Eyeing the dark hole before him suspiciously, Dominic instinctively sniffed at the air. Lifting his lips and wrinkling his nose, he drew air through his teeth and into his nasal cavity where it was...
2023-11-04 19:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostDominic reached the main atrium without finding any indication of a secret door in the wall of the corridor. Of course, there could be some sort of magical illusion – with dungeons, level ups, an...
2023-11-03 19:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostAt first glance, Dominic was disappointed. He’d been half-hoping for some new piece of equipment, now that he knew how awesome it could be. It wasn’t equipment. Then again, what could he have e...
2023-11-02 19:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostPadding towards the revealed pillar with eagerness running through him, it was only when he reached the altar itself that he realised he was leaving a bloody trail of footprints behind him.
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2023-11-01 19:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostIf this isn’t what the rhyme meant, I swear I’m going to do my best to destroy this dungeon, Dominic thought to himself as he missed his target for the nth time. He frustratio...
2023-10-31 19:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostSnare sprung; prize not found.
Danger awaits when you turn around.
Cages empty; occupants left;
Solve this puzzle or face your death.
Travelling back along the corridor was a painstaking affair. Dominic wasn’t going to assume that the traps had been deactivated just because he’d already been along there once. In fact, t...
2023-10-28 18:04:00 +0000 UTC View PostOf course, getting the chest open was once more made difficult with paws instead of hands. Still Dominic was determined; a mere lock would not stymie him for long.
Eventually, he managed to d...
2023-10-28 18:03:01 +0000 UTC View PostThis would be a lot easier if I had hands rather than paws,Dominic grumbled to himself as he struggled to work out a way to lift the candle from its stone holder. If he had hands, the main...
2023-10-28 18:02:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe last ten feet of the corridor took about three times as much time to traverse as the first twenty-five feet had. Whenever Dominic found himself getting restless, though, he reminded himself of ...
2023-10-28 18:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note:
If you're interested in getting 5 more chapters (so +10 compared to Royal Road), I've opened up a new tier. It's called Nomad in reference to what male lions u...
2023-10-28 18:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe young lion was very cautious as he padded towards the gaping doorway. With its hexagonal shape, it looked like a half-open maw, waiting to bite down on him. Or maybe he was just projecting: his...
2023-10-26 18:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's note:
Just to let you know, after having had some feedback, I've decided to reverse the Hunger and Thirst meters. Now, instead of increasing as he gets hungry and thirsty, they will ...
2023-10-24 18:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe trodil growled back at Dominic, meeting his challenge with its own baring of teeth. He was glad to see, however, that it hadn’t engaged Rage – apparently the incapacitation of its minions w...
2023-10-20 19:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostUnfortunately, after consuming the other four Cores, nothing else interesting had turned up. Still, his Quick Strike had already got to 93% progress towards its next level. Dominic was curious as t...
2023-10-20 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostDominic stalked through the waist-high savannah grass. Well, it would have been waist-high on his old body; on his new one, it was almost to his shoulders if he stood properly. Actually… am I...
2023-10-20 15:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe level 5 trodil lay dead at his feet, its blood seeping into the dry earth underneath its body. Dominic was panting and his health was down to under a hundred points, but it was OK. He was alive...
2023-10-20 13:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostGetting to level 6 was immediately different from the ones before.
<Congratulations! You have reached your first half-step tier. As a reward for reaching this first milestone, you ...
2023-10-19 19:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostIt wasn’t even a challenge. The trodil was taken completely unawares and a message was floating up in front of Dominic’s eyes before it could even fight back.
<You have dealt 1...
2023-10-19 17:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe three trodils required to bring Quick Strike up to 100% were gratifyingly easy to kill. Finding them was actually the most difficult part as it seemed like Dominic was close to clearing this ar...
2023-10-19 15:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe young lion stared around himself disbelievingly. Dominic had been walking through a pitch-black tunnel when suddenly...he wasn’t. Instead of darkness, it was bright daylight – impossible wh...
2023-10-19 13:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostLevel up, Dominic thought and a System message appeared before his eyes.
<Congratulations! You have earned enough PP to level up. You can choose 1 aspect of yourself to en...
2023-10-18 19:35:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe hyenas lunged; Dominic ran for his life.
Perhaps it was a bit cowardly of him, but he was determined not to throw away this second chance the way he had his first. As his paws pounded the...
2023-10-18 19:34:00 +0000 UTC View PostAs Dominic leaped, the kangaroo leant forwards once more. About to fly over the ‘roo’s head rather than catching it in the neck, Dominic panicked and his paws reacted automatically. Clamping to...
2023-10-18 19:33:01 +0000 UTC View PostDominic jogged lightly across the surface of the savannah, marvelling at the difference from only a short time ago. His paws fell softly on the earth, only a faint swishing from the grass around ca...
2023-10-18 19:32:00 +0000 UTC View PostOut of the three, Evolution felt at first to be the weakest. Compared to gaining what made other members of the cat family great in the present or the past, basically sticking with his current body...
2023-10-18 19:31:00 +0000 UTC View PostBefore he tried to activate the levelling-up process, Dominic checked himself. The lion in the back of his mind felt wary. Given that he’d just thought that maybe he should lean into the...
2023-10-18 19:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostOne of the dog-things darted towards Dominic’s front legs and he lifted a paw to swipe at it. Even if the blow had connected, he doubted it would have done much damage because his claws were stil...
2023-10-18 17:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostA sense of outrage, desperation, and pure fury hit Dominic. It was a wild beast’s pure insanity at being caged, proof that the lion wasn’t gone. The emotions were so powerful that Dominic feare...
2023-10-18 15:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostA lion was eating his guts. A lion was eating his guts. While he was still alive! Dominic’s eyes fell on his phone. It had clearly been knocked out of his hand when the lion had...
2023-10-18 14:09:25 +0000 UTC View Post