Chapter 63: Sweet and Sour
Chapter 63: Sweet and Sour
A fruit boasting multiple hues, shifting across its surface in the manner of a rainbow was naturally something quite hard to forget. I’d kept it ...
2024-11-17 07:44:04 +0000 UTC View Post
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Chapter 62: Peace In Our Time
Chapter 62: Peace In Our Time
Given the circumstances, I wasn’t entirely successful at controlling myself, and eventually burst into a fit of nervous laughter that lasted f...
2024-11-17 06:06:24 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 61: Thief of Souls
Chapter 61: Thief of Souls
[Contacts
Amelia Dawn - Level 30 Necromancer
Harvey Miller - Level 9 Thief of Souls]...
2024-11-16 07:40:07 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 60: Dawned On Me
Chapter 60: Dawned On Me
Truthfully, I didn’t entirely believe what Harvey was telling me. Oh, the broad strokes of the history was likely rooted in fact, and even the moti...
2024-11-16 06:06:19 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 208: Austerity
Chapter 208: Austerity
“Have we met?” Emma asked rhetorically, tilting her head in acknowledgement.
Emma wasn’t sure how the Magus found her, or how much he knew,...
2024-11-16 04:48:07 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 207: Speaker of the House
Chapter 207: Speaker of the House
Emma summoned Epitaph, driving the blade into the ground and holding on for dear life as the world swayed around her. It wasn’t painful, n...
2024-11-15 05:09:20 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 59: Saintess Summons Skeletons
Chapter 59: Saintess Summons Skeletons
“Why? That’s a question with many answers,” Harvey grimaced, cupping his chin in thought. “In return, let me ask you a question...
2024-11-15 03:27:34 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 58: Dead to Rights
Chapter 58: Dead to Rights
Nothing else bothered us on the way back, granting a rare moment of reprieve to mark the end of our search. We’d been going in a large circle, ro...
2024-11-15 02:11:24 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 57: The Wild Hunt
Chapter 57: The Wild Hunt
A wounded animal is the most dangerous of all. That old saying was a popular one in the corporate world, typically rearing its head in discussion ar...
2024-11-14 05:45:41 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 56: Horsing Around
Chapter 56: Horsing Around
[Horsedra - Level 7 Demon]
It would have been amusing if it weren’t mildly terrifying. To reiterate, I grew up in the subu...
2024-11-14 04:19:44 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 206: Crystal Clear
Chapter 206: Crystal Clear
Crystal cut a distinctive figure, wearing a dress that lived up to her name: ten thousand fractals that somehow maintained both cohesion and by ext...
2024-11-14 02:30:56 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 55: Blood Money
Chapter 55: Blood Money
I wasn’t sure if the lone driver would make it back at all, given the lack of an escort, but there wasn’t anyone we could spare, so he’d simply ...
2024-11-13 03:41:29 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 54: Something’s Not Quite Right
Chapter 54: Something’s Not Quite Right
“I’m happy to talk specifics, once we’re back on the road,” Harvey promised, returning to his feet. “For now though, let...
2024-11-13 02:07:50 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 205: Space
Chapter 205: Space
Elizabeth appeared rather reluctant to talk about whoever was on the other end of the call, not even relenting after a minute of Emma staring disapprovingl...
2024-11-13 00:27:31 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 53: A Horse is a Horse, Of Course, Of Course
Chapter 53: A Horse is a Horse, Of Course, Of Course
Six horses had been recovered, and three confirmed dead; with nine left to go, the search continued. As we continued due ...
2024-11-12 04:18:26 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 52: Dawntrail
Chapter 52: Dawntrail
Harvey had gathered all of the drivers together, huddled shoulder to shoulder like a football team in the moments before the game started. As I approach...
2024-11-12 03:06:33 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 204: The Great Filter
Chapter 204: The Great Filter
Thankfully, the number of messages Emma had to sort through wasn’t actually as bad as the top line suggested. While there were indeed 1121 ind...
2024-11-12 00:38:45 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 51: Popcat
Chapter 51: Popcat
[Mask (Cat) upgraded.
Processing. Please wait.]
Nobody ever enjoyed being told to wait, and I was no exceptio...
2024-11-11 03:42:12 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 50: Shades of Grey
Chapter 50: Shades of Grey
Somewhat predictably, I ended up slumped in my chair inside the carriage, completely failing to fall asleep. I wasn’t that tired, as whilst the n...
2024-11-11 01:59:32 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 49: Ice Ice Baby
Chapter 49: Ice Ice Baby
Harvey had wrapped up his discussion with the drivers, while I was preoccupied with the System. Each of them were heading back to their respective ca...
2024-11-10 02:50:44 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 48: Rule of Three
Chapter 48: Rule of Three
[Level up!
Will Swindell
Class (True): Level 3 Soldier of Fortune
Class...
2024-11-10 01:22:12 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 203: Malcontent
Chapter 203: Malcontent
Given how much the Solstice had dominated her thoughts as of late, Emma’s first reaction was bemusement, as she watched finely dressed servants flit...
2024-11-09 02:30:38 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 47: Ghostbusters
Chapter 47: Ghostbusters
Bereft of their supernatural compulsion, the Wispen weren’t particularly threatening. Sure, they could levitate, which let them bypass the earthen ...
2024-11-09 00:49:33 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 46: Whisper on the Wind
Chapter 46: Whisper on the Wind
I only stayed on the ground for a little bit: the stars, while impressive to look at, were not known for their being quick to change, so the n...
2024-11-08 23:06:13 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 202: Will of Stone
Chapter 202: Will of Stone
It was a bright and sunny morning, on the 14th of June, when Emma returned to the Decision Tree with her immediate family. Last time they’d used ...
2024-11-08 00:43:09 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 45: Watch Out
Chapter 45: Watch Out
It was difficult to sleep, after the excitement that had punctuated my third day on the road. Part of that, I knew, was down to the residual adrenaline ...
2024-11-07 23:07:36 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 44: Bottom’s Up
Chapter 44: Bottom’s Up
The problem with facing an enemy coming from underground, is that I had no way to see them. An obvious statement, perhaps, but no less true for it. ...
2024-11-07 22:01:52 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 43: Foggy Bottom
Chapter 43: Foggy Bottom
The fog definitely wasn’t obeying the laws of physics I was used to seeing, as it wrapped around our convoy like the smothering hand of a governmen...
2024-11-07 16:40:41 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 42: Violence is the Answer
Chapter 42: Violence is the Answer
You’d think I’d be worried, facing the prospect of actual combat for the first time. I wasn’t necessarily counting the sparring match...
2024-11-07 10:32:31 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 201: The Last Supper
Book 2 start!
Chapter 201: The Last Supper
Emma, knowing there was unlikely to be any once she arrived at Stonehenge, followed Edith’s advice and took a week off to r...
2024-11-07 07:23:16 +0000 UTC View Post