Everyone had been so stunned they'd forgotten about Zane.
Then the shouts started up again.
"The new lad's challenging Orin?!"
"Zane's strong, but he's just an Ascendant. He's not...
2024-10-27 01:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post“All the Faction’s best will be here, crowded ‘round,” said the Sage, looking around, hands on hips. “Waiting their turn—seems like we’ve just come in time for the Minor Gods’ show!...
2024-10-24 01:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostIt was a typical night these days. Cross-legged under a full moon around a crackling campfire, a blanket of mist shrouding the chaos far below. Chowing down on juicy raw drake leg.
Fluffy was...
2024-10-23 01:30:02 +0000 UTC View PostShe showed up in a form-fitting red dress—which, with her form, was quite a sight. Normally she turned heads down the street wherever she went, but now she stunned anyone who looked at her, inclu...
2024-10-22 01:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostIt seemed only then that Vadros started to appreciate the danger he was in.
The Prince was now the one with whiplash—he whirled around, pale eyes bloodshot, trying to find a way out, findin...
2024-10-21 01:30:02 +0000 UTC View PostThis fellow was so pale it was like he'd never seen the sun. Hairless, with beady red eyes, sunken cheeks.
But what drew Zane’s attention was his aura.
It smoldered in th...
2024-10-17 01:30:02 +0000 UTC View PostIt was a violent next few minutes.
Chains crashed about, wrestling down the Cobra. Stormfire and Void Rot clawed at each other in bursts that shook the cage. The Monster’s tail spikes slash...
2024-10-16 01:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostIt was said that one bite from that Serpent was enough to kill a Minor God. That was how it got its name.
Godsbane Cobra (Monster Lord)
Essence Level 542 2024-10-15 01:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
“That tip right there? That's made of the horn of the Titan Rhino,” said the Barbarian Sage proudly. “Beauty, ain't she?”
Zane nodded. His eyes never left it.
“Sacred Bo...
2024-10-14 01:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostIt struck him like a stampede.
It wasn't just one King Ursa—it was the King and its ancestors poured into one monstrous force. Not one avalanche but an avalanche of avalanches, slammi...
2024-10-13 01:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostThese past few months Evan had been learning a lot in the Constellation Order. He'd gotten up to Ascension, made new friends, and mastered most of the arts of cake-making. There were a few small bu...
2024-10-10 01:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostThat night around the campfire, the Barbarian Sage threw Zane a little celebration feast. He took out some strange-smelling green legs of meat, a rare drop of some True God chimera. It was some of ...
2024-10-09 01:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostIt wasn't possible. Gorthak felt no essence—no Law, not even the hint of a domain! What was that man punching with?
Then the man moved. And Gorthak saw a layer of distortion over his ...
2024-10-08 01:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post"It's time to face the kind of thing that'll attack your home in nine years' time," said the Barbarian Sage.
Zane perked up at that.
"It's time to put your training to the t...
2024-10-07 01:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: Added:
“Cranky little thing. But it tends the pond well, maintains the Tears of Boreas. You’ve just got to make it respect you—then it’ll leave you be.”...
2024-10-06 01:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostPlanet Explosion was another short hop away. This one was a desert planet—a few lakes dotting long stretches of sand. The sun beat down heavy overhead.
There were no dunes here. Gravity fla...
2024-10-03 01:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostPlanet Press was just a short teleport away.
It was much less barren than Planet Pull—it actually seemed a real planet, with circular oceans running between sprawling land-masses, some fuzz...
2024-10-02 01:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post"I like to keep it simple with names. Call it like I see it."
The Sage grinned.
"How fast you progress and how strong you become is in your hands now, Zane. In Heaven-grade things...
2024-10-01 01:30:02 +0000 UTC View PostZane could stomach a lot. And it was clear the Barbarian Sage was investing a great deal into him, and he was grateful. It was a huge gift.
Still, though...
He eyed the giant blocks, bl...
2024-09-30 01:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostTitan Rhino’s Lung Chunk [Sky (S)]
The bloody chunk let out so much aura it was like radioactive material in the astral plane.
Casually the Barbarian Sage tossed it a...
2024-09-29 01:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: Bonus Chapter!
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Inner Systems
Steelheart Conclave
It was common practice among the Steelheart Conclave'...
2024-09-27 01:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostAs the Barbarian Sage saw Zane ascend the steps, he was puffed full of confidence.
Zane would do well, he knew. The lad took stupid well to the Titan Rhino’s blood. You came across th...
2024-09-26 01:30:04 +0000 UTC View PostThere was a giant stele next to the hammer with names etched down the front of it—six columns, each with 50 names.
The columns were titled, “Ascendant. Minor God. True God. Empyrean.” 2024-09-25 01:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Zane and his friends were just back for the weekend, but they agreed they would at least make this a monthly thing. Long-distance teleports like this were very expensive, but Reina was happy to foo...
2024-09-24 01:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostAvery handed Zane an Interspatial Ring.
“What’s in it,” said Zane, inspecting it.
“20,000 sky-grade stones,” she said, patting the ring.
“…What.”
A/N: Edited a mistake in the last chapter, here's the corrected version:
“Now let us speak of your future. You stand at the peak of Tier 4 now—that is...
2024-09-22 01:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostHe opened the letter. There stood the Barbarian Sage behind a shattered coffee table. He grinned and waved a broken-off table leg. Zane waved back.
“Zane!” said the Sage cheerfully. “Yo...
2024-09-19 01:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostThere wasn’t a person still seated. Dragon-kin were clutching their heads; phoenix-kin were shaking each other, the lower stands were cheering and stamping so loud they threatened to bring down t...
2024-09-18 01:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe chains exploded with Stormfire. Plumes that burst halfway up the stadium—for a moment Throck was lost in the light of Destruction.
Then they descended on the ape-man, and feasted.
A/N: Book 3 (up to Chapter 263) comes out today on Kindl...
2024-09-16 01:30:02 +0000 UTC View Post