And so, ATP comes to an end. This is the final chapter left from my backlog, and after this, there won't be anymore. I may end up writing a new story or continuing ATP further along the road, but for now, this Patreon is gonna be waste of money for anyone spending on it.
Thanks for reading for this long, I appreciate you guys more th...
2022-06-20 11:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post“That… what…?” Brock muttered. It made sense to him. Too much sense. Like… like everything until now had been planned out. Had been one elaborate destiny.
A grunt resounded behind him, “Come on, it’s not that scary. Aren’t you supposed to be the guy that killed two E Grades while only in F Grade? You sure?...
2022-06-17 11:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostBrock fell through the darkness of the shadow realm in silence, the vague silhouette of a woman falling to his right. Amusement and curiosity radiated from her, but Brock paid it no notice. Instead, his mind was elsewhere.
It… it can’t have been an Error, right? Brock reached up and scratched his chin. She must have been w...
2022-06-15 11:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostBrock sucked in a breath through his nostrils, and the sweet scent of pancakes followed. A small smile played on his lips, the first genuine one in a long time, as he gazed down at the batter slowly being cooked within the pan. When bubbles started to appear on its surface, Brock flipped the pancake and landed it in simple motion.
His smil...
2022-06-13 11:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostBrock’s eyes darted in every direction: left, right, up, behind. And every direction was blocked off, the crowd moving in to surround him and attempt to glance at the enigmatic Brock Carter. Most of his ‘famousness’ came from rumours and details of his exploits spread by those that had actually met him, so it was their chance to confirm th...
2022-06-10 11:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostTwo days…?
As his silence stretched on and his thoughts whirred, Brock witnessed the ritualist’s expression becoming impatient. The dim light emitted by the runes flickered once more. He breathed out and rubbed at the making of a beard. It was nothing more than messy stubble he found lacking the motivating to remove, but it he...
2022-06-08 11:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe blood splatters still hadn’t been scrubbed from the concrete.
With Harry in tow, Brock ventured the streets of Adelaide, his eyes roaming the remains of destruction left in the wake of Zin Keene’s rampage. Inwardly, he found himself somewhat glad that that monster had killed him.
Toppled towers blocked off sections o...
2022-06-06 11:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThere were a lot of things one could glean from reading someone’s aura, Brock had learned. There were the usuals that he’d known forever; levels, vague emotions, Augments, all that jazz. But through his training, he realised that that was barely scratching the surface of its potential.
Even with the newfound method people were using to...
2022-06-03 11:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostBrock fidgeted in his lap, his sister sitting with her arms crossed opposite him, her blind eyes glaring into his soul. Tensioned suffused the air, and the sound of her foot tapping the floor was the only thing that intermixed with the noise of their breathing. Warmth heated their bodies, courtesy of the stone fireplace to Brock’s right.
Ok, so after this chapter there are 9 more before ATP has no more chapters. If you would like to read it until then, then I'll be making the final 9 chaps fall under the $2 tier. Not fair to pay 9 bucks for less than a third of its value, after all. Thanks for sticking with me for this long, I really do appreciate it.
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2022-05-30 11:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostA cackle resounded, and she felt it attack her mind directly. Blood dribbled from her nose.
Mio blinked. Then she blinked again. Breathing out as she stumbled forward, a limb of shadow replacing her dismembered one, she clutched her crushed ribs, quelling the flares of pain each brain caused her. Slowly, her eyes panned around the area. 2022-05-27 11:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Everything hurt. Her face, chest, limbs. They were all consumed in boundless agony. With each beat of her heart, she felt her violet blood pump out from her wounds and spurt upon the ravaged earth, soaking the soil and staining the waters. Slowly, Mio cranked her eyelids open.
The dying light stung her eyes, but she could see. It was throu...
2022-05-25 11:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostMuddied water sprayed the surroundings as Zin exploded from his position. Brock’s Dexterity was just high enough to detect his movements, and with Silence, he forced his body to lean left. The wind howled as an outstretched brushed past his neck, the raw speed rendering his skin red raw with friction.
I… can do 2022-05-23 11:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
It took around 50 minutes of walking through the swamp-marsh before Brock was satisfied with his location. Glancing around, he surveyed the strange, iron-wood trees – as he’d taken to calling them – that littered the bog in every direction. Boulders peeked from beneath the waters and some were even large enough to seat oneself upon.
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2022-05-20 11:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostAs the days passed by and Brock’s race level slowly climbed upwards, his departing kiss with Amara became further and further from his mind. Instead, his mental space was wholly consumed by practicing and theory with his aura enhancement and discovering the means of which his Techniques were fused.
Two weeks had passed by now, and Brock ...
2022-05-18 11:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post“I hate you,” Brock called out to the form of Mio as he crested the cave mouth, webbing clinging to his bloody body and his face marred by a scowl. He had to admit, the experience of walking through a spider’s nest in the dark made him markedly less scared of spiders, but still, “I really hate you.”
Lounging in a chair formed of ...
2022-05-16 11:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostBrock’s footfalls echoed throughout the underground cavity, the sound bouncing off the walls hidden by darkness and continuing on until the noise faded to obscurity. Taking a deep breath in as the energy emissions of the Treasure got closer and more powerful, Brock scooped the spider guts off his body with Oppressive Might, le...
2022-05-13 11:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostBrock had no idea what a Guragura was, apart from being his biggest nightmare, but what he did know… was that he wanted to cry. As he prowled forward to meet it, Lament at the ready, its furs bristled, and its mandibles chittered excitedly, eagerly awaiting his arrival. Brock felt his nerves rising with each step, and behind him, while he didn...
2022-05-11 11:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post“Oh?” Mio tilted her head, clearly amused by the developments, “And why’s that?”
Brock sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose as his aura retracted and the surroundings lightened, “Cause I might kill you by accident one day.”
A silence followed, before Mio scoffed.
Briefly, the man considered resuming his aura ma...
2022-05-09 11:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostWhat did she mean by kissing me…?
Sitting upon the corpse of a three headed wildcat and savouring the way its wiry fur tickled his legs through the holes in his pants, Brock sighed and took another bite of his Treasure. Flavour burst within his mouth, and energy washed down his throat, continuing directly into his bloodstream. H...
2022-05-06 11:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostWith wide eyes, Amara held the Treasure up to the light. While it wasn’t all that large, in her small hands, it looked massive. Squinting, her eyes roamed its surface, scouring every faucet and studying every aspect with the razor focus of a vulture in a cemetery. To Brock’s side, Mio snorted and crossed her arms.
“So?”
As if...
2022-05-04 11:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostJust a disclaimer before I forget, it was around this area that I stopped going back and editing the chapters, so I apologise if some are a bit incoherent or seem like a mish-mash of ideas. There were a lot of things I was going to go back and change, but oh well...
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“Ahhh shit.”
Steadying himself as the terrain around hi...
2022-05-02 11:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post- Just a note that unfortunately, I've dropped the story beyond chapter 152. This Arc will still finish, and should be finished by the end of next month's sub if you really want to see it to the end. Otherwise there are about 2 months left of content after this chapter. Sorry everyone, but life gets in the way sometimes. Anyway, enjoy what I hav...
2022-04-29 11:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post“So, explain to me again why we’re going to visit a giant tortoise corpse?” Brock’s voice echoed through the plains, accompanied only by the sounds of the grass being rustled by wind and the calls of various monsters dormant along the countryside.
Waking up… had been a strange experience. They’d been walking for the past hour, ...
2022-04-27 11:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThree days passed by, and Mio was getting worried.
With the assistance of Amara’s potions, Brock had managed to heal back almost entirely. His face and body were still dotted with pinkish scars where skin broke and bone cut, but for the most part, he was deemed well. And that was where the problem lay. His condition should have been good...
2022-04-25 11:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post“You… know him?” Mio said, inching a little bit closer to the two.
The woman shook herself back to focus and proceeded to pour her concoction down his throat. It slid down without effort, and immediately, Mio noticed that Brock’s wounds began to knit themselves back together and that his limbs slowly bent themselves back into place...
2022-04-22 11:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostBrock wasn’t confused as he travelled through darkness, being well acquainted with Mio’s teleportation power by now. Certainly, having what he believed was brain damage, and what he felt was a crushed face, didn’t help, and he vomited a mix of bile and black blood as the dark gave way to blurred colours of blue, white and green.
He c...
2022-04-20 11:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostSluggishly, Brock’s eyes glanced to the right of him. Despite his blurred vision, what he could see was clear to him. The shadow was bulging and shifting, and a protrusion was rapidly reaching up from out of it. What… the…?
In seconds, that protrusion twisted into a tentacle of black and flashed through the air, slamming int...
2022-04-18 11:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post“Well,” A voice resounded. Confident. Snarling. “Took me long enough.”
A chill shot straight down Brock’s spine. Each word possessed such power - such arrogance - that it seemed to violently collide against his brain, bashing it against the walls of his skull. A throbbing headache took root as his stress mounted, and the sound of...
2022-04-15 11:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostHmmm.
It was a massive hunk of sandstone, several chunks having broken off and formed into a pile that surrounded it. A warm breeze blew through the area as Brock surveyed the monument before him, carrying with it a light dusting of sand that irritated his eyes and clung to his sweat-laden skin. He groaned in annoyance.
The ...
2022-04-13 11:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post