“No armor?” asked Sadie.
Elijah stuffed the last of his wardrobe into his Ghoul-Hide Satchel, saying, “Flying under the radar.” He raised his hand, showing off the jewelry on hi...
2025-02-13 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostYanking his axe free of his latest victim, Zeke never even saw the blade coming for his neck. A second later, his head flew free and rolled down the hill. He remained aware for only a f...
2025-02-13 14:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostMiguel knelt near the site of the cave-in, his senses locked on his surroundings. The monster he’d encountered there had long since moved on, allowing a close inspection of the path to the ...
2025-02-12 16:10:01 +0000 UTC View Post“There is such a thing as too much soap,” Sadie said, her hands on her hips as she stared at the crates Elijah had piled next to the treehouse. As it turned out, his effort had produced m...
2025-02-12 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post“I hate you so much. Have I told you that recently?” sighed Carmen, turning the Verdant Fang over in her hands. She handled it much better than he’d have expected, given that she ...
2025-02-11 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe moment Zeke stepped through the gate, he was blinded by the bright sun above. He blinked, clearing his vision with every passing second. When he could finally see, he was more than ...
2025-02-11 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe tree was ready.
Still, Elijah circled it, inspecting it with each of his senses. The smell was the most difficult to pick out, largely because it was overwhelmed by the grove’s ot...
2025-02-10 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe accusers screamed their accusations, but Zeke paid them no heed. They had no more power over him. He’d accepted his sins and atoned for them, so they could no long affect him.&nbs...
2025-02-10 14:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostElijah hefted the boulder, then raised it above his head, where he balanced it on one hand. The pressure felt almost negligible though he knew from experience that it probably weighed between...
2025-02-09 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostIsaiah peered at the monitor, which displayed a maze of tiny conduits. Some blazed with the current of ethera, while others conducted electricity. In a perfect world, the two would have...
2025-02-08 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post“Put yer gods bedamned pendants on, you rock-brained idjits!” shouted Kurik, his rough voice echoing down the tunnel well before Elijah caught sight of the angry dwarf. The sound brought ...
2025-02-07 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostZeke hit the man in a shoulder tackle that should have shattered a mountain. But to his immense surprise, he rebounded as if he’d hit an immovable wall. He stumbled backward, a flood ...
2025-02-07 14:00:18 +0000 UTC View Post“The Forge of Creation,” Carmen said aloud. “I don’t hate it.”
The name had been suggested after a survey of all the other crafters who would one day use the facility, and aga...
2025-02-06 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostZeke stumbled toward the village, the weight of his struggles heavy on his shoulders. It would only take a simple pulse of divine energy to get him back to full strength, but he would need to...
2025-02-06 14:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostElijah looked at his forearms with no small degree of consternation twisting his expression. Part of it was the power he felt coursing through his body. Strength unlike anything he’d ...
2025-02-05 16:10:01 +0000 UTC View PostWith his legs crossed beneath him, Elijah sat atop a large, rocky edifice in the mountains. He was only a few miles away from where he’d fought the spider who’d once guarded the pass lead...
2025-02-05 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostBy all rights, Miguel had no business being included among the scouts. He was a Warrior by archetype, and his Green Warden class hadn’t given him anything like a stealth ability. In a...
2025-02-04 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostZeke stepped forward with footsteps of thunder as a thousand pyres burned behind him. Every step shook the very nature of reality. Every twitch sent ripples of divine energy to scorch t...
2025-02-04 14:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostElijah turned the seed from the ancestral tree over in his hand, studying its structure via Soul of the Wild. From a visual perspective, it was just a seed. The size of a walnut, its ob...
2025-02-03 16:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostHe burned.
But he did not waver.
He refused to give in, and somehow, his pool of divine energy responded. Not all at once, and certainly not quickly. But it answered t...
2025-02-03 14:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostSadie stretched her arms above her head, the movement loosening her tight muscles. She’d gone a little too far with her training the day before, and even Elijah’s healing had been insuffi...
2025-02-02 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostIf there was one thing Elijah already knew about his new form, it was that it was big. Very, very big. Considering that the world leviathan was in the description, that shouldn’t have...
2025-02-01 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post“That is so disgusting,” Sadie grunted as she performed her sword forms. Each one was exact and sudden, cutting through the air with practiced precision. She executed an abbreviated...
2025-01-31 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post“The Circle of Heresy is a misnomer,” Eveline said suddenly.
“What?” asked Zeke, still trudging along. “I thought you said you didn’t know anything.”
“Well, now I ...
2025-01-31 14:00:15 +0000 UTC View Post
“How long has this been up?” Elijah asked, still looking at the notification hovering before his inner eye.
Ramik answered, “A little more than a day.”
Elijah frowned.&nbs...
2025-01-30 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe wall of blood hit Zeke with enough force to break every bone in his body. Yet, via the wonder that was the divine-energy-infused [Hand of Divinity], he managed to pull himself back togeth...
2025-01-30 14:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostElijah spent almost an entire day touring the area around the nuclear plant, and he was happy to discover that his plan was working. Certainly, there was a long way to go, but the sunflowers ...
2025-01-29 16:10:01 +0000 UTC View Post“We wait,” said Katis, scratching her short, blonde beard. “Reinforcements should arrive shortly.”
Miguel frowned, though he didn’t argue with her order. In a vacuum, wa...
2025-01-29 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostIrasi stood atop the walls of the citadel and watched as her people’s doom descended upon Aeristhûn’s walls. Perhaps the current charge would not destroy their defenses – after all, th...
2025-01-28 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostZeke slumped to the muddy ground, nearly collapsing in exhaustion, both mental and physical. Never before had he been tested so thoroughly than as he’d traversed the neverending battle.&nbs...
2025-01-28 14:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post