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[Shrubley, the Monster Adventurer] Chapter 59 – Alloys, Nobles, and Jewels


The Witch folded her hands in her lap and leaned back in her rocking chair, setting it to rocking back and forth again. The cool blue flames of the icy fireplace kept the sticky heat o...

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[Shrubley, the Monster Adventurer] Chapter 58 – Mistress Ceasewane


Smudge looked at the plate of quivering gelatin dessert served up to him from Sose. The resemblance to the slime was uncanny.

He stared at it, then at the oppa. “Am I a joke to...

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[Shrubley, the Monster Adventurer] Chapter 57 – A Link to the Past


“Do you suppose there’s a Guidance Stone in this mirror realm?” Cal asked. “Or if… we could trust such a thing?”

The skeleton looked over at his friend, thinking.

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[Shrubley, the Monster Adventurer] Chapter 56 - The Shrub, the Witch, and the Teacup II


Despite the startling words, Shrubley felt no reason to put up his guard. He didn’t feel relaxed, exactly, but he felt like he had misunderstood her somehow.

The Witch...

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[Shrubley, the Monster Adventurer] Chapter 55 – The Shrub, the Witch, and the Teacup


Now the figure rose from the chair.

She was bent like an old lady and used two walking sticks to move around. “If yer going to call on me, might as well offer ye all some refre...

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[Shrubley, the Monster Adventurer] Chapter 54: The Root of the Problem


“Pyuu!” the slime wailed in fear.

“What’s the matter, Smudge?” Shrubley asked, gently patting the slime.

“What’s up with Smudge?” Cal asked.

“Someth...

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[Shrubley, the Monster Adventurer] Chapter 53: Looper


“How is that possible?” Cal asked. “We’ve been walking all day and you keep checking the road, don’t you?”

“That’s why I think we’re in a trap,” Shrubley said...

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[Shrubley, the Monster Adventurer] Chapter 52 – Blooming Essences II


Cal looked over at him. “How? Do you have another essence just rattling around in your inventory or something?”

Shrubley looked a little bashful. “Not as such… n...

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[Shrubley, the Monster Adventurer] Chapter 51 – Blooming Essences


Shrubley was a good student, even if he had progressed slower than all the rest of his group. Despite the recent changes, he was still a few levels behind the next weakest person, Smud...

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[Shrubley, the Monster Adventurer] Chapter 50 – Flowering Up


While Shrubley and his friends rested beneath the partial shelter of a set of reddish boulders, Sose awoke and squeezed out what Fantasy mana he could to form an illusionary barrier ar...

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[Voidknight Ascension] Chapter 120: Personal Demons


Ever since his transformation into a clearly higher state of being, Darren’s life had taken a “turn” as his mother would say.

“You’re being a bitch right now,” the im...

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[Shrubley, the Monster Adventurer] Chapter 49 – Doctor Shrub, M.D.


Reunited once more, Shrubley tended to the wounds of his friends. He made good use of his [Recovery] essence ability, fixing Slyrox, Smudge, and himself up.

He was afraid to use ...

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[Voidknight Ascension] Chapter 119: Sushi Party


The big Hawaiian looked at Sam, then the tray, then back at Sam chewing. “Did you take my food?”

Defrivery fax,” Sam said around a mouthful of sushi. He thrust ...

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[Shrubley, the Monster Adventurer] Chapter 48 – Slithery Business


“They’re late.”

Remal, flushed with drink, leaned over to pat the grumpy archer on the shoulder. “It’s pouring out. They’re probably holed up somewhere.” He sobered...

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[Voidknight Ascension] Chapter 118: Forest Home


“Whatever my Profession will be,” Raiko began. “It should be magic oriented. It’s good to have specializations in general, but it goes a bit deeper for me. I haven’t inherite...

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[Shrubley, the Monster Adventurer] Chapter 47 – Kind of a Big Dill


Cal sent the snakes carrying the Countess and her oppa one way, while he darted another. Slyrox, in true koblin fashion, bolted straight for the massive snake rearing up.

“Pssh...

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[Voidknight Ascension] Chapter 117: What are we, Ewoks?


With the last of his MP, Sam cut down the rest of the trees and Chompers hauled them into the gap in the wall.

Sam paused just on the other side of the wall and admired the work ...

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Quick Update

Hey everybody, James here. 

Voidknight just released (https://mybook.to/Voidknight1) on Saturday and, unfortunately,...

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[Shrubley, the Monster Adventurer] Chapter 46 – The Milk Assassin II


Lukas was one of the newest serpentii recruits. He slept soundly in the formation known as the chaos ball. No predators would be stupid enough to attack serpentii in such a state.

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[Voidknight Ascension] Chapter 116: Of Steel and Flame


Crepuscular light poured out from the dullahans’ every seam and crevice, reforging metals, mana, and cores. Where once there were dull and muted plates, were now deep-blue plates tri...

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Voidknight Ascension Book 1, is Now Out on Amazon and FREE on Kindle Unlimited!

Hey all, James here with a new book release just in time for the holiday season! 

The first book has finished it's run on RR (and I'll be removing the chapters from Patreon later today t...

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[Shrubley, the Monster Adventurer] Chapter 45 – The Milk Assassin


Despite Shrubley’s dramatic change, his familiar still recognized him and didn’t appear to mind at all. The glowbug landed atop one of his many new leaves, providing an additional ...

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[Voidknight Ascension] Chapter 115: A Look Forward


Sam sat by the cookfire. The sun was setting, but the high wall to the west bathed the encampment in shadow. It had been a productive day. Not only because of the wall being halfway do...

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[Shrubley, the Monster Adventurer] Chapter 44 - Acalypha Wilkesiana


Carrying his new items, Shrubley looked for somewhere to rest. There were no undead left to threaten him and his familiar, and none of those centipede things had shown their ugly mandi...

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[Voidknight Ascension] Chapter 114: Driving up the Wall


Raiko looked at him. “You have a name, I believe, already picked?”

“Sil’mara,” Sam said. “It’s the name of my Skyshard.” He looked at her. “You suggested it, re...

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[Shrubley, the Monster Adventurer] Chapter 43 – Don’t Call Him “Bone Daddy”


Quest Complete: Bone Daddy

Destroy every evil skeleton to awaken the Bone Knight.

Objectives complete:

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[Voidknight Ascension] Chapter 113: King Me


The beleaguered pair of Kai and Lenal dragged themselves back into camp between the protective sanctuary of the Sourcestone and the Sacred Tree.

The dome was far cozier than that...

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[Shrubley, the Monster Adventurer] Chapter 42 – Bone Bashin’


Jerric looked suspiciously at the tray of food on his bedside table. He frowned and did his usual sweep of the room. Various wires and detection traps remained, unsurprisingly, inert.<...

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[Voidknight Ascension] Chapter 112: Zuu is the Word

There were few things in the world that Matt enjoyed more than eating. He had been a skinny, malnourished thing growing up on off-brand cup noodles—ramen was far too pricey—with whatever was o...

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[Shrubley, the Monster Adventurer] Chapter 41 – A Light in the Dark II


For the glowing shrub and his familiar, lost in a world of prevailing darkness, it was difficult to stay out of sight of all the undead roaming the vast chamber stacked with endless co...

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