(Cognosticon here. Since the Patreon has stayed above 100 supporters, everyone is getting two new bonus chapters. Because I'm also giving a bonus to free readers, plus your regularly scheduled chap...
2023-11-04 19:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post(Cognosticon here. Since the Patreon has stayed above 100 supporters, everyone is getting two new bonus chapters. Because I'm also giving a bonus to free readers, plus your regularly scheduled chap...
2023-11-04 18:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post(Cognosticon here. Since the Patreon has stayed above 100 supporters, everyone is getting two new bonus chapters. Because I'm also giving a bonus to free readers, plus your regularly scheduled chap...
2023-11-04 17:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostGrowing up with the dream of being a monster hunter, Kai had always known that it was likely he would die young. He had imagined countless deaths and ways to avoid them. When he'd grown older, he'd...
2023-11-03 17:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostWhen the giant of a monster swung at him again, Kai dodged aside from its blow. The end of each limb was basically a bludgeon, so he doubted there was anything to damage within. Instead he struck a...
2023-11-02 17:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe dark waters ejected Kai onto the island, no matter how he tried to resist. Either he had passed his mental limits or some part of him wanted this. All of the confused forces within him must hav...
2023-11-01 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostHad he smashed her with a box?
That was Inafay's first thought as she struggled back to consciousness. All her battle instincts were still blaring and she very nearly took a swipe at the heal...
2023-10-31 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostZae Zin Nim sat alone in an abandoned house, trying to ignore the sawdust falling from the ceiling with each earth-shaking step. Her only hope of finding a solution through cultivation was beginnin...
2023-10-30 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
(Cognosticon here. We've stayed above 100 patrons for a while, so everyone is due bonus chapters. Expect about three of them around the turn of the month.)
It seemed unbelievable that Fhazi w...
2023-10-29 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
As the last of the monsters in the north died, Zae Zin Nim wondered why she was still fighting. The fun had drained out of the combat with Kai missing and there were no longer any threats capable o...
2023-10-28 17:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
As she stepped away from the controls, Inafay rolled her shoulders like she always did before they sparred. There was no delay in summoning her skills anymore: she would be ready in an instant. The...
2023-10-27 17:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
No one on the walls cheered for Kai anymore, but he kept fighting. Given the way some stared at him, he supposed that he should be grateful they weren't actively targeting him. There had only been ...
2023-10-26 17:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Could the previous Hunter Trials possibly have been only a year ago? As Rallia Orgoron stared down with the other defenders, it seemed impossible. The years started to blur together as she got olde...
2023-10-25 17:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
The side of the wall flashed past him faster than Kai had anticipated, and he briefly wondered if he had made a mistake, but the armored monster was already almost in his face. He assumed that its ...
2023-10-24 17:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
There wasn't enough time.
As Kai desperately tried to push his Physique to the limit, he began to accept that he wouldn't make it to E-0. Occasionally he began to feel a strange twinging in h...
2023-10-23 17:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
(Patreon is being screwy and demanding images on posts. I'm just going to use this WIP cover because that will get the chapters posted.)
It seemed like the two elites were going to push him a...
2023-10-22 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post(Cognosticon here. This chapter has been bumped up as a bonus chapter after the Royal Road version passed 1000 follo...
2023-10-21 22:06:13 +0000 UTC View PostThe hole in reality yawned wider and wider as they approached, but there was nothing Kai could do. While they walked within the rainbow aura they were protected and everything outside was certain d...
2023-10-21 17:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostNo matter how Kai strained, he couldn't stop his legs from moving forward. On some level, he didn't want to. Some of the others didn't seem to even notice, just strolling alongside the strange man ...
2023-10-20 17:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostGunjin Granfian rarely cursed, even when he was truly angry, but he cursed then. He turned back to the ground and spat out a few words.
"Stay put. I need to contact someone. Fight to stop the...
2023-10-19 17:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostAt last they came into sight of Monskon City. Kai had skipped his training for the first time in ages because he had a feeling he would need every drop of strength. The problem was how to deal with...
2023-10-18 17:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThere was still quite some distance to Monskon City, but Kai was beginning to find the environment familiar. That actually made him even less motivated to hurry, especially since he couldn't enter ...
2023-10-17 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostTraveling and training made great companions in Kai's view. Maybe it would have been more efficient if they'd had a self-propelled method of transportation like Zae Zin Nim wanted, but he enjoyed t...
2023-10-16 17:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostWinning a battle was great. Benefits included not dying. But maybe Kai's life had gotten too easy, because he was aggravated that he'd won the battle and yet hadn't broken through.
No matter ...
2023-10-15 17:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostNow Kai had no choice but to dodge backward from his opponent's careful strikes, because each one of them might twist dangerously. One of those strikes had destroyed his gauntlet, so he couldn't ev...
2023-10-14 17:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostIt was strange, walking along calmly while knowing that a battle was impending. Oh, there was a remote possibility that the two elite mercenaries were following them to deliver a message. Or maybe ...
2023-10-13 17:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThatch. Kai hadn't woken up staring at thatch since he'd been a young orphan, not yet adopted by the Granfian clan. He blinked several times before trying to sit up.
The rest of the room matc...
2023-10-12 17:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostFighting the Irunians had clearly taken a toll, because Anaelina bled from multiple wounds. Yet she still moved with ease and her eyes were glowing silver, just as they had when she'd tried to kill...
2023-10-11 17:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostOne of the most dangerous women Kai had ever known was standing across the garden, beaming at him. At first he had no idea what he was supposed to do in such an absurd situation. He wanted to attac...
2023-10-10 17:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostRazz had never been shy about visiting the estate, frequently visiting the workers and other locals, but this time he sent a letter. That should have been the first warning. Just the idea of going ...
2023-10-09 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post