ER: Chapter 26 - Minor Abominations
Day 26, 1:05 PM
We’re six lessons in, and we’re finally at the edge of civilization, such as it is, on the border of the corrupted lands.
“Remember, I ...
2025-02-02 15:57:50 +0000 UTC View Post
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ER: Chapter 25 - The First Lesson
Day 21, 8:20 PM
Edna enters the hut. She was probably right outside the whole time, crying in the rain, but I left her alone, she certainly needed some time to ref...
2025-02-02 14:10:58 +0000 UTC View PostER: Chapter 24 - Clash of Cultures
Day 21, 4:15 PM
“One must travel a long path if they wish to become a mage.” Edna’s voice is solemn, and I have to kneel on the ground before her as she teac...
2025-02-02 14:09:29 +0000 UTC View PostER: Chapter 23 - Goals
Day 21, 10:30 AM
“Hello, Edna!” I greet the witch as I enter her home, surprising myself with the sincere cheeriness and the fact that I actually missed her. E...
2025-02-02 14:08:09 +0000 UTC View PostER: Chapter 22 - Quits
Day 19, 5:20 AM
The thirty-eighth floor is dark already, but my darkness intuition is helping me navigate around trees and bushes without a sound. It’s a neat sk...
2025-02-02 14:06:51 +0000 UTC View PostER: Chapter 21 - Addiction
Day 14, 10:30 AM
With the kids safely heading for the surface, it’s time to focus on myself. What do I want to do with my life? The answer is magic. But the most...
2025-02-02 14:01:42 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 134 - Yet Another Tournament
57th of Season of Water, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
Heroes have dramatic fights in tournaments, full of twists and turns, winning against impossible odds, snatching victory from t...
2025-02-02 05:15:09 +0000 UTC View Post40 minutes to answer
Pick what you want in tomorrow's chapter. I'm off to have a snack and will return in an hour. If there are no responses, I'll toss a die.
Cheers!
2025-02-01 15:50:26 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 133 - Tryouts
57th of Season of Water, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
The core disciple trial was taking place in an arena. Newt had no idea the Explorer’s Gate had an arena. When viewed from the...
2025-02-01 05:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 132 - Carried Away
47th of Season of Water, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
Elder Flameax took a full day to come to terms with Newstar’s sudden realm increase. He was disappointed. He had expected bet...
2025-01-30 06:03:55 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 131 - Peak
30th of Season of Water, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
“You are trying to trick me!” Magmin hissed. “If I climb to the surface, the blazing pterosaur will attack.”
Newt...
2025-01-29 05:57:45 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 130 - Magmin The Third
29th of Season of Water, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
The dark, oppressive mine shaft was no longer dark, nor oppressive. It was a mere hole in the ground, the air thick with earth ...
2025-01-28 02:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 129 - Say What?
29th of Season of Water, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
After conscripting the terrified locals to help carry the unconscious Blood Cult victims to his clanhold, Newt and his friends ...
2025-01-26 05:48:32 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 128 - Confession
29th of Season of Water, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
“They’ll kill me.” The flabby mortal squealed, hanging upside down.
Elder Flameax had heard plenty of inane things ...
2025-01-25 05:20:05 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 127 - Why?
AN: Warning, in case you skipped the message in the previous update, this chapter has some horror elements and possibly gore, if you're extremely sensitive. This is a one chapter thing, and it will...
2025-01-23 04:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 126 - Fallen Elders
29th of Season of Water, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
While deciding that Newstar’s safety was paramount was well and good, Elder Flameax still had choices to make. Important choi...
2025-01-22 08:06:42 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 125 - Bloody Hell
29th of Season of Water, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
The four lower-layer cultivators drew strange sabers. The weapons’ flat sides were jagged, covered in barbs and hooks, striki...
2025-01-21 04:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 124 - Bloody Scammers
29th of Season of Water, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
Newt and his team stood out in the streets. The yellow and green camouflage robes designed to blend into the jungle clashed wit...
2025-01-19 04:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 123 - Introductions
29th of Season of Water, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
Harvesting eldenroot took slightly longer than Newt and his team had expected, but they still had plenty of time to spare for a...
2025-01-18 05:29:03 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 122 - Night Bathing
19th of Season of Water, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
How did it come to this? Newt sat in the hot-pond with Obi and the girls, staring at the stars above. Everyone was dec...
2025-01-16 08:42:33 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 121 - Venting
17th of Season of Water, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
Newt was at ease. On the first day, his team had collected a tenth of their quota. They could complete their mission in nine da...
2025-01-16 08:26:12 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 120 - Raptor Mountain
16th of Season of Water, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
The captain of the airship had a stern face, cold, brown eyes, and kept her back straight. Her most striking feature, however, ...
2025-01-15 04:13:35 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 119 - Mandatory Mission
13th of Season of Water, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
Newt and his teammates were checking available missions at the Chamber of Instruction. Outer disciples and laborers had a consi...
2025-01-14 05:33:20 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 118 - A Letter
47th of Season of Air, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
Half a season stormed by in a bustle of inconspicuous activity. Newt had devoted his days to improving his proficiency with spell...
2025-01-12 04:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 117 - A Killing
84th of Season of Fire, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
Newt returned to his dorm room, his nervousness made manifest as serpents dancing in his stomach. After he had learned that his ...
2025-01-11 06:47:47 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 116 - Censorship
84th of Season of Fire, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
The Chamber of Punishment was bare. It looked like the base model all other Chamber buildings used for their layout before filli...
2025-01-09 09:31:53 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 115 - The Disciplinary Venerable
83rd of Season of Fire, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
Greenbow or First, as she seemed to prefer to be called, appeared angry with him. Newt knew why. She waited for him to leave the...
2025-01-08 04:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 114 - Mastery
83th of Season of Fire, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
Four weeks had passed since Newt got separated from his teammates. He had taken to meditation at the strangest of times, in the ...
2025-01-07 05:13:46 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 113 - Failure
59th of Season of Fire, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
Alabaster listened to Newstar’s teammates’ story with furrowed brows. At first, she took their words at face value that a wandering din...
2025-01-05 09:55:23 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 112 - Troublesome Little Brother
59th of Season of Fire, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
Newt dodged a split second before the stegosaurus launched a volley of icicles from its tail. The frozen javelins whizzed by har...
2025-01-04 07:57:16 +0000 UTC View Post