Interlude - The Assault
“Now!” Captain Jeremy Jackson ordered his team using holo-chat.
Initially, the transition to using the interface was difficult. They were accustomed to audio only communications and...
2024-12-23 00:47:55 +0000 UTC View Post
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Chapter 92 - Negotiation
Blake descended the basement stairs, alone.
He had sent Montgomery and Jeff to the walls while they waited for their classes. They had initially protested the order, until he gave them ...
2024-12-15 23:21:11 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 91 - Boosted
Blake paused as he tried to think of a solution. “Do the materials have to come from a specific level one scenario, or will any of them work?”
“I don’t know,” Jordan admitted.
Chapter 90 - Powers Revealed
I’ve got to get them out of here.
Blake was all but invulnerable to the cops. However, his family and faction members within the town were not. Before the SWAT team could descend o...
2024-12-13 01:06:32 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 89 - The Sheriff
Peter Summers: Blake! I need you to take your brother and mother and run!
Huh?
Blake groggily wiped the sleep from his eyes as he sat up in his bed. Thr...
2024-12-10 21:09:53 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 88 - Assassin
Blake released a pulse of Mind Sense to ensure the Lupus remained alone. When he was certain no other monsters were close enough to overhear, even with their sensitive ears, he charged chi into the...
2024-12-09 22:29:17 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 87 - Shield Generator
“It’s going to cost how much?” Blake blurted in disbelief as he sat in the weekly holo-meeting.
His mother’s mouth twisted and she confirmed the number. “According to the interface,...
2024-12-03 19:48:10 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 86 - Ranged Combat
Blake patiently waited on the thick tree branch, over forty feet in the air. By now, his scent had wafted down to the level three Lupus, and it was only a matter of time before they investigated in...
2024-12-01 21:25:12 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 85 - The Morning After
“So? How is it?” Peter asked his son as he leaned against the freshly cleaned kitchen countertop.
Blake slowly chewed the roast his father had prepared and considered how to not hurt his ...
2024-11-29 21:45:48 +0000 UTC View PostInterlude - Schemes
Rajesh sat patiently opposite Zahir in his dorm room, and awaited an answer.
Once he had returned home to Arizona State University in Phoenix, he had immediately cornered his fellow gra...
2024-11-27 20:15:52 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 84 - The Rebuttal
“Ah. You are finally here. You can free me now,” Rajesh said, his voice echoed off the stone walls of the jail cell.
“Once I hear your side, maybe,” he hedged. “I’ve already heard...
2024-11-26 00:08:27 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 83 - The Accusation
“Justice for Dahteste!”
“Justice for Dahteste!”
Great they’re drunk.
The inebriated crowd was riled. Fumes of alcohol wafted from their mouths, and reminded Bla...
2024-11-25 21:52:09 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 82 - Justice
Blake crouched silently on his branch. Only an hour remained before first light when he unexpectedly received a message from his mother.
Donna Summers: Blake, please call m...
2024-11-22 18:55:12 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 81 - The Second Evolution
Blake cast Mind Sense again and winced after what felt like a spike was hammered into his brain. Blood dripped from his nose, and he absently wiped it away as he faced the oncoming group and slowly...
2024-11-20 16:42:17 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 80 - Stealth
To Blake’s relief, either his math was wrong, or his injury was not as severe as he feared. After only a scant forty-five minutes of hiding, he regained partial use of his arm. Now, thirty minute...
2024-11-17 18:58:10 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 79 - Survival
Blake hurried down the isthmus between water-filled gravel pits to reach the Lupus scenario. The portal sat outside the small town of Snowflake in an industrial area where workers used heavy machin...
2024-11-13 19:01:59 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 78 - Results
“So,” Montgomery leaned forward across the table. “How bulletproof are you now?”
Blake sat across from his old friend inside the cookhouse while they ate. Rajesh, Jeff, and Dahteste a...
2024-11-11 18:23:45 +0000 UTC View PostInterlude - Exposed
Captain Jeremy Jackson shifted anxiously in his seat within the heavily guarded room. While he waited in trepidation for his boss, Scott Peters, to return, he mentally reviewed the series of events...
2024-11-04 13:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostRelease Schedule
Hello everyone,
I have been in a writing slump for the last month, and have barely written anything. That was fine for a while, as I was ten chapters ahead of the release. However, I now on...
2024-11-01 23:27:58 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 77 - Surprise
Blake stalked through the forest with Dampen Sound active. He had already used Mind Sense to locate the pack of Lupus and now focused on his ambush. The Aether based spell easily hid the crunch of ...
2024-11-01 13:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 76 - Drama
“So, how long until you can make it?” Blake leaned in, excited.
“Dude. I already told you, I don’t know,” replied Oliver.
“Come on, you must have some idea.”
Oliver ...
2024-10-30 13:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 75 - The Next Level
Blake swiftly thrust his chi empowered spear forward. The glowing tip penetrated through the Mander’s Hardened Shell, and sank deep into its chest. He yanked sideways on the shaft until the metal...
2024-10-28 13:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 74 - Alchemy Problems
Blake shoveled the last piece of bacon into his mouth before Montgomery could steal it. His friend absently reached for another slice and was surprised when the plate was empty. Montgomery frowned ...
2024-10-25 13:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostInterlude - Guilt
Captain Jeremy Jackson shifted impatiently at the kitchen table in their Pinetop rental while Captain Jacob Roberts led the debriefing. He only half paid attention to what was said as he absently f...
2024-10-23 13:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 73 - Faction Expansion
Jessica Nguyen: I believe I am almost there. I just passed a cut up tree.
Blake immediately dismissed the message, to focus on the battle. He was still within the ...
2024-10-21 13:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 72 - Arachne
Blake slowed his old diesel truck to a crawl as he navigated the potholes in the rutted forest road. He sat almost thirty minutes north of Payson, Arizona, just below the Mogollon Rim. The Rim was ...
2024-10-18 13:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 71 - Training Rajesh
“I’m so glad you could make it!” Blake greeted his friend with excitement, as Rajesh stepped out of his car.
The Indian ex grad student nodded and tried to pierce through the dark...
2024-10-16 13:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 70 - Teams
Over the next twenty minutes, Blake explained everything to the new recruits. Since they were already aware of his fugitive status, he clarified exactly why he and his brother were wanted by the po...
2024-10-14 13:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 69 - Additional Manpower
Blake savored each bite of his father’s new cuisine at a table in the cookhouse. It not only granted him a temporary one point increase to his Physical Stamina, but tasted amazing as well. He swa...
2024-10-11 13:00:46 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 68 - Recovery
Blake woke and noticed a blinking alert in the corner of his vision.
Ugh… I feel like shit. What happened?
Suddenly, his heart raced as everything came rushing back. He...
2024-10-09 13:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post