Demonic Conqueror: Heroic Valor - Chapter 34.1, 34.2
"So you're leaving?" Mayor Lucia asked.
Simon nodded. "It's a bit of a hike to the nearest Waystation, but we'll manage. Our portable Warding Orbs will keep any roaming Fell Beasts at bay."<...
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The Skill Thief's Canvas - Chapter 79 (Book 3 Chapter 18)
'Nobody ever quite looks at me', was not a rare thought for Ciro to have.
Tenver's father Gomez saw many different things in him as a child. He saw potential, he saw fear, he saw po...
Demonic Conqueror: Heroic Valor - Chapter 33.1, 33.2
Four Days Later
"I can't tell if this is flattering or insulting."
Sitting at a desk within his temporary headquarters, Simon squinted at the wanted poster that had b...
The Skill Thief's Canvas - Chapter 78 (Book 3 Chapter 17)
'Valente! Valente, hold on! Don't let Aspreay poison your thoughts with doubt!'
Ciro grit his teeth as he sent the message. He couldn't move to help his Hangman. While he was immune...
Demonic Conqueror: Heroic Valor - Chapter 32.1, 32.2
As he was now, Simon felt so powerful that he was struggling to comprehend it. Subjugate Territory doubled his stats as long as he resided within Caelryn City – or Springwater Village. He was ess...
2025-05-15 01:54:46 +0000 UTC View PostThe Skill Thief's Canvas - Chapter 77 (Book 3 Chapter 16)
Valente possessed several titles. Some had been bestowed by Ciro – and some by the death he wrought. The Emperor of the World may have named him Lord of the Hangmen, but few called him that after...
2025-05-13 22:32:36 +0000 UTC View PostDemonic Conqueror: Heroic Valor - Chapter 31.3, 31.4
Silence reigned. Several seconds went by, the pause feeling both long and short.
"...Pleasantries?" Piers repeated. He sounded utterly baffled, like he'd never heard the word before.
...
The Skill Thief's Canvas - Chapter 76 (Book 3 Chapter 15)
Ciro failed to stifle a yawn as he watched the sun slowly rise, his back turned to the unpleasant sight of his men slaughtering a legion of elven guards.
Honestly, their display of resistanc...
Demonic Conqueror: Heroic Valor - Chapter 31.1, 31.2
Claws gleamed with wicked intent as the Demon reached out for a noble neck.
Piers Helmund's eyes widened with fear. He leapt sideways, expelling mana from the soles of his feet to propel him...
Demonic Conqueror: Heroic Valor - Chapter 30.1, 30.2
It didn't take them long to reach Piers' hidey-hole.
The Helmund scion had sequestered himself in one of his personal villas. It was by far the most gaudy, ostentatious building that Simon h...
The Skill Thief's Canvas - Chapter 75 (Book 3 Chapter 14)
Beneath the flickering moonlight that filtered into his study through a single open window, Elder Lorival pressed his fingertips against his temples.
Adam of Penumbria...is trouble,
2025-04-22 23:14:19 +0000 UTC
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Demonic Conqueror: Heroic Valor - Chapter 29.1, 29.2
Simon found himself decently impressed by the Hurricane's main headquarters. Whereas Bastian's safehouse had been disguised as an abandoned building in the slums, this was hidden in plain sight, ma...
2025-04-17 04:06:25 +0000 UTC View PostThe Skill Thief's Canvas - Chapter 74 (Book 3 Chapter 13)
Following the elven woman was accidental – though Nayt struggled to convince himself of that later. The word 'follow' implied both intent and cunning, and he considered himself capable of neither...
2025-04-09 06:23:06 +0000 UTC View PostDemonic Conqueror: Heroic Valor - Chapter 28.1, 28.2
No one liked being blamed for something that wasn't their fault. When a person refused to take responsibility for their own actions, then tried passing the back to you? Infuriating, t...
2025-04-03 03:50:41 +0000 UTC View PostQuick Schedule Update
For the past week, I've been dealing with an ongoing family medical emergency (not mine, I'm healthy), traversing back and forth from the hospital. Hasn't been the greatest for my writing schedule....
2025-04-02 04:36:25 +0000 UTC View PostDemonic Conqueror: Heroic Valor - Chapter 27.1, 27.2
Six days had gone by inside the Hurricane safehouse. The commotion outside had mostly died down, lessening from an uproar to a low-grade simmer. It should be safe for Simon to leave soon.
An...
The Skill Thief's Canvas - Chapter 73 (Book 3 Chapter 12)
"King Adam knows how to be relied on," Vasco said, "but not how to rely."
It was the lecture Aspreay had expected. Once this infernal man considers something to be righ...
Demonic Conqueror: Heroic Valor - Chapter 26.1, 26.2
The rest of the day was spent pleasantly enough. Cyna kept trying to slyly coax information out of Simon. In return, he would give cryptic hints that didn't amount to anything.
Eventually it...
The Skill Thief's Canvas - Chapter 72 (Book 3 Chapter 11)
Pressure mounted in the dimly-lit chamber like a city under siege. Everyone's breath had been stolen, their voices caged, bodies locked into place. A second stretched into eternity. The moment did ...
2025-03-19 01:49:00 +0000 UTC View PostDemonic Conqueror: Heroic Valor - Chapter 25.1, 25.2
The Hurricane safehouse was an unassuming building located in the lower city residential district. Though it looked decrepit and abandoned on the outside, its interior was surprisingly spacious and...
2025-03-13 02:50:49 +0000 UTC View PostThe Skill Thief's Canvas - Chapter 71 (Book 3 Chapter 10)
"She would have been much happier if I'd only killed her," Solara snarled at him. "And I am more than that – I am the one who beat you within an inch of your life."
Nayt bare...
Demonic Conqueror: Heroic Valor - Chapter 24.3, 24.4
Bastian blinked, nearly doing a double-take. He seemed dazed, as if he hadn't intended to answer. Buyer's remorse was already blooming on his features.
Didn't matter. A willing agreement had...
The Skill Thief's Canvas - Chapter 70 (Book 3 Chapter 9)
The royal procession had been frozen by a tense silence.
King Adam banished it. "Do it," he ordered.
"As you wish, Your Majesty," answered the Detective.
Valeria smirked, tilti...
Demonic Conqueror: Heroic Valor - Chapter 24.1, 24.2
"You're..." Bastian inched backwards, sidestepping to put himself in-between Simon and the unconscious Cyna. "Ancient One take me, you're a Demon."
Technically a Fell-Shrouded H...
The Skill Thief's Canvas - Chapter 69 (Book 3 Chapter 8)
Elder Lorival was known to the elves as a folk hero – and as nothing to the world at large.
His living legend was as simple as it was captivating. A survivor of Greenisle and untrusting of...
The Skill Thief's Canvas - Chapter 68 (Book 3 Chapter 7)
The sun crawled over the horizon like a wounded god, too slow and too red. It hadn't witnessed death last night, but it had come just in time to watch a soul be forever trapped within a pa...
2025-02-23 09:29:13 +0000 UTC View PostDemonic Conqueror: Heroic Valor - Chapter 23.1, 23.2
From what Simon had seen during his time in Valtia, Duke Helmund's reign of the Severed Isles was indisputable.
Opposition against him didn't truly exist. The commonfolk may despise him, and...
Demonic Conqueror: Heroic Valor - Chapter 22.1, 22.2
"Our carriage was stolen," Katarina announced.
Simon looked up at her. He paused mid-chew, about to force down a piece of stale cardboard masquerading as vendor stall meat. Starting to t...
The Skill Thief's Canvas - Chapter 67 (Book 3 Chapter 6)
Lord Edmundo, Ruler of Coimbargo, wore red on the day he meant to kill the King of the Frontier.
It was tradition in the House of Crepusculo to do so when taking a man's life. Cloaking yours...
Demonic Conqueror: Heroic Valor - Chapter 21.3, 21.4
The first step of Simon's plan was enacted by making a purchase.
He'd hoped to procure materials that would create toxic gas when mixed. While he wasn't so lucky as that, he did&nbs...