The sun was low in the sky by the time Lukas and El-One reached the manor. Lukas suspected the raptors saw better in the dark and wasn’t too keen to find out whether he was right or wrong. He hurried indoors with the clone watching his back. The...
2025-05-22 13:20:54 +0000 UTC View PostThe storeroom’s temperature felt near or below freezing. If the creatures didn’t break in and get him, the cold would. The mass grave was wet and sloshy and had left him soaked. Hypothermia wasn’t a risk, but an inevitability. Lukas hoped hi...
2025-05-22 13:05:05 +0000 UTC View PostLukas woke in a wet tangle of cold limbs. A much-too-familiar metallic taste filled his mouth. He knew it intimately. The clones' memories almost always ended with heavy coppery notes.
Moving proved a challenge. He had spent the past s...
2025-05-22 12:58:44 +0000 UTC View PostHow many more times do I have to die today?
Twenty-foot-tall doors of solid gold towered over Lukas. Scenes from great battles and wars decorated their surface. The artisan had unnecessarily detailed the central character’s cruelt...
2025-05-22 12:56:30 +0000 UTC View PostRegardless to say the last 1 year has been rough on the Pal clan.
ROugh pregnancy. Baby. Rough postpartum recovery. Rough move. Rough settling.
Then, Apocalypse Arena launched on Amazon and bombed, killing my motivation. I was ready to...
2025-05-22 12:51:26 +0000 UTC View Post“I’m sorry for your loss,” Shawn said. His face and expression suggested sincerity, but Nil felt so numb that he didn’t care enough to scrutinize. It all felt meaningless. “Udit was a good man.”
“I made...
2025-04-08 15:26:00 +0000 UTC View Post“Did you get the feeling that they don’t trust Shawn either?” Nil asked, walking through Nexus Market, arm in arm with Selia. He carried a grapefruit-sized sphere in his free hand. The wood and iron formed a spiral pattern reminiscent of roo...
2025-04-03 04:59:27 +0000 UTC View Post“Digital attacks on the Forge’s computer system have multiplied over the past six of your months,” Layla said. “A couple have made it through, forcing us to adopt a technology from another Seed world. We also managed to trace the attacks b...
2025-04-01 05:16:20 +0000 UTC View PostThe following morning started early for Nil. He started his day in the garden attached to his suite. It contained the same plants as in the recreational area around the world tree. However, they were more mature, and their energies were purer. Mea...
2025-02-04 11:48:16 +0000 UTC View PostUdit’s shoulders visibly relaxed when Emily returned from the teleportation area that connected to the arena backrooms. Lily followed close behind her. The oldest member of the Roy family pulled both women into a tight hug. Nil couldn’t help b...
2025-01-27 21:39:00 +0000 UTC View Post“Come in! Come in!” Udit ushered the couple into his apartment. They had washed quickly and changed before rushing to his apartment in the staff building. “Are you hungry?”
“Always,” Nil replied, high-fiving Sam as he entered.&nb...
2025-01-27 21:38:22 +0000 UTC View Post“That quick enough for you?” Selia asked once the arena construct teleported them to the backrooms. Dirt stained her pale skin and clothes, but she appeared unscathed. It seemed her chains had blocked most of Rip’s terrifying attacks.
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2025-01-15 12:56:14 +0000 UTC View PostFive days passed in Ruipur without Nox being able to confirm or prepone his meeting. The city’s councilwoman who had initially agreed to meet with him postponed her meeting again, leaving him to wonder whether to wait a while longer or give up. ...
2025-01-14 22:23:54 +0000 UTC View Post“Quick in and out,” Nil said, straightening out his newest arena outfit. The sleeveless jacket was snug around his shoulder muscles, almost too tight. However, he had already used the sponsor’s pay for a new venture and needed to at least en...
2025-01-14 21:51:14 +0000 UTC View PostHey guys. I was going to start posting book 4 today. But I'm pretty burned out from baby keeping us up 3 nights in a row and super dissatisfied with the story plan I made. I've started it from scratch, and it's shaping up nicely.
I'll start...
2025-01-07 16:43:50 +0000 UTC View PostBook 3 epilogue
“Are you sure Baba is okay?” Selia asked, adjusting her strapless top covering. It was in no danger of falling off as she rose from the hot spring. However, the locals were far more leery than on Ashe Fal...
2025-01-03 17:13:46 +0000 UTC View PostNil didn’t have much confidence in his skating skills. He had always been a clumsy man except for when practicing martial arts. The discipline, calm, and focus made him more sure-footed and precise. Otherwise, he was a chaotic jumble of limbs.&n...
2025-01-02 08:21:09 +0000 UTC View PostIt came as no surprise when the revelations surrounding Shina and the connection to Wilson Luduses came to life. At first, he questioned the validity of Katherine’s lead, but then CIT and Layla shared the evidence they and other Nexus agents had...
2025-01-01 10:05:28 +0000 UTC View Post[[Patreon butchered the system stuff last time and I can't figure out why.]]
As expected, Nil received several options for a new feat when he used the Gold Ascension Token.
Overcoming Enormous Odds: Only ra...
2024-12-31 19:41:33 +0000 UTC View PostThe couple wanted nothing more than to return to the ludus and rest. Unfortunately, a surprise awaited them when they exited the rewards room. They walked in on Shawn locked in a heated conversation with one of Layla’s pink clones.
...
2024-12-27 10:26:14 +0000 UTC View PostYou have earned 1 Silver Ascension Token, 10 Schema Tokens, and 5000 Schema Credits! More rewards await you and your world as the saviors and Cleansers of Eternum!
You have earned 1000 Ascension Points! Your Arena Ra...
2024-12-26 07:54:17 +0000 UTC View PostJust before the cataclysm, Udit had planned a family trip to his ancestral home in India. Elizabeth wanted a few cultural and beach trips, too. So, they intended to do both in one by taking a train to the coastal city of Puri. It had golden beache...
2024-12-25 10:29:21 +0000 UTC View PostTeam Forge is the first and only team to have completed the fifth sector and maintained its lead throughout the Cleansing. You have earned 1 Silver Ascension Token, 10 Schema Tokens, and 1000 Schema Credits for your efforts. ...
2024-12-20 19:27:30 +0000 UTC View Post“Any powerful sanity or Mind Magic-reliant Void Lord would have a much higher Danger Level,” Iris explained once they all settled in the rest area.
It was a palatial space with a lounge, individual rooms, a hot bath, and a fully stocked ...
2024-12-19 10:36:34 +0000 UTC View PostOnly three Scourge Champions remained. Five had pursued Team Forge to the beacon. Selia took out one, and another fell, trying to cover their companion from Zora’s army-killing spell. The spell had enough power to level most of London. Thus far,...
2024-12-18 20:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostIt was as Iris had said. On their way to the beacon, the team assaulted scuttler hives and a few ritual sites and received no points. They had no choice but to fight the Scourge team. Apparently, when Iris's companions fell, reducing their numbers...
2024-12-17 20:41:23 +0000 UTC View PostTeam Forge and Iris made a beeline for the beacon instead of trying to evade or hide. They needed to put as much distance between themselves and the team of five Scourge Champions that still stood. When the team departed, the Void-controlled Curse...
2024-12-14 10:05:17 +0000 UTC View Post“Why the fuck is the intelligence so stingy?” Selia demanded.
Team Forge covered half the sector, taking out hives and Cursed Ones and exploring over and underground areas. Yet they had only earned two points. Most of them had burn...
2024-12-13 17:32:48 +0000 UTC View Post