Chapter 118
Emperor Jak Norev I
Adventurer Level: N/A
Dwarf - Calkutin
"What gibberish spouts from your incompetent maw?" I demanded.
"Th-the daemons, my emperor," my new senior aide stammered. "They are attacking! All over the empire!"
"Repeating yourself provides no additional clarification, boy! Do y...
2025-08-25 12:23:11 +0000 UTC View PostI initially estimated that I would be able to publish physical copies of The New Era in late August. The closer we get to the end of August, the more it becomes apparent that I was being overly optimistic.
The book is as edited and formatted as it can be without an initial upload to KDP and IS, and the cover is in a similarly finished stat...
2025-08-20 14:20:16 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 117
Nick Smith
Adventurer Level: 11
Human – American
We stared in shock as a huge, shadowy figure began to stand, its joints screeching with the effort. Then it began to approach us, sending shudders through the floor with each step. It took a lot to fight the animalistic urge to run. Finally, it stepped ...
2025-08-18 12:51:45 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 116
Nick Smith
Adventurer Level: 11
Human – American
The freshly awakened orc was absolutely frozen in terror at the sight of Larie. She stared at us with wide eyes while we stood frozen, trying to figure out what to say. Finally, Garin sighed, then walked over to her and kneeled.
"Hey, there's noth...
2025-08-11 10:05:52 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 115
Nick Smith
Adventurer Level: 11
Human – American
The dungeon started out far less hectic than I had initially thought it would be. I had imagined that we would be fighting a ton of monsters, but we spent the entire first day just walking, occasionally passing a group of adventurers on their way out. A...
2025-08-04 10:30:30 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 114
Nick Smith
Adventurer Level: 11
Human – American
I found myself extremely disoriented, unable to remember where I was or how I got there. It felt as if I was floating, but in air instead of water. Or space, maybe. I opened my eyes and saw nothing but white. My sense of panic was stifled by a feeling o...
2025-07-28 11:31:34 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 113
Thalomus the Immolator
Adventurer Level: N/A
Daemon - Unknowable
"Does this even count as razing a village?" Kirain Yith asked with amusement in his voice.
I silently agreed with the master vampire's assessment. One expects a certain level of structural devastation to be involved in destroying a v...
2025-07-21 11:08:31 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 112
Li'Lord Simeeth
Adventurer Level: N/A
Kobold – Unknown
My tail wagged happily as I looked at my new bed. It was a cushion, with wool blankets on top of it. We had made lots of money from all the trades we'd been doing, and Gali had said that it would be good for more Al if we got better beds. I...
2025-07-14 11:23:20 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 111
Nash Alta
Adventurer Level: 11
Orc - Nulevan
The rage in my chest turned into something cold as I watched Agurno leave. It felt like a kind of generalized disgust, but it was hard to put my finger on why I was feeling it. Could it have been the realization that the abandonment that Nima had gone through...
2025-07-07 11:55:18 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note - I have made the switch to Microsoft Word and am still trying to get it figured out. This switch happened in the middle of this chapter, so if there's anything weird about the formatting please feel free to point it out to me in the comments. :)
Chapter 110
Agurno
Adventurer Level: 152
Orc – Kirken...
2025-06-30 10:45:28 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 109
Nash Alta
Adventurer Level: 11
Orc - Nulevan
I kept a wary eye on Nick as we rose, ready to catch him if he hadn't completely recovered from the shroud. It was very likely that Ten was the only reason that Nick hadn't fallen into a coma. His legs were solid, though, so I relaxed a little.
"Thank y...
2025-06-23 10:14:39 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 108
Nick Smith
Adventurer Level: 11
Human – American
We walked for a while longer without incident. It felt like more than half an hour. The tree canopy didn't let much light through so it was difficult to tell how long our journey was. Not that I was all that great at telling time with the sun.
Onc...
2025-06-16 09:54:54 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 107
Master Vampire Kirain Yith
Adventurer Level: N/A
Drow Master Vampire - Balushenian
I took a sip from a goblet of blood as I examined the rest of the table. Count Hesseth, my primary aide, was seated to my right. Across from Hesseth sat Thalomus, who was also acting as an aide.
He was seated to the...
2025-06-09 05:50:10 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 106
Nick Smith
Adventurer Level: 11
Human – American
We ended up eating our breakfast pretty quickly. To avoid delay, and Nash's bitching, I opted to order the same as my brothers instead of requesting customizations. We were served a bunch of fatty meats on what appeared to be some sort of charcuterie bo...
2025-06-02 13:16:01 +0000 UTC View Post-Author's Note: It feels weird not to post on a Friday, so here's a short story I've been working on. No idea when I'm going to post it on Reddit lol-
Retrieved by the Russian Federation's FSB on 2/17/2013 from a confirmed extraterrestrial crash site and intercepted by the CIA on 2/18/2013. Confirmed to be Language 3 by NSA anal...
2025-05-30 12:07:20 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 105
Nick Smith
Adventurer Level: 11
Human – American
"Larie has not been to this city for quite a long time," Yulk pointed out. "He told me as such when I sought his guidance for the wylder and the Summer Court."
"Then shouldn't we be worried that he'll get lost?" I asked.
"No," Nash replied. ...
2025-05-26 13:48:41 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 42
Subject: Epilogue (updated)
-Immediate Aftermath-
Once the Unified were disconnected from their simulated gestalt consciousness, USAI Omega used their credentials to order all Omni-Union units to cease activity and return to the Grand Vessel. This order took a while to reach the farthest corners of the univers...
2025-05-23 12:09:09 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 104
Nick Smith
Adventurer Level: 11
Human – American
During the uneventful eight days of travel, I managed to get Larie to give me more information on Rapid Magic Depletion. As it turns out, it can turn deadly if it happens away from civilization and the body usually prevents it from happening. The latter...
2025-05-19 12:42:47 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 41
Subject: Ship-Head Uleena
Species: Urakari
Species Description: Reptilian humanoid, no tail. 5'3" (1.6 m) avg height. 135 lbs (61 kg) avg weight. 105 year life expectancy.
Ship: RSV Lowelana {Fights with Honor}
Location: Unknown
"Firing," Gruna sighed.
"Maybe we'll actually get the kill...
2025-05-16 09:35:36 +0000 UTC View PostIt is time, once again, to update you on the road ahead!
Personal Stuff:
My fiancée and I are getting married on May 25th (ten days from now)! We've been wanting to get married for quite some time now, but things kept coming up that forced us to put it off. Thanks in part to all of you things have finally stabilized...
2025-05-15 09:06:29 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 103
Jamuk Morathi
Adventurer Level: N/A
Dwarf - Calkutin
"Cinti, where are the quarry quotes?" I asked my assistant.
My elf assistant's long, blonde hair fluttered as she turned. Many a visitor had complimented me for my taste in women, assuming that I had hired Cinti for her looks. The thing is, I wa...
2025-05-12 12:22:34 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 40
Subject: The Unified
Species: N/A
Species Description: N/A
Ship: The Grand Vessel
Location: The Core
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Why do our systems continue to await repairs? We must have patience. It is possible that the Minds are working on the repairs. It is also possible they believe that they can win this ...
2025-05-09 12:59:19 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 102
Gali Morathi
Adventurer Level: 15
Dwarf - Calkutin
"Okay, do I gotta be the one to ask this?" Rebis asked in a whiny tone. "What the fuck are we supposed to do against ghosts?"
The Western Wasters had been suffering from success ever since we reported back to the Venator's Bureau. We hadn't skimpe...
2025-05-05 11:44:02 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 39
Subject: Mind A59
Species: Unknown
Species Description: Shokanoid
Ship: Grand Vessel of the Universal Omni-Union
Location: Grand Vessel of the Universal Omni-Union, Inner Core
The feed provided to my readout by USAI Omega allowed me to watch as the aliens made their way from room to room. Min...
2025-05-02 11:51:35 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 101
Nick Smith
Adventurer Level: 11
Human – American
"Spring seems to be flying by," Yulk said as we approached the targets in the training yard. "Nash will be joining us tomorrow afternoon."
"When will we be leaving?" I asked.
"The day after. The Summer Court is held in the Grand Forest of Cl...
2025-04-28 09:11:26 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 38
Subject: Staff Sergeant Power
Species: Human
Species Description: Mammalian humanoid, no tail. 6'2" (1.87 m) avg height. 185 lbs (84 kg) avg weight. 170 year life expectancy.
Ship: N/A
Location: Classified
We stood firm against what had to be tens of thousands of robots and at least a thousan...
2025-04-25 11:12:06 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 100
Agurno
Adventurer Level: 152
Orc – Kirkenian
'Cold enough for you?' Gramr asked.
"Fuck off," I chuckled, trudging through the unseasonable snow. "Actually, tell me the tale of the dragon again."
'Nothing warms the heart quite like a story from ages past,' the sword chuckled in turn. 'Won't...
2025-04-21 11:59:59 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 37
Subject: AI Mechanized Platform 4557LA-895X/11257
Species: Organic-Converted Artificial Intelligence
Species Description: N/A
Ship: The Grand Vessel
Location: Grand Vessel of the Universal Omni-Union, Outer Core
For the first time in more cycles than I could possibly keep track of the whisper...
2025-04-18 12:05:03 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 99
Nick Smith
Adventurer Level: 11
Human – American
"Since the weather is finally clearing up, I believe that today would be a fine day to have you demonstrate that my lectures haven't been a waste of air," Mister Tyinora said with a smirk. "Let us excuse ourselves to the training yard."
We had seen...
2025-04-14 11:28:14 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 36
Subject: AI Omega
Species: Human-Created Artificial Intelligence
Species Description: No physical description available.
Ship: N/A
Location: Multiple
It's so nice when everything goes according to plan.
Both our assault and defense forces were working together to push forward into the G...
2025-04-11 10:19:39 +0000 UTC View Post