Hiveling Behemoth. Level 17.
The ant was ten times the size of its brethren and towered over the small group of humans as it approached, surrounded by its smaller counterparts. Mateo rushed to face it, but even his impressive speed was no match for Penny's spells.
The group turned to him.
"What do you mean, wrong?" Penny asked.
"The storms are coming from different directions. They might still be from the Queen, but she's not over there," he said, pointing in the direction they'd been going. "Or there," he continued, pointing left, "or there," ...
2025-12-25 19:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post“The queen,” Lucy said after they had been walking for a short while.
“What about it?” Luke asked.
“Ant queen.”
Luke hadn’t made that connection. “Yeah. You’re probably right. That means a whole lot of those Hivelings between us and the boss.”
“A colo...
2025-12-24 19:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post"A desert?" Penny groaned. "I don't even like the beach."
"Not many shadows around," Hannah noted.
Luke took a step forward and shielded his eyes against the sun as he looked out across the vast expanse of sand around them. "Not much of anything."
New Quest: End...
2025-12-23 19:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostA shower and a meal, and Luke was all but restored from his long workout session, except. Perhaps, for a bit of soreness. Just as he was about to message Dot to see about finding a place to make a dinner reservation, she contacted him.
Dot: "Luke, I apologize, but I can't make it to...
2025-12-22 19:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post"Can't you sleep in?" Luke asked, stretching his arms toward the ceiling, still in bed as Dot dressed.
She gave him a mischievous grin before pulling yesterday's dress over her head. "Some of us have to work for a living." As she buttoned the few buttons on the front, she gave him a wink. "...
2025-12-19 19:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostA realization hit as he sat there, feeling good about his skill picks and the decision to keep two points in reserve, in case a situation arose where he might need a specific skill.
Luke: "Shit, guys. Sorry. I sort of rendered myself unconscious. Am I too late for that beer?" 2025-12-18 19:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Eight unallocated skill points remained, with quite a few more interesting skills to choose from. Before picking more skills, he would have wanted to test the new ones he'd chosen, but now that he was alone, that would've been more than a little difficult. Guardian Weave, he'd tested. The other o...
2025-12-17 19:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe empty space made their words and even steps echo against the stone walls and the high stone ceiling above. Trevor explained he'd initiate the collection of machines and systems items the Architects had cobbled together to create the first working human-made portal-creator. Starting out simple...
2025-12-16 19:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post"Oh?" Dot said, turning her head sideways to look at him, a smile creeping onto her face. "You didn't come to give me another kiss?" The seriousness in Luke's expression made her blink and sit up. "What is it?"
He went over and sat opposite her in the chair the patients used. "Remember Lesl...
2025-12-15 19:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe apartment was silent, dark, and empty. Those biker-people hadn't been invisible. No wonder he hadn't been able to detect their presence, because they hadn't been there at all. They had teleported in and now they'd teleported out, dragging him with them.
It was a big place with a separat...
2025-12-12 19:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post"Luke! Come in!" Alan said, his voice booming from behind his desk as he gestured to the people sitting in plush chairs in front of him. "This is the young man I told you about. I'm sure he'll be able to help you."
Luke approached and shook their hands, introducing himself before turning to...
2025-12-11 19:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostHey all!
Just wrote the final words for book two. At 94 chapters and 156k words, it is about as long as book one. Can't wait for you to find out how it ends. I'll be taking a break for the next couple of days now but the chapters are scheduled, so you won't miss out on any reading.
Ha...
2025-12-11 14:03:13 +0000 UTC View PostAfter saying goodbye to Liza and Monica, having parted on good terms, Luke entered the DIA headquarters. It wasn't just Monica's headaches and tattoos that were gone, but her scars as well. The women had mixed feelings about that, but they were grateful for the healing, at least.
Johanson w...
2025-12-10 19:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe ISG man stood and brushed off his suit and adjusted his tie. "Thank you for having your pet unhand me. Viola informed you of the marauding criminal element who found your apartment earlier, did she not?"
"She did."
"We did not expect a second attempt, and so we had a momentary lap...
2025-12-09 22:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostLuke had to sit down. "95 attribute points? 19 skill points? Holy shit."
Then he frowned. Did the math check out? Counting, he didn't think it did. He must've looked... Interesting sitting there on that bench, slack-jawed with his fingers in the air, as if writing on an invisible whiteboard...
2025-12-09 12:43:53 +0000 UTC View PostMessed up a bit with the chapters, sorry. I've gone through them and made sure its the right text to the right number now. Went ahead and released a chapter or two extra for you inconvenience!
// Oskar
2025-12-06 07:50:27 +0000 UTC View PostBefore entering the hotel, Luke made sure every speck of radiation in his body was taken care of. The front of the building was inviting, with large windows at the bottom and pillars rising along the front wall, pink and white lights shining from below to provide an ambiance.
Cars dro...
2025-12-06 07:49:04 +0000 UTC View PostRecovery was a grueling process. Despite the influx of mana from all those people willing to help, stopping the inner Chernobyl that was his body from degenerating into mush and cancer soup made Luke long for sweet release. Having come this far, there was no way he'd take that step, of course. Af...
2025-12-06 07:48:28 +0000 UTC View PostLuke slammed the Tempered Staff straight into Leslie's fucking face. It caved in with a horrific crunch and a shower of blood.
Leslie fell.
Weaver's Perception told Luke he'd lost consciousness.
With that mangled mess that could no longer be called a face, there was no way...
2025-12-06 07:48:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe flashing brightness allowed the dragon to wrest control back for a moment while Luke struggled to hold on to consciousness. Once he'd found the way back to his own senses, though, he took control back again. It was far easier this time. With the monster's mana channels not having returned to ...
2025-12-05 19:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostLuke cut into Leslie without hesitation. He'd come this far, and if he let go now, he might never get the chance again. The thread in the Solarian's brain disintegrated, as did the ones in the heart and meta-heart, forced out by Leslie denying them despite Luke's best effort to keep the threads i...
2025-12-04 19:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post"Someone burned me right up with a beam of fire almost as soon as I spawned into the dungeon."
Even in that moment of utter confusion and fear, Dot's words rang through Luke's skull when the flying Integrated appeared. Thin, pale, with a face full of acne scars, the Solarian was covered in ...
2025-12-03 19:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostWith a whole lot more willpower and focus than last time, Luke managed to force a little more time from the spell carrying him through the air. As he hurtled toward the dragon at incredible speed, but unable to make minor adjustments, the effect lessened, and what had been effortless before grew ...
2025-12-02 19:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe Archfiend did not run. Luke reached the monster and saw the dragon pulling away below them. Unsure how long the flying spell would hold, he needed to end this right away. In the distance, the smaller dragons approached as well, Integrated chasing after.
As soon as Luke reached it, he gr...
2025-12-01 19:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostWaving his arms in the air, Luke struggled to right himself as his feet lifted off the ground. The wind still screamed in his ears, but something about the spell the mages had just wrapped around him and Hannah made it so they resisted being pulled away on that invisible, but powerful, current. 2025-11-28 19:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Hannah finding a robe for herself was a stroke of luck, because running through a horde of undead monsters to reach the breach in the wall would have been impossible without both of them being obscured. The magic cloth didn't work on all monsters, of course, but with enough speed and tenacity, th...
2025-11-27 19:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostYou want to travel to its shadow?" Hannah asked, with a look of amazement on her face. "Are you stupid? Sorry, that was harsh. Let me rephrase that. Are you really, really dumb?"
OK, maybe it wasn't amazement, but astonishment, and not the good kind.
"You don't think it'll work?" Luke...
2025-11-26 19:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
I've been getting into drawing and animation lately as a fun hobby. Made this today. It's when Luke uses Threads of Mana to go into someone's physical body, then shifts to the metaphysical plane and severs the main mana channel, stealing the (in this case) meta-heart.
// Oskar
2025-11-26 14:23:20 +0000 UTC View Post