Miguel sat in the center of the grove, his legs crossed as he meditated. A gentle rain fell upon his head, soothing his tired muscles. He had been training for hours, running, swimming, and lifting various rocks before spending even more hours working on his weapons forms. It wa...
2024-05-30 15:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostZeke flooded his skill with mana, pushing his Will in as well. Even as he did, he shouted, “Talia! Run!”
When he’d been knocked from the previous platform, Zeke had lost track of his companion’s location. But he had a vague notion of her direction, and it was oppos...
2024-05-30 13:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostIt quickly became apparent that none of the people aboard the boat were in any condition to tell a story. The redheaded woman was mostly healthy, but her demeanor was akin to what Elijah would have expected from a cornered animal. Her eyes darted back and forth, and she tensed at ever...
2024-05-29 15:10:01 +0000 UTC View Post
“If you keep making that face, it’ll freeze like that,” said Elijah, looking up from his meal of seared lamb chops and spanakorizo. The lamb chops were well-seasoned and flavorful, with a hint of lemony zest, but the real star of the meal was the spanakorizo, which was a ...
2024-05-29 15:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostFirst of all, I want to apologize for the lateness of this week's check-in. I'm getting close to the end of book four of Path of Dragons, so I was a bit distracted. I hope you'll all understand!
This past week was pretty awesome. Not only has Path of Dragons remained on the front page of...
2024-05-29 08:09:31 +0000 UTC View PostNerthus sat on the branch of the juvenile ancestral tree, basking in the potent life coursing through its limbs. The tree wasn’t nearly as powerful as its forebear, but then again, Nerthus had never expected it to be. It was still young, and it hadn’t been afforded the same opport...
2024-05-28 15:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostLenu, the Primordial of Life met the black cloud going too fast for Zeke to track, and when her fist cracked into the thing, the mist parted, revealing a sight he would never forget. The individual pieces were easily catalogued. Claws. Tentacles. More eyes than he could co...
2024-05-28 13:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostAs the infuriating man turned away, Sadie seethed. When she felt ethera start to swirl, she embraced Consecrated Shield. It was an upgrade of the basic Warrior ability, Bulwark, but it was far more powerful.
Consecrated Shield
Su...
2024-05-27 15:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostFor a long while, Zeke lay on the floor. After everything he’d been through in the dungeon, he was exhausted. It was his fault, really. With how relatively easily he’d conquered the previous two dungeons – both the centaur trials as well as the arena where he’d ground ou...
2024-05-27 13:00:18 +0000 UTC View PostBefore Elijah activated the gate, he inspected the other notification he’d received after completing the preparation of the hide.
Congratulations! You have created a unique item: [Tanned Steelskin Boar Leather]
Overall Grade: Complex (mid)...
2024-05-26 15:00:29 +0000 UTC View PostSurprisingly, getting Wilhelm’s equipment back wasn’t difficult. It helped that word of Elijah’s deeds had already spread throughout the city of Khotont, but he suspected that the gambling den let the items go mostly because they had no use for the esoteric equipment. They were ...
2024-05-25 15:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe night was cold, and Wilhelm definitely wasn’t dressed for it. So, Elijah only led him a couple miles out of town before he stopped and made camp. There weren’t many trees in the steppes, so wood was at a premium. That meant that he was forced to use alternate fuel for hi...
2024-05-24 15:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostTalia dove into the hole, narrowly avoiding the storm of blades that had plagued her for the past few hours. After spending countless days flitting from one memory to the next, she’d finally broken free, only to find herself standing on a windswept plain. There was no vegetation.&nb...
2024-05-24 13:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostThe winter sun hung high in the expansive blue sky, unobscured by even the wisp of a cloud. A hawk cried overhead, and a cold breeze cut across the grasslands. Elijah didn’t feel it. Even without his Cloak of the Iron Bear, which protected him from the cold, he wouldn’t have...
2024-05-23 15:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe ground rumbled, telling Zeke to jump. He did, slamming into the side of the wall, then springing forward. He sailed through the air, shouldering his way through three grasping statues before hitting more than thirty feet from where he’d started. He tucked his shoulder, rol...
2024-05-23 13:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe mighty boar lay on its side, its chest heaving with panic. Eyes bigger than volleyballs twitched back and forth, evidence of the animal’s ongoing terror. Foam collected at the corner of its gaping mouth as it hyperventilated, letting out rumbling snorts with every breath. ...
2024-05-22 15:10:51 +0000 UTC View Post“That guy’s not going to get executed or anything, is he?” asked Elijah, sitting at one of the long tables in the communal dining area. After his first visit, he’d learned that the locals referred to it as zuushny gazar, which fittingly translated to “eating place.” However, he...
2024-05-22 15:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post“We can’t thank you enough,” said Tömörbaatar, passing Elijah a cup.
One whiff was all it took for him to identify the milky, white liquid as something alcoholic, but it was unlike anything Elijah had ever seen before. So, he asked, “What’s this?”
“Airag.&n...
2024-05-21 15:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe skill didn’t require a gesture, but Zeke had long grown accustomed to swinging his hammer when he used his skills. In this instance, that wasn’t possible. He’d lost Voromir early during his stint being tossed around inside the living tornado that was the storm elemental.&nbs...
2024-05-21 13:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostA thousand insects manifested by Swarm descended upon the boar, but to Elijah’s horror, their bites proved entirely incapable of penetrating the creature’s hide. However, he didn’t have the chance to lament the conjured insects’ impotency before he was forced to flee before its thun...
2024-05-20 15:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostThe glassy surface of the plateau reflected the sky, and a blue expanse spread out before Zeke. He trudged forward, his every step thudding with the finality of exhaustion. Wind gusted to several hundred miles an hour, cutting into him and wearing away large slabs of his titanic body....
2024-05-20 13:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostSo, this has been a busy week for me. Just a lot of little things cropping up that needed to be taken care of, which messed with my schedule pretty badly. I ended up getting the work done, but it wasn't as smooth as I like. I'm a creature of habit, and when something throws a wrench into my sc...
2024-05-20 02:28:15 +0000 UTC View PostElijah soared through the air above the swamp, his thoughts centered o...
2024-05-18 21:14:56 +0000 UTC View PostThe city of Argos looked much the same as it always did, though Elijah still felt warmed by the general aura of acceptance he felt while walking its streets. Everywhere else he went, it seemed as if everyone was waiting for him to snap and start killing people. They either walked on e...
2024-05-17 15:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostTalia fell upon the bed and, with a dramatic wail, buried her face in her pillows. It actually took her a moment before her mind caught up to the scenario, but when it did, her tears dried and the sobs fell away. Lifting her head, she looked around, seeing the once-familiar confines o...
2024-05-17 13:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostElijah awoke to the feeling of someone climbing the steps to his treehouse. Even in his drowsy state, it only took a moment for him to focus on that facet of his Quartz Mind and identify Carmen. And she didn’t seem happy, judging by the set of her shoulders and the scowl on her face...
2024-05-16 15:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostZeke punched the rocky surface, creating a handhold upon impact that he used to drag himself up the cliff. As he did, wind whipped against him, threatening to dislodge him from his perch. He had no context, but he expected that the wind gusts far exceeded that of the most powerful hur...
2024-05-16 13:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostWith the light of a gibbous moon shining down on him, Elijah landed in a clearing near the grove. When he hit the ground, it still sent a shock through his legs and up his spine, but the impact was far less severe than it had been even six weeks before. All of his practice, it seemed,...
2024-05-15 15:10:00 +0000 UTC View PostCarmen’s file scraped against the block of dragonstone, removing only the tiniest bit of material. In a lot of cases, it would have been frustrating, but Carmen had long since fallen into what she referred to as a worker’s trance. It wasn’t a skill or anything – just a tendenc...
2024-05-15 15:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post