"Well, Soph?" Lone asked as he walked down the street with her and Breena by his side. Kyuubi was safely tucked away in The Summoning Dimension.
Soph gingerly took the white wooden pickaxe from him and inspected it closely with her Mana Sensing. "Hmmmm... I don't feel anything wrong with it. I, mean, it has magic in it but so does literally everything else. There's no spells or hidden enchantments as far as I can tell."
She handed the tool back to Lone and he immediately put it in...
2021-02-13 08:46:15 +0000 UTC
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A/N: Just a small note. Jorge is pronounced Hor-hay in this chapter. c:
Daz's armour slowly repaired itself as he controlled Hamson to slice right through the tentacle-wielding monster.
The armour had been pretty useless to him, in all honesty. So what if it could repair itself? What good was it if it never stopped any attacks at all? He was seriously considering abandoning the gift from Altros in favour of something with actual uses.
He did want to get it unseale...
2021-02-11 08:29:44 +0000 UTC
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"Well, not many options from here but to approach the thing," Daz thought aloud.
He controlled Hamson to move slowly into the ocean beneath it and himself. The water was cold, far colder than was normal.
Daz didn't often venture into the sea but he still visited Atlantis from time to time to set up the devices he needed for its restoration. He'd gotten quite a few as of late from trade deals. All without spending a penny, much to his quest's pleasure.
The underwat...
2021-02-09 01:19:31 +0000 UTC
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"Oh my, oh my, oh my, oh my!"
Lone slowly opened his eyes only to find himself back in Urd Grun with a smug-looking Hamish staring at him.
"Hello to you too, Darkness," Lone said as he sat down on the floor and crossed his legs. "If you're going to gloat, go ahead and gloat. I don't care."
"Well... I do recall telling you it wouldn't exactly be the wisest of choices to tell them about our little nightly rendezvouses," Darkness chuckled with Hamish's body. "I told you so and ...
2021-02-05 04:28:10 +0000 UTC
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[Ember of Empathy [Entry-level] initial mastery increased to 9%.]
[Ember of Empathy [Entry-level] initial mastery increased to 10%.]
[Ember of Empathy [Entry-level] initial mastery increased to 11%.]
'If this were a battle-oriented Ember I'd just sit in the city centre for hours to gain mastery in it,' Daz thought as he entered the mercenary guild.
Almost immediately the outside world was cut off from his Ember of Empathy. He was now, rel...
2021-02-03 04:30:51 +0000 UTC
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The steamforged bath was, quite honestly, a piece of engineering genius.
Lone didn't know all that much about the intricacies of steamforging just yet. He'd barely even begun to learn the basics from Wilbur but with what little knowledge he did have, he could identify this masterpiece for what it was.
'I wonder how much magic there is in steamforging? None at my level but surely it's required to make mini suns and bathtubs like this, right?' Lone thought. 'Yo...
2021-01-31 20:17:08 +0000 UTC
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Patch notes: Added tables for Ember growth, will also add tables for skill levelling and esper growth in the future. Retroactively adding this will be a bitch so I just won't until this story is ready for its eventual rewrite.
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[Laughing Skull [S-Rank (Lower Tier)] [Growth]
Description
A skill developed by The Laughing Skull Empress of the Sheltorian Alliance in an ef...
2021-01-30 13:38:31 +0000 UTC
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Just in case you aren't on my discord, I announced there that I started reading Azarinth Healer on Royal Road not too long ago. A grave mistake.
I enjoy it a lot and find it hard to pull myself away from it. It's over 7,000 pages long so it is taking me some time to blast through it. I am about halfway through right now.
As an apology, I promise to write 2 chapters for every day spent reading Azarinth Healer on top of what I normally write. I'll also try to do so in the span of 2 ...
2021-01-25 15:46:22 +0000 UTC
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Steamforger Wilbur held out an arm, stopping Lone from following him into the backroom and home of his shop. "Ye're still covered in blood and ye'r dripping all over the place. No way in the name of the Stone are ye stepping foot past this door."
"Ah," Lone exclaimed. "Right you are. Do I wait here then?"
The old dwarf nodded wordlessly before disappearing into the back room. Before long, he returned holding two chairs.
He manoeuvred past the counter to the shop's floor befo...
2021-01-21 18:49:57 +0000 UTC
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"Offensive, defensive, social, utility," Daz said to himself with hand in his chin while he rested atop his throne.
The throne room itself was empty save for himself and a very busy Crosius who was hunched over his desk in the corner. This was where Daz had decided to go over how, exactly, to spend his merit points to strengthen himself.
New Earth had devised a simple and easy to understand system for learning how skills worked. The four words he had just said to himself were the ...
2021-01-18 14:56:57 +0000 UTC
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Lone was no stranger to stares. He had been a pretty introverted person for a teacher back on Earth, of course. That was mostly due to his abusive childhood and no as a result of his inherent personality.
Granted, he was nothing like Soph who was socially awkward and Breena who was utterly inept at any and all interpersonal relations.
However, during his time in Milindo - before he was imprisoned, he'd slowly grown accustomed to noticing people stealing glances at both his face an...
2021-01-14 16:14:07 +0000 UTC
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"King?" Katy asked with a tilt of the head upon noticing Daz at the classroom's now-open doorway.
Cathy, likewise, inclined her head and asked, "High King?"
Madison squeezed them both and said, "Cute!" Mr Barrier didn't seem phased by her erratic movements, just as always.
Daz sighed and shook his head. "Three peas in a pod," he commented before moving behind the teacher's lectern. "How you tolerate it is beyond me, Mr Barrier."
Madison deadpan stuck her tongue out at ...
2021-01-10 15:04:21 +0000 UTC
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"'Ow can ye still stand?! Tell me!" Hamish demanded.
In front of him, Lone was wobbling to his feet despite being covered in blood, holes and bruises. Bones poked out of his skin and a lot of his body was twisted in strange directions. Half of his tails had been ripped clean off and he was missing his left hand.
Lone could only open one eye and was barely able to see anything with it but he still forced a grin to spread across his blood-smeared lips while he studied what little of...
2021-01-06 09:50:07 +0000 UTC
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Daz was incredibly thankful for Madison being in his life. Perhaps the circumstances of their meeting had been orchestrated in a bid to gain the Hamilio bloodline by her parents, but still, regardless of the reasoning, he couldn't help but feel lucky.
She was one of the few people who truly understood him and tried her best to help him. She didn't always agree with him and even got upset with him from time to time. Daz truly loved her for that and felt if there was anyone he could put h...
2021-01-03 05:11:05 +0000 UTC
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[Congratulations! the host's passive skill [Aura Pressure Resistance] has levelled up! It is now Intermediate Level 4.]
'Even with a 15% reduction in the force of his aura, it's still a struggle to stand without my legs threatening to buckle beneath me,' Lone thought bitterly.
"Is this how dwarves do things?" he asked with accusation and scorn in his tone as he fought against the aura's effects on him. "You ignore reason, respect and...
2020-12-31 02:37:36 +0000 UTC
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Chapters are coming soon I was just having a bit of a Christmas break. I, also, on the 22nd had the impulse to get Madison drawn in a Mrs Claus outfit, so here we are...
For what I paid, I am really really satisfied. This is one of the best pieces I've ever commissioned, I think.
The artist is Shu who I know from the RoyalRoad discord server and who actually drew the Garadia artwork from the original Lone: The Wanderer 2-year-ago. Here's a link to his artstation: 2020-12-28 15:56:35 +0000 UTC
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A/N: Long one at a bit under 3,000 words. Enjoy.
"What, Embers, look, like?" Madison asked with an inquisitive tilt of the head when she and Daz had reached the garden rooftop of Castle Crowthorne.
"Hmm? Do you mean the astral projections that represent how they manifested inside of me?" Daz asked back, thinking on how Mu had displayed his Embers to him some time ago.
Madison nodded. "Mmm. Am, curious."
Daz held his chin. "I don't really mind. I've never rea...
2020-12-22 16:57:56 +0000 UTC
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Felix Morstone frowned in his office after having just seen Lone Immortus off. He was, quite honestly, getting rather tired of these morning meetings that to him, were entirely pointless. 'Yet again, nothing of substance...'
He reached into one of his desk's many drawers and pulled out a bronze flask. Uncorking it and letting the fiery content within flow down his throat, he heaved a sigh.
"Why does the council think it tae be so wise tae waste my time with that deluded f...
2020-12-17 22:35:27 +0000 UTC
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Daz stared at the intricate piece of metal lying before him atop his personal workshop's largest workbench.
It was a hammer about the same height as Daz himself and it was made entirely out of a mix of ordinary copper, steel and tungsten, just as he felt Sandy would have liked - simple and not overly ornate.
The hammer was fixed upon a stone platform with a plaque of gold on its front. Engraved upon this plaque were the words;
'Hero of Fort Skip. A Father of N...
2020-12-13 08:30:39 +0000 UTC
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Sophie gave Lone an incredibly unsatisfied look before she sighed heavily. "Of course it is a Primal behind this and of course it has its eyes set on you..."
Lone smiled wryly. "Yeah. That's twice now we've stumbled onto a Primal by coincidence. Well, apparent coincidence."
Sophie raised an eyebrow. "'Apparent'?"
Lone nodded. "I spent a lot of time researching magic both in Ranton and here. There's a thing called fate magic. Now, of course, I have no evidence to suggest magi...
2020-12-09 09:18:02 +0000 UTC
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Lyle was nothing if not efficient. He had set the conference up in a way that each reporter was allowed to ask one question and one follow up question at most, though Daz was, of course, allowed to ignore these questions if he so wished.
Without a single additional person speaking or interrupting him, a journalist from the United Kingdom who was given first rights to question opened up with a heavy hitter. "Your Majesty, when you said, and I quote, 'I will unite this planet' what exactl...
2020-12-04 23:40:08 +0000 UTC
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Lone sighed when he opened his eyes only to find himself in the mysterious urd again. "You know, you could at least bring me to a room or something when you force me here instead of in the middle of the road."
Darkness chuckled as it took the form of Breena. "What would be the point? You hardly stay for long. Besides, guests who don't take off their shoes when I invite them in my house get the short end of the stick, I'm afraid."
"Oh, of course. How rude of me," Lone answered with...
2020-11-30 22:58:33 +0000 UTC
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"You summoned me, My High King?" Lyle questioned respectfully as he gazed upon Daz's seated figure.
He could sense a deep feeling of detachment coming from the young ruler and his eyes weren't even looking at him, just past him and seemingly at nothing in particular.
"Make arrangements. Tomorrow afternoon I will hold the promised press conference. Invite representatives from every news station in New Earth. Make sure to send an invitation to foreign ones as well. Every country, ki...
2020-11-26 16:05:07 +0000 UTC
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"How has Kyuubi been?" Lone asked Breena to cure the growing silence between them as they ate dinner.
Carefully nibbling on her food, Breena answered, "Um, good? She's very soft... and, em, nice? She's a lot more docile than most pets."
'Good, good, she isn't stuttering anymore... Man, that's twice now that I've scared her needlessly. I need to apologise today. The longer I let the wound fester, the larger it'll get and the harder it'll be to mend.' He had learned that wi...
2020-11-24 13:58:27 +0000 UTC
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A/N: Long one at just shy of 3,000 words.
Daz did nothing in silence for a moment as he watched Ellie cry and wail her heart out on that office building's rooftop. Sadly though, he knew now was not the time to grieve as she so clearly was.
"Can you stand? If so, I'll escort you to a shelter. I've defeated their leader but more Truthians still wander the streets of Fort Home slaughtering our people. You, unfortunately, are not quite safe yet," he said with a logical mind...
2020-11-18 13:22:06 +0000 UTC
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[Congratulations! The host's nature magic skill [Root of Life] has levelled up! It is now Beginner Level 8.]
Lone smiled softly as he rest a palm atop Sophie's cocoon. "Only a few more weeks... Goodnight, Soph, Sophie," he whispered before unsummoning her.
Lone looked around at their bedroom in the Rusty Sprocket and sighed. "It's lonely in here without Soph, Sophie or Kyuubi..."
He had given the sleepy little fox to Breena for the even...
2020-11-15 15:14:02 +0000 UTC
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An emotionless expression clouded Daz's face as he hovered in the air, standing atop two diamond needles.
Beneath him, his other 48 needles were entering eyeballs, eviscerating stomachs and cutting off limbs.
At this point, he had killed hundreds upon hundreds of Truthians and had directly saved the lives of thousands of his citizens. Of course, though, his presence was no secret to those he was slaughtering.
Daz was just floating in the air out in the open. Countless bullet...
2020-11-11 22:08:26 +0000 UTC
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[The host has developed the passive skill: Steamforging.]
"I... I did it," Lone said in awe to Steamforger Wilbur. "I actually did it."
The old wrinkled dwarf stood over Lone and carefully examed the small pipe-covered gear he had just created. "When you said you thought you could do it first try, I half expect I'd be pullin' you out a self-made explosion."
A grin peeked out from under his lengthy and pure-white beard. "Well, done, boy. You're now...
2020-11-08 01:19:45 +0000 UTC
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A/N: A bit of a pre-warning. This chapter is not a pleasant one.
Ellie was disoriented. More disoriented than she had even been in perhaps her entire life.
Her body felt hot. Her shoulder was hurting and she could feel Idris coughing violently as he held her in his arms while they lay on the floor.
She could feel him coughing. Feel, not hear. Fear immediately washed over her as the full realisation of what it meant to be ripped away from ...
2020-11-05 15:39:35 +0000 UTC
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"To start from the beginning," Lone said, "my group and I felt we should try to do a more adventure-oriented quest for the first time since arriving here in Krieg Moor."
The elderly dwarf nodded. "That makes sense and matches our records. You took up a quest as an apprentice to Steamforger Wilbur, aye? And she's an assistant to that elven tailor on Industrial Street along with the one mentioned in the report that's in a 'cocoon of roots'."
Lone smiled wryly. "That's correct."
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2020-11-02 22:19:35 +0000 UTC
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