Here we go! I ended up being up most of the night anyway with a cranky two year old haha, so I'm gonna go lie down for a million years.
Enjoy!
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Mervin Cors was on Wall duty.
He'd been on Wall duty for the past few weeks, ever since that man had jumped outta the Foglands. He was told it was punishment, but Mervin was more than happy to stay on this side of the Wall. Where it was safe.
Safe from the Inquisitors, at least.
He'd...
2020-12-12 17:32:39 +0000 UTC View PostFridays (having to work my part time job) always hit me hard. I have about half of the chapter done, but I'm gonna have to sleep for a bit before I can finish (it's 2:38AM as I'm typing this).
Chapter 155 will be up tomorrow!
Sorry for the wait!
2020-12-12 07:39:32 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
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Ultimately, Lilian and Dabney left.
They let them go, though Evie took the time to watch them from atop the keep walls. She saw them move across the grassland and start to climb the cliffs toward the exit before she returned to them.
Felix was conflicted about just letting them go. Surely they'd cause trouble for them, right? Yet Harn insisted this was the lesser of two evils.
"If we'd forced them ta stay, they woulda betrayed us at t...
2020-12-09 19:54:21 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
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Congratulations!
You Have Tempered Your Body! Again!
You Have Formed: the Seed Of The Unchained Mountain Body
+20 STR
+20 END
+25 WIL
+10 AGL
+10 DEX
+20 VIT
You Have Killed A Larval Ravager!
XP Earned!
You--
"Ugh, he stinks. Why does he stink?"
--Have Gained 4 Levels!
You Are Now Lev...
Sorry for the wait! I've been sick today so banging out the last thousand words has been a challenge.
Hope you enjoy.
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The Revenants were running. Vess' spears caught two of them in their variegated backs, tips piercing their scaled hides. Their subsequent explosions of air Mana shredded one completely and brought the other to the ground.
You Have Killed A Manawarped Revanent!
XP Earned!
Spear of Tribulations is level 48! 2020-12-05 07:15:27 +0000 UTC View Post
A little later than I had planned! This one fought back a bit.
Enjoy!
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No!
Felix wrestled with the streaming essence, fighting to halt the corrosion of his Oath strings. But even his potent Willpower couldn't muscle past the Primordial's powerful grip. The Maw had too much leverage over Felix's Body. Somehow, the thing was utilizing his own strength against him.
Just stand down, Felix Nevarre. You cannot surpass me. You wasted your time among mor...
2020-12-03 02:19:21 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
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The Larval Ravager teeth were many. Row after row of overlapping fangs twisted and clenched, some missing him by mere inches.
Others did not.
Armored Skin is level 49!
His arms and shoulders bore the worst of it, though the wounds started clotting almost immediately as the monster essence he held inside of him diminished rapidly. Minutes ago, he would have been confused perhaps terrified by that detail. Now it was nothing more...
2020-11-30 21:35:53 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
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Pit was flying.
Clutched beneath the arm of the Dangerous One, Pit screeched in triumph and anger. They were close now to his Companion, to his desperate battle. They soared above the amassed wrong-beasts, lifted up by the Dangerous One's strange jumping ability. Her shiny weapons floated beside them, bobbing in the air but otherwise unfazed by their speedy ascent.
"It is time! Brace yourself!" The Dangerous One shouted to him, and as they had do...
2020-11-28 06:55:03 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy! Another chapter will be up on Black Friday. I should have this scene wrapped up in one or two more chapters.
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The wall shuddered as Yvette's body writhed and burned on the ground. The steel of it expanded and contracted, like a breathing organ, in time with her gasping howls. It was the same, Felix saw, the same as Elwick.
The same as me, he feared, thinking on his transformation Skill.
Harn readied his axe and strode her way, purposefully. "I'm ...
2020-11-25 19:47:51 +0000 UTC View PostTook longer than expected on this one! Enjoy!
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"She's too good!" Alister ducked beneath a scything silver blade, swooping out of the wall before being reabsorbed. "We can't fight her like this!"
Alister came back to his feet, tumbling deftly as more spikes thrust randomly from the rapidly shifting metal. His father had paid outrageous sums for his son to be trained by the best, not just in Mana Skills, but in all aspects of combat. True, he had often neg...
2020-11-24 03:36:03 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
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Revenants swarmed them, and the steel wall shook. After Okar's exclamation, the Guilders and Felix's team all returned to the fight. They took turns, resting and casting in waves, trying to whittle down the enemies, while Lilian kept using a Mana regeneration Skill on Yvette whenever she had the strength. The defensive specialist was starting to pale beneath her war paint.
Felix stared down the Larval Ravager. Vivid, blue-green eyes shifted ...
2020-11-20 05:49:05 +0000 UTC View PostA bit longer than usual at around 4,000 words. Enjoy!
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With a second, terrible howl, the Larval Ravager let loose its minions. The Spawn went wild, and Felix could hear them scrabbling up the battlement steps, while the Revenants burst from their torpor and loped directly at them. In seconds, the monstrous humanoids were ascending the wall.
Closer now, Felix saw that their bodies were all bipedal and vaguely humanoid. Yet they varied depending on whatever Race...
2020-11-18 16:34:07 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy.
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Things got worse quickly.
Felix raced through the tall grass of the field. It was at least twice their height, but the fortress was still occasionally visible through the stalks. He kept his Perception swept outward, as did Harn, each of them watching for any hint of monstrous foes. But there had been nothing, not a single living thing in their long run. He couldn't even hear the sound of insects or birds.
Silence and the huffing of their breath...
2020-11-16 17:00:44 +0000 UTC View PostAHH a little late, sorry. Enjoy!
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"They are Guilders," Harn confirmed, his hand shielding against the bright midday sun. Felix knew it wasn't a real sun, but it was just as hot and bright. "Musta been their path we've been followin'."
"That means they came in the same entrance though," Evie said, her voice sharp and hissing. "Did the redcloaks let them in? Are they part of the plan?"
"That...doesn't make sense," Felix said with a frown. "Why inv...
2020-11-14 15:39:03 +0000 UTC View PostA little late! Wanted this done yesterday, but I didn't account for the kids being out of school all day. Cut into that writing time.
Enjoy!
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You Have Entered Into The Domain Of Another.
Beware---!
It App---ERROR!
Entrant(s) Exceed Domain Strictures!
Full Manifestation May Damage Shell Integrity.
Ejecting...
A shrill, piercing note filled Felix's ears but was immediately countered by a mellow, more melodic cry. There w...
2020-11-12 19:17:43 +0000 UTC View PostJourneyman Tier, expect another chapter tomorrow, then one on Friday.
Enjoy!
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"Movement ahead, captain!"
"Vanguard, secure the room!" Shouted the Bronze Rank Captain Elwick. He turned to the rest of them, his squad of ten and growled. "Everyone else, double-time!"
Atar V'as grunted as he forced himself to move faster. The eight others around him did the same, though perhaps with less anguish considering most of them were Journeyman Tempered. The...
2020-11-11 03:22:49 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
I'll have another chapter up tomorrow for Journeyman Tier.
Thank you!
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Felix felt the fear burn in his gut, like a fuse. As the stone cracked further, it was clear the Domain was spreading, pushing itself...or being pushed, maybe. The corruption he sensed as a sick, fungal rot washed over him again, a funk in his nose even as the increasing volume of jarring discord rattled his inner ear.
Pit cooed at him internally, conveying his ow...
2020-11-09 20:19:18 +0000 UTC View PostHere it is! Enjoy.
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Unfettered Volition is level 19!
Less than a minute later, they arrived at a tangled intersection of tunnels, at least thirteen by Felix's count. Most were not large enough for a Human to walk down, but there were at least five that were. Water spilled into the intersection from some of the southern passages, pooling just long enough to stink before they sluggishly shifted to the north. The sound was like thick mud splatting...
2020-11-07 19:27:20 +0000 UTC View PostThis week has been damn draining on a lot of people, myself included. Sorry for the wait! I worked much of last night on this last chapter, but couldn't finish it before having to sleep. Last thing you want is me writing/editing while half-asleep.
I'll have this thing for you folks tomorrow (Saturday).
Thanks for your patience.
Enjoy.
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The crowds raged against the press of Acolytes, their fine cut clothes markings of their noble statuses. All around the Sunrise Quarter, the people of Haarwatch pushed back against the probes of the Inquisition. Near the target house, several large men pushed back against an Inquisition shield wall, shouting down the Order's calm instructions.
"Stand down! You are to be searched, and your property to be inspected!" An Initiate stood nearby, sword drawn. "A ref...
2020-11-04 19:35:32 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
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"Unbound..."
Felix watched Vess carefully. He'd slowly built up to the revelation, giving her his life story and explanation for his high stats, and large amount of Skills and Titles. He'd hoped the weirdness of his existence would somehow soften the impact of the last bit. Judging by the heiress' reaction, Felix didn't do a great job at that. He looked at Evie, who was picking at her teeth with a small knife.
"What?" she asked.
H34t R3$!5t4nce is level 26!
F17e R3$!5t4nce is level 25!
Congratulations! You Have Reached Apprentice Tier with Fire Resistance!
You Gain:
+ERROR
+ERROR
+ERROR
Felix held back a scream as his nerves revolted within his flesh. The hand he'd held over the brazier had blackened and charred under its punishing flames, and Felix cradled it gently against his chest. Fumbling with his satchel, he pulled out a small red vial, uncorked it w...
2020-10-30 16:38:33 +0000 UTC View PostThe soft scratch of a quill on parchment filled the room, competing with the smell of newly ground ink and aromatic lavel tea in the cramped space. Eliza DuFont finished a sentence with a flourish and sat back, a sigh on her lips as she regarded her office. While quite large, they were nothing compared to the Elders of Spirit, Mind, or even Body for all that the pig used it only to store his weaponry. It was, perhaps, only fair. Her personal power in relation to theirs was less, and ...
2020-10-28 16:10:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe spread at Zara's house was impressive, nearly filling the twenty foot long table it had been laid out upon. Unfamiliar meats, cheeses, and baked goods were piled high, and Felix didn't wait to tuck in. Harn was only happy to assist. Felix gave him a run down of their situation between bites, but had to start all over when a red faced Evie and hard-eyed Cal came through the doors. Vess followed only a short while after.
With all three of them talking, Felix was able to put away the f...
2020-10-26 19:59:33 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
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It was late, and the halls were only filled with a bare minimum of light. Conjured magelight sat atop tiny sconces, each one worked from a reddish metal with a small white yellow light glowing in a near perfect orb. Felix could pick out tiny sigils etched around where the sconce met the wall, and again around the indented portion below the floating orb.
He saw the markings for light and for circle, but the sigaldry got more...
2020-10-23 15:42:44 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
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"Our help?" Felix gestured around them. "What for?"
"There are some things I cannot do," Zara said. "And it is a task that needs those sensitive to the Grand Harmony."
"So not me, then?" Evie said, and Felix couldn't tell if she was annoyed or relieved.
"I don't doubt you're quite capable," Zara said. "A trusted ally is always worth their weight in gold."
Felix's Eye couldn't fully read Zara; she clearly had something similar to an Am...
2020-10-21 18:11:41 +0000 UTC View PostAbyssal Skein is level 16!
...
Abyssal Skein is level 20!
Felix had kept his Void-touched stealth Skill active as much as possible during their walk, and it had leveled insanely fast. Far faster, in fact, than even his devoured essence-fueled growth had demonstrated. Almost as if someone were watching him, constantly.
Numerous times during their trip toward Zara, Felix had cast out his senses. Other than the faintly-felt presences within various buildings, c...
2020-10-19 05:23:58 +0000 UTC View PostIlia watched the Inquisition.
While the insipid heiress had gone sneaking off with the courier, Ilia had wanted to cast her net wide. Where was she headed? Who, exactly, was she going to meet? She had no way of knowing, and to race ahead might mean losing track of the little twist. So she followed, never straying farther than half a block to muddle the girl's fairly sharp senses. It was going well until they hit the Wall Quarter.
Somehow she lost them in the crowd.
One minut...
2020-10-16 15:48:21 +0000 UTC View PostI've been doing some outlining and realized I wanted a piece of story that happens right before the start of volume 2. Though I can't move it around in the posts here, it's meant to be read after Chapter 75 and before Chapter 76.
For those in the Journeyman Tier, Chapter 130 will be up later.
Enjoy!
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Deep beneath the bones of an ancient mountain range, cacophony reigned.
Within a chamber large enough to swallow a city, a legion of misshapen figu...
2020-10-16 02:24:32 +0000 UTC View PostStanding still to let his Stamina recover, Felix extended his senses as far as he could. It seemed the Initiate was well and truly dead.
With a sigh of relief, he toggled his notifications he hadn't bothered to view during battle.
Shadow Whip is level 28!
Stone Shaping is level 27!
Thrown Weapon Mastery is level 13!
Make An Entrance is level 15!
Cold Resistance is level 22!
Wrack and Ruin is level 27!
Corrosive Strike is level 29!
Unarmed Mastery is le...