He walked into town and was instantly the center of attention. He was less than half the size of the people around him, and they stopped and stared, some chuckling, others crouching down to get down to his level and get a better look at him. They�...
2025-09-23 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostColder and colder. Rhys dropped a hoop of material on the ground and hopped through it, retreating into the void to warm up, then jumped back out and kept going. Occasionally, he saw the tracks of some truly massive beast—tracks big enough he co...
2025-09-22 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostYou know, of all my plans, this was certainly one of them, Rhys thought, crossing his arms and evaluating his past life choices. What had he really thought would happen, when he came face to face with Lord Ravin? ‘Oh, the Sword Sain...
2025-09-21 14:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostRhys landed at the bottom of the shaft. He looked around, extending his senses as well. There wasn’t much to see. Tunnels carved through the earth, but it wasn’t claustrophobic, because the tunnels had been carved for someone Paul’s size, no...
2025-09-20 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostRhys ran through the forest. He’d been planning on continuing to harass Daran, but strangely enough, the Demon King vanished immediately upon Rhys ignoring his good advice. Hard to say why, really.
He couldn’t call it bad advice, either....
2025-09-19 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostIt’s time to get serious.
Rhys stopped suppressing his mana core and ran it to its top power. His strength surged from Tier 3 to Tier 4, and he reached over his shoulder and yanked the chakram out of his back, then stared up, thro...
2025-09-18 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostRight at that moment, Rhys had two options: create a hoop and vanish into the void, or stand his ground and fight. If he escaped, no one would necessarily know that he’d been here, though it was very possible they’d sensed him the moment he’...
2025-09-17 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostHe reached the place Mickie had stopped and pointed before the snow filled in the footprints they’d left behind. He set off down the hill toward the lake, heading past a snow-laden evergreen and a series of lumps in the snow that hid what, in su...
2025-09-16 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostAt last, Mickie sighed aloud. “You don’t seem like you’re lyin’.”
“That’s because I’m not.”
“Crazy thing to claim.”
“Sure would be, if it wasn’t true.”
Mickie crossed his arms and stared at Rhys....
2025-09-15 14:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostRhys stared. The man stared at him. They mutually shared a stare for a long moment, in the silent snowy woods, with snow drifting all around.
“What’ve you come out ‘ere for, then?” the man demanded, pointing the axe at Rhys. It wasn�...
2025-09-14 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe sun rose late. Rhys emerged from the trash heap before it rose, wearing his new duds. They were a bit patchwork, and the fur cuffs were made of a dozen different kinds of fur each, but it worked well enough, and he fit in with the other mages ...
2025-09-13 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post“New around here?”
He turned, a smile on his face. “I am! I am. Just rolled into your lovely town today…”
His voice trailed off. His eyes widened, and he looked up, and up, and up.
The tavern had a high ceiling. He hadn...
2025-09-12 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostRhys stepped out of the Black Palace, and immediately, icy winds and heavy snow assaulted his body. He flinched, even though his high Tier meant he barely felt the wind or the cold, then blinked the icy precipitation out of his eyes and squinted a...
2025-09-11 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostRhys yanked the case off the pedestal. The glass lifted away in one smooth motion, revealing the ring. He held his breath, his senses completely extended, ready for anything to lunge out at him.
Nothing. Silence filled the room.
Daran ...
2025-09-10 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostRhys stepped through the portal and drew to a halt, his jaw dropping. He gaped around the vast room, his eyes wide. “No way. How’d you get this one past the looters?”
“Didn’t you just comment on my portals?”
“Damn, man. T...
2025-09-09 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostRhys set off deeper into the Demon King’s palace. He wasn’t just looting for pleasure, or to piss off the annoying ghost who couldn’t stop him while he looted said ghost’s own palace, but for good reason. He didn’t have many resources as...
2025-09-08 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostDaran led the way through the void. He followed a particular path, tracing along an invisible guideline. Rhys extended his mana senses, and with his most sensitive senses, felt something, vaguely, then swapped to curse senses. His eyes widened, an...
2025-09-07 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostRhys turned. Daran stood slightly behind him, his arms crossed, gazing at the dark filth the same as Rhys did. He nodded at Rhys. “I take it you’ve comprehended the technique, if you’ve come here?”
“I think so, yeah. What is it?”...
2025-09-06 14:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostOne thing was immediately obvious to Rhys: Virgil was not, or rather, could not be, the one in control. He seemed to be in control, but whether he’d exploited a bad situation or been set up as a puppet by someone else, he hadn’t been the one t...
2025-09-05 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostRhys cracked his brains. Come on, come on, something…! Fighting was a losing game. Talking wasn’t working. He needed to stall for just another second before he escaped. What did he have left?
His eyes widened. That’s it! <...
2025-08-29 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe wall broke down. The doors flew open. Rhys stumbled again, almost falling, and would’ve fallen if Laurent wasn’t there to hold him up. Mirai tumbled over the floor, but Grave chased after her and caught her with ease. Out of the dust and t...
2025-08-28 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostRhys chased after Grave and Mirai. Gold light lashed against the walls, battering the building. Cracks appeared in the wall and burst through the floor as they ran, and the energy of the sword blasts buffeted the barrier, lighting up the outer wal...
2025-08-27 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe Tier 3 reached him first. Rhys struck fiercely, knocking him off-balance. Before he could punish the man, a dozen lower-Tier soldiers reached him. No emotion passed over Rhys’s face. He spun, slicing from low to high. The flexible blade swir...
2025-08-26 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe man in purple hovered into the center of the battlefield. He stretched out his hands, demanding the attention of the soldiers on both sides. “Your Empress is dead. Surrender, and we will treat you with all due respect. Continue to fight, and...
2025-08-25 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostHe raced toward the Empress, and she raced toward him. Her eyes glowed bright, and dozens of cores materialized around her, circulating wildly. She drew on all of them, supplementing her power higher and higher, pushing it to its absolute limit an...
2025-08-24 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostRhys fled. Internally, he screamed, Why? Why me? What did I do? I’m just a lowly Tier 3 mage who just disrupted the entire flow of the battle and turned a battle favorable to the Empire into one they’re now losing! Why would she target lit...
2025-08-23 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe Empire fought, but the Alliance gave its all. They steadily pushed deeper into the Empire, while the Empire retreated in equal measure. The Empire hadn’t brough as many ships as Rhys had expected to see, especially since he recalled them hav...
2025-08-22 14:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostDawn rose on a new day, and as it broke, fire lit at the borders of the Empire. The Alliance’s mages poured over the Empire’s borders, overwhelming the Empire’s guards before they could send the alarm. They sprinted inward, pushing toward th...
2025-08-21 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe next three days were chaos. Everything had to be moved into place. Everyone had to be adjusted. Some people wanted to leave, and those, Rhys got as close to the border as he could, so they could sprint for it when things broke out. Most of the...
2025-08-20 14:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostHe took a quick trash can teleport to his old trash pile base. Korii was wandering around, looking for something. Rhys waved, and she walked over.
“Something I can help you with?” she asked.
Rhys nodded. “I’m looking to be alon...
2025-08-19 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post