Malcolm Tent

A Novel Approach chapter 111

Wish upon the Stars chapter 929

We ran across another candidate not too far into the maze. Or rather, two candidates working together. Rather than be in the dark about these though, I was pleased to note that Belsara seemed to know them. I was LESS pleased that she tried exhaustively to convince me to stab them in the throat from stealth.

“Rega and Pallux are MONSTERS,” she told me bluntly. “I’ve met them several times, and every single one they tried to kill or capture me. They control their subordinat...

Secret Ending chapter 76

very mild nsfw at chapter end, mind the tags.

Wish upon the Stars chapter 928

I had a LOT of rock in my ring, and after melting it down enough to thin and having Callie reach into the shadows…I dropped it all. There was a whump of displaced air as the light in the cave flickered wildly. Not enough to wake the bats, and not enough to be extinguished, but it was definitely dimmed in our nearby proximity as condensed D-rank stone coated the walls and floor of the maze within about a mile of me.

Sadly, while I DID have enough prescience to stockpile some roc...

Secret Ending chapter 75

Wish upon the Stars chapter 927

The staircase down into the labyrinth was cramped and uncomfortable. The top steps were rough and had good traction, but they were incredibly short and small, making each step feel awkward and overly dramatic even when I was just walking normally. The stairwell was also narrow, so we had to descend one by one. It was deeply uncomfortable.

By the time we reached the bottom and emerged onto the ledge that overlooked the labyrinth, I was agitated and twitchy, ready to fight someone ...

A Novel Approach chapter 110

Wish upon the Stars chapter 926

Our first order of business after meeting with Tyrus was find a place to stay where we could FINALLY start working on our elixirs and reap the benefits of the frankly ludicrous things we’d been accomplishing since we got here. Aside from being watched by a bunch of S-rankers, we’d ALSO made enemies of the Void en masse, so I was expecting a pretty decent bump to my stats beyond the elixirs, even if we were still low enough priority that I didn’t think it would be on the le...

Secret Ending chapter 74

Wish upon the Stars chapter 925

Our trip to Draycia, the spoke city where Devlan’s uncle was in charge, was surprisingly mundane, if not exactly peaceful. We ran across another trial, a sort of maze that I got through with minimal effort. Sadly, this particular trial wasn’t all or nothing, so while points were awarded, I didn’t get many of them. Fifteen at the maze, and another ten from brief participation in a hunt for a pack of wild boars. It wasn’t really even a trial, more of a spontaneous event, b...

A Novel Approach chapter 109

nsfw mind the tags

Wish upon the Stars chapter 924

I stared down at the papers, having finished using my Dantalion abilities to mine information from them a while ago, and all I could think was. “There are SO many spies here,” I blinked in horror at the list. “Like, holy shit. No one should ever trust anyone ever again. They’re EVERYWHERE. And they’ve been doing this for years. Like…half of the people on these lists are in positions of power now. And like…actively reporting back. This is a fucking sleeper cell RING.” 2025-07-07 21:55:08 +0000 UTC View Post

Secret Ending chapter 73

Wish upon the Stars chapter 923

I “woke up” strapped to a wooden chair. Metal bands crisscrossed the device, wires sticking out of them at odd angles, all leading to a mach

I “woke up” strapped to a wooden chair. Metal bands crisscrossed the device, wires sticking out of them at odd angles, all leading to a machine plugged into the wall. Atop the machine was a tub of blue liquid in which floated some sort of misshapen octopus creature, it’s single blue eye glowing much like the void mantii. Or maybe not like...

Secret Ending chapter 72

Wish upon the Stars chapter 922

“Hey, where do you think the brainwashing facility is?” I asked my wife sardonically as we stared up the hill at the incredibly creepy dilap

“Hey, where do you think the brainwashing facility is?” I asked my wife sardonically as we stared up the hill at the incredibly creepy dilapidated wooden building. Above us, clouds loomed large, shadowing the whole area, and there were even sparks of lightning dancing between them. 

Of course, this wasn’t some kind of regional ...

A Novel Approach chapter 108

Wish upon the Stars chapter 921

Trellan Saint was not an intimidating person. Not just visually (I’d long since learned not to judge books by covers), his whole demeanor was very casual and amused. Like he was in on a private joke the rest of us hadn’t caught onto yet. I didn’t like him. Like…immediate antipathy. But that wasn’t really relevant to the situation. So I sat down across from him and just bluntly said what was on my mind. “What do you want?”

He hummed with interest. “What a fascinating ques...

Secret Ending chapter 71

minor nsfw at the end, not enough for a tag but just a warning lol

Wish upon the Stars chapter 920

The rest of our trip to the C-rank zone was surprisingly mellow. After we affirmed our alliance with the Murk Elves, several of them joined up with us. We also stopped at multiple villages, towns, and even a city or two along our slightly serpentine path, and now we were arriving at the first C-rank city on the spoke we were following, Devayre.

Our forces had grown as we traveled, now up to a full seven hundred and fifty. As we approached Devayre though, I had a strong feeling that we n...

A Novel Approach chapter 107

Wish upon the Stars chapter 919

The frog king was NOT happy to be captured. Which, you know, objectively reasonable. Who likes getting kidnapped. Admittedly, the frog was m

The frog king was NOT happy to be captured. Which, you know, objectively reasonable. Who likes getting kidnapped. Admittedly, the frog was more verbose about it than I suspect most creatures are. But after we explained we weren’t planning to kill him or eat him he calmed down. Archie looked a little disappointed, but I drew the line at eating sen...

Secret Ending chapter 70

Wish upon the Stars chapter 918

The inside of the swamp was DARK. That might have seemed obvious, but it was actually kind of oppressive when I got deep enough. Towards the

The inside of the swamp was DARK. That might have seemed obvious, but it was actually kind of oppressive when I got deep enough. Towards the top, some light had gotten through the muck. Not much, but with my Perception I could still see it. Down here though, once I’d dove a few hundred feet, there was NOTHING. It was so dark that it felt like I h...

Secret Ending chapter 69

Wish upon the Stars chapter 917

The next morning saw us all moving out of our temporary shelter. I stashed another eight scrolls as usual, then followed behind Devlan as he

The next morning saw us all moving out of our temporary shelter. I stashed another eight scrolls as usual, then followed behind Devlan as he

The next morning saw us all moving out of our temporary shelter. I stashed another eight scrolls as usual, then followed behind Devlan as he led us out and around the zone of protection that was Yettin. ...

A Novel Approach chapter 106

Wish upon the Stars chapter 916

We hit the street like a wrecking ball of death, spinning over the ground inside the sphere so fast the outside blurred. The club was actually partially surrounded when we came out, but we shot right between a pair of groups, bounced off the wall behind them, and shot off down the road before anyone nearby could even process what had happened, our path cleared perfectly by the wish as we headed for our first destination.

“Alright, the entrance to the first cave system we need is down ...

Secret Ending chapter 68

Wish upon the Stars chapter 915

“You better be ready to leave this shithole of a city,” I growled at Devlan as we emerged into The High Society. “Because I am absolutely do

“You better be ready to leave this shithole of a city,” I growled at Devlan as we emerged into The High Society. “Because I am absolutely done with this place.” We had accomplished…well, something, admittedly. The HUGE number of infinity crystals that Bethy had temporarily unloaded into the vault downstairs to prepare for our journe...