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Savage Awakening 237. The Third Concept (II)

A/N: 

Changed Reina’s gift: 

“Reina’s treasure was the strangest. It was a treasure that came in a comet just as bright as Zane’s, which got them curi...

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Savage Awakening 236. The Third Concept (I)

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Savage Awakening 235. One Man Army (II)

The super-tornado was picking up speed. And as it moved, it shook the world. Wrestling streams of souls straight out of the ground. Curving the flows of the very atmosphere, sinking sooty clouds, m...

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Savage Awakening 234. One Man Army (I)

Lan clenched his teeth. "It's been taken care of."

"How so?" said the Ancestor.

"Ideally she'll die in the dungeon," said Lan. "That remains the most likely possibility. If not I'll sim...

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Savage Awakening 233. Machinations

The staircase spanned half the room. It led into a gloom of bruised purples and swirling blacks. Crackling streamed from deep within, the sounds of eager fire. Cavernous groanings. A relentless hea...

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Savage Awakening 232. Asura (IV)

CLANG-CLANG!

Chain Combustion rocked the air, stringing up blast after blast—laying waste to the shell below. Chunks of heavy steels spewed off the thing, lit up Stormfire blue, li...

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No chapter today

Sorry folks! 

You may have noticed I haven’t been doing as many bonus chapters lately—that’s for the simple reason that they were burning me out pretty quickly. Wish I could keep u...

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Savage Awakening 231. Asura (III)

It wasn't just steel in there, though that was most of it. When they pocketed all the good stuff—enough to fill seven Interspatial Rings—they found stashes of essence treasure left behind too, ...

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Savage Awakening 230. Asura (II)

Just up the stairs— 

You have entered: Section 3-2 

Hall of the Ancients

They stood right outside the door of it—two pale walls. Gi...

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Savage Awakening 229. Asura (I)

A/N: 

Inserted some upgrades for Bastion Bone last chapter!

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Avery wondered what they were even doing here. She thought maybe Integration was a way of cons...

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Savage Awakening 228. Good Eating

A/N: 

Changed Super Savage Body -> Asura Body! 

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There was a thick splotch of yellow on the mini-map on the other side of the island. It was...

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Savage Awakening Book 2 is now up on Kindle!

Excited to announce Book 2's up on Amazon! It's been professionally edited and covers everything from the start of VGI up until just before the opening of the Superdungeon/the Minotaur fight. If yo...

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Savage Awakening 227. Fourth Evolution

His Chains dropped heavy to the ground. Bare. Stretching on and on behind him. His thick breaths fogged the air. His heart hammered hot in his chest. 

It would have to be a sprint from s...

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Savage Awakening 226. Misty Isle (III)

A/N:

Retconned out a line — Avery can't cast an entire army of simulacra

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Everything whited out. Went to static. Raw energy swallowing physical, releasing the...

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Savage Awakening 225. Misty Isle (II)

A/N:

Retconned out a line--Avery can't cast an army of simulacra, too much

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They got within a few dozen feet of the beach when Avery let out a yelp.

“H...

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Savage Awakening 224. Misty Isle (I)

The world erupted in frost. Thick patches of it raced across the waters, crackled across the air, gathering on nothing. Fat air bubbles rumbled up from below. 

A Monster erupted. Broke t...

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Savage Awakening 223. The Lake District (III)

To get to the final section—and to the second floor after that—they first needed to get past the Lake. And all the mists swirling all over it. 

It went maybe a few dozen miles, Avery...

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Savage Awakening 222. The Lake District (II)

A/N: No chapter 6/8! Will be back 6/9

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Val Arandor met his father in the Evergreen Grove, situated on the highest bough of the World Tree. The floors were thick wood ...

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Savage Awakening 221. The Lake District (I)

Zane drank. And beads of Bloodline trickled down his throat one by one.

They slid through—scaldingly hot, startlingly dense, impossibly heavy for something so small. Something between liqui...

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Savage Awakening 220. Stronghold Siege (V)

Skill unlocked!

Titan Rhinoceros Bloodline Manifestation

Burning Bloodline calls the souls of the ancients to the wielder’s aid. When the wie...

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Savage Awakening 219. Stronghold Siege (IV)

Evan was padding up a few dozen paces behind Zane, picking off the Imps whizzing above.

The heavy-duty stuff was all up to Zane.

He remembered the last time he found these Wardens. They...

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Savage Awakening 218. Stronghold Siege (III)

“Let me take them,” said Zane. He felt as confident as he’d ever been. Reina put a hand on him, looked to him, a little hesitant, just thinking.

Then—“Alright.” She nodded.

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June Monthly Q&A!

Been a while since I did one of these...

This is installation #3 of the Monthly Q&A series! Here’s your chance to ask questions about the story, or to give any feedback you might have. ...

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Savage Awakening 217. Stronghold Siege (II)

There was a statue of a Dwarf God up front. With a beard so long you could hardly see his face. Or body. One long knotty beard with gleaming rings and coins woven through it—they looked expensive...

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Savage Awakening 216. Stronghold Siege

A silence. It stretched on and on. The Scout kept watching the High Priest's expression, but it betrayed nothing. Like staring at a cliff face. 

“…Your holiness?” said the Scout ne...

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Savage Awakening 215. Grand Entrance (IV)

Everyone knew Zane Walker could take a hell of a punch. Reporters had been saying since his fight with Eze—you had to kill him. And even then, he wouldn’t stay down.

Still—Reina couldn...

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Savage Awakening 214. Grand Entrance (III)

KILL ZANE WALKER.

When Zane felt this it came as a relief, weirdly. 

He had been a little tense this whole time. When he saw the creatures start rounding on him, t...

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Savage Awakening 213. Grand Entrance (II)

Zane smashed. And this time the tunnel shook. 

Cracks rushed up the wall, spread partway up the ceiling, shaking loose big gouts of dust. 

It was so simple. So nice. That feel...

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Savage Awakening 212. Grand Entrance

This process was playing out on other planets too.

The Thousand Seas tribe was another one of the Nine Great Factions. Most of its planets were, appropriately, dominated by seas, with little ...

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Savage Awakening 211. Big Board

A/N:

Spending some more time outlining + brainstorming to make sure I get the Superdungeon arc right, so just a heads up--no chapter on 5/27! Will resume 5/28

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