Edge 139
139 – Ice Octagon
The marble columns drew closer as they walked. It didn’t matter which direction the due walked towards, for all roads led to the center of this astral/mental space, an...
2023-11-10 16:06:24 +0000 UTC View Post
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Edge 138
138 – Ruby manifestation
Jeff, talk to me. Did it work?
Affirmative. However, cohesion is lower than expected.
Albert looked around, having found him...
2023-11-08 14:44:58 +0000 UTC View PostEdge 137
137 – Weak Mind
“Ah, Lina isn’t feeling well. I had to put her to sleep.”
Scrappy wasn’t stupid, of course. “Why was she attacking you? I saw her, that I did. Is she ill i...
2023-11-06 17:43:27 +0000 UTC View PostEdge 136
136 – 2v1
Albert was aware that someone was watching: he had felt a presence hidden somewhere when he arrived in the cave, but he had been unable to do anything about it. Now he was strug...
2023-11-04 15:48:09 +0000 UTC View PostEdge 135
135 – Sidekick Gains
Scrappy weaved through the obstacles, straining her muscles and her limbs in ways she didn’t think possible. It wasn’t easy. In fact, it was the opposite of easy....
2023-11-02 17:05:13 +0000 UTC View PostEdge 134
134 – Obstacle course
Scrappy read the contents of the mysterious box in front of her with sparkles in her eyes. Tears too, if she wasn’t mistaken, but she barely noticed that she wiped...
2023-10-31 16:25:38 +0000 UTC View PostEdge 133
133 – Power theory
Albert sat cross legged on a small stone that was cold but, fortunately, not frozen over. He was thinking of ways to get the job done, giving Scrappy enough magic so th...
2023-10-29 14:32:39 +0000 UTC View PostEdge 132
132 - Cat
Slowly the narrow dark tunnel of the catacombs morphed into a more natural-looking cave. Here and there, spent torches lined the walls, coming to life with bright orange flames be...
2023-10-24 21:26:10 +0000 UTC View PostEdge 131
131 – Clever manipulation
The city quickly turned into a prison for Albert, at least in his mind. It was fascinating to see how quickly his mood could change given the different circumsta...
2023-10-19 11:24:07 +0000 UTC View PostEdge 130
130 – Information
We need to go back to Bastion. We are being chased by five A-rankers, judging by their tokens, and no amount of creative use of Power will ever even the odds if we c...
2023-10-14 14:35:07 +0000 UTC View PostEdge 129
129 – Food for thought
Albert groaned. The world was, once again, spinning. But he had escaped the A-rankers, if barely. There had been five of them, armed to the teeth. Two cultivators, ...
2023-10-09 12:05:07 +0000 UTC View PostEdge 128
128 - Trust
Scrappy suddenly stopped walking, perking up and sniffing the air like a cat. Her ears seemed to twitch ever so slightly, but they were covered by her hair and it was hard to te...
2023-10-05 15:01:24 +0000 UTC View PostEdge of apocalypse 127
just a heads up: i broke my collarbone yesterday and... writing is not easy with the injury. we still have a healthy dose of backlog for the patreon, even more so for RR, but I wanted to let you kn...
2023-10-01 17:44:01 +0000 UTC View PostEdge of apocalypse 126
126 – Rushed and cramped
As soon as Albert name-dropped the Kirkesis Core, the guild master’s whole demeanor seemed to change abruptly. Albert was not so clueless as not to realize when...
2023-09-27 20:19:40 +0000 UTC View PostEdge of apocalypse 125
125 – Dangerous fellow
The man crumpled to the ground even as a faint hint of a headache made itself known to Albert’s sensibilities. The man’s power was clearly below Albert’s own ...
2023-09-25 16:47:03 +0000 UTC View PostEdge of apocalypse 124
124 – Backlash
Albert woke up with a groan. The edges of his vision sported the familiar blackness to them that he had, unfortunately, gotten used to as of late. Feeling the pain in every...
2023-09-21 17:21:14 +0000 UTC View PostEdge of apocalypse 123
123 – Inn
“A room for two.” Albert said. “No, wait.” He looked at the boy standing next to him like a puppy. “That came out wrong. Two rooms.”
The innkeeper nodded witho...
2023-09-19 15:24:42 +0000 UTC View PostEdge of apocalypse 122
122 – Scrappy boy
The large stone gates of Bastion hung wide open, and the paved road – which did not extend more than a hundred meters away from Bastion before reverting to a bland dir...
2023-09-15 12:30:26 +0000 UTC View PostEdge of apocalypse 121
121 – Regroup and focus
You overdid it again.
Show me logs. What happened?
Power +1
Critical failure: Focus dropped be...
2023-09-12 13:51:00 +0000 UTC View PostEdge of apocalypse 120
120 – Stop fainting
Reality Bending Power: 14 -> 19
You might be happy to hear that I have enough data to correlate Power growth with Focus drops. 2023-09-09 18:55:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Edge of apocalypse 119
119 – Too jumpy
Albert’s Focus dropped to 55%, and he flooded the mana that gathered in front of his body with Intent. Intent to transform the tree he was staring at into a horse.
Edge of apocalypse 118
I'm back! Vienna was awesome, and I had a great time there. But now that I'm back I'm very excited to get back to writing more for you guys. I also got a very nice review and some good ratings whi... 2023-09-07 12:59:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Edge of apocalypse 117
I'm going on a one-week vacation to Vienna, which means that there won't be chapters for a week. When I get back, expect a double release so I can make it up to you ^^
117 - Anger
O...
2023-08-29 14:07:06 +0000 UTC View PostEdge of apocalypse 116
116 – Ice monster
Albert focused inwards. He pictured the process of fortifying his mind, holding the image in his brain as best he could. Mental Fortress was a passive skill back when he...
2023-08-27 12:25:26 +0000 UTC View PostEdge of apocalypse 115
115 - Jeff
“Did I build this?” Albert asked out loud, examining the cube. He was nothing short of mesmerized, despite the situation he was in.
He laughed weakly. If his theory was...
2023-08-25 13:45:50 +0000 UTC View PostEdge of apocalypse 114
114 – 0 Realities
The knife stopped in mid-air. There was no magic being expended, no pull of energy from his now absent core. Albert simply willed the knife to stop, and it did. A faint ...
2023-08-23 12:17:01 +0000 UTC View Post111-112-113 version 2
SPOILERS FOR THESE THREE CHAPTERS: only read this bold text if you already read the chapters. If you didn't, skip it.
Changes: reworked the timeline. Removed the time-skip to reach Sitea. ... 2023-08-22 16:11:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Edge of apocalypse 113
113 – Inner world
Albert felt the ravaging Alignment Energy sear his mind and his body. He convulsed on the ground, whimpering in pain.
His mind felt like liquid fire. A distant par...
2023-08-22 14:24:35 +0000 UTC View PostEdge of apocalypse 112
112 – Betrayal
The present.
“The central spire of Sitea, ancestral home of the Scarlet Sorceress.” Kainen said.
“Yep.” Albert replied, looking at the small gl...
2023-08-20 23:05:57 +0000 UTC View PostEdge of apocalypse 111
111 – A long time
Three years ago.
Albert sat contemplating what he saw when he leveled up. Close to him, Kainen kept watch, walking in a circle around the crackling fire. ...
2023-08-18 12:32:34 +0000 UTC View Post