Chapter 289
The blinded giant, chained by his neck to the very bottom of this accursed labyrinth, was half submerged in his magma pit. Yet even despite this the creature was so large that he could reach all ...
2024-07-22 02:31:05 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 288
“So what exactly is an archdemon, anyway? Now that I have not one, but three of you bound to me - I figure now is as good a time as any to really consider what it means.” Riven asked as Fay p...
2024-07-16 03:53:16 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 287
The sudden sound of the crowds around the miles-wide arena came into earshot when the illusions of the perimeter’s barrier vanished, and it was utterly deafening. Applause for a good fight, no ...
2024-07-13 20:22:31 +0000 UTC View PostBeen on call at the hospital after hours all week, I intend to try to do at least 2 chapters a week from here on out until I leave this job on August 30th. At that time the writing will drastically pick up, thank you to all those who continue to s...
2024-07-07 21:46:03 +0000 UTC View PostBeen on call at the hospital after hours all week, I intend to try to do at least 2 chapters a week from here on out until I leave this job on August 30th. At that time the writing will drastically pick up, thank you to all those who continue to ...
2024-07-07 21:45:11 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 284
*Note - I’m going to delete the Chalgathi scene in previous chapters about how he sees the cracks in Elysium. Will be done sometime this weekend.
*Note#2 - I am changing Pride ...
2024-06-30 01:03:28 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 283
*I am considering rewriting a couple of the previous chapters so that he finishes the events in The Abyssal Descent before introducing other things: like his mother’s situation and/or the...
2024-06-24 05:23:18 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 282
A large fissure appeared, far larger than any of the others, and its conjuration led to a shudder that the entire multiverse felt. Each universe was washed in the spark of creation as pieces of E...
2024-06-20 05:40:57 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 281
The canyon complex and sprawling tent city was full of dead-end trenches dug into the greater cliff faces beneath the swarms of flying monsters, giving the more prominent factions of the descent on floor 2...
2024-06-16 02:35:02 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 280
The stairway piercing through the darkness for miles down was lit aflame, with bodies of strange, black, carnivorous manta-ray-like void beasts each the size of a small whale called “Gliffards” cov...
2024-06-10 05:01:20 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 279
Riven had been abnormally silent since the encounter with his mother’s vision, to the point where others had started to notice. Still, he’d done a good job at keeping his emotions under wraps...
2024-06-08 20:56:53 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 278
The Gambler’s body was scattered, in shambles after the eradication of the underground temples in The Abyssal Descent. The black crystal that’d been hoarded there for eons was now gone, rejoi...
2024-06-02 03:06:44 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 277
Elder Thune’s white ponytail trailed down his back as his crimson eyes darted over the tome in his hands. Pale candle light illuminated the crypt, and an ancient, shriveled vampire in front of ...
2024-05-29 05:23:26 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 276
The path of Red and Black called to him while the air shattered, and his specialty Blood Pillar - Profane Cyclone - was building in power as more and more of the creatures around him died like flies.&n...
2024-05-26 06:58:09 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 275
The city rumbled as The Gambler’s body tore through the black earth and soared towards the abyssal heavens. The hive mind creature roiled and surged, exploding in volume by the second while tho...
2024-05-21 06:03:07 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 274
Riven sent out another pulse, using his mana as a kind of echo-location tactic just like he’d been taught to do by Lillith over the past months.
It worked like a charm.
He’d picked up o...
2024-05-18 19:45:02 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 273
4 Months Later…
They ate, breathed, cultivated, trained, and fought in the arena events to test their progress.
Then they slept and repeated - with only a few...
2024-05-18 19:44:18 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 272
This chapter may need a bit more editing, will pursue the editing tonight
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The inside of the compound was a lot fancier and far more colorful than Riven would have thought, c...
2024-05-12 21:48:58 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 271
The small, private practice room was illuminated with only faintly glowing mana stones embedded into the walls.
Lillith nodded, hands clasped behind her back. “Change stance.”
Riv...
2024-05-11 22:01:36 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 270
[ This is the new chapter 270. The Prior Chapter 270 will be made into Chapter 272 or 273 and pushed forward to fill in the time gap after recent feedback! :) ]
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2024-05-06 01:58:17 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 270
4 Months Later…
They ate, breathed, cultivated, trained, and fought in the arena events to test their progress.
Then they slept and repeated - with on...
2024-05-04 05:15:46 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 269
>Thoughts for revising prior chapters: I’m considering adding more chapters into the training areas for Riven to make it less choppy as other people have described, because I was kinda feeling the...
2024-04-29 06:20:57 +0000 UTC View PostFirstly, if you've not already noticed - Chapter 268 was just posted!
Anyways on to the topic at hand. I'd like to formally apologize for the obvious lack of material over the last month or so. As I've already s...
2024-04-26 05:37:51 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 268
Riven moved through the steps that’d been drilled into him over the past month, shifting his body while simultaneously using his mana to enhance his reflexes even outside the realm of his speed buff ...
2024-04-26 05:32:13 +0000 UTC View Post4 Months until I have a job change, then I'll be able to write a lot more frequently. Thanks for reading :)
Chapter 267
Commander Redgar of the human alliance watched in awe as Jorgi the Destroyer and...
2024-04-21 20:10:56 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 266
[Riven’s Quest #6 of The Altars of Despair and Hope: This is a minion-based quest. Only Athela can complete this quest as a representative of you. Assisting Athela will resul...
2024-04-20 07:02:14 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 265
“OH GODS!” Athela cried, dramatically flopping onto the floor with a splat - as the blood she was covered in made a woman-sized smudge on the floor around her. “I WANT TO DIE! A PRINC...
2024-04-16 01:32:53 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 264
Days passed them by, and then days turned into weeks.
Riven was predominantly thrown into five different types of public events, and he lost a little more than half of them on average. They...
2024-04-13 18:52:13 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 263
Metal boots and greaves were secured and tight. Messenger snapped on like a second skin and Jackal flashed into his hand as the crowds roared, and he tossed the spare spatial sack he’d borrowed...
2024-04-08 04:34:15 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 262
The main arena of the central sanctuary was, in one word, enormous. Numerous platforms, steps, balconies and seats ranging in size from small to huge were located all around the stadium in a non-uniform...
2024-04-06 17:44:22 +0000 UTC View Post