The God of Balance or the individual who was sometimes known as Julius, walked across his small living area to the kitchenette that stood alongside it. He'd tried living in huge, lavish mansions an...
2024-04-15 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post"So you're just going to keep the ring?" Jordan asked as he swung his axe lazily at Titus, who blocked with his borrowed sword. "Even though you've been told it's cursed."
"Yeah," Titus repli...
2024-04-12 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostHenderson stood and watched from the corner of the spectators' area of the central colosseum. Because of his punishment and the reasons behind it, the other Contestants had been tending to give him...
2024-04-11 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostYou have gained 25 experience points
XP to next level: 77
Titus stared at the notification before his eyes and smiled. It was a small boost for the amount ...
2024-04-10 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post"What do you think all that means?" Titus asked once the dining hall had returned to normal following Miss Kane's exit. It had taken a little while for the Contestants – and the few Instructors p...
2024-04-09 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe Grandmaster stared down at the parchment that had been left on her desk by one of the Arena Hands while she had been attending to her charge. She was tired, and the last thing she needed was to...
2024-04-08 16:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostIt was as though there was a blue light pulsating within the goblin and Titus knew that it meant the creature was using his Mana. The understanding that had simply come to Titus was like nothing he...
2024-04-05 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post"Are you freaking kidding me?" Jordan's voice was the first thing Titus heard as he shook off the aftermath of the fight. The fall to the ground had winded him, but it had only taken a couple of HP...
2024-04-04 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post"Another potion!" Torres exclaimed as Titus hurled yet another fireball across the small room that exploded into the training dummy. The thing must've been enchanted somehow because every time a fi...
2024-04-03 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostPetra's pit fight had been as decisive as Jordan's had been, though in truth, she had two great advantages that she always seemed to lean upon: one, she was faster than most of the opponents she fa...
2024-04-02 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post"That’s three for me and Petra then," Jordan announced as Petra ascended the steps from her pit after the fight in which she’d soundly bested a level three goblin. She’d been fortunate to fig...
2024-04-01 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostJordan, Petra, and Titus slept soundly. It was quite surprising to Titus that it had been the case, given the fact that they were all worried about Jacob down there in the hospital with the healer....
2024-03-29 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostHenderson sat for a long while in front of the bars where the Nest Guardian – his mentor – had previously resided. At first, he thought that whatever had taken the dragon away was simply tempor...
2024-03-28 17:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe group made their way back to the Arena without anything else happening to cause them any concern, which Titus was rather thankful for. They had moved with far more caution now as Jordan’s Sta...
2024-03-27 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
So I've recently discovered Inkarnate - a fantasy map maker that's actually got a nice user interface (If you want to use it and are struggling, give me a shout). Here's an initial depiction of the...
2024-03-27 12:20:34 +0000 UTC View Post"A thousand health points," Petra breathed as she identified the creature standing before them. It was sideways on so it hadn't yet seen the group of Blue-Ranked Contestants and seemed very interes...
2024-03-26 17:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostTitus had lost all semblance of decorum, platitudes, and mercy. He gladly spent the two Mana that the fireball spell cost and, within the conjuration, he spilt all of the hatred that he'd harboured...
2024-03-25 17:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostAs soon as the alarm sounded, Henderson knew that there was only one place he wanted to go. It wasn't to the main hall like everyone had been ordered; he had the feeling that this was all going to ...
2024-03-22 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post“We both missed you very much,” Millicent said before Titus' father could say a word. “But surely you can understand your father’s reaction?”
Titus stared at his father as he moved ...
2024-03-21 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostIt looked very much like the goblin knew it no longer had anything to lose. The expression on the creature's face said that if he was going to go down, then he was taking one of them with him. Titu...
2024-03-20 17:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post"Jacob, no!" Titus shouted as the goblin took a defensive stance, swiftly drawing his knife and dropping the severed hand from his mouth to the ground. It was like everything had happened in an ins...
2024-03-19 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post"I just don't get why you want to trust him all of a sudden," Petra asked as the three of them lay in their beds at the end of the day. "You remember what he did to you, right? How he talks to peop...
2024-03-18 17:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostTitus sat eating his breakfast with his two friends. The past few days had gone by in no time at all, and the three had made the most of their time without question. They'd attended at least a hand...
2024-03-15 17:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post"No, please, no more. It hurts so much," Henderson begged as the pain washed over him again and again. "Please, just a short rest, please I'm begging you!"
"You asked for this, Contestant. Yo...
2024-03-14 17:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostYou may now select your opponent from those available within the Arena.
Recommended Level: 1
Recommended Type: Melee
Would you like to continue with these paramet...
2024-03-13 17:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe group stared at Miss Kane as if she'd gone insane. Everything they'd learned about what the Arena was, what it stood for, and how it operated had just been completely blown out of the water. It...
2024-03-12 17:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostYou have gained 11 experience points
XP to next level: 83
Titus stared at the text informing him that he'd slowly made progress along his experience bar, clo...
2024-03-11 17:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostTitus stood at the iron gates looking out onto the golden sands. The sun hung high in the sky, casting a warm glow over the eager crowds awaiting the day's next fight. With Jordan and Petra by his ...
2024-03-08 17:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post"The God of Balance has been with the people of the City for thousands of years. Of course in the beginning, we were unaware of what this meant or how our lives were influenced by it."
Mr Ave...
2024-03-07 17:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post"I... can't... believe... that... this... is... a... lesson..." Titus fought for his breath as he ran 'the circuit' for the fifth time.
"Don't worry, you'll get used to it eventually," Jordan...
2024-03-06 17:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post