Art fought to keep himself from sending a nervous glance over at Vix and the giant bag of trash she had slung over her shoulder. Everything — and everyone — was in position. He’d checked to make sure at least half a dozen times before they’d set out.
It wasn’t that he was concerne...
2025-10-16 15:53:27 +0000 UTC View Post“Tell me something,” Noah said as Elania held up a skintight pink bodysuit in front of him. “What did you see?”
“Hm?” Elania tilted her head to the side and lowered the suit. Then she clicked her tongue in disapproval. “No good. It would bulge in all the wrong places.”
“Hold on really quick,” Alex said, raising a hand. “Just one moment, if you would. I just want to make certain of something before you go about distributing anything.”
Shawn tilted his head to the side, peering down at Alex with a mixture of curiosity and amusement. “What is it?...
2025-10-16 04:40:17 +0000 UTC View PostCaldera collided with the Golden Guardian’s head with an echoing crunch. The statue crumpled in on itself. Obsidian spikes of jagged, solidified magma tore out from beneath the hammer and sheared through the crumpling gold with loud shrieks.
Arwin’s blow slammed the statue back down int...
2025-10-15 16:16:58 +0000 UTC View PostNoah let out a surprised cough.
She can sense my soul? No way. That’s not possible beyond a surface-level sense for its strength, is it? Did I mishear her?
“What?” Noah asked.
“Does the damage extend to your hearing?” Eliana asked. She cocked her head to the s...
2025-10-15 16:16:18 +0000 UTC View PostHowdy all! Rise of the Living Forge book 4 is out on Amazon & Audible! (In case you missed the title).
I think you all know the drill at this point. I am here to request that, if you've been reading and enjoying the series, please hop on over to leaving a rating/review/download (if yo...
2025-10-15 15:28:16 +0000 UTC View PostNoah tried not to look like too much of a tourist as he followed Corban and Alina through the streets of Banesbridge. There really wasn’t much room to maneuver on the tightly packed bridge. They squeezed along the edge of the path, barely scraping past walls made up by all too many shops that h...
2025-10-14 16:32:23 +0000 UTC View PostArwin let Caldera lower as he looked upon the results of his work. It would be impossible to tell just how successful he’d been until he installed everything, but as far as he could tell, he’d been successful. The pieces to awaken the Auction House were complete.
He banished his hammer ...
2025-10-14 15:58:58 +0000 UTC View PostThe entryway slammed shut behind them.
That was so incredibly unsurprising that not a single one of the Menagerie even turned back to look at it. It would have been odder if the door hadn’t suddenly closed at their backs. Nobody dumped enough gold to fill a swimming pool in a roo...
2025-10-14 15:58:15 +0000 UTC View PostKien’s prediction proved to be right. The sound of rolling thunder heralded Arwin’s advance through the dungeon as he rung the walls like gongs, tearing the poor skeletons from their sleep before subsequently smashing them into a thousand little pieces.
It quickly became clear that the ...
2025-10-13 16:00:21 +0000 UTC View PostBanesbridge turned out to be a somewhat more accurate name than Noah had expected. It might have been one of the most unique looking cities that he’d ever seen. It was located inside enormous gorge that almost seemed to come out of nowhere, splitting the ground like the enormous claw of some dr...
2025-10-13 16:00:21 +0000 UTC View PostIt was a moment before anyone managed to muster up the words needed to speak. Everyone was just a little bit too busy staring at Derek and the door hanging open behind him. Murky green energy churned just behind the door in wait for anyone to step into its depths.
“Well,” Alex said, dra...
2025-10-13 16:00:21 +0000 UTC View PostPatreon did the thing where it didn’t email. Trying again, sorry about the spam if you’ve seen this chapter already.
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Vincent’s lone eye bore into Alyssa like he were trying to dig her soul out from under her skin with his attention alone. It sent shivers running down t...
2025-10-12 16:00:22 +0000 UTC View PostArwin’s team arrived at the dungeon around 11 hours after leaving Milten. Their trip went surprisingly well. There wasn’t a single incident the whole way over. Either they’d gotten incredibly lucky or Art had arranged to make sure nobody would follow them from Milten.
He was pa...
2025-10-09 16:00:21 +0000 UTC View PostThane kept his hand on Vireth’s hilt, his eyes narrow. The alleyway was just deep enough that they were out of sight of the crowd. But no matter if anyone could see them or not, the sound of a fight wasn’t exactly that easy to conceal. There wasn’t even a reason to let things get as far as ...
2025-10-09 16:00:21 +0000 UTC View PostMordred rifled through his cards as they walked. His mind wasn’t with his body. It still lingered on the events of the previous day. He’d gotten so many answers. So many new questions. The more he learned, the more he realized just how little he knew.
Lee was unlike any creature he’d ...
2025-10-09 16:00:21 +0000 UTC View PostWess shot the River King between the eyes.
The beam of blue energy from his Soul Manifestation slammed into the huge man’s head with a sizzling hiss. It sent the River King pitching back, where he crashed to the ground with a mighty thud.
Everyone froze.
Alex stared at ...
2025-10-08 16:21:27 +0000 UTC View PostSome people didn’t get the email, so I’m doing a small tweak and re-sending.
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Noah scratched the back of his neck as he tried to think of an explanation that would make him and Lee look a bit less like psychopaths that had just happened to stumble across a fight at...
2025-10-08 16:00:24 +0000 UTC View PostEveryone split off immediately. Arwin, along with Olive, Anna, and Kien, headed up with Lillia to the main floor of the Devil’s Den. She then headed up the stairs to the second floor of the tavern. Lillia returned before so much as a minute had passed, the crown cradled in her hands.
“H...
2025-10-08 16:00:23 +0000 UTC View PostArwin and Lillia wasn’t the only ones that went looking for Uriel that morning. Monica was already awake well before they were. She stood with her back against the wall, keeping watch over entrance to the basement.
The orc gave them a nod of greeting, clearly too tired bother with anythin...
2025-10-07 16:00:24 +0000 UTC View PostAfter everyone realized that Koyu well and truly had gone straight through Eleven’s portal, Art and Arwin’s teams filled everyone in on the details of what had gone down on their respective jobs.
Aside from Rodrick’s surprise appearance and the potential of splits in the Dwarven Counc...
2025-10-07 16:00:21 +0000 UTC View PostThe enormous monkey pounded its fists against its chest. Spittle flew from its mouth and its eyes burned in fury as it shook itself off like a wet dog before bringing its hands down onto the ground. An enormous explosion tore through the ground.
Stone erupted out in a tsunami. It raced towa...
2025-10-07 16:00:21 +0000 UTC View PostThe snakelike blade rising up from beneath Vincent’s robes coiled around him like a spring as his lone eye bore into them with undisguised interest.
“I am impressed,” Vincent said. He ran a hand along the flat surface of his blade in a practiced motion, never once so much as glancing ...
2025-10-06 16:00:21 +0000 UTC View PostAlex’s stomach sank. Some part of him had known that avoiding House Starfallen forever would be inevitable. Especially after he’d stolen their name to bullshit his way through more than a few situations, there was no way fate would be kind enough to keep their paths from crossing.
But t...
2025-10-05 16:00:36 +0000 UTC View PostNoah let his mindspace fall away. He found his consciousness back in his body on the grassy plain that he and Lee had landed. The demon in question laid a few feet away from him, hands behind her head as she stared up at the stars overhead.
The night was peaceful. They had no company but fo...
2025-10-03 16:00:43 +0000 UTC View PostNoah studied the runes floating within his soul. An addition to his own Rank 5 Runes, he had four new ones — two Horizon Collapse and two Crumbling World Shaker. That set him at exactly seven runes. He’d filled the slots in his soul.
Of course, that really didn’t mean all that much to...
2025-10-02 16:00:22 +0000 UTC View PostIt was morning when Arwin’s thoughts drifted lazily back to his body.
At least, he was pretty sure it was morning. Telling the time was impossible when he was in Lillia’s room. But, judging by rested his body felt and how all the aches and pains from the previous night had been washed a...
2025-10-02 16:00:22 +0000 UTC View PostHaley didn’t stick around for long after the deal had been agreed upon. She simply promised to return with the Dwarven Council’s human guild representative in two weeks and asked to ensure the grand opening of the Auction House was delayed until then.
Arwin and Lillia had absolutely no ...
2025-10-01 16:00:30 +0000 UTC View PostAlex and the others stared in stunned disbelief at the River King for a long second. It didn’t even feel possible. But there was no denying the truth right in front of their eyes. The huge man stood alone, blocking the path to the door just beyond him.
“How the hell is this the...
2025-10-01 16:00:29 +0000 UTC View PostArwin stood in a vast sea of white. His heart pounded like a runaway racehorse in his chest and he found himself reaching up for his heart before he caught himself. There was nothing around him at all.
Nothing but vast, empty nothing.
Faint tongues of electricity tingled against his b...
2025-10-01 16:00:29 +0000 UTC View Post