“Knocked out!” Cirayus roared for what had to be the tenth time. “Ah, to see the look on his face when he wakes up. Can you imagine?”
“I can! I really really can!” Aida replied, slurring her words.
Cirayus was, of course, drunk, and he wasn’t the only one. Aida ...
2024-07-16 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe end of the world was… Well, it was pretty much exactly like I thought it’d be. I had to hand it to the media. When it came to violence and gore, they got things bang on.
Scenes from Apocalypse Now and Blackhawk Down often flashed through my head in the days after t...
2024-07-15 18:19:47 +0000 UTC View PostWhen Vir stepped onto the stage, it was not with the crippling fear over Shan’s health he’d felt prior to his trip into the Ash. Nor did he feel hot anger towards Annas for hurting his cherished friend—anger that had nearly blinded him before. To be sure, those feelings were still ...
2024-07-13 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostMy fists clenched so hard, my fingernails cut into my skin, drawing blood. “By what right? What right do you have to judge me, huh? You brought me into this world! Against my will!”
“Come now. You didn’t actually think you could save everyone, did yo...
2024-07-12 18:22:23 +0000 UTC View Post“Do you see those mountains?” Ashani cried from beside Vir. “How high their peaks soar! And those beasts! What are those called? Look, Vir! Curious. What they—oh! They seem to be mating! Let us take a look.”
Vir rolled his eyes. Ashani had been commenting nonstop since th...
2024-07-11 17:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostA gorgeous woman was seated across from a middle-aged man with slicked hair, dressed in a suit and tie, and who wore polished loafers.
“Wi...
2024-07-10 18:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostVir braced himself for the out-of-body experience that was to come. This time, he was expecting it. This time, it wouldn’t be nearly as bad.
Nothing happened. Or rather, his consciousness was not whisked away to some distant place, nor did he lose control of his body. Rather, his...
2024-07-09 17:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostAs it turned out, the weapon’s stats applied so long as it was anywhere on my person. My Spatial Inventory, however, did not count, and so my ceiling was significantly boosted when I had the sword equipped. Which was always.
The man managed one look of horror before the blade too...
2024-07-08 18:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone! Book two of my progression fantasy epic, Ashborn Primordial, is now on Kindle and Audible!
It'd mean the world to me if you would consider purchasing, but even if you don't, please drop a rating or a review! Those help immensely to boost the story on the amazon al...
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Before I knew it, a week passed, and I was suddenly fighting on par with Philip. When two weeks had passed, I was regularly beating h...
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The wolves’ timing was as impeccable as ever. Just as Vir was about to leave Ashani’s home, the entire ...
2024-07-02 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostSoul Crystal to Process: Obsidian Dragon Soul [Shattered]
Soul Crystal Grade: Emergence
Note: Shattered Crystals are unable to manifest sentience.
Soul Crystal Incorporation Status:
“I… I must make preparations!” Ashani blurted out uncharacteristically, momentarily breaking the serene goddess persona she seemed to always exude.
“Preparations…” Vir said, staring blankly.
“Y-Yes! This is all so sudden…” Ashani cried, stepping back from th...
2024-06-29 17:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostLight of the Fearless [Rare]
This is one big ole honkin’ sword. Made more for looks than functionality, it’s plated in mythril. That’s shiny elf supermetal, in case you didn’t know. Incredible stuff. As a decoration, though? Much less impressive. St...
2024-06-28 18:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe sore throat never happened, mainly thanks to the pranites that worked tirelessly to fix Vir’s body—a luxury he’d still not quite grown accustomed to.
Unlike the tall skyscraper where Vir had first told Ashani of the outside world, this time, she’d taken him to another s...
2024-06-27 17:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostWell, I was right about one thing — my hammer did in fact level up. All the way to F - 9. I was wrong, however, about expecting a corresponding levelup from my Blessing. The worst part was how close I was to E - 5. Sure, the extra Essence was always nice, but it was th...
2024-06-26 18:32:25 +0000 UTC View PostA chill ran down Vir’s spine. One so cold it froze his body in place.
That voice. Strangely melodic, containing tones no natural being could ever achieve. That slight inflection of her tone.
No. It couldn’t be. He’d imagined it.
Vir finally mustered the will...
2024-06-25 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostMy chance came when Aerion asked Philip a question about movement styles, and Philip launched into a lecture about how styles had to suit the person’s body type, their personality, and a slew of other factors, and how too many warriors get the process completely backward.
It sounded inter...
2024-06-24 18:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostThough Vir didn’t require sleep as often as others, it had become customary to adopt the sleep patterns of the locals wherever he’d gone. Tara, however, didn’t enjoy that benefit. As potent as Yuma’s Embrace was, it consumed prana to heal. From the surroundings, if the d...
2024-06-22 17:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostI regained consciousness in a fit of coughs and wheezes.
“The hell happened?”
One moment I’d been fighting Philip, the next… I remember something smashing me really hard on something. Had the guy clubbed me with his sword? Despite lacking Boons or Blessings?
I sat up to ...
2024-06-21 18:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostMaking a split-second decision, Vir slung Shan’s body over his shoulder and Leaped away—all pretense of discreteness gone without a trace.
Bounding over streets and homes, Vir Blinked where he could, and within just minutes, arrived back at the t...
2024-06-20 17:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostBaron Sinclair didn’t immediately reply, cupping his chin as he pondered my request. “I take it you aren’t interested in the gear we provide our City Guard?”
“Actually, I’d love the full plate you issue your guards, but that wasn’t exactly what I had in mind,” I sai...
2024-06-19 18:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostVir sat alone, sipping on some mead at a table along the balcony on the second floor of the Champion’s Roost—the go-to hangout for the tournament fighters. Cirayus was off somewhere with Raja Thaman, and Shan had disappeared as he always did, leaving Vir in the awkward position of no...
2024-06-18 17:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostIt took a bit, but Aerion and I eventually found Commander Tarth and his men in the maze that was Tarquin’s compound. Not only would we be clearing the name of a good man—someone I hoped stayed in power for a long time—but if we played our cards right, I didn’t even want to guess...
2024-06-17 19:36:36 +0000 UTC View PostTara was immediately carted off via stretcher, but when no one came for Shan, Vir grew enraged. Still on the stage, he picked up his unconscious friend and Leaped off the stage, not bothering to respond to the crowd—who booed and jeered at him—nor did he pay any attention to the comm...
2024-06-15 16:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostIt turned out I did not, in fact, have a concussion. A City Guard Boonworthy healer had fixed me up while I’d been out.
That didn’t make my current predicament any less crazy. It actually made it worse—I didn’t have mental illness to blame for the fireballs that streake...
2024-06-14 19:48:11 +0000 UTC View Post“And now, ladies and gentlemen, the moment you’ve all been waiting for! The first official duel of the dayyyy!” Samik shouted, which in turn prompted the whole arena to go wild.
As Vir waited alone in the staging area, he couldn’t help but worry. Not that he’d lose,...
2024-06-13 17:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostAerion moved with a level of relentlessness she could scarcely dream of, slashing and slashing again in a vicious dance of death. Red tinged her vision. Red tinged her blade. It didn’t matter that her strikes barely got past the man’s absurdly thick skin, or that her energy reserves ...
2024-06-07 17:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostVir returned to his seat, intent on proving the naga wrong. While he of course wanted to witness Tara’s fight, that was secondary to his other, far more serious reason—proving her wrong.
As it turned out, he needn’t have worried. Whether it was her bravado speaking, or simply...
2024-06-06 17:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostAerion appeared with the suddenness and ferocity of a rabi...
2024-06-02 12:48:40 +0000 UTC View Post