Unbound Soul Mating Season: Day 2
The second of three. As before, it's in the NSFW channel on discord.
2023-03-14 06:22:20 +0000 UTC View Post
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Unborn Hero Chapter 37: Making More Magic
There's been a substantial influx of new patreons over the past week, with Unborn Hero proving unexpectedly popular on royal road. (And I don't say this often enough, but thank you very much, patreons new and old. I greatly appreciate the support.) In fact, it's not only reversed the drop-off when Unbound Soul finished, but left me at a... 2023-03-13 06:19:58 +0000 UTC View Post
A Serious Incident (Part 2/3)
Mr Tailor waited patiently inside the clothiers, placidly watching the man in the neat suit and shoes that were somehow still shiny despite the street's inch thick layer of manure. It was unfortunate, but such excrement-encrusted conditions were always a danger in any city that relied on equine locomotion.
Meanwhile, Mr Butcher, the owner ...
2023-03-10 05:43:28 +0000 UTC View PostUnbound Soul Mating Season: Day 1
Today's double-length chapter is on discord, in the new age-restricted NSFW channel. This patreon isn't marked as containing adult content, and I'm unlikely to write any further NSFW content, so I don't want to ...
2023-03-07 06:23:42 +0000 UTC View PostUnborn Hero Chapter 36: Different Worlds
Grace walked down a corridor towards the guest rooms, feeling a little light-headed. The final words of her father—ruthlessly dispatched while she was busy trying to stop choking—echoed in her mind.
"Your request is denied. It would be a massive insult to the [Hero], and, from what I've heard, you were vital to the defeat of this morni...
2023-03-06 05:35:39 +0000 UTC View PostA Serious Incident (Part 1/3)
This is a short story set in Glimmerhome (Anya’s base of operations for the first part of A Friendly Voidling) set at a nonspecific time shortly after her time reversal. It also marks the first time I added footnotes to a chapter, which of course patreon doesn’t support, it thinking bold and italic fonts are the cutting edge of text... 2023-03-03 07:03:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Unborn Hero Chapter 35: Audience
The end of February is rapidly approaching, which means it's almost time for the Tuesday and Friday slots to restart. In turn, that means I need to decide what to occupy them with. I've been haemorrhaging patreons this month, which isn't a complete surprise, but if everyone here for unbound soul alone is leaving, it does take the pressu... 2023-02-27 05:51:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Unborn Hero Chapter 34: Bathhouse
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Achievement unlocked: [War Veteran].
War Veteran (Uncommon)
You have played a significant role in a conflict between sapients, with at least ten-thousand opponents arrayed against you. Given the horrors of war, it seems strange that people insist on doing it so often, but at least this achievement ...
Unborn Hero Chapter 33: Victory
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For getting your message across, [Light] advances to level 9.
"Finally!" thought Mystery. "She has an ability to purge miasma in a wide area, and as far as I can see, demons practically run on miasma. Why didn't she use it right at the start?"
Mystery was forgetting that her ability to see miasma wa...
2023-02-13 06:00:28 +0000 UTC View PostFetch Quest/Lonely Dungeon: A Chaotic Meetup
... Is over on royal road. Part 1 of this rather silly crossover chapter is here (against fetch quest) and part 2 is 2023-02-09 05:48:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Unbound Soul Volume 8 Afterword
Posting this separately since it's so damn long. This is the final bit of volume 8. I'll be e-booking it tomorrow, so if anyone has corrections or continuity errors to point out, now's the time to say so. Unbound Soul will resume on 3rd March, Unborn Hero will continue as normal, and... remember that post I did contemplating future opti... 2023-02-09 05:44:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Unbound Soul Side Story: Earth's Regret
This is the final side story of volume 8, but will still be a post tomorrow; the double-chapter-length volume afterword. Even if you aren't interested in that sort of thing, you might want to scroll down to Peter's adult status, below which is a brief description of what he was up to between the last chapter and the epilogue. The first ... 2023-02-08 05:35:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Unbound Soul Side Story: Maximilian's Madness
A shadow's width away from Erryn, on a world where mana was so sparse that magic was unusable and even the least of monsters couldn't survive on the ambient supply, a madman stared in awe at the culmination of his work. The true owners of the world—for whom all of humanity existed only to pave the way—were reborn at last. A goddess, engineer...
2023-02-07 06:19:08 +0000 UTC View PostUnbound Soul Side Story: Peter's Celebration
I lay on my front, face smushed into my pillow. It made it hard to breathe, but I'd needed to give [Regeneration] some time to deal with the latest claw wounds on my back, during which it had been the only comfortable position. Now the cause of those scrams and scratches was clinging to my arm, purring in her sleep, with a massive, contented smi...
2023-02-06 06:02:27 +0000 UTC View PostUnborn Hero Chapter 32: Strength
Next unbound soul chapter coming up in ~10 minutes.
"I'm sorry, but I really need to address the ogre in the room," said Rose after they'd resumed their jog towards the assumed demon. "Hayedalf, do you still have a... you know."
Hayedalf did indeed know, but damn well wasn't going to admit it. "A what?" he asked inn...
2023-02-06 05:40:12 +0000 UTC View PostUnbound Soul Epilogue
"Sorry sweetie, but Daddy needs to visit Synklisi today," I told Catherine, trying to detach the [Clingy] catkin toddler. She'd inherited her own take on her mother's hugging tendencies, and the damn trait boosted her arm strength. I could still overpower her easily enough, but with her low endurance, I was worried I'd break something.
"No...
2023-02-05 05:51:51 +0000 UTC View PostUnbound Soul Chapter 268: Verdict
Epilogue and 3 side stories to go before the break.
"Where did you get that last part from?" I asked.
The illusion of me shifted and warped, becoming an image of Dominic. I gave a sharp intake of breath and took a step backward away from it. "That was self defence," I claimed.
"His death was not required for y...
2023-02-04 06:17:03 +0000 UTC View PostUnbound Soul Chapter 267: Judgement
My [Redistribute] completed, and I stood up to join Cara and Calvin, who were staring around in awe.
"Where are we?" whispered Cara with reverence, the surroundings being sufficient to momentarily distract her from her group's imprisonment and Dominic's death.
Perhaps I'd been a bit hasty in teleporting them here. The first time I'd ...
2023-02-03 06:06:13 +0000 UTC View PostUnbound Soul Chapter 266: Self Defence
Harry swore.
"Language!" I exclaimed, still grinning. I wasn't quite sure why. I was feeling somewhat manic.
"How long have you been there?" he asked, shoulders slumping.
"Why would I want to answer that?" I pointed out, not wanting to give the overly insightful devil-wannabe any more information than absolutely required. "Long...
2023-02-02 05:39:15 +0000 UTC View PostUnbound Soul Chapter 265: Dilemma
We’re coming up to the end of the volume, so as I’ve done with other volumes, to give myself some admin time to get the e-book out, February will be front-loaded with Unbound Soul. There will be no chapter tomorrow, but starting Thursday, there will be a week of daily chapters, then no further chapters until the end of the month. Un... 2023-01-31 06:06:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Unborn Hero Chapter 31: Wyrm
At the start of the battle, Zyfyl'p continued to grin to himself, even as his own forces were decimated at the outer wards. It didn't matter; he had plenty to spare, and he could see the defences weakening. They would shatter in mere seconds. He could still feel his target—an uncomfortable itch that he couldn't wait to permanently scratch—wa...
2023-01-30 06:06:03 +0000 UTC View PostUnbound Soul Chapter 264: Found
There came various noises of exclamation and surprise from three of the other four, but Russel moved directly into bodyguard mode, drawing and aiming his gun in a single, smooth movement.
Not that I was standing where he was aiming any more. With skills like [Far Step] and [Timeless World], he had no hope of tracking me with his childlike ...
2023-01-27 05:47:07 +0000 UTC View PostUnbound Soul Chapter 263: Lost
Volume 1 of the fetch quest audiobook is out today. When I started writing, it was simply because I was bored. I never expected audiobooks or to be partnering with real publishers. But then, I never expected to be self... 2023-01-24 05:45:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Unborn Hero Chapter 30: The Fourth Magical Girl
Mystery has been suffering a derth of dings lately, so I've tweaked a few of the earlier chapters. [Demon Slayer] is now [Demon Slayer I], implying additional achievements in the chain. In chapter 21, Mystery earned herself [Monster Slayer I] for helping Kellela to dispatch the bone hornets. There's also a couple of new sentences in the... 2023-01-23 05:55:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Unbound Soul Chapter 262: Debate
Mia and Lucas would no doubt be pleased that my haste hadn't resulted in them getting, to pick a random example, [Hive Mind] instead of the basic [Telepathy] that I'd assumed they'd get if I asked the System to give them a telepathy skill.
What the heck sort of skill was [Hive Mind]? What class would someone need to obtain that le...
2023-01-20 06:32:53 +0000 UTC View PostUnbound Soul Chapter 261: Rehabilitation
"Hey, can you hear me?" asked Jason gently, the wolf that used to be Benjamin splayed out on the floor.
He raised his head, obviously struggling, before it flopped back down again.
"It's okay. Take your time," he said, as I inspected the final results of Maximilian's handiwork. From appearance alone, there was nothing to indicate he ...
2023-01-17 05:43:56 +0000 UTC View PostUnborn Hero Chapter 29: Lèse-Majesté
"What?" asked Kellela incredulously, the utter ridiculousness of the news beaten only by the fact she was host to the astral projecting embryo of a [Hero] with a weird fetish for short, revealing dresses. "Seriously?"
"Yes, seriously," replied the [Lieutenant], somehow keeping a completely straight face.
"How the heck can they have a...
2023-01-16 05:57:24 +0000 UTC View PostUnbound Soul Chapter 260: Mutation
Once again, I'd messed up. I'd counted fifteen kids, but the System had told us only twelve were diseased. Why did I stupidly assume that meant three had been spared? The healthy count matched the size of the beastkin party; there were no others left over, but I'd assumed that even that coalescence of insanity disguised in human skin wouldn't ha...
2023-01-13 06:37:02 +0000 UTC View PostUnbound Soul Chapter 259: Victims
We're coming to the end of the volume again, and this time, it's also the end of the main plot. The final regular chapter will be 268. I intend to follow it with a sizable pile of side-stories and epilogues, but I may lose my regular Tuesday/Friday cadence.
And speaking of side stories, there's the first half of ... 2023-01-10 06:01:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Unborn Hero Chapter 28: The Third Magical Girl
"How did she know?" asked the [King], somewhat infuriated. "Even by teleportation, the Vale of Myllearn is a multiple day trip from Karn's Vigil. She must have started travelling before Kellela left the capital. Even we didn't know at that point."
"I believe the answer to both that and the question of how she ent...
2023-01-09 05:57:55 +0000 UTC View Post