Lykanthropy

Chapter 89 Ajimal the Great: Catacomb Mysteries

Chapter 89

Ajimal the Great

Catacomb Mysteries

Ajimal looked on at his resplendent throne made of ivory, gold, and jade, the three rare materials that any magi needs to show their superiority above others. Ivory to be the initial grounding rod for all mana. Through ivory all mana can flow one direction, a perfect insulator for beginners and experts alike. Gold, used to let mana flow through conduits to their destination. Then jade, a gem that can act as both a repository for...

Chapter 88 Lykan: Legacies

Chapter 88

Lykan

Legacies

The world came to life with a stark reality. The first thing he noticed was that his senses were somehow clearer. His understanding of the different particles of energy in the room were heightened to a point that almost caused him to wince out. It was the same wince one might have when they walk out into a full noon day sun after being caught in a dark room for hours practicing a particularly trying technique.

For Lykan his mind was alive and ...

Chapter 87 Ezma: Free Yourself

Chapter 87

Ezma

Free Yourself

Sometimes once you hear something you can’t take it back. This was one of those times. Ezma stood bewildered looking at Mr. Vita with confusion in her mind, after hearing what he claimed to be his true name. The only problem was, there was no mistaking it. The moment the word was uttered the world shook for a moment; nearby animals called out in fear. The ground felt like it would split apart and eat her and her bonded dragon Jhamet whole. Lig...

Chapter 86 Nayali: Path of a Priestess

Chapter 86

Nayali

Path of a Priestess

Ash. Ash and pine, those were the smells that would forever remind Nayali of the moment she achieved true freedom. At this moment she was free. Her next set of actions were unbound by blood, bond, or oath to another. At this moment she was free. Charred bodies of fleeing villagers filled her eyesight. The dismembered corpses of the soldiers she slaughtered in retaliation lay not paces away from her feet.

Somewhere during the time w...

Chapter 85 Ajimal the Great: Divine Providence

Chapter 85

Ajimal the Great

Divine Providence

The storms of fate had begun to die. The power that Ajimal’s one true god had provided as a test to others was now gone. Ajimal stood, eyes glowing brightly as the last vestiges of energy from the last dark pillar slowly filled his body with its power. As the power began to pull into his body, he felt the call and command of his god. Now more powerful than ever the call of his god told him to conquer the land, to bind the world...

Chapter 84 Lykan: The Third Echelon

<<<< Authors Note: Another week and six stories published. Again, I wanted to say thank you all for being here with me throughout this journey. >>>>

Chapter 84

Lykan

The Third Echelon

Focus, determination, tenacity; these were the three words that defined Lykan. From his want to constantly improve, to his relentless nature of seeing what was next. He constantly pushed himself forward. He continued to move, to dr...

Chapter 83 Ezma: The Father

Chapter 83

Ezma

The Father

“Hello.” The word as open and welcoming as it was unnerving to hear. Most notably the word was unnerving as it came from right behind Ezma. Should the wielder of the voice have so chosen they could have easily struck, as they could have used the moment to introduce themselves. Fortunately for both Ezma and Jhamet the wielder of the voice chose to introduce themselves.

Spinning about Ezma took in the older man before her. He was to put it ...

Chapter 82: Aren: A Legacy of War

Chapter 82

Aren

A Legacy of War

Aren approached the compound, her small bundle clinging tightly to her chest. Occasionally, Aren had to stop, to check if the child was still alive. Fortunately, despite the constant speed, and everything that had happened the child was alive. Better still the child was asleep.

Aren looked down at the small bundle within her arms and almost let out a laugh as she saw the slumbering form of the child. A child found from the ashes of a cit...

Interlude XI Octavia Contemplations

Interlude XI

Octavia

Contemplations

Seclusion. Silent meditations. Call it what you will, it was a punishment and Octavia was the one suffering from the implementations. It didn’t help that she was also the one who felt the need to administer the punishments in the first place. Nor did it help that other high wood elves couldn’t understand her somber mood since she was called upon to act as the anchor for the ritual.

By all rights she should be happy. Every other p...

Chapter 81 Ezma The Woods

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Author's Note: Two chapters will drop on Royal Road today, as such you also get two chapters as well.

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Chapter 81

Ezma

The Woods

The Jungle Basin changed in the time she last remembered it. The whole area began to glow with a sheen that had never been seen before. Due to that sheen and the unknown effects both Ezma and her bonded dragon Jhamet chose to avoid the area. This meant that whe...

Chapter 80 Lykan Qi Saturated

Chapter 80

Lykan

Qi Saturated

There had to be more Qi in the training room. There was a euphoric feel to the almost alien power source. The more Lykan took in the foreign power, this strange Qi. The more he felt it strengthening his body. Focusing first on his muscles, allowing the different fibers of his being to absorb part of the energy residing in each mote of energy. The vast majority inevitably went to his core. When he lost focus for a moment on rotating his Qi, the e...

Chapter 79 Nayali Burning Sheep.

Chapter 79

Nayali

Burning Sheep.

Burning sheep. That was the first thing that caught Nayali’s attention. That helped direct Nayali towards the real attack. Flames erupted up and around children. Two larger human frames were falling to the ground, their bodies little more than charred meat on old bones. It was gruesome. Wore the soldiers were smiling and jeering at the fleeing children and what remained of their flock.

The soldiers each took turns firing off pillars o...

Chapter 78 Lykan Core Training

Chapter 78

Lykan

Core Training

Breath after breath came in and filled Lykan. No longer did he feel pangs of hunger, or thirst. Instead with each breath he felt a little more satiated, a little more quenched until he exhaled. Once he exhaled, he felt the pangs of hunger and thirst almost immediately, but any attempts to pull out food or drink were met with the glowing red eyes of the monstrous titan staring him down. Any attempts to leave were met with the door disappearing. ...

Chapter 77 Nayali Search and Rescue

Chapter 77

Nayali

Search and Rescue

The trio made their way forward searching for signs of Lykan. What they found instead were increasing signs of annihilation. Fields were burnt to cinder; salt was left to destroy the fields. Every structure of any decent size was burnt to the ground.

These weren’t just isolated events either. These were the results seen at all places visited. Worse, the ash and salt made it tougher for Aren’s tracking capabilities to lock down on...

Interlude X Ghane Everheart Northern Belkin Plains

Interlude X

Ghane Everheart

Northern Belkin Plains

Ghane’s hands began to tremble slightly, they got this way when he didn’t hold his mithril spear in his hands. But now the episodes were getting worse, especially the more he used the power from the first pillar. The power from the pillars was like a drug. He had heard tales of how some of his soldiers would often use the turning-leaves to take the edge off after battle. At one time he had considered such men cowardly fo...

Chapter 76 Lykan Differences

Chapter 76

Lykan

Differences

From the different tasks and challenges that Lykan was set to perform, Lykan realized a few things. The first was that the act of Qi was almost the exact opposite of Mana. Mana began from inside the body and flowed out. Qi on the other hand was all around him and had to be pulled into the body. Then once Qi entered the body it could do hundreds of processes.

Lykan also found out that Qi and Mana also used the same meridians and flow paths t...

Chapter 75 Lykan Training Chambers

Chapter 75

Lykan

Training Chambers

The first thing that Lykan realized about the training chamber he was in was that it was oddly familiar. It took a moment for his mind to process what he was seeing, a why it all seemed so familiar. First, he was in a dome of some sort, the spherical nature of the projection he was in seemed to be important. Also, as the scenario first began Lykan could feel a pulse of energy radiate out from a ball held at the center of the room.

Fro...

Interlude IX The Homestead Seven Reunion

Interlude IX

The Homestead Seven Reunion

Not all members of the Homestead Seven managed to keep in touch, especially after each chose their intended career path. This was why it was odd that Dathney of all people chose to host a graduation ceremony of all things. A few of the members were already on assignment and were unable to attend. Chief among those unable to attend were Liana and Illia who took advantage of the advanced program and opted to get out as fully qualified War-Wiz...

Chapter 74 Lykan Differences

Chapter 74

Lykan

Differences

At first Lykan had wanted to go after old Man Roberts and the others, to ask if they had heard from his father. But he already knew the truth, that his father had left here a long time ago. First, he had heard from Aren. Then when he made his way through the remains of the library his initial search proved his father had left. The secret stash where father kept his prized books were gone. They were in a place that would be protected from the flam...

Chapter 73 Lykan Catacomb of the Ancients

Chapter 73

Lykan

Catacomb of the Ancients

The first thing that Lykan noticed upon entering the cellars was the smell. It was clear that human and animals had been living here for quite some time. Not only had creatures lived here, but most had lived here in fear. There is a certain musk that is easy to detect that all predators develop a sense for.

Lykan wasn’t certain whether he should be proud of the fact that his mind now associated him as a predator. That his min...

Chapter 72 Nayali Betrayal

Chapter 72

Nayali

Betrayal

Fury, rage, and betrayal. Those were the three emotions that Nayali felt the most when she awoke from purging the seventh and final pillar before awaking to find Lykan missing.

She had been left alone, defenseless where any number of monsters could have attacked her. Never mind the fact that those same attacking monsters were going through the same metamorphosis as she had been, and were thus also passed out during that same time. No she awok...

Chapter 71 Lykan The Cellars of Abberty

Chapter 71

Lykan

The Cellars of Abberty

There are places and locations that by their very location require additional protections. Abberty village, being at the end of the kingdom of Tython was one such place. Its position, being at the edge of the wilderness, surrounded by countless monsters made it a less than advantageous location to settle.

Most villages would have built a wall, or some type of defense to protect the people and their livestock from monsters of the ...

Chapter 70 Lykan Home-Coming

Chapter 70

Lykan

Home-Coming

Dust, ash, and sulfur those were the smells that filled Lykan’s nose as he made his way forward through the burnt forests. Patches of ash and salt could be seen in the fields that surrounded his once home of Abberty.

Before he even realized what he was doing, he was running. Ash and sulfur filled his lungs as he charged forward. With so much dirt in the air he knew he had to be close, that the perpetrators of such events had to be close. ...

Prelude Aren Avensa Outskirts of Tython

Prelude

Aren Avensa Outskirts of Tython

“I managed to contact the subject, but only just before he had cleared the seventh and final pillar of the great jungle basin. That caused a myriad of problems.” Aren Avensa stopped feeding energy into her recording crystal as she shuddered, recalling the events that happened after Lykan and Nayali managed to convert the seventh pillar to the great forest spirit. Two things happened, the first was a ring began to form linking the seven d...