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In the end, Beef, Hallow, Isla, Felix, Pit, and a very insistent Vess chose to stay. The last had been hotly contested by Darius, of course, but something had changed between the two of them. From the time they'd first entered the Shadowgate til now, Felix noticed the Hand had kept himself at a distance from the Heiress of Pax'Vrell. He'd busied himself with the training of Felix's forces, putting a ton of his energy into refining their Skills. The ...
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The Chapel of the Eye was named for the three giant Nymean statue that loomed at the top of it all. A purple Belais Crystal had been placed in one of their eye sockets, and its light was a cool amethyst glow across the whole of the chamber. Apart from the other fallen statues and pillars around the wide space, there was a significant amount of blocky stone built up against the tilted door to the Shadowgate; enough that it formed a small island in th...
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Spray shot up around the prow of the ship as it smashed down into the vortex of water, simultaneously soaking and thrilling Felix. His sword sang, bright and high, and the waves answered his unspoken Intent. His fear vanished, for this was the doing of the Deepking; Felix knew it in his bones.
Everyone else was screaming though.
One by one his fleet des...
2022-07-16 04:53:51 +0000 UTC View PostBook 3 is almost here! You can preorder the ebook now however: http://bitly.ws/sMMA
As usual, two weeks before it goes live I have to pull down all but 10% of the chapters in the book. Chapter 91-169 were pulled just this morning.
2022-07-13 22:47:01 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
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"So you are a Territorial Lord...of two complete Territories."
"I am, yes."
"And you defeated the Grandmaster Kel'lyv. Personally." Knight Commander Lavin looked at Felix and his retinue, now fully assembled within her command chamber. Alister, Atar, Zara, and Isla all stood beside him, while Pit snuffled around the crystalline pillar at the center of the room. The Commander and her second shared a look, and it was one of disbel...
2022-07-13 18:39:18 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
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"You are demanding a lot from me, all for some two bit healers in the back end of nowhere," Isla said.
Felix stood still atop one of the rounded towers in the Priory, having transported Menders and patients alike over to the order's compound for further talks. Isla had been fairly amenable to the conversation when Felix had approached her, and soon was eagerly engaging with the Prioress while displaying a growing familiarity with Dahria and th...
2022-07-11 14:03:24 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
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"The deal you are offering is quite generous, Lord Nevarre. Discounted pricing on alchemical products in exchange for our knowledge on herbalism and medicinal practices is tempting. Especially after inspecting this." The Prioress lifted the glass Health Potion and swirled it a bit. "A potent crafting, able to heal over a hundred points of Health. That is enough to bring many warriors back from the brink and into fighting shape."
Felix pulled o...
2022-07-08 12:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
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Felix pulled his hands out of the shattered cobblestone beneath his feet, wincing at every movement of his Body. With a final shove of his Will, he Stone Shaped the sigaldry back out of the ground around him, effectively sealing off his access to the siphon formation. He sagged in relief immediately.
He'd only intended to use Stone Shape to gradually raise a portion of the town by reinforcing the small plateau on which the settlement had been ...
2022-07-06 18:32:10 +0000 UTC View PostI mention burnout and I end up getting hit with a whopper of a fever/sinus congestion/fatigue, lol of course. Not COVID, thankfully, tested that quite a bit. Been laid out much of the weekend, but I think I'm back up to running speed now.
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You've Fully Consumed A Monster Core!
You Gain:
+1 STR
+1 PER
Pit warbled contentedly to himself, happy with his harvest. So many monsters had died within the waters around th...
2022-07-05 01:30:12 +0000 UTC View PostNote: I changed the name Aila to Imara due to it sounding too much like Isla (not a good choice for audio purposes, whoops). It's been changed in previous chapters too.
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A plume of dust tore into the sky above the stepped plains, visible for leagues to any that cared to look. At its head, four loping creatures ran with tireless legs that blurred in the washed-out winter sun. The mountains were behind them by a bare half-league, and the curious...
Chapter will be up later today (Saturday) for Journeyman and up Tiers, but it'll be the last Saturday chapter for a while. After 2.5 years of posting, I'm feeling a bit burnt out due to everything and taking a little step back will be good for continuing this story.
I'm going to reduce my 4x a week schedule to 3x a week (M, W, F) for the foreseeable future. Saturdays were always bonus days that just kinda absorbed into the normal schedule after a while...
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The gargantuan serpent beast roared as the shield opened, huge jaws agape and wet tongue quivering, but Felix and Pit gave it little time to act.
Adamant Discord!
Shadow Whip!
Felix changed his mind, resheathed his weapons, and they flew out of the Redoubt with all the speed and subtlety of cannonshot. The monstrous thing barely had time to rear back and they were before it, thick Shadow Whip stretched taut between t...
2022-07-01 20:42:13 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy.
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Where have you been? Pit screeched. It inundated him the moment he slipped from the darkness and into Pit's core again, a wind that bent trees and sent insects and small creatures scurrying.
Felix flinched as he landed on the soft, leaf-strewn ground. Whoa calm down. It's been like ten minutes. What's wrong?
It felt...bad. You hurt when you left, and I didn't like it. Pit took several gulping breaths and the wi...
2022-06-29 13:49:42 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
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Felix slipped from Pit's core space and into the odd darkness that existed just beyond. Such a place existed outside everyone's core, though few were aware of it. Zara had explained that, but it was Vellus that had first shown it to him. It took a twist of his senses to achieve, but in yet another blessing from his Born Trait, he easily recalled how Zara had accomplished the same effect not three weeks ago. Remembering and doing wer...
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"What's that about?" Felix asked, but before Venali could answer a younger man in ill-fitting armor clattered around the corner.
"Gallant Venali! The Knight Commander has ordered us all into convocation!" The man was sweating through his mail, and looked both terrified and excited. "Someone's coming through the Pass!"
"What?" Venali stood and walked quickly to the other mage's side. "Who?"
"Dunno! But listen! They've got at least o...
2022-06-26 06:16:31 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
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Kelpie Pie Consumed!
+5 AGL, VIT
Duration: 15 Minutes
"A buff? Huh." Felix chewed appreciatively and stared at the saucer-sized meat pie in his hands. "This is really good. What's a Kelpie? A type of fish?"
"Don't know the Kelpie?" The cook they'd just purchased from leaned over the stall counter and smacked a grease-stained etching of a half horse and fish creature. It wasn't particularly well made. "Shapeshifter,...
2022-06-25 01:54:10 +0000 UTC View PostBook 2: Silence dropped yesterday! Link: https://geni.us/Unbound2
Sorry for the wait. Man, it's been a bit overwhelming. Chapter up now, working on tomorrow (Friday's) chapter now as well.
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"Dunno how I killed it, honestly," Venali was saying as Felix guided them ove...
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"Here, lad. Climb up," the Knight said, making space on the boat. "We must be away and in the Redoubt before the sun sets, but first we gotta finish our patrol."
Felix eyed the boat skeptically, worrying at his own weight for a bit. Pit, ever the enthusiast, leaped aboard immediately with his ungainly puppy legs. The mage laughed as the boat rocked side to side. "Maybe not as wildly as your friend, though."
Adamant Discord sang within him, p...
2022-06-20 18:36:50 +0000 UTC View PostBrain's been in a fog all weekend. I wrote this in two totally different ways before settling on the right approach.
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Chapter 461 will be up later (Monday 6/20).
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"Damnation." Zara rubbed at her wrists, feeling the chafe in her channels. "I envy your healing abilities, Isla. Supplementing the Chant for Skills is a rough endeavor."
Isla, looking more re...
2022-06-20 05:01:22 +0000 UTC View PostI’m under the weather and out of town, a one-two punch that has proven too much for my writing abilities. Chapter 460 will be up tomorrow (Sunday).
2022-06-18 16:15:57 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
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"At least it is offering you a choice, now," Vess said.
"At least there's that," Felix agreed.
"Hey! You guys okay?" Beef landed on their narrow rock shelf with a stumbling grunt. His maul was a broken stump in his hands, and trailed a haze of necromantic Mana. "Did you...did you explode it from the inside?"
"More or less, yeah," Felix said. "You good?"
Beef's fur was a matted mess, but most of it looked like dark ichor and n...
2022-06-17 12:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy.
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Voracious Eye!
Name: Fathom Depthwurm
Type: Draconic (Manawarped)
Level: 92
HP: 15943/15943
SP: 10003/11248
MP: 8301/8439
Lore: A corrupted version of a true lindwurm, the Depthwurm has been immersed in the warping influence of the Fathom until it has been irrevocably changed. Able to command many of its lesser brethren, a Depthwurm is a dangerous foe to face, especially within range of its Den.
Weak...
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"Felix, stop!"
Felix heard nothing but the roar of discordant harmonies, felt nothing but the searing heat against his hands and chest. The ritual tore apart, the layers of sigaldry flaring and burning out as the entire array collapsed under the weight of his charge. Potent energies ripped at him, slashing harmlessly at sudden black scales, but slicing his Garment to shreds. He landed outside the formation, hissing in pain and tearing at his s...
2022-06-13 18:00:49 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
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"We need to speak about this," Zara said, and placed a crystalline container atop the smooth, chitin table between them. Felix and she were seated in chairs within Zara's quarters, a place she'd immediately marched off to before he had even landed. He shifted in the chair, not looking at the glimmering crystal and its burning sigils, but the thing refused to move.
Bolted in. Right. Felix settled on folding his arms, instead. "I though...
2022-06-11 19:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy.
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"Calm down, Beef," Felix said to the Minotaur's flexing back before focusing back on Evie. "Sorry. You were saying?"
Evie shrugged. "Just that I'm startin' to settle into these new Skills. The ones that evolved back in the Warren, mostly. The newer ones are a bit stranger."
"I noticed you using Grim Fervor."
"Yeah, that one's a treat." Evie flexed her arm and slapped her bicep. "You see me in there? It ain't much of a boost, but it...
2022-06-10 20:14:06 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
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Atar rubbed his temples and sipped slowly at a Mana Potion. It didn't do much to ease his headache, but at least it kept the Mana deprivation at bay. The roar of the crowd didn't help much either.
"Ooh!"
A wince swept through the throng as a man was hurled into the shimmering barrier, sending ripples of light across the sigaldry's edge. Mana drained from the formation, spent by the impact, and Atar focused on channeling more Mana ...
2022-06-08 17:26:45 +0000 UTC View PostAh today has been chaotic. My dog hut his paw and I spent a lot of today dealing with that. He's all good though, so ultimately it's fine, and technically it's still Monday here. Enjoy!
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"Faster!" Beef shouted, laughing over the swells. "Faster!"
Felix cut through the Leviathan Depths like a knife, his long, lean Body all but made for physical e...
2022-06-07 03:55:17 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy.
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Karys left soon after that, his other duties proving to be more pressing than he had let on. He parted with a new timeline: "The last Manaship will depart in six days. If we wish to defend our Territory, you must make it back by then."
That was even later than Felix had originally supposed. By his estimation, they would reach the Caleph Pass in three more day...
2022-06-04 23:41:23 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
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Within his spacious captains' quarters, Felix had made something of a nest for himself. After a few experiments, Green Shaping had proven the most effective for building creature comforts. The ice chairs from before had been fine, but a cold butt after hours of core diving wasn't a fun experience.
Unlike Stone and Rime Shaping though, Green Shaping could...
2022-06-03 14:30:09 +0000 UTC View Post
In case folks haven't heard, Book 2 will be publishing on June 22nd! Exciting!
As is usual, two weeks before release I remove the chapters from all other places, including here. Book 2 will be up until mid next week. That is until June 8th at 00:00 EST (midnight), the chapters will remain for all those at the $10 or greater Tiers. After that, the only place to read it will be on Ama...