Kaius’s vision fuzzed as he fell in and out of consciousness. He was being carried, slung roughly over someone’s shoulder.
Everything ached—the remnants of his Health were not enough to fully recover from the beatdown he had just suffered. It was only by the blaring insistence of his ...
2025-04-09 21:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostStaring down at the stride-long length of the greatsword that was sticking out of his stomach, Kaius wondered how he got here.
It seemed more than a little unfair that going out of his way to kill powerful monsters that were a threat to the people of Deadacre had led to a sword sticki...
2025-04-08 21:30:02 +0000 UTC View Post*Ding! You have been afflicted by Gravebound Slumber - Poison, Dream, Tier 2*
Kaius stared down at the dart in his chest, struggling to process what it was doing there.
It was a small thing—really just a weighted needle with a few fins to stabilise it in flight...
2025-04-07 21:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostHeart thumping in his chest, Kaius shut out the pain of his injuries.
Agonous it might have been, the pain was drowned out by the roaring heat of his fury. He would not be cowed by simple pain—he would not be bested by something little better than a mangy dog-thing.
Hoarsely ...
2025-04-06 21:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostKaius raced through the air, riding a wave of force as he held A Father’s Gift at the ready—aiming to impale the first bone biter he could. Howling laughter bubbled up from his chest, the simple exhilaration of flying across the plateau spiking his heart rate and amplifying the hunger he felt...
2025-04-05 21:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostFrom where he was sitting in the autumn sun, Porkchop lurched to his feet—head snapping to stare out over the cliff at the far end of the plateau, into the Bonefields.
“They’re coming. I can hear them.” he said, voice broadcast widely so that Ianmus would hear him too.
Kaius w...
2025-04-04 20:30:04 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: I made a booboo again and accidentally queued 248, so tomorrows chapter comes today lol. If you've already read 248, this goes before it. if you havent, its right before this one on Patreon
Their walk from Deadacre was a long one—filled with cold wind and frigid rain...
2025-04-02 21:51:42 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: I messed up ordering, so 247 (the previous chapter) has been posted directly after this if you see this chapter first.
Exiting the pathway that led them through the monoliths that dotted the exterior of the Bonefields, Kaius looked at the plateau that opened up before...
Thumping down the heavy bestiary he had found in the stacks—one of a dozen copies for the local threats—Kaius brushed off the dust and thumbed through its pages, coming to a stop when he reached the entry on bone-biters.
A quick read confirmed what he had hoped.
“Here,” he sai...
2025-04-01 20:30:02 +0000 UTC View PostStanding before Rieker and his team, Kaius took in the stream of options that coursed passed his vision.
His fourth spell, coming straight off the back of his third. He’d been looking forward to this selection—the type of fighter that he was, he’d been certain that an additional avenu...
2025-03-31 20:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostRieker let out a barking snarl, his plated boot cracking the tiled stone floor of the training hall with the force of his charge.
Even laden down by his heavy plate the guildmaster was fast—but not so fast that Kaius couldn’t track him. He knew that the man was slowing himself, holding ...
2025-03-30 20:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostRieker was already waiting for them when they entered the underground training hall. He stood casually, arms crossed over a shirt that was suited to a day at the markets, shooting them an easy grin.
“Well, lads, I hope you’re ready for a rough couple of weeks—you’re all at a precipi...
2025-03-29 20:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostSitting cross legged in the middle of his team’s dimensional tent, Kaius stared down at his blade.
Porkchop and Ianmus watched on in reverent silence as he swept his hand across its length, feeling the hunger with which its surface tore into the heat of his body.
A Father’s ...
2025-03-28 20:30:02 +0000 UTC View PostKaius and his team sat in a loose circle in their room at the Stables, staring at the pile of new equipment that was arrayed in front of them.
Their journey back from the battle with the drake had been an easy one—with their newfound strength they’d been left well enough alone by ...
2025-03-27 20:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Hells, Grave-eye, what the fuck kind of job was this? I know it paid well, but the drake was level one-hundred-and-seven? Are you trying to get me killed? Sending me to watch some team of scions like that?” Ingle raved, pacing back and forth through his office.
Tuning out the rest of t...
2025-03-26 20:30:02 +0000 UTC View PostAfter waking with the rising dawn, Kaius pushed his way out of the tent they had pitched right by the site of their battle and set about making breakfast. His companions were still dozing, sleep claiming them deeply after the rigours of their midnight soiree with the drake.
Fetching another...
2025-03-25 20:29:37 +0000 UTC View PostGold light filled the gully, thrown off by the burning logs that were slowly reducing themselves to embers a good two hundred strides down its length. The flames threw the corpse of the drake into relief, silhouetting it in shadow.
Kaius searched for a target to practice his latest skill on...
2025-03-24 20:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostKaius revelled in the rush of strength that welled up from his soul—and the joy at having seized his next skill.
He took a moment to just let it wash over him, eyes drifting closed as the sensations of his body being remoulded and shaped according to the system’s will coursed through hi...
2025-03-23 20:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostKaius flickered in and out of the world as he charged towards the drake, his brother at his side and a screaming challenge on his lips. It was in a dire state. Half its body had been left paralysed and numb from the smoking canal that Ianmus had bored through its skull, blood poured from a dozen ...
2025-03-22 20:30:02 +0000 UTC View PostLeashed lightning faded, the white light of dawn retreating from the forest gully. In the flickering orange light of the raging flames, Kaius saw the devastation he had wrought. Blackened scales peeled back from weeping flesh—clear fluid dripping from the cauterised ring that circled the beast...
2025-03-21 20:30:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe night was almost pitch black, the thin waning moon providing only the barest slivers of light.
Thankfully, Kaius had his Truesight, and the pervasive gloom of the forest was lit up in grey toned hues that hid nothing from his eyes.
Their rush through the trees had ...
2025-03-20 20:30:06 +0000 UTC View PostKaius crouched on a branch halfway up a large pine tree, holding one hand to the rough bark of the trunk to steady himself as it swayed gently in the breeze.
Jutting out from the top of one of the taller hills that dotted the forest, it served as a perfect vantage point to watch his p...
2025-03-19 20:30:02 +0000 UTC View PostGrave-eye watched the team enter the guildhall.
His room was utterly inadequate—who the hell used pine for flooring? Was the owner born in a barn? Unfortunately, it was the only place available on short notice that had a view of the guildhall from its window.
Like every day, t...
2025-03-18 23:42:18 +0000 UTC View PostLeaning back into the plush padding of their chosen booth at the Stables, Kaius let out a soft goan as he drank deeply from his tankard.
The malty beer did much to soothe his bone deep exhaustion, but it wasn’t a cure all.
Every fibre of his body felt wrung out—beaten, shred...
2025-03-17 20:30:02 +0000 UTC View PostStanding in the underground training hall, Kaius looked over at the field of stone pillars that was arrayed before him.
Rieker had set them up for them—made of some sort of material that was resistant to resonance, and well grounded, they served as durable targets for him to practice infl...
2025-03-16 20:30:02 +0000 UTC View PostStill lying prone on the cold stone floor of the Trial of Will, Porkchop huffed in amusement as Kaius smiled wide at his achievement.
“You got it? That's great! What’re you waiting for?” Kaius asked hurriedly.
“Nothing—I’m going to initiate it now, there’s no need to...
2025-03-15 20:30:02 +0000 UTC View PostPorkchop took another step, grunting in discomfort as the weight increased again, joined by a baleful scream that stabbed into his ears.
Kaius’s constant attention flowed through their bond. His worry, and his pride. It was a muted thing though, easily pushed to the background. His bond-b...
2025-03-14 20:30:02 +0000 UTC View PostPorkchop pricked his ears, the guild administrators’ words grabbing at his attention.
Pushing against the delicate wooden floors—ever careful to avoid gouging the expensive materials that two-legs seemed inordinately fascinated with—he rose to his haunches.
The Tria...
2025-03-13 20:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostRo cleared her throat, pulling Kaius’s attention away from the sample materials he had found resonated with his blade.
“Now, as we mentioned earlier—it makes sense for you to invest in your blade, but not to the extent of ignoring all else. Once you’ve gotten that first material, we...
2025-03-12 20:30:02 +0000 UTC View PostStaring at a case of what looked to be easily over a hundred vials of materials was rather overwhelming, especially when he had no easy way to tell which one would be the material that Kaius’s sword hungered for.
If it even was just a single material—for all he knew there could be multi...
2025-03-11 20:30:02 +0000 UTC View Post