Chapter 120
Alexander stepped through the gateway.
The air hit him first. Thinner than The Nexus, sharp in his lungs. Cold enough to raise goosebumps but short of freezing. Wind rushed past, carrying the scent of pine and stone.
He stood on a ledge jutting from the mountainside. Below, several hundre...
2025-11-06 12:58:13 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 119
Guang stepped toward the portal, then stopped. He turned back to face the group.
“Good luck,” he said. His expression shifted, something genuine replacing the careful neutrality.
He crossed the distance to Alexander, extending his hand. “And thank you for Grimnir’s assistance.”
A...
2025-11-05 12:27:37 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 118
Maximilian’s eye closed again, his attention returning to the chains wrapped around the gateway. “The prophecy has haunted my family for years.”
Alexander waited, sensing there was more.
“My father was obsessed with it,” Maximilian continued. “Believed he was destined to be one of ...
2025-11-04 12:06:10 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 117
Cash’s words hung in the air for a moment. The tension didn’t quite break, but it shifted. Some of the heroes relaxed slightly. Others remained wary.
Alexander’s attention remained on the armored lady who hadn’t lowered her guard. A Nordic giantess of a woman, easily six and a half f...
2025-11-03 12:57:02 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 116
Annie turned abruptly from where she’d been staring through the viewport. “We should help.”
The bridge had been quiet since Carmen’s revelation about the invasion. Everyone processing what it meant.
“If there are gates open, then people will be in trouble,” Annie continued. “The...
2025-10-31 13:06:36 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 115
Alexander stared at Spencer for a long moment, processing what he’d just heard. Eight prophesied divines. Titles without faces. Wars across Earth. Or multiple Earths.
And his supervillain alias on the list. Not that he’d told anyone yet that it had been locked in.
“And you believe it?”
<... 2025-10-30 13:23:25 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 114
A few days later, everyone on the ship gathered in the cargo bay for a second time.
Last time had been to go to war. This time it was to show respect for those who’d paid the price.
Carmen stood at the front, the crew assembled in loose ranks facing her. Grimnir remained near the back, present but...
2025-10-29 12:35:00 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 113
Annie shifted against Alexander’s back for the third time in as many minutes.
“This is really uncomfortable,” she said. “Like, seriously. Your armor has pointy bits.”
Alexander sighed, adjusting his grip on her legs where they wrapped around his waist. The drones that had survived t...
2025-10-28 12:28:37 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 112
The tendrils writhed upward from the rubble, black and smoking. More than before. Thicker. Each one moved with deliberate purpose as they cleared debris, some carving through with others hurling chunks of concrete aside.
The woman pulled herself free.
Alexander floated above and to the side of A...
2025-10-27 11:13:45 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 111
Felix pressed his paw against Yuki’s shoulder, white light flowing from his small cat form into her body. The entropic corruption fought back, black veins spreading beneath her skin where the cultist’s attack had struck. He pushed harder, channeling more power into the healing.
The corruption slowed. ...
2025-10-26 11:06:09 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 110
Alexander watched as Annie struggled to her feet. The ritual circle churned with unstable energy. Black smoke writhed across the dome’s surface.
She stood there for a moment, swaying slightly. Then her posture shifted. Straightened. She mouthed something. Her metal body rippled, and Alexander watc...
2025-10-24 13:19:14 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 109
Alexander adjusted the waves of Metallokinesis, weaving between buildings as they rocketed through the city streets. The drones carrying Annie kept pace, Droney coordinating the formation while she sat in the makeshift chair they’d formed.
Buildings streaked past. Concrete structures blurred into gray...
2025-10-24 12:51:42 +0000 UTC View PostSorry everyone. Work thing ran really late. I had a feeling it might, hence the double yesterday just in case. I'll make it up to you with a double tomorrow (and a bonus chapter over the weekend)!
Edited to add: I just now realized there is a way to schedule the chapters. I'll make use of that feature moving forward to keep post times more...
2025-10-23 10:01:11 +0000 UTC View PostUpdate: Closing date shifted to the 9th! I had a few questions that I was slow to respond to, so I'm extending the deadline by a week to give anyone that's interested time to get their entry in.
Thank you all for an incredible first month on Patreon! Your support means the world and makes it possible for me to keep bringin...
2025-10-22 23:51:51 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 108
The barrier dropped.
Black smoke-like blasts erupted from the crowd beyond where the barrier had stood. The mass of mind-controlled civilians began marching forward with mechanical steps, their movements perfectly synchronized, but slow. Cultists moved among them, using the bodies as living shi...
2025-10-22 09:47:17 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 107
“Captain?” Yuki’s voice carried an edge of controlled panic. “The ship isn’t responding to the controls.”
Carmen leaned over the helm station, her fingers moving across the displays. “Everything is green.”
Reaching through the ship’s systems with his powers, Alexander t...
2025-10-22 09:46:47 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 106
“Come in.”
Alexander entered the ready room. The space was compact but functional, everything designed for efficiency rather than comfort. Carmen stood behind her desk, reviewing something on a tablet. She looked up as he entered and gestured to the chair across from her.
“Have a seat...
2025-10-21 11:12:00 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 105
The team shifted, exchanging uncertain glances. Nobody seemed sure what to make of Spencer’s announcement.
“What does that mean?” Alexander asked. “Paths ending?”
Spencer straightened slightly in his chair, seeming to gather himself. A smile spread across his face. “That...
2025-10-20 12:48:07 +0000 UTC View PostSide Story
A quick note about access: This side story is currently for paid members only because it spoils events in the advanced chapters. Once the regular releases catch up to this moment, I'll make it available to free members as well. Don't worry! All side stories will eventually be free, as ...
2025-10-18 12:47:27 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 11
Azratheon woke to darkness.
Not the darkness of early night. Deep darkness. The kind that came hours past sunset.
He lifted his head and looked around. The forest was still. Quiet. The meeting spot empty.
She wasn’t there.
Confusion came first. He’d slept longer than intended. Much longe...
2025-10-18 12:17:02 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 10
The wolves moved first.
All three of them attacked simultaneously from different angles. Azratheon tried to track them all but they moved too fast. The one on his left darted in low and snapped at the back of his hind leg where scales gave way to more vulnerable flesh. Teeth tore through and blood wel...
2025-10-18 12:16:32 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 9
Azratheon cracked open an eye.
She sat a few paces away in the grass, watching him. Her hands were folded in her lap. The last light of sunset caught on her white fur.
“You’re here,” he said.
“You were snoring,” she said tentatively.
“Dragons do not snore,” he replied with dign...
2025-10-18 12:15:39 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 8
Night fell across the forest as Azratheon moved deeper into the trees.
The darkness didn’t trouble him. His eyes cut through it easily, picking out roots and stones and the small creatures that scattered at his approach. The temperature dropped but he barely noticed. Heat and cold meant little to a ...
2025-10-18 12:14:53 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 7
Azratheon moved through the forest, trees blurring past as he ran.
The rhythm felt good. Powerful strides eating distance. Wind rushing past his scales. This was real movement. Not the stumbling weakness of his first days. Or the hybrid form. His body worked properly now. Stronger than yesterday. ...
2025-10-18 12:13:59 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 6
The forest thickened around them as they moved away from the volcano. Trees blocked more of the sunlight filtering through the canopy above. The air had cooled considerably, though Azratheon barely noticed. Temperature meant little to him.
She shifted on his shoulder, adjusting her grip on his neck. The ring...
2025-10-18 12:13:12 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 104
Carmen’s voice cut across the bridge before Talia could respond. “Are you saying there’s a stowaway aboard my ship?”
Alexander met her gaze. The question carried weight beyond simple curiosity. Technically, the GSS Sleipnir belonged to Grimnir. They’d borrowed it fair and square, after all. Bu...
2025-10-17 10:26:46 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 103
“Bridge to all hands,” Carmen’s voice came through the ship’s comms. “Approaching Astra Omnia. ETA ten minutes. Grimnir, please report to the bridge.”
Alexander set down the steel plate and leaned back from his workbench, frowning at the array of 4x4 inch squares spread across the surface. ...
2025-10-16 11:21:13 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 102
Twenty minutes had passed since they’d cleared Prime Orbital’s docking berth. Twenty minutes since the alarms had started blaring behind them, lockdown protocols engaging seconds too late.
The bridge had settled into a professional rhythm. Carmen commanded from the captain’s chair, her crew at...
2025-10-15 09:44:58 +0000 UTC View PostSide Story
Star Titan hovered above the French countryside, exhausted beyond anything he’d felt in years. Three hours of sustained flight from California to here. Mach four through the atmosphere, plasma jets burning hot enough to make the sky scream. His skin was red beneath the armor, friction burns across every ex...
2025-10-15 02:53:55 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 101
Alexander stepped out of the room and pulled the door shut behind him. With Metallokinesis he reached into the lock mechanism, twisting components until they seized. The internal workings bent and broke. No one was getting through that door without extra effort.
He glanced both ways down the corridor...
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