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Hi; sorry for the lack of update yesterday, the road construction kicked up a notch and aside from waking me up at the early hours of the day, the damn road rollers are so loud I can barely hear myself think. It's really bad, they make the street vibrate so much that my screen shakes wh...
2025-11-26 17:00:19 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor note:
Heavy construction work going in my street at the moment, they're peeling off and redoing the road, it was one hell of a struggle to write through all the shaking and the noise. I managed somehow, but if it gets too bad I might take a day or two off to wait out the construction...
2025-11-24 17:00:21 +0000 UTC View PostPareth unleashed his gravity well, which now came with an additional frost explosion, pulling most of the worms toward him. Sofia’s bolts then carved through the mass of worms around him, making quick work of them, while those who hadn’t been pulled in were dealt with by Pestle and Sonia’s ...
2025-11-21 17:00:22 +0000 UTC View PostSonia stood with Pareth and Sofia in front of a sealed gate, at the periphery of the entrance cavern.
“So, first we enter the root forest. As far as I could tell, no aggressive monsters here, you only need to be careful not to antagonize the ones living there peacefully. That’s on...
2025-11-20 17:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostBefore Sofia could even fully process what she was looking at, Dragon-Crowie had shrunk down to the size of a carriage and ran around the cavern with Bookie on his back.
Without a word, Sofia sat back near the campfire, and started munching on a random fruit from her reserves.
Sonia a...
2025-11-19 17:00:22 +0000 UTC View PostSofia and Sonia ended up talking for a bit while sharing food, trying to get to know each other a bit more. They talked skills and defenses, until it looped back around to the expedition itself.
“So you have absolutely no idea what we’re up for?” Sofia asked.
“Not quite, the h...
2025-11-18 17:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostErredis stood hunched over a table in her workshop, observing Sofia’s six Saint set items. Before her trip to Sorrow’s domain, Sofia had left them with her. Now they had all been tempered in Odalite blood, which seemed to have had no effect on the enchantments, but had at least made them even...
2025-11-17 17:01:29 +0000 UTC View PostSitting on the Abereth in outer space, Sofia watched her divinity slowly tick up from 98 to 99.
About time. I definitely need to find a way to resist divine penalty a bit. If I only get thirty points per filter… Maybe I should ask the essence-hoarding dragon? Stebron I think? Well. 2025-11-14 17:00:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi! I'm happy to announce the audiobook for book four is finally out!
For all of you who gets it, thank you, and I hope you enjoy it.
Otherwise, thank you for your continued support anyway! Have a nice weekend!
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[Quantic transposition]:
/!\ Experimental - Use at your own risk /!\
Transpose yourself with light in your current image.
Always a reassuring warning… Gonna ignore that.
Though I suppose it’s not like too many people could possibly ...
2025-11-13 17:00:19 +0000 UTC View Post“She cannot come,” Merise said, shaking her head, “Your close link to Sorrow is the only reason you can come and go, Sofia. If your sister comes she will be trapped here with me.”
“... Then I’ll bring you out,” Sofia answered with a light frown.
“I told you alrea...
2025-11-12 17:00:32 +0000 UTC View Post“Well? Are you going to stay here and stare like a dead fish, Saintess?”
The unexpected voice pulled Sofia out of her muddled thoughts.
Sofia turned around, only to see a white-clothed man laying in the field of flowers, hands behind his blurry head.
“O- Orator? Why? Is th...
2025-11-11 17:41:30 +0000 UTC View PostIf those people aren’t all human-looking… That changes things a bit. So it’s probably not that they have a full working civilization here… And more that it’s people from outside who end up here somehow…
That lady from earlier, maybe she could have understood ancient...
2025-11-10 18:56:26 +0000 UTC View Post“It is complete,” Ihuarah confirmed, standing next to the ritual circle occupying most of the temple’s main hall floor.
“Are the smelly black candles necessary?” Sofia asked, wondering what the hundreds of candles all around the ritual circle were and why they smelled so strange.<...
2025-11-07 16:01:16 +0000 UTC View Post[Venerable physique of the primeval void] ♢ - Peak of the Light forging realm :
Gather divine essence (30) to unlock the Boundless space realm.
Current divine essence (26) :
Scripture (1)
Aphenoreth (1)
Dread (...
2025-11-06 17:00:21 +0000 UTC View PostPotions appeared in Shaily’s hands one after the other, how much they could really help she wasn’t sure, but at least they gave her the temporary stamina boost she needed to move around. She still had a few sprites ready, but with her mana at rock bottom, those were really her last resort. 2025-11-05 16:50:01 +0000 UTC View Post
It was Shaily’s first time losing her head.
Her mind was clear.
Attack now. She ordered her water elemental.
A chain of multicolored sprites sprouted from her cut spine, following her head like a loose thread, before pulling it back to its rightful place with a bang. ...
2025-11-04 15:21:00 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor note:
Hi! Ever wondered what a charisma build would be like? Well, wonder no more :)
No spoilers, but there should be anywhere between 1 and 4 Shaily chapters here depending on her results, so no matter what we will be back to Sofia shenanigans on Friday at the latest, for thos...
2025-11-03 16:17:28 +0000 UTC View PostSofia was watching Ihuarah working on the final touch for the ritual circle that would allow them to enter Sorrow’s divine domain, when a much too tall fairy wearing bright pink and yellow checkered clothes appeared in an explosion of glitter with a loud pop.
“Haloooo! Oh! I nai...
2025-10-31 17:04:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe conversation continued for a few minutes, Death diverting it to more mundane subjects. They discussed Ezerid’s impatience stunting his growth, and Death somehow ended up roping Sofia into the Recessed chat’s plan to secretly mobilize a few of their Apostles to prepare a surprise birthday ...
2025-10-30 17:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostSofia wore the white robes of a high-priest of Death, idly working on the bone foundations for Death’s temple as she waited for Leverle to show up.
Maybe they’ll want an underground like they have in Exidia? Can’t dig too deep because of the fairy, though.
Hmm...
2025-10-29 17:00:20 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor note:
Hi! Thank you for all the votes in yesterday's poll. Now I think I know how I want to handle things, so here is the plan, with minimum spoilers.
For the rest of this week -> end of chill transition period with last bits of city and side quests
Starting next Monda...
2025-10-28 17:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor note:
Hi! Wanted to post early today, so here you go, also note that due to the daylight saving time shenanigans, the usual release timing may have shifted for some, as it does every six months.
Secondly, as @Tejing pointed out to me, there were some issues with the archangel ...
2025-10-27 15:52:45 +0000 UTC View Post“Hmmm? Is someone thinking about me?”
Cecless looked up, as if trying to peer through the Margin’s pure black void that reigned over the maze’s walls like an oppressive ceiling.
“NAAaaaah… This old maze never ends…!”
Pulling out a piece of parchment paper, she sc...
2025-10-24 15:32:37 +0000 UTC View PostAfter checking on Rem, Sofia brought Speed to her Sculptures storage room in Zangdar, previously the servants quarters on the first floor that had been renovated into a single large hall. She showed him a statue she had made recently of the fisherman who had shielded her from a barrage of arrows ...
2025-10-23 16:00:22 +0000 UTC View PostEntering the temple district, Sofia and Speed walked past a procession of lumber-carrying Kidjikkiks, which Speed observed with curiosity.
Sofia expected a question about necromancy but the words that came out of Speed’s mouth next surprised her.
“Why a city, by the way? Can I ask...
2025-10-22 16:00:28 +0000 UTC View PostHaving looped all the way around the city center, Sofia returned to Speed’s postal office.
Still not here? It’s almost midnight already. Did he mean tomorrow?
Sofia took out a tiny stone slab, poking seven holes in it to draw Speed’s rune.
“Hey Speed? Hello?” ...
2025-10-21 16:00:23 +0000 UTC View PostWith her helmet’s buffs, Sofia read and memorized the entire spell schematic almost instantly.
However, memorizing and learning were two different things, a week later, she still failed to even fully activate the starting sequence. It was not an issue of lacking mana but rather of having ...
2025-10-20 16:00:23 +0000 UTC View PostWith Erredis personally leading the hunt, finding and ‘harvesting’ a few lesser mountain elementals was not a difficult task. She and Alith ended up burying themselves in the workshop for a few days after that, and soon everyone involved received a few [Sprite dwelling catalyst] 2025-10-17 15:22:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Things were smooth-sailing after Sofia returned from her short punitive trip. Word of what had happened to the assassin had spread like wildfire through the city, and now everyone was on their best behavior.
Sofia had dreaded that she might have to deal with a mountain of paperwork again, b...
2025-10-16 16:16:04 +0000 UTC View Post