[Master Julian, entering through the final gate now.]
Julian felt the whirring vibration ripple around him as he sat calmly in the car while Femty guided him through. He had passed through se...
2025-09-19 14:17:25 +0000 UTC View Post“You know… it’s just a game, right? We don’t need to bring any of that into our real lives?”
Hank’s stepmother’s birthday party had been lively. Had been.
Now, th...
2025-08-22 00:31:50 +0000 UTC View Post“Please! Look here, Mr. Winters!”
“We just want to ask you a few questions! We’ll only take a minute of your time!”
“Where have you been this whole time?! Is it true that yo...
2025-08-14 11:46:47 +0000 UTC View PostThe president of the Exterminator Association’s voice carried easily through the quiet of her office. She had invited Julian for coffee—though, as always, it was never about the coffee at all.<...
2025-08-10 08:38:45 +0000 UTC View Post“You first.”
“Him first?!”
Everyone’s gasp escaped their throats all at the same time, but one candidate stepped forward, his voice cracking with desperation.
“I’m s...
2025-08-06 12:42:54 +0000 UTC View PostJulian was now peacefully waiting for his batch to be called to take the second test. He shouldn’t be, since everyone was practically ogling and talking about him, but he was—in fact, he was pr...
2025-08-03 15:56:58 +0000 UTC View PostNeuromuscular Output Efficiency Test.
The Exterminator Association had used it since its inception. And it wasn’t just them—nearly every organization that demanded physic...
2025-07-28 21:23:51 +0000 UTC View Post<Julian Winters is back!>
<who???>
<The Sword Junkie!>
<...the streamer?>
<Bro. The mutant!>
<Wait… was this the one i’ve been wat...
2025-07-26 20:57:44 +0000 UTC View Post[You have arrived at your destination, Sir Julian.]
“Thank you. I’ll be fine here, you can go back home.”
Julian moved from his seat, expecting the door of the car to open. But he...
2025-07-22 19:42:57 +0000 UTC View Post[…I brought the daemons to Earth.]
Julian stood in front of the door to his old forge, his hand frozen on the knob. He already knew what Erin would say next; he already heard this part of t...
2025-07-19 18:50:24 +0000 UTC View Postno spoilers.
[Master Winters, shouldn’t you be taking it easy? You’ve only just woken up from your coma.]
“I think I’ve rested enough.”
[You should listen to the artific...
2025-07-15 20:19:50 +0000 UTC View Post“They left me. Expunged me from my own grave—and then abandoned me here, in a world I never asked to be part of.”<...
2025-07-12 11:17:31 +0000 UTC View Post***First of all, I would like to apologize for not uploading. It's nearing the release of the first book on Amazon T_T. Anyway... it's time for you to find out why this is taking so long.<...
2025-06-20 00:02:21 +0000 UTC View PostSilvie had only been “alive” for less than an hour, and yet right now, she was completely frozen. Paralyzed.
She had read about it. Heard it. Even had protocols built into her programming...
2025-06-10 15:56:30 +0000 UTC View Post“Julian!”
Frail.
Julian had felt weak before—but this was the first time he truly couldn’t move. He tried standing, but ended up being caught by Silvie as his legs were...
2025-06-08 18:04:21 +0000 UTC View Post[Julian Winters. For life of this magnitude to be born... a sacrifice must be made.]
Julian could feel it—the violent throbbing of his heart, like it was moments away from ...
2025-06-04 18:53:19 +0000 UTC View Post“Everything… is wrong.”
Nuru was still persistent with her thought; that was all she could think.
Everything about Julian’s method was completely different from how Maldan had t...
2025-05-28 13:30:32 +0000 UTC View Post“So this be the flame of those beloved by spirits? Behold, Nuru—we stand upon the verge of witnessing a god’s own hand at work.”
Julian had only just lit the forge, and yet Nuru alrea...
2025-05-25 15:41:37 +0000 UTC View PostHalf a day later, Julian was once again in Artemia, quietly following Maldan through the village. The wild festivities had died down—but not entirely. The villagers were now spreading carpets acr...
2025-05-19 13:45:30 +0000 UTC View Post“Is it possible… to put an entire avatar spirit inside a golem?”
The celebration around them hadn’t stopped—laughter, cheers, and the clinking of mugs still filled the air—but for...
2025-05-15 19:05:09 +0000 UTC View PostOutside or inside the Game, people are always like this, Adam. You should never get, humanity didn't get worse after the Game started—they just flourished.
Adam watched the men con...
2025-05-10 14:35:59 +0000 UTC View PostJulian no longer knew what was happening.
He’d almost forgotten he was still technically following the Bridge quest given to him by the Guidance—what even was it a...
Sorry for the no upload yesterday, it's because I've been in talks... and Legendary Shadow Blacksmith is now officially available for pre-order for those who want to suppo...
2025-05-07 11:03:34 +0000 UTC View Post"The monsters… they're leaving."
“True. Without their immediate heat source, these animals are leaving now.”
MEGAN had once again come out of Julian’s chest, drifting beside Jul...
2025-05-05 06:08:48 +0000 UTC View PostThere was nothing else Julian could hear but the pain. And it was… strange.
He had felt pain before—he had been wounded, battered, broken. But this was different. This was the first time ...
2025-05-02 13:41:05 +0000 UTC View Post“Boss, what do we do!?”
“Master, I urge you to find a way out! The avatar of Exhalia has been known to be violent!”
“Julian, what’s the game plan here!? Julian!”
Jul...
2025-04-30 15:02:43 +0000 UTC View Post"Ha…"
The sound of Adam's tired breath hummed with the wind blowing across his face, almost harmonizing with the hum of his bicycle tire that was rolling against the worn asphalt.
He ...
2025-04-29 12:15:25 +0000 UTC View Post"Just how many of these things are there!? Boss, behind you! There's—ugh, why do I even bother?"
Hours.
They had been walking inside the volcano for hours now—long enough that Julia...
2025-04-28 09:32:22 +0000 UTC View PostJulian had once asked MEGAN to scour the entire internet and metastream when he first became the Shadow Blacksmith—to dig through every archive, every forum, every scrap of data tied to Otherworl...
2025-04-21 12:56:38 +0000 UTC View Post“Boss, look at that. That’s… that’s—Isn’t that a Dravokil!?”
“I don’t know what that is.”
“The only thing you need to know about them is that they’re level 50 th...
2025-04-18 10:50:58 +0000 UTC View Post