“Congratulations on ninth-tier!” Bjorgrund slapped Alex on the back, nearly knocking the young wizard over. The giant’s strength had grown from their daily training together, while his rune n...
2024-01-02 20:16:37 +0000 UTC View Post“I had him!” The Stalker’s scream echoed over the Lake of Ever Ice. He pulled his beard, gnashing his teeth. The squat fae stomped on the frozen surface, kicking at frost like a child throwin...
2023-12-30 21:00:40 +0000 UTC View Post“What tier?” Alex had pressed Professor Mangal.
“Ninth,” she’d told him grimly. “Without a doubt. The spells would likely be Conjure Ultimate Ally or Conjure...
2023-12-29 19:25:13 +0000 UTC View PostAlexander Roth embraced the feeling burning inside him.
As energy flowed from his natural mana pool to the artificial one, the new construct blazed, filling him with more power than he’d ev...
2023-12-28 21:36:59 +0000 UTC View PostAlex pointed to an instrument resembling a temperature gauge filled with blue glowing liquid.
“I've put enough of Hannah’s energy into the controls so you’ll be able to use them, Birger...
2023-12-27 20:16:57 +0000 UTC View Post“Whoa! That's incredible!” Bjorgrund cried, shielding his eyes from the blasts of heat. “I can't believe this!”
“Me neither,” Alex paused, “I've got a plan if you'd like to help...
2023-12-26 23:36:39 +0000 UTC View PostAlex and Bjorgrund came at each other at least a dozen times in an hour, each time the giant was moving a little faster, reacting a bit more aggressively.
Alex continued using the Mark of the...
2023-12-23 21:59:18 +0000 UTC View Post“Are you sure you want to do this?” Bjorgrund asked, hefting his greataxe. The enormous weapon—built to be wielded by golem knights for crushing through the hardest, thickest armour—gleamed...
2023-12-22 21:08:41 +0000 UTC View Post“The Marks aren't straightforward, they just appear that way!” Alex Roth cried, his mind was ablaze, like he was reaching new levels of understanding he’d never known before...
2023-12-21 21:55:36 +0000 UTC View PostAlex remembered more of his conversation with the ancient chancellor of Generasi.
“So…” he’d said. “The Mark obstructs my thoughts when I’m learning and casting...
2023-12-20 21:20:05 +0000 UTC View PostBubbles burbled softly, watching its summoner work magic.
Alex cast Protective Force Weapon as easily as he had Wizard’s Hand, and just like that, crimson swords appeared, rotating around h...
2023-12-19 19:37:03 +0000 UTC View Post“Are you dead?” Bjorgrund called through the portal to the kitchen.
“Would I be able to open the portal if I was dead?” Alex called back laughing.
The two giants were stooped lo...
2023-12-16 22:17:47 +0000 UTC View PostWarning: This chapter is darker
Deep within its lair, the Ravener was screaming.
Loose rock broke apart, rattling, shaking, raining from the ceiling. Its guardians yel...
2023-12-15 22:47:22 +0000 UTC View PostAlex Roth was screaming.
The energies of Kelda's machine were boiling through him, piercing his very soul with sensations unlike any he’d ever felt before. He’d known pain and pleasure, e...
2023-12-15 00:11:33 +0000 UTC View PostThe time was near.
Soon, Alex would be ready to take a step that would forever change his life.
The young wizard crouched beside the Cage—Kelda’s well-named device used to operate o...
2023-12-13 19:13:46 +0000 UTC View PostFor three hundred years, Kelda of Clan McCallum’s sanctum had been silent. For three hundred years, her laboratory had been dark. For all those many years, no living soul had walked its floors. 2023-12-12 18:23:42 +0000 UTC View Post
NOTE: Warning this chapter has part that is darker than usual.
“Has he found them?” a question was asked.
“Did he find them?” Someone asked the same question...
2023-12-09 21:20:58 +0000 UTC View Post“Tell me…do you know what a patch is?” Hannah Kim’s spirit had once asked.
Her question had come when Alex was in a corner of the Hells, within the burning maze of Cretalikon...
2023-12-08 20:54:59 +0000 UTC View PostKelda—in death—looked much as she had in life.
The young woman was pale and still, yet showed no sign of withering or decay. In many ways, the state of her body reminded Alex of Uldar’s...
2023-12-07 22:14:11 +0000 UTC View PostFour crimson eyes watched Alex, burning from two snarling faces carved of slate-grey stone.
All else lay in blackness; the vicious expressions were all he could see under the light of glowing...
2023-12-06 23:25:53 +0000 UTC View PostThree months.
Three months had passed since Alex, Bjorgrund and Birger had begun their search for Kelda’s sanctum. Three long months of cold, danger, frustration, and disappointment.
...
2023-12-05 21:41:17 +0000 UTC View PostAlexander Roth was many things.
He was a wizard, alchemist, brother, a father, businessman, warrior, leader, friend, lover and prophesied Hero. The young man was also a baker, a hard worker, ...
2023-12-02 19:01:08 +0000 UTC View PostCold waves crashed against the rocky coast.
Salt sprayed through the air.
“Merry bloody Sigmus,” Alex grumbled, flying close to the surf. He glared bitterly up at the moon, wiping d...
2023-12-01 22:16:52 +0000 UTC View Post
From somewhere high above, something shifted, tumbling to the stone below, surprising the three companions.
Alex raised his staff, taking the first stance of the Spear-and-Oar dance a...
2023-11-30 23:00:26 +0000 UTC View Post“Get my house in order? You have a lot of nerve coming here and speaking to me that way! How dare you address a monarch in such a fashion?” King Athelstan Merciex’s voice rose, filling the me...
2023-11-29 21:02:14 +0000 UTC View PostClaygon, at this point in his young life, couldn’t be considered ancient, old, or even aged, and as ridiculous as it sounded, he was still only a toddler, technically speaking. But, in his short ...
2023-11-28 21:08:17 +0000 UTC View PostThe frostbitten wind whipped over the Lake of Ever Ice, lashing a small cluster of buffeting tents. The lake spread from horizon to horizon: still, frozen, seeming to have neither banks nor shoreli...
2023-11-25 21:49:05 +0000 UTC View Post“What do you mean you can't stay here? And why are you saying you can’t go to the insula?” Alex looked around, eyes searching the room. “Did something happen while we were gone? I knew leav...
2023-11-24 19:46:31 +0000 UTC View PostThe Roth siblings reluctantly broke their hug knowing that their time together was growing shorter.
Alex stepped away from his sister, placing his hands on her shoulders. His eyes held hers. ...
2023-11-23 20:32:38 +0000 UTC View PostIn a quiet neighbourhood in Generasi—in the wee hours of the morning—all was still. Golem crafting carried on in Shale’s workshop as it always did at all hours of the night, while late night ...
2023-11-22 21:27:05 +0000 UTC View Post