After throwing another glance back over his shoulder to make sure they weren't about to get stomped into paste by the dragon, Luke turned his attention to Liza. Taking her face into his hands smeared the blood leaking from her eyes, and he got it all over himself. A renewed roar from the dragon a...
2025-08-13 18:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostA bright light shot up into the air and hovered near the ceiling. It allowed everyone to see as the dragon righted itself in the air and came to a somewhat graceful landing on the cavern floor. The beast appeared even more massive now that it was up close, with most of its attention on the Integr...
2025-08-11 18:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostWhile not rested perhaps (two small children all day every day takes more energy than a full time job), I've returned from vacation with an eagerness to really buckle down and write. Friday's chapter was the last one I had banked beforehand so I managed the summer without a pause in releases, but...
2025-08-11 07:36:46 +0000 UTC View PostThe dragon roared in pain and pulled free, but it had lost much of its maneuverability and almost a third of its health bar. An onslaught of messages scrolled across Luke's interface, but he ignored them all. It was just people working themselves into a panic. Useless.
"You could have told ...
2025-08-08 18:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostLiza put a hand on Mateo's shoulder. "We're not going to fight a dragon."
"Wait," Hanna said.
"Not you, too," Liza groaned.
Hanna shook her head. "No, that's not it. There is something else. It's... my shadows are trembling, like they are reacting to something."
"The drago...
2025-08-06 18:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe Torturer’s chains hurtled through the air over Nate and Mateo’s heads. Both reacted, with Nate raising his shield, blocking one chain, and Mateo’s spear piercing another. Two remained. Threads of Mana reached out and intercepted both as Luke sliced through the spellweaves animating the ...
2025-08-04 18:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostEven while running toward the fighting, Nate showed restraint and moved with caution, keeping his shield at the ready. Whatever was going on, it was quite far away. While the party hurried forward, Luke seized the opportunity to exchange a few words with Hannah, since they hadn't spoken since wha...
2025-08-01 18:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostAfter running up to the tunnel entrance, Luke stopped and waited for the rest of his party. The recent experiences, as well as cold, hard logic, told him that it would indeed be insane to rush into that waiting darkness all on his own. Nate was hot on his heels, and Mateo's fluid running made it ...
2025-07-30 18:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostStill feeling some of the effects from the desperate struggle to stay alive in the middle of a throng of dwarves, Luke followed Nate deeper into the dungeon, heading for the outpost.
"Do you think the dwarves attacked now because the portal opened?" Nate asked.
Luke had thought about ...
2025-07-28 18:00:32 +0000 UTC View PostThe dwarf commander strained and put his whole body in the downward motion that would end right across Luke's neck. Desperate, Luke lashed out with a thread of mana from the back of his head and pushed the commander so the axe blade dug into the back of one of the dwarves weighing Luke down.
<... 2025-07-25 18:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post"Curtis! Get back here now!" Luke shouted, and for once, Curtis listened, joining Luke in killing a cluster of dwarves, allowing Luke to see to his own injury.
With The Healer's Moment on cooldown and time being at a premium, he decided to flood the injury with healing mana. Only then did h...
2025-07-23 18:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe dwarves were quite a bit shorter than the defending humans, but their appearance was anything but childlike. In movies, dwarves were often allied with humans, and looked a lot like them, but not these. Red, glowing, and empty eyes stared out unblinking from under rough metal helmets full of d...
2025-07-21 18:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post"Uh, hello," Luke said, raising his hands and backing away a little from the gem-lit spear points.
"I can't inspect them," Curtis muttered.
One of the spears was raised into the air, and a man stepped into the range of Milla's light orb. "You are men, not dwarves, or we would have see...
2025-07-18 18:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostMilla returned after having stepped away to make a call, interrupting Luke as he was about to heal Curtis. "Do you know when the portal will open?"
"No," Luke said, glancing over to the spot where he knew it would turn up, "but soon."
She nodded and walked away again, speaking into he...
2025-07-16 18:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post"Ray is at the orb?" Luke texted back without slowing down.
"A surveillance camera picked up his likeness heading into the park just now," Johanson texted, before adding, "We have drones searching the area from above and personnel on the ground."
She sent an image. It was black and wh...
2025-07-14 18:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostAlone in the room, Luke sat down on a stool on wheels and kicked the floor, pushing off to make himself slide across the room. Weeeee!
Tim, that bastard, lied about almost everything. But he was right about one thing: the ability to dull pain changed everything. With this, Lu...
2025-07-11 18:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostTim rushed up to them both. "What did you do? Explain it to me."
Luke did his best to explain the pain-dampening procedure. He wasn't quite sure how the mana interacted with the physical nerve and how his Thread of Mana kept it all together, but it worked. It worked better than he'd hoped, ...
2025-07-09 18:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostLuke placed a hand on Aaron's shoulder and closed his eyes. Before doing anything else, he moved a thread to his patient's heart and meta-heart and another one to his lungs. If this was going to work, he'd need to keep a close eye on the vitals.
Having no mobility and no feeling at all mean...
2025-07-07 18:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostHey! Noticed some other authors have Discord as a Patreon perk. What do you think?
// Oskar
2025-07-05 13:10:18 +0000 UTC View PostVasilij was in the middle of a set, straining under a barbell, when Luke entered the gym. There was enough weight on the bar to bend it over his shoulders, and it looked like his head was about to explode from all the popping veins. Still, he completed another five repetitions before racking the ...
2025-07-04 18:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostWith Relian getting farther away by the second, Luke followed out of the apartment, slamming the door behind him before rushing to the stairs. There were more people on the stairs, but Luke ran past them as fast as his legs would carry him, almost falling several times.
"Ray!" he shouted. "...
2025-07-02 18:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Tonight, I’m celebrating! Now I can never use it and focus on writing instead of school!
// Soderberg
2025-07-01 13:06:30 +0000 UTC View PostLuke woke with a start, having no idea where he was.
"Easy," someone said.
It was a man in his late thirties, maybe early forties, with light blond, almost white hair. He was clean-shaven with sharp features and intense eyes, wearing a black tracksuit with white stripes along the arms...
2025-06-30 18:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostHi!
Hope your weekend is going great. Just wanted to drop in and let you know that I changed chapter 35 a little. Now, Luke never meets with the Chief Medical Officer or any other higher ups in the hospital. Tim takes care of all that busywork.
On other news, my vacation just started....
2025-06-29 07:34:37 +0000 UTC View PostSorry about spoilers! messed up with the scheduling somehow and a few people glimpsed chapter 55 right now. x_X
2025-06-27 18:20:24 +0000 UTC View PostA storm of people rushed in, shouting as they checked the medical monitoring equipment.
"We've got EEG spiking!"
"Arrhythmia and desat!"
"Stay calm! What could this be?"
The neurosurgeon grabbed Luke. "What happened?"
"I-I removed the tumor," Luke said.
"And?"<...
2025-06-27 18:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostAfter sitting down to text Alan to check on his status and replying to the influencer girl with the injured brother, Luke opened his interface to check on what new skills the system awarded him upon reaching level 10. He blinked and leaned forward, then shook his head. This was too much. Far too ...
2025-06-25 18:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone,
Unfortunately, producing the AI-narrated version of Lifewear is taking up time and money I don’t have. It was a fun experiment despite the many less than friendly messages I received during this brief run.
With this, I’ll also be removing the older c...
2025-06-24 09:49:39 +0000 UTC View PostThe dungeon would close in an hour. What would that mean for those still inside? Luke needed to get there right away, but first he needed to
The dungeon would close in an hour. What would that mean for those still inside? Luke needed to get there right away, but first he needed to help his ...
2025-06-23 18:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone!
New chapter dropping tomorrow but I wanted to check in and let you know that I’d really appreciate it if you call me out on things in the story that you think is weird, you don’t follow, etc. You’re my first eyeballs on the story and the ones I listen to the most.
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