Sam opened up his Status to get a look at where his HP and MP were at, now that he had leveled up twice since last looking. He hadn’t figured that just exploring and interacting with...
2023-11-27 13:00:02 +0000 UTC
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As sunlight spilled out of Shrubley’s [Verdant Inventory], it no longer fell upon the [Essence Vessel] that had been stored in there this whole time.
Ever since Shrubley acquir...
2023-11-24 14:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Time lost all meaning in this private universe of pain and agony.
Shrubley knew he wasn’t dead only because of the pain that swept through his body whenever he moved a single t...
2023-11-23 14:00:03 +0000 UTC
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The Countess gasped. She could see, but only just barely, and it broke her heart to watch the shrub tumble into the darkness. He didn’t even scream. There was no fear in his heart, n...
2023-11-22 14:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Voidknight and Beastborne are taking a week off for the Thanksgiving holidays. For Voidknight, Royal Road is taking 2 weeks off, but Patreon is only taking the holiday week off.
Voidknight on...
2023-11-21 17:13:43 +0000 UTC
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Hal listened to Tristal’s offer while he expended the last of his flagging strength to reshape the stone arms that created the Gap, the entrance to Brightsong’s bowl-shaped valley at...
2023-11-21 16:40:38 +0000 UTC
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Shrubley turned towards the hundreds of serpentii gathered at both ends of the hall. The flickering, dancing shadows of the faint torchlight served only to make the mirror realm monste...
2023-11-21 14:00:03 +0000 UTC
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While Voidknight is taking a weeklong break over the Thanksgiving holiday week, Shrubley will be here to keep you company. Thanks for all the support, and I hope everybody has a great Than...
2023-11-20 14:00:07 +0000 UTC
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Everything on Shrubley’s body hurt. Every dried and crackling yellowed leaf, every sap-crusted branch and twig. He had never trained so hard in his life, and yet it hardly seemed to ...
2023-11-17 14:00:07 +0000 UTC
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As the towering trees finally toppled into place, Sam surveyed the damage and realized that hauling all of those things would be the hardest part out of all this.
With [Heavy...
2023-11-17 13:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Jerric trudged through the swampy grounds near the Haalften lands. His helmet kept the worst of the inclement weather off, but it was hard going even for a Steel Ranker like himself. T...
2023-11-16 14:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Sam continued perusing his older abilities, looking for a gem that would call out to him. While he did really like the look of [Onslaught], he already knew it would have tough competit...
2023-11-16 13:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Sam took the dullahan a little ways away from the new center of the settlement until they were in a nice little grassy clearing at the edge of the hills and past the moat that encircle...
2023-11-15 13:00:02 +0000 UTC
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And now we're finally all caught up! Hopefully you've enjoyed our little shrub's journey thus far, there is plenty more in store.
The training was grueling and seemed to go ...
2023-11-15 11:16:34 +0000 UTC
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Any doubts Shrubley had about the Countess being unskilled or a poor leader were dashed the moment she started to have them explain their essence powers to her.
For Shrubley and ...
2023-11-15 11:12:56 +0000 UTC
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“Oh heckin’ bleck!” A creature cried, poking his furry head out from the walls of the training room.
Shrubley gasped, recognizing the creature from the Druid’s stories. H...
2023-11-15 11:10:47 +0000 UTC
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“Now, moving on to the eight types of essences,” the Countess told the group gathered in the training room. “In no particular order you have Red, Green, Blue, Purple, Orange, Yel...
2023-11-15 11:03:52 +0000 UTC
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They found the Countess beside another arched doorway. When she opened it, they found something that managed to get through even Cal’s willfully thick skull.
He looked around n...
2023-11-15 11:03:10 +0000 UTC
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“We could become stronger? Perhaps muchly useful?” Slyrox asked. The koblin was new to this land and its means of advancement.
It was not for the first time that Shrubley won...
2023-11-15 11:01:47 +0000 UTC
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The room was cool and dry, a welcome reprieve from the oppressive heat above the ground.
Cal was awkwardly pressing two of his fingertips together in an unfamiliar gesture that S...
2023-11-15 11:01:33 +0000 UTC
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“You idiots! You stirred the Nest! Do you have any idea how long it took me to get them all in there?” said a large, cloaked figure standing in the same alleyway as Winmore’s sho...
2023-11-15 11:01:10 +0000 UTC
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“I’m worried about them, Royl,” Sel said, propping her chin up on her palm. She rocked back and forth on her stool, waiting for something to do. The life of an attendant wasn’t...
2023-11-15 11:00:57 +0000 UTC
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Shrubley tumbled through the swirling transplanar well, crossing into another realm. The shimmering walls of watery energy twisted like a bore drilling between worlds.
Ahead, he ...
2023-11-15 11:00:27 +0000 UTC
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His knees clacking together, Cal raised his staff and let loose a Red spell. The burning mote collided with the upper body of one of the henchmen and exploded in a burst of embers.
...
2023-11-15 10:59:08 +0000 UTC
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One of the burly men flung open the cell, and then the other slithered in and dragged the vampyric Count out.
There was a brief struggle and a strange scattering sound as one of ...
2023-11-15 10:58:45 +0000 UTC
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“Dreadfully thorry about thith,” said Igor, as he dragged all four monsters down the halls in a very large sack. “But the maaarthter is the maaarthter.”
Shrubley went in ...
2023-11-15 10:58:11 +0000 UTC
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The last bundle of chapters to get us
2023-11-15 06:59:26 +0000 UTC
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Raiko sprinted across the Skyshard, dashing up and then across a gentle [River Tile].
Running was one sure way to get away from that situation. Not the most gracious of exits, bu...
2023-11-14 13:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Mandragoras popped up from the ground beneath the Sourcestone, investigating their new environment with great surprise and interest.
As much as those seed-like eyes could convey ...
2023-11-13 13:00:03 +0000 UTC
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That came as a bit of a shock to Founder Tristal.
As far as she knew, the tribes of the Shiverglades were the most insulated beings on the planet. They were, to a man, aggressive...
2023-11-13 05:38:43 +0000 UTC
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