Garret Headingway was an upper-echelon member of House Headingway, one of Estercost’s pre-eminent families. He was taking breakfast when his butler arrived.
“Morning mail, my lord.”
“Anything interesting, James?”
“Something from Jason Asano.”
“Oh? He’s be...
2024-08-09 23:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostHils Jaramaris was not a happy man. He had been happy, enjoying his role as the Storm Kingdom’s ambassador to Estercost. The nations were rivals, but friendly ones, their distance leaving them with few reasons for conflict. This meant that Hils, for the most part, was a glorified mailman for di...
2024-08-07 23:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostCyrion was the capital of Estercost, and encompassed far more than the urban centre at its heart. A series of concentric walls ringed the city proper, with vast spans of agricultural land in between. Home to some of the most magical and valuable growing land on the planet, it was accordingly unde...
2024-08-05 23:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostSpringclaw gorillas were weak, as gold-rank monsters went, but they were smart and spawned in large herds. When one such herd had hidden away in the mountains, the first group of adventurers sent after them had not done well. After a week of fending off guerilla tactics from the gorillas, they ha...
2024-08-02 23:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostCassandra Mercer wandered out of the jobs hall with two members of her team after dropping off a completed contract. Jiralla was the team frontliner, standing head and shoulders above the other two women. Henrietta Geller was another adventurer from back home. After bouncing around a few differen...
2024-07-31 23:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostJason followed Neiman Bassingthwaite deeper into the guild building. It had the feel of an ancient estate, appointed in rich fabrics and old, dark wood. The tapestries, sculptures and decorations held the weight of centuries and would not have looked out of place in a museum.
“I apologise...
2024-07-29 23:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostJason entered the room just off the lobby. It was a smaller reception area with just one desk. It was well appointed, rich but tasteful, with dark wood and earthy colours. Another door led deeper into the building. A receptionist sat behind the desk, greeting him with a smile.
She was human...
2024-07-26 23:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post“This,” Anna said, “is not a professional environment.”
“What are you talking about?” Jason asked.
Anna gestured at her wife who was just then entering the cabana having changed into her new swimsuit. She also had grilled meat on a stick and a drink with a little umbrella ...
2024-07-24 23:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostAnna and Susan sat on a park bench. It was early evening, and parents from the surrounding houses were calling their kids in for dinner. A nearby picnic table had a blanket draped over it, with a mix of mechanical and magical tools laid out. A leonid was tinkering with what looked like a Rubik’...
2024-07-22 23:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostKetevan drove Anna and Susan through the city. Back when Anna had lived there, the domain had only just been established. The vampires were storming through Europe and no one knew how reliable the protection of Jason’s power would be, especially in the absence of the man himself. The humans cha...
2024-07-19 23:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostAircraft had been one of the earliest examples of integrating magic and technology. Long before magic went public, the Network had been employing private planes with unadvertised optional extras. After twenty more years of development time, and no more need for secrecy, private air travel involve...
2024-07-17 23:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostJason’s cloud ship sailed north from Greenstone. He stood on the top deck, leaning on the rail as the fresh ocean wind washed over him. Nik stood beside him, only the head and shoulders of the diminutive rabbit man reaching above the railing.
“How was it, being back in Greenstone?” Ja...
2024-07-15 23:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe Continental Council wanted Jason and his companions to stay while the aftermath of Boko’s destruction was being dealt with. As that would take months, if not years, they had decided to move on. Jason didn’t know when he would return to the city where he became an adventurer, and refused t...
2024-07-12 23:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostLi Mei had been hoping to remain forgotten in the aftermath of Boko’s destruction. When Boko’s population had been sent through a portal to somewhere, most of the non-residents who had been in the city were sent to Greenstone. Blending in with them, she had been trying to find anyone who had ...
2024-07-10 23:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
My audio publisher, Podium, will be giving away sets of miniatures to celebrate the release of book 11. Here is a link to the giveaway: https://litrpg.podiumentertainment.com/giveaway
The Good:<...
In the end, only one place had the space, resources and accessibility to immediately shelter and house a city worth of people on short notice. The brighthearts had once formed a massive queue to file into Jason’s soul realm for shelter, and now the people of Boko did the same. Little explanatio...
2024-07-08 23:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostFor those wanting the collected PDFs for Book 12, you are in luck. Only dark backgrounds for these.
2024-07-05 23:06:01 +0000 UTC View PostAs a final reminder, Book 11 chapters (791 - 882) will be removed from all platforms on July 9 - 10 depending on your time zone. Here are the book 11 bundles, in dark and light background.
2024-07-05 23:05:01 +0000 UTC View Post“I’ve been looking forward to meeting you, Jason Asano.”
Jason’s feet lifted off the ground as he floated forward, coming eye to eye with the much taller man. His friends watched warily from behind.
“Why are you here?”
“These are not the circumstances under which I...
2024-07-05 23:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe messenger host of more than ten thousand had been cut down to stragglers. A swarm of shadowy figures dashed through the air through the air, collecting the rotted husks of the dead as they fell. The bodies were all dropped into the hole where the city of Boko had once been. The great portals ...
2024-07-03 23:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe city of Boko was gone. The outer regions had been left as little more than rubble when the blast containment zone gave out, and the space within the zone was just a hole carved out of the ground. All that remained were floating temples, shielded by their gods, and a cloud of darkness in the m...
2024-07-01 23:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostDue to the imminent release of Book 11, chapters 791 to 882 will be removed on the 9th or 10th of July, depending on your time zone. For those who want it, here is the compiled book in PDF.
2024-07-01 04:14:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe blade sticking out of Jason’s chest was wide and thick, more suited to bludgeoning than cutting or stabbing. It had been shoved through his body with raw force, the dark metal jutting from his torso. He tried to shove it back out of his body, but his arms wouldn’t move. His entire body wa...
2024-06-28 23:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostLi Li Mei was rooted to the ground as if a landscaper had planted her there. Her body was rigid, her face locked on the man in front of her. Jason looked more relaxed, but the rigidity of his casual posture told a different story.
“You know this lady?” Belinda asked.
“I do,” h...
2024-06-26 23:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post“Let’s assume,” Jason told Elspeth, “that someone from Earth is pulling the strings. There were a bunch of them in Estercost and I left them twisting in the wind for years. It only makes sense that they’ve gone out and started doing things. But, even assuming that someone from Earth is ...
2024-06-24 23:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostAs the ship approached Greenstone’s artificial island, Jason and his companions were gathering in a space not unlike a hotel lobby. Aspects of the vessel were similar to a cruise ship, although heavier on amenity and utility spaces and lighter on accommodation. Even Emir only travelled around w...
2024-06-21 23:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostWith the impending arrival of a literal shipload of gold rankers, things had been busy for the senior officials of the Greenstone Adventure Society branch. Everything about Vincent Trenslow was drooping except for his immaculate moustache, poking stiffly out from each side of his face. He was goi...
2024-06-19 23:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostWhen she’d been young — well, younger — Jennifer Landry had loved having visiting adventurers stay at her boarding house. All those powerful and attractive young people, politely calling her ‘Madam Landry.’ As years went on, the desire for excitement slowly gave way to a desire for reli...
2024-06-17 23:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostBeing less central had left Segurado vulnerable, lower priority meaning fewer resources and weaker troops. The same thing affected the more isolated messenger groups, making them ripe for Jason and his companions to strike. The team had zigzagged down the Pallimustus equivalent of South America, ...
2024-06-14 23:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostIn the aftermath of the battle, Millicent stood atop the magic tower. As the highest point in the city, it allowed her to survey the goings on below, without the need to start flying around. There were going to be a lot of anxious aristocrats and city officials so, for the moment, she wanted to b...
2024-06-12 23:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post