And so, ATP comes to an end. This is the final chapter left from my backlog, and after this, there won't be anymore. I may end up writing a new story or continuing ATP further along the road, but f...
2022-06-20 11:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post“That… what…?” Brock muttered. It made sense to him. Too much sense. Like… like everything until now had been planned out. Had been one elaborate destiny.
A grunt resounded behind h...
2022-06-17 11:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostBrock fell through the darkness of the shadow realm in silence, the vague silhouette of a woman falling to his right. Amusement and curiosity radiated from her, but Brock paid it no notice. Instead...
2022-06-15 11:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostBrock sucked in a breath through his nostrils, and the sweet scent of pancakes followed. A small smile played on his lips, the first genuine one in a long time, as he gazed down at the batter slowl...
2022-06-13 11:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostBrock’s eyes darted in every direction: left, right, up, behind. And every direction was blocked off, the crowd moving in to surround him and attempt to glance at the enigmatic Brock Carter. Most...
2022-06-10 11:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostTwo days…?
As his silence stretched on and his thoughts whirred, Brock witnessed the ritualist’s expression becoming impatient. The dim light emitted by the runes flickered once ...
2022-06-08 11:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe blood splatters still hadn’t been scrubbed from the concrete.
With Harry in tow, Brock ventured the streets of Adelaide, his eyes roaming the remains of destruction left in the wake of ...
2022-06-06 11:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThere were a lot of things one could glean from reading someone’s aura, Brock had learned. There were the usuals that he’d known forever; levels, vague emotions, Augments, all that jazz. But th...
2022-06-03 11:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostBrock fidgeted in his lap, his sister sitting with her arms crossed opposite him, her blind eyes glaring into his soul. Tensioned suffused the air, and the sound of her foot tapping the floor was t...
2022-06-01 11:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostOk, so after this chapter there are 9 more before ATP has no more chapters. If you would like to read it until then, then I'll be making the final 9 chaps fall under the $2 tier. Not fair to pay 9 ...
2022-05-30 11:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostA cackle resounded, and she felt it attack her mind directly. Blood dribbled from her nose.
Mio blinked. Then she blinked again. Breathing out as she stumbled forward, a limb of shadow replac...
2022-05-27 11:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostEverything hurt. Her face, chest, limbs. They were all consumed in boundless agony. With each beat of her heart, she felt her violet blood pump out from her wounds and spurt upon the ravaged earth,...
2022-05-25 11:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostMuddied water sprayed the surroundings as Zin exploded from his position. Brock’s Dexterity was just high enough to detect his movements, and with Silence, he forced his body to lean left. The wi...
2022-05-23 11:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostIt took around 50 minutes of walking through the swamp-marsh before Brock was satisfied with his location. Glancing around, he surveyed the strange, iron-wood trees – as he’d taken to calling t...
2022-05-20 11:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostAs the days passed by and Brock’s race level slowly climbed upwards, his departing kiss with Amara became further and further from his mind. Instead, his mental space was wholly consumed by pract...
2022-05-18 11:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post“I hate you,” Brock called out to the form of Mio as he crested the cave mouth, webbing clinging to his bloody body and his face marred by a scowl. He had to admit, the experience of walking th...
2022-05-16 11:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostBrock’s footfalls echoed throughout the underground cavity, the sound bouncing off the walls hidden by darkness and continuing on until the noise faded to obscurity. Taking a deep breath in as th...
2022-05-13 11:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostBrock had no idea what a Guragura was, apart from being his biggest nightmare, but what he did know… was that he wanted to cry. As he prowled forward to meet it, Lament at the ready, its furs bri...
2022-05-11 11:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post“Oh?” Mio tilted her head, clearly amused by the developments, “And why’s that?”
Brock sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose as his aura retracted and the surroundings lightened, ...
2022-05-09 11:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostWhat did she mean by kissing me…?
Sitting upon the corpse of a three headed wildcat and savouring the way its wiry fur tickled his legs through the holes in his pants, Brock sighed...
2022-05-06 11:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostWith wide eyes, Amara held the Treasure up to the light. While it wasn’t all that large, in her small hands, it looked massive. Squinting, her eyes roamed its surface, scouring every faucet and s...
2022-05-04 11:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostJust a disclaimer before I forget, it was around this area that I stopped going back and editing the chapters, so I apologise if some are a bit incoherent or seem like a mish-mash of ideas. There w...
2022-05-02 11:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post- Just a note that unfortunately, I've dropped the story beyond chapter 152. This Arc will still finish, and should be finished by the end of next month's sub if you really want to see it to the en...
2022-04-29 11:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post“So, explain to me again why we’re going to visit a giant tortoise corpse?” Brock’s voice echoed through the plains, accompanied only by the sounds of the grass being rustled by wind and th...
2022-04-27 11:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThree days passed by, and Mio was getting worried.
With the assistance of Amara’s potions, Brock had managed to heal back almost entirely. His face and body were still dotted with pinkish s...
2022-04-25 11:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post“You… know him?” Mio said, inching a little bit closer to the two.
The woman shook herself back to focus and proceeded to pour her concoction down his throat. It slid down without effor...
2022-04-22 11:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostBrock wasn’t confused as he travelled through darkness, being well acquainted with Mio’s teleportation power by now. Certainly, having what he believed was brain damage, and what he felt was a ...
2022-04-20 11:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostSluggishly, Brock’s eyes glanced to the right of him. Despite his blurred vision, what he could see was clear to him. The shadow was bulging and shifting, and a protrusion was rapidly reaching up...
2022-04-18 11:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post“Well,” A voice resounded. Confident. Snarling. “Took me long enough.”
A chill shot straight down Brock’s spine. Each word possessed such power - such arrogance - that it seemed to ...
2022-04-15 11:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostHmmm.
It was a massive hunk of sandstone, several chunks having broken off and formed into a pile that surrounded it. A warm breeze blew through the area as Brock surveyed the monume...
2022-04-13 11:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post