Kindra stood on the edge of a cliff. The sky was a hazy red. Dust and smoke flowed around her. The smell of it, along with blood, hung thick in the air. Another dream? Kindra looked at the dreamscape, and her nostrils flared.
Inhaling the destruction, she looked up at the sky....
2024-12-21 23:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostWater dripped from a stone ceiling, falling and splattering into a red, bloody puddle. The smell of stone, metal, blood, and pain filled the cell. Diana breathed it in, enjoying the feel and taste of it.
Turning, a strand of white hair fell into her view, and she studied the man before her....
2024-12-19 23:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostKindra reached behind her and pulled, ripping the mana toward her. A sense of wrongness filled the air, and she frowned. What is causing that? She looked at the cave walls. Moisture clung to a few cracks, and the sound of wings filled her ears. I should pick my upgrades. She pul...
2024-12-17 23:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostAika perched on a small stone outcropping. The sound of steps filled the air. She exhaled and held up her spear. Just buy them time. Mana flowed into her, surging with power.
[Your level has increased: 10 → 15.]
A smile spread across her face, and she wille...
2024-12-15 23:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostAika dove behind Kindra and laughed, the soft sound bouncing around the stone walls. Kindra chuckled with her, looking at the charred dwarves. Burns remained in their clothes, and smudges of ash were on their faces. A few hairs smoldered, and Gleon chuckled, shaking his head and knocking away the...
2024-12-14 23:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostKindra looked at the staring dwarves. “That was a soul.”
“And the person next to it?” Gleon asked.
“Death.” Kindra shrugged. “I think he’s a god or something.”
“Death,” Tilly whispered. She looked up at the tunnel and clasped her hands together, her eyelids...
2024-12-12 23:37:01 +0000 UTC View PostMachine and flesh bore down on the group, metal feet clanking on stone. Gleon raised his axe and ran forward.
Kindra pulled out her crossbow and shivered. What the hell happened to those things? She jacked in a crossbow bolt, and the two dwarfs slammed their weapons into the strang...
2024-12-10 23:37:01 +0000 UTC View PostKindra walked through the illusion. Runes sparkled around her, ribbons of twinkling lights in the curtain of magic. That’s amazing. She paused and memorized for a moment.
“Kindra?” Aika called.
“Sorry. Isn’t this amazing?”
“Gran helped make it,” Sara sai...
2024-12-08 23:37:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe group made slow progress, the massive bear carcass slowing their pace.
Weaving through the trees, Kindra looked around. The branches swayed in a soft breeze. The sound of chirping birds filled the air, and eyes stared from the bushes.
Reaching for her crossbow, Kindra stared at th...
2024-12-07 23:37:01 +0000 UTC View PostHazy trees towered around Kindra. An uneasy silence lingered in the air, lurking like the countless creatures that were out there, hidden. Her focus shifted, and she studied the trees. Mana flowed through them, lighting the green forest with a soft glow.
It is beautiful. And strange. So man...
2024-12-05 23:37:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe sound of rats filled Kindra’s ears. The smell of dirt and plants filled the air, and she sprinted, searching for something to give her an edge. Where’s Aika when I need her?
Vaulting over a rock, Kindra scrambled around a tree. I can’t waste all my ammo. Her eyes flickered through...
2024-12-03 23:38:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe thing lurched, its extra limbs swaying. Its flesh split open, revealing extra mouths. They all opened.
No more horror levels. Kindra shivered and pulled out her gun. Gleon’s red beard blurred. His axe whistled and hacked into its body. A spray of purple blood shot into the air, spatte...
2024-12-01 23:37:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe buffalo’s eyes glistened with the night, twinkling like little angry stars. Stars that had decided their next target. Oh no. It stared at Kindra, pawed the ground, and lowered its head.
Kindra reached for her rifle, and it surged forward, its hooves ripping into the ground and sprayin...
2024-11-30 23:37:01 +0000 UTC View PostPain. It raced through the woman, and she hissed, opening her eyes. An ornate table with the most exquisite foods greeted her. Seared meat was piled high. Fruit was piled in decorative piles, and glowing wine sat on the table. Looking at her empty, golden glass, she snapper her fingers and gestur...
2024-11-28 23:37:01 +0000 UTC View PostKindra grabbed her empty bowl and walked it to the basin. She rinsed it and the spoon. The sound of silverware filled the stone room, and she turned back.
“You ate so little,” Sigrid said with a sorrowful look. “Are you still hungry?”
“I’m fine.” Kindra smiled at her. Sh...
2024-11-26 23:37:01 +0000 UTC View PostKindra walked into her room. She turned all her focus toward the surrounding magic. It blanketed everything in a soft light. Small runes decorated the space, and she masked her expression, memorizing the sequence. No. I don’t think so.
Standing there, she formed the counter in he...
2024-11-24 23:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostOre crunched beneath the hammer. The red stone crumbled, breaking into gravel. Grinding it into dust, she slowly filled a bucket. Walking over, she grabbed charcoal and limestone.
“Going to build a bloomery?” Dain asked with a smile.
Kindra groaned and looked at the supplies. “C...
2024-11-23 23:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostKindra studied the runes that decorated a piston. The symbols danced across her vision, a language just out of reach. Why can’t I see it? There has to be some pattern. Some design, right? She frowned and ran her finger along them. There’s more than what Sigrid said. Some connecti...
2024-11-21 23:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostForcing one foot after another, Kindra stepped out of the forge and approached Dain. “Dad?” she called. “Mom said she needed—” She turned to the guards and stopped. Breathe. Just breathe.
The guards scowled. “And there she is.” He gestured with his head. “The mayor ...
2024-11-19 23:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostA hazy city stood on the horizon. Smoke billowed in the air, and red scales glistened in the sunlight.
Am I dreaming again? Lizard-like eyes focused on Kindra, and massive wings churned the air like a helicopter. Is that a dragon? She looked up at the massive creature. Its...
2024-11-17 23:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe trio walked along the tunnel. Pock marks lined the walls, and Kindra grew bored. They walked and walked, eventually stumbling on a single item at the end of the tunnel.
Kindra kicked at the extremely rusty pick axe. Reaching down, she burned a little mana to turn it into a brick and sta...
2024-11-16 00:22:40 +0000 UTC View PostJogging to the crack in the wall of the cavern, Kindra followed Gleon inside. The mana hung thick in the air. She waved her arm through it and tried to will it into herself. It didn’t work. The mana hung there.
Moving down the passage, Kindra looked down at the stream. It burbled along th...
2024-11-16 00:22:11 +0000 UTC View PostKindra felt time slow. She vaulted into the air and slammed her spear into a bird, sending it smashing into the ground. A bird extended its talons and slammed into her back. The talons hit the dress and didn’t pierce it.
With a growing smile, Kindra spun, using her spear more like a bat. ...
2024-11-16 00:21:16 +0000 UTC View PostGran ran her blade along the scales of the wyvern. The forest chirped around them, the trees casting everything in shadow. “Druid is more sensible.”
“She’s a smith, like Dain,” Gleon said, shaking his head. “She wants to know enchantments, not follow that fool path.”
“...
2024-11-16 00:20:09 +0000 UTC View PostKindra grinned, and Aika flew, fluttering up and stopping in front of her. Aika’s silvery wings flashed as she churned the air. Metal body armor lined every part of her, and a grin spread across her face.
Grabbing the little fairy, Kindra pulled her into a soft hug. “Aika. Finally.” 2024-11-16 00:19:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Kindra shoved on the heavy cart, rolling it forward an inch and hitting the stone doorway of the forge. She stared at the small lip of stone that had blocked the wheel. The small jump in elevation stood there, apathetic to her plight. May as well be a mountain. Looking up, she saw Dain s...
2024-11-16 00:18:17 +0000 UTC View PostAika peered into the gloom. Blood droplets lay on the dusty stone floor. Collapsed walls and houses lined the street, and a mountain of stone entombed all of it, leaving it in dark silence.
Scales rippled across the stone, and large yellow eyes turned toward them. A massive forked tongue fl...
2024-11-16 00:17:44 +0000 UTC View PostBreathe. Kindra forced the panic away. Grabbing her mana, she let her instincts take over. The runes of the shield blazed through her mind like a fire, and she ignited them.
Transparent magic met caustic green. The poison sprayed across her shield, coating it in caustic greens and ...
2024-11-16 00:15:45 +0000 UTC View PostTurning away from the grub, Kindra looked for Stavn, who had fled the area as if the mana was a deadly toxin. It was only two hundred mana or so. She shrugged and looked into the smooth tunnel it had left behind. Small ridges lined it, forming stone ribs. Wonder where that goes....
2024-11-16 00:15:01 +0000 UTC View PostMagic churned around Kindra. Runes flashed like stars, and she felt a burning desire to rip it apart. Studying the runes, she started form the sequence. “Stavn?” she asked, letting her anger show through. “Five seconds before I react.”
Stavn spun. “What?”
“I don’t like...
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