Watching from atop the western gatehouse as the army under Chandra sets off, I stare at the back of Korenga, as she walks side by side with the Ajura clan leader. They are on their way to reinforce Erbilan, the gateway to the Herelier desert, where many key cities of the Dominion - in...
2018-07-23 08:08:25 +0000 UTC View Post"You're Drills?" I speak out loud what I just thought. At that word, Hestia puts a hand over her mouth and turns away, suppressing a snort. Is calling Svanhild by the nickname of Drills that funny? It's what her hair used to look like at the Royal Academy.
"... you traitor!" Svanhild spits at Dreg...
2018-07-17 17:15:48 +0000 UTC View PostWith Senka guiding my flight back, I go even faster than I was on my way to Erbilan. Within just a few minutes, I arrive above the floating castle, my figurative heart beating faster at the thought that Hestia is here, and that I'll finally be reunited with her.
The citizens of Arkaim call out to ...
2018-07-13 20:33:55 +0000 UTC View PostMy conversation with Senka went until the next morning. We pondered the pros and cons of finding and destroying the Imagination Engine, and it has left me mentally drained. We weren't able to come to a conclusive decision on the matter since neither of us knows all the factors. What happens to those...
2018-07-08 14:06:38 +0000 UTC View PostAs expected, Zenlith wouldn't just leave like a beaten dog with its tail between its legs. Instead, he points his hand at me and performs a grasping motion, making me think that he's trying to compete with air pressure again.
Instead, I black out for a second, before the world returns before me. I...
2018-07-04 10:41:45 +0000 UTC View Post"... I see." The humanoid crocodile with a metal lower jaw, General Ophalen, mutters after I finish my explanations. Everybody in the throne room shows varying degrees of surprise, especially the Maid Corps who gathered as a welcoming committee and instead got roped into listening as well.
"That m...
2018-06-29 19:34:26 +0000 UTC View PostI was right; the signal for the retreat didn't reach the humans still fighting inside the walls. The army on the outside is retreating quickly, while the demon reinforcements that were being torn apart by the dragons are giving chase in righteous fury. I'd tell them to go and secure the city instead...
2018-06-25 20:47:03 +0000 UTC View Post"Why aren't you just eating them all?" I hear Senka's voice inside my head. Ever since I returned within the range of her telepathy, we've been talking to each other a lot. She even openly expressed that she has been missing me a lot, especially recently, due to the situation on the Demon Continent....
2018-06-20 15:54:43 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 100!
As a celebration, you get a triple-length chapter in one go. This marks the beginning of the last volume of Chaos Part 1 (or season 1).
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"What do you think of this Black Valkyrie?" General Ophale...
2018-06-15 21:24:23 +0000 UTC View PostIt took far less time, but was in no way less difficult, but now it's done: The paperback version of volume one is out now!
Are you tired of looking at the goods through a screen? Want to put your hands on them for real? Now you can feel the soft and smooth goodness with your own skin!
You c...
2018-06-14 11:16:41 +0000 UTC View Post"[You're slooow!]" Aorutihaua flies circles around the Chaos carrier while nagging about my speed. At first I thought they were the stoic type once they put on their full helm, but apparently, that isn't the case once they also wear the Golden Shawl that allows them to fly.
"[We're above the ocean...
2018-06-08 21:51:16 +0000 UTC View Post"[It's the ocean!]" I stand at the edge of the harbor and call out towards the sea stretching out endlessly in front of me. We've been inland for a while now, and it's always refreshing to see the wide open blue.
Some passersby laugh and whisper at my behavior, but I don't care. Our colorful group...
2018-06-06 15:38:35 +0000 UTC View PostOthers Side
The gathered citizens, as well as most survivors of the garrison of Kairaki, stand and listen as Mereana holds a hastily improvised speech in regards to the future of the kingdom. With the death of the God King and most of his staff, the door has been opened f...
2018-05-31 22:15:16 +0000 UTC View PostIt's over.
Actually, nothing is over, and things have only begun. Mataku's explanations have raised more questions than they answered, but for now, I understand that he has been alive for a very long time and that he's definitely far more powerful than any other being on this planet. It seems that...
2018-05-23 22:02:16 +0000 UTC View PostOthers Side
"[Should you really be worried about me right now, my dear passing storm?]" Rapania's voice is sweet but poisonous, like colorful sap dripping from a leaf enticing curious animals to lap it up. Mereana falls to her knees and holds her head in pain at the sound...
2018-05-19 20:17:35 +0000 UTC View PostOthers Side
"[I don't know who that is.]" Awhina responds with a shrug upon hearing the name of Mithra.
"[Of course you would not.]" Aurelia states, a disdainful look on her face. "[In either case, I will be taking you prisoner now.]"
"[What makes you think th...
2018-05-11 19:29:12 +0000 UTC View Post"[Explain yourself!]" I tap my foot in impatience and lightly poke Makanui's chest with my spike arm. He inches back with a nervous smile as he holds up his hands and shrugs.
"[Well... you could say I'm a figurehead.]" The man begins, clearly not happy with describing himself the way he just did. ...
2018-05-04 19:59:38 +0000 UTC View PostFinally, after five arduous months of writing, rewriting, editing, cover-creation and looking for a name... the ebook has been finished and is ready for purchase - and free for those at the corresponding tier!
A few facts and statistics regarding this release:
- It contains chapters 1 to 23 ...
2018-04-29 12:20:51 +0000 UTC View Post"AAAHHH!!!"
"[Monster!]"
"[Help meee!]"
"[Nooo!!!]"
A choir of voices filled with absolute terror reaches me, and I feel the onset of ecstasy. Hundreds of human soldiers have already disappeared into my body, as I roll through the main street of Kairaki as a wave of flesh and ten...
2018-04-19 23:13:21 +0000 UTC View PostThis is no time to play at being a heroic warrior at the front lines. I have no idea what this Child of the Sun can do, so I'll have to go all-out from the start. I've already increased my density to the maximum and become the ultimate shield; now I need the ultimate spear to take my opponent down w...
2018-03-31 19:10:09 +0000 UTC View PostWith the three storm gods occupied by their mother Tahiri, I can turn my attention to the gathering army again. Among them, I can spot a few people who don't look like normal soldiers. They may be commanders or specialists, or even other members of the Six Arms, though I doubt they would come out no...
2018-03-11 20:20:53 +0000 UTC View PostCorruption is retreating from this world. The tenebrous influences of the ungodly mass of curses has been extinguished, and peace can return to man once more.
Yet, man seeks not peace.
Man seeks retribution, craves redemption, desires vengeance - through violence. Unbridled violence, directe...
2018-02-27 17:09:25 +0000 UTC View PostThe rewriting is close to completion, with only around 25 more pages to go.
I started at 189 pages in MS Word, and now I'm at 332 pages. I actually about doubled the word count, too (though I have no idea why the page count didn't double also).
This is basically just a notice to let you know...
2018-02-23 23:55:29 +0000 UTC View PostThe journey across the Nukumania Plains proceeds without a hitch. All along the way, my children and I keep grabbing the large buffalo-like animals and bringing them up to the Chaos Carrier for food. In essence, only Awhina and Mereana need to eat properly cooked meals, but I still find myself in th...
2018-01-30 21:17:29 +0000 UTC View Post
"[Everyone ready for takeoff?]" I ask through my avatar.
Everyone is gathered on the bridge - or rather communal area - of the Chaos Carrier and looking at me in anticipation. We left Anutawa shortly after finishing our big lunch together and traveled a distance away from the ci...
2017-12-25 10:13:18 +0000 UTC View PostAlright, three barrels should be enough. It's within the price range of what Mereana told us it would cost, too. They're the type with a lid that can be locked in place by pushing a wooden bar through two holes in the upper rim. At one glance, I can tell that these three would be able to fit my chil...
2017-12-23 15:03:53 +0000 UTC View Post"[Where's Tokomaha?]" Korenga asks in the morning, after everyone - including my children and Tahiri - assembled on the bridge of the Chaos Carrier. I call it a bridge, but there are no instruments or a steering wheel. Instead, there is a table and chairs, making this more of a communal room where p...
2017-12-21 11:54:17 +0000 UTC View Post"[It is that way... I think.]" Mereana points down below through the translucent membrane that substitutes for windows on the Chaos Carrier.
Yes, that's what I called it. I simply couldn't come up with anything else and just went with that in the end.
"[What do you mean, you think?]" My avat...
2017-12-14 19:25:27 +0000 UTC View Post"[That's the last one...]" Stabbing a spike made of dragon armor through the chest of an Ashling, which promptly scatters into smoke and dust, I remark with a sigh. I look up into the sky, which has been dark ever since the battle against Felgar. Back then it was because Tahiri summoned a mass of th...
2017-12-08 14:43:38 +0000 UTC View PostThe din of the battle raging outside was reduced to a murmur in the twisted corridors and echoless halls of the obsidian castle. Its sparsely illuminated hallways resembled the bowels of an unholy beast that could come to life and attempt to begin its digestion cycle at any time, and the darkness br...
2017-12-04 23:49:40 +0000 UTC View Post