They didn’t linger long after the food. With Kelda’s permission and a promise that someone would send word if the floating fortress reappeared, the group turned their attention back to the work...
2025-07-18 20:35:06 +0000 UTC View Post
“Okay.” Bunton smiled as he finished dragging the trees out. As much as the man enjoyed felling them, it was obvious he relished this second part of the job. “Good work. The trees will calm d...
2025-07-17 19:30:02 +0000 UTC View Post
After a brief misunderstanding about which bunkhouse was appropriate for Aethe to stay in at the moment, they determined that Elisa would have probably left some sort of sign for Aethe and that the...
2025-07-17 18:53:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Marco sat up in his bathtub. “It remodeled itself? The whole island? Like upgrades?”
“I know. It’s weird stuff. We have a couple scholar types who are trying to figure out what all th...
2025-07-16 19:45:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Marco got the others up belowdeck, then took to the wheel and pursued the other ship with Aethe’s help. The pirates were heading in a single direction and, oblivious to their tail, didn’t even ...
2025-07-16 19:11:35 +0000 UTC View PostHey guys,
We just changed chapters 30 and 31 for TSS. The main change is that Marco and crew are going to explore a pirate base before they visit the island. Besides that, everything is more...
2025-07-16 10:56:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Back aboard The Foolish Endeavor, Elisa sat on a barrel and rubbed at her temples. “We should start loading over the ammo.”
“I can start on that,” Riv said, “once I check t...
2025-07-15 21:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Marco stepped forward, sword raised. The captain spotted him and smiled, then lashed the whip again, this time toward Marco’s feet. Marco jumped back but just barely failed at getting enough dist...
2025-07-15 20:22:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Elisa was no less taken aback by the question. Marco watched her open her mouth to explain just how it was known, and what kind of person knew it, then snap her talking parts shut again without say...
2025-07-15 13:00:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Driving the boat out to sea meant slow going for a while. Marco was the most bothered by the speed, and the time that had seemed so short when getting to the capsized boat dungeon now seemed like a...
2025-07-15 12:15:10 +0000 UTC View Post
“It’s like being hunted by a very polite predator,” Aethe said. “One that wants to make sure we’re well-rested before they pounce.”
They drifted along, feeling the calm soaking in...
2025-07-11 19:34:43 +0000 UTC View Post
The next morning was the very first time Marco had ever felt relaxed on his ship. They took inventory of their food, which was now supplemented by a couple bags of monster crab. As they didn’t ex...
2025-07-10 20:27:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Aethe’s goodbyes, such as they were, were short. She made sure her responsibilities were distributed among the remaining elves, saluted her commander, and that was that. It was shockingly brief.<...
2025-07-10 20:16:05 +0000 UTC View Post
As her people had been fighting off the crabs, Aethe’s senses had been feeding her information related to how the crabs approached, fought, and retreated. It was, she explained, exactly the kind ...
2025-07-09 19:08:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Marco shuddered.
“Why didn’t you leave?” he asked.
“We couldn’t. Our ship was destroyed by the first wave. We have the ability to build another, but not quickly. The commander...
2025-07-09 19:05:57 +0000 UTC View Post
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Dungeon Action Joined!
You have joined an active dungeon raid midway. You are now assigned to the [Renissian Elves Scout Team 334] as an ally. Your possible rewar...
2025-07-08 19:30:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Marco was quickly realizing that the biggest problem at sea wasn’t monsters or pirates like he had expected. It was something much more mundane. It was water and food. Most of the time since he h...
2025-07-08 18:58:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Marco applied it to the ship with no further delay. If there was one thing that Marco had learned, it’s that upgrades to his ship were a good thing. Now that he was a captain, he had slowly but s...
2025-07-07 20:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
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Zombified Captain
The captain of this ship kept more of himself than his crew. He is a better thinker, fighter, and in all ways more competent. On top of that, he...
2025-07-07 19:27:35 +0000 UTC View Post
The two ships collided with a splintering, groaning lurch that shot all of them off their feet. Marco twisted in the air to try and maximize for a safe landing. A few seconds before they hit, it ha...
2025-07-06 21:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
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Criminal Winds
The winds themselves assist with your chicanery. By expending your magic power, you can cajole your ship’s sailing speed faster in short bursts. ...
2025-07-06 20:31:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Over the next thirty minutes, the larger ship kept on them. It was likely due to a combination of having a better ship, a faster navigator, stronger rowers, or all three. Any plans of easily shakin...
2025-07-05 19:59:13 +0000 UTC View Post
The notifications turned out to be the ship upgrades finally settling in. As Elisa introduced Riv to all the academic understanding of proper ship operations she knew, Marco pointed the ship in rou...
2025-07-05 19:56:48 +0000 UTC View Post
“Can I take these guys?” Marco whispered. “In a fight. If we had too.”
Riv took a second to answer. “Dello? Absolutely. He’s a Rower. He’s strong, but he can’t fight....
2025-07-04 20:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Marco trained his whole life for one thing: to become a captain. He maxed every childhood achievement the System would let him, from diving to rigging to outrunning couriers up mountains. But when ...
2025-07-04 19:36:35 +0000 UTC View Post
They arrived at the Palmar village quickly. The distorted island was bigger than the real-life deserted island they were temporary tenants of, but they still moved fast once they weren’t looking ...
2025-07-04 19:25:14 +0000 UTC View Post
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Savage Shipwright
You will go further and further from specialists as you chase the horizon, far outside where help becomes undependable and one must rely on them...
2025-07-04 08:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Hours later, it was dark. Elisa had confirmed there was a day-night cycle in this dungeon hours before it was obvious, and now there was no light except from the Palmar’s communal campfire and wh...
2025-07-04 07:27:24 +0000 UTC View Post
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Gluttony Marauder reaches Level 6!
Some skill levels have changed
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Marco Nameless
Level 6 Gluttony Marauder
Strength 26
Dexterity 27...
2025-07-02 19:50:01 +0000 UTC View Post
An hour later to the minute, the prow of the ship buried itself in a sandy beach, just as predicted.
“How?” Marco looked around in disturbed wonder. “I mean, how do you actually know th...
2025-07-02 19:06:30 +0000 UTC View Post