“Later, Alex!” Ian called after him. “That ritual was cool; you’ll have to do it again next time!”
He smiled and waved in response. “Yeah, sure- if you supply the Mana Stone!”
“I was worried you were going to just sit at that table all day and play with your books,” ...
2024-10-29 02:01:51 +0000 UTC View PostEDIT (11/15/2024): I added a few hundred words here, mainly in the latter half of the chapter. I wanted to adjust a bit of how Alex interacted with people based on his current Willpower and also to have Olivia give a bit more information about how Stat Points work from Classes and how...
2024-10-29 01:59:28 +0000 UTC View PostAlex’s hand flailed around his nightstand. The incessant tone managed to pull him from his sleep through sheer annoyance.
He found his phone and blindly pressed the screen until the noise stopped.
Thank god. Ugh.
“…llo…nyone there…”
Huh?
Alex scrambled to his feet, making incomprehensible noises as he fought down the desire to attack the odd beast that had appeared.
While he knew to expect something to show up, he wasn’t quite prepared for it to be this… ugly.
He looked over the back of his couch to see t...
2024-10-29 01:57:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe following two days passed in a blur as Alex fought wolves for his Personal Quest.
After earning his new [Empowered Step] skill, he learned several things about how the System worked.
When Alex first met John Riley, the older man mentioned that skills were “learned or earned.”<...
2024-10-26 04:31:43 +0000 UTC View Post“Are you sure you’ve got to head out?”
“Ahh, yeah. I really need to restock, and I think it’s time for me to head to another Rift. The boars are too easy, and I want to check out the rewards from other Personal Quests.” Alex waved and smiled at the group he’d been camping with...
2024-10-26 04:30:22 +0000 UTC View PostTossing his phone onto the bed, Alex let out a calming sigh.
He had just finished speaking with Mr. Henderson to let him know that he wouldn’t be coming to work next week due to a family emergency.
No idea if this is the right choice or not, but I can’t imagine going back to w...
2024-10-26 04:27:52 +0000 UTC View PostAlex drove slowly down the fully paved driveway that seemed to go on for miles.
These people have to be loaded. Do they own, like, the whole mountain or something?
He’d entered a private road that turned out to be the driveway a while ago, passing through an opened metal ga...
2024-10-26 04:26:56 +0000 UTC View PostSipping on his coffee, Alex leaned back into his couch.
Sarah had stayed for a bit longer the night before, but she could tell Alex was exhausted, and as soon as she left, he fell asleep on top of his covers.
He’d slept fitfully. Thoughts of monsters chasing him through the forest, ...
2024-10-26 04:26:18 +0000 UTC View PostMark tapped his foot and stared at his phone. He idly scrolled through the Nexus Hub home page, watching his cold breath puff out in clouds of smoke as he did.
Why’s that so entertaining?
Mark chuckled and made a large cloud with warm breath.
The door next to him open...
2024-10-26 04:24:17 +0000 UTC View PostAlex got into his door, locked it, and leaned back against the wooden frame, much like the last time he returned from a Rift.
His state, though, was much different from the last time. Last Friday, he returned home in a state of panic and was injured after a scuffle with the lowliest of mons...
2024-10-26 04:19:44 +0000 UTC View PostAlex made his way through the forest; each subsequent boar fight was smoother than the last.
I’m just lucky that they aren’t together in groups.
While moving between locations, Alex allowed his mana to regenerate. Each time it got close to capping out, he’d practice inf...
2024-10-26 04:17:57 +0000 UTC View PostGravity reasserted itself on Alex’s body, causing his hair and clothes to fall back down.
His forward momentum continued at the same walking pace he’d had when approaching the Rift from the other side.
Even though Alex found himself in a forest once again, it was clearly different...
2024-10-26 04:05:26 +0000 UTC View PostAlex closed his car door and quickly turned the vehicle on to warm it up. After getting access to the Adventurer’s Guild App the night before, he had barely been able to sleep. He was so excited and overwhelmed with the amount of information that was suddenly available to him. Not only that, be...
2024-10-26 04:01:46 +0000 UTC View PostAlex shivered in the chilly night air. Not for the first time, he wondered if this was a mistake.
I’m sure I’ve seen this in a horror movie somewhere.
Alex waited near a park bench, and paced to keep warm. The lights of the park allowing him to look back and forth for any...
2024-10-26 03:52:55 +0000 UTC View Post“… the people are calling for justice. This comes after the events that transpired here last night when a Rift opened on the top of a parking deck. The fight that ensued, between two people who are now being referred to as ‘Awakened,’ caused the death of a family of three in the adjoining...
2024-10-26 03:49:12 +0000 UTC View PostCome on, just a little more.
The edges of the mana blob wavered. Alex pushed past the slight throb behind his eyes, doing his best to maintain total concentration on his attempt at a cube. It would be easier if he could actually see the mana he was moving over his hand, but instead...
2024-10-26 03:45:20 +0000 UTC View PostAfter a few minutes of messing around with the mana in his Core, Alex decided to stop and see if he could get some outside advice. He glanced at his mana pool in the floating blue window before dismissing it.
47/60
Leaning forward, he rolled his desk chair closer to the edge ...
2024-10-26 03:44:10 +0000 UTC View PostAlex threw the lock closed and leaned his head back against the door. He wanted to slide down to the floor and just sit there, but his nerves were too wound up to stop moving.
Ashley saw me when I was coming up the stairs. She could clearly tell something was wrong.
He glance...
2024-10-26 03:38:34 +0000 UTC View Post"What the fu…"
The screen shimmered in front of Alex. The pain in his stomach began to fade, and he pushed himself up from all fours into a seated position on the grass.
"Trait manifested," he muttered, reading the words again from the screen. "Primordial Will?"
What does ...
2024-10-26 02:56:55 +0000 UTC View PostUnprepared as gravity reasserted itself, Alex's knees buckled as his feet hit the ground. He stumbled forward and just barely caught himself. Sweet, clean air filled his lungs. It was nothing like Hoboken's usual mix of city smells.
What the actual fuck did I just do?
His alr...
2024-10-26 02:45:28 +0000 UTC View PostBang!
Alex jolted to attention, throwing his headphones onto his desk. Startled, he looked up, trying to gauge the source of the loud noise.
He spotted a group of coworkers leaving the office together. Through the glass, it was easy to see them laughing as th...
2024-10-26 02:41:06 +0000 UTC View PostAlex stared at his computer screen. Its glow illuminated his tired face in the half-lit office. Most lights were off, except for the small corner that he worked in. The shared working space was close to the kitchen, which often left him with easy access to the coffee pot.
With only one head...
2024-10-26 02:38:17 +0000 UTC View PostAlex's alarm went off. As he rolled over to grab his phone from the nightstand, he accidentally knocked his headphones to the floor.
Fuck.
His hand flailed around, trying to find the button to snooze his phone.
Mmm, five more minutes.
Groaning, Alex squin...
2024-10-26 02:26:48 +0000 UTC View PostThis is the first post on my Author Patreon Page! Wooo!
As of starting this, I'm about one week out from beginning to post public chapters of Spell Weaver on Royal Road. The entire first book as been finished and put in front of at least one person by this point as well, which is...
2024-10-08 18:34:45 +0000 UTC View Post