As she flew through the air, arcing toward where the battle was now taking place, Ashtoreth couldn’t help but feel a little disappointed.
If they’d engaged at a distance, they could have ...
2025-02-24 21:17:49 +0000 UTC View PostDazel wheezed with laughter. “No you’re not,” he managed to say. “There’s no way that’s a real name.”
“That’s my familiar,” said Ashtoreth. “He’s sort of a jerk.” 2025-02-24 06:27:21 +0000 UTC View Post
They heard another cry as they ran toward the source of the noise, then another a few moments later. Each of them quickened their pace, crashing through the light underbrush of the forest in an eff...
2025-02-24 06:26:05 +0000 UTC View Post“Oh no,” Dazel said. “Oh no. Nope.”
“There’s just so much negativity.”
“Well did you think I would be happy to learn that your father is the K...
2025-02-24 06:25:00 +0000 UTC View Post{Reaching level 6 has granted advancement. Choose one of your progression paths other than [Hellfire].}
“Armament, please!” she said, bringing up the armament advancement...
2025-02-24 06:25:00 +0000 UTC View Post“Four aspects is good, then?” Frost asked, keeping pace with her. “Strong? And the invasion—it’s happening because the ruler of Hell is afraid?”
“Hold on,” said Dazel, weaving...
2025-02-24 06:24:00 +0000 UTC View PostAshtoreth looked down at a delicately crafted silver locket that was set with a ruby and hung upon a thin chain:
{Ashtoreth’s Heart-Shaped Locket}
This locket...
2025-02-24 06:23:04 +0000 UTC View Post“Dazel!” she called. “Did you die, or just get lost somewhere?”
“Oh, me?” she heard him call, voice dripping with indignity. “I’m just over here cowering beneath some...
2025-02-24 06:22:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe huntsman spurred his horse forward and brought his massive axe down in a sweeping arc. Ashtoreth leapt back to avoid the greataxe. Then, as he came forward to unleash another hail of blows, she...
2025-02-24 06:20:36 +0000 UTC View PostAshtoreth cried out in joy as the warm outdoor air rushed by her face.
Dazel clung to her arms, his claws digging into them. “I hate you!” he cried.
She flared her wings and release...
2025-02-24 06:19:50 +0000 UTC View PostThe hellhound squealed as its flesh sizzled, the smell of it filling the hallway.
{You gain and absorb 1 [Hellhound Core]; Tier 1}
“How come you didn’t shoot it?”...
2025-02-24 06:17:43 +0000 UTC View PostAshtoreth careened into the next corridor, momentarily surprised that the area beyond the boss looked much the same as the one before it.
Corpses littered the floor. They were all hellhounds ...
2025-02-24 06:16:15 +0000 UTC View Post[Bloodfire Annihilator]
C-Rank Class
Stats on Level: +4 DEX | +4 STR | +7 VIT | +7 MAG | +1 PSY | +1 DEF
This class gran...
2025-02-24 06:14:46 +0000 UTC View PostAshtoreth called out toward the upper platform. “You okay, Dazel?”
Distantly, she heard a squeak.
“Good.”
She turned her attention toward the demon corpse in front of her...
2025-02-24 06:10:50 +0000 UTC View Post“Sorry—you’re not really thinking of fighting that thing now, are you?”
Ashtoreth ran through the halls, backtracking to where they’d seen the giant...
2025-02-24 06:09:24 +0000 UTC View PostAshtoreth yanked her spear out of the twitching corpse of the second carnage demon.
{You gain and absorb 1 [Carnage Demon Core]; Tier 1}
{You are 75% of the way...
2025-02-24 06:08:19 +0000 UTC View PostThe hellhound bounded down the hallway toward her, snarling with ravenous fury.
“Freeze,” Ashtoreth commanded.
For a moment, the hound couldn’t help but obey, its...
2025-02-24 06:06:28 +0000 UTC View Post“I am!” she protested. “I’m a good archfiend!”
But the cat wouldn’t stop laughing, beating his little paw on the bloody ground before him. “Oh, sure!” h...
2025-02-24 06:05:32 +0000 UTC View Post{Racial Advancement}
{Choose an upgrade to gain, then choose to retain or replace all other options}
{Retained upgrades will be offered again n...
2025-02-24 06:04:32 +0000 UTC View Post“Don’t fear!” she cried as she rounded the corner. “Though I may look like an evil fiend, I’m actually here to—oh.”
The person who had screamed was a corp...
2025-02-24 06:03:31 +0000 UTC View Post{Choose an Aspect}
{Once made, this choice cannot be undone. Your aspect will either grant you a new ability, or significantly upgrade one of your existing abilities....
2025-02-24 06:02:43 +0000 UTC View PostAlmost a minute later, her [Blood] was full. She’d swallowed a lot of air, and once she sat up she let out a loud, boisterous burp.
“Okay,” Ashtoreth said, wiping ...
2025-02-24 06:01:33 +0000 UTC View PostThe woman whimpering on the ground beside her was perhaps in the early stages of middle age. She had chestnut brown hair and was wearing the same plain white robe that Ashtoreth had been equipped w...
2025-02-24 05:45:37 +0000 UTC View PostDarkness.
And then:
{You were initialized into the system in a state between life and death. To resolve this uncertain state, the system will spawn you into the tutorial as an u...
2025-02-24 05:39:47 +0000 UTC View PostAshtoreth sat in the back of the police car, nose almost pressed to the glass of the window. Outside, she saw something incredible: shop after shop of a roadside strip mall rolling past them. Q...
2025-02-24 05:36:19 +0000 UTC View PostAs soon as she arrived on Earth, Ashtoreth's first goal was to try and warn everyone that Hell was coming to destroy everything they held dear.
She knew they wouldn’t listen to her, of cour...
2025-02-24 05:33:30 +0000 UTC View Post