Aside from his Dragonfire, there was only one other thing Hal did not train openly. And that was his Flight skill.
Truthfully, he sucked at it. Not only because it was impossible to do until recently when he had regained all of his essences and was able splice them to hi...
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“Right,” Sam told her, hardly surprised by her reaction, “but if you’re the only one with money, nobody else can buy your stuff.”
“Then I’ll use [Commission] to pay ‘em.”
Sam pinched the bridge of his nose. “Yes, but if they don’t have any m...
2024-04-05 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Shrubley climbed the road leading to the mountain pass, leaving behind the mists that covered the autumnal landscape of the Haalften region.
While his adventuring party traveled, they worked on controlling their mana under Miranda’s instructions.
She insisted tha...
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While flying above the mountaintops poking through the clouds on Orrittam’s back, Hal learned that there were certain monsters that weren’t scared of dragons at all.
Furthermore, there were monster nests floating far, far above the clouds, resembling maliciously desi...
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Bal’daz and Sam talked all throughout the strange and magical process of folding up the tower. The Wizard did it as a matter of course, like it was no more mundane than folding up his clothes and putting them in a suitcase.
Which was just about the size of the tower when Bal...
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The dinner was delicious, though a little tense, as this was their first meal together in over a week. The Countess didn’t know what to say, and she could sense that Shrubley was in a dark mood.
Why, she could not say, and it did not seem right to ask.
That, in a...
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While Elora slept away the night in the sweet, delicate embrace of ignorance, Brightsong’s resident Brewmaster watched Komachi Television™ within the comfortable warmth of Kow’s Inn.
The pobul scratched her creamy, furry belly with one paw while the other pressed a...
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Sam stared at the sobbing demon, utterly out of his depth. “Uh… mind running that past me? Why would that be a bad thing?”
Bal’daz looked up, his black eyes more red-rimmed than usual. “I can’t help it! It was what I was born to do, but would my brothers and sisters...
2024-04-03 14:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostThe group made excellent time thanks to the Aker brothers’ cart. Shrubley could not help but compare to the first time he came out this way. That was when he met Smudge–though he did not know it at the time–and Cal.
It had taken him most of the day to go from the town to the Ha...
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Hal was impressed with the progress of the dwarves and the kobolds. Even with all the work he did with his Founder Sigil Carve, Hal was only able to roughly cut up the walls of the pass to be nigh unscalable.
He couldn’t have done much more. His fine-grained c...
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Raiko was getting worse by the day. In some ways, she was a bit like Komachi.
Raiko hid her injuries. Her pain.
Whereas Komachi would confide in Sam, Raiko buried herself in her Profession, working longer hours than even Matt—who was undead and barely needed sleep.
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Raiko dashed past a charging Cinderblood, its ponderous steps chewing up dirt.
Its flaming branches swept after her, trailing embers. She rolled beneath them, and sprung up already running.
Raising her arm, Raiko readied [Glyph: Pull]. A golden vortex swirled about her sp...
2024-04-02 14:49:48 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 90 – New Leaf II
“Yes, hello! Who is it?” Shrubley asked.
When there was no answer, he approached the door and opened it himself.
His lamplight eyes went wide in surprise.
With a hand on her floppy hat, the impressive figure of Miranda stepped in...
2024-04-02 14:21:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Shrubley woke with the dawn as he did every day. The morning sunlight slanting through the broad window pleasantly warmed his leaves. He picked a bed by the window for that very reason.
He had gone long enough without sunlight in that mirror realm. He would not do so aga...
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Without fail, Hal was always stunned at the sight of his girlfriend, Noth. With her dark hair, gold eyes, and pale features, she was a stark contrast to the whiteout all around her. She reminded him of a princess, and he vowed that one day he would make that title a reality fo...
2024-04-02 13:45:58 +0000 UTC View Post
The last thing Tristal wanted to see in the morning was the Archmage’s tower. A glittering spire of white stone with gold mortar and a blue-tiled roof shining in the frigid cold light of winter was not her idea of inspiring.
However, for the people of Brightsong, it wa...
2024-04-02 13:45:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Miranda Haalften stared at the [Teacher’s Questbook] in her pale hand. It practically begged to be used.
Quests were incredibly rare to come by. Sacred artifacts such as this one were one of the primary ways to acquire their boons of experience, loot, and direction. It...
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“We’re heading south-nadir at a decent clip, Commander,” said Sila. She kept her hands folded behind her back, watching Gray from their position in the newly built tower dubbed “The Nest” because it allowed people within to view every angle of the growing Skyshard an...
2024-03-27 03:48:22 +0000 UTC View PostVoidknight Ascension 2 has now returned to Amazon & Kindle Unlimited! You can check it out here: https://mybook.to/Voidknight2
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2024-03-25 22:00:32 +0000 UTC View PostKale took the first watch as he huddled closer to the fire. The sleeping forms of his friends and allies were dark shapes in the night. So much had happened in such a short time that he didn’t know what to make of it.
The night air was cold, and the group had once again lost ...
2024-03-12 04:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostFor a while, Komachi was hanging around the settlement grounds. Her Merchant cart was nearby but left largely unused. It wasn’t like her to ignore a new means of accruing powers, so something was definitely up.
She seemed to be in a different mood than usual, perched atop Cho...
2024-03-09 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostIn the training rooms of the Adventurers Guild, Cal worked on his cloak. While a repair powder might do the trick, the skeletal Mage wanted to practice his own mending skill. This darksilk had saved his life, and that of his friends, many times.
The least he could do was a prop...
2024-03-08 18:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostWith another level in his Voidknight Legend secured, Sam’s HP had shot up again.
There was something immensely pleasing about his HP suddenly improving by leaps and bounds instead of a couple of points, as it once had.
Hard to imagine that I used to have less than a...
2024-03-08 05:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Well, is somebody going to open it?” Cal asked.
The letter bulged suspiciously, as if it was filled with countless sheets of parchment. Shrubley leaned in and picked up the letter, weighing it in his hands, marveling at how much more dexterous he was than the last time he ...
2024-03-07 18:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostOnce Sam was assured that the mandy was okay, he turned to the crystalline creature’s haul and picked up one of the pieces of ore.
[Crystalline Zinc Ore]
(Tier 1 Material) (F-Class)
(★☆Uncommon)
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2024-03-07 05:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostSlyrox held in her mitts an essence gem unlike any other. The red jewel shone with a resplendent blue inner light, yet somehow the two colors never mixed. White silhouettes scudded across the jewel’s surface, resembling clouds.
“Ah, it is a Red essence!” Cal said.
...
2024-03-06 18:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostA space was cleared out for what was quickly becoming Sam’s workshop near the center of the small settlement. Tools were laid out on the slab of [Ironwood] that was being used as an impromptu table.
All of his materials and implements were gathered up from the dome and placed...
2024-03-06 05:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostThis was his first time eating in the guildhall, and Shrubley was incredibly excited. He didn’t know that the Adventurers Guild did table service! He had always seen adventurers going up and picking their food up from the counter in front of the kitchens.
Plates of fresh stea...
2024-03-05 18:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostBefore Sam could begin work on the dullahans, he felt it was necessary to talk to everybody. Not just because they had only recently gotten their Professions, but because they needed a plan going forward.
Too many ideas paraded themselves across his mind’s eye, including some...
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