Standing in front of the flag and looking outside of the entrance, Larek could see across the arena to the fortification directly across from him, but that was about it; he couldn’t see the other two to the left and right, but that didn’t really concern him. From the opposi...
2023-06-16 17:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post“Welcome, one and all, to the mid-year Skirmish!”
Larek blocked out the sounds of the cheers as the crowd responded to the announcement, made by an Academy Professor using some sort of air-based spell to amplify his voice so that it reached everyone within the massive...
2023-06-15 19:57:13 +0000 UTC View PostPenelope rushed up the stairs and nearly tripped on the top step, her attention distracted because all that had happened over the last week. It had been a whirlwind of training and revelations of the incredible power this Mage possessed, but now the Skirmish was nearly about to...
2023-06-15 17:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post(Larek's status was a little long to add to an existing chapter, so I decided to update it in a full chapter all by itself since I hadn't done it in a while)
Current full Status:
Larek Holsten
Fusionist 2023-06-14 20:48:00 +0000 UTC View Post
The process of refining the new Repelling Barrier took a few days of experimentation and practice with it, mainly because of the many problems that sprung up. First, he discovered that the repelling portion of the barrier was a bit wild and unfocused; at one point, whe...
2023-06-14 20:43:08 +0000 UTC View PostIt took Larek the rest of the evening before they left the sparring room for the night to come up with a viable Fusion that could potentially work for what he planned, but it was going to take some fine-tuning of its Effects to get it to work properly.
At first, he consid...
2023-06-14 17:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostLarek didn’t tell them everything, of course, but enough that they wouldn’t be too surprised by the Fusions he was going to create for them. His objective was to camouflage his other secrets – namely, that he had Martial stats – by dazzling them with his Mage a...
2023-06-13 20:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post“I’m glad that to see you made it!” Penelope exclaimed as soon as Larek and Nedira showed up to the Fort side of the humongous building. With neither of them having been on that side before, other than a brief stop at the training yard where Larek had healed Bartholomew m...
2023-06-13 17:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostUnfortunately, the next couple of weeks were anything but enjoyable for Larek, despite learning all about Advanced Fusions from his instructor. First, he had to convince Nedira that he needed to participate in the Skirmish – which went as well as he expected.
“WHAT?! ...
2023-06-12 20:47:59 +0000 UTC View Post“I heard that you were invited to participate in the upcoming Skirmish, Larek.”
He wasn’t sure if he heard his Fusions instructor correctly. “You did?”
“Of course. I may not look it, but I hear more gossip around here than most. That, and it’s...
2023-06-12 17:05:38 +0000 UTC View Post
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭 is now on pre-order for July 26th!
The first book of my LitRPG story is wrapping up over on Royal Road in about 3 weeks, so I put it up for pre-order on Amazon for the end of July. I'll be revising it based on feedback from RR and Patreon,...
I recently picked up a new friend to sit on my desk to keep me company while I write -- a Pukwudgie! I hadn't heard of it before I picked it up, but it's pretty awesome so I figured I'd share it with you all.
2023-06-11 20:32:40 +0000 UTC View PostI was originally going to start Dimensional Dungeon Cores book 5 this upcoming week, but I believe I'm going to push it back for at least another week until I'm either finished or close to finishing Fusionist book 2. I found during the writing of a little of book 2 and Scorched Time that my...
2023-06-11 20:29:09 +0000 UTC View Post“I don’t see why we can’t check out the arena,” Verne said as they walked along the perimeter of the park. “I mean, we haven’t even seen it up close yet!”
“I believe that’s because they don’t have weekly duels like we did back in Crystalview,” Nedira...
2023-06-11 20:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostLarek’s roommates returned the next day, not entirely back to normal, but well on their way to a full recovery. Each of them had lost what extra fat they had on their bodies – which was already fairly little – and some muscle mass, making them a little weaker than they ha...
2023-06-11 17:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThat night, alone in his room for the first time since attending Copperleaf – and for the majority of his time at Crystalview – Larek slept horribly. The temporary curtain that one of the staff had put up where the doorway had been were unable to block out his screams that ...
2023-06-09 20:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post“Umm… what?” Larek asked, wondering if he had heard her correctly.
Dean Lorraine sighed once again, something she had been doing a lot during their conversation. “Every Dean and Vice-General of the Academies and Forts are forced to endure the Dominion magic of the...
2023-06-09 17:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe Dean leaned back in her chair, a smirk on her face as she glanced at Shinpai. “Oh, you’re no fun. He gave it away, didn’t he? He never could bluff his way out of a pot in Bruha, so why should I expect anything different?”
“I’ll have you know that I play Br...
2023-06-08 20:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostLarek turned around to see the same healer that he had talked to earlier on his way back to check on his friends’ wellbeing. She appeared exhausted with rings around her eyes that hadn’t been there before, and her shoulders were slumped as if she was having difficulty stayi...
2023-06-08 17:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostFor some reason, Larek didn’t think about how he would explain what happened to Nedira. With his roommates, he would have enough time to come up with something before they woke up from their comas, but Norde’s sister was another story altogether.
“Nedira—”
The handle of his axe dropped from Larek’s hands as he looked down at the decapitated body of the student he had just killed, the wood making a sharp report as it echoed through the tunnel. His knees followed suit as he collapsed, the import of what just occurred slamming int...
2023-06-07 17:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post“Is that—? What happened? I thought you said you secured the door?”
Irritated, Ricardo snapped back at Phyllia. “I did! Someone must have let him out.”
He cautiously moved ahead, the unbelievability of the situation thoroughly confusing him as he looked ar...
2023-06-06 20:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostRicardo staggered a few steps backward as he felt his Mana bottom out for the third time, his large area-of-effect windstorm buffeting the large spiders out of the air as they jumped toward the walls of the city, throwing them back down toward the ground with leg-snapping force...
2023-06-06 17:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostMoving at a speed no faster than a walk, the Camouflage Sphere was able to maintain the light-bending Effect of the Fusion around Larek. This allowed him to pass through the park and into the kitchens he had just left a few minutes ago without anyone noticing him; if t...
2023-06-05 20:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostFinding the way out from where he had been trapped was easier than Larek expected it would be. Only 20 feet or so after leaving the cracked stone doorway lying on the floor, he discovered footprints in the dusty floor, the area around the room too disturbed by the crashing ston...
2023-06-05 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe Fusion Larek made was, of course, one that would heal him. As much as he desired to use what he’d learned from studying Intermediate Fusions to refine Healing Surge so that it didn’t cause as many problems, he would rather focus on simply healing himself rather...
2023-06-04 20:25:14 +0000 UTC View PostThe Mage sighed in apparent relief at Larek’s words before turning to one of the Martial trainees. He appeared as though he was going to say something to him, but before he could speak, everyone seemed to freeze where they were as they felt a pressure invading their senses. 2023-06-02 17:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
(This chapter has some revelations that have been a long time coming, and I hope it explains some of what has occurred before. I'm sure there will be even more questions after this, but they will be explained in time. Enjoy :) )
The two bright lights practical...
2023-06-01 20:06:23 +0000 UTC View Post“I’m sure she’ll be fine, won’t she?”
Larek nodded at Norde’s worried question, his concern over his sister plainly written all over his face.
“I should be there,” Larek said, wanting the exact opposite, but unwilling to let one of his good friends f...
2023-06-01 17:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post“You were successful?”
Larek nodded, excited to show off his Fusions to his instructor.
“I was, though not all of them worked out exactly the way I wanted,” he said, sighing a little at his one semi-failure. “They should all demonstrate the concepts ...
2023-05-31 17:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post