Sam opened up his Status to get a look at where his HP and MP were at, now that he had leveled up twice since last looking. He hadn’t figured that just exploring and interacting with the Skyshard would be so… rewarding.
His brain automatically replaced “dangerous,” the ...
2023-11-27 13:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostAs sunlight spilled out of Shrubley’s [Verdant Inventory], it no longer fell upon the [Essence Vessel] that had been stored in there this whole time.
Ever since Shrubley acquired the [Essence Vessel], the item had been absorbing energy. Though his verdant pocket dimension was...
2023-11-24 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostTime lost all meaning in this private universe of pain and agony.
Shrubley knew he wasn’t dead only because of the pain that swept through his body whenever he moved a single twig, and often when he did nothing at all.
He struggled to consciousness more times than he co...
2023-11-23 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe Countess gasped. She could see, but only just barely, and it broke her heart to watch the shrub tumble into the darkness. He didn’t even scream. There was no fear in his heart, no terror. He had been brave. Is brave! her thoughts corrected her.
If anybody could s...
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Voidknight and Beastborne are taking a week off for the Thanksgiving holidays. For Voidknight, Royal Road is taking 2 weeks off, but Patreon is only taking the holiday week off.
Voidknight on Patreon will resume on the 27th of November, while Voidknight for the public will be back on the 4t...
2023-11-21 17:13:43 +0000 UTC View PostHal listened to Tristal’s offer while he expended the last of his flagging strength to reshape the stone arms that created the Gap, the entrance to Brightsong’s bowl-shaped valley at the foot of the erstwhile lair of Naitese the Tyrant White dragon.
All too soon, Hal’s powe...
2023-11-21 16:40:38 +0000 UTC View PostShrubley turned towards the hundreds of serpentii gathered at both ends of the hall. The flickering, dancing shadows of the faint torchlight served only to make the mirror realm monsters even more intimidating.
He held firm to his wooden sword, dearly wishing he had a weapon st...
2023-11-21 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostWhile Voidknight is taking a weeklong break over the Thanksgiving holiday week, Shrubley will be here to keep you company. Thanks for all the support, and I hope everybody has a great Thanksgiving week! If you haven't already, drop a review, a star rating, or help spread the word about S... 2023-11-20 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Everything on Shrubley’s body hurt. Every dried and crackling yellowed leaf, every sap-crusted branch and twig. He had never trained so hard in his life, and yet it hardly seemed to matter.
He was growing so much, but it was never fast enough. Cal grew by leaps and bounds whi...
2023-11-17 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostAs the towering trees finally toppled into place, Sam surveyed the damage and realized that hauling all of those things would be the hardest part out of all this.
With [Heavy Blade], I could furnish us an entire palisade of these trees in less than a day!
It was ...
2023-11-17 13:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostJerric trudged through the swampy grounds near the Haalften lands. His helmet kept the worst of the inclement weather off, but it was hard going even for a Steel Ranker like himself. The weather had taken a strange turn for the worse and he couldn’t help but think that it had somet...
2023-11-16 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostSam continued perusing his older abilities, looking for a gem that would call out to him. While he did really like the look of [Onslaught], he already knew it would have tough competition from [Iron Mountain].
And with [Switch] going unused due to his lack of a second stance, S...
2023-11-16 13:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostSam took the dullahan a little ways away from the new center of the settlement until they were in a nice little grassy clearing at the edge of the hills and past the moat that encircled the Tree’s area.
Not far away, just on the other side of said moat, was Sam’s Sourceston...
2023-11-15 13:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostAnd now we're finally all caught up! Hopefully you've enjoyed our little shrub's journey thus far, there is plenty more in store.
The training was grueling and seemed to go on forever. The days blended together. They only took a break to tend to wounds, to eat, or to sleep...
2023-11-15 11:16:34 +0000 UTC View PostAny doubts Shrubley had about the Countess being unskilled or a poor leader were dashed the moment she started to have them explain their essence powers to her.
For Shrubley and Slyrox, the Countess needed more time and explanation in order to develop a training regimen for the...
2023-11-15 11:12:56 +0000 UTC View Post“Oh heckin’ bleck!” A creature cried, poking his furry head out from the walls of the training room.
Shrubley gasped, recognizing the creature from the Druid’s stories. He couldn’t believe what he was seeing, and in such a dismal place as this!
“You!” the Co...
2023-11-15 11:10:47 +0000 UTC View Post“Now, moving on to the eight types of essences,” the Countess told the group gathered in the training room. “In no particular order you have Red, Green, Blue, Purple, Orange, Yellow, White, and, as we all know, Black. Each and every essence in existence belongs to one of the ei...
2023-11-15 11:03:52 +0000 UTC View PostThey found the Countess beside another arched doorway. When she opened it, they found something that managed to get through even Cal’s willfully thick skull.
He looked around nervously when Countess Haalften shut the doors behind her and grinned at the four monsters. “This ...
2023-11-15 11:03:10 +0000 UTC View Post“We could become stronger? Perhaps muchly useful?” Slyrox asked. The koblin was new to this land and its means of advancement.
It was not for the first time that Shrubley wondered what was beneath that mask. Green, plush fur, just like the koblin’s floppy ears? Did she ha...
2023-11-15 11:01:47 +0000 UTC View PostThe room was cool and dry, a welcome reprieve from the oppressive heat above the ground.
Cal was awkwardly pressing two of his fingertips together in an unfamiliar gesture that Shrubley didn’t comprehend. Magic of some sort?
He shrugged and ambled on over to a table, cr...
2023-11-15 11:01:33 +0000 UTC View Post“You idiots! You stirred the Nest! Do you have any idea how long it took me to get them all in there?” said a large, cloaked figure standing in the same alleyway as Winmore’s shop.
They stopped and stared at the figure, then back at the shouting, hissing voices released f...
2023-11-15 11:01:10 +0000 UTC View Post“I’m worried about them, Royl,” Sel said, propping her chin up on her palm. She rocked back and forth on her stool, waiting for something to do. The life of an attendant wasn’t very glamorous, but it had a decent track to higher Grades and better pay without being in the line...
2023-11-15 11:00:57 +0000 UTC View PostShrubley tumbled through the swirling transplanar well, crossing into another realm. The shimmering walls of watery energy twisted like a bore drilling between worlds.
Ahead, he could just barely discern Slyrox falling as well.
He didn’t know what awaited him and his fr...
2023-11-15 11:00:27 +0000 UTC View PostHis knees clacking together, Cal raised his staff and let loose a Red spell. The burning mote collided with the upper body of one of the henchmen and exploded in a burst of embers.
Shield raised, Shrubley charged forward, already channeling his [Bark Armor] essence ability. Wit...
2023-11-15 10:59:08 +0000 UTC View PostOne of the burly men flung open the cell, and then the other slithered in and dragged the vampyric Count out.
There was a brief struggle and a strange scattering sound as one of the men threw a handful of rice into the air. As soon as it landed, the vampyric Count struggled vis...
2023-11-15 10:58:45 +0000 UTC View Post“Dreadfully thorry about thith,” said Igor, as he dragged all four monsters down the halls in a very large sack. “But the maaarthter is the maaarthter.”
Shrubley went in and out of consciousness. He remembered being rather gently tumbled out of a sack and set on a bed b...
2023-11-15 10:58:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe last bundle of chapters to get us 2023-11-15 06:59:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Raiko sprinted across the Skyshard, dashing up and then across a gentle [River Tile].
Running was one sure way to get away from that situation. Not the most gracious of exits, but that was better than suffering further embarrassment.
Something dark swept down the water, b...
2023-11-14 13:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostMandragoras popped up from the ground beneath the Sourcestone, investigating their new environment with great surprise and interest.
As much as those seed-like eyes could convey to Sam, anyway. He hadn’t even noticed they were there. The creatures were so easy to miss when th...
2023-11-13 13:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThat came as a bit of a shock to Founder Tristal.
As far as she knew, the tribes of the Shiverglades were the most insulated beings on the planet. They were, to a man, aggressively against any outsiders. And yet Hal and his group had managed to make a home here.
Not only ...
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