It occurs to me as I stare up at the night sky of the Shadowed Plane that I don’t remember what happened with that damnable vampire.
But I’m definitely too weak to ask now.
Artemis took me here as soon as I asked, as though my life depended on it.
Maybe it did.
Either ...
2024-03-04 04:06:06 +0000 UTC View PostOof.
I carefully inch my way down the hallway, leaning on a wall for support.
It’s taken me months since I awoke to even be able to move this much. I guess that’s what happens when your body is literal ash held together with mana.
And divinity, apparently. At least for me, n...
2024-03-04 02:52:10 +0000 UTC View PostEven after all that, he’s straining against me.
Fruitlessly.
“On your knees, Aubrey,” I snarl.
After another moment of straining, he obeys.
Meanwhile, I’m already actively healing Izahne, but she hasn’t yet regained consciousness.
Even past le...
I’m not wasting any time here.
“Olive.”
The fox spirit drops her glamour, immediately kneeling before me. “This one serves.”
The other three jump in surprise – I guess her illusion stealth whatever is really that good? Fair though, I only noticed she was there fro...
So, Izahne stormed out.
…And dragged me with her, for some reason.
…
“Where exactly are we going?” I ask.
She gives me a sharp look over her shoulder. “We’re going to the labyrinth, because I need to blow off some steam, and I’m not strong enough to fight the...
2024-03-03 21:19:55 +0000 UTC View PostYeah, so I have no idea what exactly Olive is expecting here.
I don’t know how to feel about the whole ‘wife’ thing, but she was practically frantic…
(You should probably talk to Izahne,) Nyx suggests.
…
I glance at the fox maid in my bed next to me, intently wat...
2024-03-01 12:01:56 +0000 UTC View PostWell, now I know I guess.
After doing some experimentation with Abaris around a handful of hypotheses, we’ve narrowed it down to a few possibilities…
But the most likely one is related to how Spellspeech doesn’t seem to cost me anything.
No mana, no will, no uhhh vitali...
insomnia got me bad - here, have a second one.
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I shoot upright in my bed.
Apparently that… that…
What happened?
…
The mass of fluff shifts next to me… I must have sat up fast enough to disturb my…
Wife…
sorry this one's been a bit, I'm pretty frazzled/spent from job interviews.
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“How fares your progress?”
The shadows surrounding the woman in black do nothing to obscure the wine flute in her hand as she disinterestedly swirls its red contents.
...
Yeah, so this douchebag is still talking. I’ve long since tuned him out and just answered with “uh-huh” and “I see” or whatever.
“-And that’s why I – the TRUE hero of this game, need to smite you! For the good of all, and so I can keep getting stronger! Just imagine what I ...
I actually did get a bunch of followers out of that – mostly adventurers.
...And a handful of priests begging for “special Classes” or something.
Whatever.
I fed them some line about proving themselves to me before I’d consider it, but I’ve apparently established th...
I need to figure out another way to train my clergy. After all, even if Pearl wasn’t still completely livid with me, she’s not a priestess anymore…
[Nightmare Mimic – Pearl (Mage) – Level 203]
Yeah, definitely not a priestess.
(You’re a priest of ...
“Um. Hi.”
I really didn’t expect Izahne and Pearl to surpass level 200 by now, but, well.
Here they are. In front of my throne, on the last floor of the dungeon.
Pearl sneers. “Hello, queen asshole. Are we gonna fight or what?”
Sighing, I gesture vaguely at...
“Just leave her be.”
Vivianne frowns and then replies, “If you say so, my queen.”
I sigh.
The ash layer in my throne room would have gotten quite thick by now if it weren’t for Olive and the vampire maids.
It’s been two weeks since Izahne moved out of the c...
CW: discussion of attempted su*cide, mind control
“Hey, I thought I should warn you that the idiot did another idiot thing, good luck.”
That’s all Nyx said before dematerializing.
But what does that even mean?
I sigh. I guess I’m about to find out.
...
Content Warning: depression, self harm, implied attempted su*cide, mind control/noncon, body horror
you've been warned.
this is a dark chapter.
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“I have no need for failures.”
Her words echo in my ears and burn themselve...
And of course, the asshole isn’t anywhere to be found when I actually do want to find him. I can’t say I’m that surprised though, he’s probably hiding somewhere and laughing at me running in circles.
“What should I do with these remains, my queen?”
Vivianne has ...
Olive seems to have chosen even more opulent attire for me than usual this time, but for once I don’t particularly mind. I want to appear as intimidating as possible, and this certainly won’t hurt.
Although… Dispersing to ash and towering over the pooka in my natural state has a cert...
Yeah, he’s just frozen up.
Which is at least partially unexpected, considering I haven’t even targeted him with any auras or anything… unlike the humans occupying the room with him. I can’t resist a smug grin at their pathetic struggles… most of them have already collapsed to the...
“That was easier than I expected.”
Yeah, after Olive teleported me and my hangers-on to the dungeon entrance, I met up with the rest of my retainers and paid a visit to crime syndicate number two. This time I had Omorth do the talking, which… I might want to do more often, to be hones...
2024-02-10 03:25:06 +0000 UTC View Post“The dungeon core avatar, I presume?”
The plant thing offers a sloppy bow. “Yes, master. As always.”
Nyx seems utterly disinterested while Abaris is muttering things like ‘amazing’ and ‘incredible’ and so forth.
“‘As always’ nothing. I was only recently ...
“Sounds like a gala,” Nyx replies.
Huh.
She levels a flat stare at me for a moment before continuing. “Of course you’re indifferent, but I guess I’ll say it anyway. My sister used to complain about those. The whole pantheon invited to some venue somewhere, and whoever host...
no, I'm not dead lol, I'm writing fr and definitely not distracted by watching anime and playing bass
2024-02-07 01:33:19 +0000 UTC View PostThe last boss room is predictably empty, just like the other boss rooms. All told, this is a pretty expansive dungeon... a hundred and twenty floors, with a mid-boss room every five and a boss room every ten.
Is that normal?
Nyx shrugs. (Yeah, give or take. The really high-level one...
I was right; these humans are a lot of fun.
...I think, as I Dominate the four generic goons guarding the front door. They’re very polite now, opening doors for me and my retinue. I made the deliberate choice not to introduce myself – most of these humans have only seen me from statues...
I swear, this guy is worse than Vivianne. No matter where I go, he’s always there – even when I’m sure I’ve lost him or Olive teleports me.
“How do you keep doing that?” I finally ask.
He looks confused, but in the most nonchalant way I’ve ever seen – certainly not the...
2024-01-28 23:40:24 +0000 UTC View Post“Alright, I’ll take care of it I guess.”
“I deeply regret our insufficiency, my mistress.”
After dismissing Aubrey, I turn to my retinue, whom I recalled from their tasks for this issue.
“Shouldn’t we just kill them the old fashioned way?” Izahne asks.
...
Skilled labor in exchange for refuge.
It’s not a bad trade, I’d say.
“That’s it? That’s all you want?”
The stately vampire, still on one knee, nods. “We seek shelter.”
I rub my chin. “Shelter from what?”
“The sun.”
...
I don...
“Oh you bastard.”
Nyx is standing in front of my newly created artwork while it perfectly mirrors her current facepalm.
“I can’t be a bastard if I didn’t have parents to begin with,” I reply with a jovial shrug. “Besides you’ve done it enough that I’d say it des...
2024-01-17 04:45:55 +0000 UTC View PostBring a razorvine sample to Mimir, I said.
He’d appreciate it, I said.
(Are you really surprised?) Nyx jabs.
No, I guess not.
At least he’s hitting it off with Abaris. They’ve been excitedly chatting back and forth about new discoveries and lost races and blah blah b...
2024-01-17 03:11:55 +0000 UTC View Post