The shark was a reminder that danger existed everywhere. Despite its massive size, the magic beast was able to approach us silently at incredible speeds, meaning even though we were running out of time, we needed to slow down and mind our surround...
2023-03-24 23:29:04 +0000 UTC View PostSo much to explore, so little time.
We were against the clock, but the longer we were in the mana bubble, the more accustomed we became to the environment. I had managed to block out most of the ambient mana while Tabitha was growing used to...
2023-03-23 03:32:46 +0000 UTC View Post"Let me sleep in," I groan, pulling my blanket over my head.
"Oh no, you don't," Mom's annoyed voice pierces my fabric shield. Through Sense Mana, I watch the outline of my mother, reach down and grab my blanket. I could try stopping her, bu...
2023-03-17 03:19:27 +0000 UTC View PostThe ambient mana felt like it was crushing me and trying to push me back the way I came as I forced my way into the magic bubble.
"Take your time," Tabitha instructs me after I'm entirely in. However, it's not like I could do anything else a...
2023-03-17 00:02:02 +0000 UTC View Post"Let me sleep in," I groan, pulling my blanket over my head.
"Oh no, you don't," Mom's annoyed voice pierces my fabric shield. Through Sense Mana, I watch the outline of my mother, reach down and grab my blanket. I could try stopping her, bu...
2023-03-14 04:28:30 +0000 UTC View PostI don’t know what it was, but staring up at the outer edges of the crater for the second time, they felt more intimidating to me, probably because I knew what lay on the other side of them.
It was hard not to question myself, but thankfull...
2023-03-12 23:08:37 +0000 UTC View Post"Why did I have to suck at art in both my lifetimes?" I frown up at the ceiling.
I had successfully convinced Mom to buy me some paint from the merchant who visits our village every month to spruce up my room, only to waste it all essentiall...
2023-03-11 06:30:22 +0000 UTC View PostI've never seen anything as magical as the lake before us. And I’ve seen a decent amount of magical stuff in the short time I’ve been alive on this world. However, the lake topped everything.
It was more magical than the massive trees we...
2023-03-10 23:59:31 +0000 UTC View PostA few people pointed out to me that with all the rewrites it's clogging up my Patreon page and making it harder to read the newest chapters in order.
I've yet to find a way to clean it up without deleting stuff, so here is the pol...
2023-03-09 05:29:11 +0000 UTC View PostThere was nothing like being chased.
As you try to outpace your pursuer, the adrenalin you get, the swerving in and out of buildings, all of it made me feel alive. I glance over my shoulder, hoping to get a glance at the person trying to cha...
2023-03-09 04:12:31 +0000 UTC View PostSometimes I like to think the universe is out to get me. Not the gods as I have met them, and I know they care about little us, but the universe itself. I wasn’t so sure.
Not an hour ago, I complained to Tabitha that I was bored, and what ...
2023-03-08 07:35:46 +0000 UTC View PostIt's been a whole year since I was reborn, but notice how I say year instead of twelve months. That was because time on this planet was measured differently than back on Earth. Not only were the months a few days longer, but a year was considered ...
2023-03-07 08:18:46 +0000 UTC View PostIt’s hard to keep myself from giggling like a child. I was like a kid in a candy store surrounded by delicious sweets and told I could pick whatever I wanted. Hundreds of beautiful blue feathers were scattered around me, and I got to pick which ...
2023-03-06 08:59:40 +0000 UTC View PostI'm curious if all mothers worry about their parenting as often as I do.
The other wives and grannies in the village warned me that no two children were alike, but I didn't think the differe...
2023-03-05 07:25:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Star Date: Unknown
Life on this uncharted world is fascinating; in the past six months I've lived here, many things have become clear. The planet appears to be populated by giant beasts standing on two legs, much like mine. They swarm to sma...
2023-03-05 02:10:55 +0000 UTC View PostIt's official; I'm going crazy, and it wasn't even because I died and was reborn. No, I was going crazy because I'd been lying here for two months and was incredibly bored with nothing to do but stare up.
Ok, breathe; I try to get ahold of e...
2023-03-04 05:10:07 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor’s Note:
Thanks for checking out my rewrite of chapter 1. More are to come but first I want to set expectations. There won't be any major changes to the story, as these rewrites are mostly because I went back and reread the first cha...
2023-03-04 05:07:42 +0000 UTC View PostWhich one was she going to pick?
While prepping the spot I was going to cook our celebratory lunch, I constantly steal glances at Tabitha as she inspected her kill. Yet, I said nothing as she carefully pulled out multiple feathers, only to d...
2023-03-03 23:33:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe mana around me was like a physical weight on my shoulders, constantly pushing me down and hampering my slightest movement. It almost felt like I was underwater, only the water was mana. Mana Skin did its best to insulate me from it, but there ...
2023-03-02 01:40:41 +0000 UTC View PostKervin’s Point of View:
The new walls of Spotted Creek Village shinned in the summer sun. Our group had returned a week earlier than usual, yet the wall had seemingly doubled in scale since then.
I’d never seen a v...
2023-02-27 06:39:12 +0000 UTC View PostMaster Pacore the Deathless’ Point of View:
“Where is General Pitz?” Olebert’s envoy angrily scowls at me from across the table.
Much to his displeasure, I ignore him and instead choose to take a swig of my hom...
2023-02-25 07:12:49 +0000 UTC View PostThe six mana signatures were moving swiftly toward our location, but as they drew nearer, they slowed down. They either knew we were here or sensed something was different about our location.
“They’re being cautious,” I inform Tabitha,...
2023-02-23 03:59:44 +0000 UTC View Post“AAAAAAHHHHHHH!” I scream, slamming my hammer down in frustration, causing a large plume of dirt to erupt around me.
Through the dust, I watch a beetle trip over its legs as it rushes to get away from me. I couldn’t hold back my emotio...
2023-02-18 22:54:53 +0000 UTC View PostSilently, Tabitha and I creep closer to our destination. Just because I could vaguely sense what was ahead of us and knew there weren’t any strong magic beasts ahead didn't mean we would recklessly charge forward.
Both of us were still rec...
2023-02-16 05:35:21 +0000 UTC View PostI was awake, yet I refused to open my eyes. All I wanted to do, was slip back into blissful sleep, but my mind was not having it.
Slowly, I open a single eye and am confronted by the soft light of the Endless Forest. I immediately shut it an...
2023-02-14 05:34:38 +0000 UTC View PostI can’t describe the joy I feel, seeing the first rays of sunlight puncturing through the forest’s canopy.
It had been a long sleepless night left alone in the dark. Thankfully, what Tabitha told me about hostile magic beasts avoiding wh...
2023-02-12 05:42:08 +0000 UTC View PostIt took me longer than I liked to admit to climb down the massive tree I was in. And it took me even longer to drag myself over to the crater's edge, where Tabitha was sprawled out on the ground.
The ground was soft from all the upturned ear...
2023-02-09 23:32:02 +0000 UTC View PostActing was working overtime at the moment. It had been years since I needed to use it in any significant capacity, and now that it was the only thing keeping me from certain death, I was kicking myself for not training it further.
My skill h...
2023-02-08 04:48:22 +0000 UTC View PostDamn, Tabitha was going all out…. was what I wanted to say if the noises below me were anything to go off of.
With all the goblins recklessly charging me from all angles, I had little tim...
2023-02-06 05:40:17 +0000 UTC View Post