[Hmmmmmmmmm] the big tree blinks at me slowly a few times, as if surprised that I still exist rather than focusing on the question that I asked it.
I wait patiently whilst he inspects me but my patience is quickly running by the time he finally gets around to talking again.
[You look ...
2021-04-12 11:18:36 +0000 UTC View PostThe gravity bomb finally fades away, leaving behind a compressed ball of ex-frog, stone and various other detritus, I pick myself up and let my strength boost fade away. The energy of the Vestibule and Nave once more returns to its normal cycle, nourishing my body and washing away injury and fati...
2021-04-10 11:14:52 +0000 UTC View Post… or at least it would be painful if I was going to end up landing in it.
[Invidia!]
Using this prodigious mind powers, the demon condenses a shield out of pure mana and air, snapping it together before I reach I the ground. Placed horizontally, the barrier acts as a stable...
2021-04-08 09:59:02 +0000 UTC View PostTurns out that, whilst the fire was indeed crispy, the monster did not enjoy it. The only unfortunate thing was that it didn't not enjoy it sufficiently enough to immediately perish. Having missed its initial bite and then been bitten and burned, the toad creature snarls, its lips pullin...
2021-04-07 10:16:14 +0000 UTC View PostThe monster is question cannot detect my pheromones, at least I hope they can't, so I'm not entirely sure why I bothered to taunt it. Probably to hype myself up for the fight, because just looking at this think is intimidating. All of my senses scream that something is wrong and the closer I get ...
2021-04-06 10:22:18 +0000 UTC View PostOur charge continued unbroken until we reached the second defensive line, the monsters in our way were unable to stand before our might. Once we reached that point, I sent my three pets forward to defend the chokepoint as the Immortals and I collected ourselves. Unlike me,. Most of them were exha...
2021-04-03 10:55:31 +0000 UTC View PostIt doesn't take long to organise my pets and let them know what we've been tasked with. What takes as little longer is explaining to them exactly what is going to happen as a result of the 'allies' that the Council has decided to dump on our laps. The heavily armoured soldier in front of me looks...
2021-04-02 10:39:56 +0000 UTC View PostI highly enjoyed my time on the surface with Enid, taking a look about the place, enjoying the sun on my diamond carapace and taking in the open air. It's amazing how quickly you get used to the narrow tunnels of the nest and Dungeon, although that may just be due to me being an ant monster. It r...
2021-04-01 08:39:04 +0000 UTC View PostThat damned priest has continued to infect these people with his nonsense, I see, judging by the reaction from the townsfolk. Although, there is a faint chance that they think I'm the Queen, given that they've never seen an ant of my size before. As nice as it is to think that these people might ...
2021-03-31 11:06:46 +0000 UTC View PostAs the days of the wave drag on, my pets and I maintain the same routine. We fight, eat, rest and then repeat. It's pretty obvious after all this time why pet obsessed Dungeon dwellers like the Sophos are so rare, getting a monster to tier six is a massive pain the butt. Let alone two. Obviously ...
2021-03-30 06:59:28 +0000 UTC View PostI have a serious case of the man-flu right now people. Been tested for covid which has come back negative thank goodness, just good 'ol flue. I don't have the wherewithal to post properly today, so no Chrysalis this evening. (Boo).
As compensation, I put up two chapters of ...
2021-03-29 07:24:25 +0000 UTC View PostNoticed this morning (and a few people messaged me) to say that we'd hit 1000 patrons! Whoo!
I'm super excited to see that the support for the novel continues to grow way beyond anything I expected it to. Welcome to all the new patrons and thank you so much to all the old soldiers who've b...
Wallace was an old soldier and he knew enough about himself that he could be fairly confident of judging his own state of mind. He was pretty sure that during the invasion, he'd gone ever so slightly mad. Perhaps more than slightly. That wasn't what he thinking about though, having your mind crac...
2021-03-26 06:22:27 +0000 UTC View Post"What I want to know, Captain, is when you and our new oppressors will settle the matter of reparations!" the old man sneered.
Wallace Dalton, former Captain of the Rylleh City Guard and now the appointed military adjutant to the Rylleh branch of the Colony, suppressed the urge to ...
2021-03-25 10:01:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe days of the wave rolled on and the mana level continued to rise, increasing the spawn rates of monsters throughout the Dungeon to an absurd rate. Every hour, thousands of newborn monsters clashed in the tunnels around the Colony, warring and fighting, the losers feeding the winners who grew r...
2021-03-24 05:37:50 +0000 UTC View PostTrawling through the list I see tons of interesting but niche Skills that would be useful but would contribute to Skill bloat that I pass over after a glance. Do I want to have a digging active? Sure, it might sound nice to have Shovel Mandibles to work in tandem with the Dig Skill, but it's just...
2021-03-23 07:10:12 +0000 UTC View PostExamining Tiny and Crinis' status reminds me that I really need to take a good hard look at my own. I've stacked up a reasonable supply of Biomass, certainly enough to start investing in upgrades to the two most expensive organs I have, the Vestibule and Nave. I've brought my antennae up to +15 s...
2021-03-22 10:03:56 +0000 UTC View PostIt's been a long, long time since I took a gander at the cores of my two longest serving companions. All in all, a little inspection is probably overdue, but I've grown to feel that poking at their status too often is probably a bit invasive, although they've never complained about it, so I've he...
2021-03-20 07:37:22 +0000 UTC View Post[Get him, Tiny! Hit him with the left! Then the right! Ooooo, here comes the C-C-C-COMBO!]
The big ape flashes a grin, more than a little happy with my ongoing fight commentary as he duels with the latest demonic offering from the third strata, a particularly nasty, snake-like creature with...
2021-03-19 09:49:02 +0000 UTC View PostAlir cocked an eyebrow.
"What sort of insect?" he asked, his interest piqued.
It wasn't unheard of for an insect swarm to get out of control and pour into the second strata, their numbers making up for their generally weak individual strength, but that's usually where things would end...
2021-03-18 09:13:21 +0000 UTC View PostThe power I held, it was so great I couldn't see the whole of it, couldn't grasp the scale, so vast had it become that I didn't have a reference point for it, something to help me see its true nature. As it was, I came to understand it far too late to make a difference to the final outcome. I...
2021-03-16 07:04:39 +0000 UTC View PostWe move through the nest with Burke running alongside and once again I'm stunned at the sheer level of industry that the Colony has grown to. The farming territories swarm with ants, culling the ever-spawning monsters and ferrying a constant stream of Biomass back to the nest. From there the food...
2021-03-15 09:58:57 +0000 UTC View PostDiscussions with Granin take a few hours as we discuss and weigh the different possibilities that may await my two pets upon their evolution to the sixth tier. Neither of them has reached the required level as of yet, but their mutations are close to maxed out and I thought it prudent to draw on ...
2021-03-12 05:56:32 +0000 UTC View PostGetting back to the nest helped a lot with my physical exhaustion, washing the fatigue from my limbs and easing the pain in my muscles, but the mental fatigue is still there weighing me down and after five days of almost continuous fighting, even the impressive constitution of a tier six monster ...
2021-03-11 06:27:16 +0000 UTC View PostIt was with no small amount pride that Sloan watched the first shipment of Biomass cores come in from the newly established farm around the nest. Thirty soldiers, each carrying a full mandible load, as well as being weighed down with bags slung over their backs. It was tiring and difficult work, ...
2021-03-10 09:58:01 +0000 UTC View Post"Fall! Fall, you interlopers, invaders and unbelievers! You are the nutrients provided by the Dungeon to grow something greater! Your Biomass will be the building blocks used to construct the new Path! The new way! Go in peace, under the mandibles of the Colony!" Beyn orated, his sonorous voice r...
2021-03-09 10:26:38 +0000 UTC View Post"If you're going to talk to that thing, you better make it quick, Eldest!" Protectant calls as the fight continues to keep the press of demons from overwhelming me.
Right, don't want to waste any time here, need to get our info and get the heck out of here. Still, this is a precious chance ...
2021-03-08 06:11:03 +0000 UTC View PostI rely on my instincts and dodge, my weakened legs firing to get me out of harm's way. The demon has picked his moment well, striking at the first sign of weakness and this time I'm not able to get away from all three of the spear strikes, the third one slamming into my carapace just in front of ...
2021-03-06 09:26:25 +0000 UTC View PostWhen I hear that deep, taunting voice emanating from somewhere within the demon I almost reflexively start spinning together a mind bridge, my automatic reaction whenever someone speaks to me whom I can't talk back with naturally. In only a few seconds the connection snaps into place and the demo...
2021-03-05 07:37:58 +0000 UTC View Post[Master, we need help!] Crinis' call shocks me out of my daze and I rush over to assist them against the unending crush of demons that charge up the ramp once they have crested the top of the pillar and secured their position against their fellow demons.
The flying demons, have such an absu...
2021-03-04 10:06:07 +0000 UTC View Post