My horde buzzed angrily around me as I fought, working their way past the criminal’s defenses, shoving themselves through open mouths and flared nostrils. Just like that, they choked a...
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Fire-water spilled into the caver...
2021-03-05 20:31:38 +0000 UTC View PostFrom my place on the female Coreless’ shoulder, I had a clear view of the ongoing battle. A clear view of the Great Core’s wisdom in binding the Coreless to its will. The male Corele...
2021-03-04 17:36:23 +0000 UTC View PostThe High Market had been thrown into disarray, despite Roy and his newfound comrades’ efforts. Admittedly, his own contributions had not been much; not when compared to the likes of Katrina, whos...
2021-03-04 02:33:29 +0000 UTC View PostKala pulled back on the draw, keeping her breathing steady and sure. The arrow’s fletching kissed her cheek as she sighted along its length, looking toward her target. Then, it was gon...
2021-03-04 02:03:04 +0000 UTC View PostSlow-venom flowed through the hollows in my fangs, dripping into the bad-thing that grasped me. I chose not to use my original venom at the moment, not certain if it would even be useful...
2021-03-02 16:30:50 +0000 UTC View PostI bobbed my head up and down, hissing in delight at what the thought-light had just revealed.
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2021-03-02 01:39:09 +0000 UTC View PostValera gasped, the heat of the air straining her lungs, as the cute little snake snapped at the ball of flame. She might have made a squeal at the sight, judging from Doran’s stern gla...
2021-03-01 22:51:56 +0000 UTC View PostThe heat pressed against my scales as I slithered through another tunnel. It hadn’t been a straight route; the path had been full of twists and turns, riddled with deadends and blocked...
2021-03-01 22:29:09 +0000 UTC View Post“...really should just kill the thing while it’s weak, Valera.”
“Doran! How could you say that? Look at the little guy, just sleeping on Kala’s shoulder. It’s adorable....
2021-03-01 22:27:05 +0000 UTC View PostThrough the eyes of my crow-self, I could see that the battle was not going well. With their numbers vastly diminished, the Spectral Guardsmen were caught flat-footed, unable to properly...
2021-03-01 22:22:43 +0000 UTC View PostPDF/EPUB bundle of TGCP chapter 1-21. Includes Table of Contents for easier reading.
2021-03-01 02:00:34 +0000 UTC View PostI slithered slowly towards the overturned Aridae, savoring the moment. It twitched and turned, in much the same way that I had in my previous life. It was helpless, similar to how I had ...
2021-02-28 20:22:41 +0000 UTC View PostMy mind was slow to respond, afflicted by the fire-pain of an overloaded mana core. My body was even slower, with the slow-venom that had spilled through its many wounds. Still, I had no...
2021-02-27 21:55:46 +0000 UTC View PostSweat ran in rivers down Valera’s skin, collecting in pools where her armor cinched. She stepped back, making some distance between herself and the Infernal Cyclops as the heat became too much to...
2021-02-27 15:54:05 +0000 UTC View PostIt spilled forth, flooding into the Aridae’s flesh. I was tempted to let it flow further, to release all of the slow-venom that I had stored in an attempt to ensure that the large Arid...
2021-02-26 23:30:31 +0000 UTC View PostThe Great Core’s likeness on my head-scales began to warm with an ever-increasing intensity, until it dwarfed the searing fire-pain of my mana overuse. It destroyed all semblance of th...
2021-02-26 21:24:29 +0000 UTC View PostMana-water filled me, banishing the encroaching blackness in a wave of searing pain as the powerful fluid shifted and flowed into my mana core.
The pain forced a gasp from my lungs...
2021-02-26 18:28:08 +0000 UTC View PostFrom within my cavern of flesh, I held silent watch, swiveling my head in response to the noise around me. Blood dripped, turning me to the right. Fangs rustled, turning me to the left. ...
2021-02-26 04:09:50 +0000 UTC View PostTo the sides, bundled shapes were strapped to thick tangles of fibers; I had been like them, once. I had been helpless. I had been alone. I had been dying.
The thought was enough t...
2021-02-26 02:57:22 +0000 UTC View PostI'm sure you've noticed that I've been posting a second story in addition to Risen - The Great Core's Paradox. That will probably start being posted on RoyalRoad this coming Monday. It's a bit of a...
2021-02-26 02:55:56 +0000 UTC View PostI clung to the great stone-spike, coiling around it in a winding path that led ever upwards. The stone-spike’s smooth surface was shattered and fragmented, covered in cracks and edges ...
2021-02-26 02:18:33 +0000 UTC View PostIt hadn’t occurred to me that she would be so brazen; from what I had seen, she had been trying to keep at least some level of separation between herself and her operations, p...
2021-02-26 01:41:21 +0000 UTC View PostMy scale-flesh scratched lightly against the surface of the small-tunnel as I slithered back to the mana-water cavern. I could hear the steady drip-drop of mana-water, slowly spilling down from the...
2021-02-25 02:19:32 +0000 UTC View PostI pulled myself through the wall-crack within the small-tunnel, safe at last. The war raging on in the mana-water cavern had fallen silent in my wake, the sounds muffled by the distance ...
2021-02-25 02:18:09 +0000 UTC View PostWar, I learned, had no respect for spectators.
A set of fangs sunk into my scale-flesh, dropping down onto me from above and filling my body with a wave of slow-venom. Immediately,...
2021-02-25 02:16:59 +0000 UTC View PostThe canid Risen, gathered in a cluster in their assault against the two mercenaries, scattered like dust before the Stonewolf. The massive beast pushed through them like a storm through ...
2021-02-24 01:54:24 +0000 UTC View PostI hissed at the thought-light. A greater being? What greater being? The flame-gaze bad-thing?
I was betrayed. Even worse, the Great Core was betrayed. I had assumed that the thought-light und...
2021-02-22 00:31:23 +0000 UTC View PostA flame-gaze bad-thing lumbered out of the tunnel. Every step that it took vibrated the stone underneath me, forcing the ground to tremble. It forced me to tremble as well; my scale-fles...
2021-02-21 20:53:10 +0000 UTC View Post