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Incremental Torture - Chapter 87

Her eyes were glued shut and she had to open and close them quite a few times before her vision returned. Returning to her body after watching so many strange visions was disorienting.

It wa...

Salt and Blood - Chapter 3

Never set sail without a navigator, or at least a map and compass

-Excerpt from ‘The Ten Laws of the Sea’, author unknown

Rose didn’t know when she had fall...

Incremental Torture - Chapter 86

For a brief moment there was only darkness. She was floating in a void. And then colour exploded around her and she was sucked into a new environment. An underground cavern– or was it a black hol...

Incremental Torture - Chapter 85

Her steps were lighter and she sailed across the beetle’s back faster than she had ever moved before. It took moments to arrive at the beginning of the familiar chain of runes.

A few curvi...

Salt and Blood - Chapter 2

An occupation is for life, so choose wisely

-Excerpt from ‘Charting the Tide: A journeyman’s guide to skills and occupations’ by various contributors

Emerla...

July Updates

Hi everyone, I felt like I need to get this out of my brain and into the world. I've been writing Incremental Torture for almost half a year now. When I started I had no plans, no outlines and litt...

Salt and Blood - Chapter 1

There is no greater meditation than a day spent casting the rod

-Excerpt from ‘Fishing and More’ by Ronald Westwind

There was a tug on her pole, startling Ros...

Incremental Torture - Chapter 84

~ Evelyn POV ~

She knew that her actions weren’t making much real progress towards defeating Zork’Karu, but there was no way that her devastating ham...

Incremental Torture - Chapter 83

The minor cracks exploded outwards and pieces of chitin were blown away when her mighty swing struck true.

Kayla had to lean to the side to avoid one errant piece but her wild grin never lef...

Incremental Torture - Chapter 82

What followed was mesmerising to watch. Mei had never seen Kayla in action before. She had known the woman was athletic and likely powerful just from her muscular build and the confidence with whic...

Incremental Torture - Chapter 81

It took her a moment to adjust to the fact such a huge monster had so little strength behind its blow. Her stats weren’t that impressive. She even stole a sideways glance at her father t...

Incremental Torture - Chapter 80

“Am I the only one with a headache or are all of you feeling this, too?” she asked.

“It feels like someone is pounding my skull with a sledgehammer,” groaned Anthea. She was riding A...

Incremental Torture - Chapter 79

Something hot and wet flowed down her face, but Evelyn was unable to see what it was until it started to flow down her shoulders and using her still working eye saw herself coated in blood. With he...

Incremental Torture - Chapter 78

She could see the carnage along the walls. The assassins hadn’t just targeted Defiance directly and using their overwhelming numbers had sabotaged the defences she had installed along their outpo...

Incremental Torture - Chapter 77

~ Evelyn POV ~

She was able to spare a moment to observe Anthea and her new pet monster, aptly named Antoinette, before another armoured mole flung itsel...

Incremental Torture - Chapter 76

~ Anthea POV ~

She had first developed a love for ants when she was just two years old. It started as all great love stories do, between enemies.

Anthea was playin...

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Incremental Torture - Chapter 75

“Oh. My. Gosh.”

“What’s the matter, dear?” Mei asked Anthea, noticing the girl was frozen and staring out into the distance.

“BABIES!”

Her sudden exclamation shock...

Incremental Torture - Chapter 74

She had continued to walk down the wall, claiming more and more sections and adding the full suite of defences with the exception of the Sentinels which she only purchased for every other section, ...

Incremental Torture - Chapter 73

Dealing with the combined force of the endless worms and the vicious armoured moles was a real struggle. However, every time Evelyn felt herself faltering she would have a peek at her menu and the ...

Incremental Torture - Chapter 72

The mole pulled back its claws and gave her a brief respite. Soon after however, it renewed its assault with increased fervour. Strike after strike pounded against her and Evelyn struggled to keep ...

Incremental Torture - Chapter 71

A glowing arrow whizzed past her ear and buried itself into the worm’s flesh and a moment later there was a muffled explosion from inside the wound, followed by a large amount of yellowish blood ...

Incremental Torture - Chapter 70

It was a difficult climb, more so than they had been expecting. The walls were smooth and there were few hand and foot holds available. However, with their attributes they were able to climb at or ...