The Cult of the Primes did not have many allies in this world.
Their churches were scattered through only a few of the lands that tolerated them, and otherwise held to the wild lands, where they could hide their communes. Even then, most shunned them. In Delitone, the cult was forced ...
2024-12-11 12:59:02 +0000 UTC View PostAfter Orykson left, I decided that I may as well head to the graveyard and see if there were any spirits that I could help out. I would leave tomorrow, sure, but that was no reason to not get a bit of practice in today, especially since Ed, Kene, and my dad were all working.
As I walk...
2024-12-10 13:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostJust as a quick reminder: Monday, December 16th to Sunday, December 29th, I will be taking off in order to spend time with family. Chapters will resume as normal on December 30th.
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“Ghosts,” I finally said. “I like the idea of being able to help people, lay thing...
2024-12-09 13:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostSo, I actually really found doing the two chapters on Wednesday to be convenient for writing schedule. I think I'm gonna keep doing that, if y'all are alright with it?
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“What do I know about necromancy,” I said, flopping down onto the grass and sprawling out. Ory...
2024-12-04 13:01:06 +0000 UTC View PostI spent the last few days in Mossford before I had to take the boat to the Isle of Crysite working and training, mainly focusing on rounding out the last few spells that I had yet to bring up to snuff. Ingraining Sky Dragon’s Senses assisted in the technique of casting my senses through natural...
2024-12-04 13:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post“How long was I out?” I asked as I rubbed my head. It didn’t hurt, this hadn’t been painful. But it was… disoriented. Dusk let out a cheerful raven’s caw as she told me I had only been out for about thirty seconds, maybe less.
“Huh. It felt a lot longer than that.”&nbs...
2024-12-03 13:03:07 +0000 UTC View PostI didn’t actually end up deciding then and there. I had another cup of tea, then Meadow and I headed back to my dad’s house, where we cooked a spicy peanut curry. It was only then that I made my decision.
“Synergy is important,” I said. “I don’t have anything for hudau man...
2024-12-02 13:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostIf you had pre-ordered a copy of The Second Gate, and just had it removed, it's because Amazon is throwing a fit. I've now had every single book I've ever published trip SOME form of internal alarm, and as such, they've banned me from doing pre-orders for a year.
I'm working to try and get...
2024-12-01 18:31:08 +0000 UTC View PostMing limped forwards, through the Hall of Empty Whispers, blood leaking from her mutilated arm. When she stumbled, almost falling flat on her face, she considered turning around or ascending.
The shadows in the hall around her echoed, whispering for her to surrender. They soaked into her mi...
2024-11-27 19:11:10 +0000 UTC View PostSince tomorrow is a holiday where I live, and I'll be with friends and family, I made the Executive Decision to release this chapter and the vote today. Congrats? Apologies? Yes.
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“Remarkable,” Meadow said, setting her teacup down on the t...
2024-11-27 17:30:12 +0000 UTC View PostFun fact: The crystal honey fungus is based off of real world armillaria gallica, which is actually able to do the adaptation bit. It's staggeringly able to run multiple genetic lines at once, allowing it to adapt much faster, while also shedding the things that damage it! It's super cool...
2024-11-27 13:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostWhen I appeared, hovering in the air above the root, Dawn was blazing with her newly minted second gate. She couldn’t use any new spells – it was dedicated to a full-gate spell, though one whose alien, mind bending structure meant I couldn’t even begin to parse what it did – but the jump ...
2024-11-26 13:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe moment the mycelium tendrils started to enwrap me, I began a chain of quick spells. First, I used Transport Item, reaching into Dusk, then into some glass within her.
Technically, I could pull items in and out of dusk without needing the spell, especially since our bond had streng...
2024-11-25 13:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostLike I said in my minor update / chapter post, with the temporary break on Effaced chapters, I'm going to be doing four Mana Mirror chapters a week. So here's this week's fourth chapter! No vote, but that should return soon. I'm still getting a hang of four a week vs three in terms of pac...
2024-11-21 13:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostThough it had been a long while since I’d worked on Lesser Psychometry, it was still a useful spell. Ikki had alluded to it having some future uses, but most of the time, my mana senses were more than enough to solve whatever sort of magical information gathering problems I faced.
Still, ...
2024-11-20 13:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostI bounded from rock to rock, chasing after the blink fox. It nimbly moved down the hill, occasionally using its own version of Foxstep to gain ground, or Foxswap if I got too far ahead from it.
I followed it in a merry chase around the forest, zipping around with a combination of a fl...
2024-11-19 13:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostI set out the following morning for Kene’s village with Seven League Step, pushing through the spiritual disruption that occurred with my use of teleportation spells.
As I did, I noticed something new in the winds of resolve, as they twisted in to focus on my Foxstep spell each time ...
2024-11-18 13:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostOn the grand airship Malapert, floating over the city, the Parliament Chairman awoke. It was six in the morning, which was when he always woke. A healthy body helped nurture a healthy mind. His mother had always maintained that, and she had lived to be a hundred and six.
He performed ...
2024-11-13 20:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostI leaned back in the booth, at least as much as I could, and watched her.
“I can understand the motivation. But I don’t see why I should trust you. Like you said – you wouldn’t trust yourself, hearing this. Why should I?”
“I don’t know,” she admitted. “Bu...
2024-11-13 20:04:01 +0000 UTC View PostI strolled down the street of the undercity, Hadiya’s anti-divination device floating over one shoulder.
Against an enemy with the sheer resources that Nexus had, it was probably useless. Even Hadiya had admitted that, and was working on building a better version in her free time, b...
2024-11-13 20:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostSo, Trump has been elected as president, and several senate seats were won by republicans. As I'm sure anyone who's been following along with the Effaced can discern, I'm not a fan of one small group being able to control a massive amount of the government.
But his ...
2024-11-13 20:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post“If by striking a bargain, you mean being a paying customer, then… yes?” I said, raising an eyebrow at the dramatics.
She pouted at that, but nodded.
“Fine, fine,” she said. “If you want to take all the fun out of it. What did you need?”
I extende...
2024-11-13 13:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostKene and I didn’t spend a lot of time in the forest after that. We did what we could with Dusk to help quell the wildfires, then left, and I said my goodbyes to Kene, in order to fly back to Ed’s lightwatch station. Pretending that I’d used a combination of Burn Future and Create Spatial Po...
2024-11-12 13:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostMy spell continued to press down on hers, and I felt the power flowing from the assassin’s spirit gutter, then completely cut off. I wished that I’d had access to Analyze Mana-Garden, because the basic impression that I got from her was… deeply unusual. Solid, but in a damaging way, like th...
2024-11-11 13:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostI let out a sigh of relief as I wrapped the assassin in my mana senses as tightly as I could, then activated the Runelight Lens. For a second, I was worried it wouldn’t work. While hiding in Dusk’s realm, I’d eaten one of Dawn’s self-harvesting crystals, and didn’t know if I’d have en...
2024-11-06 13:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostKestra Estalis wasn’t an especially talented assassin. In fact, she wasn’t really an assassin at all.
Most of the contract work she did through the Ghostkiller Guild was more in the vein of breaking people’s kneecaps for failing to pay their debts, acting as muscle to guard people who...
2024-11-05 13:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post