Rick Scott

Path of the Berserker 5 - Chapter 55

I spotted the Chairwoman Yue Zhi Wen within the crowd of panicked councilmen and pointed straight at her.

“Madam Chair!”

She jumped startled and stared back at me like a dear in headlights, fear pumping.

She perhaps expected me to do something to her, to take vengeance, to make her pay for her ruling and be the first to feel my newly ascended wrath. But I could see the chess moves twenty steps ahead now. Securing her and the High Council’s safety would be the key to se...

Path of the Berserker 5 - Chapter 54

Within the cosmos It saw.

A million eyes gave view to a million worlds.

A million apertures with which to influence all existence.

It could barely fathom how It existed within the confines, viewing the cosmos through crudely constructed apertures, but one or two at a time. It was a sickness. A madness. Even now the residual imprints of that prison lingered upon It.

Poisoned by…emotion.

Hatred.

Fear.

Such were the constructs of mortals.

Path of the Berserker 5 - Chapter 53

The tone within the stadium had completely changed.

Gone was the fanfare and excitement of the tournament match, to be replaced by perfect silence as the High Council, the highest court in the land, conducted its business. I stood in my brand new robes, flanked by Lunalah and her mother Empress Revenah.

The same chairwoman from the tribunal was presiding over the floating dais, but she was on her own now and from the caption on the Qi-screens, her title had changed as well, becomi...

Book 5 Color Rough

Hey all! The next chapter is still in the oven, but figured I'd drop you this little treat. Got a cover update from my artist. Still in roughs. What do you all think?

Path of the Berserker 5 - Chapter 52

“The Iron Marshal is down! All bets are off!”

Fia’s heart jumped with fright at the call.

Instantly the gamblers were abuzz with salvaging what could be their lost fortunes as the odds shifted dramatically in Lady Rhe Su Long’s favor. Fia pushed through the midst of them trying to get to the bookies.

“What’s happened?” she cried. “What’s happened to the Iron Marshal?”

But the wall of people ignored her, pushing her out of the way forcefully. Bryce l...

Path of the Berserker 5 - Chapter 51

I blasted through the frigid air with [Ride the Lightning], racing to reach the ground as quickly as possible. A thousand feet away, I spotted Rhe Su Long doing the same thing. She hit the ground a couple seconds faster than me, causing a torrent of snow to jettison into the air.

The next thing I knew a blade came shooting across my face.

I thought she had thrown something at me, but only when a second attack came, did I realize it was Rhe Su Long herself who had covered that huge...

Path of the Berserker 5 - Chapter 50

Fia hiked the hem of her mummer’s robes as she raced through the densely packed streets of the Golden City. The trip down from the Pai Fang platform had taken much longer than expected, having to wait in line for nearly half an hour just to find a skiff that would ferry them to the surface.

Now little Bryce bounced on her back as she jogged quickly behind her father, Master Hei Dong, who was leading the charge. The Omni Gate connected to the planet Luxor was located in the heart of th...

Path of the Berserker 5 - Chapter 49

Fia’s stomach fluttered with nerves as they entered the queue for the Omni Gate.

It towered overhead in the waning light of the afternoon sun, which brought on an anxiety of its own. Even though Kel Zhi had assured her several times that her axe would protect Bryce from the influence of the Bloodmoon, the thought that it would soon be rising added a new sense of urgency to getting to the front of the line and through the gate.

Her parents, Rhi Dong and Hei Dong were with her, bu...

Path of the Berserker 5 - Chapter 48

I arrived on the deck of the corvette to a hero’s welcome, but there was more than just Captain Teng and his men there to welcome me. Vice Admiral Tau Lai was onboard as well, along with what had to be his entire officer’s cadre and two platoons of soldiers dressed in ceremonial robes to serve as an honor guard.

“Listen in, men!” the admiral shouted, and his troops braced at attention. “The company shall perform an Imperial Salute! A high honor reserved for royalty. Although i...

Path of the Berserker 5 - Chapter 47

I didn’t know if this was Hun Wu 2.0, Hin Wu 3.0 or I’xol’ukz Prime, but in either case I was in for a serious fight now. Hun Wu’s body had just melded with the god of Dark Frenzy and the [Odds had to be Against me]. The thought spiked my Frenzy and I channeled it into my defensive techniques as I doubled gripped my Phalanx Glaive to go all out, monster hunting style.

The aura of Dark Frenzy emanating from her was enough to send my [Sacred Soul Shield] into overdrive, depleting ...

Path of the Berserker 5 - Chapter 46

The gloom and decay only increased the further we got down river.

Eventually it ended in a waterfall that disappeared into pitch black darkness. We hovered over the edge of the falls and stared into the abyss below. I could sense even more Dark Frenzy and the effect caused my [Sacred Soul Shield] technique to kick it up a notch to protect my Flame. Still nowhere near Cursed Star level, but it was getting stronger.

I looked to Hun Wu. “Do you sense it?”

“Sense what?”<...

Path of the Berserker 5 - Chapter 45

I wasted no time and charged straight into the fray, lightning and Frenzy flying.

“[Wrath of a Thousand Slain Souls]!”

My technique went off with a boom! that echoed the thunder in the sky. A hundred skeletons exploded in a chain reaction of detonations that sent bone flying like shrapnel. Behind me, Blue Rose took to the air and targeted one of the lumbering elephant skeletons with her daggers.

Most of them went flying straight through the thing, but a couple p...

Book 5 Cover Sketches

Heya guys!

So my artist came back with some sketches for ideas. What do you all think? Also apologies for the delay in chapters. Work has been brutal and I just cant get the words out when i get home. I'm close the finishing the next chapter though so hopefully I'll have a breakthrough soon!

Cheers!

Rick

Path of the Berserker 5 - Chapter 44

I donned my robes and gear and made my way to the deck not knowing what the hell to really think. I suppose I shouldn’t have been surprised that a scholar like Zin Tai would have the mental fortitude to endure seeing a creature like that with ease, but the fact that he knew exactly what it was, told me he had done his fair bit of research into the unseen world as well.

It was a reminder that I was now the topic of that same research by him.

At least he was too chicken shit to co...

Path of the Berserker 5 - Chapter 43

I crested the small rise to view the deepened valley below me.

It was the third day of the journey from the landing site and to finally see the fabled valley that I had longed so much for, was a deep relief within my soul. My core resonated with the place. It was for certain the site of ascension that I had foreseen.

Wu Chu had provisioned lightly so we traveled fast.

He perhaps was more assured of success than I was.

So confident was he that we would both be leaving t...

Book 5 Cover Ideas

Okay guys, its getting around that time again. My artist will be ready to stark sketching by Mid September and I need some ideas. You guys always come up with some great ones! So have it crew! What would be some cool cover ideas for book 5?

Path of the Berserker 5 - Chapter 42

Fia clapped her hands excitedly as Bryce beamed a giggle filled smile at her while on all fours. Her mother, Rhi Dong, clapped with her, encouraging little Bryce to craw across the wooden floor of the dining room to them.

“Come on, Bryce!” Fia said, coaxing him with more hand claps. “You can do it. Come!”

He laughed and giggled instead, rocking back and forth like it was a joke.

“Why wont he crawl, auntie?” Su Ling asked, sounding worried. “My mama said I was c...

Path of the Berserker 5 - Chapter 41

I couldn’t have said it better myself.

Lunalah was a terror on wheels.

And the thought of being actually married to her curdled my stomach.

If I did have to settle for that though, I wouldn’t be able to kill her right away either. That would look too suspicious. So what would that mean then? Staying married to her for months? Years?

To hell with that, I thought.

I could barely stand being in the carriage with her, much less having to live ou...

Path of the Berserker 5 - Chapter 40

I added the last brushstroke of the technique and then leaned back to take in the ten foot long scroll I had just completely filled. I had spent the last three days bullshitting on this but now both Master Zin Tai and Patriarch Wing Lang were hovering over my shoulder and examining my work.

We were in the main library hall of the Fire Bird Sect, a multistory building filled with dusty old tomes and scrolls. It wasn’t much compared to the grand archives mind you, but it would put any a...

Path of the Berserker 5 - Chapter 39

My dearest Elder Sister Rheutera,

I am certain you must have heard the rumors by now, for if I, being on a distant fringe world have heard the whispers, then you, being within the core worlds, must surely be hearing the same news proclaimed from the very rooftops.

But I write to confirm for you that those rumors are indeed true.

My Champion, the Iron Bull, has performed a technique that has left the entire patriarchy of the Fire Bird clan confo...