Chapter 38: DLC: The Fog of War

- Six Months ago, somewhere in Kyushu, East Asian Protectorate (formerly Japan).
Kari stared at the pale human corpse with her silencer pointed at it and fired. She sho...
2019-05-22 13:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post

Lair Final Round: Sun or Darkness?

Time for the final round, winner takes all! Cast your vote for the Lair which the Dragonslayers will tackle next month!

2019-05-19 21:59:01 +0000 UTC View Post

Chapter 37: DLC: Mur's Story

— Roughly thirty years ago, the icy wasteland of Cocytus.
To be the strongest.
His kind lived by this one rule. From the lowliest imp to the B...
2019-05-17 13:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post

Chapter 36: Pitch Black

As the spear threatened to make its way past three layers of solid light and supernaturally dense glass, Shroud wondered how things had gotten out of hand so quickly. Even holding the spear with bo...
2019-05-15 13:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post

Lair Poll Round 2: The Sun vs Godzilla

Time for the second set of contestants to fight; the winner will fight Mictlan, Tower of Bones, in the final round on May 20th.

2019-05-15 10:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post

Chapter 35: Meet the Medic

“Mathias, I am sorry to say this,” Solomon declared, finally finding the courage to breach the important subject. “But it would be better for everyone if you did not touch alcohol again.” 2019-05-10 13:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post

Lair Tournament: Round 1: Sky Palace vs Bone Tower

Due to all options getting tied (yes, really), I'm changing that poll to a tournament; you will first vote between Mictlan and Elysium, then Taiyougami and Uruk, and the winners will duke it out fo...
2019-05-08 22:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post

Chapter 34: Get Smashed

ADMINISTRATOR: I do not know Mathias.
SHROUD: You do not know?
ADMINISTRATOR: This feature added itself to your account on its own. Our own ...
2019-05-08 13:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post

Chapter 33: Modded Feature

— 0,1,2,0… endless numbers and geometrical shapes, making up the structure of reality. Rectangles and triangles made shapes that existed yet did not exist. Infinite possibilities quantified...
2019-05-03 13:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post

Chapter 32: DLC: Beware The Hunters

Important: The Lair Poll has been posted here on Patreon, so please go vote for your favorite one! I would like a clear winner to stand out as I will write a full ...
2019-05-01 13:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post

Lair Poll: Choose the Dungeon

Vote for the Lair which the Dragonslayers will tackle in the major arc of Volume II! Click on each title for an illustration. Multiple choices possible, Poll open until end of May.

2019-04-30 21:59:00 +0000 UTC View Post

Chapter 31: The King's Conquest, II

For his third attempt, Mammon had elected to behave more prudently.
Shroud observed him circling the castle, protected by his diamond skin and followed by cameras. After his failure to telepo...
2019-04-26 13:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post

Chapter 30: The King's Conquest, Part I

Word that someone challenged Mammon had spread.
Shroud sat on one end of a large card table, which Mammon had set as the place of the duel; the Market’s ruler faced him from the other side,...
2019-04-24 13:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post

Chapter 29: the Soul Casino

The Overside Market’s Flux Tower looked even bigger up close.
A towering, spiraling spire of black metal and vein-like, pulsating cables the size of skyscrapers, the structure dwarfed anyth...
2019-04-19 13:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post

Chapter 28: Corpse Party

As Manah walked, phantom torches lit up, blue fires without a source revealing a richly decorated corridor. “You and your team will be lodged in the guest quarters,” his host told Shroud. “I ...
2019-04-17 13:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post

Chapter 27: The Shadow Queen

As the violet light of the teleportation spell dissipated, Solomon looked at the crossroads with a frown, using Quasar to create a makeshift orb of light. “This is the place?” he asked, casting...
2019-04-12 13:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post

Chapter 26: Dreams of the Crimson King

Even in the skies, traffic jams happened.
As Shroud flew over the district, clad in his armor of lightglass, he had to avoid other fliers, everything from monstrous harpy-like birds, in...
2019-04-10 13:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post

Volume I Epilogue: The Panopticon

“Glass Field.”
The human called a glass cup to his hand, playing with it like a monkey discovering fire. Sometimes, the human looked at empty space, as if reading a text only he ...
2019-04-05 13:00:19 +0000 UTC View Post

Chapter 24: End of the Beginning

The flight to the swamps happened so uneventfully, Shroud almost expected a last-minute disaster to fall upon him. A flock of Gearsmen firing at him from below, one last-minute ambush from Kresnik,...
2019-04-03 13:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post

May's Quest Poll: Minions or Teamwork?

By popular vote, the April Quest will be "Dreams of the Crimson King," published as Chapter 26! Which means it is time to vote for May's Quest! (Chapter 34)
1) Side-Q...
2019-03-31 22:15:24 +0000 UTC View Post

Chapter 23: Dragonslayer

You are just experience points, and I am leveling up.
Jack’s words echoed in Shroud’s mind, as he flew circles around the dragon, avoiding streams of flames. The sorcerer had gro...
2019-03-29 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post

Chapter 22: Jailbreak

Maggie was magic.
So was Sol and Mur.
Shroud didn’t know how to take the news, even as he massaged his sore muscles and tried to gather his thoughts, Berserk wearing off. The floor fe...
2019-03-27 14:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post

Chapter 21: DLC: The Rogue

Fighting was like dancing.
So Uncle had taught Kari—or was it someone else? Her memories blurred when she called upon Oversoul, ancient memories meshing with recent ones in a patchwork mind...
2019-03-22 14:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post

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