Alex carefully shifted the sack that held the dungeon core’s remains from his belt and slipped it into one of the leather pockets of his lab apron.
He glanced at Amir who’d taken a seat a...
2021-07-16 23:52:56 +0000 UTC View Post“Are you sure there’s no way I can help?” Theresa asked.
They’d already taken Selina to school and now were back at their apartment. She had a shift at the Beastarium soon—Brutus wa...
2021-07-15 23:26:11 +0000 UTC View PostThink. Adapt.
Think. Adapt.
Think Adapt.
Alex’s mind began to race. His eyes darted, quickly taking in his surroundings and analyzing the situation. 2021-07-14 22:04:33 +0000 UTC View Post
“You know, if this is winter here, then I’m not sure I ever want to go back home,” Alex said as the extra-long sky-gondola pulled up over the fairy tale villa belonging to Isolde’s cousin.<...
2021-07-14 00:15:48 +0000 UTC View Post“Why are you boiling dirt?” Selina asked, staring at her brother as he leaned over the side of a massive cauldron that rose as high as his waist.
They were in a ‘project room’, ...
2021-07-11 00:33:02 +0000 UTC View Post“Oh, come on, professor,” Alex pressed.
It had been a few days since the Festival of Ghosts and he’d been trying to convince his professor to let him take the special exam. Unfortunatel...
2021-07-09 21:53:29 +0000 UTC View Post“Now this is a spread,” Thundar laughed, eyeing the mountain of steaming food that lay in front of the group.
Everything had been laid out on wide platters and set on tables Alex had borr...
2021-07-08 23:33:01 +0000 UTC View PostOne evening later, Alex was in front of a cauldron again, but this time he was making food instead of magical golem cores. He was slicing beef and venison into a mixing bowl, then pouring a mixture...
2021-07-07 23:09:38 +0000 UTC View PostThe mood in Generasi City was a strange one: excited, sombre and tense all at once.
The excitement came from the upcoming Festival of Ghosts. Now that it was only a few days away, the entire ...
2021-07-06 21:00:47 +0000 UTC View Post“You seriously don’t have the Festival of Ghosts up in your homeland?” Thundar asked as they made their way along one of the paths through the botanical gardens. They passed a series of beehi...
2021-07-04 00:49:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe place where Thundar’s club met was in a part of campus that Alex had never been before, even though it was fairly close to the Beastarium.
Much of wizardry involved horticulture.
...
2021-07-04 00:46:48 +0000 UTC View Post“Wh-what do you mean, professor?” Alex stammered in front of professor Ram.
It had been weeks since his conversation with Khalik, and while he’d remembered what the prince had said abou...
2021-07-04 00:45:40 +0000 UTC View PostThe others had departed a couple of hours ago, and Alex had spent time with Selina afterward, just talking and relaxing and playing with clay until her eyes started to close.
As she got sleep...
2021-07-04 00:42:49 +0000 UTC View PostThe story his mother had told him was about a shepherd boy who had snuck into the woods one evening to meet his friends past his parents’ curfew. Becoming lost, the boy came across a wolf in the ...
2021-07-04 00:41:16 +0000 UTC View Post“Have you heard anything more about the demon?” Khalik asked Alex. He asked the question slowly, almost like a child asking a parent about something they shouldn’t know.
“No, have you...
2021-07-04 00:39:27 +0000 UTC View PostThe chancellor’s wrath was terrible; his retribution was swift.
He spoke a single word—not an incantation—but one syllable that held so much power, that Alex’s mana senses shuddered. ...
2021-07-04 00:37:51 +0000 UTC View PostScreams echoed from the west, and Alex could see a patch of ground near the campus gates swelling like an overfilled waterskin.
Crckle.
The grass singed as students scrambled a...
2021-07-04 00:36:42 +0000 UTC View Post“Ooooh this is a great bloody idea!” Alex said excitedly. “Thundar, you’re a genius.”
“Hey.” The minotaur tapped his thick skull. “This head isn’t only...
2021-07-04 00:34:30 +0000 UTC View Post“Yes!” Khalik grinned, tapping his name where it appeared on two lists: one for Magic Lore I and one for Earth Magic I. “Aaaaah, my brother would have never let me hear the end of it, were I ...
2021-07-04 00:32:43 +0000 UTC View PostAlex Roth had long built up a tolerance for—as he called it—‘people’s bullshit’.
Back in Alric he never would’ve survived close to four years in McHarris’ bakery without buildin...
2021-07-04 00:31:03 +0000 UTC View PostAlex had only ever seen a golem core once, and that was during the tour of Shale’s Workshop with Theresa. He couldn’t imagine how bad it would have looked if they handed him one and his immedia...
2021-07-02 23:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post“It’s too bad they can’t stay longer,” Selina said wistfully, waving at the ship as their little group stood on the quay.
“They’re off to do what they have to do…like hunting pi...
2021-07-01 23:14:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe white robed forms were still far away, and were a fair distance from Fan-Dor’s ship, but still a little too close for comfort. Then an alarming thought hit him. Would Fan-Dor’s be one of th...
2021-06-30 23:37:05 +0000 UTC View Post“Astounding,” Baelin said as he looked over Alex’s sheet. “Truly astounding. I am not as involved with the curricula for mana manipulation as Professor Val’Rok is, of course, but I know w...
2021-06-29 21:26:02 +0000 UTC View PostAlex fought to keep his face straight as Baelin stared at him from across his desk. In that moment, Alex was reminded of just how intimidating the chancellor was: towering, ancient and with a gaze ...
2021-06-26 23:53:54 +0000 UTC View PostFirst thing Alex did was carefully read over the entire written exam just in case there were any instructions hidden like in Jules’ lab-books. He sighed when he found that there weren’t any, an...
2021-06-25 22:23:42 +0000 UTC View Post“Uuuuuh,” Alex said unintelligently, as he continued to stare—slack-jawed—down at the paper, noting the details. It looked like the rally was being organized by Carey’s group, but there w...
2021-06-24 21:53:32 +0000 UTC View PostBaelin’s magic returned the class to the stadium and Alex spotted Shiani, Malcolm, and Rhea. He took a deep breath and was heading toward them when a hand touched his shoulder.
“You have ...
2021-06-23 21:30:20 +0000 UTC View PostThe elemental’s footfalls thundered through the crevice and the serpents’ flapping wings filled the air behind them.
They were still outpacing the massive rock monster, but the bright-spi...
2021-06-22 23:07:12 +0000 UTC View PostBoom. Scrrrrrp. Boom. Scrrrrp.
Stone ground across stone.
Hsssss.
Hissing emerged from serpentine mouths.
“Oooooh shit,” Alex swore.
The...
2021-06-19 20:56:39 +0000 UTC View Post