Before I get all excited about various things, I'm mainly posting so I can share the schedule I'm following for chapter releases. Right now, I've got it planned out through next week, so you can see more clearly which chapters you'll get access to...
2024-06-22 18:54:56 +0000 UTC View PostRake smiled. “Okay, I get it. You’re mad that we’re going to kill you. That’s understandable. But I don’t think you’re grasping how much I can make you hurt before you die. That’s the thing here, Mr. Helmet. Death might be the final ...
2024-06-20 11:07:14 +0000 UTC View PostI felt significantly less safe without the Bow Brothers and the crazy tomte berserker. We all woke early, scarfed down a little food and water, and set out in the direction the men had gone. It took us the better part of an hour, but we eventually...
2024-06-19 11:39:38 +0000 UTC View PostThanks to everyone who has joined on to the Patreon! I deeply appreciate the support.
If you haven't already, consider joining the discord. I'm open to any and all feedback/comments/criticisms about the unfolding story.
As far as pl...
We set up camp a little before dark.
During our travels, we passed several strange creatures, though none of them were openly aggressive. Some of them reminded me of things I would see from Earth like squirrels or deer, though they var...
2024-06-17 11:18:16 +0000 UTC View Post(Hey Luke)
In the event that any others join the Patreon, I wanted to clarify the posting schedule for the different tiers because I realized when I was going to schedule the next chapters, that it was more confusing than I thought.
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I joined Lyria and the Bow Brothers to clean off in the river after the fight. I couldn’t get a moment on my own, so I left my helmet on and scrubbed blood and bits of rootling from my clothes and hands.
“Does he ever take that thing off...
2024-06-15 12:40:50 +0000 UTC View PostI chewed some dried rations, thinking how much I would love a burrito. I also missed soda, candy, and all things unhealthy. Honestly, my brief exposure to the people of Eros and their fascination with meatballs might have infected me. At that mome...
2024-06-14 10:20:23 +0000 UTC View PostLeaving Riverwell behind was bittersweet. I didn’t like thinking about the lich woman emerging from those ruins and unleashing her horde of palefiends on the town. But I could also hope Circa had found some way to stop her or at least buy us tim...
2024-06-13 15:33:43 +0000 UTC View PostI lay in my cramped personal space, wishing I had training facilities like Circa had inside her room. If I had something like that, I could’ve kept working on my abilities, even here. Thinking of her and everyone else who died in those ruins sti...
2024-06-13 15:32:33 +0000 UTC View PostWe emerged from the ruins battered, bloody, bruised, and exhausted. The light seemed too bright. I was one of the last to stumble out of the second exit that let out lower in the hill.
The stairs hadn’t led back to the coliseum. They’d b...
2024-06-13 15:31:32 +0000 UTC View PostThe area beneath the coliseum had low, moldy ceilings and a single hallway wide enough for three or four people to stand shoulder to shoulder. The hallway was a straight shot to the stairs ahead that led back up to the coliseum.
There were d...
2024-06-13 15:27:47 +0000 UTC View PostYou’ve reached level 19!
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You’ve reached level 22!
[3] Unread Accomplishments
[Common Accomplishment] Do battle in a dungeon or infestation ...
2024-06-13 15:22:58 +0000 UTC View PostEven getting closer to the ruins couldn’t dampen my spirits.
I did it.
I used Elemental Projection and opened up a new perception of the world around me. It almost felt like a new sixth sense. I could feel a kind...
2024-06-13 15:20:08 +0000 UTC View PostLyria
I looked back over my shoulder at Brynn every once in a while. He had on that horned helmet that looked like a slice of the night sky. When I looked at it too long, it did funny things to my eyes.
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2024-06-13 15:19:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe guard captain, Jarn, came to collect us from the training arena just as the first scraps of light were leaking over the treetops on the hill beyond Riverwell’s walls. He paused when he saw me, clad in my helmet and the robe he’d given me y...
2024-06-13 15:07:47 +0000 UTC View PostI woke up in my rare bed, which took up almost all my closet-sized personal space. I felt more rested than I could ever remember, but still had a twinge of confusion when I took in my surroundings. I wondered how long it would be before this start...
2024-06-13 15:01:10 +0000 UTC View PostCirca and Lyria said turning in tokens was another form of mana manipulation. What they called mana manipulation simply felt like thinking to me. Circa said it only felt so natural because of the perk from my prestige path, which allowed me to ret...
2024-06-13 14:57:14 +0000 UTC View PostThe three of us crammed into the little hallway outside the personal space entrance. Lyria produced the key and handed it to me.
“Wait,” I said as a thought occurred to me. “Does it matter whose personal space I’m in when I cla...
2024-06-13 14:44:30 +0000 UTC View PostHeart thumping, I read the list of new skills I’d just unlocked.
[Rare] Active Skill: Forge Echo. [Tier 1] Summon a spectral echo of your weapon that mimics your attack patterns.
[Rare] Active Skill: Elementa...
2024-06-13 14:43:14 +0000 UTC View PostI turned to look at the newcomer. She was tall, but not quite to my height. Her platinum blonde hair was pulled into a neatly arranged braid, and her features were somewhat ageless. She could have told me she was twenty or forty and I’m not sure...
2024-06-13 14:40:44 +0000 UTC View PostMattias and some of his other friends had been playing Vice in the common room, so I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to sneak in a game or two. Besides, my stomach had been so empty it felt like it was about to collapse in on itself like a dyin...
2024-06-13 14:39:17 +0000 UTC View PostOnce inside the inn, Lyria told me to wait at a table and headed to the counter to speak with the guy who looked like he ran the place.
I put my hands on my hips and turned slowly, taking in the sight of the building. Cozy as hell. ...
2024-06-13 14:35:25 +0000 UTC View PostLyria was waiting outside the Arcanery—arms crossed and back against the wall. When I emerged, she pushed off, ready to follow me. It was mid-afternoon. The giant planet floated contentedly in the blue skies, one half lit brightly from the sun a...
2024-06-13 14:33:18 +0000 UTC View PostThe town wasn’t as close as Glimmerbang made it sound. I ended up having to sleep some more inside a huge, rotted-out log. Thankfully, I avoided combat and only had to deal with nagging aches and pains, a bite wound, and a minor stab to my chest...
2024-06-13 14:31:50 +0000 UTC View Post“Glimmerbang” had tangled hair sprouting in random directions from beneath a red naval captain’s-style hat. True to her name, there did appear to be some semblance of choppy bangs hanging in front of her wrinkled forehead. If I tilted my hea...
2024-06-13 14:29:34 +0000 UTC View PostEvery instinct I had screamed for me to run. Just one tomte gave me about all I could handle. Six would surely be an instant death sentence, even with the nasty stuff I had inside my Alchemist’s Kit. That took fighting off the table, for now. 2024-06-13 14:27:21 +0000 UTC View Post
I jolted awake, banging my helmet-clad head on the tree above me as I tried to sit up. The metallic ring did a good job of washing away the haze of sleepiness.
For a split second, I thought I was back home. Back in my world. I worried...
2024-06-13 14:25:40 +0000 UTC View PostI survived two more razorclasp attacks in my increasingly desperate search for water. I saw the first attack coming. I had lowered my head like a bull, braced for impact, and it slammed so hard into me that I fell on my ass. Then, I had run around...
2024-06-13 14:23:47 +0000 UTC View PostOn pure impulse, I ran toward the screaming pair of people. Sure, I was dealing with a minor stab wound, but old habits died hard. I was used to coming to people’s rescue, even on my worst days.
And then I saw what had them running.
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2024-06-13 14:21:49 +0000 UTC View Post