Logan stared at the crystal. Then he looked at the door. The frantic, animalistic screeches were muffled but still distinct and blood curling behind it. Tentatively, possessed by remarkable foolishness, Logan took his weight off the door and watch...
2023-08-15 16:29:41 +0000 UTC View PostLogan found himself floating in nothingness. It was dark, he was weightless and blind, but he could hear two voices talking.
“Would you look at that?” The other voice said, high pitched, excited, and somehow… electrical.
“What ...
2023-08-14 16:52:12 +0000 UTC View PostMax really, really wanted to look at all his cool new upgrades. But there was a glaring problem. A literal glaring problem. Every few seconds the enemy gave Max a scathing glance. Maverick sent off a very distinct, very urgent wish through their b...
2023-08-14 16:51:15 +0000 UTC View Post[3 days, 2 hours, 41 minutes]
When Logan woke up he was on the roof of the better one of the two hotels his father owned. This is where Logan threw a big party for Freya when she turned twenty. A beautiful patio with a swimm...
2023-08-12 16:50:23 +0000 UTC View PostThe lizards came at Max weapons raised, roaring in fear and anger. They were brave admittedly, but apart from one guy with a sling, they were all melee based fighters. And all too slow for Max.
Max weaved around them using [Tether] 2023-08-11 17:21:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Logan Specter was painting an exquisite landscape. While he was no peerless master, he knew this one was going to be good. How could it not, with a view as breathtaking as was behind the easel. It was a case of the raw ingredients being too high q...
2023-08-10 19:17:42 +0000 UTC View PostI have been hunkering down and working on my second story for a few weeks now. Tentatively called Duality of Genius. It's a bit different from Cosmic Games, but I think in many good ways. Here's what I have for you.
-LitRPG (OF COURSE)
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Max didn’t bother to hide himself. It would eventually be impossible anyway. His Stamina was running low, as despite his high levels of Cultivation, the fatigue was getting to him. But he knew the lizards were more tired. They had seen Max and t...
2023-08-09 16:02:35 +0000 UTC View PostThe other entrance upwards was close to the abandoned base of the lizards. Max doubted the enemy [Trapper] had had time to set anything nasty up, but he still went for a balanced approach of speed and care. Fact of the matter was ...
2023-08-07 16:53:34 +0000 UTC View PostMax made his way into a small room behind a stone door. With a grunt he pushed aside the door and there on a pile of rock slabs for a table, his friend waited.
“Took you long enough!” The weapon chimed. “You look like a swarm of cats p...
2023-08-04 16:27:08 +0000 UTC View PostRunning across the wall, jumping from [Tether] to [Tether] was tiring, even with the venom debuff already gone. This little stunt had cost him a [Greater Mana Regeneration Potion], [Mana P...
2023-08-02 16:29:54 +0000 UTC View PostIt was very, very dark down in the third level of the dungeon. While Max’s eyes had acclimated to darkness right now, he felt uneasy. This was the first time he was without his buddy. It only now became clear to him how much he had relied on Mav...
2023-07-31 17:44:14 +0000 UTC View PostThe shock wave from the explosion threw Max back a few yards. He lost over 200 Health from that, bringing him to uncomfortably low in the red bar department. Before he had finished sliding on the stone floor, Slassekhsnas was upon him, wrestling h...
2023-07-28 18:50:15 +0000 UTC View PostYou guys are awesome, patient gracious. and thats why I can share this secret.
I'm stuffed up on my schedule and today's chapter will be late. I will put it down at night. in mb 3-5 hours.
SORRY!
After some sleep, during which Maverick had Cultivated, Max got up. No new levels were gained, but that was to be expected. Durum had told them brute-forcing Cultivation levels would slow down. Max wondered about the dwarves he had left behind. Di...
2023-07-26 15:36:57 +0000 UTC View PostMaverick chuckled. Then the chuckle escalated into a laughter that soon grew into maniacal.
Max was too wide-eyed and shocked to even tell him to shut up. He was just breathing. Heavily. The musty air of the dark ruins felt fresh as after a ...
2023-07-24 18:47:51 +0000 UTC View PostIt didn’t take long to get the general idea where the enemy had their camp. It was near an intersection a few hundred yards away from the spot the initial conflict had happened. Max could feel Maverick’s nervous energy through their bond. Max ...
2023-07-21 16:34:19 +0000 UTC View PostMax ran back to the dwarves. He was halfway explaining to Torguk that they need to fall back when the arrows started flying. Giant harpoons with fletchings made of giant feathers shot out of the darkness, making the people they hit fly. One struck...
2023-07-19 13:57:57 +0000 UTC View PostMax slept well in the darkness, all things considered. It was a curious thing, and Max wasn’t sure why. The fear and anxiety was there. Maybe it was the advancement to Amethyst, it was definitely noticeable. But there was more to it.
Yes, ...
2023-07-17 16:02:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe expedition was larger and much better prepared than the last one Max had been a part of. Sixty dwarves, most of them warriors, but with a few support crew members sprinkled in. They were nervous as they descended. Max couldn’t blame them. Th...
2023-07-14 11:48:35 +0000 UTC View PostMax shot up from his seat, spilling the wine. “The enemy!”
Durum nodded grimly. “So what do you say, Max? There are many treasures within the ruins. Would you rather they fall into the hands of this species?”
Max tried to calm ...
2023-07-12 17:13:57 +0000 UTC View PostFulgrum came after an hour, telling Max that the High-King would see him in an hour. Max had to ask how they kept time, but Fulgrum despite his open friendliness after their delve to the ruins, categorically refused to tell him. Damned dwarves. Ma...
2023-07-10 10:32:57 +0000 UTC View PostI promise, I deliver!
Got some writing done, so here be an extra chapter for all of you beautiful folk.
I hope you're having an awesome weekend <3
2023-07-08 08:51:37 +0000 UTC View PostBy the time the outpost crew was done, it was late at night. The whole group had been working nonstop for a good ten hours. Sawing, hacking, skinning, carrying. And at the camp the [Artisans] like the cooks and leather workers had...
2023-07-08 08:49:01 +0000 UTC View PostMax tried swallowing. It didn’t feel nice. His throat was dry. And it wasn’t entirely because of the dry and dusty Dreadlands. He was looking at the giant yak grazing along idly next to a hillside. All of the [Combatants] and ...
2023-07-07 10:46:39 +0000 UTC View PostMax and Maverick Cultivated throughout that night and the next morning, while the others were setting up the outpost. Intermittently, Max did idly wonder if the other thought he was being a selfish prick, but it couldn’t be helped. He only hoped...
2023-07-05 16:27:10 +0000 UTC View PostThey did not like the [Foulworms] all of them yelped when it shot out of its cave. Some of them even vomited when they got close to its corpse. Max still received 300 experience for killing it. He looted 212 Cosmi...
2023-07-03 16:43:59 +0000 UTC View PostFirst of all thank you to all of you who have pledged. I appreciate you immensely. I can't stress it enough.
Now, I will be moving to a Monday - Wednesday - Friday release schedule on Royal Road. Posting daily has attacked m...
2023-07-02 17:59:36 +0000 UTC View PostMax woke up to a nice system notification in the morning.
Leveled up Quartz-level Cultivator (greater) to 6
+2 free attribute point
“Damn, Maverick,” Max said as he got up. He was curled up i...
2023-07-02 17:50:55 +0000 UTC View PostMax talked for a long time. Longer than he intended to. He just let it all pour out. What kind of situation he was in, what he felt and what he was going to do. Joshua’s gathering started with fifteen or so people listening, but by the time Max ...
2023-07-01 17:41:18 +0000 UTC View Post