It should have bothered him more.
As Miguel looked at the shimmering wall of ethera, he reached out and touched it. The surface was permeable, but not so diffuse that it wouldn’t take...
2024-09-29 15:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostSadie erupted into motion, letting out snarl as she slammed her fist into the frost-covered boulder. It cracked beneath the blow, but due to being bathed in dense ethera for months, the rock ...
2024-09-28 15:10:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Attacks have increased in frequency,” said Rasana, the gnomish scout. She was one of Kurik’s team of hunters, though instead of her class coming from a Ranger archetype, she’d begun ...
2024-09-28 15:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post“Uh…should we loot?” asked Ron.
“No,” Elijah said, still staring at Sadie. The woman had just displayed a terrifying amount of power, effectively forcing a powerful enemy to s...
2024-09-27 15:10:00 +0000 UTC View PostMiguel greeted his impending death with a snarl.
The sword fell, glinting in the faint light of a setting sun, and his stomach twisted into a thousand knots as he considered all the thi...
2024-09-27 15:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post“You seem to have done pretty well for yourself,” Zeke said, leaning against the railing and trying to ignore the thousands of feet worth of open air separated him from the ground. The la...
2024-09-27 13:00:17 +0000 UTC View Post
It was only a whisper.
But in Miguel’s ears, it was as loud as any shout. He shot to his feet, a layer of dirt and dried blood cracking with his every motion as he erupte...
2024-09-26 15:10:00 +0000 UTC View Post“So, what do we do?” asked Dat.
“Um…we need to kill her,” Elijah said. “I think. The quest just says to illuminate the shadows, so I’m not sure what it’s supposed ...
2024-09-26 15:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostZeke dropped to his knees, then planted his hands in the blessedly dry sand. He took a deep breath, then flopped onto his back and stared at the sun, which hung high in the sky.
...
2024-09-26 13:00:20 +0000 UTC View PostDarkness pressed in on Elijah, so powerful that it verged on suffocating. His pulse quickened, his skin grew clammy, and his breathing became shallow. It felt like he was on the precipi...
2024-09-25 15:10:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Wake up, bro.”
“I’m not asleep. I’m just resting my eyes,” Elijah muttered. He would have already passed out, but for the rumbling emanating in the distance. It wasn...
2024-09-25 15:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostIt almost felt routine.
Until it didn’t.
They were already on the fifth temple, and Elijah had just watched his companions dismantle the latest shadespinner. He’d contributed,...
2024-09-24 15:10:01 +0000 UTC View Post“This is unnerving,” Ron said, his eyes flicking back and forth at every hint of movement. Elijah wasn’t certain if the Healer could actually see the shadow slayers surrounding them, or...
2024-09-24 15:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post“I really don’t want to do this,” Zeke said, pacing back and forth only a couple of feet away from the permeable wall that protected the habitat from the crushing abyss on the other side.&nbs...
2024-09-24 13:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostSorry this is a bit late. I accidently scheduled this for tomorrow instead of today (I hate Patreon's interface). Anyway, here's today's second chapter.
It was difficult to gauge whe...
2024-09-23 17:07:25 +0000 UTC View Post“I really don’t like this,” Elijah said, focusing on the sense granted by One with Nature. So close to the forest, he could feel its atmosphere so intensely that it verged on overwhelmi...
2024-09-23 15:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostZeke plunged through the semi-permeable barrier and tumbled onto dry land. His titanic body was a shredded mess, resulting in a small pool of silver blood beneath him. He vomited a mixt...
2024-09-23 13:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post“I remember going to an amusement park a few years before the world changed,” Ron remarked as they trekked through the jungle. “My daughter always loved roller coasters, and with everyt...
2024-09-22 15:10:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe first of the stone statues – or golems, Elijah realized – was on him in less than a second. The thing moved so quickly that Elijah couldn’t even react before it slammed a fist into ...
2024-09-22 15:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostElijah’s shoulders slumped in exhaustion – both mental and physical – as he took a long, deep breath. The salty air tasted almost sweet after spending so much time beneath the ocean, fi...
2024-09-21 15:10:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Elijah landed just outside of camp, where he found the others gathered around the fire. The only one who was missing was Sadie, but he sensed her sitting just a dozen or so yards...
2024-09-21 15:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostGabriel was beautiful.
His skin shimmered golden over perfectly sculpted features that would have been entirely at home on a statue of a Greek god, while his hair – which seemed like it was...
2024-09-20 15:10:01 +0000 UTC View PostSadie rammed a shoulder into a particularly large wraith, sending it stumbling backward across the ground before it hit a clump of its fellows. In the same motion, she spun, bringing her blad...
2024-09-20 15:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post“I don’t like them,” said Athis with a grimace. “They’re…so…accommodating.”
“You could learn a thing or two from your reptilian cousins,” Tucker remarked. “T...
2024-09-20 13:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostThe first time Elijah used Lightning Rush was one of the most exhilarating things he’d ever experienced. One second, he was soaring above the jungle, and the next, he was a bolt of lightnin...
2024-09-19 15:10:00 +0000 UTC View PostAs Sadie saw Elijah standing there, wearing an innocent expression on his face, she just shook her head. Even after he’d explained his theory of how the challenges work, the notion that he...
2024-09-19 15:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post“You got big,” said Tucker, grinning as he clapped Pudge on the shoulder. The former dire bear was at least nine feet tall and built like a champion power lifter. The only thing tha...
2024-09-19 13:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostElijah didn’t bother with stealth.
It wouldn’t have done much good, given that he needed hands – or more importantly, opposable thumbs – to open the door. Besides, it wasn’t a...
2024-09-18 15:10:01 +0000 UTC View PostElijah was bored.
And considering he was in the middle of a challenge in the Trial of Primacy, surrounded by potential enemies that wouldn’t hesitate to slaughter him, given half a chance, ...
2024-09-18 15:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostElijah floated only a few dozen feet below the surface, but his attention remained fixed on the scene below. As Lamar had described, there was a city down there, but it looked nothing like wh...
2024-09-17 15:10:01 +0000 UTC View Post