A piercing shriek rent the night air. Levi sighed. “So much for that.”
Guests rushed toward the rear door. Levi grabbed Colin and whirled, running for the exit to the alley. Not the one t...
2024-10-01 15:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostIke backstepped furiously. Lightning Dash let him keep pace with Lord Nors’ charging head, but he couldn’t outpace it. A remaining scrap of wall loomed behind him. To avoid it would mean to slo...
2024-10-01 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostLevi sighed aloud. “Where does anyone find food in this era, huh? Do I even have a choice? Or is it the tavern and nothing?”
“You can always keep eating rations and jerky,” Colin poin...
2024-09-30 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostIke activated Tempest with all his strength. Energy burst around him. Aether swirled, cycling through his limbs, out into the world, and back again. As it circulated, it grabbed strands of aether f...
2024-09-30 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThey left the little town in the mountains behind. Isa took the lead, guiding them toward the Death Cult—or, at least, the last place she’d known it to be.
“I’ll warn you, it was over...
2024-09-29 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostAs Ike said the word, both he and Wisp launched out of the hole. Lord Nors’ eyes narrowed. He gestured, and the sword flew forth, soaring toward Ike’s throat.
Lightning flickered. Ike sna...
2024-09-29 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostLevi wandered the gorge. He picked through the fallen men’s weapons, carefully choosing the best-maintained swords. In the end, he selected three new ones and strapped them to his hips, two on ea...
2024-09-28 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post“A terrible mistake?” Ike asked.
She punched his shoulder. “We’ve done it in the wrong order again! We need to raid the treasury first, then help the inhabitants.”
Ik...
2024-09-28 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostSitting beside the tent, Cam ground his blade, sharpening the ragged thing. He checked the edge. Still ragged, but sharper, now. Almost sharp enough to cut instead of hack. Putting it back to the b...
2024-09-27 16:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostThe red light played over a variated ground. Low lines, like roots, climbed over larger, thicker root-like lumps. The roots grew thicker, knitting together as they drew toward the highest point ben...
2024-09-27 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostAt the door, Isa yanked a heavy cloak off a hook. She went to throw it over her head, then noticed all the dust on it. Grimacing, she gave it a few smacks. A dust cloud rose in the hallway.
L...
2024-09-26 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe shape of the streets formed a human body. A human body, curled up on the ground like a child inside its mother. The walls pressed close around the body’s head and feet, forming the boundary o...
2024-09-26 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostBracing his arms and the Armalgam against the wall, Levi lifted his legs and kicked Isa away. She staggered back. Her legs hit the lip of the coffin, and she flopped back into it.
“Armalgam...
2024-09-25 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostThey stepped into the final room. Ike’s eyes quickly adjusted, assisted by his Sensory Enhancement skill. A small study stretched all around them. A large, paper-strewn desk sat against the wall,...
2024-09-25 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostLevi headed up the grand staircase toward the second floor. Like on the first, a long corridor led toward the left and the right. To the left, cobwebs choked the hall. To the right, the rug was wor...
2024-09-24 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostThey strode ahead, into the next room. This one was dark and quiet. There were no puppets. Not even one.
Ike stepped forward, then slipped. He swung his arms and grabbed the wall. His feet sl...
2024-09-24 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: So, the fun part about reading early drafts, is... sometimes, they're a little in flux! I've been playing with the idea of a new character/plotline. I've decided to add them, but that ...
2024-09-23 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostGentle music tinkled in the background. A trio of musicians quietly plied their craft in the corner. A candelabra glittered. The scent of flowers and delicious food mixed together, luring him furth...
2024-09-23 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThey wound up the mountain. As they approached the Count’s manor, the sky grew dark and grey. Thick evergreens cloaked the slopes. An eerie mist cloaked the ground, thickening as the peak eclipse...
2024-09-22 16:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe black monster caught him up and tossed him into the air, Ice Armor and all. When he came back down, Wisp caught him. She grinned and patted his shoulder, not able to hold him and pat his head a...
2024-09-22 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostIn the morning, Levi and Colin joined the townsfolk. They mingled among the people as they gazed at their ruined houses. Very little remained. A few stone chimneys. A small stone outhouse. The chur...
2024-09-22 02:41:05 +0000 UTC View PostIke reached the castle. After being stuck in a single street of the city for so long, it was strangely easy to approach. Neither space nor time looped around him, as far as he could tell.
Once they were out of earshot, Colin nudged Levi. “Why’d you lie to her about Jessie?”
Levi gave him a look. “Are you blind? Did you see her? Plus, calling that kobold ‘chu...
2024-09-20 15:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostThe bricks trembled. The entire pillar glowed, burning under the heat of his compression. Ike pushed down on it, forcing the pillar down and pressing in on it from all sides. Compressing it like a ...
2024-09-20 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post“Hey! That was my kill!”
They turned.
A fit but heavy woman stood at the door, her hands on her hips. Her entire body was thick, like a pillar. She reminded Levi of female weightlif...
2024-09-19 15:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostIke’s core filled more and more. He could feel the brink of Rank 2 fall behind him. Ahead only laid Rank 3, but there was something in his way. Something that prevented him from reaching the next...
2024-09-19 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostFrom this angle, Levi finally saw it. A second pathway opened in the wall. It pointed away from the initial entrance and from the rest of the room. If a giant kobold, tall enough its head brushed t...
2024-09-18 15:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostIke burst out of the inn. Back on the streets, he found the city the same as it had ever been. No change. A year had passed, and still no change. How long had it been stagnant? How long had these p...
2024-09-18 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostLevi drew his sword. He caught the kobold jumping down at him with the two arms over his shoulders, while the two arms below caught two leaping lizards. In three quick slashes, Levi dispatched all ...
2024-09-18 01:07:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe town chattered around them. Ike and Wisp walked shoulder to shoulder toward the skill store. No one moved to block them. No one even looked their direction. Curious, Ike paused and approached o...
2024-09-17 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post