The containment facility is only about thirty feet wide, so my skills are strong enough to rock the very foundation of this place. I have half a mind to take this fight outside, away from the still-prone Sierra, but I’m running out of time and magic and my opponents are picking themselves up qu...
2023-05-20 08:09:20 +0000 UTC View PostSierra, Adrian, Simon, and Rin are all within a hundred feet of each other. They’re at the edge of the range of Locate Person, barely within range of my skill, but they’re up there somewhere. The “levels” underneath me have been ill-defined, thanks mostly due to the disre...
2023-05-18 07:46:24 +0000 UTC View PostI think back to the unfathomably powerful being that dragged me into its personal world. I think of the overwhelming force that its mere presence in a soulspace had, of the monsters it unleashed upon us even hundreds of miles away.
There is nothing in the description about controlling it, b...
2023-05-17 08:19:18 +0000 UTC View PostWith one mockery of a god dead and another one subdued, I have a lot more power to bring to bear.
I need to figure out what to do with it.
A glance up at the ceiling reveals that yes, it’s starting to cave in. Pieces of rubble tumble from the dark stone above. Each building-sized ch...
2023-05-15 08:08:42 +0000 UTC View PostOh, now this is interesting.
My passenger doesn’t react to the new skills, but this is… truly something.
Heretic is a trait, and it doesn’t seem terribly interesting at first. The others all do something passive, and they all have boosts that always app...
2023-05-12 08:56:16 +0000 UTC View PostYou may also evolve your class.
Try as I might, the text won’t go away. The voices, at least, only speak every now and again rather than remaining as a constant drone in my head.
I wonder if there’s any merit in listening to it. Last time, the thing in my dream-sp...
2023-05-11 07:31:17 +0000 UTC View Post“My… people?” the dweller asks, confused.
I activate a Blood Echo and end my control over her instantly, using Shape Blood on the resulting mass of fluid in order to get a general sense of what’s around me. There doesn’t appear to be anything arou...
2023-05-08 00:01:31 +0000 UTC View PostSteel punches through the center of my back and out from where a human heart would be. The sensation of being stabbed in the chest is getting uncomfortably familiar.
Lethal in a human. Still lethal for me, but not immediately.
Instinctively, I try to return to my Bloodpath 2023-05-05 00:44:31 +0000 UTC View Post
“Welcome to Tsubera!” Sierra says, gesturing grandly at the metropolis around us. “The capital city of Novarath, to be precise.”
“You can drop the cheeriness,” Adrian grumbles. “This place is a shitheap.”
Getting around the city is harder than I first thought. Then aga...
2023-05-03 04:03:15 +0000 UTC View Post“Four of them got away,” I sigh, bunching up my undershirt and wringing it. Seawater splashes to the deck of the ferry, joining the rest of the slowly-draining deluge. Adrian uses his skills to send the flood overboard, but there’s so much water here that I’m sure it’s going to be wet u...
2023-05-01 23:53:08 +0000 UTC View PostMy Diamond tier Devour is an offensive skill now, but it’s still stuck at level 1. I didn’t open with it because I haven’t proved its effectiveness in battle yet.
Its utility, however, is vastly improved from what I’ve grown used to. From Bronze to Gold tier,
Three days into our boat ride, I’ve come to the realization that I deeply dislike enclosed spaces that don’t allow any opportunity for advancement.
That’s not to say that this place is particularly drab or anything—far from it. If I were anyone else, I’d probably think that this s...
2023-04-27 08:06:12 +0000 UTC View PostLothel, the Crowned City
“We have sent the First Elite Company into fire and flame. We have sent them to end wars before they can start. We have sent them into a hell. You’re telling me they failed?”
“Forgive me, your majesty, but they did,” Ashley ...
2023-04-25 06:37:41 +0000 UTC View PostPatch Notes: chapter 44's ending has been slightly tweaked to reflect skill ups
I open my eyes to find myself looking into a sharp green stare. For a second, I wonder why Marie’s gaze holds so much concern for me. Before panic and confusion can set in, I register the rest...
2023-04-23 07:11:37 +0000 UTC View PostI won’t let this opportunity go to waste.
As branches crumble away under the force of her magic, I carry myself forward, lifting my broken body on a platform of blood. Demonic Heritage does what it can to keep me together, but it’s not strong enough to immediately heal ...
2023-04-21 07:10:27 +0000 UTC View PostDemonic Heritage is beginning to work, but healing comes slowly. It’s not going to repair me to a fully functional state before I make my way to the tree. As soon as I enter combat again, the trait is going to become inactive.
And it’s looking more and more like I’m g...
2023-04-19 04:47:08 +0000 UTC View PostIrrational hatred fills my body, pointed rage directing me to abandon my spot and kill the woman who’s partially responsible for shaping me into what I am, but I separate myself from the anger and prepare to fight the demons encircling me.
Encircling Sierra.
While I’ve ma...
2023-04-16 23:09:10 +0000 UTC View PostI tumble ever deeper into the watery darkness, a prisoner in my own body.
At the surface, something wearing my skin propels itself forward.
No. The thing driving me is every bit as Evelyn as I am, just… made more. As much as I hate to admit it, I am still here. It’s just a differe...
2023-04-13 16:09:22 +0000 UTC View PostWhen Evelyn literally melts before her and dives towards their mutual adversary, Sierra is close behind. She glances once at Adrian. He’s already halfway to the tree, leaving the Blue Mage and the Relentless Demon behind him. Jets of water propel him, and Sierra can almost hear him whooping as ...
2023-04-12 05:38:53 +0000 UTC View PostThis chapter may be edited before being posted. If you've got feedback, I welcome it.
Patch notes 4/9 1:05 AM EST: Added detail to the ending.
The upgraded skill isn’t the only source of power coursing through me. Relentless has ret...
2023-04-09 01:09:01 +0000 UTC View PostAs it turns out, the only last words the bowman has to offer me consist of incoherent screaming.
I cock my head. “I haven’t even set you on fire yet.”
That seems to spark the bowman into action. He draws and fires in one quick motion, but Knifefighting is still ...
2023-04-08 05:44:09 +0000 UTC View PostNoren’s statement takes both of them off guard, though Adrian physically recoils while Sierra just tilts her head.
“So that’s how it is, then,” Sierra says neutrally, eyeing me. I have Bloodstep prepared, but if she chooses to attack me, this will q...
2023-04-06 06:27:37 +0000 UTC View PostIf the demons in the water weren’t terribly keen on attacking me before, they practically flee before me now. Using Wraithfire to its fullest extent is deeply draining on my magic power, which I need to keep my Phantom Shape running, so I limit...
2023-04-04 06:27:24 +0000 UTC View PostLeveling up begins to restore me to full health just like it’s done before, but it’s slower. I don’t think that the slowed healing has to do with my soul damage—last time I leveled up, my soul was severely damaged, and I still got a full heal.
No, it’s rather obvious that the hard...
2023-04-01 21:59:14 +0000 UTC View PostRiver water has been splashing onto me this entire time, so the chill isn’t unexpected, but the sheer force of the Ravendale river throws me off, threatening to send me tumbling downriver.
The forty-foot barbed tentacle slicing through the water faster than I can sprint on land doesn’t ...
2023-03-30 17:49:18 +0000 UTC View PostThis is a bit of a sticky situation. On the one hand, I’d much rather avoid having to avoid joining the company of men and women that very much want Evelyn Carnelian dead.
On the other, the Baron’s man’s tone brooks no argument. He’s made it pretty clear that it’s his way or the o...
2023-03-28 16:11:07 +0000 UTC View PostBloodstep makes me much faster than they can run, and a single usage of it no longer magically exhausts me, so I activate it immediately.
My first target is the Thief. All three of my enemies have basic classes, no evolutions to their name, but the Thief is one that may act...
2023-03-27 16:04:37 +0000 UTC View PostI think neither Sierra nor Adrian have chosen to follow me—I planned on this, given that they’ve freshly recovered from demons taking up residence in their body—though I can’t bring myself to care.
Having allies is helpful, but I need to advance. There are cases where other...
2023-03-26 16:07:38 +0000 UTC View Post“Much to discuss,” I say. “Does that, perhaps, include why these two are knocked out and…”
Possessed is the word that jumps to mind, but I let the sentence trail off.
“Corrupted, possessed, glassed,” Saph says, raising a finger with each word. “Common names fo...
2023-03-26 01:27:53 +0000 UTC View PostAh. That… changes things, doesn’t it? As it turns out, while I thought I had all the pieces to the puzzle, I was still missing one or two.
“Not a gang leader, then,” I mutter.
What does the role of baron entail here? Relevant political information travels through my mind, remi...
2023-03-25 16:02:51 +0000 UTC View Post