Note: Celebrated my birthday (which was Thursday) yesterday, so apologies for being slow with the chapters today.
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It felt good just roaming the endless forests and seeing its many shades. Alan still had obligations, and a part of him thought tied to the Sanctuary and ...
NOTE: As announced 2 weeks ago, I'm starting the 3 chapters a week schedule. I'm also considering changing the days I post to Mon-Wed-Fri for both stories since that seems like a much-preferred schedule overall.
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It was quite strange how quickly things turned from being questione...
2024-06-28 20:48:38 +0000 UTC View PostIt took Alan most of the day and night to heal his leg. For the first time, he felt the drawbacks of his new trait that had both saved his life and made it fragile in a very different way. All the expensive healing elixirs and potions sat worthless in his shadow inventory.
It was not the pa...
2024-06-28 13:41:36 +0000 UTC View PostA lawyer, apparently, was not an option. What Sunday was given in return was many, many times worse, and made him regret opening his mouth.
Zihei sat on a chair that had been brought in by some mean-looking people. They were certainly not mages, but they screamed danger despite that. Sunday...
2024-06-26 10:22:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Level up!
You have reached level 102 in Tier Two [Shepherd of the Broken]
+5 Attribute Points
+5 to Mind, Will, Magic
This is bullshit.
Alan rested his palms on h...
2024-06-25 18:42:18 +0000 UTC View PostNote: I'm having a pretty annoying technical issue, so the chapters might be late tomorrow, depending on how fast I deal with it. I finished this one on my phone, and let me tell you, I'm not doing this again. My thumbs are too big. I'll edit it tomorrow too, hopefully.
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2024-06-24 22:05:46 +0000 UTC View PostThey hurried their pace, moving toward the Sanctuary at a decent tempo. From time to time the elves used their skills to hide and blend in, but Alan still saw them as bright as lightbulbs. Nothing attacked them despite the paranoia. Whatever danger they were worried about was perhaps too afraid o...
2024-06-24 11:10:10 +0000 UTC View PostDespite the apparent danger of the situation and the pretty clear confirmation that Sunday was, in fact, indirectly responsible for all the trouble befalling the manor, he was in a better mood now.
He was glad that there were reasonable-looking cultists who could form coherent sentences. Of...
2024-06-23 21:26:12 +0000 UTC View PostNOTE: There will be another TFF chapter either today or tomorrow, before the regular one on Tuesday.
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The fight became nothing more than Alan supplying mana to his Dark Servants and bombarding the great beast with blades made of Will infused shadows and [Void Pierces]. The latte...
2024-06-23 12:33:11 +0000 UTC View PostSunday felt like a piece on a gaming board. Only he didn’t know the rules, his purpose, or who was playing.
Whoever is doing this is either trying to probe me, play with my head, or force me down a certain path. The danger is increasing along with my strength as if I’m meant to expe...
2024-06-22 15:54:22 +0000 UTC View Post“What was that?” Elora asked, staring at the carnage before them. She had stood unblinking and unreactive for the whole of it. Sunday had to admit that his own surprise wasn’t much less than hers.
The Vision of the Berserk Moon had turned his heal moths into insectoid termina...
2024-06-21 18:30:37 +0000 UTC View PostIt was not difficult to follow the trail of destruction. The elves were pretty wary of Alan as he passed through their homes, but being led by Derzid was enough deterrent for them to start a fight. Few bared their sharp teeth and stared with a look similar to the one of the large elf Alan had lef...
2024-06-21 11:38:35 +0000 UTC View Post“Have you never ridden a horse before?” Elora asked with curiosity that bordered on being insulting. The innocent tone of the questions was enough to stop Sunday from exploding, but it still annoyed him.
Yet another of the horses similar to the ones he had admired outside of Blumwin tha...
2024-06-18 22:01:45 +0000 UTC View PostNOTE: The SC chapter might be very late or come tomorrow. Sorry. My motivation is in the dumpster today, but that too shall pass. This one might get some edits later too.
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The two squared off below the walls after the elf had dramatically jumped down like some sort o...
2024-06-18 14:32:47 +0000 UTC View PostSunday played with the oblong pieces of shiny platinum inlaid with gold. They felt cold in his hands and the sensation was not half bad. But there were only twenty of them. No mountains or even buckets of gold were given to him, because ‘it was too much to haul at once’.
That might’ve...
2024-06-17 22:14:10 +0000 UTC View PostSunday was left confused. The name gave him even less than he had hoped for. At least the former one he had tried alluded to things and gave ideas. This one was more similar to the Omen of Duality. What the hell was Vision of the Berserk Moon? It certainly sounded ominous and awesome, but it gave...
2024-06-16 17:17:19 +0000 UTC View PostAlan managed to gather a few crystals from the tails of the dead creatures before moving along. Now that he had seen more of them, he saw their teeth were also tinted blue. It was simply a different shade. He doubted the crystal at the end of the tail was responsible for that.
The elves had...
2024-06-16 10:16:24 +0000 UTC View PostSunday slowly examined the first spell. It was like a small silvery toothpick that undulated, changing its size by growing as big as a forearm and back. It didn’t strike him as particularly strong and no light was coming out of it. The habitat Mera had made for it consisted mostly of blocks of ...
2024-06-15 19:31:48 +0000 UTC View PostAhoy. I wanted to make a separate post for those of you who like these sorts of things and to warn you ahead of time so you can freely choose if you're alright with this or not.
I spoke about it once before, but I lasted quite a bit longer at this pace than I anticipated. I plan on doing at...
2024-06-14 21:29:38 +0000 UTC View PostSunday once again fell silent, his desire for self-preservation battling against the weight of being given a second chance at life only to be some sort of a grand hero and save the world from actual Gods. It was a preposterous thought. Why him? Thousands died on Earth every day and, whil...
2024-06-14 21:09:42 +0000 UTC View PostThe elven body, if it could be called that, was mangled beyond recognition. A single eye peeked from a piece of remnant flesh that remained attached to a bloody skull. It was cold and cloudy, whatever emotions the owner of it had experienced at the time of his death long washed away.
The re...
2024-06-14 14:03:39 +0000 UTC View PostThe woman’s face was human and somewhat beautiful, and adorned with pieces of red steel that seamlessly flowed to her hair. The torso was also normal and mostly bare. There was naked flesh and red steel intertwined into one whole – transitioning from soft pink to metallic red. All below the w...
2024-06-11 21:52:39 +0000 UTC View PostAlan lost track of time enjoying his new home. The fruit was delicious, the water made all his worries melt away, and the stars above reminded him of things he had forgotten to enjoy for a long while. Enid’s presence was like a refreshing breeze, a touch of something wild and kind and true to i...
2024-06-11 12:37:38 +0000 UTC View PostThe next few days were somewhat boring but productive. Vyn was off doing errands Sunday had told him to do. There was no need to worry about the man’s safety, unless of course, Sunday had been wrong in his judgment that there was further importance to him, or perhaps his sister. This was all ne...
2024-06-10 21:30:09 +0000 UTC View PostYet another face of Blumwin revealed itself before Sunday, making him wonder how many sides the city still hid from him. It was certainly much larger than his initial estimations, or at least the changes in architecture and roads made him believe so.
He and Vyn were descending down broken c...
2024-06-09 17:17:00 +0000 UTC View PostYour title [Friend of the Spirit World] has become [Dweller of the Spirit World]
Title: Dweller of the Spirit World
To live among the Spirits is an honor few of the living have experienced. Cherish the small corner of their world you’...
2024-06-09 13:38:28 +0000 UTC View PostRiya stared at Sunday with passion he had hoped would be reserved for other activities. However, his previous suggestion had made her lose composure like never before.
“You want to sell me an awakening art? Do you understand what you’re offering? Nobles use them to build personal armies...
2024-06-08 20:27:17 +0000 UTC View PostThe Spine of Thorad – a mountain range that was just that, and nothing more. It was unlucky to bear the name it did, as it was not a name one would speak lightly of in olden times. One of the fallen. One of the dead. One of the Divine.
To kill a Divine was not a simple task and no mortal ...
2024-06-07 20:27:28 +0000 UTC View PostThe strange bear continued its charge and Alan kept spamming his skill. Each cast was just a bit different and more stable, but there was still much to be desired. [Mana Zap] was a simple skill, not even a rare one, but advancing it had proven to be difficult. It was probably because of th...
2024-06-07 14:47:09 +0000 UTC View PostSunday left the practice room exactly twenty-four hours later when the crystal that seemingly powered his enhanced cognitive abilities grew dim, and the door opened by itself. It was quite fascinating how a society such as this had sliding doors, but some things were a necessity.
Quasi-spel...
2024-06-05 18:32:51 +0000 UTC View Post