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Chapter 473: On the eastern continent

[Dungeon complete: Temple of the Everliving. Experience gained (major)]

[Title gained: Ozymandius. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. +2 to primary statistic.]

[You have achieved level 19! Please select a new power, and an existing power to upgrade to tier 2.]

[Objective complete: Obey the Eternal God’s command. Reward: Mysterious Artifact]

[Item gained: Mysterious artifact. A powerful object associated with a specific affinity and God. Would you like to bind ...

Chapter 472: A different kind of game

Blake blinked and saw Annie’s pretty face looking down at him. He smiled and stretched before he felt like vomiting.

Also there was some asshole orc smashing a drum next to his ear. He went up to his elbows to tell the idiot to fuck off when it became clear there was no drum.

“How do you feel?” Annie’s big eyes were all concern and sweetness and you just wouldn’t know she was a demon-slaying, axe swinging mangler a few minutes ago. At least, you wouldn’t if she wasn’...

Book #4 preview and mini update

Hope you're all doing well! Book 3 drops in 4 days. Book 4 will be out May 10, what do we think of the cover? Audio of #2 should be ready by April 16. Audio #3 will start immediately after, probably take about a month.

Mini-update: 

My month of catch-up is over. It was busy, but also kind of restful. I got a lot of editing done, but slightly less writing than I hoped. At least writing on The Great Game. Remember that 'Magic Island' I gave you about 5 chapter...

Just a sneak peek at cover #3

First Great Game #2 - out in ebook/KU

Book number 2 on Amazon! The audio is probably a month out or so. Thanks as ever for all the support that got us here.

I'll be releasing a book in the series every month all year, always on the 10th. Link below. Also, I love this version of Rebecca on the cover.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0DYDZP1DT

One month chapter pause: New chapter April 7

TL:DR - as of Monday, I'll be taking a 1 month break from posting any chapters. However I'll also pause billing so you won't be charged anything until we restart. You'll get the next chapter of The First Great Game on April 7.

'But...why is the rum gone?'

Basically because I've bumped up my release schedule on Amazon/Audible, and I really need to play editing catch up (Side note: I hate editing). This always takes longer than I expect or want, and I don...

Chapter 471: Let me just stop you there

Blake was impressed. Apparently the demon lord had lain some kind of trap. All the spells and demonic projectiles now doubled or maybe tripled in intensity. The larger demons previously waiting at the back now charged into combat, often trampling the smaller insects with obvious contempt.

The orc line stopped advancing. Their heavy infantry lifted their shields and held their ground as the spearmen behind them at least jabbed and held back the creatures from overrunning them.

Halv...

Chapter 470: The Fallen

Shrapnel and metallic pinging sprayed and bounced around Blake’s construct, bits of wood ripping with holes as the bull-figurehead roared.

“Jesus Christ!” Blake shouted, holding Seul-ki down beneath him and focusing on his shield. “Is he aiming at the God damn train?”

For a moment Blake considered standing up and tossing the goblin’s weapon with telekinesis. Instead he moved his senses to Annie somewhere out there slashing demons.

He blinked as ‘h...

Chapter 469: Nothing can stop me

It wasn’t just the greater demon with magic. Navi flickered with effort at Blake’s side, calling out spells as half a dozen kinds of spells flared between the approaching armies.

Blake really wished he’d had the time to appreciate how cool it all was. But the bugs were definitely trying to kill him. Like specifically him. Like a lot of the time.

It was a bit rude.

“They don’t like you, wizard!” shouted the orc lord from beside Blake’s train, his shamans’ magi...

Chapter 468: At least it's not boring

Blake’s train had become a convertible. Demons managed to rip off the boards and coverings, and now the players were forced to knock, slash, and Telekinetically hurl them off as they climbed and tried to get inside.

His constructs, of course, were keeping that number to a minimum. He’d lost his ball-and-chain, but created three more (a kind of preying mantis looking thing, a tube with spinning baseball bats, and a weight with legs that…jumped on things).

The Primordial const...

Chapter 467: Sons of Graakus

Blake’s bull-train juggernaut roared in glee as it crushed another beetle-demon. He and the girls held onto their seats as the thing rocked and shook, more demons crawling on the now ripped-open hole on the roof.

The demons couldn’t seem to get through the sides, but the top of the ‘train’ wasn’t armored, and some kind of flying bug-demon had managed to grab a board and tear at least two off before Blake tossed it away with Telekinesis.

Annie stood and slashed off anothe...

Chapter 466: Soulguard

Blake closed his latest portal in eighteen seconds, which should have made him happy. But his ‘plan’ had a tiny flaw. Portals just kept on opening, and he was quickly running out of mana.

Even now, swapping half his mind to Meditation, with Seul-ki’s regen and boosting of his Meditation, he just couldn’t keep up. He’d have to start draining Seul-ki soon, which he really didn’t want to do until it was desperate. But there wasn’t much in the way of options.

Either Blak...

Chapter 465: Stepping on shadows

“I’m a nasty piece of work,” said Blake’s comic book, ‘demon slayer’ construct. “Just ask anybody.”

It took a long, fake drag on its fake cigarette, and tried to toss it away a few times before realizing it was built into its finger. Blake shook his head and mentally gestured at the portals.

“Just go help kill demons, please.”

The thing looked ready for another one liner but Blake mentally slapped it forward. He hoped it had some use other than that sword...

Chapter 464: Blake and the rift

Blake sagged to his favorite chair in the white tower laboratory, completely drained of mana and mental energy. He grinned up at the multi-coloured, insanely shaped collection of constructs and just…random creations, with a kind of artistic joy.

At some point he’d stopped really planning or considering his designs. As the hours passed he gave in more and more to…intuition, letting his new Primordial Making create whatever he (and it) damn well pleased.

There was a couch with...

Chapter 463: Nexus Guardians

Mason nearly flew down the pathways and ramps around the Nexus, looking for Carl and a few others. He had to admit to himself he was excited to leave Nassau, to go south, to explore on his own. All that remained was to make sure they were protected in his absence.

It wasn’t that he felt trapped in the settlement, exactly. And of course he loved being with his girls, and would have happily spent a lifetime safe with them, not worrying about the dangers of the post-apocalypse.

But...

Chapter 462: A new dawn

Mason woke with a new dawn, his beautiful elven concubine Ayet sleeping beside him. Ayet was also the mother of his new elven bride—a fact he still somewhat struggled to comprehend. She certainly didn’t look like she could be anyone’s mother.

Her lithe, youthful body pressed against him, sending little pulses of desire. Her wavy brown hair covered his arm as she used it like a pillow, and memory of the night before flashed through his mind. It had truly...

End of book 10, and update

Another book down! And more nagging/whining: if you've picked up the first book on Amazon or Audible, please do go drop a rating/review, it really is a big deal. I'll stick the links below.

Writing update:

I'm still scribbling away on book 11, though not as far as I'd like. Editing for amazon/audible is a pain in my ass. However! No crisis yet. Expect phase 3 events, exploration, and some hard work on important objectives...

I'm also still plug...

Chapter 461: Why we fight

Haley straddled Mason and lowered down to slide his hard length between her lower lips. She leaned forward to kiss him gently as she moved back and forth, making little moans as she did.

“Did your concubine please you, master?”

“She did.” Mason took two handfuls of Haley’s thick ass and helped her slide, getting harder by the second. “And now my slave is going to do the same.”

Haley made a high-pitched groan and nodded, looking into his eyes.

“It’s al...

Chapter 460: Can you stay?

En route to get Dariya back to her house, Mason started to realize something: the elves probably didn’t know Ayet had become his concubine.

In fact, they hadn’t actually told anyone. After the nymph pool, and before they’d even really got back into their house, the demon invasion had…interrupted things.

Which meant before anything he needed to tell Haley. And he needed to do it quickly. He trudged on with Ayet holding one arm, Dariya holding the...

Chapter 459: To the victors

[Event: Demonic Invasion (Major) – complete. Herald: destroyed. Settlement damage: Negligible. Losses: None. Victory level: Total. Calculating patron/personal contribution and reward.]

[Personal and Patron Demonic Invasion (Major) reward: Experience (moderate), Patron points (moderate), House points (major). Power Modification (Endless Quiver).]

[You have gained enough experience to reach level 22. Increase to all statistics.]

[Power ...

Chapter 458: Herald's Curse

Phuong sliced off another chunk of the demon with his Soulblade as it kept on screaming threats and profanity in his mind.

There was quite a bit of terrible and creative variety. But ‘I’ll rip you apart’, and ‘I’ll eat your fucking soul while you scream for mercy’ summed it up. Phuong ignored the voice, and cut.

Every landed blow visibly splattered a physical piece of the strange creature. For once, his attacks seemed far more effective than Carl’s. Or anyone else’...

Chapter 457: Last Charge

When Mason’s battered brain went back to working, he started to worry about the others. His picked himself up and charged towards the herald, hoping if nothing else to get the lion’s share of attention.

His players were starting their attack in a half ring around the demon. Fiery bolts, spear walls, and flying Phuong waves were all loosing towards the demon as the melee players came in. It was possible none of them had any actual powers the thing was vulnerable to, but Mason tried n...

Chapter 456: Phase two

“Carl! Er, Phuong, or I don’t fuckin’ know. We need help! We can’t get through the God damn bone thing! And Mason’s trapped inside!”

Mason’s warrior-concubine was shouting at everyone and looking panicked, standing outside the herald’s portal with everyone else. It was clear the humans had never seen anything like this. Not that Ayet had, either.

She and Dariya hadn’t made it back to Nassau. Mason’s wolves had come and turned them like sheep dogs, a couple prac...