I missed some stuff when writing and I've updated the chapter with the following. The AUDIO file can not be updated because I physically don't have the lines available to do it in the software I use to generate chapters.
First the following is included when DUX asks him what compen...
2024-09-20 22:43:20 +0000 UTC View PostThe world stopped moving, and the room morphed. The characteristics changed, becoming more polished and functional until it felt like he was on a viewing platform like you might find at the top of a skyscraper. There was a massive window in front of Tom which was currently completely opaque, but ...
2024-09-20 22:43:10 +0000 UTC View PostTom hovered over Corrine. She was both mortally injured and also not in any immediate danger. On earth, not even the greatest team of surgeons could have saved her, but here it was different. She had the choice of using a recovery potion or taking the risk and going back to Existentia to get a hu...
2024-09-19 22:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostAG. This is hopefully a bonus chapter but tomorrow's chapter is going to be tricky to write so that might change.
Tom found himself suspended in the in-between with the familiar message waiting for him.
You are fighting a representative of MAKROS. It has 14 con...
2024-09-18 22:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostTom once more felt the flutter of excitement combined with the dread of failure. In front of him, the disk had come up with a one for the fifth time in a row.
Nine, he reminded himself. I need nine of them in a row.
That was the number he had chosen before he had spe...
2024-09-17 22:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostTom did nothing for a moment and absorbed everything that had just happened. The trait stone was clutched in his hands. Everlyn had clearly stated that he could use it and had even gone as far to physically block Dimitri to give him that opportunity, but despite her assurances he had some doubts....
2024-09-16 22:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostWho’s we? Tom screamed inside the safety of his own head. These sessions were supposed to be confidential between just the individual child and Dimitri. Under the rules, another person was not allowed.
For a few moments, he deliberately remained frozen in his seat, ...
2024-09-15 00:48:35 +0000 UTC View PostTom was in the familiar room. Three doors faced him and while he hadn’t been actively counting, he knew this was his eleventh fight. He lowered his head slightly and while he didn’t want to be dramatic he had been humiliated in every single fight. He hated it, but there was nothing that he co...
2024-09-13 22:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostAG. Sorry for the missed couple of chapters. I've got the cold that my kids had. They were washed out for between 3 days and a week. I've written the first draft of tomorrow's chapter so I'll hopefully get it out on time. Otherwise I'll publish it sometime during the weekend
<... 2024-09-12 22:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostI've been sick the last couple of days... And still feeling unwell. This is the same thing that went through my whole family (I'm the last to get it). Everyone else was disabled for around five days...
I'm hopeful that I'll be post a chapter on the normal schedule on Thursday. I'll try to ...
Chapter 94 – Anger Complications
Another day had passed, and Tom had to force himself to spend time in his real body. It was often a struggle to watch what was happening without reacting. He was both lucky and cursed by the fact that Kang was in the picture. The larger boy seemed to have ...
2024-09-06 22:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe unpleasantly smelling biome and the slight chill in the air did nothing to calm his roiling emotions. Kang had been so confident about his ability to change Briana’s mind, and that attitude made no sense to him. Kang was going to be confusing her deliberately and making her believe an alter...
2024-09-05 22:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostCorrine, Tom discovered, was in the central area, in an animated conversation with four other alien. All of them were substantially larger than her, but the largest one was only hippo-size.
She stopped mid-sentence when she caught sight of him. Concern flashed in her eyes, and she leapt to ...
2024-09-04 22:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostTom’s mind interacted with the wood in his hands. The nature of the two different sections was clear to him, and he could see the paths that would let him alter both.
For almost a minute, he sat still, feeling out the exact quality of the changes that Baptiste had made. Using every aspect...
2024-09-03 22:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostTom watched the other two progress through the obstacles. There were moments of grace and periods of ineptitude both. The severe contrast between those moments was eye-catching. Briana’s performance was a this way due to her being a child, while Kang’s was driven by his maniacal training. The...
2024-09-02 22:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostTom glanced around the isolation room. He had an hour to kill now before his next lecture. Mostly, the sessions he got into with the two open competitors depended on their real-world responsibilities. Unless it specifically clashed with his dodge or obstacle course training, Tom made it to every ...
2024-08-30 22:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostHe had woken up early in expectation of the coming official fight, and Throm spotted him. Now he sat in the meeting room, listening to his mentor expound on the finer points of sensing precognition rituals even as he multitasked and manipulated the lightning spell on his lap. Technically, the tab...
2024-08-29 22:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostHe woke up, feeling refreshed, and threw himself into the new routine. The equation around what was the optimal use of his time was unclear. Benefits for his magic practice sat at only a thirteen percent penalty, and given that there was no risk of assassins discovering him here, practicing magic...
2024-08-27 22:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post“Welcome, Tom,” the centipede that was the length of three train carriages said. “My name is Throm. Corrine has briefed us, so we all know why we are here. Please, child, before we commence, is it possible for us to study the disk?”
The moment the question was raised, he found that ...
2024-08-26 22:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostCorrine smirked at his claim about the GOD’s shields. “No, you really don’t understand the concept. This is a contested competition. There are subtleties you aren’t aware of. For example, the full GOD shields used here are top of the line. They’re better than average. You remember durin...
2024-08-23 22:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostTom slipped back into his body as his mind was mulling over what had happened, his mood thoughtful. Access to this trial changed everything. With all the new things being introduced, his life had gone from a tedious plod to being jam-packed with activities.
To his shock, he realised he was ...
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