Chapter 118 – Supremacy
(Computer Control Nest, Gel-nak Imperial Navy Ship Fury of Thrixl, high Earth orbit)
Computer Technician First Class Ruxo’s tail swung slowly in consternation as he continued performing his assigned tasks. This invasion was not going at all how the...
2024-12-26 21:51:30 +0000 UTC View PostYes, a holiday chapter. Though not holiday-themed.
Prologue – Trade Chat
(Magical World Disharmony Server, General Chat)
UsualSuspect, manoutoftime, muon, MewTwo, Avariel, Chummer, Golddigger, CrazyCelt, Blaze, DoYouEvenLyft?, MarcoPolo, MightMakesRight, MacD, Inquisito...
2024-12-25 17:04:07 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 206 – Introduction
When we got to the Palacio de Las Garzas, which was the presidential office and residence, like the White House in the US, there were more officials, staffers, and bigwigs in a conference room, waiting for us. Not just bureaucrats, either, from the looks of thin...
2024-12-24 18:13:26 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 364 – Too Powerful
Tyrone Brooks, leader of the Crimson Claws, took a breath to steady himself, just outside the chamber. It had been three days since the Golden Sabers returned with their report on beating the boss of the fifteenth floor, and everything that happened afterwards. ...
2024-12-23 22:55:04 +0000 UTC View PostPrologue: Trade Chat
(Shadowmen In-Game OOC Forum, Seattle Section)
Reminder: This forum is for Out of Character (OOC) discussion only. Please direct in-character discussions (including business dealings and the like) to the appropriate in-world for...
2024-12-21 13:02:53 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 55 – Rest, and Reading
The boss of the seventh floor Treasure Room, Da Big Guy, had been an ogre zombie that looked ugly as sin and smelled worse. He was also a level 21 Barbarian / Thug, when he was supposed to be a level 16 Barbarian. The club he carried was more like a small tr...
2024-12-20 14:57:39 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 117 – Foothold
I flicked the greenish blood off my blade as the second warrior fell. My announcement had not gone unnoticed on the ship. The two guards outside the Command Nest had decided that the best way to respond was by disintegrating the door to get to me. All it earned them...
2024-12-19 15:08:25 +0000 UTC View PostEpilogue – Elsewhere
Four individuals met in a darkened room. No names were shared. Those who knew about this meeting already knew who the other attendees were. There was no need for introductions.
Each individual represented a faction of power. While they were not the nominal heads...
2024-12-18 13:50:58 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 205 – Visit
(Aeropuerto Internacional de Tocumen, Panama City, Panama)
President Jairo Arnal sighed as he waited on the tarmac at the airport. He had been proud to become President of Panama. When he ran, he had great dreams of ways to help improve the lives of the Panamania...
2024-12-17 22:47:23 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 363 – Realization
I chuckled as the fighter finished the task. He may have been acting as though it were a great burden, but when it came time to enjoy himself with the gem-girl’s body, he certainly didn’t hold back. Because of the conditions I’d set, they both needed to cli...
2024-12-16 20:16:22 +0000 UTC View PostEpilogue: Elsewhere
(MetaTech Virtual Headquarters, Shadowmen Control Room)
Demi Turner’s brow furrowed as she looked at the data, going back and forth from the raw numbers to the aggregated feed. This was important. Shadowmen was the biggest release for ...
2024-12-14 19:57:23 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 54 – Thoughts for the Future
“All right, something has clearly fucked with the dungeon,” Astruth said, bitterly. “That boss was way too strong for his level. What gives?”
We had just finished the sixth floor of the dungeon. Problem was, the boss of the sixth floor, I...
2024-12-13 14:29:49 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 116 – Reaction
(New York City)
Luigi was having a great day. Sure, there was an alien invasion on, with the idiots having the unbridled gall to try and land transports in Central Park, but that just meant he got to take a break from his normal routine of shooting people who ...
2024-12-12 19:08:54 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 160 – Ascendant
“Kaori? Is that you?”
A voice came to me, sounding small and afraid. My sister’s voice. I looked over to her, and saw empty space. Then, I looked down, way down. The mortals were there, along with my soldiers and the Magelords, and they were all looking...
2024-12-11 14:53:43 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 204 – Reactions
(Fuerte Desafío, Bocas del Toro, Isla Colón, Bocas del Toro Province, Panama)
“Jefa! Jefa! Big news!”
Keira Hyde sighed as she looked up from the reports on her computer. She’d never set out to become the de facto boss of an entire region. Just ...
2024-12-10 21:41:58 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 362 – Intercession
Loot:
3000 gp
Potion of Full Healing
Girdle of the Immortal Warrior
Bow of the Ancient Slayer
Golden Helm of Might
Aria’s Soulgem
As their group’s expert on magic, Tabitha quickly looked at the loot ...
2024-12-09 21:58:19 +0000 UTC View PostSo, some of you asked whether this story was going to go to Amazon, eventually. And, yes, it is. I'm going to throw things on Royal Road for a bit, but you guys will always be basically a book ahead of them. But stuff does better on RR and Amazon with art, so here's a little something I commissio...
2024-12-07 23:26:53 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 10: Team
Moving the guns was easy for the girls, since Twilight had already turned off and unlocked the displays when she took down the security. I wasn’t worried about getting those out of here. The main concern was making sure the wife didn’t do anything stupid, and Twilight g...
2024-12-07 23:23:16 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 115 – Display
Segment 5:
Iceblade: +2 CSL to DCV (DCV 14)
Warrior 2: +2 CSL to DCV with HTH combat (HTH DCV 12)
Warrior 2’s attack roll (Area), OCV 10...
2024-12-06 20:46:32 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 159 – Reborn
As before, my mages began drawing the circles, under my direction. But, this time, I was not standing with them, in the greater circle around the seal. That was why I had brought out eight, not seven, mages this time. I had risen to take the seat of Death in the Athel...
2024-12-05 14:51:00 +0000 UTC View PostYes, this is out of the typical order. My only excuse is that I started writing this morning, and only realized at 5:30pm that I was writing on my Friday story instead of Wednesday's story. So, Lich Queen tomorrow, and System Supervillain on Friday.
Chapter 53 – Something’s Wrong...
2024-12-04 23:21:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Chapter 203 – Quick Plans
The decision to expand the Kingdom into an Empire meant that I needed to step up my game in terms of governance. Or, at least, I had to start planning for new structures to be put in place. After a certain point, people were going to want to have som...
2024-12-03 22:13:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Chapter 361 – Victory?
The Pyramid was the new bottleneck of the dungeon. Now that everyone knew the ways to avoid Shai-hulud, more groups were making it to the Pyramid, and testing themselves on the boss fight. The boss monsters didn’t pull any punches, but people were sta...
2024-12-02 22:59:10 +0000 UTC View PostSo, I've decided that I will actually be sending this story to Amazon, so commissioned some cover art. Will see what it looks like when it comes in.
Chapter 9: Shots in the Dark
I spent an hour going over the site, making sure I didn’t miss any hidden surprises. ...
2024-12-02 01:24:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Chapter 8: Scouting
“So, did Berzerker live up to her name in bed?”
I chuckled as I looked over to Twilight. It was the next morning, and we were in Babydoll’s van, driving towards Bellevue, where Mel Cozi had his home. Babydoll was driving, of course, ...
2024-11-30 19:50:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Chapter 52 – Dungeon
It was just before noon the next day when we got to the cordon, and the shanty town that had grown up around it. There were some permanent structures, like the Adventurer’s Guild, a guard barracks, and a few shops, but most of the ‘structures’, if t...
2024-11-29 20:27:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Chapter 114 – Lockdown
The next moment, a siren sounded, before I heard the sound of doors slamming shut and the whooshing of air being sucked out of the compartment by the environmental controls. One of the consoles in the computer center lit up with a message that my HUD tr...
2024-11-28 19:47:03 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm kind of proud of this one.
Chapter 158 – The Last Guardian
The dragon looked pained as it turned to look at me. As well it should, since, as I looked closer, it appeared that its flesh had fused with the crystal of the seal itself, forming a bandage to keep t...
2024-11-27 21:54:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Chapter 202 – Moving Fast
After my ‘working lunch’, I had to return to actual work. Being king was great, but if I was going to be anything other than a figurehead, I needed to actually do the work required to run a country. And I had no desire to be a figurehead. Which w...
2024-11-26 21:40:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Prologue – Trade Chat
(Adventurer’s Guild Official Forums, Miami Branch)
SunnyBunz, MightyMouse, ImAPally, DontYouWantMe, AsaAkiraIsBae, BestGirl, LatinHeat, Salty, Backpage, Craig34, l33tpally, Anonymous3, Anonymous4, RedFox, Kimiko, DonnyJuan, Crusader,...
2024-11-25 14:58:15 +0000 UTC View Post