Chapter 12: Sebastian
The large bird grasped my right shoulder and left bicep in his talons. One talon pierced my upper chest on the right side. The momentum of the raptor took my left arm into a painful rotation, pulling it out of its socket and tearing ligame...
2024-04-22 00:38:10 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 11: Magic Isn’t Easy
I woke often during the night, trying to reposition my body to avoid pain. I also came to one conclusion: I needed more pillows! I slept in short bursts and dreamed of getting beaten by a sword, casting amazing magic, running a merchant empire...
2024-04-21 23:53:08 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 9: Obtaining the First Spell
I awoke so sore I couldn’t move. Yes, that was a lie. It was just excruciating to move. The pain triggered a memory of the first day of wrestling practice in high school when the coach decided to check out the ...
2024-04-21 04:08:19 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 10: Gareth, The Protégé
We walked toward Callem, and before I could speak, Gareth spoke firmly and clearly, “Captain Callem, we are early and don’t want our instruction time to begin just yet. Storme and I will complete the daily stretches before we start. Is...
2024-04-21 03:35:45 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 182: Past Missteps Catching Up
The water rushed along the low gunwales of the barge as we glided toward Parvas. All-out war was on the horizon. I was half listening to Adrian explain my duties to the company when we reached Parvas. He snapped his fingers to get my attention. “Eryk...
2024-04-20 14:47:55 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 35: The Brewery
That evening, I started working on some brownstone-style houses for the townsfolk. Jaesmin stayed up with me for quite a while, giving me an ear full. She didn’t want the responsibility! She was too young and too inexperienced! After a while, I told her to go and t...
2024-04-19 23:26:48 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 34 Dealing with Loss
We rode into Malcum, searching for the disturbance. It was easy to find as the townsfolk gathered near the general store. We dismounted, and Curraen was the one who spoke, “Lord Tallis…A player has slain Gwen.” He held his head low.
Tanguin and Galan...
2024-04-19 19:26:44 +0000 UTC View PostBelow is an edit of Chapter 180 to resolve the Raelia issue and has him taking the Apex Essence from Traeliorn to enhance his aether core. Working on the first Chapter of Book 4...maybe 2 days it will be up
Night descended upon us about halfway from the city. We made our camp in the ...
2024-04-19 18:45:43 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 33: The Daily Grind
Even with the trio zig-zagging, they quickly outpaced the mountain in the distance. I was having a hell of a time. This was much more difficult than attacking from the back of Titan. On Titan’s back, I could outpace the monsters and cast my spells.
Unfort...
2024-04-19 02:31:25 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 32 Grinding with Grinder
I was dead? Did that mean my consciousness was all digital? If I was dead, why was I having a panic attack right now? I couldn’t speak or move, and if I had a heart, it would beat faster than a snare drum solo.
“Mate, you alright?” Mad Dog asked....
2024-04-19 02:06:44 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 31 Information Dump
With input from Manarag, I drafted a large smithy. It had four anvil workstations with racks for tools at each. Each station had its own forge as well. One station was larger, with more space and storage capacity for the master smith.
Only one smelter...
2024-04-19 01:34:15 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 181 Castile POV (Epilogue)
Castile observed the departure of legionnaire Eryk and the goliath from the safe room. Her curiosity about how the young legionnaire would kill the earth drake pulled on her to investigate. She considered sending out her all-seeing-eye to foll...
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2024-04-18 00:11:25 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 181 Skyholme is a Newbie Zone
Since I transported the peace delegation, I hadn’t been to Goldreach, the Capital of the Sadian Empire. My two Wolfsguard were behind me in their silvery uniforms that denoted they were part of my household. Palace guards lined the room when I arrived...
2024-04-17 23:18:09 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 181 - Body Snatchers
Why was I trying so hard to save the angelic? Guilt. It was my guilt for my role in her plight. Sofiel was no angel when it came to how she treated the orcs she supervised on Mercanious. She was responsible for Vida being sent to Earth and certain death. Yet I c...
2024-04-15 01:42:53 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 8: Captain Callem POV
Captain Callem was up early to walk, weed, and water his fields. He had a lot of pride in working the land after spending his life serving the citizens. He was once Commander Callem, overseeing all the naval training for Skyholme. ...
2024-04-14 22:02:36 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 7: First Weapons Training
Pascal was up early, and his obnoxiously loud voice was obviously meant to get the entire house up. When our mother called for breakfast, I dressed slowly to annoy him. With all my life experiences, you would think I would be a...
2024-04-14 20:09:28 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 6: Unplanned Paths and Limits
Butt naked and lying face down, I was awoken by a pounding on the small door to my room. I moaned a little. My head, shoulder, thigh, back, feet, and chest hurt. The aether core heartburn was working full-time today. I was going to get ...
2024-04-14 19:02:42 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 180:
We descended the towers together, Maveith’s heavy steps echoing up the tower and drawing a specter. The translucent elf appeared to be wearing a leather apron and wielding a hammer. The black spear hummed as I easily slashed the phantasm.
We moved back into the m...
2024-04-13 19:57:07 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 181 is probably going to be the epilogue of book 3. It will be a POV from one of the company as they left the dungeon and escaped the city. I am writing it next Wednesday so vote before then. It is all the same the story thread, just from one of the choices below.
2024-04-13 17:51:14 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 179: Last Day in Caelora
In the light of the glowstone, it took us a few minutes to identify that one set of tracks looked to be slightly larger. “Backtracking on a trail is much harder than following already laid footfalls,” Maveith intoned softly. He pointed towar...
2024-04-12 23:07:15 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 178 To the Victor Goes the Spoils
The goblin had a bloated belly, drooling in its sleep and blowing grotesque saliva bubbles. I assumed it could finally die happy with a full belly. The goblin had tossed everything out of my pack and scattered it across the room. I thou...
2024-04-12 02:24:33 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 30: Fast Travel
I woke in the morning with a naked Jaesmin sleeping atop me. A new smell struck me…the smell of lingering sex. The game developers must work overtime with updates but could apply their efforts elsewhere. I was trying to move and not disturb Jaesmin when I saw a fam...
2024-04-11 19:11:21 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 29 Employee Benefits
The town was waking early this morning. There were people I didn’t recognize, and I found Gwen walking to the general store and asked about the unfamiliar faces. Apparently, we had an influx of 29 people migrating to the town. I checked my interface and was sh...
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2024-04-11 17:40:26 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 27 Quest Conundrum
The players were excited to explore the Shiverwood forest on behalf of the town. If it was a viable quest location, the information could be sold for profit. They would wait till the game launch, though, as they promised. I saw them off and went to the enchanter...
2024-04-11 17:02:02 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 26 Alchemist
I was so excited to talk to someone from the outside world I had trouble focusing. I didn’t want to seem eager, so I let them go to the inn on their own. I opened my interface and started to work on giving Galana the freedom to offer quests. I was able to focus the qu...
2024-04-11 16:35:31 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 177: Boss Fight
The wails of anger from the mage echoed as I shuffled down the corridor. I fumbled with the cap of the aether potion and sucked down a little more than I had planned in my haste. I immediately returned to directing the aether to heal my injuries. 2024-04-11 00:26:38 +0000 UTC View Post
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2024-04-10 16:21:21 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 176: Run!
The earth drake yielded a major earth essence while Maveith watched the corridor. Maveith helped me drag the long neck of the drake around to face away from the corridor. If someone came by, the drake would look like it was sleeping. The reward chest was much ...
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