It was an awe-inspiring and wholly impossible scene. The floating mountain was enormous. Elijah already knew that. However, it certainly wasn’t large enough for what he saw before him.
Towering spires of jagged black rock stood tall and proud, connected by bridges of flame. Or that ...
2025-04-08 15:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostI just wanted to make an announcement that the pre-order for Protector of the Grove (Path of Dragons 1) is now completely live. That means I'll probably be taking those chapters down in a week or two, so if you want to read them before May 6, you should probably get to it.
Anyway, here's...
2025-04-08 14:42:43 +0000 UTC View Post“I know you,” Zeke said, keeping his skills on the verge of activation. In less than a second, he could take on the form of a [Primordial Titan] and lay waste to the entire building via [Eye of Judgement]. Or if the newcomer turned out to be who he expected her to be, then perhaps...
2025-04-08 13:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostWithout his many advantages, ranging from an extremely high constitution attribute and the degree to which he’d cultivated his body, Elijah would not have survived being so close to the Elemental Maelstrom. Even with those advantages, he felt like he was being sandblasted and burned alive...
2025-04-07 15:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostZeke wasn’t certain what he had expected when he’d stepped into the ways, but it certainly wasn’t the landscape stretching before him. Or given that it ended after only a mile, the expanse might be a better descriptor.
The landmass, such as it was, seemed entirely mundane....
2025-04-07 13:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe landscape was otherworldly.
Floating mountains of rock hovered miles above the surface of the planet, while outcroppings of crystal jutted from the ground. Those crystal formations ranged widely, both in terms of size and color. Some were the size of skyscrapers, while...
2025-04-06 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post“Cindrandir,” Elijah muttered to himself as he followed the fire giants through the city of Stillstone. Normally, he would have marveled at the various architectural wonders, but he barely noticed any of it. Instead, all but two facets of his mind settled on a single subject – t...
2025-04-05 15:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostFirst of all, I just wanted to thank everyone here for all your support. So far, writing Path of Dragons has been the most rewarding experience of my professional life as a writer. Seeing this community grow (especially on Discord, but also via some of your vigorous discussions in the comments)...
2025-04-04 15:13:55 +0000 UTC View PostMiguel crouched at the mouth of the cave, his every muscle tense as he beheld a spectacle no one should ever have to witness. Hundreds of trolls, many of whom rode giant insects, charged the walls of the fortress below.
“I can’t watch,” Isaak muttered from beside him.
<... 2025-04-04 15:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostIt took Zeke a few days – at least as far as he could tell – to get his bearings. Navigating a shattered world was difficult enough without the fact that his efforts hadn’t killed the entire population. Certainly, anyone within a few hundred miles of [Primordial Wrath] had died ...
2025-04-04 13:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostElijah let out a scream of triumph as his fingers closed around the flying serpent. That quickly turned to a grunt of pain as lightning flowed through his body. He didn’t release the thing, though. Instead, he maintained his grip as he landed in the black sand. A second ...
2025-04-03 15:10:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe city was a confusing maze of staircases and ramps. Clearly, it had never been built with practicality in mind, because trying to transport goods from one place to another would have been an absolute nightmare. The giants didn’t seem to mind, though.
What did bother t...
2025-04-03 15:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostReality cracked.
The world splintered into infinite pieces.
And at the center of it all stood a single man. A primordial whose power knew no bounds. In that split second between life and non-existence, Mak’tar fled.
As if he could outrun judgement itsel...
2025-04-03 13:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostThe soft click-clack of claws hitting tiles echoed through the massive hall as Elijah, Oscar, and the pack of dogs followed the fire giant guard. The interior of the palace was even more impressive – and in a lot of ways, oppressive – than the exterior had led Elijah to expect, and he c...
2025-04-02 15:10:01 +0000 UTC View PostElijah laid his hand on the rune-inscribed stone gate, his eyes closed as he felt the currents of ethera rushing along his fingertips. As his senses had sharpened and his cultivation had improved, he’d developed the ability to distinguish between different types of ethera. Whether i...
2025-04-02 15:05:02 +0000 UTC View Post“Those rifles would be easier to use,” Captain Essex said, holding the shortsword out and looking down its blade. “We’ve considered basing our defense around them.”
“That’s a mistake,” Carmen insisted.
“It’s a force multiplier, and an easy one for most ...
2025-04-02 15:00:17 +0000 UTC View Post“This doesn’t look good,” Elijah said.
“It doesn’t matter how it looks,” Oscar responded. Elijah didn’t need Soul of the Wild to know that the man was incredibly tense. The same was true of the dogs, all of whom were laser focused on the sight before them. 2025-04-01 15:10:01 +0000 UTC View Post
It took two days to bring Oscar back to consistent consciousness. Before that, he drifted in and out, but only regaining full consciousness for a few delusional moments before once again succumbing. During those times, he rambled about Escobar. Elijah hadn’t missed that the li...
2025-04-01 15:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostThe demon begged.
He pleaded.
He promised Zeke the world.
But it all fell on deaf ears as [Pantheon] ripped the once-haughty thing apart, bit by bit, until even his screams receded into nothing. All the while, Zeke watched impassively. He could have ended it so...
2025-04-01 13:00:18 +0000 UTC View PostAs it turned out, the giants were extremely poor – at least in terms of loot. Aside from a pouch with a couple of silver ethereum, Elijah found nothing of note. Their weapons, which seemed so magical before, were low quality, and without any spells running through them, they lost an...
2025-03-31 15:10:01 +0000 UTC View PostCatharsis through healing.
Elijah often neglected his healing abilities, usually reserving them to mend his own wounds. However, he couldn’t deny that focusing on the well-being of others brought with it a healing of its own. It didn’t solve any of his problems. He sti...
2025-03-31 15:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostZeke grabbed hold of a monster with both hands, then ripped it apart. It showered him in viscera, but by that point, he’d killed so many of the creatures that he was absolutely covered in the stuff. His efforts had turned the surrounding lake red with blood, and bits of other monste...
2025-03-31 13:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostBogotá was a city of contrast.
That was abundantly clear as Elijah left his meeting with the Comisario and forged ahead into the settlement. He’d seen the skyscrapers from afar, so he thought he knew what to expect. However, at the base of each building were a multitude...
2025-03-30 15:10:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe two men stationed at the building’s main entrance wore green fatigues, though they were both armed with giant, studded cudgels that hung from their belts. One man carried a wand in a holster at his hip, while the other had a shield slung across his back. Both were also equipped ...
2025-03-30 15:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostElijah stood apart from the Spires, his arms crossed in annoyance. He hadn’t been there long, and according to the space mage – someone he didn’t know – it would be more than twenty minutes before he could depart. His irritation had nothing to do with the passing time, though....
2025-03-29 15:10:01 +0000 UTC View PostA bird rested upon Elijah’s shoulder while a two-tailed fox curled in his lap. He ignored both, instead focusing entirely on the stillness within him. His heart barely beat, he didn’t breathe, and his core remained perfectly dormant. There wasn’t a drop of ethera in his ch...
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