There was something oddly disarming about getting drunk with his mother. A dropping of walls, a shedding of the structures they’d built around themselves over the years.
He understood that she wasn’t getting drunk, and Ben had briefly lamented the fact that he also didn’...
2025-01-23 19:47:30 +0000 UTC View Post“So…you left the Metaphysical Singularity in the Underworld?”
From anyone else, it might have sounded like an accusation. But from his mother’s tone, he knew that she understood his reasons. He hoped she would have done the same, but was afraid to ask.
“Yes.” He kept his t...
2025-01-21 17:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostHis mother was tall—tall enough that they stood eye-to-eye. Yet in her arms, he felt himself melting, returning to a time when he felt small, when he needed to be held and consoled.
Something about the way she quietly shushed him and stroked his hair only made the tears come harder. The w...
2025-01-16 18:53:02 +0000 UTC View Post[A/N]: Big news everyone! The Amazon pre-order for Book 1 is live! This is the first major step (I hope) to being allowed to do this fulltime! As my patrons, you already support me so much, but I still wanted to share this wit...
2025-01-14 17:00:16 +0000 UTC View Post[A/N]: Back on Tuesday! Enjoy!
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The thought of communicating with his mother through Savage made his skin hot. Something about the memory of the furred monster unhinging his jaw to take Crunch’s arm had never left him.
He didn’t think he could 2025-01-09 17:55:48 +0000 UTC View Post
[A/N]: Welcome back! You guys ready to kick off Book Three!?
Just an fyi, I altered the names of his new class Skills. Combine Skills is now Skill Synthesis Identification to clarify that it doesn't actually 'combine' the Skills. And Master of Analysis is now Master of Skill Analysis to dif...
2025-01-07 17:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post[A/N]: A day late! Christmas sucked more out of me than I expected. But I hope you all enjoy this chapter :D!
I'm going to take the next week off to fine-tune the next couple of chapters and spend time with the family. I will be back on January 7th with more content!
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2024-12-27 19:58:43 +0000 UTC View Post[A/N]: Happy holidays! Next chapter is Thursday, then I'm going to take a week off to focus on the family and get Book Three rolling.
Cheers!
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His consciousness wouldn’t fade. He almost wished it would.
The creature towering over him was a sanguine unlike any he’d...
2024-12-24 17:26:28 +0000 UTC View PostJaid felt the pieces of her visions like a puzzle slotting together. The future was never set in stone—she had learned that the moment her very first vision had failed to materialize. But though it wasn’t set in stone, it could be guided along, put on a path that once committed to, would resi...
2024-12-19 17:35:13 +0000 UTC View Post[A/N]: Thanks for reading :D! Next chapter Thursday.
Cheers!
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Master of Telekinesis gripped him in midair.
The sanguine elite also gripped him, but in a much less pleasant fashion.
Powerful limbs that were on par with his own strength tried to rip...
2024-12-17 17:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostThe barest pinhole of blue-white light formed in the dark space high above the ground. In the utter black, it was the tiniest break in consistency, so removed from searching eyes or aura senses as to be invisible.
It was only large enough for a single eye to peer through.
Terry survey...
2024-12-12 20:05:05 +0000 UTC View PostAs the final ghoul made it across the yawning chasm of the liminal layer and on to the first stone column, Py and Chippy were just finishing up the sixth bone shield hoverboard.
The procession of ghouls were strung out across half a dozen columns, each hoverboard dedicated to one gap betwee...
2024-12-10 19:03:19 +0000 UTC View Post[A/N]: Hope you're enjoying! Slight retcon/addition in Chapter 38: the ghoul clan is called Fleshripper, but I forgot to include that. Small detail but figured I'd update you all so you're not confused when I reference the name in this chapter. Updated Chapter 38 accordingly.
Next chapter T...
2024-12-05 18:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostIt took an agonizing twenty or so minutes before Terry’s aura recovered enough for him to feel confident in reaching the next layer.
He summoned Al’Ruzan back with a message and began reaching down through space.
Mara-Lin-Jaid’s eyes snapped open and she burst to her feet, distr...
2024-12-03 18:11:19 +0000 UTC View Post[A/N]: Happy Thanksgiving to those that celebrate. See you Tuesday!
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Juan Carlos imagined his abuela’s disapproving glare, the wrinkles contracting on her forehead and around her eyes.
“Juan Carlos! I expressly forbade you from risking your life! If I could, I’d rip th...
2024-11-28 17:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post[A/N]: Hope you're enjoying! Next chapter will be on Thursday (Thanksgiving in the US), so you'll get a little holiday reading.
See you then!
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Terry placed the bone charm into Crimson Spear’s hand, forcing steel into his eyes as he stared at the ghoul.
“If it loo...
2024-11-26 17:37:44 +0000 UTC View PostSomething about the exposed Singularity had sparked a need deep inside his chest. The memory of that moment back on Earth when he’d first anchored his teleportation Skill into the Singularity itself pulled at the back of his mind.
At the time, he’d felt that the only way he’d accompli...
2024-11-21 17:43:16 +0000 UTC View Post[Chialpuncritis]: What is it, Terry? What did we create?
Terry didn’t respond immediately, turning his attention to his Affixations. His D-slots were taken up by Master of Light, his portal skill, and Manipulate Roots, so he prepared to drop ...
2024-11-18 19:14:00 +0000 UTC View PostAs Terry and Juan caught the others up to speed, the Bloodsplatter Clan scurried about to leave their home forever.
Whatever happened next, they would never be able to return to here again.
When the preparations were finished, less than a hundred ghouls and only five liches were array...
2024-11-05 18:50:37 +0000 UTC View Post[A/N]: Happy Halloween!
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Terry and Ben locked eyes, a tension rising there, neither of them giving an inch to the other.
Behind Terry, Juan suddenly blurted out in surprise. “I’m sorry, what! You can speak English?”
Ben’s eyes flicked over Terry’s shoulder,...
2024-10-31 17:08:01 +0000 UTC View PostFlames scorched skin, icicles speared through flesh, and ghoul claws matched against sanguine fangs.
Terry’s aura continued to shift, his skin itching as he waited for Liquefy Metal to become active. He tried opening a portal to intercept a flying sanguine, but his aura bucked, the portal...
2024-10-28 15:38:33 +0000 UTC View Post[A/N]: Hey all, just wanted to express my gratitude once more for all of you. Being a writer is a weird, emotional trip sometimes and knowing that dozens of you want to read what I write every week can really prime the motor, so thank you :D.
Enjoy!
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Crimson Spear watched t...
2024-10-21 18:36:39 +0000 UTC View PostThe man regarded him with a single raised brow. A large animal pelt rest across his shoulders and hooded over his head, the upper jaw of one of the polar bear looking animals across his forehead.
He understood now why they’d all thought the man was a monster. Only Al’Ruzan and Mara-Lin-...
2024-10-16 18:56:00 +0000 UTC View PostWith some quick discussion over Team chat, they stored the bear thing’s remains back in Terry’s abandoned cave and portaled Juan there to keep the insects from stealing their food. He kept the portal open between the two caves upon request—Juan didn’t want to be trapped in the insect cave...
2024-10-07 20:20:57 +0000 UTC View PostWhy didn’t I kill you?
The question caught him so off guard, he had to repress a humorous snort.
[Terry]: I won. It was over. What would killing you have accomplished?
Al’Ruzan read the message, an...
2024-10-03 19:17:53 +0000 UTC View PostAfter the adrenaline of the fight, the biting cold of the surface, and the sudden exultation of the fire filling his cave, he had to wonder to himself…
What now?
What did the five of them do for months on end, unable to leave their cave, no games or even a sha...
2024-09-27 22:40:53 +0000 UTC View PostDespite the advantage of Terry’s first strike, Al’Ruzan was clearly well trained.
As Terry rained down blows on the blinded giant, Al’Ruzan got his guard up, absorbing the next couple strikes on his forearms. When one of Terry’s punches connected, Al’Ruzan used the timing to slip ...
2024-09-19 16:53:47 +0000 UTC View Post[Terry]: What do you mean, you’re a Fire Elementalist!? Why in the Underworld are we freezing our asses off?
Juan took on an indignant look, clearly prepared to respond with some scathing remark, when Chippy and the four-armed alien—Py Dar,...
2024-09-15 20:37:19 +0000 UTC View Post[A/N]: Hey all, welcome to Part Two of Book Two! I have some really fun things planned, so buckle up! I also wanted to say thank for your patience. I know my posts aren't super consistent, but I'm trying my best to bring you quality chapters where every post is fun and engaging. I hope I'm succee...
2024-09-12 20:01:35 +0000 UTC View Post[A/N]: Whoa, just...whoa.
Enjoy...
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What happened next, Terry could only piece together after the fact; the chaos of a battle between a dozen S-rankers and just as many A-rankers was not something a D-ranker could account for blow by blow.
But what he did&...
2024-09-06 22:44:12 +0000 UTC View Post