The explosion had my ears ringing. I had to get creative with my Earth magic to stabilize the ground beneath me while letting everything else give way. The blast threw dirt and debris everywhere. I heard Dean spluttering in surprise behind me. Still, all my other allies were ready for it and were...
2024-02-21 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostI didn’t trust the voice, which meant my first order of business was getting some facts straight. For that, I needed an expert on time travel. Fortunately, I had one who was a good friend and was already in the city.
Sam’s particular brand of magic wasn’t too useful for hammering away...
2024-02-19 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostNearly six hours had passed by the time I was fully healed, far longer than it normally must have taken.
I crawled out of the pod and flopped on the ground, shivering a little at the chill. Toward the end there, after the itchyness went away, I was actually starting to get comfortable in th...
2024-02-18 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostEverything was bigger aboard The Challenger, including the Mana Generator. While the one above the Hearthwood was a glowing orb the size of my chest, this one was enormous. It was as big around as the facility we launched rockets from in the Hearthwood.
But at the same time, I got the disti...
2024-02-17 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe first thing I did was focus on regenerating from my injuries. I wasn’t in any shape for a real fight, but after half a minute of concentration, I was feeling human again. After that, I entered my Dimensional Storage for new clothes since what I’d been wearing had burned away.
When I...
2024-02-16 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostIt took me a moment to place the name. Louis had mentioned it before. That was the name of his ship, the special item he’d arrived to this world in, just like me.
It was also the reason he wanted The Wanderer. If he could absorb The Wanderer the way The Wanderer had absorbed the QCA, he w...
2024-02-14 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostPutting on the earpiece was the first thing I did. I silently directed the fairy to her cupcakes as I fiddled with the buttons on the device. One of these had to activate it... there we go!
I heard something buzzing to life. I held back to wait and listen. While I was normally a talkative s...
2024-02-12 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostAssyrus’ breakthrough to the Demigod realm was just as dramatic as Nela’s. Thankfully, our additional preparations ensured that, this time, she went through it undetected. Her aspect and concept helped, since hers was largely about skill. Once she had the concept in hand, stopping its effects...
2024-02-11 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post“So, do you think you can get them?” I asked the Fairy of the Immortal Glade. Her feet kicked back and forth as she gazed at the images I was showing her in the locket.
After a long moment, she nodded. “Yep. But it’ll cost you.”
I straightened. Here was where she named her p...
2024-02-10 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostSeveral steps needed to be enacted immediately to make full use of the Fairy of the Immortal Glade.
Most of the Sorcerer-level wisps had already been retrieved by the more powerful fairies in exchange for cakes, but I tested the full scope of her abilities on those that were still within th...
2024-02-09 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey guys. I'm trying to make some potential art of Elara in a variety of styles. I'm thinking she might get the cover for this book. Let me know if you guys like any of these character designs! I'm trying to make something I can use as a reference to give to the cover artist.
Some of these ...
2024-02-08 16:03:53 +0000 UTC View PostOnce confident that our enemies were digging in for the long haul, I stepped back from the walls to do the same.
The first order of business was to capitalize on our gains, and that didn’t just mean dealing with the new prisoners. Lots of people had major breakthroughs during the battle, ...
2024-02-07 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostMy thoughts of victory had been a little premature. The Cult of the Unblinking Eye was just getting started. I don’t think Louis expected me to deal with his Immortal Ascendant so quickly, but now that I had, he was throwing two more at me.
From the look on his face, if he had any more of...
2024-02-05 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostLiora whispered a word. Her voice was so low and quiet not even my acute hearing could make it out. But deep in my gut, I knew the word meant fire, for that is what the world became.
I felt her will, the power of an Immortal Ascendant, stretch out to surround my fair city.
Not long ag...
2024-02-04 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post“Bold of you to come here after we’ve already slain all your pets!” I shouted up at Ethan, Louis, and their pet Immortal Ascendant. “What’s stopping me from taking my revenge here and now?”
Ethan let out a humorless chuckle as he waved a hand at Liora. “I would suggest not.”...
2024-02-03 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post“Let me take care of those Hydras,” Sam said. “They might be able to heal from ordinary wounds, but I have a few tricks up my sleeve.”
“You can take them out without making them more powerful?” I asked hopefully. Dealing with those things would be difficult with our conventional...
2024-02-02 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post“We need to seal that spatial tear before something nasty comes through,” I told Dean.
“Agreed. It’s a damn good thing you’ve got three Demigods of the spatial aspect, huh?” Dean grinned, but I sensed a knot of tension on his brow.
[The new defenses are ready, Theo,] Mac s...
2024-01-31 16:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post“Any of you ladies have something for Yeminel to wear?” I asked as I held the naked Demigod in my arms.
“Preferably something with fire resistance?” Yeminel asked hopefully.
Tivana eventually produced a long, flowing blue robe. Yeminel threw it on, then promptly tore the sleev...
2024-01-29 16:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostAfter hunting down our confiscated things and erasing any remaining evidence of our arrest, we slipped out of the station unnoticed. Normally, a group of Demigods and one homeless Sorcerer would be spotted just about anywhere. But as long as I was whipping out the mind magic I figured I might as ...
2024-01-28 16:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostSuddenly, the walls around us felt narrow and confining. I could see the restlessness in my companion’s eyes. We’d been here too long already. No one reached Demigod by giving in to helplessness. Each of us was one word away from smashing our way out of here.
I had been calm for one rea...
2024-01-27 16:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostAs the Demigod-level golem’s voice boomed through the air, Valanda was the first to react. She threw her hands in the air out of reflex and started falling to her knees before the people aboard the golems even gave the orders.
“Hands where we can see them. Kneel on the ground. If you tr...
2024-01-26 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostEdit: Ignore what was previously up here! I accidentally left my notes here and they contained spoilers!
A few hours later, we were out of the utopian shadow of the World of Sanctuary and Serenity. On any other day, I probably would have explo...
2024-01-24 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostAfter the meeting, it was finally time to put my plans into action. Now that I had general agreement, it was time to go from ideas to action. Ethan may have gotten the other Demigods to agree to delay, but that just meant we wouldn’t be shutting down the Planetary Defense Array right away.
<... 2024-01-22 16:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostAfter Tivana and I cleaned ourselves and left our rooms, we were surprised to find Elara waiting just outside.
“Hello, Miss Elara,” Tivana gave Elara a polite bow.
“Please, Elara is fine. Any companion of Theo’s is a companion of mine,” Elara said, smiling.
“How long...
2024-01-21 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe difference between walking around the courtyard greeting people with Tivana on my arm and walking around the courtyard with Elara on my arm was night and day. Everyone seemed so much more eager to say hello. There were smiles when they saw Elara, and they stepped forward to shake hands with m...
2024-01-20 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post“Husband?” I squeaked.
“Wait a second, Elara, is that you?” Dean asked. “You mean to say Theo is the guy you said you were married to? What? How? When!?”
He stood up from his chair in shock, stepped back, and stroked his chin in deep thought.
“I see how it is. You ...
2024-01-19 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostTivana and I covered for Dean while he cut a small bottle-sized hole in a couple of watermelon-looking fruits and shoved a bottle of something that smelled pungent enough to kill anyone below the Wizard realm. The liquid drained into the fruit by the moment. No doubt anybody who took a slice of t...
2024-01-17 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post“Don’t get mad that someone messed up your stuff,” Sam chuckled. “After all, we’re not exactly home anymore, even though some parts might be familiar. You’re not Patriarch of this place.”
My eyes were locked on the area where Castle Mac should have been. There looked to be a s...
2024-01-15 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post“Dean, meet our newest Demigod,” I announced. I didn’t hide the pride in my voice.
Tivana stepped forward to join us, and the aura of her new Demigod powers wrapped around her like a cloak.
Dean’s eyes widened in genuine surprise, his usual playful demeanor giving way to a mom...
2024-01-14 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe two of us were overdue for a shower. Thankfully, it hadn’t been damaged during Tivana’s breakthrough, though apparently a lot had been.
The birth of a Demigod was a rare occurrence, especially outside of a secluded space like my Cultivation Chamber or somewhere like the Primordial W...
2024-01-13 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post