Warning: Universal Support System Manna Network Lost
Well, that came as no surprise to Derrick. The Hunter turned his gaze onto the Substrate and found it changed for the worse. Whereas before, it had been unnaturally still, now it writhed and squirmed like hed walked into a sea of worms. Ughh, he could feel it in...
2019-10-31 20:14:37 +0000 UTC View PostSo no chapter today (Oct 30).
Instead I've decided to release two chapters tomorrow. Just seems spookier that way.
2019-10-30 19:21:25 +0000 UTC View PostTheir spy shells revealed very little about the target of their mission. Just an idyllic little town, abandoned but not ruined. The worst damage seemed to be caused by the dead and mutated plant-life. Manicured lawns had grown into tough looking mini jungles while tree roots buckled cement and asphalt. Besides that, it almost seemed like the tow...
2019-10-27 19:56:38 +0000 UTC View Post6.14 Surprises
Derrick could feel the eyes of every User land on him like darts digging into a dartboard. Not to mention Shalka's own predatory gaze, which was like being stabbed in the heart.
Damn, that was uncomfortable. There was an intensity and focus to her that his Quantum Awareness translated as depth and weight. It was...
2019-10-23 19:36:04 +0000 UTC View PostDerrick gripped the squirming insect tightly, easily preventing it from escaping his grasp reaching anywhere it might do actual damage. His gauntlet was far too armored for the oversized bee to damage him, despite its steel strong carapace and stinger.
The Hunter's attention was split between the insect in his hand and the insect on the tr...
2019-10-16 20:50:03 +0000 UTC View PostWhy am I here again? Sam asked grumpily as she stepped over a root while huffing loudly.
Considering all Users were enhanced and she had managed to survive so far, she was in pretty bad shape. Well that might be unfair, Mathew and himself set a pretty brisk pace across what could reasonably be described as an obstacle course. They were...
2019-10-13 20:04:17 +0000 UTC View PostUSS: Earth Scourge Anomaly Report 82
Scourge:Inoculation:Anomalous Behaviour Detected
Local System Infrastructure:Confirmed Compromised
MissionThreat/Priority: Escalating
User:Hunter:KL7I 843OY6:Investigating
Insuffic...
2019-10-09 20:10:38 +0000 UTC View PostYou want me to ride that? Derrick asked unenthusiastically. That's an interesting offer. Doesn't really play to my strengths though. I'm more of a... hands on type of problem solver.
He'd been a network engineer, one whose parents died in an automobile accident. It was safe to say that he'd never been tempted to own a motorcycle b...
2019-10-08 19:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostYes, I know. Another one.
I apologize profusely but there is nothing I can do about it.
My laptop broke down so I can't get the chapter uploaded until tomorrow. Rest assured that it will be up tomorrow and this will not affect the next update.
2019-10-06 19:32:19 +0000 UTC View PostBlake's punch had been a pretty powerful strike, expertly thrown by someone with superhuman strength, but Derrick had been wearing his infamous mask. It was designed to take much more punishment than even enhanced flesh and muscle could deliver.
The only part of him that even really felt the blow was his neck muscles, and even that was lig...
2019-10-02 22:35:22 +0000 UTC View PostThird Striker was an annoying little alien hybrid most of the time, Derrick mused.
As the first Crusader Derrick had met, hed worried Derrick with how enthusiastic and strangely ignorant he was. Third Striker was not a scholar outside the narrow subject of using manna to kill things that defied the System. He wasnt a leader or a diplom...
2019-09-29 20:49:54 +0000 UTC View PostSo you're some kind of big deal in West Hills? Sam asked.
Apparently her boredom had overpowered the fear of her captors. The captured woman was unbound and sharing the back cabin of the Abomination with him and his allies. Derrick hadn't bothered to restrain her because she was outclassed by every other person in the cabin. Obviously,...
2019-09-25 20:43:39 +0000 UTC View PostTheir prisoner was an eighteen year old Fighter named Sam. They got very few secrets or explanations for the attack from her. What they did get was a picture of what was going on in the city of Dewport.
It was not encouraging stuff.
Dewport's history was a mirror of West Hills, but with much less drama and more desperation and desp...
2019-09-22 19:53:58 +0000 UTC View PostIt seems counterintuitive but leaders are not supposed to be leading charges, Blake said as Derrick hopped out of the Tempest. He could tell that Blake wasn't really trying to stop him, he was just taking the opportunity to point out the obvious.
I'm just going to take a quick peek over to see what's going on. It's probably just anot...
2019-09-19 18:32:50 +0000 UTC View PostSorry readers but I have come down with something since this morning. I tried to work through it but I don't feel happy with releasing the chapter until I feel well enough to look over it again.
Chapter will definitely be up by this time tomorrow.
2019-09-18 20:05:53 +0000 UTC View PostYour timing is unfortunate. the Teslaforce employee informed him as he and Blake walked into the company's main lab. We are, of course, working on several vehicle designs, including an airborne vehicle. None of them are near completion yet. Teslaforce has a bit of a reputation for fielding experimental designs, but we would never en...
2019-09-15 20:38:12 +0000 UTC View PostIt seemed like Derrick was going to be heading up north to rescue some people. Everyone seemed to want him to. A short conversation with Third Striker had revealed that a Crusader was among those that needed rescue. That member of Third Striker's Order, had been sent there before it had been abandoned. His Injection going astray by a few kilomet...
2019-09-11 20:17:27 +0000 UTC View Post6.4 Flint Creek
Congratulations on you victory today, Greta told him once he'd sat down and they'd ordered drinks.
He'd ordered a dark beer, while she'd gotten a shot of whisky. Derrick idly wondered if he should read into that. As a support User she could probably get drunk, unlike him who had way too much alien crap in h...
2019-09-08 20:07:43 +0000 UTC View PostDerrick bounced up the dozen or so cement stairs at the base of the building. The building's glass double doors opened for him automatically. Which was just common sense, as this was the heart of the Enclave. Its role as the seat of human government was the least important of its functions. It was a bunker and hub of travel, containing powerful ...
2019-09-07 15:15:43 +0000 UTC View PostDerrick and Blake raced back up top, Derrick pulling ahead due to his traits and higher level. He zoomed through the concrete tunnel, up the stairs and out the metal door that led to the food court. From there, he shot out the front and saw that the area was devoid of Users or attacking Grey Legion. A pulse revealed they had moved to the back of...
2019-09-07 14:17:37 +0000 UTC View PostDerrick had been laying in a ditch and waiting for an opportunity to strike for over forty minutes now. Tracking his prey with enhanced vision when possible and weak pulses of auril when it moved out of his line of sight.
Of all the sentries that guarded this place, the Vanguard Dog he was tracking was the most alert and the only one with ...
2019-09-07 12:59:49 +0000 UTC View PostSo first, sorry to those who joined early and haven't received the benefits of being my Patron yet. I had just created the site and hadn't announced it yet.
So that's what i'm doing today. Letting everyone know I now have Patreon and giving you the chapters i'm sure you've been waiting for.
I will be releasing my chapters on Wednesda...
2019-09-07 12:53:20 +0000 UTC View Post