Ava had been right that they would have guests, but who they turned out to be had ruined the day.
You need to come and meet them. Bring the table and the chairs.
Who is it?
Aldric, Herb and Hess.
Kaen felt a twinge of angst at that announcement. Both of those men had been on his agenda to visit tomorrow, but for them to ride out here…
How do they look?
Their faces tell me n...
2024-01-16 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostI got some great things coming this week!
Stay tuned for a special gift to everyone in a few days!
Dragon Riders! - 30+ chapters are done in book 3 (I'm hammering away). Remember the week of January 22nd-26th I'll take that week off as I edit hard all the current chapters written. April will be release of Dawn of the Last Dragon Rider. Will hopefully have cover soon and looking forward to sharing it with you all first.
UL1 - I am plotting and writing. ...
2024-01-15 17:31:41 +0000 UTC View PostCheers could be heard rising over the city as Pammon swept low, his bronze scales absorbing the last of the sunlight soon hidden by the mountains. Above, the two females stayed higher in the sky, circling to keep from causing panic or alarm since word of them had not spread yet.
“He has grown,” Hess muttered as they watched Pammon begin to land inside the courtyard of Bren’s place. Bren had cleared the building, allowing no one but Hess and Ava to stand there with him ...
2024-01-15 14:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostMax explained the lack of success with the four bosses and mentioned his desire to find a library or bookstore that might have information that could help.
“You sure that’s a smart thing to do? Someone might wonder why you are asking such specific questions.”
Max nodded, finishing a bite as Batrire waited for him to answer her question.
“As the one who prepares for the dungeons we do, I want to know everything about the monsters and any possible skills we might encou...
2024-01-15 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post*****
One quest pending
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The Gift of Revenge: Find the one who tried to kill you. Repay their attempt by ending their life.
Reward: Stat Gained
Failure: Nothing but regret.
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“I’m going to gut them,” Grace growled as she sat with her back against a wall. Lilly was close, licking the blood off her hand, and Grace smiled, turning her hand over so that her dog could get both sides.
“Thank you for waking me up… if ...
2024-01-15 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post“You knew?” Grace asked, unable to hide the look on her face.
Max snorted and nodded, giving a slight shrug as Grace continued to frown as they stared at each other.
“I’m not the smartest person, but when those two didn’t come back, and I saw how you were acting, it wasn’t hard to figure it out. I was initially upset, but it also solved a few problems within our gang. A couple thought I did it.” Max chuckled after saying that. “Part of me wi...
2024-01-12 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostHis head was groggy, and Max tried to open his eyes, but they didn’t want to work.
Wait a moment. Let it pass.
Max started responding when he realized the voice he heard wasn’t one of his team or one he recognized.
Or did he?
Yes. You know what I am.
There, in blackness and nothingness, Max felt a form take shape. A mirror image of himself looking back at him. Black eyes stared into his soul.
“Who...
2024-01-12 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostKaen sat there in amazement as all three dragons had yet to let Flight Burst expire.
Pammon had been cheerful that morning as they took off, acting as if nothing was wrong, but the hair on the back of Kaen’s neck stood straight, making him worry about Pammon’s promise.
Are you sure the three of you don’t need to stop? I don’t want you to push yourself too hard.
A slight thrum came from Pammon as he continued to streak across the sky.
We are all...
2024-01-12 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post“You seem different… like… mom was,” Levi said as they snuggled together in bed, preparing to sleep. “Why?”
Grace smirked, able to see Levi looking toward her. Even with the soft light of the embers in the stove barely illuminating their room, his brown eyes were watching her. His hair had been trimmed and washed, reminding her of a time when it always looked like that.
“How so?”
He fidgeted a moment, pulling their new blanket up a little, and she...
2024-01-11 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostBoth females had expressed their frustration at Pammon and his running off. The aura he had put off when urges had run freely through him had only made their desires harder to hold back.
Each had managed to state they understood his fear of such a thing taking place with Kaen on his back. Of course, when Pammon had told them he wouldn’t change his mind that night after Kaen had started setting up camp, they had grumbled for a while.
The good news is yo...
2024-01-11 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post“I thought you two were lying,” Tanila grumbled after she watched Max start squeezing black blood from the corpse of the rabbit he had just killed.
“Why would I lie?”
“Vampire bunnies. Doesn’t that strike you as a bit… off?”
Fowl chuckled, grabbing one of the rabbits and squeezing it like Max was, watching the black liquid pour into the glass containers he had procured from a local alchemist. “They got those red eyes and big teeth!”
“Enormou...
2024-01-11 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostFor those who asked (and thank you to those who have done it), I turned on the annual membership. One year at a 16% discount. This is the max Patreon allows and while I'm not trying to force anyone this path, some of you (again very grateful to) are nearing that amount soon.
I'm not going anywhere and have 4-5 books planned for Dragon Series as well as 5+ books planned for UL1.
As always, all my stories will stay under one tier and I am grateful again fo...
So without 'foreshadowing' a ton I want to give you all that rare moment to have a chance at 'immortality' in the story :)
I need 2 Names for Dragons!
One Silver Male
One Red Female
Fire away - Not going to say whose names get picked, I guess you'll just have to keep reading the next book ;)
2024-01-10 14:17:59 +0000 UTC View Post[Skill Description - Haste]
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Haste - Uncommon Skill: This activatable skill provides thirty seconds of increased movement speed. With increased speed comes an equal increase in agility. The current bonus is 250%. During this skill use, stamina use is mitigated. Attacking will end the skill. Defending will not end the skill. Has a 72-hour cooldown.
*****
“A two hundred and fifty percent increase in movement speed? What kind of crappy skill...
2024-01-10 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostAfter ensuring no one followed her, Grace made her way to the house she had lived in her whole life up until six months ago. Somehow as if her dog knew she would show up here, Lilly was laying outside the house, looking in the direction she had come up.
"What in the world, Lilly," Grace called out, slapping her legs and smiling as the dog trotted over to her.
A few moments of scratching her friends head put her in a slightly better mood. "Stay here and hide somewhere. I need to go...
2024-01-10 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe sun was only an hour away from setting when Amaranth set the woman down on the beach, far enough away from the range of the pointed weapons in her direction.
She thrummed as the woman took off, running toward the camp, her naked body shimmering in the dying light from the sweat that still covered her.
Five ships were sinking in the waters, joining the previous one he had sent just a few weeks ago.
Two of them required a dragon arrow, leaving him with only three left. &nb...
2024-01-10 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostTanila cursed, holding her arm as she waited for Batrire to heal her.
Max and Fowl were fighting against the growing pack of raptors, and she was running low on mana.
“Healing!”
Batrire grunted, ignoring Tanila’s frustration as she used her heal on Fowl.
“You can use a potion if you need,” she said after finishing her spell. “I don’t got time to give you anything right now!”
Tanila nodded and held off. She was close to two-thirds health and ...
2024-01-09 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post***
Quest Completed: Lure More Sheep
Reward: For completing this quest and meeting bonus objectives, select two stats to increase by two.
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Grace couldn’t help but smile as she let the sounds around her fade away.
Two stats! Hell ya!
Covering her mouth with her hand again, she whispered, “Physical.”
Her body surged with energy, and she felt her wounds beginning to close. &n...
2024-01-09 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostCome back now. Forgive me for what I did.
Pammon and the other two had been flying above him for the last few minutes as Kaen stripped the woman till she had nothing on, taking off the bracelet and examining it. He had cut strips of her armor and bound her hands and feet. She was still unconscious from the blow, but he had checked. She was alive.
Pammon was angry. He had every right to be, and Kaen knew it, but he had no choice. The rag...
2024-01-09 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostBig news about pre-order and release in a week or two!
Working on Dragon Rider book 3 and a little bit of my duaghters story this week.
Im still 50+ chapters ahead on UL1 and need to catchup some on Dragon Rider.
January 18th Dragon Rider Book 2 ends on Patreon. Ill take the usual one week off and upload book 3 starting a week later. The week I take off is when I sit down and edit everything I write before mass uploading all the chapters for you...
2024-01-08 15:22:35 +0000 UTC View PostThose aren’t your friends, are they?
Kaen turned and looked at Glynnis and shook his head. He saw her silver eyes watching him.
They are not. I was not aware of any other dragons who had riders.
It appears they are allies of the men with the ships. That does not bode well for the three of us.
Amaranth was right, and Kaen knew it. Fighting the ships would be bad enough, even at night,...
2024-01-08 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostMax should have been excited that they were all D-Rank adventurers now. The guild had verified that they were now the next rank after the assistance they gave the guards with the bandits.
“So tell me what I am missing,” Max pleaded as Fowl ignored him, sipping on his second ale and listening to the music played in the main dining room.
Batrire motioned for Tanila to take the lead.
“Every time we complete a task, kill a monster, turn in a trophy, or clear a dungeo...
2024-01-08 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post***
One quest pending
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Prove–
Grace ignored the window after seeing the first line. She didn’t want to read it right now. Right now, Grace needed to see what she could find on these men and get out of there. If more guards appeared or anyone saw her right now, she had no doubt things would go badly for everyone she knew.
When she searched Sergeant Miles’s corpse, Grace couldn’t believe how much money the man carried on him.
“T...
2024-01-08 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post*****
Disclaimer - This is for fun... only for fun... I may do more chapters, I may not. Some have asked for a different view. Tell me thoughts, those of you who love Max if something like this might be worth even doing occasionally (would make at least book 1 I feel if I did).
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Caleb couldn’t wait for this moment. Every day since he had been told about dungeons and towers, he wanted to be an adventu...
2024-01-08 03:50:17 +0000 UTC View PostFor those who didn't know my daughter and I are working on a story together.
https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/79336/the-girl-who-killed-a-god-litrpg
If you don't mind, check it out on Royal Road and Like / Follow / leave a kind comment. I show her the nice ones.
I'll give a weekly update tomorrow! Some big news coming!
2024-01-08 00:06:14 +0000 UTC View PostGlynnis was darting around them as they flew east, headed toward the coast and the journey home.
I am so excited to see this new land and travel with you all! Things have been exciting since the two of you showed up.
Pammon grunted, doing his best to remain calm under the constant barrage of conversation Glynnis felt she needed to carry on.
She does talk a lot. Should I ask her to stop?
I already did. Remember? &nb...
2024-01-08 00:00:37 +0000 UTC View PostKaen spent the next two days watching his friend consume the dragon they had learned so much from.
While Pammon often ate in silence, driven by a task he knew he had to complete, Kaen also worked next to him, carefully cutting off and preparing sections of scales.
There had been a few moments where Kaen had to step back, letting a few tears escape as he took the scales from Tharnok’s corpse.
Had it been a random dragon, neither would have thought anything about what they w...
2024-01-08 00:00:24 +0000 UTC View Post“What the heck is a pineapple?” Fowl asked as the four of them stood outside The Heavenly Pineapple.
“It’s a rare fruit,” Max replied as he pointed at the spiky image of one on the side of the building. “They come from a land to the far east and are super sweet and amazing to bake with.”
The three turned to see him smiling, and they all groaned.
“Everything has to do with baking,” Batrire muttered as she motioned to Max to go ahead. “...
2024-01-07 23:29:10 +0000 UTC View Post“Sir, do I need to change coins into tokens?” Max asked as the employee and his partner collected losses and handed out the winnings.
“You do, sir. You notice everyone has a different color token. That is to help keep down problems of who bet what. How much would you like to trade for?”
Yawning again, Max stretched.
“I’m tired, and I came here with a limit. If I don't try something stupid, I’ll never get enough money to fix this eye.”
...
2024-01-07 23:28:45 +0000 UTC View PostThe noise of the room took a few minutes to acclimate to. Max’s sonar skill had struggled at first to handle it, but after slowly moving around and steady breathing, the headache he had felt at first disappeared.
All over the massive room, with what must be fifteen-foot ceilings, were signs hanging above the different games one could play. Huge wheels were scattered around the room, spinning with various colors and symbols on them, earning groans or cheers depending on where the...
2024-01-07 23:28:23 +0000 UTC View Post