Chapter 54 - Flaws
62nd of Season of Air, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
The conversation about white-feathered dinosaur puff balls was surprisingly pleasant. Everlast was so engrossed in her descriptio...
2024-10-23 06:55:45 +0000 UTC View Post
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Chapter 53 - Time and Value
62nd of Season of Air, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
Newt had no idea what had happened. One moment, Puresnow was soaring, cleaving down with her sword, the next she was lying on her...
2024-10-22 09:23:06 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 52 - Gaining Experience
62nd of Season of Air, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
Newt could not help but open his jaw a crack as Dandelion swished past him and the two Everfrost Palace disciples.
“You c...
2024-10-21 13:38:55 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 51 - What’s Her Problem?
62nd of Season of Air, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
“We are fine, thank you for your concern.” Everlast’s tone and bearing had changed, and while Newt still saw hints of disda...
2024-10-21 03:11:37 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 50 - The Frostworm Cave
62nd of Season of Air, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
“What lies have you told Master to deceive her so completely?” Puresnow snapped at Dandelion. “She knows our abilities! Sen...
2024-10-20 11:09:53 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 49 - Exposed
61st of Season of Air, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
After finishing the paperwork at the association and after Dandelion picked up his belongings from his much humbler Stellar Night...
2024-10-19 14:41:51 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 48 - Blade of Ice and Fire
61st of Season of Air, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
“Greetings, Master Swiftbeak,” Dandelion hailed a white-haired man with broad shoulders and massive arms, who registered to N...
2024-10-17 12:13:10 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 47 - Opportunities Grasped and Missed
61st of Season of Air, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
The Quarter of Coin bustled from the moment the first light signaled the end of the curfew, and by the time Newt and Dandelion ar...
2024-10-16 10:19:28 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 46 - Preparations
60th of Season of Air, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
Newt lay in his fancy bed, which felt like warm, feathery pudding, waiting for his roommate to return to their dimly lit room, st...
2024-10-15 17:11:36 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 45 - Strange Development
60th of Season of Air, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
Dandelion forced himself to calm down. “I assure you I am the person you are looking for and not a fraud or a face thief.
Chapter 44 - No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
60th of Season of Air, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
“You will regret this!” Guildmaster Barbadon shouted after Newt as he left the guild proper.
But before Newt managed fi...
2024-10-13 16:34:00 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 43 - Joining the Guild
60th of Season of Air, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
“Greetings, honorable guildmaster,” Dandelion bowed, absolutely nonplussed by the accusation.
Halfway through his words...
2024-10-12 12:10:58 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 42 - Friend Like Me
Bonus chapter for my first patrons. Advanced chapters permanently increased to 21!
60th of Season of Air, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
Chapter 41 - Entering Thunder Ridge
60th of Season of Air, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
Newt wowed, staring at the massive, forty-foot-tall sandstone walls which surrounded the imperial city of Thunder Ridge. Viewed f...
2024-10-10 09:15:36 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 40 - The Spoils
42nd of Season of Air, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
Blue rivulets, their color as deep as an ocean, veined the ankylosaurus’s carapace. The beast’s armor was in tatters, clawed ...
2024-10-10 03:55:16 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 39 - The Forest
42nd of Season of Air, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
Newt’s quick nap lasted nine hours. By the time he got up, the morning had nearly passed, noon merely half an hour away. <...
2024-10-09 19:19:09 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 38 - Sidetracked
41st of Season of Air, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
Newt sprinted back, spear in hand, and charged into the still-feasting allosauruses. The nearest beast raised its head in time to...
2024-10-08 10:13:22 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 37 - New Course
38th of Season of Air, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
“What do you plan to do now?” Elder Stronggrow asked Newt. The experienced man could tell his student and rightful patriarch ...
2024-10-06 06:50:05 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 36 - The Third Realm
28th of Season of Air, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
Newt was still running towards his spear, his skin covered in Magmin Scales, as he jumped through a wall of fire. Then the world ...
2024-10-05 16:01:45 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 35 - Battling the Python
27th of Season of Air, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
What now? Reality had shattered Newt’s plan of pitting two monsters against each other. If he fought Magmin head on…...
2024-10-03 09:51:22 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 34 - Magmin Returns
27th of Season of Air, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
Newt spent most of his days in the mine cultivating his realm, erecting earth glyphs and digging trenches for lava to fill to cre...
2024-10-03 09:17:35 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 33 - Returning Home
53th of Season of Water, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
Newt spent nearly eight weeks guarding Blackfist. While Newt stood guard over the entrance, the former sect master shut himself...
2024-10-01 13:49:31 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 32 - Stealing Candy From A Baby
67th of Season of Earth, 56th year of the 32nd cycle
After overcoming his initial aversion, Newt enjoyed the theoretical discussions with the sect master. They were eye-opening, as...
2024-09-29 06:46:30 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 31 - Charting Course
63rd of Season of Earth, 56th year of the 32nd cycle
“I apologize for acting the way I did.” Newt took a seat across the table from Blackfist. “I am confused, and I would lik...
2024-09-29 06:45:44 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 30 - Washing Hair
62nd of Season of Earth, 56th year of the 32nd cycle
Sect Master Blackfist handed Newt a small leather pouch he picked off a shelf. “Take these.”
Newt opened the pouch an...
2024-09-27 16:26:53 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 29 - Heretical Cultivation
62nd of Season of Earth, 56th year of the 32nd cycle
As it turned out, Sect Master Blackfist knew a lot about cultivation and elemental theory. And his opinion could be described i...
2024-09-27 16:26:05 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 28 - Life’s Lessons
62nd of Season of Earth, 56th year of the 32nd cycle
“I believe I told you to sleep or meditate, not to go for a walk around the city and come back,” Blackfist said instead of ...
2024-09-27 06:42:40 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 27 - The Library
62nd of Season of Earth, 56th year of the 32nd cycle
Newt left the sect master’s tea parlor in a daze. He felt hollow and did not know what to do with himself. A master of a smal...
2024-09-27 06:42:11 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 26 - Advice on Women
62nd of Season of Earth, 56th year of the 32nd cycle
Newt could not believe what he was doing, sitting in a secret room, spying at Blackfist’s back through a peephole.
“D...
2024-09-27 06:41:40 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 25 - Meeting the Sect Master
62nd of Season of Earth, 56th year of the 32nd cycle
Newt really had licked his fingers that night, the breaded yamaceratops filets were exquisite. He also managed to defend his ch...
2024-09-27 06:41:11 +0000 UTC View Post