Seeing as the dungeon was a bust, Fiona and I returned to the fortress and decided to see what was across the plains.
It was certainly the largest single terrain feature I had ever seen as we flew across it day after day. Every few miles would be small clumps of the gorlophants, grazing awa...
2021-11-06 12:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostIt took some searching to pin down the location of the dungeon but we eventually found it. At first, we had mistaken the rocks peaking from the grass as nothing but scattered boulders. There had certainly been enough of those throughout the grassland. But as we got closer, you could see the cut s...
2021-11-05 12:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostFiona and I scoured the forest for miles around the sinkhole but only found three more of the leech creatures. That was both good and bad. Good that they hadn’t spread further but bad for leveling.
I hadn’t gained a single level from the three creatures, but Fiona had gained five levels...
2021-11-04 12:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostEdward Rosewill had been given little time to prepare for the arrival of this Lord Vik’t. He could only hope his preparations were enough. He found it irksome that he had to bow down to an alien invader but he knew that might come to pass when he agreed to have the Enchanters Guild join his tow...
2021-11-03 12:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostI stomped on the ground producing a wave of molten rock in front of me. The charging swarm carrier, which had once been a massive boar, sunk into the superheated rock. It tried throwing leeches my way but the superheated air cooked them before they made it to me.
I made sure that none of th...
2021-11-02 12:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostI dodged to the side as the gorlophant rushed through the space I had just been occupying, trying to gore me with its horn.
I heard the creature let out a deafening screech as Fiona let loose with the prismatic rapier. The creature's tough hide parted like thin paper to the blade's edge and...
2021-11-01 12:01:11 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to the month of madness, I hope you all enjoy!
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“You seem awfully nonplussed for someone that just murdered a group of people,” Kurt angrily replied as he glared at me.
I had just finished going over what had occurred w...
2021-10-31 12:20:47 +0000 UTC View PostJust a reminder for all patrons, Tomorrow kicks off the RoyalRoad Writathon. With that I will be implementing the month of madness as I like to call it and will be trying to post a chapter a day. Any chapter I post to RR will be reflected on Patreon. So stick around and enjoy the madness.
2021-10-30 11:19:17 +0000 UTC View PostFiona and I examined the obsidian-colored pedestal in the center of the room. As we neared it, glowing characters emerged along the top. They were not in any language I was familiar with and the system didn’t translate them for me. I looked over to Fiona and she shook her head. Well, guess ther...
2021-10-30 11:15:59 +0000 UTC View PostFiona and I spent a week practicing and got to a point where I could endure her whole form within me for a minute. I really hoped that was enough time.
She had been busy as well, managing to identify four of the spies. The other two were much better at remaining hidden. I wanted to catch al...
2021-10-30 11:15:27 +0000 UTC View PostNot much changed in the month after bringing Martin and Fiona back to Saint June, at least for me. Martin had managed to make a name for himself across the town and as I expected he was well-liked. Elections hadn’t been held yet and nobody wanted to go the route of declaring that they were now ...
2021-10-23 12:26:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe trip back was a struggle, both emotionally and physically. The first physical obstacle was the barge itself. Taking it with us would make us a huge target. Leaving it behind would be a waste. I decided to remove anything of value and abandon the barge in the jungle. A plasma cutter helped mak...
2021-10-23 12:25:32 +0000 UTC View PostThe dense vegetation and thick vines made traversing the Jungle difficult for Maria and me. More Maria, than I as I had much higher agility. Ska had no issues as this was his element. No sooner had we stepped inside the foliage than he practically disappeared from view, thanks to his mottled fur....
2021-10-16 11:57:48 +0000 UTC View PostIt was a full three days before my Reaper title picked up Javier’s location. That gave me a good estimate of how far the tracker reached. I figured it was around a thousand miles. It wasn’t a perfect estimate though as the barge was traveling away from us almost the entire time.
It seem...
2021-10-16 11:57:16 +0000 UTC View PostI let Maria steer the fortress since she knew where the town we were heading for was located. I had ways to locate both Javier and the barge but they were both beyond the range of either option. At least I hoped Javier was just beyond the range. The other possibility was not one to dwell on at th...
2021-10-09 12:33:51 +0000 UTC View PostOur little trip had taken quite a bit longer than expected. But I hadn’t been expecting to sign up for a fighting competition and then be forced to fight off a group of religious nuts. So I guess three weeks being gone wasn’t so bad.
I did notice that over half of the sensors I made had...
2021-10-09 12:33:27 +0000 UTC View PostI was helping clean up the mountain of corpses. I knew I didn’t have to stick around and do it but that would be a dick move. I might be an asshole, but I wasn’t a complete prick. Dead civilians were lined up and covered with any available fabric. Eventually, survivors would have to go throug...
2021-10-02 12:16:19 +0000 UTC View PostEven before I could see the contestants, I could hear the stomping and chanting of the crowd. It appeared Hegar the champion had made it to the Semi-Finals, it was also my first chance to see the figure.
Out of one side of the arena stepped a comparatively short man. Maybe a few inches shor...
2021-10-02 12:12:59 +0000 UTC View PostSka ignored the noise from the mass of people as he flitted through the trees and tall grass that had replaced the open sand from the previous day. This was his element and he already knew where his opponent was thanks to Hunter’s Scent.
The mage was sitting in the center of a burned-out ...
2021-09-25 12:01:32 +0000 UTC View PostAfter that unprovoked attempt at my life, my interest in watching the matches waned. If it wasn’t for the fact that I was sequestered in with the other participants I may have just said screw it and walked out. I was fine with testing myself against the people with a duel, but I wasn’t here t...
2021-09-25 12:00:51 +0000 UTC View PostSo that was how Ska and I ended up on the bracket for this tournament. It was the quickest and most legitimate way to gain entry to the Bazaar. There were a hundred spots and everyone was given a random placement. From what Don told me, there were three former champions in this round. He pointed ...
2021-09-18 12:52:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe rest of New Mexico was a boring wasteland, not improved one iota from its pre-System state. Just brown rock and sand as far as you could see. Most cities were dead husks, sand already beginning to cover over the remains. People were long gone, dead or scattered to easier climates, unable to s...
2021-09-18 12:51:40 +0000 UTC View PostAfter the initial flurry of signals I got from the detectors and the one that detonated, it was radio silence. Two weeks went by without a single hit from the detectors. I was afraid the detectors had burned out or the Stygian Order found a way to circumvent them somehow. I was able to alleviate ...
2021-09-11 12:40:34 +0000 UTC View PostIt took Timothy a week to finish fabricating the last of the disks for my project. It was good timing because the dry dock was almost complete. I thanked the man for his work and told him to take off until the dry dock was ready and the barge was in place. I paid him with the money I earned from ...
2021-09-11 12:40:01 +0000 UTC View PostNow that I had spoken to Javier and Maria and gotten the initial work started on the new warehouse and drydock, I turned my attention toward my next goal.
Locating the Stygian Order was going to be difficult. I assumed they had spies I wasn’t familiar with keeping tabs on me. It was the o...
2021-09-04 11:48:08 +0000 UTC View PostAfter finishing off the dwarves and stripping them of all their gear, I left their corpses to rot in the hot Texas sun. It's all the bastards deserved after attacking. Coming after me was one thing but attacking my friends was another.
Despite my desire to immediately go after the perpetrat...
2021-09-04 11:47:41 +0000 UTC View PostI floated the fortress out over the ocean and spent the better part of a day cleaning up and repairing the insides. I still had the two damaged runes at the bottom of the fortress that I would need to get to but it could wait for now. My mind was in turmoil but the act of cleaning helped me settl...
2021-08-28 13:41:58 +0000 UTC View PostSorry about the late release, I overslept, or I should say my dogs let me sleep in. Considering they woke me up at 2 A.M. to take them outside it was mighty generous of them.
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“You’re sure it was the Stygian Order...
2021-08-28 13:41:17 +0000 UTC View PostI stood at the top of the fortress, watching the barge until it was out of sight. It would be safe to say I was a bit nervous. Releasing such a large magical vessel into the hands of two kids that I had only known for a few weeks was a risk but I trusted the six trained men on board to deal with ...
2021-08-21 12:22:28 +0000 UTC View PostI grabbed the collar of Javier’s shirt and yanked him back just in time to save him from being split in half by a guillotine that dropped from a slot in the ceiling.
I did have to reattach a few of his fingers though.
“You’ll be fine in a few minutes,” I assured the shaking te...
2021-08-21 12:21:34 +0000 UTC View Post