“Prancer cannot get a single heal in as Veyra cancels Wisp Of Healing for a second time!” Artonis’s voice roared over the arena. “The Celestial Order are trying to deal with Veyra using min...
2026-01-20 08:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post“The grinder’s production has slowed due to excessive monster attacks from runaway storms.”
Letters appeared on the thick wooden board in front of Shilman Fried, a machine that...
2026-01-19 08:00:15 +0000 UTC View Post“I’m so sorry,” Veyra said. “Really, I’m sorry.”
“It’s not your fault,” I said. “You’re here now. That’s all that matters.”
The Emerald Aurora was white and gr...
2026-01-17 08:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post“Ideally, the next group of goons that visit should get knocked out silently.” Cael faced Lortel calmly. “Death also works if it’s without rips or blood on their clothes. I don’t have any...
2026-01-16 08:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post“Honestly, I didn’t think you were the type of person to wait like this.”
The storm clouds raged with thunder below, while the silhouettes of two dragons fought in the far distance. I...
2026-01-15 08:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostShilman showed up for another checkup two days later, demanding to see the finished enhancement string in action.
“Of course!” Vivi said with a smile, eager to show him all the “progres...
2026-01-14 08:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostSix Years Ago
“What, another fire mage?” Vasili asked with clear disapproval, his arms crossed. “Why? Who’s this little girl?”
Annath and her new guild, The Celestial...
2026-01-13 08:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostVivi knew she could still make a case for herself. Liaf hadn’t caught her faking anything. He just didn’t know what an enhancement string was. And thus, he also wouldn’t know that Vivi was no...
2026-01-12 08:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostI climbed out of the warm-up pod and found that the lights had been turned off, replaced with LEDs. Everyone was quiet with only four people besides us remaining. Two security guards, one for each ...
2026-01-10 08:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostFor her first night in the smithy, Vivi actually crafted what she was supposed to.
Well, that wasn’t exactly correct. Vivi had no idea how she would craft something to launch a god to the s...
2026-01-09 08:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe entry instructions told us to arrive at the venue an hour early. The rest of the instructions were much simpler. We weren’t given detailed routes or door numbers to enter a backstage area. Th...
2026-01-08 08:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostVivi zapped awake an unknown time later inside a musty and cave-like smithy. Or more precisely, a traditional outside-carving runesmith’s workstation.
There was an L-shaped table with a swo...
2026-01-07 08:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe night passed so insanely slowly. Not that I wasn’t accustomed to rolling around in bed, unable to sleep. I’d missed dozens of hours of sleep I should have gotten during the last few months....
2026-01-06 08:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostQuestions immediately popped up in Vivi’s head. Most stemmed from her lack of knowledge. Shilman Fried studied her reaction, waiting for her to say something, while Vivi sat and thought.
Sh...
2026-01-05 08:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostFireBrand was Norwegian, but he spoke English as fluently as any native speaker. Fluency with the language was common for a lot of Wonderwind players, especially for guild leaders of international ...
2026-01-03 08:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostHow does he know our names? was Vivi’s first panicked thought. She was ready to open her void core if it came to a fight, but the archmage hadn’t taken a step closer, and his aura was ...
2026-01-02 08:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostEven though they discussed strategies for the full five minutes, SoulShadow’s team of three assassins could, in fact, not defeat us.
They tried to dive Veyra as a team of three. She respond...
2026-01-01 08:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostSo Shilman Fried is the only potential enemy who’s strong enough to fight us, and he’s also the only one who can teleport us home.
“Most likely,” Lucius said. “
Over the next day, we climbed all the way to the very top of the losers’ bracket, defeating Eon Covenant in the losers’ semi-finals two to one.
Eon Covenant was the first opponent to take...
2025-12-30 08:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostA large gathering of knights and extravagantly dressed servants received them outside. More knights in runic armor, a few crossbow-wielding dark-skinned demons, even two robed figures with runic st...
2025-12-29 08:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostHenrift and his buddies showed up backstage with energy drinks in hand. He hadn’t signed up to fight with his guild, instead signing up with two friends, Serasinner and TeemoMain, both top fifty ...
2025-12-27 08:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostA tall trunk of black aspen grew tall from the mountain. Many of its leafless branches had snapped, probably from Vivi hitting the levelstone just now, and the remaining twigs didn’t offer much s...
2025-12-26 08:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor note: Merry Christmas!
The image of Annath’s face kept me annoyed for an hour, until it was time to walk back to the warm-up pods before our next match. Soon...
2025-12-25 08:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostRemembering the way up to the levelstone wall was nearly impossible. Vivi tried to memorize the turns they took, following Drean, but placing anything into memory in these monotone caverns was too ...
2025-12-24 08:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostI’d applied four stacks of evisceration. Not nearly enough to kill Annath, especially not if I landed my crit against her helmet. I’d need to land a vital hit on open skin if I wanted to one-sh...
2025-12-23 08:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostVivi missed runesmithing. She’d been away from her crochet hook for weeks now. Not quite as long of a break as she had when she got stuck in the blight, but she still craved to get back to her ol...
2025-12-22 08:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostThe fight started slowly, with Annath and I both slowly approaching each other. She walked with smug calmness on her face, as if she was merely putting on a show. She equipped her helmet, held her...
2025-12-20 08:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostI need to create the strongest projectile possible, Vivi thought the next morning, when the facets started were just brightening.
It didn’t need to be pretty. It didn’t need to b...
2025-12-19 08:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostVeyra: “Please don’t get me flustered today, you cute idiot >.> I won’t be opening my phone, cya on stage.”
That was the only text Veyra sent me the ne...
2025-12-18 08:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post“You two built this?” Alda gushed at their little bloomery currently smelting asmite.
The facets were losing their light. In the dark, the bloomery looked like a cute little clay...
2025-12-17 08:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post