“See?! Even a fucking foreigner can tell what a failure you are!” he barked, slamming the pulp open-faced on his desk. The book’s spine broke. “Generations of meticulous breeding and the first one of our clan to reap the fruits in full can...
2022-12-06 21:03:15 +0000 UTC
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Her head toppled from her shoulders.
When her killer picked up her disembodied head and placed it so that she had a good view of the city, saying that he was sorry, that it was for his family… Only then did the reality of her betrayal sink...
2022-12-06 20:12:26 +0000 UTC
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I intend to begin intermittently posting chapters of Cherno Caster on here as part of an effort to put some external pressure on myself to do more work on it. They will be made available using the same scheme as Sturmblitz Kunst advance chap...
2022-12-06 20:06:25 +0000 UTC
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Zef snatched up the pendant and the effigy, stating: “I will be able to prolong the time the severance lasts, though not for long. A few days, at most.”
The Black Nail pulsed with eldritch light.
“Each time it does that, it’s t...
2022-12-06 00:33:22 +0000 UTC
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A/N: Minor edits to 117. Just some wording. Also sorry for the delay, moved a bunch of stuff around.
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Meanwhile, Victor kept spilling the contents...
2022-12-05 01:26:09 +0000 UTC
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Vol. 1 of Retribution Engine is now available in Kindle and Paperback on Amazon. I'll make around $3.70 per sale of either, so if you just want to support me, Patreon is still the better option. This is mainly for those who want a paperback copy.<...
2022-12-04 15:35:48 +0000 UTC
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“Alright, I’ll trust you. We need to get started with the Itrian Severance Ritual once you’re done, though,” Zel said.
Zef briefly looked up from her scribbled notes: “Huh? Oh yeah, that. Yeah. That’ll be a good way to try these...
2022-12-03 20:47:07 +0000 UTC
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A/N: Small fucky wucky, accidentally reposted 97 without thinking.
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The redhead’s still-wet hair was done up in a ponytail and he was bare...
2022-12-02 20:29:23 +0000 UTC
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While she had her breakfast, she felt a number of not-quite-friendly eyes upon her back, but none dared approach. Pondering on the state of things as well as her interactions with Fryg and Kyriak only reaffirmed the very intent with which she’d ...
2022-12-01 20:13:55 +0000 UTC
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Around this point, the other retainer returned hauling another huge pitcher, mead sloshing about within. Without being asked, he refilled both of their tankards before setting the pitcher down.
“The Ramdalls do not deserve their post. Hono...
2022-11-30 22:12:08 +0000 UTC
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He dropped into a huge, appropriately overbuilt chair, his retainers flanking him to either side. Zel took the hint, seating herself in turn and kicking her feet up on the table. A brief chuckle emerged from the man-bear, resembling the rumble of ...
2022-11-29 00:19:57 +0000 UTC
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Arcs of blue slithered about her, metallized muscles writhed beneath her skin and creaked with effort, the heretofore subtle silver lines under her skin now shone bright milky-white and covered every inch of exposed flesh.
Kyriak grasped the...
2022-11-27 23:41:38 +0000 UTC
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“When you see one of the druids or clan elders lifting, you know what it looks like; they use magic, sure, but if you know what they are doing, it is straightforward. For her? It has to be half a dozen different things all working in concert and...
2022-11-26 20:14:53 +0000 UTC
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It was plain that Fryg was just waiting for a response to bounce off of, so Zel at least tried to steer the crone.
“The Jorfr I know is not mediocre in any aspect. If he truly was as mediocre as you describe when he left, his growth should...
2022-11-25 20:16:55 +0000 UTC
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A number of eyes fell upon her, and though she felt some curiosity as to her appearance, Zelsys could tell that most of the onlookers were more curious about how much the weird-looking foreigner could lift. It was a gut feeling, but she also overh...
2022-11-24 23:12:45 +0000 UTC
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The day passed. After a brief exchange with a few other members of the Hulson clan, Zel and Zef were assigned a room together. Victor was assigned the room next to theirs, both being on the second floor of the longhouse. The sheer size of the stru...
2022-11-23 20:13:49 +0000 UTC
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Hello!
It appears that I've caught a flu of some sort. Body pain, headache, fever, urge to vomit, etc.
As much as I would like if it were otherwise, I can't write shit while suffering from a flu.
So... Yeah. No chapters for a bit...
2022-11-16 19:42:47 +0000 UTC
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“Other one,” the northman, sat on one of the ledges, calmly pointed with his thumb whilst whipping himself with a bundle of evergreen branches. By contrast Victor, who stood just inside the pool with the water going up to his thighs, froze in ...
2022-11-15 20:09:28 +0000 UTC
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A/N: I feel like shit, need to take another day off. Next chapter on Tuesday, Nov. 15th.
The blood which they’d bled took on a life of its own as they spoke the words in turn, forming an interlinking knotwork pattern joining their hands. I...
2022-11-13 19:21:58 +0000 UTC
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Oasis City: the great capital of Borea, a self-keeping secret by virtue of its location. North-East to the northernmost point of the Ankhezian Imperium’s original borders, just barely within range of the Suncage Grid’s solar wrath when it had ...
2022-11-12 21:55:02 +0000 UTC
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“A revenant of a sort,” Jorfr finally said, prompting Zel to gesture to him in agreement. The Borean gave a smirk, adding: “Do not tell anyone I said that… And do not repeat it either. I only now realized what a grave insult that compariso...
2022-11-11 20:23:33 +0000 UTC
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In the next instant, her full attention turned to ascertaining the state of her comrades. Zefaris was already halfway down the stairs when Zel passed them, but she stopped dead when she saw the cathedral’s door slowly closing.
“Go back t...
2022-11-09 21:21:57 +0000 UTC
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We're coming up on the next volume transition, so here's the new cover art.
2022-11-09 16:49:35 +0000 UTC
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Baiting him in his enraged state was easy - too easy, in fact. His next move proved her gut feeling right, when he deftly stopped his own momentum using jets of curseflame, as if mocking her need to use someone else’s servitor to move in a way h...
2022-11-08 18:00:37 +0000 UTC
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Midnight Wolf didn’t just react to her - there was no latency, no reaction delay. It was as if Midnight Wolf was part of her body, reacting to her intentions as readily as her own limbs. She met him in another head-on clash in order to get an op...
2022-11-07 19:21:04 +0000 UTC
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By some accursed miracle, his might in his current state equaled hers. The only reason that sword in his hand hadn’t exploded, in her mind, had to be up to the armor and the purple flame enshrouding the blade. It was a nice sword, but not nearly...
2022-11-06 20:27:37 +0000 UTC
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With her left hand, she took a blade from one of her braids and threw it at Adalbert. Then another, and another; though he managed to dodge two, the third hit him head-on. It smashed into him with enough force to dent his armor, exploding in...
2022-11-05 20:22:01 +0000 UTC
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That thing didn’t move like an animal. It propelled itself forward upon blasts of flame that issued from the ends of its limbs with each bound, constantly snarling and howling as it spewed a seemingly boundless deluge of bonefir...
2022-11-04 19:52:21 +0000 UTC
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A/N: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uTdp8sXFcU
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2022-11-03 19:29:22 +0000 UTC
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Adalbert’s howling blast of curseflame broke through his shield, shattered the haft of his hammer, and ripped through his side, carrying on and blazing a trail of scorched flowers until it smashed into the cave wall. Its force threw Jorfr back a...
2022-11-02 18:52:01 +0000 UTC
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