To his credit, Sam said nothing when Eric returned, perhaps far earlier than expected, and immediately settled in his corner of the room to meditate, then sleep.
But the boy was ce...
2022-08-17 04:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post"How are you feeling, buddy?” Eric asked Samuel after presenting him with a plate full of grilled pork cutlets, a recipe Eric was getting an awful lot of practice at perfecting.
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2022-08-16 04:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostEric glared in the direction of the boar that fled before claiming both javelin and fallen tusker, quickly squelching the impulse to give chase as he raced to a still dazed Samuel’s si...
2022-08-15 04:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostSamuel gave Eric the strangest look when he came back, equal parts relief and worry.
“What’s up, Sam?” Eric said, painting on his friendliest smile.
The young man flinc...
2022-08-12 04:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostSamuel chuckled. “Okay, enough of this moping about bullshit. Let’s focus on what we already know you’re damned good at!”
Eric smirked. “Which would be...”
“Nec...
2022-08-11 04:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostWhen Eric woke up completely refreshed four hours later, ears still ringing from the scream he had felt clawing the back of his throat… before firmly calming his racing heart, wiping f...
2022-08-10 04:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post“Sam?”
The boy winced, flashing an apologetic grimace. “Yeah, I shouldn’t have tossed it. It’s just that the bloody thing pisses me off!” The boy’s fists clenched wit...
2022-08-09 04:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostSam took Eric’s silent smile as an invitation to continue, so he did just that. “Of course, most people still have to start as Conscripts, just to rank up their stats and skills to w...
2022-08-08 04:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostSam perked up at Eric’s question, his eyes lighting up as he spoke about what was clearly a favorite topic. “Great question, Eric. Forging zombies involve runes and enchantments plac...
2022-08-05 04:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostEric wasted no time, quickly clearing clearing the now absolutely clogged cavern entrance, surprised to find he had no problem at all storing what was rapidly approaching fifty massive b...
2022-08-04 04:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostHaving paused only long enough to claim the beast’s remains and what he sensed was a core radiating fearsomely potent spiritual energy, Eric was hit with a fresh wave of anxiety with e...
2022-08-03 04:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostEric winced with sympathy for the desperate urgency he heard in the kid’s voice as he approached the cavern entrance. “I’d be happy to,” Eric said. “But you’ve got a giant sk...
2022-08-02 04:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostEric closed his eyes, using his Infravision to try to detect any human shaped form that might, by some miracle, be successfully hiding in some tree house shelter, successfully surviving ...
2022-08-01 04:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostEric opened his eyes with a gasp, heart pounding as he found himself balanced upon the bow of the most magnificent peach tree he could imagine, a cathedral of branches bowing over his he...
2022-07-29 04:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostAs much as it served a bittersweet balm to his pain, sensing more than a few combat skills finally ready to rank up, Eric knew better than to waste time, just barely holding back from in...
2022-07-28 04:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostCrimson light flaring so brightly highlighted both Eric’s desperate peril, and the possibility of his own salvation.
“Morlekai! Do you spot three reds!?”
“Yes! My mur...
2022-07-27 04:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post“Eric, we’re here.”
Eric flashed a hard smile when the crow pointed his beak at the entrance to the closest rift open to the adventuring public, though not surprisingly, the ...
2022-07-26 04:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostMuch to his relief, he found a handful of crimson crows waiting for him on the other side of the final gate, one furtively looking all around before dropping a tiny silver key Eric made ...
2022-07-25 04:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostEric felt the cold chill of ice and snow as he continued down the endless tunnel of stone burrowed right through the bedrock. Much to his relief, he sensed no trace of beasts, sentinels,...
2022-07-22 04:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostLord Grim peered curiously at Caliban. “What, pray tell, is the real reason we share whispered council out here, free of all eyes and ears?”
The elf peered intently at a now fl...
2022-07-21 04:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Are you fucking kidding me? Boyscout actually managed to clear out the whole goddamned vault?”
An exhausted Eric couldn’t help but crack a smile at Alice’s outraged squeak...
2022-07-20 04:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe meeting hall was suddenly filled with the goblins’ gasps, hisses, and screeches, Morlekai and the rest of his friends giving Eric very odd looks as Caliban smacked his hands togeth...
2022-07-19 04:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostSquiglepuse froze, gazing at the Agent, or perhaps it was Administrator Caliban, for long seconds.
“Odd to see Blue involving themselves in goblin affairs,” Squiglepuse said at...
2022-07-18 04:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post“You okay there, good buddy?” Drake asked, showing a bit of concern through his smile.
Eric nodded. “Never better. I actually got a quest!”
“Good,” Morlekai said....
2022-07-15 02:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostThank you all so much for your continued support and interest in Eric's tale! In celebration,
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2022-07-14 21:37:19 +0000 UTC View PostHis friend gazed at him thoughtfully. “Blood magic let’s me sense your potency better than the bullshit interface skill our… associate was using to get a read on you. Are you truly...
2022-07-14 02:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post“Thanks Drake. Sorry I zoned out for a minute there,” Eric said before flashing a grin. “And who are you calling little?”
His friend stopped, giving Eric a bemused once-ove...
2022-07-12 02:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostEric barely heard Lord Grim’s parting words, merely felt the almost fatherly pat of skeletal digits upon his shoulder, the cold chill penetrating right through his soul-linked armor. ...
2022-07-10 02:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostEric found himself smiling at the décor as they made their way through a grand foyer decorated with numerous portraits of serious looking men dressed in old fashioned suits, scholar’s...
2022-07-08 02:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostEric waved back at the young adventurers, his spirit elevated by the goodwill he had been shown, a far cry from his experiences earlier that day. At least as far as his own ridiculously ...
2022-07-06 01:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post