The public comment segment of the meeting passed by relatively quickly, at least compared with what Mina had expected. James’s committee heads all introduced themselves and what they were responsible for, and then the body took questions and com...
2024-05-14 18:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostAdon turned his head and saw dozens of Red Slayer Spider Wasps falling from the sky all around him.
The ones closest to him seemed to be the worst affected. Those that had gripped his limbs released their holds, and their bodies began to tum...
2024-05-14 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostRosslyn and Carolien entered the embassy and immediately made a beeline for Lord Baranack’s receiving chamber, the largest room in the embassy.
They needed to get ahold of him and either restrain or kill the treacherous ambassador before t...
2024-05-13 15:16:22 +0000 UTC View PostRotter and Luntz each took a knob in hand, and they pulled the heavy doors of the Community Center open.
Apparently quite a few people had been waiting for the meeting to be opened to the public. Members of the community began to stream in, ...
2024-05-12 18:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostMina waited for James to go into his plan, curious to know what he was thinking.
He had been so reticent about his encounter with the dream-attacking creature last night that she had no sense of what his ideas for dealing with the enemy migh...
2024-05-11 06:05:25 +0000 UTC View Post“Lord Baranack is a traitor,” Rosslyn finished.
She continued to speak in a low whisper. She hoped the sound of the river would drown her words out for anyone who might happen to pass by, though the street was nearly empty as she spoke.<...
2024-05-10 13:05:24 +0000 UTC View PostAdon remained silent for a few seconds while he processed everything the Queen had said and tried to come up with the best strategy possible to talk his way out of this situation.
Do I actually try to give her advice on how she could mak...
2024-05-08 20:41:43 +0000 UTC View Post“Every few nights, the Count emerges from the catacombs beneath the castle and wanders the countryside. He chooses a victim and drinks from their throat.” Cassia—who Count Aleph thought of as the tour guide to his castle—paused dramaticall...
2024-05-08 18:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostAdon felt every nerve in his body stand on end as the unfamiliar voice rang through his mind.
Who are you? he thought.
There was silence for a moment. Then the strangely melodic female voice continued, as though Adon had ...
2024-05-08 15:27:26 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note: This follows from the rewritten chapter 65, "The Red Slayers Part 1"
Adon danced backward and tried to pull out of reach of the wasps as they hurled themselves at him.
He didn’t get far. His back slamm...
2024-05-08 02:31:29 +0000 UTC View PostAdon was still staring at the sunlit sky, almost paralyzed as he waited for the creature to poke its head back in, when he heard movement from his other side.
He turned his head, and he saw that the two adult voles had risen from where they ...
2024-05-08 02:30:13 +0000 UTC View PostMina ran a gentle hand over his hair as she waited for him to tell her more.
“I need more information,” he said, his body shaking slightly as he spoke. “I don’t know how much I can say reliably. I—”
“That’s all right,...
2024-05-07 04:09:02 +0000 UTC View PostLord Baranack shook his head.
“Please, Your—I mean, my lady, please try to enjoy the city a bit. I could show you another side of it. Some places you may not have seen with your, ah, colleague.”
The Queen frowned. “I appreciate...
2024-05-05 20:12:25 +0000 UTC View PostSoon James’s desperate prayer gave way to an ugly reality.
A mass of people entered the city from several directions, all brandishing weapons and moving with a sense of urgency. Heading toward Mina and the little girl she had with her.
... 2024-05-03 18:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostOn their second day, Rosslyn and Carolien attempted to get out and explore a bit once more. They at least wanted to find a souvenir for Rosslyn’s father. But their hearts were not invested in sightseeing, and they soon found themselves trudging ...
2024-05-03 10:31:15 +0000 UTC View PostJames watched with grim stoicism as the severed head reattached itself to the monster’s body.
“I guess that wasn’t the right method to destroy you with,” James said evenly. He began gathering Soul Mana, but then he immediately stoppe...
2024-05-02 18:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostJames bolted upright in bed.
The sound of screaming echoed in his ears, and he knew in an instant that this wasn’t something he had simply dreamed up. He half-turned from lying on his stomach to lie on his side. He was in that half-wakeful...
2024-05-02 04:41:33 +0000 UTC View PostAdon was still staring at the sunlit sky, almost paralyzed as he waited for the creature to poke its head back in, when he heard movement from his other side.
He turned his head, and he saw that the two adult voles had risen from where they ...
2024-05-01 16:24:54 +0000 UTC View PostAdon managed to recover his presence of mind even as the situation intensified.
The snake’s coils were wrapped around him so tightly now that he couldn’t even see sunlight. But as his mind raced through options, he realized the tight pos...
2024-04-29 15:42:43 +0000 UTC View PostAfter James’s arm had fully regenerated, he returned to the Fisher Kingdom.
It’s nice to be back, he thought, though this time he’d only been gone a matter of hours.
He saw his apartment and sighed. Before he continued h...
2024-04-26 16:58:23 +0000 UTC View Post“You’ll heal from that eventually, won’t you?” Samuel asked, breathing heavily. There was an unmistakable air of triumph about him, though he was clearly tiring while James maintained a high level of both Stamina and Mana.
If the str...
2024-04-25 20:18:34 +0000 UTC View PostCarolien moved first.
She stepped to the left side, walking like a crab, trying to get the horseman at an angle. But he circled with her in response, putting his side to the carriages and keeping Carolien at his front. Whatever his attitude ...
2024-04-23 15:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostRosslyn’s eyes took in every detail of the Deformed Forest as they entered that blighted and unnatural place.
The trees were even more grotesque than they had been from a distance. They grew in tangled and twisted structures, more so than ...
2024-04-22 18:41:23 +0000 UTC View PostA snake is the perfect final enemy for my time as a caterpillar, Adon thought. I remember when I was still in the egg, and I wondered if I might be a worm or a snake or something. No one’s likely to miss a snake—though he sup...
2024-04-22 16:14:24 +0000 UTC View PostJames and the giant alligator arrived at the edge of the woods where James had gone hunting with the others days ago. The area that remained unclaimed by any Ruler’s aura.
Once they had crossed over into that no man’s land, they and thei...
2024-04-20 17:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostCara Dahlhaus twisted her cold, hard lips into a vicious smile as she set eyes upon the frosty track.
The bitter winds that beat down on the frozen plains left her gray-blue skin unharmed, but the increasing chill did not go unnoticed. It wa...
2024-04-20 00:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostAfter James was gone, Mina wiped away her tears and waited for Yulia to return.
She planned for her next steps. Soon, the baby would wake again, hungry, and she would be there to feed him. Then Yulia would be back.
After that, Mina tho...
2024-04-19 15:41:33 +0000 UTC View PostAdon spent several hours after his failure with Red on another journey into the darkness of the void.
He still wanted to acquire the elusive power of illusion magic, and then to proceed to more potentially offensive forms of mystical power.<...
2024-04-18 16:47:33 +0000 UTC View PostDays passed, and the trio remained stationary in and around the web.
Adon was unwilling to leave for any reason while Goldie and her eggs remained vulnerable.
They continued to eat well, surviving easily on the crow Adon had killed. 2024-04-15 16:44:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Rosslyn and her party set out in the new day, using a large hill as their heading.
Beyond that hill is the last settlement in our country. Beyond that, only the Deformed Forest separates us from Stalenton. The settlement was mo...
2024-04-15 16:29:36 +0000 UTC View Post