Chapter 265: Devil May Care
The ghost demon looked at the piece of paper hovering in the air in front of hi and scrunched up his brow His expression looked quite funny as he read it. "Tasks I can perform. Why, I'm a demon! I can rip your enemies limb from limb, I am so strong!"
He reached down to pick up a chair sitting not that far away from him, and phased right through its back. He then tried to bend down and pick it up again. "Um. Well. Uh... I can spy on your enemies? No on...
2023-12-08 15:00:12 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 264: Ghost Tales
The thing could see me. I wasn't sure what to make of that. I was still bending the light around me such that nothing should be able to register visually. A quick check indicated that no light was escaping my carefully designated patterns, so clearly, it was using some other senses. He also knew I was a god.
It was fairly obvious that this thing wasn't really a human. No human besides Arthur had ever called me a godling, and he'd only taken up the name a...
2023-12-06 23:50:32 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 263: Cracking up
Bee stepped past Mrs. Chadwick and glanced around the manor with suspicion. Was there some sort of city official that had found them or some sort of dispute about the deed to the place? She walked slowly toward the sitting room, mind whirling with possibilities and plans for how to deal with this situation. When she got there, Bee's face paled.
A tall, severe woman sat with her legs crossed in an armchair. Her short brown hair was cut straight just below...
2023-12-04 23:50:53 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 262: Omens and Portents R Us
As I followed Beatrice away from the meeting place in the early evening, I couldn't help but think about how well that went. The way Beatrice was acting would have made me expect some level of animosity from the man, but he had been nothing but polite and seemed to be perfectly willing to help us accomplish our goals. I honestly couldn't have seen a better outcome.
Beatrice still carried some tension in her shoulders as she stalked through th...
2023-12-03 23:33:56 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 261: Divine Messenger
Amidst the slums of the capitol, surrounded on all sides by dilapidated buildings and ramshackle abodes, stood an island of cleanliness. A strangely pristine building bearing fresh paint and freshly swept walkways. That wasn't to say the building was impressive, of course. It was just as cheaply made as those around it, its walls and roof consisting of simple rough timbers. But someone had obviously taken the time to polish it up to the best of their abil...
2023-12-03 05:32:09 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 260: Gully Ball
A short while later, Beatrice walked out of a clothing store sporting a brand-new set of white robes, not like the ones the street preachers wore, of course. She wasn't trying to be a copycat. White was just a nice color.
These robes boasted quite nice gold edging and a few additional accents that really matched her eyes. We also made sure to pick up an overcoat to protect her clothes from the city's filth when I wasn't around to keep watch. All in all, I...
2023-11-30 03:33:47 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 259: Divine Intervention
Bee listened carefully as all three of the children banded together to explain the rules of gully ball. Based on the way their words tumbled over each other and the near-constant contradictions, she was able to parse through and figure out that it essentially had no rules. They were essentially made up as the game was being played.
Despite the game not making any sense, the children had made friends with several of the local kids down the street....
2023-11-28 03:57:17 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 258: God Touched
I stopped Beatrice as she walked down the street. She looked up, her face brightening when she saw me. But I could never forget the thoughtful frown of consternation she had worn just a moment before. Human facial expressions were still difficult to understand sometimes, but this one was as clear as a freshly polished pane of glass.
I projected a question in the air. "What's wrong?"
She breathed in and held it for a second before letting out a rath...
2023-11-27 06:43:32 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 257: Theology 101
Finalizing my painting decisions had only taken a few hours, but it drastically changed the look of the mansion. The adults also arrived with some basic furniture that allowed us to have a table and some chairs, along with simple cooking utilities. They'd have to make do with sleeping on bedrolls atop rugs for now, but they had dealt with much worse in the city. Transporting enough beds for the entire mansion just wasn't feasible in such a short period of time....
2023-11-23 15:26:34 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 256: Home Away from Home
I excitedly waited at the corner as Beatrice made her way to me as fast as she could. I couldn't help but bounce in the air slightly as I hovered, unwilling to let myself rest on the ground. The prospect of having new paint was simply too much. Beatrice was power walking as fast as she could without looking suspicious, but still, it took her several seconds to reach the corner. I zipped off to the next one.
Despite my excitement, I was trying to ...
2023-11-21 16:32:41 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 255: Extreme Makeover: Void Edition
Bee slept fitfully that night. Perhaps it was just the feeling of being in an uncomfortable bed somewhere unfamiliar. But she was pretty sure it had more to do with the manor she was planning on buying.
She really hoped it looked better in the sunlight. She couldn't believe she was really having to go through with this, but it really did seem to be the best option. And if they could spend a little bit of time fixing it up, it would wor...
2023-11-18 16:06:06 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 254: Design and Conquer
It took me several hours, but I eventually got all of the trash cleared away inside the manor. That wasn't to say I was done, though. Not by a very, very long shot. Still, there were no longer random bits of broken furniture, dirt, and animal parts scattered around the house in a disordered fashion. I'd removed all the dust, but there were still stains in the rocks on the walls and imperfections on the floors, not to mention the disaster outside.
...
2023-11-17 15:00:08 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 253: House Flipper
I read over my skill choices carefully. There were so many more variables I needed to consider compared to how I picked in the past. Now, when choosing a skill, I couldn't simply pick the best one to improve my cleaning ability. I had other obligations as well. Cleaning may have been first and foremost, but it was not the only thing I was responsible for anymore. Honestly, there wasn't an option here that was solely dedicated to cleaning anyway. There were n...
2023-11-15 22:20:34 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 252: A Night on the Town
Bee tried her best not to shift uncomfortably in the chair as she waited for the banker to verify her information. Not that the chair itself was the problem, of course. The current situation she found herself in was far worse.
Eventually, the woman looked up from behind her desk. A far more polite smile adorned her features now, the skepticism having all but vanished. "Madame D'Lestrange. Thank you for your patience while I verified your identity...
2023-11-13 15:00:08 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 251: Family Matters
I made a soothing motion with my grabby arm as Beatrice's face paled. "We are going to keep the Nighty Knights safe. But they're going to want to play and they're going to have friends. Children are very imaginative and much more willing to listen to proper instructions about cleaning. So I'm sure if they can introduce me to some of their friends, I can teach them how to use sticks properly, and we can have lots of fun with that. Then maybe they'll help us ...
2023-11-11 15:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 250: The Righteous Path
Even with horses, the 12 of us moved far slower than I would have liked. We were pulling ahead of the army by a lot, and we'd probably arrive in the city at least a week, if not two, before them. But it was nowhere near as fast as I could move alone.
I had considered flying ahead to the capital myself, but I didn't think there was too much I could do there. Besides, it would be dangerous to leave the three children, two women, Beatrice, and five s...
2023-11-10 15:00:10 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 249: Spread the Word
Arthur and Beatrice both looked at me expectantly as I spun up my processes. I needed to better understand our goals and how everything would work out on this campaign.
Our main goal here was to figure out why we'd been attacked. What the king was up to, why he'd sent an army after us, and whether there was anything else shady going on. Regardless of the answer, though, we couldn't just let this slide. That meant we'd probably end up deposing the kin...
2023-11-08 15:00:09 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 248: By Their Fruits
I kept one thread in my processor focused on watching our army march through the valley as I continued planting trees in neat rows.
Despite my initial estimations, it had taken much longer than expected to get the city back into shape. That meant I'd had pretty much no time for anything but cleaning and organization in the last month. The only exceptions were a few quick talks with Beatrice, Tony, and the Nighty Knights that I used to help clear my c...
2023-11-07 15:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Hey all!
It's here! It's finally here!
Today's the launch of All the Dust that Falls vol 1. Now available through Amazon's Kindle Unlimited, paperback, and audiobook!
The audiobook is narrated by Phil Thorn. I've listened to his rendition of Deepwater Dungeon and thoroughly enjoyed it, so I'm pretty excited about that version of the story in particular.
Here's where you can get it:
Amazon: 2023-11-07 15:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 247: Marching Orders
Bee walked toward the castle gate, its newly repaired form casting a long shadow across the castle courtyard. However, her eyes were not locked in front of her but instead roamed over the Nighty Knights. The youngsters stood along top the innermost wall, spaced evenly five paces apart. Most of them kept serious faces as they looked out, but a few of them instead leaned or sat against the crenulations, kicking their legs as they tossed rocks. A few of the y...
2023-11-04 14:00:07 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 246: The Dawn of the New World Order
Harold's feet hurt. It had been a very, very long walk home.
His coin had run out several weeks ago. Still, between his knowledge and experience as a soldier, he had managed to scrape by. Selling a thing or two here or stealing another there. Eventually though, the capital came into view. And what a welcome sight it was.
He scratched at his beard. He'd need to find a place where he could wash and shave, or else no one w...
2023-11-03 14:00:07 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 245: The Work of the Righteous, Epilogue
The capital stood tall and imposing atop a high hill. All around, green fields rolled down from its walls to meet the plains below. The massive walls hewn from stone gave it quite an impressive silhouette on the horizon. Even more so when once considered how far that stone might have traveled to come here. But even past that, the place was still growing. Palaces on the inside climbed ever higher into the sky, visible well past the walls...
2023-11-02 02:21:15 +0000 UTC
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I was livid.
As I finally flew over the mountains that ringed the castle, I took a look at the grounds below. Of the three walls that had stood when I left, only one still remained. The rest had been reduced to rubble and ashes. Even the last wall hadn't made it through unscathed. Its surface was marked with scratches, chips, dings, and scorch marks. Buildings and carefully laid paths had been replaced with a wasteland and piles of smoldering wood. Even the surrounding forest hadn't mad...
2023-10-30 14:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 243: Only You Can Prevent Forest Fires
As the soldiers fled into the forest and the surrounding valley, Daedalus reached the end of their forces. Instead of coming back towards the wall for another pass, he banked sideways, laying down a perpendicular tract of burning forest in the molten ground. It would prevent anyone from the army from escaping out of the valley. And then, satisfied, he continued to burn everything.
It didn't take long for Daedalus to stop his careful...
2023-10-28 14:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 242: A Very Proper And Well Mannered Dragon
Bee watched as the disturbance pushed its way through the ranks of men and demons. Even from this distance, she could feel its aura. A movement next to her caught her attention, and she realized that she had gotten distracted. While she had frozen, the rest of the fight was still continuing along. Just the few seconds she had spent staring off into the distance had allowed a ladder to land on the wall.
She hurriedly expended so...
2023-10-27 14:00:07 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 241: Another Brick in the Wall
Unfortunately, Archibald was right.
Bee replayed the champion's words in her head as she dashed along the top of the wall. The assault had started just a little before sunrise, and it hadn't let up since. She never did get the break she wanted, meaning she had been up here for far too long. But that didn't slow her down as she moved along her section of the wall, furiously dashing from one ladder to the next. She barely even stopped to fini...
2023-10-25 14:00:12 +0000 UTC
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// this is *actually* chapter 239. updated the last one to be 240. Thanks for the comments!
Chapter 239: A Voice Like Smooth Molasses
As the waves of men and barely disguised demons crashed against the shattered wall, Bee dove forward into the breach. She dipped to the left, trying to give the dragon's companion space to continue his one-man stand without getting in his way, but her approach still distracted him. He snapped his head over to glance at her, though his sword neve...
2023-10-23 14:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 240: Floatin’ Around At The Speed of Sound
I felt my thrusters whine in complaint as I pushed forward with all my might for the second day in a row. Thucydides bounced awkwardly on my much too-small chassis as I carried him. I tried to use Air Manipulation to help him stay on, but his awkward shape and size meant there was only so much I could do
It would've taken Thucydides to walk back in his current state, weeks we didn't have. Worse, his wing wouldn't heal anytime ...
2023-10-21 14:11:27 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 238: Good Morning To You Too
The ramp curved ever upward. Archibald had just passed the second massive chamber above him, and after hours of walking, he was starting to get bored.
In the beginning, he hadn't exactly been in a hurry. But this was just starting to get ridiculous. Who even made a ramp this long? If he ever met the architect of this nonsensical structure, he'd give them a piece of his mind. Archibald had plenty of water to last him several hours, which was f...
2023-10-20 14:04:22 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 237: Blowing Things Out of Proportion
A whopping 59.34 hours later, Thucydides and I finally spotted a change in the monotonous landscape. Over the next snow field, we spotted a large shadowy shape looming a quarter mile away from our most recent checkpoint. My advanced sensors couldn't pierce the unnatural darkness that seemed to surround it. Luckily, my Spiritual Cleanse sense had increased its range significantly in the past few months.
My front touch sensors were nea...
2023-10-18 14:00:06 +0000 UTC
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