As they led us through decidedly not-flat terrain to our destination—causing Aerion to fall several more times and my anger to spike another few notches on her behalf—I had to wonder what all t...
2025-02-28 19:00:14 +0000 UTC
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Maiya waited patiently alongside Princess Ira and Ashani as Lord Reth paced back and forth, waiting for the other two of the Tribunal to arrive. It was, interestingly, Ira who received the b...
2025-02-27 18:46:35 +0000 UTC
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I was wrong—the trip wasn’t bad at all! It was downright godawful.
It had been so long since I’d felt so sore, but the endless hours of jostling and bumping defeated even my stat-enhanc...
2025-02-26 19:52:25 +0000 UTC
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When Maiya pitched her plan to Vir, she knew she had a monumental climb ahead of her. Forget saving Riyan—merely getting the Pagan Order to aid her with nothing more than a note? While Mai...
2025-02-25 19:33:12 +0000 UTC
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Vir rushed to the throne room, chest fillled with anxiety. Why had the mad Thaumaturge decided to appear now, of all times? Didn’t they have an agreement? That his reintroduction to the wo...
2025-02-25 18:00:08 +0000 UTC
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NOTE: We'll continue with 2 chapters a week per story for now. I will make an announcement when we return to 3x a week. Thank you all for your patience.
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“Aerion!” I snapped, fin...
2025-02-24 19:00:09 +0000 UTC
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Vir watched the army disperse with a measure of bitterness. Though he’d harassed them as much as he could on their way out, it amounted to l
Vir watched the army disperse with a measure of ...
2025-02-22 18:38:02 +0000 UTC
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Hello everyone!
As announced previously, I will be climbing Everest during the months of April and May. I had planned to halt patreon & RR serialization during this period, pausing patreo...
2025-02-21 23:09:53 +0000 UTC
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Aerion sobbed in my arms until she ran out of tears to shed and her knees went weak. Then we sat on the grass, and she just shivered against
Aerion sobbed in my arms until she ran ou...
2025-02-21 19:00:09 +0000 UTC
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Dance of the Shadow Demon was no mundane art. Indeed, there were many who claimed the Iksana ought to treat it as a second Ultimate Art. Or third, rather, if the tales were to be believed of their ...
2025-02-20 18:22:07 +0000 UTC
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The days passed merrily enough, at least until the party ended when Richard headed out, bound for Passion’s territory to the east. That was not an easy farewell, even if we were relatively certai...
2025-02-19 20:13:18 +0000 UTC
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Vir patrolled Samar Patag’s streets ill at ease. Every time he glanced at the city’s long-decaying walls, he wished he could be out there, helping his demons scout villages in d...
2025-02-18 18:21:42 +0000 UTC
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“Got nothin’ against the elves, personally,” our caravan leader, Grug, said. “Just that I can’t abide by criminals poaching on the innocent, you know?”
“Still, I have to wonder ...
2025-02-17 19:44:15 +0000 UTC
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“Ashani? If you wouldn’t mind?” Vir asked, having just returned to his throne.
“It would be my pleasure,” she said. “Ladies? If you’ll follow me?”
Ashani led Ira ...
2025-02-15 18:04:46 +0000 UTC
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“We never discussed this!” Maiya huffed as she paced around the low-ceilinged room adjoining the audience chamber. The Chitran had used this
“We never discussed this!” Maiya huffed as...
2025-02-15 18:00:16 +0000 UTC
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Our trip out was a hell of a lot more comfortable than our foray to the Cataclysm Dungeon. No sneaking through the forest at night on foot. No murder squads and ambushes. In fact, my only real comp...
2025-02-14 19:00:15 +0000 UTC
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The reaction to Saunak’s Automaton was somewhat more than Vir had expected. “You think I overdid it?” he asked, scratching his cheek. Ciray
The reaction to Saunak’s Aut...
2025-02-13 21:14:55 +0000 UTC
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NOTE: Last chapter before my scheduled 3 month break! I'll be back with a launch announcement on amazon, and maybe even a couple of bonus chapters if we can hit some rating goals :-D
2025-02-12 19:00:10 +0000 UTC
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Ira’s head was still swimming as she followed Maiya and her two friends to a large, underground cavern of sorts. She gazed up at the space i
Ira’s head was still swimming as she followed ...
2025-02-11 18:27:30 +0000 UTC
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NOTE: I messed up the collection arc numbers - we've been in arc 4 until now, not arc 5. I just created a new arc 5 collection with this and the past couple of chapters. Everything should be good t...
2025-02-10 19:00:10 +0000 UTC
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Princess Ira was more than happy to allow Maiya be the first to step through the shimmering oval Gate—well, the first person, anyway. Vir’s terrifying Ash Wolves boulder through...
2025-02-08 18:00:06 +0000 UTC
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As it turned out, thinking of building my own personal empire served quite well to distract me from the absolute torture that was being paraded around the city.
Seriously, if I wasn’t absol...
2025-02-07 19:00:11 +0000 UTC
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“A-Ashani,” Ira squeaked. “As in…”
“As in the living deity from the Age of Gods I mentioned earlier, yep,” Maiya said with a smirk. “The one in the scriptures,...
2025-02-06 18:00:08 +0000 UTC
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We ran for the temple, hoping to get out of the rain. Because for all our stats and abilities, pouring rain still sucked and I had the sneaking feeling it always would. Unless I Initialized an ener...
2025-02-05 20:06:25 +0000 UTC
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Princess Ira Kin’jal awoke disoriented and confused. Where was she? On a bed—that much was obvious. She was alone in a tent-like structure. How had she gotten here? Where was everyone? W...
2025-02-04 19:06:43 +0000 UTC
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Cosmo put down two whisky glasses and poured out some 30 year old Scotch that probably cost more than I made in several months at my old job.
“Cheers!” Cosmo clinked his glass against min...
2025-02-03 19:00:08 +0000 UTC
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Vir re-entered the tent after his conversation with Balagra, mind swirling with thoughts of the upcoming battles to be fought. Both on the f
Vir re-entered the tent after his convers...
2025-02-01 18:00:05 +0000 UTC
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The white ‘congratulations, here are your rewards for not dying’ room looked identical to how I remembered it, with a massive projection of Dominion’s head and shoulders looming over...
2025-01-31 18:00:13 +0000 UTC
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Vir wasted not a single moment returning to Ashani, flying through the Gate without slowing. On the other side, Vir found a fabric medical tent and Tara’s team of nagas in their half-serpent form...
2025-01-30 18:00:06 +0000 UTC
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The journey was worth it. After climbing down the stinking, fleshy wall of the whale’s mouth, we finally reached the glowing green thing. Which was, in fact, the whale’s core. It must have been...
2025-01-29 19:25:20 +0000 UTC
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