“Do you know why not many priests ever return home?” Jim asked Seth.
They were sitting by the door to a conclave they’d just stepped out of on a brown couch long enough to seat three pe...
2024-02-13 12:12:06 +0000 UTC View PostEzril froze then recovered in time to side step the girl’s attack. In the times he’d been fighting the Merdendi this was a first. The fact that they’d never brought children to the battlefiel...
2024-02-13 12:10:17 +0000 UTC View PostThe sun’s decline from its apex found them arraigned a distance away from the ruined walls, infantry and cavalry alike.
Somewhere before the front lines of their group’s arrangement Balta...
2024-02-10 01:56:11 +0000 UTC View Post“Ouctun, eg’n ougnad.”
Ezril smiled at his brother’s words. He hadn’t realized how much he’d missed hearing vrail. Given, there were a lot of priests around and he’d marched wit...
2024-02-10 01:53:11 +0000 UTC View PostSeth woke up with a headache so strong he could hear it.
He laid in a bed he had no idea how he’d gotten into. Around him were walls with colors he could barely make out. Unable to turn his...
2024-02-10 01:50:37 +0000 UTC View PostThe sound of an annoyed yet respectful voice flittered through the air. It made its way through the door to fill his ears with its almost nasal displeasure. It was hurried and raised high enough to...
2024-02-10 01:43:35 +0000 UTC View PostLightning streaked through the air.
It was magical, but it seemed to follow some form of already established world principle. Zed wasn’t sure what exactly the case was. But the force it car...
2024-02-10 01:39:09 +0000 UTC View PostWith the short-lived scuttle in the market at an end, people were slowly coming out of their hiding spots. Stores were opening back up tentatively, and hiding customers were beginning to scurry off...
2024-02-10 01:36:45 +0000 UTC View PostJonathan kept his eyes fixed on House fifty-eight, gold eyes activated so that he missed nothing. He had heard the rumors of the veteran adventurer but allowed none of it get to him. And they were ...
2024-02-08 06:42:55 +0000 UTC View Post[Name: Melmarc Jay Lockwood]
[Class: Faker]
[Rank: B]
[Growth Potential: Unranked]
Melmarc’s mouth was hanging open.
Unranked?
He hadn’t heard of an...
2024-02-08 06:39:33 +0000 UTC View PostNixarv studied Ezril with the scrutiny of a confused man. It was almost as though the man refused to believe his eyes. It should’ve been strange but Ezril found it mildly irksome.
“How?...
2024-02-08 06:28:38 +0000 UTC View PostZed got up from his knees.
Each blow to the head had left him with nothing but a flicker of pain. A few months back he had no doubt that each one would’ve hurt. Now, they were merely inconv...
2024-02-08 06:23:14 +0000 UTC View PostWhen the pain subsided, it left Melmarc breathing heavily.
“What was that?”
The panic in Delano’s voice was raw. Melmarc needed to catch his breath before he answered his friend.<...
2024-02-03 07:05:46 +0000 UTC View PostI'll keep it brief and simple.
1. GIFTED will be submitted for release on Royal Road in the next 24 hours and there will at least two extra releases here on Patreon during the weekend (I don'...
2024-02-02 05:36:03 +0000 UTC View PostIt was late when they got back to the mansion. To their surprise they were allowed to take their dinners in their rooms. In fact, they were asked to.
There was a note on the massive dinning, ...
2024-02-02 05:29:17 +0000 UTC View PostDelano groaned. “Why are you making this scarier than it is?”
“I’m not making it scarier than it is.” Eroms took another bite of his chicken.
Then he did the unthinkable. He g...
2024-02-02 05:21:11 +0000 UTC View PostEzril frowned at thought of the infirmary. Fighting the Merdendi hadn’t been one of his brightest ideas. In fact, he was beginning to wonder what had gotten into him. He’d won the fight but it ...
2024-02-02 05:11:15 +0000 UTC View PostSeth teleported.
Jim stared at where the boy had been with an open mouth. What had just happened?
Seth appeared in midair, hovering behind one of the wraiths with wide feral eyes. He sw...
2024-02-02 05:09:20 +0000 UTC View PostBabajide’s room wasn’t as wide as he had always wanted it, but being a king in a post apocalyptic world was different from being a king in a pre-apocalyptic world. In the latter you got everyth...
2024-02-02 05:03:52 +0000 UTC View PostAnais had served Vlad for the past twelve years.
He had adopted her from an orphanage when she was twelve and had raised her ever since. Her only relationship to him prior to being adopted wa...
2024-02-01 11:50:10 +0000 UTC View PostDelano lay on a bed of white sheets. It was large enough for two people and it was one of three beds in the room.
Once their host who may or may not be an Alchemist had finished addressing th...
2024-02-01 11:48:04 +0000 UTC View PostThey got to their destination in the very late hours of the evening, or early hours of the night.
Delano tapped Melmarc awake as Mrs. Ella instructed everyone to get down from the bus.
...
2024-02-01 11:39:37 +0000 UTC View Post“Yes, the scribe,” the man said as if snapping back to reality. “He’s down that way.” He pointed. “Take your first left, your third right, then go all the way to the stairs on the right...
2024-02-01 11:11:30 +0000 UTC View PostInside the building was utter chaos. Reia beasts filled it from the very entry so that Jonathan had been forced to slay the first beast on entry, cleaving it in two with a spear, the traditional we...
2024-02-01 11:09:49 +0000 UTC View Post“Alright,” Zed stared at the empty store in front of them. “This might be a problem.”
The store wasn’t locked. The door was open and the display was still there. Everything was just...
2024-02-01 11:08:38 +0000 UTC View Post“What are you watching?” Delano asked, peeking over to Melmarc’s side of the chair and trying to see his phone.
Over the past hour of the bus ride a few things had happened, most of whi...
2024-01-30 06:10:56 +0000 UTC View PostIt was maddening to think the seminary had sent a child that was unable to listen. He was Seth’s handler, which implied completely that all endeavors taken must be taken with his permission. So w...
2024-01-30 05:47:53 +0000 UTC View PostThe soldier led them through the buildings, past the smithy, around the infirmary Ezril found he had no reason to visit again, behind what could only prove to be a bakery, and into the tower that h...
2024-01-30 05:45:24 +0000 UTC View Post“A billion stores in this place and you pick this one?” Ronda complained.
Kid had to remind himself once more that she was not a bad person, just an often confused person when it came to ...
2024-01-30 05:38:20 +0000 UTC View PostAfter uncle Dorthna, Ark was the second person to find out about Melmarc’s status as a potential Gifted.
Melmarc told him first thing in the morning when he woke up.
There had been a ...
2024-01-30 05:34:10 +0000 UTC View Post