Ch. 159 - Save Point
Elthena was never far from his mind on the voyage north, but by the time they’d made landfall, he’d made peace with it. This life was important, but this body was old and starting to get a little worn out, so he was going to lock in the events here as well as he could, then proceed further into the...
2024-10-14 13:57:00 +0000 UTC View PostAs of this week, Brewing Bad is going to twice a week on RR/SH, so as soon as that works its way through Patreon's bonus chapter backlog, it will go twice a week here as well. Should be before the end of the month.
Ch. 83 - The Waiting Game
That strained interaction got Lucas and Heisenburgle’s new a...
2024-10-07 14:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostCh. 157 - A Short War
The war that followed was both brutal and short, at least if the reports were to be believed. Simon attended court every day during that period, listening to the infrequent updates from messengers that relayed the status of the war, one engagement and naval battle at a time. Simon would have much rath...
2024-10-07 13:57:01 +0000 UTC View PostCh. 82 - Elemental Nature
Lucas spent the rest of the day wandering the expansive building. No one stopped him if he tried to do that. If he went down the hallways to the other buildings, though, the guards asked his business and politely turned him away. It was a strange place, and the closest he could get to wrapp...
2024-09-30 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostCh. 155 - Turning of the Years
Simon spent most of the next few weeks and months in the library. He started going on longer and longer walks, and eventually, he went to the gym. That was mostly for the restorative hot springs, though he did eventually try to spar with men he’d once been able to beat handily.
...
2024-09-30 13:57:01 +0000 UTC View PostCh. 81 - All Nighter
Lucas tried hard not to laugh as the three-foot gnome in front of him struck a pose and delivered his last statement like it was supposed to be intimidating. In the end, he was unable to keep the smirk entirely off his face. So, instead, he bowed low enough to hide it as he introduced hi...
2024-09-23 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostCh. 153 - A Nice View
Simon’s recovery was slow, only compared to everything else he’d been through. He was used to healing or dying almost immediately, and there had been only a few instances where he’d been forced to actually let his body mend, the most notable of which had been ages ago when he’d fought with the...
2024-09-23 13:57:01 +0000 UTC View PostCh. 80 - Meet the New Boss
Lucas left the manor, clean, well-dressed, and as prepared as he could be less than an hour after he arrived. Just like that, everything he’d spent so long was getting smaller and smaller behind him in the review mirror as he set out into the unknown. The rearview mirror was metaphorical...
2024-09-16 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostCh. 151 - Back in Bed
Simon woke, groggily. When he felt the blankets beneath him, he assumed that he was back in bed. That was expected, though, and he accepted it as the price of accomplishing the impossible. He only hoped that it was enough to finally solve the damn volcano level. It was only when he tried to rise...
2024-09-16 13:57:01 +0000 UTC View PostBonus chapter! (Because this one is a 2 parter)
Ch. 78 - Starting Over
Lucas reached for his cup of tea. Despite the fact that it was still scalding, he took a sip to give him a moment to think. The idea that it might be poisoned meant nothing compared to everything else that was going on. Honestly, coughing up b...
2024-09-09 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostCh. 149 - Impossible
Simon charged through the knots of people on the road where he couldn’t run around them, outrunning the insults and the outrage even before he could really hear them. None of that mattered. There was no time for politeness. While part of him hoped this was a false alarm, the rest of him was sure this...
2024-09-09 13:57:00 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone. I just wanted to make a few updates. The first one is that while scheduling posts I inadvertently sent out a post for Death After Death that's not scheduled for weeks from now. I would not recommend reading, because it is full of spoilers for the current content.
Why am I scheduling so far out? Normal...
2024-09-02 14:31:26 +0000 UTC View PostCh. 77 - Where it all Started
Though he was conscious when he fell, that became less certain over time as he was disarmed and trussed up like a Thanksgiving Turkey. Whether it was because whatever drug they’d put in the oil was continuing to take its toll the longer he breathed it in, or because it was in higher c...
2024-09-02 14:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostCh. 147 - Picture Perfect
It took another three weeks of walking, two run-ins with beast men, and an encounter with bandits that ended very poorly for them before Simon finally set eyes on pre-eruption Ionar. It turned out that his experience points didn’t go down on any of those days either, not even when he killed huma...
2024-09-02 13:57:01 +0000 UTC View PostCh. 76 - Some Like it Hot (part 3)
Lucas immediately feared a double cross, but instead, it was just a handful of off-duty women that had come from one of the lower floors. They looked tired but bore no weapons; the most dangerous thing about them seemed to be the outfits they wore.
“I have some corresponden...
2024-08-26 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostCh. 145 - South
The trip back to Schwarzenbruck was not much more challenging than the trip to the barrows had been. It was a few days longer because Simon chose to stay off the main road as much as possible. Both the rugged terrain and the extra days on the trail meant that he encountered more zombies than he otherwise wo...
2024-08-26 13:57:01 +0000 UTC View PostSo first, as promised, a bonus chapter. I hope you enjoy it. Second, the chapters I've been writing for this story the last couple weeks... Well, they are awesome. No spoilers of course, but certainly well above average. I love all my stories equally of course, but lately Brewing Bad is the most fun to write. I blame Lucas.
Ch. 74...
2024-08-19 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostCh. 143 - A Miracle
Simon wasn’t sure how this would work exactly, but there was no time left to deliberate. Any minute now, Freya’s heart was going to stop, her body was going to spasm as her organs shut down, and she’d be replaced by an abomination that could only ever be a mockery of the woman she’d been, and th...
2024-08-19 13:57:01 +0000 UTC View PostAlchemy this week, bonus chapter next week. Some fun stuff coming up!
Ch. 73 - Finally Alone
No one walked away from that little conference happy. Lord Torvin was not used to his plans being objected to, but he did agree that Lucas had a point and that he would find some way to address his concerns while stil...
2024-08-12 14:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostCh. 141 - A Bit of Preparation
The situation was much as Simon had left it and largely unchanged from his last few visits. There was trouble in the north. No one quite knew what it was or why it had stopped trade to the north, yet mercenaries had been hired and dispatched. In fact, asking around, it sounded like Butcher’...
2024-08-12 13:57:01 +0000 UTC View PostCh. 72 - Making Plans
Lucas was no judge of these things, but if he had to say so, he would have called the whole winter feast an unmitigated success. The guests were merry, the house was full, and by the end of it, the food had largely vanished. It was only after dinner was complete, and Lucas had stuffed h...
2024-08-05 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostSimon didn’t have paper to document his journey. Instead, he used a stick to document his time. As near as he could tell, he was going to the south-west. Every day that he made good progress got a big notch, and every day that he made slow progress got a small one as he tried to go as...
2024-08-05 13:57:01 +0000 UTC View PostAnother bonus chapter for my fine readers. I think that brings us to 15 ahead of the general public. I can't wait until 2 a week is an every week sort of thing, but those days are coming.
Ch. 70 - A Long Cold Winter
The hectic pace only held up as long as the weather did. In those waning weeks of autumn, as t...
2024-07-29 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostCh. 137 - Duties and Demands
When all was said and done, almost a season later, just as the heat of summer was starting to set in, they finally arrived in Crowvar once more. As an errand for the domain, it probably had not been worth that much time. However, Simon had learned enough that he really didn’t mind. It wasn’...
2024-07-29 13:57:01 +0000 UTC View PostCh. 69 - Harvest Season
Lucas wiped the sweat that had gathered on his brow in defiance of the chill. “Is that the last one?” he called up to where Hura’gh was manning the pulley above him.
“Nah,” he called down. “Still a couple more to go.”
They’d installed this trap door so they could su...
2024-07-22 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostCh. 168 - Nothing Ever Happens
Leo regarded the cake as he would an enemy while everyone else sang him happy birthday, but he tried not to let it show on his face. After all, despite their differences, the other children had gone to such efforts to make this, and even though they didn’t see eye to eye most of the time, i...
2024-07-22 13:59:00 +0000 UTC View PostCh. 135 - Slow Progress
Simon deliberated on it for a day before he decided on public executions. Courtiers and Varten’s widow spent that day arguing that he should torture one or more of them to get to the truth so fervently that he was fairly sure that they were in on it, but he ignored them.
Not only did h...
2024-07-22 13:57:01 +0000 UTC View PostThis completes the end of Book 1. Its a little longer than I anticipated, but I welcome feedback for anywhere in the middle you think I could tighten up and anywhere in the ending you think I could make punchier. Obviously this is not the end of Lucas's story, and the so new excitement is coming up in book 2. I'm well into act 1 now, and I love ...
2024-07-15 14:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostCh. 166 - The Long Way Down
It took some time for Oroza to figure out that she was dead. Not just dead, but in the afterlife, at least in a sense. It should have been obvious from the beginning, of course, as she stepped free from the shredded remains of dull scales and emaciated flesh on the shore and strode into paradise...
2024-07-15 13:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostCh. 133 - For the Right Reasons
It was evident from the first moments that Varten didn’t stand a chance against Simon. In the time since they’d last met, he’d grown older and lazier; his steps were not as sure, and his sword strokes were not as decisive as they’d once been. He was obviously out of practice.
S...
2024-07-15 13:57:01 +0000 UTC View Post