“This a bad plan,” Sophie yelled at Jason as they ran side by side. He was pouring on every bit of speed he could muster, while she was running backwards and still had to ameliorate her speed to match his.
“This is a fantastic plan,” he yelled back.
The were moving down a wide boulevard, chosen for being one of the more op...
2020-05-22 23:00:33 +0000 UTC View Post“This whole system originally belonged to the Builder,” Clive said. “There’s a good chance he has at least some sense of what is happening with it. Probably only to a limited degree, though. Otherwise he wouldn’t need to send out teams to activate these towers.”
“Meaning we should set off the phoney sabotage,” Jason said. 2020-05-21 23:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
“Should we be getting out?” Sophie asked as the cloud house continued to shake. “What if the church collapses on top of the cloud house?”
The cloud house was still hidden in the huge internal space of a cathedral.
“At most, it would be the roof falling on us,” Clive said. “That’s not enough to breach the cloud house, e...
2020-05-20 23:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe enemy force only had a few cultists, being mostly made up of constructs and the converted. The hadnÂ’t even engaged JasonÂ’s team before being thrown into confusion as Belinda used her Unexpected Allies spell. The team were masked in illusions that made them appear as members of the enemy force. Illusionary doubles of their true form ...
2020-05-19 23:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostJason dashed forward, his sword flicking out.
“Faster,” Sophie said, catching every strike with her hand as she moved backwards, easily matching the pace of Jason’s advance.
“You don’t need to hit hard,” she said. “If you’re going to fight the constructs effectively, it’s about building up the power on your sword as q...
2020-05-18 23:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostI'm trying to be more on the ball with these. I make no promises; I'm very flaky. Not literally, though. I don't have a skin condition or something. Why am I gibbering? You know what a metaphor is.
2020-05-15 23:06:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe Builder was now wearing ThadwickÂ’s face, but those that knew him would spot the difference immediately. There was a very different beast inside ThadwickÂ’s body and the change was startling. It began from the eyes, hard and unyielding. This was a gaze that knew its domain was everything it landed upon. Person, place, or object, all t...
2020-05-15 23:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostJason could barely stand in the wake of NeilÂ’s spell wearing off, but he determinedly pushed himself to his feet.
“We need to move with alacrity,” Shade said. “The cult’s forces approach.”
Jason nodded, pausing only to spare what was left of Anisa a brief glance. He was again reminded that most of the people he had first...
2020-05-14 23:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostHumphrey lay on the ground, barely conscious, his life spilling from the savage wound in his chest. The rest of the teamÂ’s circumstances were not much more promising, with the summons destroyed and the seemingly indestructible enemy too dangerous to even approach. JasonÂ’s afflictions, the means by which they had overcome so many strong ...
2020-05-13 23:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostArchbishop Hendren had apparently put his barrier up in time to completely shield the three, who were barely even dirty after having had a building dropped on them. The dome flickered out of existence; anyone with magic senses could detect that huge amounts of mana had been poured into it. This was of limited help to the team, as one of t...
2020-05-12 23:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostShadeÂ’s passage through the cultist camp had been easier than anticipated. The camp was divided into three sections; the tents, which was his access point, was the largest section. It was where the bulk of both the iron-rankers were gathered. The crude buildings made with a stone-shaping power were areas he tried to avoid, as one of the ...
2020-05-11 23:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe power of the ring gate let the cultists drift down from the sky in safety, but they descended into trouble. The cultists drew more than a little attention on their way down, the blue light slowing their fall making them stand out both visibly and magically. The result was a slavering pack of monsters awaiting them on the ground.
Over the last week, the ambient magic in the astral had taken on a strange cadence. Like ripples on still water at the footfalls of a great beast, the very space around them was agitated. It grew stronger day by day, until even Sophie could sense it, and she had no magical senses at all.
The monsters were apparently affected, being ...
2020-05-07 23:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post“I could feel the power he was throwing off like heat,” Thadwick said, full of enthusiasm. “I want that power.”
“And you will have it,” Zato said. “Dougall began the treatments earlier than you, so his power came into its fullness earlier.”
DougallÂ’s new presence within the cultist enclave had not gone unnoticed. Alth...
2020-05-06 23:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostBy the time the team had spent almost a week in the camp of the former cultists, Belinda and Jason were assisting Clive almost full time in the basement, in the room with the large magical plate set into the floor. They were digging through the texts that Knowledge had given to Jason, finding anything that might be of value to Clive. They...
2020-05-05 19:57:55 +0000 UTC View PostThe five storey mass of webbing was stretched between two buildings, completely blocking the street.
“I think I’ve spotted the blood weaver’s nest,” Neil said.
“Good eyes,” Sophie said. “Maybe you should be the one scouting.”
“It’s a gift,” Neil said.
“Has anyone else noticed Neil starting to take on so...
2020-05-04 23:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostHumphrey swung his arms inward, brutally clapping his hands into either side of the cultist vampireÂ’s head. It relinquished its bite on NeilÂ’s neck, rearing back to let out an alien screech from its inhuman mouth. His jaw unhinged in macabre mockery of the formerly human anatomy. The mouth no longer had teeth, just bare gums and a pair ...
2020-05-01 23:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostBehind his front-line team members, Jason injuries swiftly started healing over. The recovery power he gained from devouring vampiric curses combined with the healing Colin provided to close his wounds without requiring intervention from Neil. In most cases, his armour had mitigated the bulk of the damage, so here were no individual injur...
2020-04-30 23:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostHere is the latest chapter bundle. Obviously. It's right there in the title.
2020-04-29 23:02:59 +0000 UTC View PostBehind his front-line team members, Jason injuries swiftly started healing over. The recovery power he gained from devouring vampiric curses combined with the healing Colin provided to close his wounds without requiring intervention from Neil. In most cases, his armour had mitigated the bulk of the damage, so here were no individual injur...
2020-04-29 23:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostThey heard the monsters before they saw them. It began with the sound of something moving loudly through the thick jungle, pushing its way roughly through the undergrowth. Humphrey had them turn around and go back the way they came, making for one of the defensible points he had been looking out for as they travelled.
He had picked ...
2020-04-28 23:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostShade was not visibly changed in his new, bronze rank vessel; he remained a shadowy figure in a cloak of darkness. The only visible difference was an increase in his number of bodies, from three to seven. He had also gained the ability to exert a small amount of physical force, while remaining an incorporeal entity. It wasnÂ’t enough to i...
2020-04-27 23:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post“I actually got the materials pretty cheap,” Jason said. “Gary made it from local materials in the first place, so I just needed higher-grade versions of the same stuff.”
Jason had drawn out the diagram for the ritual of ascension that would have his sword, like he had himself, advance from iron-rank to bronze. He was now laying...
2020-04-24 23:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe team waited for the sound of grinding stone that would signal another wave of combat, but the room was as silent as Neil, under JasonÂ’s baleful glare.
“I think we’re clear,” Humphrey said, finally.
The team stopped to rest in the zone of clean air SophieÂ’s power had finishing clearing out, while the poison mist in the...
2020-04-23 23:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe now-familiar sound of grinding stone echoed through the cell block. The first time, it had been small holes in the walls and ceiling. The second, large holes in the floor. The group looked around for the new source of the grating noise.
“It’s coming from the cells,” Humphrey said. “All the cells.”
The team looked thro...
2020-04-22 23:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe spider constructs had appeared from holes that had opened in the walls and ceiling. This time, it was the floor that opened up, six large, evenly-spaced but much larger holes, appearing in a straight line down the length of the cell block. The team didnÂ’t wait for whatever was within to emerge, springing straight into action.
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2020-04-21 23:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostAnd I'm finally caught up. Now its time to get to work on falling behind again...
2020-04-21 00:58:19 +0000 UTC View PostFinally catching up. Sorry for the delays.
2020-04-21 00:58:15 +0000 UTC View PostSorry about the much belated bundle posting.
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