Hmmmmm.
The battle against the ka’armodo is over. Well, I say battle, more of a skirmish really. They probably scried me acting all weird and thought they might as well see if they can knock me off. Capitalise on my apparent weakness.
<... 2022-11-27 11:48:05 +0000 UTC View PostPhilosophants have long debated the reason the Eldest was so secretive about their mutations. There could be any number of reasons for it, though it’s extremely difficult to find evidence to support or refute one in particular. We know that ...
2022-11-27 10:12:27 +0000 UTC View PostIt’s expensive taking something from 0 to +30. Four hundred and sixty five! Just imagine that number. It wasn’t so long ago that I could barely imagine having that much Biomass ready to use.
As it is, after the hunting I’ve do...
2022-11-26 12:11:25 +0000 UTC View PostGoing to punch out Chrysalis over the next few days. Been crazy busy this week!
These menus are always intimidating due to their sheer size, but I’m prepared to go the distance on this one, I can’t afford to make a mista...
2022-11-25 10:20:38 +0000 UTC View Postwaaaay late. Soz. :S
Sword still embedded in him, Tyron staggered toward the largest building in town. He needed paper, badly.
“Kid? KID? You still alive over there? Please, by the melons of the mother, don’t be de...
2022-11-24 07:13:16 +0000 UTC View PostAfter my chat with Granin and the team I say goodbye and head off onto the plains to gather my thoughts. Al tags along with us, it seems he’s interested in seeing how the current dilemma is playing out around the stratum, so he wants to see it w...
2022-11-21 09:25:42 +0000 UTC View Post[Well, that sounds about right,] Granin rumbles. [I’m not an expert on Arconidem by any means, but what your friend has to say tracks with what I know. If you want more detail from a cult perspective, you’d need to talk to your ka’armodo bud...
2022-11-19 04:21:26 +0000 UTC View PostI’m tempted to utilise my new gravity wells to help lift me up to the plate city of Roklu, but I decide not to. I’ll be damned if I appear undignified in front of the entire nest built against the pillar.
So I climb instead.
For qu...
2022-11-17 23:10:19 +0000 UTC View PostAgain?! I have to say, I’ve had enough of these waves. Each one is worse than the last. I mean, the Colony has been able to grow rapidly thanks to the injection of experience and Biomass, but the risk rises exponentially each time. This time, we...
2022-11-17 10:43:52 +0000 UTC View Post[Fortis Adamas Scolopendra: Strong Diamond Centipede (IV). These creatures are an advanced breed of a simpler species. A Living Diamond carapace and claws are their primary attributes, along with enhanced mana sensitivity and a potent mana toxin i...
2022-11-17 07:50:58 +0000 UTC View PostAnother long one you lucky ducks!
“Come on.”
“I’m trying to work.”
“There’s no fucking way you don’t agree.”
“I’d really like to not be part of this conversation.”
“You don...
2022-11-16 04:08:09 +0000 UTC View Post[You have slain level 37 Fortis Adamas Scolopendra (IV).]
[You have gained XP.]
Stupid centipede! You dare oppose my glorious rise? You deserved what you got!
Although I wouldn’t really call it...
2022-11-13 12:01:39 +0000 UTC View PostI am not, as you know, a religious man. The screeching priests and their endless droning on all matters ‘Path’ hold no attraction to me. I’ve no time for their words, elixirs or ‘ideas’.
I don’t care how many Levels ...
2022-11-13 11:18:33 +0000 UTC View PostShockingly late, I know. Everyone in the house is sick again! Just colds this time. Can't catch a break this year, I swear.
Double Chrysalis tomorrow.
There was no need to fight fair, not against oppon...
2022-11-12 08:13:12 +0000 UTC View PostYou know, I always considered buying wings. Ants have wings, after all. You might be thinking to yourself, “What!? No they don’t!”, but it’s true. Male ants and young queens have wings. You can see them crawling about outside the nest afte...
2022-11-08 09:54:16 +0000 UTC View PostAs always, it was the Eldest who pushed us in directions we did not think were possible for us to go. Without them, we would never have been able to forge the alliances we did, or perhaps more significantly, turn potential enemies into staunch...
2022-11-07 03:11:36 +0000 UTC View PostIt’s a shame that I haven’t been able to enjoy the fourth stratum a little more thanks to the assault we endured from the termites. With the pressure abated and a solid, well constructed nest established, the Colony is now able to take a breat...
2022-11-06 10:38:08 +0000 UTC View PostDon't want to miss it when you hit that hiiiiiiiiigh
My first nap as a tier seven, a deep and satisfying torpor that I luxuriate in. Indeed, life is only complete when one gets their eight hours! I’ve been flat out for way...
2022-11-04 11:14:36 +0000 UTC View PostTyron crouched in the bushes, Yor’s words still running circles through his head.
“It’s important that you clean up your own messes,” she told him, that feral gleam in her eye. “The Court has sent me to watch over you to some exten...
2022-11-03 21:49:34 +0000 UTC View PostSorry for being late. These updates always take me ages to do. And here we have three of them!
It’s been a while since I checked in on my three companions, ages in fact. At tier six, they’re powerful and intelligent mons...
2022-11-01 04:40:49 +0000 UTC View PostThe war has dragged on beyond what any thought was possible. As I look back now on those early years, I can scarce reconcile what I thought then with what I know now.
An easy conflict, over in months, I had been convinced of it....
2022-10-30 04:43:47 +0000 UTC View Post[Crinis… what the hell happened here?]
[Master!]
A wave of black shadow-stuff peels off the walls of the evolution chamber and rushes towards me. I flinch back, but it’s too late, and in moments I’m once again wrapped up by the o...
2022-10-28 10:26:13 +0000 UTC View Post“Blood and bones, that’s cold!” Tyron exclaimed as a shiver ran through his arm.
He snatched the limb back from the edge of the cart and rubbed it vigorously, encouraging the blood flow as he glared at the nothing on his right. Except ...
2022-10-27 07:41:40 +0000 UTC View Post“So how does it feel, Eldest?’
I turn a little to look down at Advant. I’d never really considered before, because I’d never really had to, that the position of my eyes and shape of my head blocks my vision to the ground beneath me. ...
2022-10-24 10:25:10 +0000 UTC View PostWhat makes a mythic monster so powerful? There are numerous theories, some confirmed, others more nebulous, but the strength and dominance of this class of monster in the Dungeon is a long studied and generally well understood phenomenon....
2022-10-23 10:26:26 +0000 UTC View PostThe Queen recoiled as the heat flared, searing her carapace and burning her sensitive antennae and eyes. The demon roared, tongues of flame lashing the flair as healing magic flowed over the Queen once again.
Around them, the Colony and demo...
2022-10-21 09:18:43 +0000 UTC View PostFlood waters have receded and things are getting back to normal around here. Fun times were had by all. Seriously though, I was much less affected than most, I've been lucky.
Apparently we're looking at a ton of wate...
2022-10-20 00:56:39 +0000 UTC View PostThe boys are (boy is) back in townnnnnnnnnnnn.
Hartos looked around and was satisfied with what he saw. The mercenaries had managed to penetrate the mountain in good order, and despite the intensifying attacks from the ants,...
2022-10-18 13:02:56 +0000 UTC View PostIt was difficult not to get to work on the remains straight away. For a moment, he had to laugh at himself. What had he become? No sooner had he finished killing seven people than his fingers began to itch for his carving knife. He relayed the fee...
2022-10-17 10:02:55 +0000 UTC View PostIt's really kicking off up here. Expected to lose power tomorrow. If I don't get another chapter posted tomorrow, I'll put it up the day after. Stay safe out there folks!
Rillik watched as the dense pack of mercs floated ove...
2022-10-15 10:48:35 +0000 UTC View Post