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[Beastborne: Voracious] (Book 5) Chapter 21


Noth reached out, her heart breaking at the anguish in Hal’s voice.

“Look, Noth,” Mira said, placing a hand on her shoulder. “Look!

Blinking away tears, N...

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[Voidknight Ascension] Chapter 55: Poison. it’s What’s for Dinner

Author Note:
And here's the last of the new 5 chapter Patreon goal! Gold is now 30 chapters ahead of release with the next goal pe...

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[Voidknight Ascension] Chapter 54: Turn Undead


Matt waited to die.

The pain had been unimaginable, but at least it was over now. The angel of light had appeared to usher him to the beyond, and now he was floating in the darkn...

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[Voidknight Ascension] Chapter 53: Signs of Life


Sam sailed through the air, wind and misted rain blowing through his hair. It felt freeing.

And, as it turned out, with his higher stats, the gap was easy to leap. In fact, he ha...

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[Voidknight Ascension] Chapter 52: Void Crafting


Sending another pulse into the Void mana shell, Sam pressed the encapsulating barrier to the underside of the [Storm Crystal].

He had learned not to read the mana itself—that h...

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[Voidknight Ascension] Chapter 51: A Piece of the Past


Ducking back inside the tent, Sam’s face was lit up by the blue glow of the crystalline shard in his hand. “This is… a fragment of the [Shatterblade],” he said in awe. “Only,...

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[Voidknight Ascension] Chapter 50: Rainy Day


Leaning back, Sam mentally swiped over to the next [Swordsman] skill in the list. One that had been probably the opaquest out of all the skills.

[Switch]

<...

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[Voidknight Ascension] Chapter 49: A Delicate Weave


“Sonnuva bitch!” Darren cursed, holding the wound at his side. Blood dribbled out between his fingers.

Leilani pressed her hands to his side, casting [Cure] on the wound, but...

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[Voidknight Ascension] Chapter 48: It’s All Ogre


Matt barked a short, piteous laugh. His fingertips were broken and bloodied from scrabbling at the stone door blocking his way.

The poison ravaged his body, rotting it from the i...

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[Voidknight Ascension] Chapter 47: The Price of Failure


Long leafy vines unfurled from the ceiling, bearing round blue fruits that began to shine brighter than even the [Archflame Coal].

As hungry as Sam was, he didn’t have any time...

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[Voidknight Ascension] Chapter 46: Missing Pieces


Vaskad thrashed with rage, and where Vaskad thrashed, the world upturned. Forests were ripped free from the soil of the starting island, monsters and protectors of the forests fled bef...

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[Beastborne: Voracious] (Book 5) Chapter 20

Hal stood in front of the two dragons, hands clasped behind his back in a stance that was becoming exceedingly familiar and comfortable to him.

Mira lounged at his side. Somehow, the elf was ...

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[Voidknight Ascension] Chapter 45: Advancing


Sam’s grin grew wider with each sentence he read.

Komachi also got excited, even though she had no idea what he was looking at. He wished he could somehow show her the Shardscr...

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[Voidknight Ascension] Chapter 44: Second Order


Volquist staggered out of the portal and placed a steadying hand on a starfield pillar. He was free. Actually free!

And the person who had freed him… he just couldn’t shake t...

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[Voidknight Ascension] Chapter 43: Recompense


“What?” Sam laughed. “Why would we kill you?”

“Because I don’t want to be around for the nuclear fallout that will result from not one, but two Incarnates be...

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[Voidknight Ascension] Chapter 42: The Hidden One


“Listen,” Volquist said, “everybody knows you don’t cross War. If you’re here, then that means you’re out for revenge.”

“I did come with somebody else,” Sam sai...

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[Voidknight Ascension] Chapter 41: IMD’s (Improvised Mana Devices)


A blinding wall of noise and light washed over Sam and Komachi, throwing them back with a herculean force that ripped the floating hall apart.

The barrier exploded a moment later...

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[Voidknight Ascension] Chapter 40: MacGyver


Widening his stance, Sam tightened his two-handed grip on his claymore. Concentrating on the magical barrier, he tried to use his bloodline to visualize a weak point.

The barrier...

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[Voidknight Ascension] Chapter 39: The Joys of Breaking


Red and silver sparks of Fire and Metal mana flashed across Sam’s claymore as he tore it from his [Biting Sheath]. Though faint, he could sense the presence of that mana in the air. ...

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Voidknight Patreon Goals

UPDATE (9/24/23): Cleaning this up a little to keep the goals front-and-center.

==New Goal==

  • Our next goal is: 300 patrons
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[Voidknight Ascension] Chapter 38: Eye of the Tiger


Komachi launched a fizzling bolt of mana at Sam, using her black-tipped tail of all things to cast the spell and make it harder to deflect.

He thrust his hand out, straining to p...

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[Voidknight Ascension] Chapter 37: Progress


Now that he was alone, Sam pulled up his stats before he got started and selected his bonus point allotment.

With the Void Path unlocked, Sam now potentially had a broader use fo...

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[Voidknight Ascension] Chapter 36: Talent Show


“A Stat Talent?” Raiko shook her head. “About the only thing I know for certain is that, very rarely, Paths award them upon level up, seemingly instead of raw stats. I suspect ta...

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[Voidknight Ascension] Chapter 35: Voidwalker


Sam held the ring up to the pale light that suffused the Dark Vault’s airy arena.

[Ducal Guard’s Signet]

(Ring) (F-Class)

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[Voidknight Ascension] Chapter 34: Spoils of War


“Finally,” Sam said, pulling out some plated gloves and holding them up to the light, “some equipment upgrades!”

There were several pieces of equipment in here. And at fi...

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[Voidknight Ascension] Chapter 33: The Void Beckons


Refusing to let the fear take root, Sam struggled for a solution. What Raiko had just said sounded like the only option for him was to die.

And that wasn’t going to happen.

...

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[Voidknight Ascension] Chapter 32: Shawshank


Pumping the Archflame’s Heat into his blade, Sam focused every ounce of his bloodline into the tip of his claymore straight into the center of the Warden’s face.

It would hav...

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[Voidknight Ascension] Chapter 31: Jailbreak


Venturing into yet another cavernous space within the Dark Vault that was even bigger than the last, Sam found it strange how there were no monsters. Just more puzzles and labyrinthine...

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[Beastborne: Voracious] (Book 5) Chapter 19


Hal dreamed.

Having been marked by the Kindred of Dream herself, his dreams were something more than the standard fare. That wasn’t to say they were prophetic or deeply insight...

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[Voidknight Ascension] Chapter 30: Death of a Salesman


I’ve never been so fucking hungry, Matt thought as he staggered into a tree and rested against it for a moment to catch his breath.

One thing after another in this bla...

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