The shark was a reminder that danger existed everywhere. Despite its massive size, the magic beast was able to approach us silently at incredible speeds, meaning even though we were running out of ...
2023-03-24 23:29:04 +0000 UTC
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So much to explore, so little time.
We were against the clock, but the longer we were in the mana bubble, the more accustomed we became to the environment. I had managed to block out most of ...
2023-03-23 03:32:46 +0000 UTC
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"Let me sleep in," I groan, pulling my blanket over my head.
"Oh no, you don't," Mom's annoyed voice pierces my fabric shield. Through Sense Mana, I watch the outline of my mother, reach down...
2023-03-17 03:19:27 +0000 UTC
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The ambient mana felt like it was crushing me and trying to push me back the way I came as I forced my way into the magic bubble.
"Take your time," Tabitha instructs me after I'm entirely in....
2023-03-17 00:02:02 +0000 UTC
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"Let me sleep in," I groan, pulling my blanket over my head.
"Oh no, you don't," Mom's annoyed voice pierces my fabric shield. Through Sense Mana, I watch the outline of my mother, reach down...
2023-03-14 04:28:30 +0000 UTC
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I don’t know what it was, but staring up at the outer edges of the crater for the second time, they felt more intimidating to me, probably because I knew what lay on the other side of them.
2023-03-12 23:08:37 +0000 UTC
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"Why did I have to suck at art in both my lifetimes?" I frown up at the ceiling.
I had successfully convinced Mom to buy me some paint from the merchant who visits our village every month to ...
2023-03-11 06:30:22 +0000 UTC
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I've never seen anything as magical as the lake before us. And I’ve seen a decent amount of magical stuff in the short time I’ve been alive on this world. However, the lake topped everything.
2023-03-10 23:59:31 +0000 UTC
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A few people pointed out to me that with all the rewrites it's clogging up my Patreon page and making it harder to read the newest chapters in order.
I've yet to find a way to clea...
2023-03-09 05:29:11 +0000 UTC
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There was nothing like being chased.
As you try to outpace your pursuer, the adrenalin you get, the swerving in and out of buildings, all of it made me feel alive. I glance over my shoulder, ...
2023-03-09 04:12:31 +0000 UTC
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Sometimes I like to think the universe is out to get me. Not the gods as I have met them, and I know they care about little us, but the universe itself. I wasn’t so sure.
Not an hour ago, I...
2023-03-08 07:35:46 +0000 UTC
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It's been a whole year since I was reborn, but notice how I say year instead of twelve months. That was because time on this planet was measured differently than back on Earth. Not only were the mo...
2023-03-07 08:18:46 +0000 UTC
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It’s hard to keep myself from giggling like a child. I was like a kid in a candy store surrounded by delicious sweets and told I could pick whatever I wanted. Hundreds of beautiful blue feathers ...
2023-03-06 08:59:40 +0000 UTC
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Silvia’s point of view:
I'm curious if all mothers worry about their parenting as often as I do.
The other wives and grannies in the village warned me that no two c...
2023-03-05 07:25:39 +0000 UTC
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Star Date: Unknown
Life on this uncharted world is fascinating; in the past six months I've lived here, many things have become clear. The planet appears to be populated by giant beasts stand...
2023-03-05 02:10:55 +0000 UTC
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It's official; I'm going crazy, and it wasn't even because I died and was reborn. No, I was going crazy because I'd been lying here for two months and was incredibly bored with nothing to do but st...
2023-03-04 05:10:07 +0000 UTC
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Author’s Note:
Thanks for checking out my rewrite of chapter 1. More are to come but first I want to set expectations. There won't be any major changes to the story, as these rewrites are m...
2023-03-04 05:07:42 +0000 UTC
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Which one was she going to pick?
While prepping the spot I was going to cook our celebratory lunch, I constantly steal glances at Tabitha as she inspected her kill. Yet, I said nothing as she...
2023-03-03 23:33:08 +0000 UTC
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The mana around me was like a physical weight on my shoulders, constantly pushing me down and hampering my slightest movement. It almost felt like I was underwater, only the water was mana. Mana Sk...
2023-03-02 01:40:41 +0000 UTC
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Kervin’s Point of View:
The new walls of Spotted Creek Village shinned in the summer sun. Our group had returned a week earlier than usual, yet the wall had seemingly doubl...
2023-02-27 06:39:12 +0000 UTC
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Master Pacore the Deathless’ Point of View:
“Where is General Pitz?” Olebert’s envoy angrily scowls at me from across the table.
Much to his displeasure, I igno...
2023-02-25 07:12:49 +0000 UTC
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The six mana signatures were moving swiftly toward our location, but as they drew nearer, they slowed down. They either knew we were here or sensed something was different about our location.
2023-02-23 03:59:44 +0000 UTC
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“AAAAAAHHHHHHH!” I scream, slamming my hammer down in frustration, causing a large plume of dirt to erupt around me.
Through the dust, I watch a beetle trip over its legs as it rushes to ...
2023-02-18 22:54:53 +0000 UTC
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Silently, Tabitha and I creep closer to our destination. Just because I could vaguely sense what was ahead of us and knew there weren’t any strong magic beasts ahead didn't mean we would reckless...
2023-02-16 05:35:21 +0000 UTC
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I was awake, yet I refused to open my eyes. All I wanted to do, was slip back into blissful sleep, but my mind was not having it.
Slowly, I open a single eye and am confronted by the soft lig...
2023-02-14 05:34:38 +0000 UTC
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I can’t describe the joy I feel, seeing the first rays of sunlight puncturing through the forest’s canopy.
It had been a long sleepless night left alone in the dark. Thankfully, what Tabi...
2023-02-12 05:42:08 +0000 UTC
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It took me longer than I liked to admit to climb down the massive tree I was in. And it took me even longer to drag myself over to the crater's edge, where Tabitha was sprawled out on the ground.
2023-02-09 23:32:02 +0000 UTC
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Acting was working overtime at the moment. It had been years since I needed to use it in any significant capacity, and now that it was the only thing keeping me from certain death, I was kicking my...
2023-02-08 04:48:22 +0000 UTC
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Aaliyah’s Point of View:
Damn, Tabitha was going all out…. was what I wanted to say if the noises below me were anything to go off of.
With all the goblins reckle...
2023-02-06 05:40:17 +0000 UTC
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Tabitha’s Point of View:
Raising my shield in front of my face, I block the halberd-wielding hob from stabbing me in the chest. At the same time, I use my sword to parry ...
2023-02-03 20:23:26 +0000 UTC
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