The web trembled, vibrating more and more, until Thalion spotted the cause. Three massive black spiders were charging toward him, their presence exuding an aura of raw menace. But even their overwhelming size paled in comparison to the small, shadowy figure scuttling alongside them—a spider muc...
2025-03-17 02:28:35 +0000 UTC View PostThalion shot through the jungle faster than ever before. Wherever he went, the light dimmed, and the shadows stretched, growing darker and longer. It was as if most of the surrounding light was filtered away, leaving a constant shroud of darkness lingering around him. It didn’t affect him in th...
2025-03-14 01:13:21 +0000 UTC View PostA massive, kilometer-wide base descended onto the fifth stage. Towering walls, inscribed with glowing runes, surrounded the structure, humming with raw power. Above the base, several colossal battleships—each over a hundred meters long—hovered menacingly, their weapons primed.
Thalion,...
Lying on the ground as a Tidecaller Serpent was far from comfortable, but seeing his status screen more than made up for it.
Status:
Name: Thalion Walker
Age: 31
Length: 6.10m
Level: 74
Race: Legendary Tidecaller Serpent (F)
Health Points : 2,807/2,807
Before looking at his other passive skill, Eclipsar’s Intuition, Thalion quickly ascended to the chamber where he had placed the base’s control crystal and initiated the group teleportation to the next stage. It would take nearly an hour until the entire base could be transported to the fifth...
2025-03-11 08:59:30 +0000 UTC View PostThalion remained motionless on the ground. His regenerative abilities usually healed any injury instantly, but this time, the process took noticeably longer. Not that he minded—he used the time to examine the other skills of the crippled Eclipsari. The description of Abyssal Bite remained uncha...
2025-03-10 01:32:03 +0000 UTC View Post(You need to click on it to view the full picture)
This is the full image I currently use as the cover on Royal Road.
It’s also a huge spoiler for the future, but I still wanted to share it because… I mean, just look at it!
(I won’t say what’s being spoiled, but it’s n...
2025-03-09 14:28:41 +0000 UTC View Post(As with most images, you need to click on it to view the full picture.)
2025-03-08 10:06:12 +0000 UTC View PostThalion screamed in agony as the elemental’s core forced its way into his body. Acting swiftly, he tore open a wound in the center of his chest and pressed the darkness crystal inside. He wasn’t certain he had the strength to do so otherwise, and it was crucial that the fusion of both the ele...
2025-03-07 07:32:23 +0000 UTC View PostBack in his basement, Thalion wasted no time examining the items Jim had brought. Most of them appeared to be claws or perhaps teeth, pitch-black like the deepest night, clearly saturated with darkness. The elemental had already reached level eighty, and the darkness crystal had nearly vanished. ...
2025-03-06 09:24:13 +0000 UTC View PostThe meeting stretched on longer than expected, with council members raising their voices in heated debate over what should take priority.
"We need more armor and weapons. Many of our warriors are still poorly equipped," one of the guards complained after Isolde insisted that the smiths foc...
Thalion’s mind raced as he moved through the crowded streets toward the council meeting. The atmosphere in the base was tense, with everyone scrambling to prepare for the coming war. Hunters were quickly restocking their supplies before heading out on another hunt. Smiths worked tirelessly to f...
2025-03-04 11:31:02 +0000 UTC View PostGarrick had a good life in his little camp. The beasts in the area were weak, and no powerful faction had discovered him yet. He had faced several close encounters with the undead, but one day, they simply vanished. Now, life was better than ever.
He exited the system shop after purchasing...
Thalion had never felt stronger. He stood in his basement, staring at the swirling cloud of darkness. The elemental he would soon merge with the umbral predator. His belly still burned like hell after all the plants he had forced down his throat.
Back on Earth, he had always been a good e...
In a chamber lined with towering pillars, blue runes snaked their way up to the ceiling, pulsing with energy. In the center sat a bald man, strong and muscular, draped in a flowing blue robe adorned with yellow lightning patterns. His exposed skin was covered in intricate blue tattoos, each glowi...
2025-02-27 17:32:39 +0000 UTC View PostPain. Agony. These were the two things Thalion had felt most intensely over the past days. His power had increased far beyond what he had thought possible. He had pushed himself to the brink, torturing his body in the gravity array like never before while continuously devouring plants with a...
2025-02-26 21:21:05 +0000 UTC View PostKael was deeply frustrated with how things were unfolding. This time, they had managed to locate the undead, but the information seemed almost useless. Around the massive black castle, every beast had been turned into an undead creature, and the few vampires or other undead they had spotted comin...
2025-02-23 14:41:29 +0000 UTC View Post"I could have died, and no one helped me!" Chloe screeched at the group, who stood there, staring at her, dumbfounded.
"Oh, and don’t tell me it was for my own good," she continued, her anger rising like steam from a boiling kettle.
"In fact, it was for your own good. Loo...
"No, we cannot advance to the fifth stage right now. Are you insane?" Chloe exclaimed desperately. They had gained the forms of the stronger griffins, but since meeting their former friends, life had become even more dangerous. Jack and Josh were constantly out hunting.
They were still co...
Jim’s aura erupted with newfound power as he soared into the air, shining like a star. More and more people in the plaza joined in, and string after string of energy connected to Jim, layering on top of those already empowering him.
"See the difference?!" Jim shouted, his voice echoing a...
Thalion shot toward the vampires, who scattered to the sides. Swords, an axe, and daggers appeared in their hands, while one who had jumped back even drew a bow. The more powerful vampires, however, slightly altered their forms. They grew a head taller. Their teeth elongated, and their fingernail...
2025-02-19 11:37:13 +0000 UTC View PostIt was midnight on the fourth stage of the tutorial, and only the moon bathed the land in its pale glow. In the middle of the savanna, a colossal base loomed toward the sky. Multiple walls surrounded it, the tallest over thirty meters high, covered in intricate blue runes that pulsed faintly in t...
2025-02-18 09:35:18 +0000 UTC View Post"Why don’t you try to stop this mighty attack?" Thalion shouted as he hurled the bloodspear at the vampire.
For a moment, the creature’s eyes gleamed with something close to delight, as if it had just struck gold. Again, it seized control of the blood, drinking deeply, reveling in the ...
The Venmorax was a tough nut to crack.
Thalion circled above it, blasting it with charged lightning beams. He pushed himself so far that the buildup of electricity even injured him but thanks to his insane recovery ability, his wounds healed almost instantly.
Still, even those ridic...
Seraphina shot through the water like a torpedo, now only fifty meters away from her prey. She fired a jet stream of water at the fleeing group while following closely, leaping out of the ocean. The attack was too fast—one of the men who had managed to escape alongside Nerissa was cut in half, ...
2025-02-13 10:12:37 +0000 UTC View Post"Maike, please let everyone in this base know that Jim is under the control of the witches and that the blessing might have negative effects," Thalion sent to Maike using his token so that no one else could listen in after Amalia and Jim left the meeting.
"Sure! Should I add a few more hor...
"We need more time to make more poisons," Elise argued. She was one of the alchemists deeply invested in crafting potions similar to Molotov cocktails and poison bottles that could be thrown at the undead.
"We can't travel to the fourth stage today! It's too dangerous. What if the vampires...
Thalion hovered before the eleventh daughter in the sky. She was almost fully healed and radiated intense power.
"You are just a human. You can't win," the eleventh daughter said, her voice icy.
"Why would I run now? You're no match for me alone," Thalion announced boldly.
He...
While running, he had to dodge the reapers' attacks as they blinked into existence beside him, aiming for his legs. He was incredibly fast thanks to his agility, but the reapers' movement skill gave them the upper hand. The other termites had waited patiently in the cave, fully trusting the reape...
2025-02-07 11:59:32 +0000 UTC View PostThalion had hoped to land near the hive's entrance and transform into the big termite, but little did he know what awaited him.
The moment he arrived above the termite hive, over eight hundred meters above the ground—swarms of insects flew up to attack him. There were snipers, a new vari...