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Chapter 284

Drak tried to quell the rising tide of blood that turned his vision red as he walked swiftly toward his opponent

Unpredictable, adaptable, versatile… Drak had been ready for all of these things from his opponent. The other man was taller than he was, with black hair hanging around his face, framing his bright emerald eyes. Although he was passable with a spear, he was not at the level that Drak had really taken the fight seriously.

But this… destroying his image in the s...

Chapter 283

Randidly felt the images traveling through his body, even as Drak continued to advance. He hefted his spear and waited, his eyes sliding to a half closed state, to watch. The sun in his image burned brightly, but then there was a soft ticking, and time began to rush past.

Faster and faster, the years passed, shooting forward, millennia gone in the heartbeats that Drak used to move closer. At the core of the sun, which fueled the chain reaction from which it got its power, somethin...

Chapter 282

With his timeline sped up by his opponent’s lack of charm, Randidly was forced to burn another 5% of his mana pool, smashing Drak with more attacks of Spearing Roots. It wasn’t that they weren’t effective, he was clearly feeling sore and tender in some spots from the hits. It was just that they were called Spearing Roots, not Hammering Roots, and Randidly left every trade feeling like he had spent too much for too little.

But, to be fair, that feeling might be mutual, after ...

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Chapters will be out early tomorrow. Work switched me to late shift for the week. Ugh.

Chapter 281

Randidly pressed his own Aether into the spear, banishing the murky Aether he gathered from Drak and reclaiming some of the frustration and rage that Randidly had sacrificed to suck it out of his opponent. Although it was just a small cut in the hand, it was enough for the strange rune to act on that small wound.

Drak blinked, and then slowly looked up to stare solemnly at Randidly. Then his eyes turned ugly.

“You…. are a Devourer. A Heretic.”

Randidly s...

Chapter 280

Only two tonight. 

Randidly opened his mouth for a retort, but thought better of it. His entire body was quivering, slightly, with the rebound from using the Phantom’s Embrace. The physical toll was higher than it had ever been in battles against Azriel, but Randidly had somehow expected it. That was simply who Drak Wyrd was.

But because of that, Randidly was forced to allow Drak Wyrd to take the initiative. This was both a necessity and strategic:...

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Car battery died, had to lay around Philly for far longer than I wanted. 

5 chapters behind. Tentative makeup schedule.

Monday: 3

Tuesday: 3

Wednesday: 2

Thursday: 3

Friday: 1

Saturday: 3

Sunday: 3

Chapter 279

 Just three for now, and I'll hopefully get another later. Now I need to drive 5 hours.

Plus these three are all an extra page long for chapters... I just wanted to fit it all in!

There was a pause, and the voice ignored Xierk as it continued. “You… feel regret? You… crave assistance for your people? I will do what I can, but it must be a trade. For my assistance… you must buy time for the man behind you in the bed. Stop the opponent in front of ...

Chapter 278

I chose to divide it up the POV like this because of criticisms I usually receive about jumping around. So we follow the first half of Lucretia and Shal, then all of Randidly. Let me know what you think~ 

Everyone was silent as the head tumbled to the ground, and the decapitated body fell to the side, sagging in on itself. Claptrap began to tremble, his eyes wide, his front wet with blood. The monster above him seemed pleased, and gathered up scraps of the dispersing i...

Chapter 277

Even with a wound in his side, the male spear attendant stood, perplexed, almost heedless of his own blood loss. Of course, his high physical defense stats were starting to slow it down, but he had lost a majority of his health in the single blow, and must be feeling it, Lucretia mused.

But in his stance, there was no weakness, only confusion.

“Misery…? Does our friendship really mean so little, Claptrap…?” The male spear attendant said, his eyes sorrowful. But this ...

11/2/2017

None today, but that means 4 tomorrow! I have a trip this weekend, and had to do some prepwork.

Chapter 276

 Okay but now for real! All the pieces in place. Should be mostly action for several chapters.

Humming to herself, Lucretia strolled through the streets of Deardun opening, ignoring the celebrating people, drinking themselves into fits of jubilation and contests of strength. To her eyes, it was extremely distasteful, but she didn’t really judge the average person for their strange ways of coping with life.

Because honestly, Lucretia had made her brea...

Chapter 275

On an unrelated note, I am aware I am behind on royalroad. I should have them caught up to where they should be tomorrow.

Randidly breathed slowly in, then out, feeling the flow of air through him.

He felt… sharp. There was no other way to describe it. He had been training until late last night, fighting time after time after Azriel. They had trained until both of them were ragged and out of breath, and then for the first time in several weeks, Randidly...

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No chapter Tuesday, because the next month is gonna be rough.

The goal is 60 chapters or so. Godspeed me.

Chapter 274

Intense. That was Drak Wyrd. Where others might have turned that fame and strength into arrogance, Drak pushed it down, filling his short brown hair, his mild eyes, his well-muscled stature with it. There was a density and permanence to him that others couldn’t rival. That was part of his strength, the very air crackling with his power.

Azriel admired that. But in the same way she admired a skilled fisherman who could feed a village: in an extremely detached way. She wouldn’t ...

Chapter 273

Randidly opened up his path menu and looked at what he had gained through training.

First was Ash to Ash, which although costly, had increased by 12 Skill Levels. They had made a concerted effort to work on that while they could, and that had lowered the mana cost by a pittance, but it had also given Randidly a marginally larger amount of control and deftness with its use.

What the problem was for combat was how powerful the image already was, so the very air changed when it...

Chapter 272

The power I received was great, and everyday I grew stronger, but it was not enough. The mountain that they had put in front of me… was high beyond belief. Although I knew the curse of the Eternal Witch, I could not dissuade myself. 

She obtained for me an ancient, evil rune, that would let me give my soul to obtain power from defeated enemies. As long as I use it on the front liens, against them…

But first, I must deal with the Engraving Guild...