09 – Many goblins
Michael woke up, worked out, ate, stretched and was in his truck in less than thirty minutes.
The drive back to the Trail was uneventful, as usual, driving across fl...
2024-05-29 12:04:14 +0000 UTC View Post08 – Karate class
The next day was a day off from delving. Michael needed to unwind, if anything, and being exposed to dangerous and potentially life-threatening situations every day was no...
2024-05-28 09:41:01 +0000 UTC View Post07 – Old Dave
The wooden door clinked as it welcomed Michael into the dusty air of the pawn shop. This late, near closing time, there were no other customers in the cluttered warehouse that...
2024-05-27 17:34:22 +0000 UTC View Post06 – Skeleton boss
Michael stared at death in the face, and time stretched itself until it felt as if life was nothing but a movie that he could pause at will. But even then, he knew that i...
2024-05-26 17:38:36 +0000 UTC View Post05 – New mobs
The following day saw Michael waking up earlier than usual, and by the time he would normally be having breakfast while struggling to make his brain work, he was already drivi...
2024-05-25 08:15:53 +0000 UTC View Post04 – Real life
“Josh! Stop!” Michael tried to yell, but his friend was not slowing down.
He couldn’t run after him either, as his body was too damaged to reach him in time witho...
2024-05-24 10:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post03 – Boss fight
Michael gasped, but fortunately did not freeze up as the mountain of muscles and spittle propelled itself towards him, trying to flatten him against the solid wall of the du...
2024-05-23 10:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post02 – A taste of magic
“Always keep your core tight!”
Barely two days earlier, Michael was training in his dojo, struggling to properly hold the most basic of katas for more than a...
2024-05-22 10:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostNew novel! Let's gooo!! (Release date on RR: June 1st)
01 – The mouth of the cave
“What, you scared to explore a little cave, Mike?” Josh taunted, voice reverberating thr...
2024-05-21 10:43:08 +0000 UTC View PostI have been sick for a couple of weeks, during which I still had a backlog to post even though I was unable to write. However, this long pause left me a bit disconnected from the story, and I feel ...
2024-05-06 07:58:54 +0000 UTC View Post80 – Seeing the sun
Melina shot glances at Lisette’s swords floating in the air, which were a sight to behold as they trailed in the air behind her, bobbing up and down according to her g...
2024-05-04 08:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post79 – The bracers
Beyond the alcoves of the three automata, following the lights, the team found a large pillar at the center of a platform, surrounded by a trench filled with solid obsidian...
2024-05-02 13:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post78 – Interrogatives
“Why did you try to kill me? What’s your fucking problem?” Ishrin connected with Sir Westys’ chest while the kid was still encased in the block of ice where he h...
2024-04-30 08:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post77 – Strong bonds
Ishrin was holding his side, hands stained with thick freezing blood while the magic in his system was running wild from the disrupting properties of the null-magic crysta...
2024-04-28 08:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post76 – Betrayal
Melina grunted a very contrite yes, and she and Lisette swiftly disappeared, dashing back into the gas and fluid filled room that separated them from their mechanical pursuer....
2024-04-26 15:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post75 – Ishrin’s full power
Lisette and Melina both stared down at the three towering automata walking towards them with slow, deliberate steps as if to mock them for being too weak. The two...
2024-04-24 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post74 – Steampunktopia
Little sounds, groans and hisses of the pipes, strains of metal and mechanism seemed to come from all around. While what they could see was all perfectly still, the nois...
2024-04-22 13:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post73 – The Ruins
“I figured it out!” Said Lisette enthusiastically. She was practically hopping up and down in excitement, staring at Ishrin with shining eyes.
They were at the door...
2024-04-20 08:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post72 – Adaptive armor
“Oy, any progress on the door?” Sir Westys’ voice came from the far end of the tunnel, where his team had been relegated to wait. It was for their own safety, but ...
2024-04-18 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post71 – Signals in the dark
As Lisette turned to leave, she first headed outside to lend Ishrin a hand with the unruly gang of children, then the small glowing blue cube followed, leaving behi...
2024-04-16 10:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post70 – Liù is back
They felt the change before they saw Ishrin shift in place, changing from his lotus position to one where he was sitting with his back to the door, hiding what he was doin...
2024-04-14 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post69 – Inner developments
Sir Westys decided it was time to feign weakness to lower Ishrin’s guard. Despite the man’s apparent lack of power, Sir Westys had seen what his rituals could do...
2024-04-12 12:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post68 – Conspiracy
Sitting on opposite sides of a fireplace, two figures were staring at a man sitting cross legged on a large stone. Behind the two, people were chattering and arguing, but wh...
2024-04-10 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post67 – Sorting problems out
A ray of healing energy then hit Tom, coming from Morin. And not a moment too early, for another charge from the monster sent Tom to his knees even with the powerf...
2024-04-08 13:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post66th chapter released the 6th of April, fun numbers 666 lol
66 – Darkness below
There they saw it, in the distance, the entrance to the tunnel system that snaked below the earth close...
2024-04-06 11:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post65 – Groundwork for the future
Ishrin thought about breaking through to Tier 4 on the way to the Chasm, but then reasoned himself out of it. It would be a dangerous breakthrough, given the ...
2024-04-04 11:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post64 – Sir Westys
A deluge of rain curtained the sky, darkening the early hours of day and deafening the ears with its incessant white noise. The town of Semiluminal was, when shrouded in rai...
2024-04-02 11:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post63 – Distorted truths
“Be more specific.” Said Syrma’s distorted voice, coming from the Farcaster Orb.
“They entered the city of Semiluminal through the main gates at 16:28, t...
2024-03-31 13:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post62 – Babysitting quest
The party didn’t have to wait long before Taiival got in touch with them, having found someone who was willing to share information with them, and by noon of the ne...
2024-03-29 10:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post61 – Semiluminal
Ishrin woke up to the sound of yelling. Curses and threats were flung in the air, and among the many voices he could make out the shrill voice of Melina and the deep, calm ...
2024-03-28 15:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post