Jiran’s steps were heavy as he left the Cave of Merging. He trudged through the sand, aura held him atop the shifting grains while intent solidified the framework. The crunching of each footfall was a gentle scraping in his ears that did nothing to block the echo of Jedd’s dying gasps.
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2024-07-06 00:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe Meersvant’s teeth were chattering when Jiran entered the cave. Mana Omnis scoured the man’s body and Jiran was momentarily stunned to discover the electrical currents in his brain were still practically nonexistent despite him being awake. Their gazes locked as Jiran drew...
2024-07-02 01:49:37 +0000 UTC View PostWhat an insane week that was. There were several times I didn't think we would make it but it turns out that if you just keep working no matter how tired you get, turns out the job gets done haha.
As promised, here are a few pics that didn't make the final cut, or that we dropped halfway th...
2024-06-29 21:05:07 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone! Thank you so much for dropping by and giving your support to the story!
Getting right into it, we're on the final crunch phases of book 3. The primary editing pass is complete and all that's left is cutting out overused/unnecessary words and letting the editors chew ...
2024-06-24 02:28:11 +0000 UTC View PostRasrakin of Moordstone
The long ride rumbled to a stop, the transfer box halting its upward momentum with a lurching shudder. Rasrakin’s companion stumbled a step, then dipped his shoulders in apology. Unlike his clumsy companion, Rasrakin remained unaffecte...
2024-06-22 00:06:06 +0000 UTC View PostFinely attired Meersvants rushed in and out of the room on the other side of the pond’s reflection, each and every one of them controlled by a parasite. They shouted in clicks and pops, their mouths and tongues forming a wholly unique language Jiran couldn’t wait to understand. He watched the...
2024-06-18 00:03:27 +0000 UTC View PostJiran observed the lower-tier men swim through the air in slow motion. His surprise at his increased perception only lasted a fraction of a second. His minds blazed through the options available, and the best way to respond to their aggression. Long before deciding to let one escape, he used Iden...
2024-06-14 23:58:24 +0000 UTC View PostThis… this… is amazing!
So I can turn my mana into venom with a multitude of effects. Injecting mana into people is something I’ve done plenty of times, but now I can do it to my enemies. Can’t wait to experiment with that, but I’ll need some beasts first becaus...
2024-06-10 23:57:05 +0000 UTC View Post“So that wasn’t a dream. You’re real?” Awestruck, Jiran stared up at the gargantuan eye that blotted out his entire view.
“Ahh, you remember me. That saves some time. I declare,” her voice was a roaring surge that swept aside Jiran’s paltry mental resistances. Each sy...
2024-06-08 00:10:11 +0000 UTC View PostHow does it keep finding me so quickly? Not important! It’s coming.
Jiran bent his knees, bracing to leap in any direction but the anomaly didn't move. It simply stood at the edge of the pit, glaring up at him from several kilometers away. A revenant tried to take advantage of it...
2024-06-03 23:54:17 +0000 UTC View PostThe revenants rushed them both. A dozen converged on Jiran and easily three times that many went after the downed anomaly. Jiran’s aura was well hidden and if not for his wariness, the split would undoubtedly be more even. He threw himself to the side with a blast of ignited gases, then cut off...
2024-06-01 00:13:15 +0000 UTC View PostJiran didn’t move a muscle as beams of mana leaked from the ground to drift toward the sky. He could tell how dangerous they were by the way they melted the rock and caused the air to boil. The beast grew noticeably less agitated when they appeared, seemingly content to stand and wait for whate...
2024-05-28 00:51:12 +0000 UTC View PostJiran woke up to a system message that he ignored in favor of a languid stretch, or at least he tried to. His hands and feet met the solid walls encasing him, bringing an end to his peaceful awakening. His aura slid from his skin, sinking into the space around him without the slightest bit of chi...
2024-05-25 00:05:36 +0000 UTC View PostJiran could instantly tell that something was wrong. The fog inside his soul-space was rapidly being devoured through his gate, but almost half of it was blasted away by the rapid spinning of the two massive rings. With a thought, he adjusted their rotation, and a portion of the rejected fog was ...
2024-05-21 00:10:39 +0000 UTC View PostThe element slithered inside him, an insidious infection that he chose to welcome with open arms. If he didn’t acquire an aspect like this arena demanded, there would be no going home, no saving the people who were relying on him, and never seeing his loved ones again. The problem was, he had n...
2024-05-18 01:05:39 +0000 UTC View PostJiran had two major problems to solve. First, his lack of vision in the blinding snow, which would hopefully be simple to fix. Second, how to actually hurt the revenants. Unfortunately, he didn’t have the first clue where to begin with that one so he shelved it for the time being. To remedy his...
2024-05-16 05:24:36 +0000 UTC View PostMayalyn Aloyhee
Mayalyn leaned back in the tub with a blissful groan. Blisteringly hot water enveloped her, easing the aches and pains from days of no sleep. Every hour had been filled with the work of hauling debris and removing corpses. The blast wave that swept do...
2024-05-11 00:18:15 +0000 UTC View PostThe doorway slid shut behind Jiran, vanishing as though it never existed. In its place was thin air filled with howling winds, snow, and bitter cold that ate at his bare skin. His feet crunched in the knee-deep snow and he shivered, the freezing air gouging deep into his body and mind. A forebodi...
2024-05-07 00:36:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe more Jiran struggled, the harder the guardian squeezed. The chakram of Elemental Castigation he formed and was summarily snuffed out, the mana pulled apart and sucked into nothing. Jiran’s eyes bulged as the tingling energy he had felt around the beast now pressed on h...
2024-05-01 23:43:52 +0000 UTC View PostUpon detecting that he wasn’t cheating, the trickle of energy from the screen returned to its home and a portion of the wall split apart to reveal the expected doorway. Peeking through, Jiran found a second, identical, white-paneled room.
This is new. Two preparation rooms?
Jiran scratched the annoying itch on his arm, his gaze locked on Mayalyn and Olive who sat side-by-side at their desks in front of him. Their heads were together and they were whispering about something he couldn’t quite hear. They were in a new lecture hall that Jiran didn’t recognize, but t...
2024-04-22 21:10:31 +0000 UTC View PostA big hello and welcome to new and old readers. Thank you for supporting the story! We are hard at work over here, prepping book 3 for Dreamscape's audio version and writing new chapters. Dreamscape held an audition and we were lucky enough to land the awesomely talented: J. S. Arquin, who has do...
2024-04-16 16:20:26 +0000 UTC View PostWe did it! Amazon launch of book two: Rise of the Density God is complete. Whew, honestly can't believe we made the deadline (barely) What an insane non-stop rush the last few days have been.
Most of the art...
2024-04-02 17:58:02 +0000 UTC View PostWhew, rocking fourteen hour days over here getting book two finalized. Its close, so close we can taste it! We learned a ton about little details that improve flow and readability this time around. The last few days have been a slog of digging through each and every paragraph for overused, repeti...
2024-03-29 21:53:40 +0000 UTC View PostDue to great suggestions, during our downtime for the next month or so, Ami and I will be posting some art, community questions, polls, and whatever else we can think of to keep things interesting.
To kick things off, we've got some serious art we are pretty excited about, followed by sever...
2024-03-26 00:21:26 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone!
Thank you all so much for coming to Patreon to support the story and I hope you've enjoyed reading up to now!
TLDR: We are not done with the story by a long shot but we do need to put it on a pause until we complete other projects.
Unfortunately, I ...
2024-03-22 18:31:51 +0000 UTC View PostDagris Le’Furiette
Dagris and Dominus flew side by side toward the colossal Graymin King. Channeling poured a ludicrous quantity of mana and elemental energy through their bodies. Their attacks erupted outward simultaneously, washing across ...
2024-03-20 23:56:47 +0000 UTC View PostIn general, defensive formations were limited in that they had no eyes to see and no brain to make sophisticated judgments. At best, they could react to being directly damaged, or maintain an outer shell of mana and aura keyed to wait for a specific stimulus. Once triggered, formations were furth...
2024-03-18 22:58:50 +0000 UTC View PostThe tier seven beasts continued to close the gap toward Jiran despite him moving away at the quickest speed that wouldn’t reveal his position. He pushed his obfuscation to its limits by bringing the elemental light as close to his body as possible while amplifying its bending properties at the ...
2024-03-15 23:13:54 +0000 UTC View PostEnthralling Touch slithered through the sporadic lines of Graymin as they rushed toward the vulnerable remains of Morothin. Jiran didn’t kill those he drained, instead leaving them for the Forkara to boost their EXP. Without mana, the weaker beasts were slow, lacked power, and ...
2024-03-13 23:16:33 +0000 UTC View Post