Standing in front of the flag and looking outside of the entrance, Larek could see across the arena to the fortification directly across from him, but that was about it; he couldn’t see the other two to the left and right, but...
2023-06-16 17:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post“Welcome, one and all, to the mid-year Skirmish!”
Larek blocked out the sounds of the cheers as the crowd responded to the announcement, made by an Academy Professor using some sort of air-based spell to amplify his vo...
2023-06-15 19:57:13 +0000 UTC View PostPenelope rushed up the stairs and nearly tripped on the top step, her attention distracted because all that had happened over the last week. It had been a whirlwind of training and revelations of the incredible power this Mage p...
2023-06-15 17:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post(Larek's status was a little long to add to an existing chapter, so I decided to update it in a full chapter all by itself since I hadn't done it in a while)
Current full Status:
Larek H...
2023-06-14 20:48:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe process of refining the new Repelling Barrier took a few days of experimentation and practice with it, mainly because of the many problems that sprung up. First, he discovered that the repelling portion of the barri...
2023-06-14 20:43:08 +0000 UTC View PostIt took Larek the rest of the evening before they left the sparring room for the night to come up with a viable Fusion that could potentially work for what he planned, but it was going to take some fine-tuning of its Effects to ...
2023-06-14 17:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostLarek didn’t tell them everything, of course, but enough that they wouldn’t be too surprised by the Fusions he was going to create for them. His objective was to camouflage his other secrets – namely, that he had ...
2023-06-13 20:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post“I’m glad that to see you made it!” Penelope exclaimed as soon as Larek and Nedira showed up to the Fort side of the humongous building. With neither of them having been on that side before, other than a brief stop at the ...
2023-06-13 17:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostUnfortunately, the next couple of weeks were anything but enjoyable for Larek, despite learning all about Advanced Fusions from his instructor. First, he had to convince Nedira that he needed to participate in the Skirmish – w...
2023-06-12 20:47:59 +0000 UTC View Post“I heard that you were invited to participate in the upcoming Skirmish, Larek.”
He wasn’t sure if he heard his Fusions instructor correctly. “You did?”
“Of course. I may not look it, but I hear m...
2023-06-12 17:05:38 +0000 UTC View Post
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭 is now on pre-order for July 26th!
The first book of my LitRPG story is wrapping up over on Royal Road in about 3 weeks, so I put it up for pre-order on Amazon for the end of July. I'll be ...
I recently picked up a new friend to sit on my desk to keep me company while I write -- a Pukwudgie! I hadn't heard of it before I picked it up, but it's pretty awesome so I figured I'd share it with you all.
2023-06-11 20:32:40 +0000 UTC View PostI was originally going to start Dimensional Dungeon Cores book 5 this upcoming week, but I believe I'm going to push it back for at least another week until I'm either finished or close to finishing Fusionist book 2. I found during the writi...
2023-06-11 20:29:09 +0000 UTC View Post“I don’t see why we can’t check out the arena,” Verne said as they walked along the perimeter of the park. “I mean, we haven’t even seen it up close yet!”
“I believe that’s because they don’t have weekl...
2023-06-11 20:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostLarek’s roommates returned the next day, not entirely back to normal, but well on their way to a full recovery. Each of them had lost what extra fat they had on their bodies – which was already fairly little – and some mus...
2023-06-11 17:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThat night, alone in his room for the first time since attending Copperleaf – and for the majority of his time at Crystalview – Larek slept horribly. The temporary curtain that one of the staff had put up where the doorway h...
2023-06-09 20:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post“Umm… what?” Larek asked, wondering if he had heard her correctly.
Dean Lorraine sighed once again, something she had been doing a lot during their conversation. “Every Dean and Vice-General of the Academies and Fo...
2023-06-09 17:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe Dean leaned back in her chair, a smirk on her face as she glanced at Shinpai. “Oh, you’re no fun. He gave it away, didn’t he? He never could bluff his way out of a pot in Bruha, so why should I expect anything differen...
2023-06-08 20:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostLarek turned around to see the same healer that he had talked to earlier on his way back to check on his friends’ wellbeing. She appeared exhausted with rings around her eyes that hadn’t been there before, and her shoulders ...
2023-06-08 17:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostFor some reason, Larek didn’t think about how he would explain what happened to Nedira. With his roommates, he would have enough time to come up with something before they woke up from their comas, but Norde’s sister was ano...
2023-06-07 20:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe handle of his axe dropped from Larek’s hands as he looked down at the decapitated body of the student he had just killed, the wood making a sharp report as it echoed through the tunnel. His knees followed suit as he collap...
2023-06-07 17:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post“Is that—? What happened? I thought you said you secured the door?”
Irritated, Ricardo snapped back at Phyllia. “I did! Someone must have let him out.”
He cautiously moved ahead, the unbelievability of the ...
2023-06-06 20:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostRicardo staggered a few steps backward as he felt his Mana bottom out for the third time, his large area-of-effect windstorm buffeting the large spiders out of the air as they jumped toward the walls of the city, throwing them b...
2023-06-06 17:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostMoving at a speed no faster than a walk, the Camouflage Sphere was able to maintain the light-bending Effect of the Fusion around Larek. This allowed him to pass through the park and into the kitchens he had just left a...
2023-06-05 20:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostFinding the way out from where he had been trapped was easier than Larek expected it would be. Only 20 feet or so after leaving the cracked stone doorway lying on the floor, he discovered footprints in the dusty floor, the area ...
2023-06-05 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe Fusion Larek made was, of course, one that would heal him. As much as he desired to use what he’d learned from studying Intermediate Fusions to refine Healing Surge so that it didn’t cause as many problems, he w...
2023-06-04 20:25:14 +0000 UTC View PostThe Mage sighed in apparent relief at Larek’s words before turning to one of the Martial trainees. He appeared as though he was going to say something to him, but before he could speak, everyone seemed to freeze where they wer...
2023-06-02 17:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post(This chapter has some revelations that have been a long time coming, and I hope it explains some of what has occurred before. I'm sure there will be even more questions after this, but they will be explained in time. Enjoy :) )
“I’m sure she’ll be fine, won’t she?”
Larek nodded at Norde’s worried question, his concern over his sister plainly written all over his face.
“I should be there,” Larek said, wanting the exact opposi...
2023-06-01 17:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post“You were successful?”
Larek nodded, excited to show off his Fusions to his instructor.
“I was, though not all of them worked out exactly the way I wanted,” he said, sighing a little at his one semi-failure. ...
2023-05-31 17:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post