“Ah, Deputy Professor Wayland, you’re here!”
“Good to see you, Master Anzeneus. I hope you didn’t have to wait long.”
“Nonsense, my good fellow. I have quite enjoyed my time here. Oh, and just call me Professor Anzeneus. We are among our own.”
The old white-bearded mage replied warmly to Roland’s greeting. His...
2025-10-30 08:52:55 +0000 UTC View PostTwo bronze figures rose from glowing circles at Gwen’s feet, their forms clanking to life as mana sizzled around them. Each stood a head taller than her, and thick plates gleamed faintly under the arena lights. A third circle appeared behind them, and an armor made of iron with a similar build emerged. It held a large shield and a pike, while ...
2025-10-29 08:46:02 +0000 UTC View Post“Awooo!”
“No, down boy, don’t you dare!”
“Worf!”
“I said dow–”
Roland never finished the sentence because a speedy wolf collided with him and knocked him to the ground with a tackle of love. Fortunately, his superhuman strength and durability kept him safe from injury, though any normal person would li...
2025-10-27 08:51:53 +0000 UTC View PostWhen Gwen and Astrella entered the classroom, they were greeted by the chatter of conversations among their classmates. The room was bright and spacious, layered with faint mana fields woven into the walls. It was one of Mystwood’s special features, created to prevent summoned creatures from going berserk. The desks curved in a semicircle arou...
2025-10-26 08:58:21 +0000 UTC View PostDue to the time change in my country, where clocks are set back by one hour, all releases will be scheduled one hour later moving forward from today.
Also, Happy Halloween 🎃🎃🎃
2025-10-26 07:29:40 +0000 UTC View Post“Is it fine to talk?”
“It should be. I don’t think they are keeping a watch on us right now. I believe we have gained some trust from the Duke and his people after the incident.”
“I’m not so sure about that, my friend. At the very least, someone has grown interested in our little undertaking. I doubt we will be able to ...
2025-10-24 07:49:05 +0000 UTC View Post“I’m getting used to this. Once I have my new form, defeating this guy might actually be possible.”
Rusty stood bruised and battered, facing the illusion of Varkas, the mercenary leader. A deep gash across his opponent’s body marked Rusty’s first real success after a string of crushing defeats. Despite using a bladed weapon that ...
2025-10-23 07:39:10 +0000 UTC View Post‘Should I do it? One good push and he will go out the window.’
Roland looked down at his fist and then at the babbling man in front of him. Behind the man, a large transparent panel that looked like glass filled the wall. In truth the material could become clear while remaining solid. Halbrecht stood directly against it, and Roland won...
2025-10-21 08:05:04 +0000 UTC View Post“Have you heard?”
Asked a man holding a tankard filled with watered-down ale, his elbows resting on the scarred wooden table. The tavern was half full, and the smell of roasted meat mixed with the aroma of sweaty men.
“Yeah, someone said that the bandit camp vanished, burned to a crisp! Serves them right!”
The man acros...
2025-10-20 07:40:43 +0000 UTC View PostLarge doors swung open as an armored man pushed them aside. For a moment, Arthur looked at the person seated inside. It was his older brother Julius, a man he had only glimpsed during his previous stays in the palace. Their age difference was nearly ten years, and they had always lived in separate worlds.
Arthur had been treated as a priso...
2025-10-18 08:00:30 +0000 UTC View PostVarkas, the leader of the Black Hounds, barked out some orders, and his people immediately began to move. Around twenty of the cavalrymen who had come with him surrounded the burned bandit camp while the rest went inside to see what had happened. The fire that had been started was now out, though a few glowing embers still remained.
“Thi...
2025-10-17 07:59:32 +0000 UTC View Post“My lady, it’s time for bed.”
“Bwed? Nwo… I stwill…”
Before she could finish, the elven lady’s head sank gently against her son’s chest. Arthur carried her upstairs after a long day spent talking. When evening came, they shared wine together and this was the result.
“Mother could never hold her wine. S...
2025-10-15 07:56:37 +0000 UTC View Post“The possession skill must have formed a connection with the god of blood. Quite fascinating.”
A wisp of black light drifted around Rusty as he picked himself up. The five cult members who had followed them and the bandits were defeated, but the visions still troubled him. Worse, he could not absorb any of the enemies' skills.
...
2025-10-14 07:52:14 +0000 UTC View Post“…Is Mother, is she there?”
“Yes, young Master. Just step through the gate, and it will take you to your destination.”
“Alright…”
Arthur found himself standing in the teleportation gate chamber. Some time had passed since the gathering of the nobility, and at last his request had been granted. Before him stood a...
2025-10-12 07:52:43 +0000 UTC View PostRusty and Gleam slipped into the shadows behind a half-burned wagon, their movements muted by silencing spells. The faint light of the torches flickered over the ruined camp, making the corpses seem to twitch in the shifting glow. His metallic body shifted into its all-purpose form, and he lowered his halberd to keep it hidden from sight.
...
2025-10-11 07:41:21 +0000 UTC View Post‘The coordinates are getting blocked… too much interference.’
Roland stepped through the one-way gate and emerged in another place. It was not a vast chamber but rather a small room with several entrance gates arranged along white walls. The place seemed like a mixture of modern technology and magic. Runes lit up across the walls and...
2025-10-09 07:51:49 +0000 UTC View Post“N-no, stay away!”
A young woman shouted, clutching a sharp piece of glass. Shards of a broken bottle surrounded her feet, and the spilled wine was soaking into the dirt. She held the makeshift weapon out toward a large man who looked only partly human. He stood well over two and a half meters tall, his head that of a tiger. One of his...
2025-10-08 07:40:29 +0000 UTC View Post‘It will be fine, right?’
Arthur asked himself as he watched Roland being escorted out of the chamber. He knew that his friend disliked being seen without his helmet, and now, after this gathering, several nobles had learned his true face. Roland’s past was something he preferred to keep hidden, but now it might have been revea...
2025-10-06 07:45:12 +0000 UTC View Post“This took a while, but it should be enough.”
Rusty picked up a ladle filled with a strange purplish liquid. It was boiling in a large iron cauldron and was ready to be divided into smaller portions. Beside him were several containers he had fashioned from metal. Although he could have used glass, his system did not allow him to recrea...
2025-10-05 07:54:52 +0000 UTC View PostThe horizon burned gold and crimson as the first rays of the sun spilled across the rooftops of the battered palace. Roland sat by the window with his elbows resting on the arms of the chair. He watched the light creep into their room and slowly brighten it. Arthur sat beside him, slouched in his own chair, his face still stained with cultist bl...
2025-10-03 07:49:20 +0000 UTC View PostRusty crouched low in the undergrowth, his metallic frame merging with the darkness of the night. Ever since his meld skill had improved, he had been able to hide more effectively and even move without giving himself away. His form distorted slightly while in motion and he was never fully invisible, but the effect was convincing enough to deceiv...
2025-10-02 08:09:42 +0000 UTC View PostRoland and the others fled to the sides in horror as the wave of malevolent energies surged toward them. The scale was immense, and most of them were already exhausted. Any magical shields would have been useless, but just as the blast was about to strike, a strange flash of white filled the area and was followed by a resonant sound.
The e...
2025-09-30 07:50:46 +0000 UTC View Post“Did you hear?”
“Was there another one? Who did they get this time?”
“It was Felix and a few others. They never returned from that guard mission.”
“What are those nobles thinking? They should gather their army and do something about it. Why are we even paying taxes?”
“Shhh, you are too loud. What if they...
2025-09-29 07:57:48 +0000 UTC View Post“What power… I must uncover his secrets.”
An old mage watched as a massive surge of fire energy struck a watchtower. His group had already forced their way through five others, but this one was their limit. Most of his companions were barely clinging to life, while he alone still held some strength. They had shielded him so he could ...
2025-09-27 07:46:43 +0000 UTC View PostRusty let the silence hang in the room, as though he were weighing the director’s words carefully. Inside his helmet, however, Alexander’s voice rang out.
“They’re threatening you. Standard guild politics. They want you under their thumb.”
Aburdon chuckled as his voice was dripping with mockery.
“Balance, he s...
2025-09-26 07:49:04 +0000 UTC View Post“Young Lord, is this wise?”
“Be silent and tend to my father.”
A man with blue hair gave the order to an armored guard. Around them, several people were being carried, not by human hands but by beings of pure water energy. These spirits moved in perfect unison, reshaping themselves into cradles and supports beneath those affe...
2025-09-24 07:53:57 +0000 UTC View PostThe tall man in the center, wearing a thin smile, paused when his eyes fell on Rusty. For a moment, he held his gaze, as if testing or analyzing the newcomer. Rusty did not look away, curious about why he was being stared at. The man seemed surprised by the prolonged eye contact, then shifted his attention to the other shop owners.
“Who ...
2025-09-23 07:57:58 +0000 UTC View PostRows of siege engines stretched across the hills below Isgard’s inner palace walls, their frames bristling with runic plates. Each ballista was a fusion of steel and runic magic, designed to fire bolts that could pierce through reinforced castle walls. Behind them, hundreds of armored men stood in disciplined lines, banners snapping in the win...
2025-09-21 07:40:12 +0000 UTC View Post“Quarterly shop association meeting…”
Rusty muttered as he studied the piece of parchment in his gauntleted hands. The merchant who had delivered it was long gone, and the customers in his shop had already returned to browsing the system-made weapon replicas displayed on the shelves.
“Could this be some kind of trap? Sh...
2025-09-20 07:48:21 +0000 UTC View PostA small storm of explosions engulfed the courtyard outside the main palace. Roland’s spider golems unleashed another volley, arcs of azure fire streaking across the night before bursting into waves of concussive light. Each impact tore apart ghouls in droves, scattering limbs and abyssal blood across the stone. For every creature annihilated, ...
2025-09-18 07:42:22 +0000 UTC View Post