Chapter 261 (Am editing Chapter 260 to make it Gluttony's idea to go to the hot springs, as he 'senses' one of his marks there.)
The symbol of a scythe, a symbol of a red teardrop, and the symbol of a black sun. They were joined by the visage of the maw, an...
2024-04-03 03:18:50 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 260
“Gentry.” The man said, slowly taking Riven’s outstretched hand and warily eyeing the other demons stepping out of their portals. “You’re… a warlock? A summoner? It isn’t often you see true battlemages before the C-grad...
2024-03-31 03:17:51 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 259
“Into a bloody oblivion.” Gluttony stated sourly, watching as their mana tugged Genua’s lower and upper halves together while both Fay and the blood priestess herself cast healing abilities in the forms of Dark Pact and Transfusion Zone. ...
2024-03-30 15:49:40 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 258
Riven was pushing another spoon full of rich-tasting, brothy soup into his mouth after having Luke and Genua sprinkle some of their blood into it. Both his thralls were up far earlier than his demons were and the three of them were sitting aroun...
2024-03-25 03:24:53 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 257
KABLAM
An explosion lit up the small workshop Gragle and Riven were working in, the third time that day, and Riven blinked away dust with a cough to the laughter of his two girlfriends at his back.
Wiping soot off his face and spi...
2024-03-24 09:19:23 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 256
Retesh Vorath’s unnatural, fleshy organs curled and unfurled randomly across his bones as the undead lich called a black mist from the ocean around him and flung the cloud at his pursuers.
Judith Marcina’s golden wings pulsed with energy, enco...
Chapter 255
Pride, Greed, Wrath, Envy, Lust, Gluttony, and Sloth.
Of all the original sins, Greed and Gluttony were at odds most.
For Greed wanted to claim all, and Gluttony wanted to consume all, a...
2024-03-18 05:49:27 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 254
Azmoth’s roars joined the fray as he clashed with the swarm of electrical, winged serpents in the field of death beyond Riven’s fight. It was a good opportunity for the demon to level and catch up, and as Athela beat the living shit out of the matriarc...
2024-03-17 03:30:59 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 253
The four remaining cultists looked right, to where Riven’s carpet-bombing of the swarm had devastated hundreds of golden, flying serpents that were in large part still recovering just as Athela and her spiders plowed into them. Abilities from both sides ...
2024-03-14 06:58:20 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 252
Despite his sister’s choice to abandon the Blood God as a path to take to power, Riven wasn’t so sure doing so would be a good idea for himself. He was relatively certain that, over the course of his climb so far, the Blood God had been the man in his ...
2024-03-10 22:28:25 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 251
Riven watched with interest as the naga assassin took another one of his strikes, the earth shattering and erupting underneath them under the impact with the sin energy flowing out of his body.
The naga’s scream of pain was accompanied by another flash o...
2024-03-09 07:53:19 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 250 (this first bit is recycled, let me know if it doesn’t fit. Also of note, am not entirely sure the ‘temple of time’ arc will ever come back the way it was, but some of that material may be re-used)
===================== 2024-03-05 08:04:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Chapter 249
The balcony Lahn chose was secluded enough for his liking, and at the demon’s request he took a seat overlooking a large part of the academy here on the top city floor - some of which had been rebuilt after Rippenvire’s attack. The gardens had all been...
2024-03-04 04:02:31 +0000 UTC View PostHave been very busy with work again, and probably will be until I leave this job in a couple months from now. Because of that, during the weekends is probably when I'll focus on posting more - I'll try to get in 2-3 chapters every weekend (hopefully 3 a weekend) with at least 1 chap...
2024-03-02 17:48:11 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 247
The compromise Gluttony and Riven had come to was that - yes - Riven would feed on something. Anything, really, and given Athela’s incredibly high vitality along with her passive trait that required all three of her forms to die before she was only banis...
2024-02-28 07:54:12 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 246
Outside the small scavenger town was an absolute riot, with people coming out of their homes onto the streets and gathering at the walls to look out beyond the high stone barricade. Gragle nervously glanced at the blanching barkeeper, who only shook his he...
2024-02-25 09:17:22 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 245
The other Non-Cultists had quickly left, setting out from the tower towards their own destinations where their own quest markers were taking them. No one wanted to talk to Riven’s group with the one exception of the asian woman who’d helped him up the ...
2024-02-24 12:36:41 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 244
Porcelain masks, red flowing robes, and a swirling vortex of crimson that reached the sky.
Seven monsters of ancient power.
The seven elders of the Bloom Moon Requiem sat while floating meditative poses in a circular formation, facing inwards toward ...
2024-02-21 09:03:57 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 243
Queen Bez looked upon the ratkin woman she’d once called friend with only a mild amount of guilt, but that did not stop her from what needed to be done. Even despite Rasthalia’s begging sobs, and fully knowing she was using Rashtalia as a scapegoat and...
2024-02-18 09:24:15 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 242
Sweat dripped down her skin.
The molten cavern radiated hot energies even twenty minutes after the ratkin’s ambush, and it’d taken that entire time to find Azmoth even despite the connection they shared as co-minions under Riven’s control. If n...
2024-02-17 20:31:06 +0000 UTC View PostBrief side note: I just wanted to say thank you all for the patience concerning my less frequent posting times recently. I fully intend to get back to posting every other day at a minimum, but I've been absolutely hammered at work. That will eventually change for numerous reasons and ...
2024-02-14 02:00:52 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 240
TO EDIT: Some good points were brought up in the comments and I definitely need to address them, so the following changes will be made soon and Chapter 239 is marked for editing:
Sorry again for the late posts. Been working 80 hour weeks, I'll try to post extra this weekend. On the bright side, in about 6 months from now I'll likely have more time to spend on writing when my job changes. So this time crunch is only temporary. Thanks again f...
2024-02-09 09:00:54 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 238
Gaia looked out over the land from a mountain’s peak. What had once been a world full of beauty and balance, with green pastures and lush forests full of life, had turned into a blighted black and gray version of itself with death and undeath in abundanc...
2024-02-06 09:06:47 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 237
Drums.
Drums echoed in the dark.
A blast of strange, azure-blue colored mana with an unfamiliar origin in the Unholy Foundation tore through the halls. Her eyes went wide mid-sprint and she was sent blasting across the stone laden with ancient ...
2024-02-04 06:41:48 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 236
Had the tunnel led out of Bernzee, likely saving Allie’s life?
Sure.
But it certainly hadn’t led to safety. They were traveling deeper into the underdark, and into a tunnel complex of twists and turns that were undocumented concerning the o...
2024-02-01 07:12:08 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 235
The bloodsilk nest Athela had created had been converted into a multitude of hammocks in anticipation of Jarla’s group to meet them before nightfall, with the previous idea of throwing a victory party being soured after having found numerous local groups to be...
2024-01-30 09:47:35 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 234
Genua came into consciousness with an absolutely enthralling sense of power coursing through her soul. The abrupt sensation caused her to gasp, and she felt the divinity channels rushing through her body explode with crimson radiance.
Her vision went...
2024-01-28 09:18:09 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 233
The room beyond the trapped door was something to be seen. Dim light reflected off thousands upon thousands of coins and jewels from a glow-stone embedded in the ceiling. A pile of weapons and armor with lesser enchantments were also stuff into a cor...
2024-01-27 08:20:57 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 232
*Previous guild notifications switched between 100 members and 20 members for totals over previous chapters, so I changed it back to 20 wherever it said 100.
*Someone brought up whether or not demons (fay) could be healed by holy m...
2024-01-25 02:42:33 +0000 UTC View Post