Asher had been lucky that Leonard’s attack only ripped out what felt like a quarter pound of flesh from his leg. Unlike ruptured organs, torn flesh and broken bones healed relatively quickly. If the assassin had actually removed part of his bone, however, he would have been hobbling around for ...
2025-07-07 16:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostWith his plan to slap an Eternal Mark on the senior assassin and follow him back to Eight thwarted by his own hand, Asher simply stood there, wondering what was a good plan B. He did still have his mark on the younger assassin, so maybe not all was lost just yet.
Shrugging to himself, Asher...
2025-07-04 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostAlka had done her best to find the dungeon entrance while the two of them spoke with the neilans, but she hadn’t had any luck. Each fragment was twelve miles wide at its largest point, meaning there was a lot of ground to cover. Even knowing that the dungeons tended to be within a few ...
2025-07-04 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostThat is one hairy man, Asher thought as he took in the horrifying visage waiting for him within the building the assassin he’d been tailing had run into. Standing nearly seven feet tall despite the fact he was hunched over was what Asher could only think of as a werewolf in the furry f...
2025-07-03 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostCome morning, Vin and Shia sat down with a rather unhappy Naib and grilled him on the specifics regarding his people’s ritual. Vin certainly didn’t have any plans to shunt all their monsters off to another fragment to deal with, but he still wanted to see if there was any chance of learning h...
2025-07-03 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostLeonard’s stomach let out a deep, gurgling growl, the noise practically echoing through his empty office as it disrupted his concentration. It had been nearly three hours since his last meal, which meant some sort of hearty snack was long overdue.
Sighing, he threw down the dossier on his...
2025-07-02 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post“Vin? What’s wrong?”
Vin glanced up at Shia’s concerned face, realizing he’d walked all the way back to their temporary campsite without even noticing. She and Alka must have realized by now that there weren’t any monsters out and about, as they’d were both standing around the...
2025-07-02 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostAsher kept his mental trigger-finger on his skills, prepared to slip into the astral in the event that the woman surprised him with another deadly skill. But to his surprise, she slowly raised her hands above her head, staring at him with fear-filled eyes as she quickly nodded.
Huh… K...
2025-07-01 16:00:20 +0000 UTC View PostVin just sat there, staring at the nervous man who was still largely huddled in a ball across the room from him. It was certainly one of the stranger conversations he’d ever had, but the fact that it probably wasn’t even in the top three said a lot about his time on Edregon so far.
“I...
2025-07-01 16:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostIt took a few minutes for Vin to explain what he’d felt with Tremorsense to his companions, but once they got a better picture of what they were dealing with, they decided to strike the plan of pretending to destroy the ritual projecting the barrier. Alka’s annoyance seemed t...
2025-06-30 16:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostAsher silently crept across the second ring, trusting in the darkness of the night to keep him hidden from any prying eyes. While most of the questionable members of society strolling around this late at night stuck to the darkened alleyways and hid in the shadows, Asher went a step further.
<... 2025-06-30 16:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post“Asher!” Samantha gasped, flinching back as he popped into existence right beside her in the living room. Based on the hooked needles and yarn in her lap, it looked like the hunter had been in the middle of crocheting a new blanket before he’d startled her.
“I never took...
2025-06-27 16:00:18 +0000 UTC View PostSeeing as the inhabitants of this fragment showed no sign of leaving their dwellings anytime soon, the three of them picked a spot far from all the strange plants but only a few hundred feet away from the hamlet and settled in. Vin was confident they were still close enough that most of the peopl...
2025-06-27 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostAsher spent the next hour learning all he could about Eight and the Guild from Draken before the gang leader told him he had other business he needed to attend to. He welcomed Asher to stop by again later if he wanted to continue their chat, but asked him to please set up an appointment first. 2025-06-26 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Vin watched closely as the top half of Dancing Leaf sliced through the shimmering barrier with little resistance, cutting a neat line straight down to the ground. The wall of grey energy seemed to react almost like molasses, slowly churning and flowing back together to repair the damage Shia had ...
2025-06-26 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post“You look oddly smug,” Shia said, narrowing her eyes at him as he walked out of the bedroom for breakfast. “…What did you do?”
“What, I’m not allowed to be pleased with myself or anything?” Vin shot back, not answering her question as he grabbed a plate of more standard look...
2025-06-25 16:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post“Asher?” Draken blinked, clearly caught off guard by his sudden appearance. The gang leader seemed to gather himself remarkably quickly however, his surprised expression quickly morphing into one of mild annoyance that drew another terrified squeak from Kree. “You couldn’t have simply wai...
2025-06-25 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post“Wh-what do you mean?” Kree stammered, the hope in his eyes quickly fading as he realized he wasn’t just going to be let go like he’d hoped.
“I just marked you with one of my skills,” Asher explained, stepping back and staring down at the man still on his knees. “No matter whe...
2025-06-24 16:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostThe last time Vin had come here, there had only been a dozen elves wandering around the base of the Tree of Ancients, tending to it by pouring nature magic directly into the mana-starved roots. Now, he saw nearly three times that number of Druids moving about under the tree’s branches, tending ...
2025-06-24 16:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Notes: Hey everyone, just a quick heads up about a few past changes that have been made! I occasionally add tiny changes here and there, but when I make more significant edits, I like to try and keep everyone informed. I made some additions to chapters 30 and 31 to bette...
2025-06-23 16:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostAfter a quick check in with Spur to let him know they’d probably be gone for a couple of days, Vin, Shia, and Alka took a moment to go over Vin’s map of the surrounding fragments. At this point, Vin had personally explored seventeen different fragments including the Earthers’ own, and had t...
2025-06-23 16:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note: Hey gang, it is time for yet another Edregon bonus chapter as a thank you for our RR members for reaching our fourth rating and review milestone on Royal Road! Like the prior three, his chapter contains no relevant information in regard to the main story and can be...
2025-06-20 22:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post“I need to get out of here before some other crazy thing pops up and I’m asked to deal with it. Got any interest in picking a random direction and running screaming towards it?”
Shia blinked at the sudden question as she stared up at him, clearly surprised to come out of her meditatio...
2025-06-20 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostDespite knowing he’d be back later than evening, kissing Samantha goodbye once more was one of the hardest things he’d ever done. Thankfully, the hunter was a very early riser, so at the very least she saw him to the edge of the village.
“Remember, don’t do anything reckless,” she...
2025-06-20 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostVin wanted nothing more than to grab his friends and take off on another crazy adventure into an unknown fragment, risking life and limb along the way. Instead, he found himself sitting at the round table within the command room once more, rubbing tired eyes as he listened to Spur and Alice argue...
2025-06-19 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe rest of the evening was rather uneventful compared to how it had started. Brian came back and regaled Asher with the tale of how he’d managed to track down and shoot the rabbits all on his own while the three of them feasted on his fresh bounty. From how Brian told it, he’d been as silent...
2025-06-19 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostTaking a seat at the dining table, Asher stared at the unassuming parcel. The Reaper was written on it in plain, black letters, and the parcel itself had been sealed with some sort of glue. Identify wasn’t giving him anything to go off of, which meant it was all guesswork as to where i...
2025-06-18 16:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostVin didn’t sleep easy after he finished helping Spur and Phil collect Abby. Part of him felt guilty when the guard had revealed that it had been his own actions that had sparked her realization that the rules were more like guidelines to be followed rather than ironclad bindings. Perhaps if he ...
2025-06-18 16:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostAsher stood at the edge of the clearing, gazing at the familiar face of his old enemy. He’d picked out a heavy boar standing far from the rest, and was watching it calmly eat away at a particularly lush patch of grass. While the monstrous boar looked passive now, Asher knew from experience the ...
2025-06-17 16:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostGreg sighed, scratching his stomach as he leaned back against the solid wooden chair one of the crafters had made for them. He knew the simple fact that he had any furniture at all and a roof over his head while so many people were currently living in temporary tents as the camp was rebuilt was l...
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