Adon had created his semi-humanoid form without a particular human model in mind.
He had allowed his imagination to run away with him a bit, made himself conventionally attractive, but kept s...
2025-03-13 15:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostAs Adon stared out into the burnt orange gloom of the third level, he took in all the details he could and continued formulating his game plan.
He could see a small oval of the space around t...
2025-03-12 19:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post“I am a passionate person,” William continued. “I have no doubt you can understand that, having spent some time around me—witnessed my high spirits in the brief period of our acquaintancesh...
2025-03-12 02:50:29 +0000 UTC View Post“Same butterfly you’ve been talking to,” Adon replied, grinning, completely unperturbed by Frederick’s aggressive stance.
I can’t believe that came out so confidently!
<... 2025-03-11 03:34:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe shadows partially shielded the approaching figure’s face from view, but Adon was familiar enough with his gait to recognize exactly who was walking toward them without even needing to look di...
2025-03-09 05:20:44 +0000 UTC View PostAdon watched as the female knights carried Rosslyn further down into the tunnel.
Then he, the other arthropods, the young lords, and the rest of the knights followed after. He took one last, ...
2025-03-08 05:50:26 +0000 UTC View PostAfter giving Luna her pep talk, James used his Fisher King powers.
His physical body was boring, so why not leave it behind for a little while? His spirit floated above the Kingdom, watching ...
2025-03-06 02:14:00 +0000 UTC View PostLuna blinked awake.
“Did I sleep?” she asked groggily.
Her eyes focused on the two figures who stood over her, Dave and one of the Healers.
“You did,” the Healer replied. ...
2025-03-03 11:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe morning light that fell across James and Mina’s bare skin woke him.
He could feel his body absorbing solar energy and using that to boost his recovery speed, even if ever so slightly. 2025-03-02 09:58:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Luna closed the gap almost instantaneously, but she had time to send a telepathic message to her pack.
Do not engage unless attacked by the enemy army, she sent. Remember that we...
2025-02-28 15:00:20 +0000 UTC View PostPart of the plan was that only the wolves would enter the Ruler’s territory at first.
This would force the Ruler to consider the situation carefully while conserving resources. If the hydra...
2025-02-28 02:24:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe healing process for Romulus took hours.
The Healers tried healing magic and Purification at first, but his body seemed resistant to healing. They slowed down after half an hour of that se...
2025-02-27 02:46:40 +0000 UTC View PostThrough the blinding light, Adon could see nothing.
There was a cataclysmic sound accompanying the ray, however, and that told him more. The sound was one of stone crumbling and falling.
<... 2025-02-26 15:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostLuna raced.
Her body was flooded with adrenaline, and every nerve vibrated with tension. This was what she was made for. Running through the open ground, her pack at her back, her mate beside...
2025-02-25 19:59:39 +0000 UTC View PostAfter the knights had healed their most pressing wounds—including one older knight very appreciative of having been graced by the mystic butterfly—they climbed down the cliffside. The pace was ...
2025-02-25 08:22:19 +0000 UTC View PostThose things are quick, Adon thought as the strix skated by Rosslyn, slashing at her with its claws.
When she spun and kicked the bird before Adon could ready his mana ball to fire, ...
2025-02-25 08:21:07 +0000 UTC View Post“Well done, Adon,” Rosslyn said.
In her mind, she added, I should have known you were busy conducting interspecies diplomacy again.
He had been gone so long in the second l...
2025-02-22 04:35:56 +0000 UTC View PostAfter the presence of the King had dissipated, the war between the Royal Fisher Army and the reptiles began in earnest.
“All humans into spear formation!” Dave ordered. “Goblins and sco...
2025-02-16 02:08:43 +0000 UTC View PostAdon recalled his own experiences as a monster in a previous incarnation.
He had been concerned with survival things, too, though he’d had no young, since that was another forever alone...
2025-02-13 03:48:48 +0000 UTC View PostAs water gushed forth from the waterfall, Adon looked, fascinated, back and forth between the source of the flow, at ceiling height, and the ground level, where the overflow was flooding the canyon...
2025-02-13 00:20:48 +0000 UTC View PostAdon felt an instinctive sense of pressure at the presence of the flying beast a thousand feet below him.
Even floating far above, even invisible, he sensed that this was a superior species t...
2025-02-12 05:02:49 +0000 UTC View PostHow would I behave right now if I didn’t care what the people around me thought? Adon repeated silently to himself. Assuming that I still care about clearing the dungeon and pro...
2025-02-11 06:22:05 +0000 UTC View PostWith a flick of mental effort, James returned the council to “The Last Supper.”
Now that everyone was embodied once again, he took in their facial expressions. Mouths gaped. Brows furrowe...
2025-02-09 15:16:56 +0000 UTC View Post“Skapi, skapi…”
A distant, gentle voice caressed James’s ears.
This is nice.
“Skapi…” The voice became more insistent and slightly higher pitched, and it wa...
2025-02-09 03:55:06 +0000 UTC View Post[Monstrous Instincts: A monster is not like a human. Similar to an animal, it is born knowing how to fight and survive. Grants the owner of the Skill instinctive knowledge in these areas. N...
2025-02-07 04:00:20 +0000 UTC View Post“Well, that was interesting,” James said to himself.
He composed a quick announcement, which he then transmitted to the members of his council using his Fisher King powers.
...
2025-02-06 04:36:11 +0000 UTC View PostAs Luna watched, Dave managed to jerk his arm up quickly enough to keep the rattlesnake from injecting her venom directly into his throat.
Still, even the thin layer of armor on his arm could...
2025-02-04 14:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostAdon thought that the descent into darkness was worse this time than on the previous occasion.
The one positive about this tunnel was that, like the tunnel and caverns they had previously pas...
2025-02-04 05:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post“There was one thing I wanted to tell you before I forget,” Rosslyn said, watching as Adon pulled his proboscis from the neck of the dead—and now very drained—kobold.
Mina knocked on the bedroom door.
It was a funny thing, bothering to knock on the door to her own bedroom, but considering that Zora had emerged not long before, she thought it was possible t...
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