It was another hour before their party reunited at Phoenix’s temporary healing cot. The amount of healing she had undergone had almost made her wish she had died, at least healing from that was instantaneous and complete.
She was also disappointed in having to replace her torn sleeves from the transformation effects that she hadn’t considered before attempting the ability. She wou...
2024-02-14 01:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Today was turning out to be the kind of day that started on a high note only to swiftly plummet downhill for Paul Wayland. Having Phoenix accept his offer of adoption and then having her walk behind him and not be ashamed was the peak of his day so far. He had expected the anxiety and trepidation his Protégé had just beneath the surface but he felt a surge of pride when she took her place in the c...
2024-02-13 01:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Phoenix nodded to the cinderen as she noticed Dazien’s gaze lingering on the both of them and she recognized the assessing nature of it that reminded her of Paul; like he was searching for the answer to some question he wouldn’t voice. She was about to ask him if something was wrong but he had already returned his attention to the path ahead.
They soon arrived at a secondary staging point ...
2024-02-10 01:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Phoenix already gave up trying to always keep Tala un-merged while in the city. The last “incident” they had, with the small Familiar attempting to steal a sparkly hat off one of the chef’s heads while they were cooking, helped convince her to just glow around the city instead of apologizing profusely to everyone wearing shiny jewelry. So while she was busy fighting down her anxiety about stan...
2024-02-09 01:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Rayna surprised Phoenix by arriving earlier than everyone else as the Wayfarer was setting up her new tool kit and going through her [Guide Book] to help display the tattoo options for her friends who had all agreed to play test canvas.
She was planning to test it on herself first by putting a mana regeneration tattoo on her thigh where she knew it wouldn’t normally be seen ...
2024-02-08 01:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Paul arrived home later than he had hoped that night after what they had discovered within the darkest corners of that recently seized house. The AOA had worked quickly to spread news between organizations and the nobility, ideally without causing panic among the population, so they could get response teams and procedures in place.
The Duke would be issuing a formal announcement across all of ...
2024-02-07 01:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
As the sun was beginning to set, Paul stood in the office of Director Trayvious and appeared to be appreciating the view but was considering the semi-transparent scrap of paper displaying the information about his Sword passive that he had desired to see spelled out for him.
Passive Ability: Blade of Wrath
Type: Utility (constr... 2024-02-06 01:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Author's Note: Chapter 25 - I'm Not Your Father in Book 2 was updated (middle section scene between Paul and Dazien). During my break I realized I missed including some information relevant in the future but not exactly plot-changing so I'm making this note for those interested in reading the update without force-pinging everyone about it.
As Phoenix led her ...
2024-02-03 01:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
When the door opened and Uriel entered, their eyes met in silence with neither of them knowing exactly how to begin. The cinderen seemed more subdued than normal, which was saying something of the quietly stoic Mage. He continued to stay by the door, leaning his back against it for support and to keep as much distance between them as he could. He appeared a bit disheveled still, his silky black hair...
2024-02-02 01:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
The party held onto the unspoken agreement to not discuss the events that had happened with Phoenix and Uriel until their duty as Adventurers was complete for the day. When they had gotten back to the secured encampment they had immediately begun helping to rebuild the gates and heal the wounded. Phoenix had cast another portal back to Tulimeir and they had Rayna sprint to convey the news of the att...
2024-02-01 01:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone! 👋
We are officially back from break (so billing and joining should be starting again) and the new chapter will be posted at the new time (5pm US Pacific Time) which is three hours from now.
I had originally wanted to do this time adjustment to better accommodate my work schedule but since I got unexpectedly laid off this month it's kinda thrown all of that into a bit of chaos while I job search. I apologize in advance if I am late with updating access to the lower...
2024-01-31 22:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostOfficially on break now. I hope everyone had a pleasant holiday season!
Thank you to everyone who has been supporting me so far in this wayward journey, you help motivate me to keep moving forward on it.
Member billing has been paused as of today and will resume Jan. 31st which will be the day chapters will start up again at a new time: 5pm US Pacific Time (3 hours later) to help accommodate my work schedule better.
I still plan to keep working on things mainly with editing ...
2024-01-01 01:02:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Once again Phoenix found herself waking up in a place she didn’t immediately recognize. She really needed to stop doing that. The sound of fire raging, shrieking screams, and metal clashing awoke her as her Crystal 5 Fortitude attribute attempted to stop her from bleeding out while she lay in the middle of the street. It took her a moment to figure out that the sounds were from he...
2023-12-29 22:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Phoenix was on the opposite side of the city from the encampment point when she sensed the twisted aura and had been hoping to meet up with Uriel soon at this halfway point but she knew there wasn’t any time to wait for him as she felt both the fear and glee increasing from within the building in front of her.
She hesitated for only a moment before going through the already broken door hangi...
2023-12-28 22:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Giving a final wave to her mentor, Phoenix stepped through her portal to the front gates of the fortress city of Linnake which was perched at the top of a cliff that dropped down into the northern sea while the cliffs east of the town dropped into the gorge that ran south for miles. She had been there a few times before for deliveries but also for her trials to become an Adventurer months ago before...
2023-12-27 22:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Paul knocked softly on the door to Phoenix’s new room. He was hoping that she was settling in okay. When he offered to have some of the staff help move any of her belongings from the dorm to here, she declined, saying that her belongings were already in her collection. It made him slightly concerned about the fact that she had so little she considered to belong to her and the paladin knew that he ...
2023-12-26 22:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
The Cultivator’s Citadel was a massive building between the center of the city and the Processing District in the northwest that was one of the few buildings sporting greenery as various trees and plants spilled from balconies and adorned windows.
Their party had delivered supplies produced in the citadel before but had never come to the building itself, having normally loaded up the supplie...
2023-12-25 22:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note:
It's a tradition in my family to give presents on Christmas Eve (Not just Christmas Day) so here is a present for all of you 🎁❤️
This is a “canon” bonus chapter that I didn’t get into the book earlier (and not sure it will end up in the “finished” version) but I hope you all enjoy it. This takes place shortly after Murinah’s death but before Phoenix returned from that mission she was sent away on.
2023-12-24 22:00:03 +0000 UTC
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The members of King’s Dream filed into the personal study of Paul Wayland as he sat at an ornately carved desk. He greeted them by getting right to business, “I’ve asked you here to brief you about your next mission.”
“We haven’t accepted a new mission yet,” Dazien stated and crossed his arms in defiance, “Phoenix just returned from being captured, tortured, and almost turned i...
2023-12-22 22:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
The rest of King’s Dream arrived together at the Wayland building and were escorted to Phoenix’s new room that she had decided to take, with or without being adopted. Even if Murinah’s family weren’t a threat, she no longer felt safe in that dorm.
When the door opened, Saiya made her way ahead of the others to take Paul’s vacated spot and attach herself to Phoenix’s arm. Uriel and ...
2023-12-21 22:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
“I can’t… can’t move… please… help m–” his friend’s words cut off suddenly.
Dazien mentally shouted back, “Phoenix! I’m coming, just hold on!” he was already sprinting back down the street as fast as he could, triggering the “Charge” variant of his [Call to Arms] ability in order to increase his speed.
“I’m heading yo...
2023-12-20 22:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
As her kidnapper smiled at her from a few meters away, and with the threat of once more having her mind caged within a useless body that she would have no power over, Phoenix glared at the cruel cinderen and asked, “Why are you doing all this? I’ve done nothing to you.”
The man returned her glare as he hissed, “Because of you my daughter is dead!” He walked closer...
2023-12-19 22:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostTL;DR: Taking January off to rest, edit book 3, and organize everything. Happy Holidays!
Slightly more details:
Last post before break: 12/29/2023
Pausing Patreon Billing: 12/31/2023
First post after break: 1/31/2024
I will also be adjusting the release time to 5pm PST to better accommodate my work schedule when I come back from the break.
Basically I'm actually taking the holidays off and using the bit of backlog I have then planning to make any future plot upd...
Ohsen Ruwena watched through the magical spyglass as the young pair of Adventurers chatted blithely about something inane, he was sure, while they sat and drank from mugs. The annoying pretty boy never seemed to shut up and he was getting annoyed at the wasting of his time when he had research to get done.
He was grateful that Arktis had located the woman’s home on the second floor down from...
2023-12-18 22:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Phoenix sat cross legged on her bed and stared at the [Chains of Silence] laying in front of her. It was the one Murinah had used on her that Paul had returned after their talk about the woman’s fate and she knew that she needed to figure out a way around the potentially fatal tool. Her Mentor had said that overpowering the device was possible but it took an extreme amount of willpower and the wel...
2023-12-15 22:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Ohsen Ruwena was furiously writing in his notebook as he watched his latest test subject silently squirming while hanging from the [Chains of Silence] currently attached to the ceiling. They were keeping the human man he had lured from the International District in place above the ritual circle on the stone floor. While a more conventional gag was keeping the subject quiet; not that anyone would hea...
2023-12-14 22:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
“Are you sure you don’t mind?” Phoenix asked Dazien and Uriel for the tenth time. They were leading her through the temple district to an area she hadn’t been before; the same temple where the two men had met and grown up together; the temple of the Parent.
It had been a few days since they had returned and Paul had updated the rest of the party during their first training session earl...
2023-12-13 22:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Saiya Dewsong was sitting cross-legged on the floor of the room she had claimed next to her sister’s in the embassy dorm they had gotten upon their arrival in Tulimeir. Technically, they were seen as foreign dignitaries, which came with certain benefits along with restrictions. One benefit was the nicer room while a downside was that it was located in the outer city’s southern International Dist...
2023-12-12 22:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
“You’re back sooner than I expected,” Paul said as he closed the door to his study behind Phoenix after she entered, “I thought it would have taken about six weeks to clear that route of monsters.”
The party hadn’t run into any more bandits along the southeastern road and had made it to their last fort delivery without too many monster encounters to slow them down. Once the deliver...
2023-12-11 22:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
The following morning, Saiya cured Rayna and her hangovers first. Dousing all of them in a deluge of Magical Water that cleansed them both inside and out. Phoenix decided that, despite the odd feeling of being splashed without getting wet, she much preferred this method of cleaning to the shudder-inducing mental image that came with using a golden shower potion; not to mention that it was much cheap...
2023-12-08 22:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post