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Chapter 154 – Formorians V

Day 6 started off like the rest, although the night was a pain in the rear. Night kept waking me up every 30 minutes or so to keep working on recharging my gems. Waste not, want not was the motto on mana. The morning was boring. The afternoon was interesting.

I was bored, holding my entrance, looking around, when I saw a familiar tie-dye splash of color come barreling towards us, surrounded by what looked like a cloud of dust or something.

I blinked and rubbed my ...

Art Contest! Final round!

The final round of voting! This round determines who gets prizes!

After some back and forth, I decided that everyone gets 5 votes in this round. AKA, vote for the five pieces you think should prize. From there, the winners will be determined! Voting closes Sunday evening, my time. 

If you vote for more than 5, I'll use my awesome powers as the author to eliminate some of your votes however I choose :P 

In no particular order:

1st set: Author'...

Chapter 153 – Formorians IV

I snapped upright as I heard someone moving, instinctively preparing an attack. I relaxed as I saw Brawling acting like a sneaky bull in a china shop, trying to get a bit of a fire going as the sky started to get lighter.

I eyed one of the trees, now somewhat de-branched. I shook my head. Those were part of our protection, and Brawling was cheerfully burning it for some morning heat and light?

I got up – I’d slept lightly in the first place, and it was bloody cold in the morni...

Chapter 152 – Formorians III

The grove was the centerpiece of our strategy here. Short, stout trees formed a medium circle around us. Right now the space was luxurious – well, as far as luxurious is when what you’re talking about is described as “miniature” – but as more Sentinels showed up – namely Hunting, namely Katastrofi – it’d get real cramped, real fast. At the same time, the smaller the perimeter, the less we needed to defend.

We had five trees and one massive carnivorous plant anchoring the...

Art contest voting! Round 1!

After all this time, we have our submissions! And now it's time for the voting!

Note: I realized I have 4 more submissions than Patreon allows votes! AHhhhhhhhhhhh! It means we need to have a run-off vote!

For full transparency, I mentioned that I'd be putting my thumb on the scale a bit, and I am! Here's how the voting works, and how I'm putting my thumb on the scale

1) I'm declaring a number of entries that I like (5) to automatically pass the first round of voting

2...

Chapter 151 – Formorians II

Sky kept us flying right over the battle lines, over the walls, and with slowly dawning horror I realized what “the deeper in we get the better” meant.

We were going to land right inside the horde. All the plans we had on hiding and shielding and holding ground suddenly made a lot more sense.

Like.

It was one thing to plan to be in the middle of the fighting. It was another to see us flying high over the endless horde, and realize the closest human would be thousands of ...

A bundle of minor announcements

Hey all! 

Just a few minor things, none of which warranted an announcement on their own.

1) Entries for the art contest close tomorrow - poll should be up on Thursday, and run for a week. 

2) Paperbacks are now available on Amazon! They're expensive though. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B091F5SQTQ

3) The audiobook is available for pre-order on Amazon! Expensive without an audible subscri...

Chapter 150 – Formorians I

There was dead silence at Night’s pronouncement. He would say more, in time.

I looked around. Magic. Destruction. Sealing. Sky. Night. Nature. Brawling. Demos. Myself.

The peak of humanity, speeding along in a little boat, high in the sky, off to contain the breach.

“From the courier’s report, both official and what he saw, this is it.” Night said. “The Formorians have brought everything to this battle, which is how they breached the walls in the first place.” 2021-04-05 15:31:21 +0000 UTC View Post

Chapter 149.X – The Massage.

Author's Note: Bonus content for $10+ Patrons! Trying something a bit new - A slightly more risque side-story. This is entirely optional content, my attempts at trying something a bit different. 

If this is NSWF or not really depends on your definition of NSFW

Enjoy!

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“Yeah, sure, a quick massage, why not.” I said.

“EEee! Yes! Ok, lie down real quick, on your stomach.” She said, and I complied.

“Erm, hang on – tunic off.” Sunshine said,...

Chapter 149 – Massage

The lecture wrapped up fairly late at night. Fortunately for everyone involved, it wasn’t short like the Ranger Academy one, where I needed to dump as much info as I could in as short a period as possible. I had time to properly explain everything, and explain how everything intersected, how magic applied to it – mostly.

I was still mostly clueless on what Wood stuff could do, besides “make potions”. As to what they could make? My best guess was walking into a store and...

Chapter ???? – The Coven of Fabulous Witches 0

I made my way home after an exhausting day, and basically collapsed directly in bed. Sleep. Sleep was a wonderful thing. The best thing, really. Who didn’t love a good night’s sleep?

Papilion. That’s who didn’t love a good night’s sleep.

“You.” He said, entering my dream, doing his gnarly shapeshifting routine. “You’ve been on the planet for almost two decades, and you’ve done absolutely nothing. No changes. I showed mercy. I showed kindness. And you’ve spurn...

Chapter 148 – A day in the life II

Lunch with Albina was wonderful. We’d grabbed a bite to eat, and were moseying through the streets.

“Could I interest you in a play at the amphitheater?” Albina asked me.

I hesitated a moment. They did have some good stuff right now.

“Sorry, no. I gotta spend time in the market.” I said, shaking my head. I felt a little bad for Albina. Still had energy, not a ton to do. Unfortunately, I was also busy, and had things I needed to do.

Albina didn’t push, just ...

Reminder on the new posting schedule!

Hey everyone!

Quick reminder that the posting schedule is now Monday-Wednesday-Friday every week! Chapters are also getting beefier on average. Hurray! 

Also, for THIS WEEK ONLY, Friday's chapter is going to be on Thursday! Early chapter! Hurray!

Next month I hope to start writing the first side-stories exclusive to the $10+ tier.

A reminder to look after yourself! Make sure your own finances are settled before resubbing to me :)

Lastly, I'd like to thank al...

Chapter 147 – A day in the life I

Waking up at the right time was a well-ingrained habit at this point. I woke up, stretched, and looked around my room.

I’d moved back with my parents a year ago, because why not? It had taken them a few months to move, but once they were living in the capital, the villa Night had “gifted” them was huge, so much so that it felt like we were rattling around in it sometimes. It would’ve been a waste not to live there. We were – more like, I was – able to afford to pay ...

Book 4 cover artwork!

For once, I have the artwork before I start posting the book!

Dragon!

There are a few easter eggs hidden in the picture. Can you find them all?

Final book 4 cover sneak peek!

Just gotta fix the two eyes, and we're done!

Book 3 epub

Basically see title. Book 3 epub for all of you who want to read it on your kindle!

It'll be live on Amazon on Friday! 

All of you support me so much, and I'm so grateful, which is why I give you all the epub for free. If, for whatever reason, you also want to buy it on Amazon, the link's below!

https://www.amazon.com/Beneath-Dragoneye-Moons-Book-3-ebook/dp/B08...

Chapter 146 – Major Interlude – Iona – The 300.

Author's note: Settle in, this is longer than t

End of book 3, taking a SHORT break

Communicating often! Not early anymore!

With today's post, book 3 is at an end... from Elaine's POV. I have a 15k word interlude for all of you - more words than I usually post in a week!

I'll be posting that tomorrow, then taking a break, with posts resuming Monday.

Posting Monday-Wednesday-Friday won by a massive, overwhelming majority, to the point where I'm not doing a run-off vote.

ePub will be out tomorrow for those of you who want it. Hurray! 

Wh...

Chapter 145 – Sentinel Dawn

CLIFF WARNING. Also note that I'm going to be taking a short break because this is the end of book 3 from Elaine's POV, so CLIFF WARNING EXTRA STRONG.

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Well, with the bard done, and the day elapsing, I wanted to make my way to the market, and start building a reputation. Get some experience in, maybe get a level. Although, normal, single-person healing in a safe location, when the injury was relatively mild was terrible exper...

Chapter 144 – Adventurer’s Guild

Bluebeard gave me a bunch more advice on companions, and more on getting a Thunderbird. The long and the short version of it was – nobody was known to have a Thunderbird in Remus currently. The last one had died 40 years ago, and while Thunderbirds were rarely seen high up in the sky, usually front-running or in a storm, acquiring an egg was rare.

“Put in a quest at the Adventurer’s guild. There’s enough lunatics around that might go for it. Of course, you won’t be the only on...

Posting 3x/week schedule

Hey all!

Book 3 is coming to an end soon (At least for the $5+ tier), at which point I'll be taking a short break. Don't worry! You'll have a LONG interlude to tide you over - longer than a full week's worth of chapters!

Anyways. Voting time! Which days of the week should I post?

M - Monday

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Su - Sunday

(Sue me, it's my own date convention)

Vote...

Book 4 cover WIP

More book 4 cover goodness! Exclusive sneak-peek for the $10+ patrons

Chapter 143 – Companion information

Julius got us through the gates no problem, although he got a number of funny looks.

Entering late at night, escorting a woman less than half his age? I briefly considered spiking his wheel, but decided that we were probably going to have a long working relationship together, and annoying him too much was probably a poor idea.

“Leveled up a bunch from that?” Julius asked me, referring to Deva.

“Yup! Good experience.” I said.

And that reminded me.

I’d be...

Chapter 142 – Schools

Teaching Autumn was fun! She drank up everything I had to tell her, and it was nice having someone else handle the financial side. She was ruthless.

“Just think of all the cosmetics you’ll now save on because you don’t have those scars!” Autumn harangued the latest patient, a woman who’d gotten badly scarred from a plague, scars all over her face now gone. “Surely, a lifetime’s savings should be worth more than a few coins today, as a gesture of gratitude! Why…�...

Chapter 141 – Autumn

I had a ton of fun flashing all the Trainees.

Wait.

Phrasing.

After I’d had a ton of fun blinding the Trainees with light – getting two to quit, a solid first effort – I landed, and started to make my way back, Ocean keeping me company.

“Seriously. You did a solid job on your first mission.” Ocean said. “My first was a disaster. I was too used to working in a team, and I kept expecting someone to cover me. It took some time, and a few mistakes, to ...

Chapter 140 – Smoke and Mirrors

I jogged along with everyone, with the pace being set slow enough that I could keep up – along with Magic, and the other, less physically-inclined Sentinels. I had no doubt the physical ones could just blast ahead, and be there in minutes, but, well, being a Sentinel was a lonely job, and it looked like the companionship, and bond, was somewhat strong when we were all hanging out together.

Who else knew what we did? Who else could relate to the job?

“All in all, good work.” ...

Update schedule announcement!

I'm communicating early and often on this!

We're approaching the end of book 3. When it's over, I'm going to take a short break. Mentally, I keep telling myself it'll be a week, but I like writing and posting too much. In all likelihood it'll be much shorter than that, just a day or two. An interlude will be posted as well during the break, to help tide you all over.

Once book 3 is done, I'll be shifting to a slightly slower update schedule - 3x/week.

As Flora grows up and g...

Chapter 139 – After Action Report

A knock on my door woke me up, after not nearly enough sleep.

Ok, fine, after not nearly enough beauty sleep. I’d been getting way more than enough sleep on the trip home, and it wasn’t like I needed a solid eight hours of sleep, not with my vitality.

I groaned, rolled over, and got up. Morning meeting. Blah. Seems like not even coming off a mission was enough to get me out of it.

I opened the door, going straight to it, finding nobody there. Ocean was three doors down k...

Chapter 138 – Returning Home VIII

I unsteadily moved through the hallways, feeling myself crashing hard. My sea legs weren’t really working anymore, and I leaned against a wall for a moment, waving the sailor off.

I felt my arm being lifted up, and I saw Cassia next to me, putting my arm around her neck, then lifting in a way that I could still walk – but she was holding most of my weight. She gave me a knowing look.

“I don’t know much about being a Sentinel. I do know what ‘badly hurt and trying to hold...