC View PostThe meal they had was fantastic. Sev regretted that he hadn't called for Derivan and Vex to join them — this would have been an incredible dungeon delve for the four of them to go on tog...
2024-03-18 16:39:34 +0000 UTC View Post"Okay, okay," Sev said. "Knowing that it's a train doesn't actually help us. Does it?"
"You still haven't even explained what a train is," Misa said dryly. She'd stopped with the pushups and ...
2024-03-18 16:38:42 +0000 UTC View PostThe revelation that they were most likely in a region of Anderstahl that the Prime Anchor had unwittingly designated part of a dungeon made Sev tense up immediately. Not because he expecte...
2024-03-18 16:37:45 +0000 UTC View PostA few things were immediately clear to Sev.
One was that Solar and the new phoenix had something of a bond. The bird had certainly imprinted on him when he'd picked it up — it had been comf...
2024-03-12 15:44:09 +0000 UTC View PostPhoenixes were divine creatures.
Sev supposed he should have seen that coming. It wasn't something he'd thought about—there was the passing knowledge in his mind that there were species out...
2024-03-12 15:43:15 +0000 UTC View Post[Misa, I need you to come meet up with me,] Sev sent. Being connected to her reality anchor was convenient — unlike most others, his system didn't suffer from th...
2024-03-12 15:41:19 +0000 UTC View PostA few hours later found Sev sitting in the midst of a pile of old books and papers, slowly poring through them. Not for the first time, he wished he had Vex with him — the lizardkin would be done...
2024-03-12 15:40:24 +0000 UTC View Post"You've just been living two lives this whole time?" Misa asked, half impressed and half in disbelief. Her mother snickered at her expression.
"Is it that hard to believe?" Charise smirked a ...
2024-03-12 15:39:33 +0000 UTC View Post
In lieu of a chapter update this week, take a look at some cover art for DRR I commissioned! Same artist that I've posted fanart from before, cosmiccroissant on Twitter. Beautiful work, as usual. 2024-03-11 16:51:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey folks! I missed last week's update--I'm sorry about that. I had quite possibly one of the worst-timed "getting sick" events ever, in that it coincided directly with the launch of the second boo...
2024-03-11 16:48:03 +0000 UTC View PostI stare at the shop window for a moment, then look past it at the Ringmaster. "Should I be worried about the stone's aspect being listed as hunger?" I ask.
It's mostly a rhetorical q...
2024-02-26 17:29:40 +0000 UTC View PostNone of them realize I can see them. I let out a breath when I realize this, relief trickling through my system; as lifelike as these Firmament mimics are, I don't think they're actually alive. I'm...
2024-02-26 17:29:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe main problem I'm running into right now is that I don't have any quality imbuement stones. Or really any imbuement stones. Thys and Thaht have a stash somewhere, as they've said, but n...
2024-02-26 17:27:54 +0000 UTC View Post