The tension in the streets was so thick you could taste it. This 'Executrix Lana' clearly held either immense strength or status to garner such fear within those haughty nobles.
I've yet to hear of any such name during my stay in Ebongrave. But to be fair, our group hasn't really socialized with the other monsters o...
2021-02-24 22:50:25 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 24 – “A Voice In The Dark”
Pain.
Kai... felt... pain...
In the eternal darkness of his mind, Kai could still feel the agonizing pain of his mauled body. He felt conscious, however, why wasn't he waking then?
Had he become paralyzed as he wasn't even able to rouse his eyelids?
Or... was...
2021-02-23 21:26:59 +0000 UTC View PostIt didn't require me any prompting to get Mia and Bob to tell me all about their new skills and traits as they were more than happy to show off their improvements.
From what I gathered by their explanation, Bob's offensive capabilities had taken a massive leap whereas Mia's control over her magic had gotten an equal...
2021-02-22 22:56:47 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 23 – “It's A Dog-Eat-Dog World”
"Okaaay ∼good boy∼ calm now..." Kai tried placatingly as he got to his feet, finding this situation all too familiar to when he was once confronted with a stray dog in a dark shipyard as a mere homeless kid.
But this predator clearly wasn't having it as it suddenly ch...
2021-02-21 16:28:40 +0000 UTC View PostDrifting in an endless expanse of darkness, my thoughts were muddled. It was like a haze of memories which upon my body floated, however, I failed to recall anything - there was only the darkness.
I couldn't put my finger on what it was I should remember, but I instinctively knew that there certain things I should. ...
2021-02-19 23:34:13 +0000 UTC View PostBloodied and battered, I confronted the two bulky Lizardmen eyeing me with such fury and hatred I even thought the nobleman might vein might pop at any second.
The fight had continued on, and by now, all my blood puppets had been put out of commission, so it was just me against the nobleman and his last remaining gu...
2021-02-17 22:55:58 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 22 – “With Fortune, Often Comes Tribulation”
As Kai ended the last Lurker with a forceful stomp to the neck that sent out the sickening sound of bone cracking, he smiled - satisfied. He and his group had just taken out the entire group of Lurkers without losing a single life in the process or someone even get...
2021-02-17 09:52:34 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 21 – “The Path of Cultivation”
"That brute, Alark, has been very generous. He even gave you some [River Lily] and [Mother's Kiss]," Granny Eri cackled gleefully as she peered into the herb bag that Kai had been previously given. "He must've really seen something special in yo...
2021-02-17 09:50:29 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 20 – “It All Begins Here”
This time around, it wasn't really a contest. The first simply felt like an empty promise, a fake ideal of 'perfection', and as such, he instantly discarded it.
The third was also reje...
2021-02-17 09:47:43 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 19 – “Augmenting the Path"
Bolting upright, Kai groaned as his sore body racked him with phantom pain from what happened just before his mind had been claimed by darkness.
"Fuck me..." He groaned to himself. "And this was supposed to be a gift huh?"
He had only been musing to himself jokingly, but a...
2021-02-17 09:39:02 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 18 – “The Third Boon”
*Knock, Knock*
"Alark? It's Kai." He called out, in front of the warrior's large hut.
A silent moment passed.
"Come in." A gruff voice responded from inside.
Walking in without further ado, Kai looked around at the hand-made furniture decked in fascinating carving...
2021-02-17 09:29:32 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 17 – “My Jackass in Shining Armor”
Walking through the gates of the settlement, Kai and others caught a lot of stares as their bloodied and battered bodies were on display. But more than that, it was the two bodies being dragged on a makeshift sled of fibers and bark that turned the atmosphere somber.
I...
2021-02-17 09:25:34 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 16 – “Hunter or the Hunted?”
Crouching low, a group of figures stalked through the bog of the swamps. In the lead was the group leader, Hedric, a 1st-stage warrior and veteran of the warriors.
[Hedric Mo'ra - Skin Hardening]
Behind him, were the crouched forms of Kai, Elyn, and three other
Chapter 15 – “Do You Have What It Takes?”
Walking alongside Kai, Elyn kept shooting him glances, but they exchanged no words. She was pissed at the fact that she had to do this and that she didn't really have a choice in the matter since this was directly from Elder Eri herself.
However, the further they walked...
2021-02-17 09:22:53 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 14 – “The Swamp Life”
As the days flickered by, Kai became quickly acclimated to life in the swamps. It all came easy to Kai as it was natural to his survivalist self, always having to adapt to different wild and harsh situations to survive.
During the days of swamp village life, Jeb and he worked the f...
2021-02-17 09:21:36 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 13 - "Hard Work"
"Get up - It's time for work!" A sudden wisened voice broke through the slumbering haze clouding Kai's mind.
"Huh...?" He mumbled incoherently, rubbing some of the sleep out of his eyes as he tried to focus on the figure standing at the side of his bed.
"Come on boy - it's time you prov...
2021-02-17 09:19:49 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 12 - "Kindness"
"I said take off your clothes, you stupid boy." She admonished. "How else are you supposed to get washed up; you reek something foul."
"Ah..." Was the only thing Kai could get out, a bit embarrassed at where his mind had wandered for a brief moment.
"Besides, we also need you to get out ...
2021-02-17 09:18:42 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 11 - "Grandma Eri"
As everybody turned their gazes towards the voice, silence once again permeated throughout the hall.
Sitting by the head of the tribe, was the figure of an old grandmotherly woman; clearly the oldest one present. But contrary to her aged appearance, the poise with that she held herself and ...
2021-02-17 09:17:21 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 10 - "The Council"
Leading Kai through a curtain of dangling vines and roots, everybody followed closely behind Elyn as she took lead.
Kai honestly hadn't been sure what to expect beyond the veil covering their destination as he hadn't been allowed to utter a word since becoming their captive, but when he lai...
2021-02-17 09:11:49 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 9 – “Humanity”
A few hours had gone by and nighttime was quickly approaching. Picking up the red-hot glowing knife from the fire with a piece of cloth wrapped around the handle, Kai bit down on a piece of leather in his mouth.
"GARGH!" He growled around the leather. The sizzling sound and smell of his w...
2021-02-17 09:10:36 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 8 – “A Tussle in the Mud”
Sitting around a fire, Kai rubbed his hand together eagerly. He had finally gotten a fire going, and dinner was ready.
"Bon Appétit∼" He said to himself merrily, grabbing the roasted toad leg from the fire pit. The cooked meat seemed extraordinarily savory to his gluttonous ...
2021-02-17 09:09:05 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 7 – “Creatures of the Night”
Sitting in front of a small fire, eating a roasted toad leg, was the bedraggled figure of Kai.
He was worse for wear, his clothes tattered, mud and blood staining the grey of his long-sleeved shirt brown. Currently, he was gorging on the leg of the third Knucklehead Toad tha...
2021-02-17 09:08:01 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 6 – “From the Swampy Depths”
As Kai returned to his normal state of mind, he got to his feet, the headache from his head abruptly meeting with a rocky and very solid wall now much lessened from what it had just been a few minutes ago. While Kai now knew what he wanted to accomplish, he also had to make sure t...
2021-02-17 09:06:45 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 5 – “Interface”
The sudden appearance of the screen jump-scared Kai, making him stumble and hit his head against the moss-covered rock wall. While the moss definitely blanketed the damage, it still caused his headach...
2021-02-17 09:04:46 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 4 - "The Planting of a Seed"
In an opulently decorated hall of splendid tapestries and beautiful carvings, filled with radiant colors of reds, oranges, and golds, sat an imposing figure upon a majestic throne of attuned spirit stones.
Donning a robe of the most expensive beasts kings and a crown as splendorou...
2021-02-17 08:58:15 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 3 – “Spirit Body”
With an elegant swish of her arm, space next to Kai suddenly distorted. In that place, something that his mind could finally grasp, other than the translucent woman herself, appeared. It was a humanoid shape, sharing the same translucent hue of the woman next to it. It had no discerning feat...
2021-02-17 08:56:50 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 2 – “Soulless”
Stirring from unconsciousness, Kai opened his eyes to take in a sight that was wholly incomprehensible to his mortal mind, the images that his eyes witnessed failing to take hold in his mind like fading memories.
He couldn't wrap his head around whatever it was he was seeing, but he someh...
2021-02-17 08:55:01 +0000 UTC View PostA/N - Finally I've gotten done with the re-edit/re-write. It took a lot longer because I had underestimated how much some of the unreleased chapters needed a re-write. But now, I've pulled an all-nighter and got the last things set in place. As such, enjoy 22 chapters of my new story, Soulless. 50k words in total. (Don't know if the rapi...
2021-02-17 08:52:39 +0000 UTC View PostThe explosion of force that rocketed the surroundings as the Kroxigors' war clubs struck the blood puppets was deafening.
The Kroxigors possessed such strength that it was with an unstoppable force every time they flung their cudgels, but contesting that was the blood puppets who were like indestructible walls which...
2021-02-15 22:48:20 +0000 UTC View PostHello, all my wonderful Patrons! I have recently taken down my second story Soulless to give it a small re-write and re-touch, and since then have 22 chapters in total.
Although I have yet to make any dedicated "advanced" chapters as I do with Sanguine Paradise, I have recently been notified that som...
2021-02-14 13:42:05 +0000 UTC View Post