MagnusGrey

Major Announcement!

Hey everybody, Magnus here.

The big moment has finally arrived. My debut novel, Skill Eater, has made it to amazon in digital, book, and 2025-09-09 12:52:38 +0000 UTC View Post

[Skill-Eater 3] Chapter 67: Bad to Worse

Sakura fired arrow after arrow as the war for Puppet Town entered a deadly new stage.

The Claws cheered as they came pouring through the molten ruin where the makeshift barricade had stood only moments before. Yussuf was yelling at them to wait for Blaze and Tiburón, but the savage band of...

[LotMG4] Chapter 53: Test Drive

Accompanied by an electric rush of anticipation, Nick activated Force Acceleration and took off in a flash, leaving a billowing plume of dust in his wake.

Now then, where do I want to begin? He decided to try out his idea for a windshield first, since the turbulence generated by hi...

[Skill-Eater 3] Chapter 66: The Second Phase

As the Crimson Claws forced their way through the trap field and approached the wall, Sakura watched a team of engineers climb a staircase and crawl across the ramparts.

Puppet Town had one final surprise for the invaders and needed to use it before they noticed what was hidden in the shado...

[LotMG4] Chapter 52: Advancement in the Magical Arts

After speaking with Ella, Nick left the budding city of Aurora and walked into the badlands.

Once he was a few miles out, he found a flat rock that stood in the shadow of a larger stone, took off his pack, then sat down and made himself comfortable. He planned to work out a little later in ...

[Skill-Eater 3] Chapter 65: The Final Battle

Sakura watched from the ramparts as the sun began to set, painting the canvas of the Ivory Plains in a thousand radiant shades of vermillion and gold.

It was a breathtaking sight—a gorgeous display that would normally have filled her with awe and the satisfaction of having survived anothe...

[Skill-Eater 3] Chapter 64: Heading Toward Endgame

The expedition cheered when they crossed through the borderlands and the Ivory Plains came into view.

Running his eyes across the blend of white and yellow stalks that gave the grasslands their name filled Edge with a wave of nostalgia, though the region had changed considerably during his ...

[LotMG4] Chapter 51: Joyous Reunion

Nick activated Arctic Clarity, enhancing his concentration and sharpening his newly-evolved senses to a razor’s edge.

He kicked his tactical brain into high gear, forming and discarding a dozen plans in half as many heartbeats. At the same time, he dialed up his recently-boosted Charisma ...

[Skill-Eater 3] Chapter 63: Earl the Earthhammer

The Sheriff of Puppet Town wasn’t about to let the settlement fall on his watch.

If Earl had to battle an army of jailbirds single-handed to keep his people safe, then that was exactly what he would do.

Still running at top speed, he gathered his strength and Leapt, clearing the wal...

[Skill-Eater 3] Chapter 62: The Final Approach

Edge cradled Rue in his arms, watching the sunrise as the wagons rolled their way across the jungle.

The gorgeous display formed a sharp contrast to the grim expressions on his friends’ faces—thoughts filled with the battle to come. The golden fox sensed something was wrong, but he coul...

[Skill-Eater 3] Chapter 61: Sakura Versus Wraith

Wraith Dashed toward Sakura with her saber poised to strike.

She spun out of the way at the last possible moment, catching a glimpse of something coating the blade when it reflected the moonlight. She’s using poison too, or something just as dangerous.

Sakura wasn’t a war...

[LotMG4] Chapter 50: Brick by Brick

Nick walked beside Kenji and Liz, continuing their discussion while heading toward the area they had chosen—followed by a crowd of curious people who wanted to watch Aurora’s first buildings appear.

Along the way, Kenji turned to him and said, “We need to earn as many City Points as p...

[LotMG4] Chapter 49: It’s Time to Start Building

When Nick opened his eyes, morning sunlight was shining down from a cloudless azure sky.

As he rose to his feet and stretched out his neck, he saw that he wasn’t the only one who had passed out mid-celebration. The benches were lined with sleeping figures, and more were sprawled out under...

[Skill-Eater 3] Chapter 60: A Plot Revealed

Sakura Darted across the secret road of Puppet Town, in pursuit of her prey. As she flitted from one rooftop to the next, she made sure her

Sakura Darted across the secret road of Puppet Town, in pursuit of her prey.

As she flitted from one rooftop to the next, she made sure her mask ...

[Skill-Eater 3] Chapter 59: Interlude with One-Eye

One-Eye crawled to the top of a rocky hillock, scanning the terrain before making his final approach to the Gilded Heights.

The haphazard settlement rose from the biome’s black sand like a festering wound. The unpaved streets were filled with rotting refuse, which the Claws’ conscripts ...

[Skill-Eater 3] Chapter 58: Crossing the Jungle

As the shadows grew long with the end of day, Edge crossed into a sub-biome filled with towering bushes with mint-green leaves.

He was a few miles from the glade where the caravan had stopped for the night, hunting to supply the expedition with fresh meat. He had already killed a twenty-foo...

[LotMG4] Chapter 48: Yesterday’s Enemy is Tomorrow’s Friend

After dinner was served and everyone had eaten their fill, the real celebration began.

An impromptu band joined the violinist in front of the bonfire. It was composed of crude drums supplemented by a surprising number of actual instruments—both Old Earth favorites and alien varie...

[Skill-Eater 3] Chapter 57: A New Friend

When Edge opened his eyes, he was thrilled to discover the System had sent him back to the expedition after all.

He squinted at the bright sunlight shining in through the flap of the wagon’s canopy, then looked down at the little golden fox cradled in his arms. Rue was fast asleep now tha...

[Skill-Eater 3] Chapter 56: Island of Beasts

A few seconds after his Guide winked out of existence, Edge’s skin began to prickle.

He could sense the System’s magic congealing around his body—refined mana that felt subtly different from the energy produced by cores—then the spell took shape, and he vanished in a flash.

He...

[LotMG4] Chapter 47: Bittersweet Revelry

Nick delved deeper into his city menus and began browsing the lists, speed-reading his way through thousands of choices for how he could spend his Building Points and vouchers.

He wasn’t a civil engineer and wanted to discuss his options with his team before he built anything substantial....

[Skill-Eater 3] Chapter 55: Welcoming Wind Ward

A few minutes after he stopped playing around with Shadow Play, Edge felt a familiar tingling behind his ribs, originating from inside his core.

It meant his Rare skills were getting ready to hatch. The wind power he’d stolen from the goat monster would finish digesting first, and the Com...

[LotMG4] Chapter 46: Aurora’s Dawn

Blightbane erupted from Nick’s scabbard like a volcano blowing its top, shining so bright it left a searing silver bar in his vision.

The mana-infused blade hit the dense wall of tissue and kept right on going. It cut through a layer of bone and parted a powerful magical shield before bit...

[Skill-Eater 3] Chapter 54: Meeting Shadow Play

Edge was planning to keep both of the Rares that were almost finished digesting. However, if he wanted to make that happen, he needed to free up another skill slot first. Fortunately, he had a way to solve that problem if he was willing to merge three of his powers into a single skill. 2025-08-21 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post

[Skill-Eater 3] Chapter 53: Travel and Tales

Edge swung his way across the Sweltering Green—thrilled that he no longer had to worry about keeping his chain a secret.

Thanks to Foebinder’s assistance, he crossed the dense overgrowth within a matter of minutes. He lowered himself to the ground and stepped into the clearing where the...

[LotMG4] Chapter 45: Going In

With Sophia’s dramatic arrival, the ponderous pendulum of war had swung back in Team Earth’s favor. Even with the elite slugs spewing streams of acid, Nick was confident his party could overwhelm the Capital Boss in a direct exchange of blows.

However, the Armada Wurm had one last card ...

[Skill-Eater 3] Chapter 52: The True Threat

Sakura growled in frustration as her spell fizzled out—blocked before she could learn anything useful.

She had been hoping to obtain fresh intel before meeting with Dialla and Earl, but she had to accept that it wasn’t going to happen. The Claws on the plains had stepped up their interf...

[Skill-Eater 3] Chapter 51: Free at Last

By the time Edge’s exhaustion wore off, the battle was over.

The Claws were ruthless killers, but they valued their own lives above anything else. With two of their elites dead and Ripper nowhere to be found, their battered army turned and ran, heading for the jungle above. The defenders ...

[LotMG4] Chapter 44: A Turn For the Worse

At that point, the situation took a dramatic turn for the worse.

As it happened, the Armada Wurm didn’t have three species of symbiotes dwelling inside its cavernous bulk—it had four.

The slicers and stingers were numerous and agile, helping the wurm hunt flocks of small game. The...

[LotMG4] Chapter 43: Pierce and Peel

While Ella traded blows with the beast’s tongue, Nick focused on carving his way through the wurm’s hide.

His team had made some progress while he was away. He ran his gaze across a section of skin that Devin had shredded with chain explosions, a strip that Mirium and Laura had scoured ...

[Skill-Eater 3] Chapter 50: Chilled Chitin Climax

With seven seconds left on the clock, Edge lined up a killing blow.

Thanks to Able, the colossal summon was out of the picture, and his friends had eliminated the nearby Claws. Foebinder had stripped the last bug from Roth’s body, leaving her critically exposed… or so he thought.

...