Chapter 98: Overachieving, Gone Accidental
As Rory inspected the crystal geodes, the former Scales of Earthen Tyrants, he couldn’t help but purse his lips.
Tyrannical Geode Scales
Quality: Rare...
2025-06-06 14:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post
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Chapter 97: Scales of Earth
“Well, isn’t that damn nice?” Rory whistled as he took in the reward for slaying the Tyrant of Earth and Scales. Having their region ‘contested’ by Ehkorrus and the Tyrant had rendered so...
2025-06-04 14:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostBehind the Scenes Notes #3: Alchemy
And here we have the Alchemy notes! Again, light spoiler warning for currently untouched subjects but no actual story spoilers. That said, I'm just attaching the PDF of my notes so I don't have to ...
2025-06-02 11:13:47 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 96: Down with a Tyrant
Rory was feeling good—outstanding, even. While losing his hand a few weeks back had been a nuisance, his new hand felt as good as gold—hell, he felt as if it were better than his old hand. He c...
2025-05-30 13:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 95: Portage
“Oh, Founder Rory,” Gil stepped back, surprised to see Rory tinkering away in the workshop.
“Surprised to see me?” Rory raised an eyebrow at the young man.
“Here? No, you’re...
2025-05-28 14:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostBehind the Scenes Notes #2: Forging
Minor Spoiler warning for techniques that haven’t yet been introduced to the main series. There are no story or plot spoilers, only mechanics that haven’t been prope... 2025-05-26 14:15:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Informal Sunday #7: Short and Sweet
Hey everyone, very brief Sunday update this time around. I know for some time now I've been saying I would do a note drop, and yet, no notes. Well, the background was basically all my note...
2025-05-25 20:27:12 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 94: Inventory
Rory next awoke to the sound of someone pounding on his door. Dragging himself from his bed, which he had collapsed upon, Rory yanked the door open moments later.
“What?” Rory grunted, an...
2025-05-23 14:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 93: Indefinite Firmament
Where the hell to start? Now, that was the question.
Alright, maybe not. Rory knew there were only two areas to start with. The first was the most obvious: Start from the be...
2025-05-21 14:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostInformal Sunday Update #6 - Return of the Sunday release
So, what to announce or talk about? First, I think I'll address the first chapter of volume three now that it's out for the RR community as well. I've had some people in the past say they aren't ce...
2025-05-18 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 92: Handcrafted
Much like when Rory had been modeling the Living Rune usage in their model of his new prosthetic hand, those nearby were forced to retreat a safe distance as he worked. While just seeing the Living...
2025-05-16 15:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 91: Need a hand?
It turns out that losing a hand wasn’t exactly fun, at least Rory didn’t think so as he meandered back the remainder of the way through the forest. In his early days, losing a hand wou...
2025-05-14 15:51:36 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 90: Not quite a pair of snakeskin boots
While Rory had implied uncertainty about the whereabouts of the Tyrant of Earth and Scales, that was hardly the truth. In fact, years back, they had discovered its whereabouts nearly fifteen miles ...
2025-05-10 14:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post89. Errands
“I can’t believe it.” Apostolos groaned, head in his hands as Rory did his best not to burst out laughing.
“Oh aren’t you glad?”
“I AM glad she is fine!” Apostolos mumbl...
2025-05-07 15:56:21 +0000 UTC View Post88. The Difference of a tier
“A spar?” Apostolos questioned, staring at Rory with confusion. “Now of all times?”
“Yeah.”
“Not really like you to be the one to ask so out of the blue.”
“I kno...
2025-05-02 14:00:15 +0000 UTC View Post87. The Seventh Realm
So, I'm currently trying to figure out how to set chapters to release at certain dates for different tiers without manual input, so if it's a release date and you don't get notified that a chapter ...
2025-04-30 14:00:27 +0000 UTC View Post86. Yet another epilogue masquerading as a prologue
The young immortal found himself struggling to process everything he’d heard, only able to stare in astonishment at the two True Immortals.
“Oh look, you broke his brain.” The Spear sai...
2025-04-25 14:00:44 +0000 UTC View PostInformal Sunday #5: Friday Edition
Now, some of you may be wondering, "Hey, why is a Sunday update dropping on Friday?" which is a totally valid question.
To which I'd answer, because its my Patreon and I do as I please.
85. Conflict breeds Growth
Aelia was rather pleased, all things considered.
Nearly all her founders had reached their seventh ascension in the blink of an eye -at least relative to low-tier humans or monsters.
84. Uso
Author's note: We've got one chapter to go for the volume! After that, I'll be taking a one week 'break' as I release my third Patreon tier. I plan to do a note drop and potentially a side chap...
2025-04-18 15:00:17 +0000 UTC View Post83. Without Guidance
Author's Note: Due to some time constraints, at time of upload I haven't had a chance to give the chapter an editing once over. My plan is to handle that later in the day, so if you want to rea...
2025-04-16 14:00:23 +0000 UTC View Post82. Viper
Kill.
Her instincts said to kill.
Not the human nor his not-quite-human companion.
Kill the opposers, the warped and twisted.
Scales turning harder than the toughest diamond...
2025-04-11 14:00:28 +0000 UTC View Post81. The color of Violence is Violet
Author's Note: I for the life of me can't figure out how to format this so paragraph spacing appears correctly on mobile, so I apologize if things like interface pop-ups bleed into the rest of ...
2025-04-09 14:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostInformal Sunday #4
Hey Y'all, hope you've had a good week!
Personally, I've been busy, track season has swung into the thick of things and as a coach, I've lost a good few hours per day even outside of work. 2025-04-06 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
80. Shore of Oblivion
Author's Note: At minimum, four more chapters for the volume. Once again, I will be taking a one week 'break' from releasing chapters at the end of the volume, but there will still be two chapt...
2025-04-04 14:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post79. Into the Lion's Den
“So…. Violet?”
“Oh, E.O.N, please. Really? Now of all times?” Apostolos groaned, palming his forehead as the two walked down one of the pathways winding through Ehkorrus.
“W...
2025-04-02 15:45:26 +0000 UTC View Post78. On the Eve of Bad
Author's Note: So, the E key on my keyboard isn't working well, as well as my editing software acting funky, so if you see random misspellings missing an E, or just misspellings in general, tha...
2025-03-28 16:00:21 +0000 UTC View Post77. Approaching the Seventh Summit
Slightly longer chapter. A few of the recent chapters were on the shorter side, so I'm going to try to balance that back out with longer-then-average chapters for the remaining few chapters of Volu...
2025-03-26 16:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostInformal Sunday #3
Hey y'all, a short Sunday update this week as I only have a few things to update/reiterate.
1. I've slowly started to update the early parts of the story. Their shouldn't be any retcon...
2025-03-23 22:30:17 +0000 UTC View Post76. New Faces and New Years
Author Note: Only a few chapters (3-5ish) left of the volume. I've decided that once we finish Volume 2, I'm taking a one week break. Two chapters will be uploaded during that time, but...
2025-03-21 14:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post