The carved pattern flickered and began to glow white, a single word manifesting just above the tablet’s surface.
SCANNING
It remained like this for some time, long enough that she almost put the tablet down, but something in the back of her head told her to just wait. Soon enough, the buzzing sensation faded and the word faded, replaced by a statement and a question.
NO RECORD FOUND
PLEASE ENTER NAME
“Need to get out. This place will sink into the Sea of Fog soon,” a thought not entirely her own flashed through her head as she passed through the doorway and began her ascent up the long, winding staircase.
On the way up she passed the doorways to perhaps a dozen identical chambers or more, barriers of translucent silver fog preventing entry, the tanks on the other side all empty or shattered. One floor had a wall of seared flesh pressed up against ...
2020-08-27 07:41:37 +0000 UTC View Post
From where she was she could see that the Failures in the direction from which she came weren’t moving directly towards her, but rather towards one particularly developed specimen, standing atop the lower half of a leg and two fully-formed, although stubby arms. It had three noseless faces between its limbs, and atop its mass there gaped a mouth spanning nearly its entire circumference, from which there issued not a screech, but a low, rumbling gurgle.
She observed with s...
2020-08-26 12:32:55 +0000 UTC View PostShe stabbed straight down, into the creature’s eyes. Glass sank into flesh, tears mixed with ocular fluid spilled onto her fingers, atonal screeching and the chattering of teeth filled her ears. A sharp yank to the right. Guts and blood spilled from the wound, a half-formed ribcage forcing its way out like the unfolding teeth of a bear trap. A sudden halt to the noise, the creature’s grip tightening and then going limp. Still angered, she stomped on the thing and malformed guts...
2020-08-26 12:26:38 +0000 UTC View PostThe War of Fog is over. Now the true period of strife begins.
The world's great heroes have slaughtered one another for the ideals of their countries. Amidst the post-war struggle for survival, a towering figure emerges from the Exclusion Zone. She wanders the countryside, exterminating monsters for any payment to be found, evoking the wandering monster-killers from fairy-tales of old.
A forgotten monster, seeking to bring light to a world gone dark.
__________...
2020-08-26 12:22:49 +0000 UTC View Post__________________________________________________________________________________
“It was your clan’s fear and weakness that led the Serpent down this path of vengeance.”
Asura’s words were truthful, but also dishonest. Though it shared its honest beliefs, it knew that sharing them up-front would merely give Shell something to rebut, and so it leveraged the same type of deceitful language that nobles so often relied on.
It spoke such poison...
2020-08-16 18:26:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Long story short, although I made this patreon with the intent of giving my patrons early access to my work, my backlog went up in flames due to the health issues that eventually drove me to go on full-on hiatus back in June.
I won't be able to deliver any advance content for a while until I can get back into working on the story properly.
The attached WIP art of Armless's/Ouroboros's new form won't go up on the RoyalRoad until the next chapter, though I did post it on the RR disc...
2020-07-16 20:26:39 +0000 UTC View PostFor the time being, I won't offer Patron-exclusive rewards. This is just meant to be an alternate way for people who wish to support me to do so.
2020-01-18 18:15:18 +0000 UTC View Post