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System Supervillain, Chapter 118

Chapter 118 – Supremacy

(Computer Control Nest, Gel-nak Imperial Navy Ship Fury of Thrixl, high Earth orbit)

Computer Technician First Class Ruxo’s tail swung slowly in consternation as he continued performing his assigned tasks. This invasion was not going at all how the Supreme Commander or Emperor had said it would. It should have been easy. The primitives were limited to a single planet, unfamiliar with the way of void warfare. They should have seen their inferior...

The OP Lich is a Returnee, Book 17 Prologue

Yes, a holiday chapter. Though not holiday-themed.

Prologue – Trade Chat

(Magical World Disharmony Server, General Chat)

UsualSuspect, manoutoftime, muon, MewTwo, Avariel, Chummer, Golddigger, CrazyCelt, Blaze, DoYouEvenLyft?, MarcoPolo, MightMakesRight, MacD, Inquisitor, OrangeQueen, Lizard, RedFox, SemiSolidSnake, BabyShark, Lichwatcher, Not_the_Face!, TheLichQueen, Scholar, Salty, Anonymous3, Anonymous4, Anonymous7, Anonymous9, WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot, DigDug, Backlo...

Dark Fate, Chapter 206

Chapter 206 – Introduction

When we got to the Palacio de Las Garzas, which was the presidential office and residence, like the White House in the US, there were more officials, staffers, and bigwigs in a conference room, waiting for us. Not just bureaucrats, either, from the looks of things. Representatives from the Assembly were there, as well as more adventurers. Basically, a good helping of the people with actual power in the country, roughly thirty in all.

President Arnal to...

Lewd Dungeon, Chapter 364

Chapter 364 – Too Powerful

Tyrone Brooks, leader of the Crimson Claws, took a breath to steady himself, just outside the chamber. It had been three days since the Golden Sabers returned with their report on beating the boss of the fifteenth floor, and everything that happened afterwards. And what a report it was. The whole team coming out enslaved to their leader was a surprise, but things like that had happened before in this dungeon. However, when the team goes in as four guys and t...

Freezing Shadows, Book 2 Prologue

Prologue: Trade Chat

(Shadowmen In-Game OOC Forum, Seattle Section)

Reminder: This forum is for Out of Character (OOC) discussion only. Please direct in-character discussions (including business dealings and the like) to the appropriate in-world forums.

GreenGirl, Yolo, Scholar, RedFox, Rerun, ThirsT, SliceNDice, GrimDarkKawaii, NoNoNo, YesYesYes, FoldingChair, Squeaker, Anonymous2, Anonymous5, Anonymous8, KittyKat, HurtMeMommy, DaddyIssue...

Reborn as the First Boss, Chapter 55

Chapter 55 – Rest, and Reading

The boss of the seventh floor Treasure Room, Da Big Guy, had been an ogre zombie that looked ugly as sin and smelled worse. He was also a level 21 Barbarian / Thug, when he was supposed to be a level 16 Barbarian. The club he carried was more like a small tree. As was his other ‘club’ which, despite him being dead, still reacted to my [Cursed Bracers of Ogre Strength]. Fortunately, he was too busy chasing me to react to anyone trying to kill him, so ...

System Supervillain, Chapter 117

Chapter 117 – Foothold

I flicked the greenish blood off my blade as the second warrior fell. My announcement had not gone unnoticed on the ship. The two guards outside the Command Nest had decided that the best way to respond was by disintegrating the door to get to me. All it earned them was a quick death.

According to Web Mistress, the Gel-nak had green blood because their blood had more copper than iron. It was an interesting fact, but didn’t change anything about what I wa...

The OP Lich is a Returnee, Book 16 Epilogue

Epilogue – Elsewhere

Four individuals met in a darkened room. No names were shared. Those who knew about this meeting already knew who the other attendees were. There was no need for introductions.

Each individual represented a faction of power. While they were not the nominal heads of their factions, what was decided in this chamber would be carried out. One way or another.

On an unseen signal, the political representative took a breath. “It is now the appointed time. W...

Dark Fate, Chapter 205

Chapter 205 – Visit

(Aeropuerto Internacional de Tocumen, Panama City, Panama)

President Jairo Arnal sighed as he waited on the tarmac at the airport. He had been proud to become President of Panama. When he ran, he had great dreams of ways to help improve the lives of the Panamanian people. But before any of those could be put into place, the Initialization happened, and all his dreams burned to ash.

The two years since the Initialization had been hell. He had done his be...

Lewd Dungeon, Chapter 363

Chapter 363 – Realization

I chuckled as the fighter finished the task. He may have been acting as though it were a great burden, but when it came time to enjoy himself with the gem-girl’s body, he certainly didn’t hold back. Because of the conditions I’d set, they both needed to climax twice before things were through. However, the Golden Warrior had the [Carnal Arts] skill, and the gem was already shuddering in her second climax as he came the first time.

That much was fa...

Freezing Shadows, Book 1 Epilogue

Epilogue: Elsewhere

(MetaTech Virtual Headquarters, Shadowmen Control Room)

Demi Turner’s brow furrowed as she looked at the data, going back and forth from the raw numbers to the aggregated feed. This was important. Shadowmen was the biggest release for MetaTech since the initial production of the Full Immersion Virtual Reality (FIVR) pods. The amount of manhours and resources poured into this game meant that it would be a disaster if it didn’t per...

Reborn as the First Boss, Chapter 54

Chapter 54 – Thoughts for the Future

“All right, something has clearly fucked with the dungeon,” Astruth said, bitterly. “That boss was way too strong for his level. What gives?”

We had just finished the sixth floor of the dungeon. Problem was, the boss of the sixth floor, Inspector Specter, was supposed to be level 16, but instead, he had been level 20. If this pattern continued, then it was likely, but the time we got down to the fifteenth floor, that the monsters we w...

System Supervillain, Chapter 116

Chapter 116 – Reaction

(New York City)

Luigi was having a great day. Sure, there was an alien invasion on, with the idiots having the unbridled gall to try and land transports in Central Park, but that just meant he got to take a break from his normal routine of shooting people who deserved it to shoot aliens who deserved it. Even better, because they were invading, he didn’t even have to worry about the Knights or SDI showing up to ruin his day!

As the Adjuster, he’d ...

The OP Lich is a Returnee, Chapter 160

Chapter 160 – Ascendant

“Kaori? Is that you?”

A voice came to me, sounding small and afraid. My sister’s voice. I looked over to her, and saw empty space. Then, I looked down, way down. The mortals were there, along with my soldiers and the Magelords, and they were all looking up. At me.

“Yes, it is me. Though it seems I’ve changed a bit more than some of the others who went through the rite.”

With a thought, I conjured a plane o...

Dark Fate, Chapter 204

Chapter 204 – Reactions

(Fuerte Desafío, Bocas del Toro, Isla Colón, Bocas del Toro Province, Panama)

“Jefa! Jefa! Big news!”

Keira Hyde sighed as she looked up from the reports on her computer. She’d never set out to become the de facto boss of an entire region. Just a case of ‘wrong place, wrong time’. She had the ‘good fortune’ to be vacationing in Panama when the Initialization happened. One moment, she’d been enjoying a beautiful day with her family,...

Lewd Dungeon, Chapter 362

Chapter 362 – Intercession

Loot:

3000 gp

Potion of Full Healing

Girdle of the Immortal Warrior

Bow of the Ancient Slayer

Golden Helm of Might

Aria’s Soulgem

As their group’s expert on magic, Tabitha quickly looked at the loot table from the chest, ignoring the level-up messages as she looked for a way to save their rogue. Gold was nice, and the potion was better, since the potions which instantly returned you to full HP we...

Freezing Shadows cover art

So, some of you asked whether this story was going to go to Amazon, eventually. And, yes, it is. I'm going to throw things on Royal Road for a bit, but you guys will always be basically a book ahead of them. But stuff does better on RR and Amazon with art, so here's a little something I commissioned. 

Freezing Shadows, Chapter 10

Chapter 10: Team

Moving the guns was easy for the girls, since Twilight had already turned off and unlocked the displays when she took down the security. I wasn’t worried about getting those out of here. The main concern was making sure the wife didn’t do anything stupid, and Twilight getting the money from the slush account.

I nodded wordlessly to Twilight as she got to the top of the stairs, and knelt by Cozi’s side. Pulling a commlink from his pants pocket, she pressed hi...

System Supervillain, Chapter 115

Chapter 115 – Display

Segment 5:

Iceblade: +2 CSL to DCV (DCV 14)

Warrior 2: +2 CSL to DCV with HTH combat (HTH DCV 12)

Warrior 2’s attack roll (Area), OCV 10: 3d6 = 14 (Hits DCV 7) (Hits)

Plasma Jet, 14m Line: 2d6+1 = 7 BODY (40 rED)

Stun Multiplier: 1d6-1 = 5 (35 STUN) (40 rED)

Warrior 2: 46/60 END

Iceblade: 42/50 END

Warrio...

The OP Lich is a Returnee, Chapter 159

Chapter 159 – Reborn

As before, my mages began drawing the circles, under my direction. But, this time, I was not standing with them, in the greater circle around the seal. That was why I had brought out eight, not seven, mages this time. I had risen to take the seat of Death in the Athelian Spire, being the most powerful Death Mage in the land, but before my ascension that seat had been held by another, and he yet remained in my army, as one of the undead.

For the first time si...

Reborn as the First Boss, Chapter 53

Yes, this is out of the typical order. My only excuse is that I started writing this morning, and only realized at 5:30pm that I was writing on my Friday story instead of Wednesday's story. So, Lich Queen tomorrow, and System Supervillain on Friday.

Chapter 53 – Something’s Wrong

Your party has defeated Watkyn the Bloated.

You each gain 1000 XP.

Loot:

200 gp

Foulrot Charm

Boots of Decay

Staff of Bloating

Watkyn ...

Dark Fate, Chapter 203

Chapter 203 – Quick Plans

The decision to expand the Kingdom into an Empire meant that I needed to step up my game in terms of governance. Or, at least, I had to start planning for new structures to be put in place. After a certain point, people were going to want to have some say in the government, especially with us growing beyond the core band of renegades and plucky individualists here on Ceres. At least, that’s what the PR team described the people who’d come to ...

Lewd Dungeon, Chapter 361

Chapter 361 – Victory?

The Pyramid was the new bottleneck of the dungeon. Now that everyone knew the ways to avoid Shai-hulud, more groups were making it to the Pyramid, and testing themselves on the boss fight. The boss monsters didn’t pull any punches, but people were starting to learn their tactics and patterns.

Even so, no one had beaten the boss yet. Escape charms meant that most of those who went into the dungeon came back out, one way or the ot...

Freezing Shadows, Chapter 9

So, I've decided that I will actually be sending this story to Amazon, so commissioned some cover art. Will see what it looks like when it comes in.

Chapter 9: Shots in the Dark

I spent an hour going over the site, making sure I didn’t miss any hidden surprises. Twilight was still at things for another two hours after I returned to my body, but when she finally came back to her body, we learned that not only had she gotten into Cozi’s home system, but she n...

Freezing Shadows, Chapter 8

Chapter 8: Scouting

“So, did Berzerker live up to her name in bed?”

I chuckled as I looked over to Twilight. It was the next morning, and we were in Babydoll’s van, driving towards Bellevue, where Mel Cozi had his home. Babydoll was driving, of course, and Shadowgirl was in the passenger seat, with Twilight and me in the second (and only) row bench seat. Twilight had done some digital scouting the night before. Nothing major, just enough to get the ...

Reborn as the First Boss, Chapter 52

Chapter 52 – Dungeon

It was just before noon the next day when we got to the cordon, and the shanty town that had grown up around it. There were some permanent structures, like the Adventurer’s Guild, a guard barracks, and a few shops, but most of the ‘structures’, if they could be called that, were hastily built things that were essentially open for whoever wanted to stay in them. They were little more than four walls, a roof, and a floor, but it beat sleeping on t...

System Supervillain, Chapter 114

Chapter 114 – Lockdown

The next moment, a siren sounded, before I heard the sound of doors slamming shut and the whooshing of air being sucked out of the compartment by the environmental controls. One of the consoles in the computer center lit up with a message that my HUD translated as ‘ABORT CODE:’, with a flashing prompt. Obviously asking for input from the IT guys. Too bad they were dead right now.

“Interesting. The Uprising Controls have ...