“We’re here, Captain. Right at the periphery of Queensland.”
Red frowned at the shorter man beside him. Even fully kitted out in power armor thrumming with electromana current, he could perfectly sense the hungry smile on the other man’s face.
“We stick to the mission, meet ...
2023-10-18 04:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostFor one precious moment, Eric’s stunned disbelief was so overwhelming that he forgot the soul pain throbbing through every inch of his flesh.
Of course that was the moment that the air took on a fierce, bone-deep chill and the light drizzle turned to a sprinkle of snow that soon became a ...
2023-10-16 04:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post“What do you mean, Baron Crevpost is unaccounted for?!?”
This from a panicked-looking officer wearing the standard steel mail lined buff coat that appeared to be de rigueur uniform for the officers of Eric’s latest batch of foes. Though the waxed mustache was new, the properly groomed...
2023-10-13 04:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post“Lady Valorn. Report!”
An exceedingly frazzled looking Lady Valorn turned from the abandoned ruins of the palace grounds to gaze at Eric with haunted, bloodshot eyes.
“My prince, you’re still here!”
Eric frowned, taking a quick look around the palace grounds. Ugly crat...
2023-10-11 04:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostEric turned to face the obvious commander of the artillery unit. “Excuse me?”
Mory flashed an anxious smile. “We all heard your offer, your exceedingly generous offer to that foolish captain and his headstrong crew. Didn’t we boys?” His voice carried loud enough for his entire she...
2023-10-09 03:59:01 +0000 UTC View Post(Note. Some mild POV shift changes here and there that I generally cover under 'Eric is now vaguely psionic, and sometimes he can pick up on other people's fears and feelings' - So we keep true to closed third person, while still occasionally seeing Eric from another's point of view.) 2023-10-06 03:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Through clouds of smoke smelling of charcoal and sulfur, a proud-looking man with an unmistakably regal bearing and dressed in what looked to be an ancient British artillery uniform could be seen shouting orders to several batteries of highly modified 24-pounder cannons equipped with equilibrator...
2023-10-04 03:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostTier 2 Danger Sense activated!
Quickness check made! You have successfully avoided AMBUSH STRIKE!
Eric let the screaming interface messages blare through him as a bar of blinding white light passed inches over his darting head as the faint warning tingle he had long ...
2023-10-02 03:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostEric felt cold pin-pricks of dread racing up and down his spine, ears ringing with awful silence as he gazed at the too still form of his sister, lying sedately upon a the most plush and luxurious fairy tale bed any princess could want. He swallowed the painful lump in his throat, eyes darting to...
2023-09-29 03:59:02 +0000 UTC View PostFor long moments, Eric just stared out at the vast fields and woodland groves stretching out to the ochre horizon lit up by smouldering fires from both Lilly’s and his own earlier interventions, allowing silent tears to flow down his cheeks as he heard the sweet notes of his friends and boon co...
2023-09-27 03:59:00 +0000 UTC View PostLillian’s eyes lit up like crackling orbs of crimson death. Mirroring the lightning arcing and crackling with ever greater intensity between her glowing ears. So intense was the radiation that even Eric felt his flesh start to burn, sensing his mother shelter both her and Lord Caliban’s peopl...
2023-09-25 03:59:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Eric, slow the fuck down! You’re going to get us killed!”
But Eric couldn’t slow down. Not when he felt so many cards of fate, both fare and foul, focus on his flesh and blood. And most especially not when he sensed a full half dozen hostile reds blaze to life from concealment, at ...
2023-09-22 03:59:00 +0000 UTC View PostGreed snorted. “Are you sure about this, Aurelia? We didn’t receive any System messages of anything significant, meaning that your grandkid’s got a half-assed class at best.”
Lilly refused to respond, however much she trembled with fury even hearing him trying to act like a bemused,...
2023-09-20 04:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostLillian took a deep breath and savored her first whiff of fresh spring air laden with the heady bouquet of autumn comprised of wildflowers, birch, pine, rich loamy soil, and the scents of magic both rich and wondrous as well as corrupt and foul.
She swallowed the unexpected lump in her thro...
2023-09-18 04:02:00 +0000 UTC View PostLilly's eyes snapped open and she began looking for a girl who was no longer there before it struck her, exactly what had happened. “Shit, that was weird. I just evolved, yet continuity of awareness was maintained, even if all the trauma suffered by the rushed level-ups feels like, well, like i...
2023-09-15 04:03:01 +0000 UTC View PostBefore Lillian could say anything more, all became soft billow white clouds and an avatar of herself looking down at her.
“Boy, I do look kind of hot with elven blood flowing through my veins, don’t I?”
The girl in question immediately opened her eyes and nodded. “I’d like t...
2023-09-13 04:04:29 +0000 UTC View Post“It is a pleasure to formally make your acquaintance, Lillian. Or do you still prefer BunBun?”
Lillian grinned. “Call me either. I still sort of think of myself as both at once.”
“Excellent. Before we begin, do you have any questions for me?”
Lillian stared nonplusse...
2023-09-11 04:02:00 +0000 UTC View PostEric came to with a scream clawing at the back of his throat as his entire fortress seemed to tremble with his shout. His chest was pounding, waking up in a cold sweat. He gazed in dismay at his absolutely pulverized hammock, not to mention the gaping hole in the wall, from which he could catch s...
2023-09-08 04:03:01 +0000 UTC View PostHow do you, Eric Silver, wish to shape this realm?
The words resonated in Eric’s skull as he felt the power of an entire world thrum through his soul. Power and potential he could shape just like he could transform the territories of Earth.
He could embrace the Path of Endl...
2023-09-06 00:03:57 +0000 UTC View PostPerception check made! You know a TARP when you see one!
Lilly flashed a fierce smile even as she raced faster than her surviving shadow pumas for the massive tower of bones, blackened steel, and pain.
Though her smile quickly turned to a pained grimace when she detected for ...
2023-09-04 03:59:00 +0000 UTC View PostYou have successfully dodged Sniper Blaster Fire!
You have avoided Icy Barrage!
Lead revenant takes fire ball in your stead!
Perception check made!
That which you so desperately study, you finally understand!
And much to h...
2023-09-01 03:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe sneering goblin elders on their steampunk helicopter had the gall to laugh when BunBun’s ears crackled with crimson lightning once more. Yet they were not fools, the crackling ward around them humming with added potency as the closest pair of elders readied their staves, and in that moment,...
2023-08-30 03:59:01 +0000 UTC View Post“We’ll be back, promise!” Lilly swore as she made her way along the massive steel cable once more, with several shadow pumas and orc revenants who had surrendered 25 foot long spears for the far more maneuverable gladius flanking her as they raced for the third steel cage. BunBun could only...
2023-08-28 03:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe first thing BunBun felt was heat. Irreconcilable, monstrous heat saturating the air like an oppressive blanket. It was a struggle to gaze past the brilliant red glow killing her vision. Yet squint past it and the black iron bars encasing her and several thousand revenants now under her comman...
2023-08-25 03:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostEric savored the feel of the cooler territory air blowing against his skin as distant wolves howled but proved unable to keep up with his pace, and he wouldn’t say he was knackered, exactly. More like he was in the cardio phase of his workout after killing himself with weights and a 100 MPH max...
2023-08-23 03:59:01 +0000 UTC View Post<A/N - Fat chapter to start the week off right! Please enjoy :) >
Fortunately, no one argued when Eric shouted, “Hold your breath and run to your right!” so with only a minimum of coughing, tearing eyes and disorientation, they sprinted past the inferno near the entrance that didn...
2023-08-21 03:37:45 +0000 UTC View PostFinesse check made! You have successfully darted free of rift entrance!
Note! All ritual spells have been disrupted by realm transfer, regardless of extra mana infused into your constructs. No shield or gust of air aids you!
You are surrounded by thick choking sm...
2023-08-18 03:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostFor countless seconds, Eric was trapped in endless darkness, ears ringing with whispers of oblivion before the true nightmares began.
What greeted him when he finally manifested was even worse than he had feared, the darkness ringing with Richard’s desperate cry and the shrieks and groans...
2023-08-16 03:59:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe first thing Eric made out was a massive chamber soaring upwards like a gigantic football stadium, decorated with horrors unimaginable.
Eric clenched his fists at the sight of countless writhing souls bound to spikes upon the ground, silently shrieking as ghostly streams of energy all ru...
2023-08-14 03:59:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Alright, everyone present and accounted for?” Rich asked, giving Yuki a sympathetic look. “I note you have some new boots.”
She grinned, looking back at Eric. “This boy’s proving useful in all sorts of unexpected ways, fearless leader. Who knew that becoming a Necromancer King ...
2023-08-11 03:59:01 +0000 UTC View Post