Maybe it was all in her head, but Astrid felt like the Wandering Trials were different from the Dungeon branches she had been in before. As she’d never entered the Dungeon proper, she couldn’t ...
2025-10-03 22:34:31 +0000 UTC View Post“Are you ready to submit to the Heaven Devouring Serpent?”
Raya’s repetition pulled TJ from his brief satisfaction. He snapped towards the origin of the voice as he hissed to Molly, “...
2025-10-03 15:28:44 +0000 UTC View PostSorry, just forgot to post yesterday. My bad. Other chapter's up in a couple minutes.
TJ didn’t look at the further System notifications as he led the descent of h...
2025-10-03 15:27:51 +0000 UTC View PostThe night passed quickly, with Astrid forcing herself to put the brief away and try to sleep not so long after sunset. Sleep avoided her for a very long time, but she couldn’t help the nerves and...
2025-10-02 23:28:16 +0000 UTC View PostAstrid didn’t know what she was expecting when she approached the other Bronze parties. Was she expecting to find old, familiar faces? No, and she didn’t. Was she expecting to be treated like a...
2025-10-02 03:28:41 +0000 UTC View Post“It just had to be one of the days that I wasn’t one of those getting Awakening. This is a bunch of bull—“
“Sarah, calm down and shut up.“ Farid commanded, looking at TJ for confi...
2025-10-01 18:09:02 +0000 UTC View PostI strode through the streets of Nievtra, my people bowing as I walked past, preparing to receive “visitors”. The first snows had fallen but still refused to stick, and the days were now finally...
2025-10-01 04:48:08 +0000 UTC View PostAstrid shouldn’t have been surprised. Really, she shouldn’t have expected anything less than luxury as the Guild continued to throw things at her that tried to convince her that her years of ex...
2025-09-30 22:55:10 +0000 UTC View PostSorry forgot to schedule this.
Days and weeks passed, with TJ growing more and more acquainted with his Shaman Occupation and ritualism as a whole every day. He’d ...
2025-09-30 19:14:36 +0000 UTC View PostHey. Sorry for slowness on this. I've got a tiny bit of a backlog now, hoping to post every day this week. Sorry for inconsistency, it's just been hard to be motivated for this when the...
2025-09-30 06:42:43 +0000 UTC View Post“Yes, sir, we are all ready for the Trials.” Astrid smiled and nodded as she said it. “We are not quite as close to level 21 as we’d hoped, but we decided it was better to get a couple days...
2025-09-29 23:56:55 +0000 UTC View PostI can’t remember if I ever specified what Astrid’s shield weighs. Can’t find it, but if you know I did and find it, let me know. Otherwise, I’ll stick with what I’ve written h...
2025-09-26 22:45:22 +0000 UTC View PostSorry for no chapters yesterday. The ADHD has been real rough, and I'll do a little mini-blog here to explain. Skip if you don't care.
I have my schedule...
2025-09-25 19:21:05 +0000 UTC View PostImmediately after saying it, TJ felt a surge of slight discomfort at calling these people his children. After all, though he was a grown adult in his 30s, many of these people were at least a decad...
2025-09-24 18:37:24 +0000 UTC View PostDespite the air of discomfort that descended over the party, they continued their delving without issue, though the stretches between fights were filled mostly with awkward silence. Astrid couldn...
2025-09-23 23:44:00 +0000 UTC View PostSpending time with the excitable toddler was a welcome reminder of the fact that kids were forgiving to a fault, something that made the repentant man smile. TJ didn’t need to explain that he’d...
2025-09-23 15:00:22 +0000 UTC View Post[Ruskil POV]
Through the forests near the pass where the true Alpha, he who would be the Zaaktif, led his people to freedom and glory, Ruskil led his pack. Every Saharliard e...
2025-09-23 08:11:38 +0000 UTC View PostOnce they had three people who crossed the 100 in an attribute milestone, the delves started progressing much faster. That first time after reaching level 19, Astrid’d let loose and exhausted her...
2025-09-23 00:13:19 +0000 UTC View PostTJ grunted as he lifted the collapsed stone off of the remains of the ruined ritual circle. The first time this had happened, everybody involved had fought but succeeded in keeping their patience. ...
2025-09-20 15:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostAfter checking with my two companions, I learned that the ants were fairly non-responsive to any of the sneaky attempts that’d been made in an attempt to sway their opinions of us.
“The w...
2025-09-20 06:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostFive and a half weeks passed, and the party rarely, if ever, saw the natural light of day. Frequently, a full week would pass where, between five nights spent in the Dungeon and leaving to return t...
2025-09-19 21:09:33 +0000 UTC View PostHey, no chapters today. Sorry, I was hoping to be productive, but the book launch is demanding more of me than I expected, and also, my mind cannot focus on writing. I'm gonna take care of some adm...
2025-09-18 18:50:08 +0000 UTC View PostThere was no reason why the Boss couldn’t run away if it was losing. Of course it could, it was a damn bird. Yes, it could fly, and if the direction it wanted to fly was directly away from him, t...
2025-09-18 15:00:21 +0000 UTC View Post[Maksulah POV]
“If you bow once, you’ll bow for your entire life.“ Maksulah’s sire had said that frequently as she’d grown. He’d been obsessed with never appearin...
2025-09-18 06:43:51 +0000 UTC View Post“It would appear that you have now seen every option that is available to you. If you don’t mind, this old man might have some advice. Of course, only if it isn’t an imposition.“ Greely‘s...
2025-09-18 00:20:32 +0000 UTC View PostWith the storm boosting his Attributes, TJ sprinted forward, seamlessly becoming a coatl and slithering through the grass without hesitating. He could taste a foreign electricity in the air, not fr...
2025-09-17 15:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostJust gonna put some stuff in here to push away those who don't wish to be spoiled.
Now. Do you think Astrid will choose Potentiation or Sublimation? I'd like to think that I made diffe...
2025-09-16 23:46:25 +0000 UTC View PostThe hours moved slow, but the days passed quick, and with the notable difference granted by Skandr’s Skill selection and Magical Potency growth, the group's ability to clear through monsters spik...
2025-09-16 23:40:24 +0000 UTC View Post“That thing sucks.“ Farid said, glancing at Sarah as she opened her mouth to curse. She squinted at the other man and scoffed at his transparent attempt to keep her from swearing. For a long mo...
2025-09-16 15:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post“We have been requested to eradicate your enemy. However, the Empire of the Saharliard has no pre-existing relationship with you, so there’s no reason for us to do as you commence without any i...
2025-09-16 06:06:01 +0000 UTC View Post