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Augmented Aspects: Chapter 188 Power Leveling - Guild Style

Chapter 188

Power Leveling – Guild Style

Okay, so my friends and daughter are officially weird. That is all I will say about that, though I did find out something interesting. Namely the fact that apparently Qi might channel differently through different body types.

I had always assumed that Qi flowed and would feel the same regardless of the form it was being channeled, so long as the wielder was the same. This was the way it was with magic, as I could channel the necessa...

Psycher Chronicles: Chapter 38 Mourning

Chapter 38

Mourning

(Amoni Jacobs)

Thunderclap.

The fact that it rained on the day of Jacob’s funeral was almost too cliché. It wasn’t until Amoni realized how odd a thunderstorm in November was that Amoni began to truly realize what was happening.

Amoni’s awareness of the oddity started slowly.

“Looks like rain.” Bruce Jacobs, Amoni’s father spoke idly to himself as they all prepared to get ready for today.

Of course, Bruce woul...

Augmented Aspects: Chapter 187 Things A Mother Does For Her Children

Chapter 187

Things A Mother Does For Her Children

Sitting around patiently, that is my goal. Yep, totally doing it too.

For the moment I was able to both have a physical representative at the guild’s mobile guild hall, while I was running around finishing up our land unification quest. Oh, and apparently, I had a second simulacrum running about the faerie library on the two hundredth floor of the Arcanarus Tower.

Yep, you guessed it, I got not just one Simul...

Psycher Chronicles: Prelude II

Prelude II

The world slowly began to come back to its once former glory, as auxiliary power cells and grids from all over the world slowly fixed broken pieces and came back to life.

During the time many deaths and accidents were reported and accounted for, multiple accidents on the highways where vehicles of all types felt catastrophic failures at the worst possible times. The damages caused by driverless vehicles were the absolute worst as they often ended up going in the directi...

F-Rank Frank: Chapter 9

Chapter 9

Burning, tearing, ripping.

Everything burned as Frank seemingly for the first time in forever began running and sprinting as fast as he could. Honestly, his speed and movements almost frightened him, as he was clearly on a different level of movement compared to what he was previously. His body and mind moved so much faster, took in so many more impulses, covered more ground, but yet it wasn’t enough.

Chitter, chitter.

The relentless pursu...

F-Rank Frank: Chapter 8

Chapter 8

Having gone through multiple survival scenarios in his classes, Frank felt his body reacting before he truly thought out what he would do next.

In his mind he went through the checklist of items needed to survive. First find a safe place, preferably a choke point with only one way to enter or exit. Ideally this would be similar to the alleyway he lured both Scottie and Aaron down. The next best spot for survival was of course the Snake’s mouth that he just exited, whic...

Augmented Aspects: Chapter 186 Bad Roleplaying

Chapter 186

Bad Roleplaying

(Mallory)

“Good question, wait right here.” Cass, who was in the form of the Deolar King and my Fiancé replied. Then just like that she Teleported away. At least I think that’s what she did as she was there one moment and then gone the next.

Mallory was about to say something, but was distracted by the giant fire elemental that now looked like a piece of charcoal that had been lit at one point, but was slowly dying aw...

Augmented Aspects: Chapter 185 The Five Point Exploding Palm Techniques

Chapter 185

The Five Point Exploding Palm Techniques

In the movies, the idea of a five-point palm exploding heart technique was just a myth. Something that had just enough of scientific backing that it could theoretically be believable enough to avoid breaking the immersion of the viewer.

For this case, the five-point palm exploding heart technique was an attack, where the heroine made five quick strikes to her opponent, in parts around the heart, cutting off the ability of ...

Psycher Chronicles: Epilogue

<<<Author's Note: Don't worry, I fully intend to begin on book 2 here shortly. >>>

Epilogue

A million light years away, in a dying universe that mirrored the one that Misha now found herself transfixed in, developments were happening.

Developments that would forever change the evolutionary track of the Psychers.

The Psychers, once the universes’ premier warriors, sages, and problem solvers had now been slowly groun...

Psycher Chronicles: Chapter 37 Hasty's Helpers

Chapter 37

Hasty's Helpers

(Misha Tulley)

If Misha had to describe her current state of being right now, it would have to be exhaustion. With her newfound abilities, she had experienced something she never thought previously possible.

Her mind, arguably her strongest weapon, honed and refined over countless cycles of death, rebirth, and refinement had finally met its limit. Or at least the limit that she found currently for herself.

She had managed to direct, ope...

Augmented Aspects: Chapter 184 Mistakes Were Made

Chapter 184

Mistakes Were Made

“So, I admit that shrinking down the reincarnated spirit of a cardinal protector from their normal size of a massive dragon to that of a Pomeranian was a bit much. I admit this, okay. Not taking one modicum of responsibility away from that absolute fact. That said, I do think you could be a bit nicer.” I respond to the clearly irate Flumberro.

Of course, at this moment I am fairly certain that he will not hurt me. Especially now that the wh...

Augmented Aspects: Chapter 183 What Did She Do Now?

Chapter 183

What Did She Do Now?

(Mallory)

Everything was frenetic, it seemed like everywhere Mallory turned around the civilization she had worked so hard to build up from the ground was being threatened at every corner. While it was expected to have losses during the land claim event, Mallory had fooled herself into thinking that she could avoid most of the major pitfalls.

No, she always accepted the thought of having at least 20 to 40% losses in claimed lands. Which...

F-Rank Frank: Chapter 7

Chapter 7

“GHAHHHHH!” Frank screamed wildly.

At the sound of his voice, the giant moving snake tilted its open maw back slightly, as if it was able to more accurately predict the landing path that Frank would take.

To his shock, the snake appeared to do just that, as he could see a giant glowing vortex suddenly open. Black energy and green glowed in abundance around him. Or around where he would eventually land. Anywhere that Frank looked was covered by an ever-widening ...

F-Rank Frank: Chapter 6

Chapter 6

Frank’s body moved on its own, the moment the giant serpent turned its gaze away, Frank found himself inside the tunnels.

He didn’t even feel the movement, as his eyes never strayed away from his target, the snake. He always kept his head forward, while his body moved seemingly on autopilot, low crawling backwards with such speed that he even amazed himself. His feet crested the lip of the vent and then he was down, his body lowering, feeling somehow protected by jus...

F-Rank Frank: Chapter 5

Chapter 5

Frank awoke to feel the thrum of a pounding headache within his skull. Despite his clearly sleeping outside in a pile of dirt and debris, he felt warm. The reason for this warmth was readily apparent, as his body spent the entire time circulating the energy he had gathered before passing out.

This meant that his body was nearing a breakthrough, and that if he didn’t allow the process to flow throughout his body would break down. At least that was what all the lessons h...

Psycher Chronicles: Chapter 36 A Slight Leak

Chapter 36

A Slight Leak

(Jerome Jacobs)

The world was going crazy. First there was a bright flash of light, and then all the power went out.

Silence.

If Jerome had to describe the sensations, he was feeling it would be silence. His heightened hearing and senses hinted at how wrong the world suddenly was. These were senses that had been enhanced and multiplied over countless generations, until Jerome, one of the strongest wolves of his generation knew ho...

F-Rank Frank: Chapter 4

Chapter 4

Jitters.

Frank felt pure unadulterated fear, tension, and above all, Qi flowing through his body as he dazedly made his way out from the gymnasium.

He had signed away his chance at higher education by opting to join the work force early. This meant that he would forever be subject to lower tier jobs, like being a hazardous janitor, but it meant he would get money and food subsidies right away for his family, while also meaning that he would not be bound to be in a ...

Augmented Aspects: Chapter 182 Turning Threats Into Promises

Chapter 182

Turning Threats Into Promises

“What? I can’t take it easy and try to relax?” I ask, in a faux offended tone.

“No, it’s not that. It’s just that I figured you would be one of the people who would want to be on the front lines throughout this endeavor.” Gwen responds.

As she speaks, I can see the battle going into its final stretch.

The two tamed dragons are wrestling with the wild and untamed water dragon spirit, trying to subdue it. Mall...

Psycher Chronicles: Chapter 35 Breakdown

Chapter 35

Breakdown

(Phil Tulley)

Hip-hop music blasting.

“Yeah!” All four of Misha’s teammates were being loud and obnoxious and truth be told, Phil was loving every minute of it. The teammates were nice. Not exactly the type of people that Phil would expect to be driving home on a random Tuesday night, but sometimes life throws curves at you.

This week there had been a lot of curves thrown at Phil. Everything from the death of Julie, to finding ...

Augmented Aspects: Chapter 181 Letting Others Try

Chapter 181

Letting Others Try

“Actually, I don’t mind your rain. Though I normally don’t like getting rained on as a whole.” Zero answers.

“You like the energy in the rain? Or what?” I ask, trying to understand a potentially hidden side of Zero. Or maybe hidden is not the correct word, but rather a side that I never thought to ask about.

“Normal rain just feels cold and draining. While your rain has that warm energy to it that makes the entire experience...

F-Rank Frank Chapter 3

Chapter 3

Frank appeared on top of the bleachers rather than the crevasse leading from the center of the structure. This did two things, first, it gave him a good view over the rest of the gymnasium, which showed that even now after all this time the final few students were matriculating their way through the awakening platform and were nearly on their way out.

The second thing being on the top of the bleachers did was it gave Frank the chance to move around without being seen by ...

Augmented Aspects: Chapter 180: What Goes Into A Name?

Chapter 180

What Goes Into A Name?

“I don’t know, maybe we should call them what they are, Air Head and Rock Head.” I reply, wondering how we even got to this subject in the first place.

I mean I fully understand the concept that Mallory presented, that of giving the super tough guardian dragons a last name, so that they can be even more powerful when the later rounds of this competition come. And honestly, kudos to her for coming up with that idea and tracking me down...

F-Rank Frank: Chapter 2

Chapter 2

A daze, that was the only way Frank could describe the emotions that came next to him and coated his mind.

He felt lost.

For a moment, he had witnessed everything, he felt the call of something greater than himself. He felt the thrum and pull of power, and then he awoke to find that he would never be able to taste that power again.

Frustration, anger, rage, loss, and countless other emotions raced through his mind. Until finally he came to the conclusion that...

Psycher Chronicles: Chapter 34 Communications

Chapter 34

Communications

(Misha)

Misha could feel it, the indescribable pulse and function that stood out in her mind. As the communications channel was activated, dormant parts of her mind and coding suddenly spun around, going from being in a junk-like dormant state, into a fully activated state.

Tingling.

There was an odd tingling sensation that began vibrating gently in her mind. It was odd, and yet enjoyable at the same time. For a moment, it felt ...

F-Rank Rank: Chapter 1

<<<Author's Note: Don't worry, I don't intend for this to be too much of a thing. I just wanted to get my name out there, and figured the best way was to participate in Royal Road's Community Magazine, for which I needed a new work that will be at least 8K words by the end of January.

https://www.royalroad.com/blog/64/the-community-magazine-contest-is-b...

Augmented Aspects: Chapter 179 Fighting Against Clouds

Chapter 179

Fighting Against Clouds

By the time I arrived, I realized a few things. First, I was not the first person here, as Mallory aided by the apparent earth dragon that had been tamed earlier was already here, along with a few hundred undead warriors.

While I was not opposed to using the undead warriors, as they were all higher level than any Midnight Hunter forces, it did feel sort of sleezy to use the reinforcements first, over the use of regular guild forces. Not re...

Psycher Chronicles: Chapter 33 I think We Broke Her

Chapter 33

I Think We Broke Her

(Amoni Jacobs)

It should have come as no surprise that the new girl had her own full size regulation court that she could practice on. That and the car showed Amoni that above anything else, the new girl Misha was spoiled. That is, until she met the grandfather who showed pictures of what the Mustang GT looked like when she first got it, how it was little more than scraps of metal that had to be buffered and molded into place before true work ...

Augmented Aspects: Interlude X

Interlude X

Biprism Interactive Control Tower I

“Twenty-four hours! That is how long our feed of the golden goose has been down!” Charles Rainquist, CFO for Biprism Interactive screamed at the room filled with developers and not one but three different outlets for the various AI engines that help govern BiPrism.

Of course, the source of the anger was easily identifiable, as it clearly had to do with Cassiopeia Spiritlight’s account being blocked due to an ongoing audit...

Augmented Aspects: Chapter 178 Let Sleeping Dragons Lie

Chapter 178

Let Sleeping Dragons Lie

I am in the process of watering my sixth connection spot, which would attach three more plots of cleared and cultivated lands together.

It is a times like these, that I realize just how great Mallory is at running a guild and how I would not want to do any of these things that she does. Just dealing with logistics and people would be too much for me, especially if I wanted to spend that particular day going out and learning something new,...

Augmented Aspects: Chapter 177 The Dependability of Familiars

Chapter 177

The Dependability of Familiars

Well, I guess I should have been a bit more forceful in my decision to dislike the idea of being considered a fairy godmother for the pups. Especially, as I was almost immediately rewarded with the ability to be a fairy godmother in general.

“Maybe.”

Yep, with that one word reply to Kujo, I might have set myself up for a lifetime of shame.

Why would you say this?

“But of course,” Kujo replied answe...