Malcolm Tent

A Novel Approach chapter 63

Wish upon the Stars chapter 809

The returning contestants took longer than expected to get back, so they ended up pushing the feast back until the night after. I spent that whole evening with my wife, and then the next day, after stockpiling my wishes, I went to see Benny. I hadn’t checked in with my friend beyond our greeting, mostly because…I didn’t know what to say. While he was happy to see me, I knew him well enough to notice the hesitation in his mannerisms when we reunited, and I knew exactly what had caused it...

Secret Ending chapter 4

Wish upon the Stars chapter 808

Bethy looked bad. Not just devastated (though that too) but tired and slightly thinner. She wilted a bit at my question, but shook it off quick. “I’m SO sorry,” she said emphatically. “That was…I’ve never had that happen before. My bloodlust usually doesn’t surge like that, and you’ve been helping me wear away at it.” She subconsciously toyed with her bracelet, seemingly unaware of her own actions.

“It’s fine,” I assured her. “I’m not dead, which means you we...

Secret Ending chapter 3

Wish upon the Stars chapter 807

My normal style, at least recently, had involved a lot of head on combat. Explosive charges and big flashy explosive battles. But after my earlier epiphany, I started to analyze my behavior a bit more. I realized that I had better tools for combat than just burst strength. As useful as that was when I needed it, some enemies couldn’t be overcome with brute force.

Bethy, it turned out, was one of those enemies. Within an instant of the start of the fight, the entire clearing was full o...

A Novel Approach chapter 62

nsfw, mind the tags.

Wish upon the Stars chapter 806

After the ceremony, we had a meeting set up with the elders, but since Daysia and I were some of the first back, we had some time to kill before things actually ended. Hours if not days, depending, so I decided to take my new staff for a test drive.

First though, In wanted to show it off. I gathered all my friends together, and once they’d all arrived, I gestured dramatically. “Ladies and gentlemen,” I said portentously. “My weapon woes are over. I’ve found the perfect support...

Secret Ending chapter 2

In the club.

Wish upon the Stars chapter 805

We made good time returning to the mother tree. Aside from Archie knowing to be careful, Daysia was much stronger now, her link to her tree granting her new powers, and the life fire didn’t overwhelm her as much. By the time we landed she mostly just seemed extra energetic, but even that might have been excitement.

As we arrived, we confirmed that Daysia was the third of the Dryads to bond with a tree. While normally this would have been a good result (though not amazing), her bond wi...

A Novel Approach chapter 61

Preparing for war

Wish upon the Stars chapter 804

It took about an hour for the kings to leave. After fifteen minutes of no progress, the weasel king had proclaimed the lemur prince a liar and attacked. The lemur king had driven him back and the two of them had exploded into fierce combat again, with the lemur king slowly luring away his enemy.

The prince, seemingly unsure if I was actually gone, glanced out at the clearing, but when he couldn’t detect anything, eventually gave up and left.

Without any active scrutiny, plus the...

Secret Ending chapter 1

New series begins! Heroic young justice MC fanfiction. Already gave you guys the barebones. Slow burn power scaling. multi-pairing.

Wish upon the Stars chapter 803

The difference between using my Goetia forms with and without a staff was stark. The smoothness of my motions, the speed, the explosive power. They were all incomparable to what I could manage with my fists, and that became obvious to the lemur as soon as the staff smacked into my palm.

The swords, being metal, bit into the untreated wood of the staff, but to my shock it healed even as they pulled away. Being a tree the Nine Lives Reincarnation Tree was extremely high in VItality, and a...

Shout at the Devil chapter 240

Alright folks, thats the end. I like to finish stories open ended, leading into possible sequels. This one might get one eventually, might not. As of Monday, I'll begin posting my new Young Justice story (harem heroic protag, gamer but very slow burn power wise, with lots of crafting) on here, migrating it to QQ once it reaches six chapters. I hope everyone enjoyed Shout at the Devil, and that you enjoy the next one.

Wish upon the Stars chapter 802

The lemur was looking at me. This one was smaller than the king, with copper colored fur and piercing amber eyes. The knives it was resting lightly on the ground were wickedly curved and jagged along the inner hook of the blade, with the outside sharpened to a razor’s edge. The most absurd thing, though, was that I was pretty sure this thing could fucking SEE me. Somehow.

“Human,” said the lemur in a high pitched, scratchy voice. “I sense your presence. Come out.”

I blin...

A Novel Approach chapter 60

Rescuing Drakken

Wish upon the Stars chapter 801

I was prepared for the deluge of information that hit me when I activated Murmur.. With Callie as a backup just in case, especially using Piece of Mind, I was more than up to the challenge of handling the avalanche of stimuli.

One of the adjustments I’d made when creating this particular pseudo Domain was making it an ACTUAL domain, as in, an area under my control directly. By compressing Dantalion’s influence to a smaller area, I’d been able to achieve a deeper level of control a...

Shout at the Devil chapter 239

Final farewells, one more chapter left

Wish upon the Stars 800

Daysia, it turned out, WAS looking for a partner. Despite seeming incredibly shy and anxious, the daisy haired Dryad was extremely enthusiastic about working together. “I’m so happy not to have to do this alone,” she gushed. “I’ve never been very speed oriented. I’m a Tree Singer, and Dancers tend to be the ones who create speed techniques. Do you have some kind of transport we could use?”

Shuttles, I was told, weren’t allowed, but mounts were considered fair game. I did...

A Novel Approach chapter 59

Meeting the Teeth

Wish upon the Stars 799

The difference in atmosphere during my communion and the others was pretty stark. When they went up there was lots of laughing and muttering, good natured teasing for people these Drayds had known for years. When I was announced though, everything went dead quiet, and the whole vibe became much heavier.

I ignored it. I’d spend the last quarter of a year being tortured in increasingly inventive and complicated ways. Being up here in front of a bunch of people I actually knew might be n...

Shout at the Devil chapter 238

Two more chapters left on this one

Wish upon the Stars chapter 798

The next day I made my scrolls, bringing my total to sixty four, then took a long shower and got dressed and ready for the opening ceremony. After so long on Rackham I’d gotten used to taking my time doing things, but I knew that with the succession war only ten months away I needed to buckle down and get my recruitment going. 

While I had most of the A-rankers I needed, finding ten B-rankers to serve among my forces, not to mention as many C and D-rankers as possible, was still ...

Shout at the Devil chapter 237

the final battle

Wish upon the Stars chapter 797

After helping Jessie adjust to her new species (and wasn’t that a weird thought to have), Callie and I packed all of our things and headed out to meet with my family for dinner. More than just Zeke, mom, Chelsea, and Celia though, I finally got to see all the friends I hadn’t been able to talk to during my time on Rackham. Cark, Cass, Mel, Bethy, Gabe, Felicity (my cousin, not the goddess), and even all the animals.

My apprentice was also there, currently deep in conversation with�...

A Novel Approach chapter 58

Surprise guest star, finally.

Wish upon the Stars chapter 796

There were a lot of reasons to avoid racial traits. One was similar to the reason most people didn’t follow a god’s Path after they had taken it if they wanted to advance/. Sharing your renown with an entire species was a bad way to get lots of attention. Another was because it made creating a Solid Path harder, because the Path needed to be anchored to the racial trait instead of to a normal ability, and the process was much more complex.

The one I had NOT known about was the fact...

Shout at the Devil chapter 236

Four chapters left, I wanted to end it on a bulk chapter release.

Wish upon the Stars chapter 795

The Ordolon Oak was a particularly lovely building. One of the roots of a large tree that formed a city/ I’d been expecting all the root buildings to be pretty similar, but I was impressed by how intricate and personalized each of the buildings was. The wood had been shaped into gorgeous reliefs and designs, with gemstones and even metals seemingly growing through it in places, creating beautiful murals and artwork along the walls.

What impressed me was the fact that there were absolu...