Mythshaper

Chapter 65: Advancement

[Your skill Mental Corrosion Resistance (D) has been integrated into Golden Eyes.]

[Your skill Force Shield (E) has reached mastery.]

[+2 Physique. +4 Spirit.]

[Your skill Empower (D) has reached mastery.]

[+8 Physique, Spirit, and Mind.]

Insights and attribute points blasted through my form, so much so that I didn’t even need to use the skills for them to reach their mastery.<...

Chapter 64: Choices

So far, all the corrupted creatures Marvel had faced had exhibited only their savage nature—their eternal will to devour everything living in their wake. However, this time, their tactics seemed slightly different. They weren’t simply throwing themselves at everything in their path. No, it was more calculated.

Something had changed. The monsters had chosen to evade the male counterparts of her clan, channelling their whole aggression towards the fledglings. Marvel didn’t believe t...

Chapter 63: Light and Darkness

After a bit of travelling, it became apparent that even the elder spider didn’t know the way out of these maze-like channels. Thankfully, she did lead us through to their new camp, even if it took a bit more time.

The reason for the delay was that the spider colony we were chasing was also migrating from one place to another, and Serenity had to choose among many false tracks to find the right way.

Those bulbous, ecstatic, flower-like plants shrank in size and luminescence as we...

Chapter 62: Fruit of Labour

Marvel was thoroughly against the idea of letting the Elven healer tend to her wounds. It might sound like a foolish child’s whining, but she had reason to be wary of allowing an unknown entity to treat her, especially when it required her to be at her most vulnerable.

Perhaps they had a treaty between them, but that did not excuse the fact that the two parties barely knew each other. Surrendering control of her body demanded a level of faith she couldn’t muster—even if the healer...

Chapter 61: Hell is Home

Wichter

Wichter bolted across the dark, murky plain with only one of his companions in tow. Fear had clawed its way into most of his men, and they hadn’t thought twice before abandoning him. Of course, he could not blame them, considering how absurd his plan was—if it could even be called a plan.

To follow a mysterious figure who controlled a horde of monsters? That sounded like a recipe for disaster. Thankfully, he could still rely on Dock. The former imperia...

Chapter 60: Phantom Witch

Eventually, we caught up to the misshapen creatures after following their trail. It took less time than I had expected, though the number of creatures was a far cry from the horde that had entered through the portal.

I guessed the slower ones had been abandoned by the rest of the group. There was no camaraderie or familial bond in the horde as there might be with a wolf pack. No, the demonic monsters were a mismatched species of creatures, bound together only by their pursuit of hunger ...

Mark of the Sleepless - Chapters 1-7

Once again, I’ve decided to go with a bipedal main character story. It’s an old idea, refreshed with some new elements to make it more captivating.

The plan is to update it and another weekly with a batch of 3–5 chapters until its release, which will be after I finish Volume One of Tail Devourer. That should be sometime this month—probably towards the end of it.

I’m also editing Tail Devourer from the beginning to prepare it for its Amazon releas...

Chapter 59: Silence

Wichter

Wichter dragged his band across the cursed terrain, against all their wishes. At least they had received enough rest throughout the journey, considering they had to stoop every so often to hide from the horde of dark creatures. It made the way longer than it should have been, but he had no other choice.

After a couple of hours of trudging along, they finally reached the vicinity from where Lashin had disappeared. Wichter alerted his group to be more cautio...

Chapter 58: Bonded Companions

While Marvel tended to her wounds, I accessed my Inventory. No, I wasn’t intending to open it—only to enter my consciousness inside to get a feel for what had happened to the damned bird.

As I hoped, I found it hovering in the darkness of the Inventory, completely frozen in time. It was crammed in the confined space, with one of its wings wounded right around the edge in a completely straight cut, while the rest of it remained frozen, like everything else inside the Inventory.

Chapter 02: The Spell

Chapter 02: The Spell

I was right. There are indeed two suns, one rises from the southern horizon, while the other rises an hour or two later and is situated in a more central position. Yet even with the two suns together, we barely have six hours of peak sunlight.

The southern sun, Som, lasts an hour or two short of half-day, but it is more of a dimming presence. On the other hand, Noly’n revolves quicker, splendouring its vibrant presence for a fourth of the day.

Now, I ...

Chapter 01: Life, Death, and Other Unusual Magic

Chapter 01: Life, Death, and Other Unusual Magic

I wail in a gut-wrenching scream, snatching another chance at life from the clutches of Death.

Pain rips through my core as my eyes snap open. I blink repeatedly, struggling to adjust to the bright light. Tears blur my vision, and I have to fight to keep my eyes from wavering. Even then, I can barely see. The light dims and draws back, and in its place, a huge glowing head looms closer, staring at me unblinkingly. 2024-12-01 18:42:32 +0000 UTC View Post

Chapter 57 - Rush

We were already in the battle when Serenity ordered us to enter the gate. Demonic creatures surrounded us from all directions, attacking with their everything to get a taste of us. The eagle wasn’t among them. It was still up in the air, its intelligent eyes surveying.

“Tell her to take care of the damn bird,” I practically shouted. “It is with the trespasser.”

“Bird?” Serenity asked, being already on my mind. A pair of her eyes flashe...

Chapter 56: Quest Complete

“Hehehisp~” Shai laughed, striking [Arcane Shot] to kill the last of the corrupted Inix. “This is becoming really easy for some reason.”

She wondered why. It was the seventh time they were harvesting mushrooms, and yet they were nowhere near close to harvesting the whole cultivation pit. Hell, they were not even halfway there. On top of everything, they had to fight off corrupted creatures every time to harvest the mushrooms. The only consolation was that it had been gr...

Chapter 55: Perfect Core

“One truckload of tasty mushrooms incoming,” Shai hollered as they reached the inner empathic spider territory, unaware of who was listening to her. After all, she had decided to keep the mask for the time being. The least she could do was use the artifact and enjoy expressing herself freely.

Immediately, hundreds of spider eyes shifted in their direction, all flashing red. Thankfully, very few of them were from spiders higher level than hers. Mostly baby spiders clung...

Chapter 54: Upgrade (2)

Shai shot an [Arcane Shot] at the weakest Corrupt Inix, but before she could revel at her aim, her instinct screamed. She twisted her narrow form, avoiding the lunge of another one by a hair. The largest of them appeared to be the ringleader of this four-reptile crew. Not only was it controlling the other anoles somehow, but it had also managed to form a rudimentary, bestial battle strategy, which was basically overwhelming her with their numbers.

Re-establishing a...

Chapter 53: Upgrade (1)

Shai’s initial reaction to the assignment was apprehension. She feared she would need to hunt down a substantial number of creatures for the empathic spider fledglings to eat. However, she quickly realized that the corpses of tainted creatures were not exactly suitable nourishment for the fledglings.

Needless to say, corruption was poison to the fledgling spiders who could not control their empathic nature.

“So, how much food do we need to bring in?” Shai inqui...

Chapter 52: Miss Snake

“It’s like a rope,” said a young, childish voice as Shai’s mind hovered between drowsiness and wakefulness. “Aren’t snakes supposed to be yaaaay~ big?”

“Haven, you’re so stupid,” another childish voice retorted.

Shai stirred, a numbing pain throbbing in her tiny head.

“It moved,” the first voice said. “It moved, Sanctity!”

“Shut your empathy... I’m going to get berated because o...

Shadowbound - 02 Hegemony System

A constant stabbing sensation jabbed at his mind, wrenching out an indignant groan as Jordan awoke in another plane of existence.

He opened his eyes to find himself lying face down on soft, luscious green grass. Feeling hazy, he chewed on it... it tasted sweet to his dull taste buds.

The throbbing pain pulsed persistently, agonising through his skull and filling him with a sense of disorientation.

Gazing upward with bleary eyes, he noticed the sizzling sun in the strikingly ...

Chapter 51 - The Paths

Shai clutched her narrow form tighter, strangling around a copper-ranked lizard, her fangs injecting deadly poison into its neck. The corrupted creature only possessed higher physical prowess and remarkable recovery attributes. Shai had tussled with it for a while to tire it before she finally made her ultimate move.

With the venom taking effect, it could barely struggle against her. She would just need to carry on strangling it for a little more.

After feeling no res...

Chapter 50 - Forgive Me, Mother!

Solace led them to where Marvel would be appointed to work. Considering she had no experience, she would observe the preceding of the second phase of treatment. It mostly involved studying the infant spiders’ behaviour and spotting any signs of depravity in the babies.

Obviously, Marvel was unqualified for the job yet, so she would be assigned to shadow someone qualified to learn better. The small, little problem was that the qualified person didn’t seem to want her.

“Wh...