During the period that Goldie and Adon were waiting for Samson to wake up, Rosslyn continued life as normal.
She continued to see the Dessian lords regularly around the palace, but the intera...
2024-10-25 15:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostWhen Adon returned to the room where he and Rosslyn had left the spiders, he sat atop her left shoulder, engaging in quiet, telepathic conversation.
They were relaxing, bodies and minds drain...
2024-10-24 04:18:20 +0000 UTC View PostGoldie walked through the darkness.
Forms in the void pulsed with apparently hostile energy. At first, the spider twitched every time something moved around her. Even after she had experience...
2024-10-24 04:16:06 +0000 UTC View PostPerfect, Mina thought, smiling through gritted teeth as the Perfect Predator began to lift her from beneath the other two dead creatures with its tail. This is, ow, just what I need. I...
2024-10-21 14:53:34 +0000 UTC View PostJames descended the stairs toward the second level, whistling to himself as he walked.
The sun will come out tomorrow. Bet your bottom dollar that tomorrow, there’ll be sun…
<... 2024-10-21 14:52:06 +0000 UTC View PostMina sat, watching the small hole she had left open in the floor, and waiting. She kept her wand clenched tightly in both hands, fingers slightly tensed in her lap.
The minutes passed slowly,...
2024-10-21 14:50:04 +0000 UTC View PostAdon clung to the wall, lurking in the shadows, for what felt like a long time, during which period his brain recovered.
The mild headache that he was developing dulled and then disappeared c...
2024-10-20 17:14:54 +0000 UTC View PostAt first, Adon did not know who was approaching Rosslyn.
He heard her call out a name: “Celeste!”
The Princess’s voice had risen almost to a shout. She sounded surprised and pleas...
2024-10-16 21:13:22 +0000 UTC View PostThe door squealed like a stuck pig as it slowly opened.
The sound set Rosslyn’s teeth on edge. Then a pair of bleary eyes stared out of the shadowy gap. The space between the door and the j...
2024-10-16 21:11:55 +0000 UTC View PostMina entered the third tunnel from the left, and she immediately felt the air shift as she stepped inside.
It became instantly more humid and warmer, and for a moment, she questioned her deci...
2024-10-16 20:22:24 +0000 UTC View PostThe ogre screeched horrendously as the stalactite struck at an impossible speed.
Just as suddenly as it had screamed, the monster went silent.
[You killed Gray-Skin Ogre Lv. 25....
2024-10-16 20:20:12 +0000 UTC View PostAdon kept Telepathy active as Rosslyn stepped closer to the entry to the knights’ barracks area. He knew he needed to be ready at a moment’s notice to read into people’s hidden thoughts and m...
2024-10-11 20:13:02 +0000 UTC View PostOf course I will! Adon replied instantly.
Rosslyn gave a little sigh that the butterfly interpreted as being one of relief.
“Thank you,” she said.
How should...
2024-10-11 20:11:22 +0000 UTC View PostThe morning passed relatively quietly for James after the excitement of Alan and Mitzi’s departure.
Dave and his squad were on their hunting trip. The other citizens of the Fisher Kingdom w...
2024-10-11 20:06:41 +0000 UTC View PostMitzi and Alan called an end to the break, and the group began to move forward.
As the Fisher Expeditionary Force finally advanced beyond the borders of the Fisher Kingdom, they could sense a...
2024-10-11 20:05:16 +0000 UTC View Post[Citizens of the Fisher Kingdom, on this morning, a party of intrepid explorers gathers to lead a pioneering expedition out of the Kingdom. They stand ready in the courtyard now, giving the...
2024-10-08 20:44:45 +0000 UTC View Post“That sounds prudent to me, father,” Rosslyn said, letting out a little sigh of relief.
With Adon’s help, finding the traitor should be easy.
“Then you trust the rapport you hav...
2024-10-07 20:36:44 +0000 UTC View PostRosslyn’s party returned to the palace, a carriage ride that was mostly quiet and far from comfortable for Rosslyn and William alike, though Frederick did not seem to pick up on that—he would o...
2024-10-04 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostJames first transferred the Skill “Summon Divine Helper” from the Great Venom Wyvern to himself.
The creature did not resist at all, which James found encouraging. Now that he was closer ...
2024-10-04 15:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostAs Rosslyn was smiling to herself, the coachman smiled in return. It may have been an unconscious change of expression, but she remembered then what a merry person Lewis was. There was a flash of s...
2024-10-01 16:19:26 +0000 UTC View PostRosslyn woke to sore muscles and a fuzzy brain.
Her head pounded harder as she rose to a seated position in bed. She was definitely hungover. Rosslyn was a bit of a lightweight; she did not n...
2024-10-01 16:18:15 +0000 UTC View PostJames read the descriptions of the Talent—and consequent Skills—the Great Venom Wyvern had acquired from Cyrus Berberian, and then he read them again.
[Holy Emissary: You’ve sec...
2024-10-01 15:52:37 +0000 UTC View PostJames curled his arm around Mina as they stepped away from the crowd.
“That was amazing, skapi,” she said. “I don’t know what I expected, but every time I hear you speak in public, I ...
2024-10-01 15:50:58 +0000 UTC View PostGoldie pulled herself back to the present.
She saw Samson beside her, trying to move Mana from his core into his chelicerae—trying in a very unsteady, hasty way that looked unstable to her....
2024-09-27 17:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostAs the King walked away, the people who had gathered to hear him erupted in turmoil.
Though people talking over each other made it difficult for anyone to make themselves heard clearly, Claud...
2024-09-27 17:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostDone already? Goldie sent, slightly disappointed.
Well, I would really like to try this other idea of mine, Adon sent. I hope it might help you and Samson even more...
2024-09-26 17:17:49 +0000 UTC View PostAfter a mildly exhausting conversation with Christian Zito and an apologetic Mateo Rivera, Mitzi and Alan were accepted as guides—leaders of the Fisher Expeditionary Force—by the whole of the E...
2024-09-26 17:09:23 +0000 UTC View PostAlan waited a moment, trying to convey confidence through the silence between himself and James.
“We can talk more later, Your Majesty?” Chief DaSilva said from behind James.
I ...
2024-09-24 16:56:50 +0000 UTC View PostGoldie stood very still, letting her words hang in the air, as she waited for her dearest friend to decide their fate.
Me? Adon asked once again. Goldie, I—I don’t know ...
2024-09-23 19:44:27 +0000 UTC View Post“So, how do you want to do this, Your Majesty?” asked Rotter.
“For the Fisher Expeditionary Force, I’ll want volunteers,” James said. “A force large enough to defend itself, but t...
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