The forest was a cacophony of screams as countless battles raged all around them, Eik’s team only one of many in the chaos.
Eik had already felt his wooden plaque vibrate inside his shirt, ...
2024-10-03 16:00:16 +0000 UTC View Post“Yeah, I’ve got a problem with you!” the bowl cut yelled, getting into Eik’s face just as he was getting to his feet. “You’re a damn traitor, is my problem with you!”
Eik narrow...
2024-10-02 16:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostHis world was blue.
Around him a vortex of terrifying proportions spun relentlessly, feeding into itself to grow stronger with every revolution. As it grew, so did the pressure bearing down o...
2024-09-30 16:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostIt was quiet.
It was dark.
Was this what death felt like? Had Sonja’s freaking new age mindfulness bull crap actually killed him? He’d be mad if it had.
As he slowly began to ...
2024-09-29 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostIn the box lay a legitimate work of art. It was a knife that looked equally beautiful and deadly.
The cheek of the blade was a darkened, matte metal with a silvery and highly polished edge se...
2024-09-28 16:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostEik opened his eyes to a tiny, hairy paw jammed into his open mouth. Grumbling, he spit it out, jolting his cat awake. Mis looked at him accusatorially through cracked eyelids. The co...
2024-09-27 09:54:49 +0000 UTC View PostFragments of wood rocketed across the room, bouncing off the opposite wall. A few of the sharper pieces even buried themselves in the wall, more than half of their lengths disappearing into the whi...
2024-09-25 19:27:19 +0000 UTC View Post“What did you just say?” Eik whispered, his brain unable to consolidate the urgent tone with the words.
“I think I’ve hit E-rank,” Heath repeated with a face split in two by the wid...
2024-09-25 19:22:19 +0000 UTC View PostEik attempted to dig his heels into the cobbled street to break his momentum, but the lightning-quick backhand tore into his shoulder nonetheless, hurling him back through the garden fence of the h...
2024-09-25 19:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostFor a moment, everything stood still as he sailed through the air. And in that moment, he became sure he wouldn’t make it, but the effect of Movement Boost pushed him further, until his fingers c...
2024-09-25 18:58:03 +0000 UTC View PostOne good thing about descending into the black nothingness of an underground temple in a world they knew nothing about, was that the stone steps at least didn’t creak like the wooden floor on the...
2024-09-25 18:50:52 +0000 UTC View PostThey set off after the missing team immediately—the bright, otherworldly moonlight providing the visibility necessary to navigate the forest—while following the marks left on the tree tr...
2024-09-18 18:27:47 +0000 UTC View PostThe first thing Eik saw as he crashed through the forest underbrush was Heath, on all fours, heaving up what remained of the dirt duck hot pocket. The second was Michael doing the same. Sonj...
2024-09-18 18:23:08 +0000 UTC View Post“Not just one! We’ve got at least three of them coming up!” Heath shouted as he took a frontal stance, ready to finish the first one before the other two made it to them.
“Quad...
2024-09-18 18:20:26 +0000 UTC View Post“What do you think it says?” Michael asked as Sonja handed him the note.
“I think I can make a guess,” Eik said with concern, looking around the mossy clearing. “Look,” he ...
2024-09-18 18:14:44 +0000 UTC View PostWhen they managed to wrestle off the excited kids wanting to know what he had done to his sparring opponent, Mikla, the black haired man who could open fractures at will, took Eik to a room ...
2024-09-18 18:12:15 +0000 UTC View PostEik stared openmouthed at Atla, whose smile never faltered.
“You-You want me to what, sorry?” he stammered.
“I’m saying I want you to fight that kid over there. I want to...
2024-09-18 18:09:59 +0000 UTC View PostEik prepared to land on his feet, but the moment he entered the fracture, everything changed. What had been up became down. Left became right. Front became back. His brain could not make sen...
2024-09-18 18:07:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Eik stared open-mouthed at the regal woman as she spun in place, her robe billowing around her like the blossom of a colorful bell flower. Her smile was wide and completely unconcerned...
2024-09-18 18:05:28 +0000 UTC View PostEik eyed Bart silently, the man squaring up like a temperamental third-grader. Everybody was staring, sensing the tension between the two men.
“What… is going on here, exactly?” ...
2024-09-18 18:03:29 +0000 UTC View Post“Can you use the protection thing on me again?” Eik asked Michael.
The healer shook his head. “Not for another two minutes… But I think the cooldown gets shorter as the skill l...
2024-09-18 18:01:32 +0000 UTC View PostA part of Eik was excited to see all the different plants growing in the new stretch of woods. New species bloomed all around, as if they’d been there for years. As they continued through,...
2024-09-18 17:49:20 +0000 UTC View PostEik, Heath, Sonja, and Michael circled the small plaza cautiously. They had not encountered any more monster since the two many-eyes bastards, and that was putting them on edge. With all the...
2024-09-18 17:35:19 +0000 UTC View PostEik was in pain.
Even with the short rest, topped with both healing magic and healing spheres, he still felt absolutely horrible. If there weren’t still monsters roaming Forest, he’d have...
2024-09-18 17:32:46 +0000 UTC View PostThe fiend must have known it was magnitudes more powerful than Eik and Michael, otherwise it wouldn’t have taken its sweet time like this. It would have rushed in and taken their heads in the bli...
2024-09-18 17:29:34 +0000 UTC View PostThe soaring monster clipped his shoulder painfully as he ducked and dove, rolling and falling, the ground coming up to meet him with a meaty thud. Despite having the air forced from his lungs, Eik ...
2024-09-18 17:27:27 +0000 UTC View PostEik left the library feeling hopeful. After finalizing his choice of [Profound Toxin], a seemingly unique ability, the script had faded and displayed a new message.
[Ac...
2024-09-18 17:26:06 +0000 UTC View PostEik stared down at the sheet of paper in Harry’s hand, brow furrowed, rereading the scribbles over and over.
“What does it mean?”
“We’re not really sure what it means....
2024-09-18 16:58:00 +0000 UTC View Post[Inherent proficiency considered—Acquired Resistance: Toxin — Lv. 14]
Relief was immediate, the skill kicking in as soon as the letters appeared on his arm. Th...
2024-09-18 16:57:21 +0000 UTC View PostHow deep was this hole going to be?
It felt like hours, although it couldn’t have been more than seconds. The earth was crumbling slower than his own descent, providing a soft, albeit debri...
2024-09-18 16:02:33 +0000 UTC View Post