"It didn't really resist," I muttered as I kicked the head of the Sarcouzia away from the spindly body.
It had taken me a few hours to trace down the final one, and the battle was more than a little anticlimactic.
"Of course it didn't! It had used all of its energy chasing you in its ...
2021-07-08 20:37:43 +0000 UTC View PostAuthors note: So, I did it again. Somehow I posted the wrong chapter previously. I fixed it by putting the CORRECT chapter 16 over the previous one. You can find it by following this link. https://www.patreon.com/posts/531...
2021-07-04 18:51:42 +0000 UTC View PostI decided to put out a short update on what's been going on and what will happen in the next few months.
First, a bit about the writing:
I'm working on something called a chapbook for NBB A sphere's tale. That means the story will be divided into three or four parts, each roughly a hu...
2021-07-04 06:22:53 +0000 UTC View Post"I wonder who she killed," Bastian whispered as he clenched his fists. "I want to be the one that puts an end to that firefucker's life!"
Bastian had been muttering the same thing for a while now, and I wasn't sure how to answer. We were sneaking through the corridors, making our way to whe...
2021-06-30 19:38:55 +0000 UTC View PostGD18s mind spun quickly, scanning around. He sensed nothing, but he didn't believe Mutar would just make this up. Although he had no map of the city, he did have a road map of the area. Through the status popup, he quickly searched for Terento. A spaghetti-like roadmap appeared, and he zoomed in ...
2021-06-27 19:05:50 +0000 UTC View Post"How is he not dead yet…"
Bastian's confused mutters were the first I heard as I slowly came back to. My head was pounding like crazy, and I felt an infernal itch on my shoulder. It was so bad I couldn't stop myself from reaching up to scratch.
"No, don't!" Bastian hissed, and I fel...
2021-06-23 20:21:08 +0000 UTC View PostBastian stepped through the rubble, kicking at some books. He was wearing a massive backpack stuffed with rations and other things needed to stay here for a while.
"You two made a mess of things," he said before bending over and examining a book.
I snorted. "This was all his doing." 2021-06-20 18:49:22 +0000 UTC View Post
TD18 moved towards a passage between two buildings. A four-story building had collapsed against the one beside it, which was only still standing thanks to being stuck against the collapsed side of the cavern. The thousands of small legs that lifted him had grown stronger, and although he was stil...
2021-06-20 18:35:38 +0000 UTC View PostI woke to feel refreshed and fit and stretched until my joints popped. Voices came from the main temple room, but I ignored them and crossed my arms behind my head. I kept my eyes closed and took deep breaths, enjoying the relaxed feeling.
After I got up, I had no idea how long it would be ...
2021-06-16 20:43:27 +0000 UTC View PostAs soon as Mutar was out of sight, GD18 started preparations. The longer he was here, the more dangerous it could be, and he still needed to choose his upcoming evolution. He summoned his modified status window and opened the list of potential evolutionary trees he had prepared as suitable before...
2021-06-13 19:17:54 +0000 UTC View PostBefore Laurel could vocalize the shock on her face, low rumbling laughter filled the room. The three of us turned to the door, where Ulderion was shaking his head, still with his back towards us.
"That's why you're growing so fast! You're an imbalanced one," he laughed again, then waved his...
2021-06-13 17:45:09 +0000 UTC View PostWhen GD18 finished inscribing the vocal pattern, Mutar still wasn't back. GD18 wasn't worried. He had seen how fast the undead had gotten used to his body during the battle. If anything happened, he should be able to flee.
GD18 focused on the skill and rumbling moved through the tunnel. Sto...
2021-06-09 18:48:27 +0000 UTC View PostI closed the door, my eyes on Laurel, who was still pleading in front of the statue with a voice close to breaking. The pleading in her voice reminded me of something I'd rather forget. A moment when I'd pleaded like that, but for a different reason. For a moment, I was lying on the sidewalk agai...
2021-06-09 18:39:51 +0000 UTC View PostAn hour later, they found themselves at another crossroads, and this time the choice was easy. GD18 turned right into a much wider tunnel from which came a thick, pungent smell. Sickly and sweet, he knew what it was, his body instinctively told him as his massive lined stomachs rumbled.
"Ar...
2021-06-05 19:08:39 +0000 UTC View Post"You're joking, right?" I said, staring in disbelief at the small, dusty, and doorless room. It was carved out of the rock of the eastern cliff.
Haltir and I stood in a dirty alley after walking through what had to be the worst part of town. All the buildings were rundown with closed and sh...
2021-06-05 18:36:26 +0000 UTC View PostDammit! GD18 cursed as he pulled in as much data from the next database as he could. The connection kept destabilizing like some archaic over the air network. The second it finished, he selected the third and probably final one he could download before the connection terminated.
He...
2021-06-03 18:02:49 +0000 UTC View PostGD18 scrutinized the skeleton. It was different from the ones it found in its databases, reminding him more of humans. Scanning through the plans he had laid out for after he had taken over the Wyrm, he realized he needed to make some changes to how he dealt with Mutar. He had to quickly get the ...
2021-05-30 17:37:35 +0000 UTC View Post"It has to be a demon," Laurel said as she stared across the table laden with plates of food.
I shrugged, gnawing at what looked like a haunch of meat, but what Laurel told me was actually a mushroom. It tasted a bit like beef, but it wasn't as stringy and a bit too soft for my liking. Swal...
2021-05-30 17:23:22 +0000 UTC View PostWith my gaze firmly locked on the hallway through which Ellis and Richal were, I began cooking up a plan to get rid of them.
I felt something inside me struggle as different ways of killing the two primes played through my mind. I'd never been ruthless, but I felt little as I imagined trick...
2021-05-30 17:23:11 +0000 UTC View PostA stunned silence hung in the stomach as GD18 stared wordlessly at the chessboard in front of him. That was almost at the level of a grandmaster, he thought as he analyzed the forty-one games they had played, again and again, creating graphs and with curves that went up so steeply until ...
2021-05-25 18:55:26 +0000 UTC View PostThe guard just looked at us for a while, his eyes seemingly glued on our mounts. The muted sounds of festivities came from the door behind him. After a moment, he beckoned us forward, and Laurel dismounted, guiding the goat forward by hand. The gate was obviously meant for cindermares, as Laurel ...
2021-05-25 18:44:24 +0000 UTC View Post"I'm bored," Mutar said, sitting motionless on the rock and staring into the slowly bubbling white liquid that was the stomach acid.
"So you've told me forty-seven times already in the past week," GD18 responded, wondering if he should have named the skeleton 'Annoying' in the ancient Latin...
2021-05-19 19:57:02 +0000 UTC View PostTen minutes after we had begun fleeing from the Inrel Demon, I couldn't hear the Torpels anymore, and a cursory glance had shown there was nothing following us. Haltir didn't show any signs of stopping, though. With a pounding headache and tired as if I hadn't slept in a week, I was having a hard...
2021-05-19 19:48:57 +0000 UTC View PostWe walked our goats through long, four-meter high, six-meter wide paths that led straight through the mountain. A dim light came from smaller corridors to our right.
Taking a look at the one we passed, I looked at the well-lit area that lay beyond. Small openings were barely visible in the ...
2021-05-16 18:26:10 +0000 UTC View PostFor the next few weeks, GD18 paid close attention to anything the Wyrm swallowed, quickly coming to the conclusion that there was far too much sand, stone, and debris for it to be normal. That meant the Wyrm was below ground or in a canyon system.
Three weeks, two days, and a few hours late...
2021-05-16 18:25:25 +0000 UTC View PostWe searched around the mountains for three days, trying to locate a good spot for a city, resting either near Torpel Trees or close to the coast. We didn't find any other food, and the fish didn't taste any better after it was dried. Still, even with the constant fear of monsters, we slept well a...
2021-05-12 19:35:00 +0000 UTC View PostA bright blue light suddenly snapped on in a moist and dark chamber with soft and contracting walls, and a crisp female voice began speaking.
~ Massive influx of ambient undead energy radiation… Damage sustained due to blunt trauma. Using energy to initiate basic repair program. ~
T...
2021-05-09 20:01:35 +0000 UTC View PostI stared at the group of four Vengeful Sprayers as I had dubbed them. A fifth one was en route to the sea to get his first load. It was becoming light, and although I was tired, I was also incredibly content.
Three rudimentary bows lay beside me, only lacking a string, while two shin guards...
2021-05-09 19:50:05 +0000 UTC View Post"You're sure we can't remove it?" I asked, staring at the beautiful vista behind a massive fungal growth.
"Impossible. The seeds will be deep in the ground, and it will regrow, infecting everyone and everything," Laurel said as she inspected the massive mushrooms and fungi.
We were st...
2021-05-06 17:34:16 +0000 UTC View Post** Note from the author **
My proofreader hasn't had the chance to read this yet, so you might find some errors. I'll put up the edited version as soon as I get it.
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Chapter 1: A new goal
"Do you think he will stop pouting soon?"
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2021-05-02 19:13:13 +0000 UTC View Post