To her surprise—though she really shouldn't have been surprised, at this point—Derivan was right. There was a lot to learn from the festival. It was called the Festival of Stolen Light, apparently, and had something to do with a divine war that resulted in light being spread all acro...
2024-04-08 15:40:13 +0000 UTC View PostThere's no one at the rendezvous point when I go to check on it, which means I'm either going to have to wait or check in on the rebels myself. I choose the second option, because there's a risk their efforts will be for nothing if they aren't able to get whatever information they find to me befo...
2024-04-08 15:20:15 +0000 UTC View PostVex still couldn't access his system, and it was starting to frustrate him.
The system had been the cause of a lot of problems. He'd never really liked it because of that. Half of Elyra's problems existed because of the system, and though one could argue that it was more the fault ...
2024-04-06 15:56:35 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note: Having a bit of trouble with 50, but have 49 in the meantime! (I deleted and am rewriting chapter 50)
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The imbuement process takes exactly five minutes, and so much happens in those five minutes that it's almost impossible for me to absorb it all. The...
2024-04-05 17:06:17 +0000 UTC View PostIt had been a long time since Sev was last alone in a dungeon.
Properly alone, anyway. He'd been separated from his party before, but even then, they were always nearby. Now Derivan, Vex, and Misa were all basically on the other side of the continent—and while it wasn't impossible for Mis...
2024-04-05 14:35:48 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note: All references to the third Prime KIngdom have been changed to Enkiros to match what it was called in Book 3. I forgot I already named it. >_>
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"Ow," Vex said dully.
Everything hurt. He wasn't really sure why everything hurt, but ...
2024-04-05 14:34:15 +0000 UTC View PostVex was dimly aware that something hurt.
But it was a dim awareness. There was a point where the pain had become excruciating, and then something had snapped—which was a relief, really. He wasn't sure he would have been able to tolerate the pain for much longer, and he'd grown up...
2024-03-31 14:50:15 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note: Do you guys want the book as a completed PDF/epub instead of me individually uploading every chapter? Or should I do both (pin a post with the completed book and keep uploading individual chapters)?
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[What do you mean, you can't reach...
2024-03-30 14:47:56 +0000 UTC View Post"Shit!" Misa leapt out of the way, dragging Sev with her; she didn't want to risk another block. Not with their system skills apparently being on the fritz. The Soulblossom didn't move that fast, at least—that was the one advantage they had over the monster that was over two thousa...
2024-03-29 15:19:09 +0000 UTC View Post"You basically did the thing you keep telling me not to do!" Sev complained. Misa groaned, already annoyed by Sev's nagging—mostly because he was right, dammit, and she knew that. She knew that, but she hadn't been able to stop herself, and even now she wasn't sure that she would have....
2024-03-29 15:18:21 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note: That pause lasted a little longer than I expected--I'm sorry about that. Turns out writing 80,000 words in a couple weeks is kind of hard. But we're back now! This chapter is a bit of a warmup; I need to get used to writing DRR again, and then we'll ramp up with re...
2024-03-29 15:15:36 +0000 UTC View PostThe first step to their plan was finding the errant soulbloom in question. Despite Tinsel's words, it didn't seem eager to erupt out of the ground and attack them—in fact, if Misa hadn't known any better, she would've guessed it was avoiding them. The soulbloom flowers in the field shi...
2024-03-20 01:35:15 +0000 UTC View Post"...You're going to have to explain that one," Misa said. She took a seat on one of the nearby benches—because why not, really—and was only slightly surprised when one of the tiles beneath her feet suddenly lurched to life and launched itself at her.
She didn't even bother fighting this...
2024-03-20 01:34:23 +0000 UTC View PostVex stood at the precipice of the Void. His eyes glowed with mana. His connection with his Grand Anchor was as strong as it could possibly be, and though there was a small piece of himself that still felt a little strained, he wasn't sure they had time to let him try to recover. Hopefully, what h...
2024-03-20 01:32:56 +0000 UTC View PostThere was a red dragon standing in front of the three of them. It looked about as confused as Novice did, though both Derivan and Vex didn't seem particularly surprised.
"Uh," the dragon said. He was surprisingly soft-spoken. Vex had expected a powerful voice that echoed through the field; ...
2024-03-20 01:27:11 +0000 UTC View Post"That was a little depressing." Vex stared at the cover of the now-closed book. It had been a remarkably short read, considering the size of it. The rest of the pages were blank, though Vex flipped through them all in the faint hope that one of them would contain... something, Some hint at who ha...
2024-03-20 01:25:21 +0000 UTC View PostAn hour later found them with a small pile of books about semerits. If there was anything Helg was good at, it was organization—all the books about semerits were sorted together, and it hadn't actually taken a lot of time for them to find the section and then drag every last one of those books ...
2024-03-18 16:40:31 +0000 UTC View PostThe meal they had was fantastic. Sev regretted that he hadn't called for Derivan and Vex to join them — this would have been an incredible dungeon delve for the four of them to go on together. His memories of the dungeon were returning, and while it wasn't devoid of its dangers, the An...
2024-03-18 16:39:34 +0000 UTC View Post"Okay, okay," Sev said. "Knowing that it's a train doesn't actually help us. Does it?"
"You still haven't even explained what a train is," Misa said dryly. She'd stopped with the pushups and gone back to leaning against the wall and tapping the head of her mace against her palm impatiently....
2024-03-18 16:38:42 +0000 UTC View PostThe revelation that they were most likely in a region of Anderstahl that the Prime Anchor had unwittingly designated part of a dungeon made Sev tense up immediately. Not because he expected to be attacked, although that was part of it — the dangers in any given dungeon were typically u...
2024-03-18 16:37:45 +0000 UTC View PostA few things were immediately clear to Sev.
One was that Solar and the new phoenix had something of a bond. The bird had certainly imprinted on him when he'd picked it up — it had been comfortable enough to fall asleep in his arms, and that meant something — but there was something more...
2024-03-12 15:44:09 +0000 UTC View PostPhoenixes were divine creatures.
Sev supposed he should have seen that coming. It wasn't something he'd thought about—there was the passing knowledge in his mind that there were species out there that belonged to the divine planes, yet were not gods themselves. Angels were one such exampl...
2024-03-12 15:43:15 +0000 UTC View Post[Misa, I need you to come meet up with me,] Sev sent. Being connected to her reality anchor was convenient — unlike most others, his system didn't suffer from the same strange glitches and stutters that plagued most others he knew. [Are you don...
2024-03-12 15:41:19 +0000 UTC View PostA few hours later found Sev sitting in the midst of a pile of old books and papers, slowly poring through them. Not for the first time, he wished he had Vex with him — the lizardkin would be done with all these in an instant. He'd reached out through the system already, but apparently there was...
2024-03-12 15:40:24 +0000 UTC View Post"You've just been living two lives this whole time?" Misa asked, half impressed and half in disbelief. Her mother snickered at her expression.
"Is it that hard to believe?" Charise smirked a little. "It's not that hard."
"You're controlling two bodies!"
"Misa. You have a skill t...
2024-03-12 15:39:33 +0000 UTC View Post
In lieu of a chapter update this week, take a look at some cover art for DRR I commissioned! Same artist that I've posted fanart from before, cosmiccroissant on Twitter. Beautiful work, as usual.
2024-03-11 16:51:53 +0000 UTC View PostHey folks! I missed last week's update--I'm sorry about that. I had quite possibly one of the worst-timed "getting sick" events ever, in that it coincided directly with the launch of the second book of Edge Cases and also with an upcoming manuscript submission deadline. Long story short, I have t...
2024-03-11 16:48:03 +0000 UTC View PostI stare at the shop window for a moment, then look past it at the Ringmaster. "Should I be worried about the stone's aspect being listed as hunger?" I ask.
It's mostly a rhetorical question. Of course I should be worried. Even Thys looks skeptical.
The Ringmaster, to his cred...
2024-02-26 17:29:40 +0000 UTC View PostNone of them realize I can see them. I let out a breath when I realize this, relief trickling through my system; as lifelike as these Firmament mimics are, I don't think they're actually alive. I'm not even sure this is a trap anymore. Not an intentional one, at least. There is danger he...
2024-02-26 17:29:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe main problem I'm running into right now is that I don't have any quality imbuement stones. Or really any imbuement stones. Thys and Thaht have a stash somewhere, as they've said, but neither of them can remember where they're kept and all the rest of their siblings are out... somewhe...
2024-02-26 17:27:54 +0000 UTC View Post