An art piece (the finish of the WIP) of the end of Chapter 15 with Elania atop a pile of Darkwalkers facing off against the Chief's Mushroohums.
Also two rough sketches. Might be spoilers, but... sketches!
Friday's chapter is here a little early! Also a complete re-write of chapter 20, so don't miss that! It's 100% better in my opinion!
Get the chapter here!
2020-11-11 21:25:25 +0000 UTC View PostFriday's chapter is here a little early! Also a complete re-write of chapter 20, so don't miss that! It's 100% better in my opinion!
Get the chapter here!
2020-11-11 21:23:57 +0000 UTC View PostGet the chapter here!
Going to try something new this chapter!
Rather than struggle with posting a 3rd version to Patreon's hard to use system, I am going to link to a published google doc.
Follow the link to the chapter, and let me know what you think!
I hope it might be a bit easier to read for you all...
2020-11-09 20:07:07 +0000 UTC View PostGet the chapter here!
Edit: I fixed the link so it doesn't go directly to Chapter 19 >.>
Going to try something new this chapter!
Rather than struggle with posting a 3rd version to Patreon's hard to use system, I am going to link to a published google doc.
Follow the link to the chapter, and ...
2020-11-09 20:05:41 +0000 UTC View PostElania managed to sleep for a few hours before waking up. She tried to go back to sleep for what felt like an eternity, but her new body refused to cooperate. The stone cubicle felt oppressive to her in any case, so she decided to step out.
Most of the monks were fast asleep, each one having their own bedroll and two to a room. The leathers gave them an illusion of privacy, but it wasn't much better than simply being open like hers had been.
The campfire had been banked with just ...
2020-11-06 17:45:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's another piece of Elania done in an anime style. Also is a rough draft for a big detailed piece I commissioned thanks to everyone that signed up on Patreon!
It's the ending of Chapter 15 with Elania surrounded atop a pile of Darkwalkers. Still very rough and has corrections and revisions to do, but I find that they have done a really good job so far and I wanted to show the WIP!
P.S. Did you notice I love art? Thank you all for making this possible!
2020-11-03 03:12:44 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone,
If you didn't notice, I decided to make the 'exclusive' bonus chapters available to everyone. It just didn't feel right to me to put content behind a paywall.
Instead, what I'd like to do is have Patrons vote on the content in these bonus chapters, then get to read them first before they go out to RR and SH.
I hope no one minds too much. I just feel like everyone should get access to the content, even if they can't afford to be a patron :) 2020-11-02 05:55:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Elania turned without missing a beat and hurried after the monks. If he didn't need any help, he didn't need any help, and she didn't want to have to fight that thing anyway!
It didn't take her long to catch up, with the sounds of battle going on behind her lending her sprint a little more speed. There was an explosion, and more roars and gusts of wind, interspaced with what sounded to be falling rock and heavy thumps.
'What the fuck is going on back there?'
"Mauric...
2020-11-02 02:13:18 +0000 UTC View PostDespite the instinctive fear of seeing the fire for the cooking pot, she headed straight for that deliciously smelling aroma. She did give the baskets full of the still glowing moss a wary look, though. She doubted they would have had the fire if it was about to send everything up in flames, though.
Elania blew eagerly on the steaming bowl of stew she'd received. She had ignored the surprised look on the man's face when she had asked for some. She wasn't sure what that was about; the tw...
2020-11-02 02:12:04 +0000 UTC View Post
By the way, there will be a double release for Sunday/Monday! ^^
2020-10-31 18:54:42 +0000 UTC View PostThe meeting ended there, and Elania followed the party to a building set aside solely for the group's use. The monks all seemed to have their own bedrolls, but Marcus took her aside to a side room where they could talk in private.
She hadn't even found a spot to sit down before he opened with the first question.
"You're a new demon aren't you? Recently summoned?"
The shock on Elania's face must have shown because he didn't wait for an answer.
"Don't bother to deny it, ...
2020-10-30 17:52:41 +0000 UTC View PostElania had retreated down from the roof and into the building to gather her things. She had no idea what was going to happen, but she wanted to be prepared. She was tired of always being on the run, or barely being ready when circumstance or things tried to kill her.
For all she knew, they'd try to kill her as soon as they saw her, like the paladin.
The new information from [Identify] once it reached level 5 was interesting, though. She had taken the chance to use it on them befor...
2020-10-29 01:59:30 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone! I've been thinking about trying and setting up something that would allow Lesser Demon tier patrons who were interested to sign up to be a beta reader.
Basically, you'd get access to more than the 5 advance chapters that Lesser Demon's get, in return for adding real-time comments to the google document as you read the chapter.
That way you can help direct my attention to parts that might need improvement or things that seem out of place or a character doing somethi...
2020-10-28 01:02:45 +0000 UTC View Post
I know it is a bit all over the place, but let me know what you think. :)
2020-10-25 21:34:44 +0000 UTC View PostA massive panther hunted her in the dark. No, she recognized the shape; it was a Darkwalker. It thought she had no inkling it was slowly creeping closer. Water dripped from the dark stone above, and a single drop plunking into a puddle was the hunter's sign to attack. Except she turned toward it as it pounced, and opened her mouth to reveal a massive set of deadly sharp teeth and swallowed the beast whole.
Elania snapped awake, the vivid imagery of the dream... or nightmare, st...
2020-10-25 15:00:22 +0000 UTC View Post[You have achieved maximum Darkwalker Affinity do you wish to take Darkwalker Transformation? Y/N]
Elania eyed the Darkwalker Demon barreling down on her. What other chance did she have? Her heart pounded in her chest, and she felt an icy cold replace the warmth when she finally answered.
'Yes.'
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Tre'gat'aru watched with a respectful silence as the Underworld God barreled down on the smaller demon. Only in the most ancient stories of the tribe was the Under...
2020-10-22 23:11:11 +0000 UTC View Post
An artist decided to sketch Elania, and I wanted to share them with you all!
2020-10-21 02:56:46 +0000 UTC View PostElania's first instinct to bolt was restrained when she realized the group had just been ordered to be ready to throw at her, instead of carrying it through. Whether she would have bolted toward them, or away, wasn't clear to her. A lot of things were muddled in her mind because of the excess Power and the high concentration of Darkwalker essence.
"Glua-Glaa! Glua-Glaa!"
Elania watched the one she subtitled 'Leader' gesture with its spear and shouted at her angrily. At least she t...
2020-10-19 14:57:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Rather than spend today creating new content, I went back and have done a lot of editing on Chapters 1-11. I'm really pleased with the improvements.
You can see from the attached screenshot, just how extensive they have been!
I'm hoping to get 12-22 patched up like this as well, the later ones hopefully before they are released! I've found an editor to work with who is really amazing and helpful, but this stuff takes time.
Admittedly I'm the type of writer who doesn't enjoy ...
2020-10-18 21:33:08 +0000 UTC View PostElania paused slightly as she took in the four beasts suddenly bearing down on her. She should have turned and ran or looked for some sort of high-ground that would give her a defensive advantage.
She didn't.
Instead, she continued her dash forward before suddenly stopping and hurling a javelin at the one in the lead. Somehow she had known precisely where the Darkwalker's next leap was going to have it land, and the length of wood slammed into an eye. It tumbled before skidding si...
2020-10-15 23:25:14 +0000 UTC View PostElania spent what felt like weeks practicing her ability to hunt. She had parted ways amicably with Skinner, but she had hoped that they would meet again. She was lonely, with little idea for what she should do, other than keep hunting and trying to learn the layout of the caverns.
She was very grateful for the leather belt; she had turned it into a sheath that went across her shoulder and was able to easily draw up to four javelins from it, although it had cost her the last four patche...
2020-10-15 23:24:47 +0000 UTC View PostElania had left Skinner behind with his [Ralfot] carcass, deciding it would be best to put some distance between her and any distractions before she went to work on making new javelins and working make on her idea for the belt.
When she found an out of the way cave with the [Tree-cap] that she needed, she went to work. The javelins were the easy part of the task, and she was quickly becoming very good at carving the sharp points out. For these, she added a small notch into the wood.
... 2020-10-15 23:24:09 +0000 UTC View PostElania froze in place as the Darkwalker pounced on the Mushroom Man. A rapid flurry of 'Glaa!' erupted as he was thrown to the floor, while the Darkwalker slashed and tore at his back.
Without weighing her options and acting on a sudden impulse, Elania decided to help the Mushroohum. Having discarded the idea of throwing something, she sprinted forward. The two combatants were struggling and rolling, and she didn't want to hit the one she was trying to help.
By the time she had ar...
2020-10-15 23:23:33 +0000 UTC View PostElania gathered and crafted more spears to replace her broken one, and upon leveling [Improved Crafting] to level 10, she got an [Improved Makeshift Fungal Wood Spear], which seemed to be slightly more sturdy.
Then she started using the smaller lengths of wood to work on something new. After numerous tries with the remaining torn fabric, she was able to tie together a [Woven Fungal Wood Shield] that seemed sturdy enough to protect her while giving her the chance to maybe stab something ...
2020-10-15 23:22:51 +0000 UTC View PostThe first sensation Elania registered was a chilling cold that seemed to be seeping into her core. It was enough to make her take the first steps toward waking up. Her first restless movement elicited a frantic grab at consciousness as she realized she was still face down in the water.
'I'm not breathing!'
Thrashing into the water, her hand landed on a nearby stone, and she found enough leverage to pull herself out of the calm pool she had ended up floating in. Her first ...
2020-10-15 23:22:13 +0000 UTC View PostHe had made damned sure that the entire complex was thoroughly cleansed, yet he had failed in his mission. The summoned demon had easily managed to escape, and the leader of the cult had nearly killed Anton before using a teleport spell to vanish.
It wasn't often that a cult's location was revealed to the Order, and he had fumbled the chance to eliminate them.
Scrubbing every bit of the thick cloud of demonic aura from the area had taken way more time tha...
2020-10-15 23:20:32 +0000 UTC View PostElania gasped in surprise. The cavern that had been silent for days came to life before her eyes. Mounds of what she had assumed were stone-covered moss got onto their legs, letting out a strange “Garooo” sound that echoed everywhere. They each showed up as [Ralfot] and were actually some type of quadruped covered in moss. Was the moss part of their skin or did it grow on them as a symbiote? On a few, the moss was getting quite long and she wondered if that made them into something like a...
2020-10-15 23:18:59 +0000 UTC View PostElania traced the side of her face with her fingers as she stared at her reflection in the quick running stream of water. Her long hair had been braided like she usually kept it, but now was becoming a tangled and split mess, with debris thoroughly mixed with blood. What had put her in her current fugue was her eyes. Her irises glowed back at her, a deep crimson red. That was new, and disturbing.
She tried her best to clean up, but the results were less than ideal without any soap or br...
2020-10-15 23:18:20 +0000 UTC View Post[ ???? - Lesser Demon (S Rank Monster) - Level 57]
The only reason [Identify] had fired up was that she had been making a habit of using it on everything she came across. There was only enough time for a single, “Oh Shit” before the thing slammed into her, knocking her off her feet.
As she fell it managed to grab hold of her shoulder as she tumbled, and a sudden burning pain erupted in her left bicep. Releasing a scream, she grabbed at the thing and tried to throw it ...
2020-10-15 23:17:49 +0000 UTC View Post