August Monthly Q&A
This is installation #3 of the Monthly Q&A series! Here’s your chance to ask questions about the story or to give any feedback you might have.
I'll come back to this post tomorrow and a...
2024-08-01 18:47:34 +0000 UTC View Post
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Savage Awakening 264. Grace Period (II)
From Zane's perspective, that first day was a lot of moseying around. He saw lots of different faces. They all seemed quite excited to meet him, though they started to blur together after a while.&...
2024-08-01 01:30:02 +0000 UTC View PostSavage Awakening 263. Grace Period (I)
It was time to head back to Earth. Zane and friends were laden with treasure. A wealth of Weapon Souls, for one—but they’d also picked up tons of random treasures too. Blocks of quality Spirit ...
2024-07-31 01:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostSavage Awakening 262. Deliberations
Level up!
Level up!
Level up!
Level up!
Level up!
... 2024-07-30 01:30:00 +0000 UTC View PostSavage Awakening 261. The Wyrm-King (III)
The Mages of the Scryer's Guild kept an eye on every one of the Nine Great Factions. Tracking every breakthrough made by the Dragonspire Galaxy’s most promising talents. Recording the result of e...
2024-07-29 01:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostSavage Awakening 260. The Wyrm-King (II)
The Wyrm came into being at the far end of the dank cavern.
It looked at first like a ghost, halfway corporeal. An enormously fat serpent-thing. Stuck between the Astral Plane and the physica...
2024-07-28 01:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostSavage Awakening 259. The Wyrm-King (I)
Distributing rewards…
Three balls of white light floated out in front of Reina and Avery and Evan, and faded like presents unwrapping.
In front of Avery...
2024-07-25 01:30:00 +0000 UTC View PostSavage Awakening 258. Rewards & Reckonings (II)
Lan Arandor and Inquisitor Thaele stared speechless at the sky. For what felt to them like an eternity.
“Is an Ancestor attempting to break through the Void?”
Lan whirle...
2024-07-24 01:30:00 +0000 UTC View PostSavage Awakening 257. Rewards & Reckonings (I)
Zane's Chains crushed in. Constricting relentlessly, splitting the Monster into twitching parts, digging into the joints, cutting off limb from limb, scalding, melting through flesh and muscle alik...
2024-07-23 01:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostSavage Awakening 256. Third Floor's End (IV)
Zane explained what he was thinking. He got lots of nods.
“We’re right behind you,” Reina assured him.
“Mhm!” said Evan.
“You’ve got this big fella!” c...
2024-07-22 01:30:00 +0000 UTC View PostSavage Awakening 255. Third Floor's End (III)
A/N: This Monster is very close to being Ascendant, having fulfilled all the requirements except the Level one—but it’s not officially a half-step Ascendant!
**Also...
2024-07-21 01:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostSavage Awakening 254. Third Floor's End (II)
Steelheart Conclave
The Barbarian Sage crushed his ale tankard in one quivering fist.
“What in the Nine Hells is this?!"
He looked like he wanted t...
2024-07-18 01:30:00 +0000 UTC View PostSavage Awakening 253. Third Floor's End (I)
Hours later…
It turned out Evan managed his Nascent Soul evolution.
“I did it!” he beamed.
He did a little show and tell. He sped around...
2024-07-17 01:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostSavage Awakening 252. The Temple of Zol (III)
For a while there was only grayness. Grayness spreading to the horizons of Zane's mind. He floated there, blinking at the nothing.
Then—a light.
Stormfire. Deep within. Burning with a...
2024-07-16 01:30:00 +0000 UTC View PostSavage Awakening 251. The Temple of Zol (II)
Soon they came across a yellow dot on the mini-map amid a heap of fallen jumbo-sized trees. A beehive the size of a treehouse. Knocked over, leaking the treasure.
Golden Honey [...
2024-07-15 01:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostSavage Awakening 250. The Temple of Zol (I)
A/N:
And we're back!
//
The grass went up to Zane’s thighs. The vines were thick as his arms, the flowers as big as Evan was—Evan had trouble seeing, so he ju...
2024-07-14 01:30:00 +0000 UTC View PostMinor Schedule Change
—Hey folks! After mulling it over, I’ll be be trying out a 5-chapter a week schedule for the next month. Read some of y'all prefer weekend uploads, so it'll be Saturdays through Wednesda...
2024-07-11 19:20:23 +0000 UTC View PostSavage Awakening 249. Steamroll (I)
Zane got one more upgrade before they moved on.
It came after—
Level up!
Essence Level 299 -> 300
Class sub-evolution unlocked...
2024-07-11 01:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostPreferred Schedule?
Copied from last A/N:
Read some of your comments last chapter!
I could go to a more consistent M-F schedule, 5x/week, where it's very rare I miss a day (would onl...
2024-07-10 01:31:01 +0000 UTC View PostSavage Awakening 248. Nascent Soul (II)
Zane could feel a new vitality coursing through him. A new life borne on his new essence. An energy distinctly his own. Toughening him. Strengthening him wherever it went. His soul lending its trai...
2024-07-10 01:30:00 +0000 UTC View PostSavage Awakening 247. Nascent Soul (I)
Each time Zane Leveled now, it was a challenge. Killing Monsters did not feel like enough anymore. Like trying to fill up a lake with buckets of water. Toward the end of it, demolishing an army bar...
2024-07-09 01:30:00 +0000 UTC View PostSavage Awakening 246. Final Wave (IV)
Zane had a single wish.
He wished for destruction. Wished it with all his heart.
His powers responded.
His hammers rose overhead. Caught fire. Brightening so fast it w...
2024-07-07 01:30:00 +0000 UTC View PostSavage Awakening 245. Final Wave (III)
A/N:
Added to a previous chapter:
“Avery got her Fourth Evolution too—and with it came an umbrella for an upgraded Soul Weapon. This was quite baffling ...
2024-07-06 01:32:28 +0000 UTC View PostSavage Awakening 244. Final Wave (II)
With one final smash, Zane finished off a wave.
He was a little shaky. A little woozy. Bleeding in more places he could count. But upright. And his winnings poured in.
Lev...
2024-07-05 01:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostSavage Awakening 243. Final Wave (I)
First Wave Cleared!
Zane wasn't breathing very heavy at all. He did a quick scan of his body. Looked good. A little pumped, maybe. But not much damage. A little bruised. A fe...
2024-07-04 01:30:00 +0000 UTC View PostSavage Awakening 242. New Powers (II)
The weird thing was, the whole way here they saw no Monsters. Not one—Avery didn't even find any on the horizon. It was as though they'd all deserted.
Maybe they'd already cleared out most ...
2024-07-03 01:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostSavage Awakening 241. New Powers
Zane could tell a lot of things were clicking into place at once in her head. She blinked, blinked again.
Then she started telling him all wide-eyed. She said she was meant to be the heir app...
2024-07-01 01:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostSavage Awakening 240. Heart (II)
A/N:
Initially I typo’d ‘Sage Stonefist’ as Sage Stonefish
But Stonefish sounds more interesting so he’s that now
//
Heartstring...
2024-06-29 01:30:38 +0000 UTC View PostSavage Awakening 239. Heart (I)
Their last resorts crashed all over him. Monsters firing up their Cores, firing off all the essence they could muster. A flood of demonic Skills streaming Tier 4 Laws.
The Monster Knigh...
2024-06-28 01:30:02 +0000 UTC View PostSavage Awakening 238. The Third Concept (III)
A/N:
quick housekeeping: editing mistake, there’s four Monster knights not five!
//
Stormfire poured down Zane's chains.
It w...
2024-06-27 01:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post