Noth reached out, her heart breaking at the anguish in Hal’s voice.
“Look, Noth,” Mira said, placing a hand on her shoulder. “Look!”
Blinking away tears, Nothricient looked with her eyes instead of her heart. It took her a moment to see through the pillar...
2023-09-11 04:19:58 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor Note:
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Matt waited to die.
The pain had been unimaginable, but at least it was over now. The angel of light had appeared to usher him to the beyond, and now he was floating in the darkness of the ether simply… waiting.
The velvety silence was broken by a shrill scream that con...
2023-09-11 01:14:33 +0000 UTC View PostSam sailed through the air, wind and misted rain blowing through his hair. It felt freeing.
And, as it turned out, with his higher stats, the gap was easy to leap. In fact, he had overshot it by several feet. Sam traced the makeshift rope back to the tiny Skyshard and cursed. 2023-09-11 01:14:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Sending another pulse into the Void mana shell, Sam pressed the encapsulating barrier to the underside of the [Storm Crystal].
He had learned not to read the mana itself—that had been a huge mistake that he had to unlearn—like he had with the [Ember Vine Fruit].
What ...
2023-09-10 02:31:14 +0000 UTC View PostDucking back inside the tent, Sam’s face was lit up by the blue glow of the crystalline shard in his hand. “This is… a fragment of the [Shatterblade],” he said in awe. “Only, it’s not quite the same….”
Raiko gasped in astonishment. “It survived?”
Sam h...
2023-09-10 02:30:54 +0000 UTC View PostLeaning back, Sam mentally swiped over to the next [Swordsman] skill in the list. One that had been probably the opaquest out of all the skills.
[Switch]
(Swordsman Ability) (F-Class)
(☆Primitive)
“Sonnuva bitch!” Darren cursed, holding the wound at his side. Blood dribbled out between his fingers.
Leilani pressed her hands to his side, casting [Cure] on the wound, but that bastard Simon had coated his blade in poison when he stabbed Darren.
Albert gave Darren...
2023-09-07 13:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostMatt barked a short, piteous laugh. His fingertips were broken and bloodied from scrabbling at the stone door blocking his way.
The poison ravaged his body, rotting it from the inside out. And all the while, he could only think of one thing: I just want to feel the sun on m...
2023-09-06 13:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostLong leafy vines unfurled from the ceiling, bearing round blue fruits that began to shine brighter than even the [Archflame Coal].
As hungry as Sam was, he didn’t have any time to inspect them as he hunted for a switch, a lever, something to help the people trapped m...
2023-09-05 13:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostVaskad thrashed with rage, and where Vaskad thrashed, the world upturned. Forests were ripped free from the soil of the starting island, monsters and protectors of the forests fled before his terrible might.
The granite-skinned ogre sucked in air through its nostrils the size o...
2023-09-04 23:07:20 +0000 UTC View PostHal stood in front of the two dragons, hands clasped behind his back in a stance that was becoming exceedingly familiar and comfortable to him.
Mira lounged at his side. Somehow, the elf was able to do so while standing upright. Hal could never quite get that level of ease and calm.
I...
2023-09-04 04:13:36 +0000 UTC View PostSam’s grin grew wider with each sentence he read.
Komachi also got excited, even though she had no idea what he was looking at. He wished he could somehow show her the Shardscript.
And then her eyes lit up. “Cool!”
“Are you seeing this too, Komachi?” Sam a...
2023-09-01 13:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostVolquist staggered out of the portal and placed a steadying hand on a starfield pillar. He was free. Actually free!
And the person who had freed him… he just couldn’t shake the strangeness of it all. “I’m sorry, old friend,” he said to a distant memory.
While he...
2023-09-01 13:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post“What?” Sam laughed. “Why would we kill you?”
“Because I don’t want to be around for the nuclear fallout that will result from not one, but two Incarnates being pulled into this Shardrune,” Volquist answered. “Much less two of the most vindictive, power...
2023-09-01 04:23:13 +0000 UTC View Post“Listen,” Volquist said, “everybody knows you don’t cross War. If you’re here, then that means you’re out for revenge.”
“I did come with somebody else,” Sam said, as he saw a glowing spark of light from Raiko’s arrival. “Speak of the devil.”
The si...
2023-09-01 04:22:42 +0000 UTC View PostA blinding wall of noise and light washed over Sam and Komachi, throwing them back with a herculean force that ripped the floating hall apart.
The barrier exploded a moment later, bringing far more destruction than Sam intended.
The hall quaked, throwing Sam—just as he ...
2023-09-01 04:21:09 +0000 UTC View PostWidening his stance, Sam tightened his two-handed grip on his claymore. Concentrating on the magical barrier, he tried to use his bloodline to visualize a weak point.
The barrier shimmered hazily, just as the same as usual. No weak point at all.
Seconds ticked by, and not...
2023-09-01 04:18:20 +0000 UTC View PostRed and silver sparks of Fire and Metal mana flashed across Sam’s claymore as he tore it from his [Biting Sheath]. Though faint, he could sense the presence of that mana in the air. And even that each one was different and distinct.
With a surge of mana through his arms, join...
2023-09-01 04:15:43 +0000 UTC View PostUPDATE (9/24/23): Cleaning this up a little to keep the goals front-and-center.
==New Goal==
==Completed Go...
2023-09-01 04:08:06 +0000 UTC View PostKomachi launched a fizzling bolt of mana at Sam, using her black-tipped tail of all things to cast the spell and make it harder to deflect.
He thrust his hand out, straining to push the unwieldy mana up his arm and into his hand to activate [Scour] mid-motion. The numbing cold ...
2023-08-31 13:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostNow that he was alone, Sam pulled up his stats before he got started and selected his bonus point allotment.
With the Void Path unlocked, Sam now potentially had a broader use for stat allocation if the talents were any hint. At the same time, the Fighter Job and the Void Path ...
2023-08-31 13:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post“A Stat Talent?” Raiko shook her head. “About the only thing I know for certain is that, very rarely, Paths award them upon level up, seemingly instead of raw stats. I suspect talents enhance physical and magical stats beyond their capacity, but to what degree, I can’t begin ...
2023-08-31 01:28:18 +0000 UTC View PostSam held the ring up to the pale light that suffused the Dark Vault’s airy arena.
[Ducal Guard’s Signet]
(Ring) (F-Class)
(☆ Primitive VII)
Enhancements
Physical Defense I ...
2023-08-30 15:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post“Finally,” Sam said, pulling out some plated gloves and holding them up to the light, “some equipment upgrades!”
There were several pieces of equipment in here. And at first glance, Sam could tell some of it wasn’t meant for him. But there were heavier pieces of equip...
2023-08-29 15:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostRefusing to let the fear take root, Sam struggled for a solution. What Raiko had just said sounded like the only option for him was to die.
And that wasn’t going to happen.
I can’t shut it down!
Sam watched as his MP drained down to the single digits. N...
2023-08-29 15:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostPumping the Archflame’s Heat into his blade, Sam focused every ounce of his bloodline into the tip of his claymore straight into the center of the Warden’s face.
It would have been nice to say that it worked just as the bloodline described. The more impervious the defense, ...
2023-08-29 03:37:45 +0000 UTC View PostVenturing into yet another cavernous space within the Dark Vault that was even bigger than the last, Sam found it strange how there were no monsters. Just more puzzles and labyrinthine rooms that would have taken them days to get through if he couldn’t bust down the walls.
Wh...
2023-08-28 15:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostHal dreamed.
Having been marked by the Kindred of Dream herself, his dreams were something more than the standard fare. That wasn’t to say they were prophetic or deeply insightful. No, instead they offered him ideas and possibilities that he had never thought of before.
I’ve never been so fucking hungry, Matt thought as he staggered into a tree and rested against it for a moment to catch his breath.
One thing after another in this blasted forest wanted him dead. If it wasn’t the spiders, it was centipedes on steroids, and if not t...
2023-08-25 15:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post