Seeing as the dungeon was a bust, Fiona and I returned to the fortress and decided to see what was across the plains.
It was certainly the largest single terrain feature I had ever seen as we...
2021-11-06 12:01:01 +0000 UTC
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It took some searching to pin down the location of the dungeon but we eventually found it. At first, we had mistaken the rocks peaking from the grass as nothing but scattered boulders. There had ce...
2021-11-05 12:01:02 +0000 UTC
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Fiona and I scoured the forest for miles around the sinkhole but only found three more of the leech creatures. That was both good and bad. Good that they hadn’t spread further but bad for levelin...
2021-11-04 12:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Edward Rosewill had been given little time to prepare for the arrival of this Lord Vik’t. He could only hope his preparations were enough. He found it irksome that he had to bow down to an alien ...
2021-11-03 12:01:01 +0000 UTC
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I stomped on the ground producing a wave of molten rock in front of me. The charging swarm carrier, which had once been a massive boar, sunk into the superheated rock. It tried throwing leeches my ...
2021-11-02 12:00:04 +0000 UTC
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I dodged to the side as the gorlophant rushed through the space I had just been occupying, trying to gore me with its horn.
I heard the creature let out a deafening screech as Fiona let loose...
2021-11-01 12:01:11 +0000 UTC
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Welcome to the month of madness, I hope you all enjoy!
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“You seem awfully nonplussed for someone that just murdered a group of people,â...
2021-10-31 12:20:47 +0000 UTC
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Just a reminder for all patrons, Tomorrow kicks off the RoyalRoad Writathon. With that I will be implementing the month of madness as I like to call it and will be trying to post a chapter a day. A...
2021-10-30 11:19:17 +0000 UTC
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Fiona and I examined the obsidian-colored pedestal in the center of the room. As we neared it, glowing characters emerged along the top. They were not in any language I was familiar with and the sy...
2021-10-30 11:15:59 +0000 UTC
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Fiona and I spent a week practicing and got to a point where I could endure her whole form within me for a minute. I really hoped that was enough time.
She had been busy as well, managing to ...
2021-10-30 11:15:27 +0000 UTC
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Not much changed in the month after bringing Martin and Fiona back to Saint June, at least for me. Martin had managed to make a name for himself across the town and as I expected he was well-liked....
2021-10-23 12:26:08 +0000 UTC
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The trip back was a struggle, both emotionally and physically. The first physical obstacle was the barge itself. Taking it with us would make us a huge target. Leaving it behind would be a waste. I...
2021-10-23 12:25:32 +0000 UTC
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The dense vegetation and thick vines made traversing the Jungle difficult for Maria and me. More Maria, than I as I had much higher agility. Ska had no issues as this was his element. No sooner had...
2021-10-16 11:57:48 +0000 UTC
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It was a full three days before my Reaper title picked up Javier’s location. That gave me a good estimate of how far the tracker reached. I figured it was around a thousand miles. It wasn’t a p...
2021-10-16 11:57:16 +0000 UTC
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I let Maria steer the fortress since she knew where the town we were heading for was located. I had ways to locate both Javier and the barge but they were both beyond the range of either option. At...
2021-10-09 12:33:51 +0000 UTC
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Our little trip had taken quite a bit longer than expected. But I hadn’t been expecting to sign up for a fighting competition and then be forced to fight off a group of religious nuts. So I guess...
2021-10-09 12:33:27 +0000 UTC
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I was helping clean up the mountain of corpses. I knew I didn’t have to stick around and do it but that would be a dick move. I might be an asshole, but I wasn’t a complete prick. Dead civilian...
2021-10-02 12:16:19 +0000 UTC
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Even before I could see the contestants, I could hear the stomping and chanting of the crowd. It appeared Hegar the champion had made it to the Semi-Finals, it was also my first chance to see the f...
2021-10-02 12:12:59 +0000 UTC
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Ska ignored the noise from the mass of people as he flitted through the trees and tall grass that had replaced the open sand from the previous day. This was his element and he already knew where hi...
2021-09-25 12:01:32 +0000 UTC
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After that unprovoked attempt at my life, my interest in watching the matches waned. If it wasn’t for the fact that I was sequestered in with the other participants I may have just said screw it ...
2021-09-25 12:00:51 +0000 UTC
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So that was how Ska and I ended up on the bracket for this tournament. It was the quickest and most legitimate way to gain entry to the Bazaar. There were a hundred spots and everyone was given a r...
2021-09-18 12:52:04 +0000 UTC
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The rest of New Mexico was a boring wasteland, not improved one iota from its pre-System state. Just brown rock and sand as far as you could see. Most cities were dead husks, sand already beginning...
2021-09-18 12:51:40 +0000 UTC
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After the initial flurry of signals I got from the detectors and the one that detonated, it was radio silence. Two weeks went by without a single hit from the detectors. I was afraid the detectors ...
2021-09-11 12:40:34 +0000 UTC
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It took Timothy a week to finish fabricating the last of the disks for my project. It was good timing because the dry dock was almost complete. I thanked the man for his work and told him to take o...
2021-09-11 12:40:01 +0000 UTC
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Now that I had spoken to Javier and Maria and gotten the initial work started on the new warehouse and drydock, I turned my attention toward my next goal.
Locating the Stygian Order was going...
2021-09-04 11:48:08 +0000 UTC
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After finishing off the dwarves and stripping them of all their gear, I left their corpses to rot in the hot Texas sun. It's all the bastards deserved after attacking. Coming after me was one thing...
2021-09-04 11:47:41 +0000 UTC
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I floated the fortress out over the ocean and spent the better part of a day cleaning up and repairing the insides. I still had the two damaged runes at the bottom of the fortress that I would need...
2021-08-28 13:41:58 +0000 UTC
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Sorry about the late release, I overslept, or I should say my dogs let me sleep in. Considering they woke me up at 2 A.M. to take them outside it was mighty generous of them.
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2021-08-28 13:41:17 +0000 UTC
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I stood at the top of the fortress, watching the barge until it was out of sight. It would be safe to say I was a bit nervous. Releasing such a large magical vessel into the hands of two kids that ...
2021-08-21 12:22:28 +0000 UTC
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I grabbed the collar of Javier’s shirt and yanked him back just in time to save him from being split in half by a guillotine that dropped from a slot in the ceiling.
I did have to reattach ...
2021-08-21 12:21:34 +0000 UTC
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