Chapter 30
In the Garden of Life
I enter the building, the liaison ‘R’ something. Probably not Ruby, even to Endarians that is likely a stripper name. No, she has some stupid name. Her tactical vest bulges under her form, but it is clear she is prepared for war. She also doesn’t seem as pressed by me to go out and find the food pantry of this place.
“Why are you going ...
2022-07-30 02:28:52 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 134
Lykan
Luring a Leviathan
As he flew away from Brenna, he felt a weird form of connection to her. A feeling that so long as she believed in him, then her beliefs would somehow be able to change the very fabric of the world. The feeling that even now as he struggled alone, she herself struggled to be able to improve all so she could fight by his side. It was a strang...
2022-07-29 08:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostInterlude III
Dr. Charleston's Office.
"Are you sure you are okay to go in by yourself?" Mave asked, for the seventh time this morning. She was worried and rightfully so. As far as she was concerned a person who was the equivalent of her daughter was about to go talk about a particularly difficult topic with someone who was a complete stranger.
Mel for her part looked sad but ...
2022-07-29 03:51:42 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 29
S.R.D.
Search, Rescue, and Destroy, those are my orders ranked in their order of importance. A tall order given that my suspicion is that anyone who is still alive at this point is likely only alive due to one purpose, to be a living incubator. A quick scan around shows that most of the city is burnt to ash. Only burnt corpses and monster parts line the streets.
Now...
2022-07-28 08:53:19 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 28
Playing the Fiddle While the World Burns: A How to Guide
“AHHAHHAHHHHHH!” An Endarian screams in pain as their intestines are being pulled out and eaten right in front of them.
Whoom! The sound of an intense fire bursts to life scorching both the dog sized monster eating the intestines and the man whose intestines were being eaten. Whoops...
2022-07-27 09:56:36 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 133
Lykan
Strategy, the Better Part of Success
Lykan slowly made his way to the surface of the ocean. As he arose from the depths, he saw dozens of other monstrous creatures of the deep. Some tried to impede his path, all who did were quickly dispatched by swift strikes. Even in the water Lykan’s control over his body and momentum were tremendous. While he knew he co...
2022-07-27 08:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post<<<< Note to the Readers: I admit this is not the best, but I hope it does enough foreshadowing of how things are currently going in this new universe for Kyle.
As always, thank you for reading and let me know what you think especially if there are parts that I should expand upon >>>>
Prelude II
In all life there is strife. S...
2022-07-27 01:14:39 +0000 UTC View Post<<<< From the Author to the Readers: There comes a point in a story where you realize man, that was a great stopping point. Chapter 27 was a great stopping point, at least in my mind for book 1. That said I fully intend to continue writing. But I also wanted you to let me know if that was a good logical conclusion as well. Also part of me is always interested in the...
2022-07-26 08:51:00 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 27
My Brother, The Wife Stealing Tool-Bag
We were back planet-side. I know because I felt re-entry with every fiber of my being in the interplanetary transport ship. I am mentally wondering what exactly the difference is. Is it Endarian stabilizers? Or maybe crystalline dampeners? I don’t really know. All I know for certain is that the level of technology in this ...
2022-07-26 01:48:44 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 26
Lost in Space, Not the Series.
An unending wave of black death encircles my ship. In an instant I am reliving my last death over in my mind. It was something much like this. I was alone, floating in space far away from the help of others.
“FUCCCKKKKK!” I scream.
A wave of force reverberates in my cockpit. As the wave expands, I see a slight crack form in t...
2022-07-25 12:56:31 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 25
Pilot Combat Training
We were in our formations. Since we were part of the new wave of cadets, we are training in the newly configured combat ships that will be used by both Endarians and Humans alike. There are of course no true weapons on these, just lasers to simulate our actions. Along with sensors to record our every movement and attack. In all this is a highly capab...
2022-07-25 09:43:18 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 132
Lykan
Distractions and Disasters
To say that the new dungeon was a challenge was an understatement. In the dungeon the monsters were predictable, though nearly too much of a challenge for the pair. This was because the biome of this particular dungeon was a ocean biome. While neither Lykan nor Brenna were the worst of swimmers, it was still something that was out o...
2022-07-25 08:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 24
After School Specials
“What are you even doing here?” I find myself asking Jess, in what is supposed to be my new class devoted to teaching the violin in Endarian. How did I get in this situation, well let’s just say that the world has it in for me? My shrink suggested about the school needing a violin instructor who could speak Endarian. I then approached General S...
2022-07-24 14:12:26 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 23
The Good Doctor Take 2
“You said you had been working on your own theory of what is happening to you. Would you care to explain what your theory is?” Dr. Charleston asks. A seemingly simple question, but one that I am even doubting at this moment. Once again, I am in his office, but this time I want to take a little more active control in the way the meeting goes.
... 2022-07-24 10:49:59 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 22
MAC Fighting: The Charity that Shares
“Welcome one and all to Magical Acumen Combat. The only combat whose certs are nearly guaranteed to force a magical or mental class evolution. Today we have a crowd favorite from the Endarian cluster. Someone who has never been seen in the Human clusters. I present to you the debut performance of the Lightning Queen!” The announce...
2022-07-23 13:53:59 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 21
Discoveries
“Cadet Goldman, I wanted you to know that after today you will no longer come to me for training.” General Sharma says with a note of finality. Just like always for her lessons we are both in the meditation pose, while going through our mental training to try to induce Precognitive responses automatically. Though I am currently having a bit of tro...
2022-07-23 10:05:50 +0000 UTC View Post<<<< Author's NOTE: As Promised here are the stories that will drop later today on Royal Road. You get them now.
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Chapter 20
Class Evolutions
The Military Academy is slightly odd in that its after school clubs all offer certs, but only if you attend for the whole year. I am also...
2022-07-22 11:04:54 +0000 UTC View Post<<<< Author's NOTE: As Promised here are the stories that will drop later today on Royal Road. You get them now.
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Chapter 19
Voyeurism To the Rescue
Thunk, thunk.
My violin rattles against the ground as I try to take in the words that were just thrown at me.
“So, you never said...
2022-07-22 11:04:05 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 131
Lykan
The Dungeon After
Lykan could feel her eyes resting on the back of his head. It was clear she wanted to talk but didn’t want to press. So instead of stating anything, she let her own emotions pound against his. In a way this was her being nice. As his traveling partner, she deserved to know the full truth. The only problem was, he wasn’t ready to give her...
2022-07-22 08:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 130
Brenna
Analysis of The Duel
“Begin!”
The word rung out in everyone’s mind causing most people to gasp in surprise. The only two people who were unaffected by the sudden words being sent directly to their minds were Lykan and Ghane. Ghane however seemed to miss the detail that Lykan was not taken off guard by the sudden wording ...
2022-07-21 08:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 129
Ghane
Redemption
The war was over, at least for the moment. As for now the natural barriers of the land separated the eastern continent and its two great powers. The first was the northern expanse that stretched all the way to the frozen north. Fortunately for General Ghane he volunteered to control the southern expanses. Keeping his base of operations out of Dento...
2022-07-20 08:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 128
Lykan
A Long-Awaited Reunion
Before Lykan even began moving his enhanced senses were already taking in a measure of the world around him. The cry was that of a child, a small girl to be exact. The zapping sound was manifested lightning, low grade enough to stun full sized adult. The only problem was, such a jolt was too much for a child. If the child was lucky, the...
2022-07-19 08:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 127
Lykan
Northern Investigation
Lykan and Brenna both landed on the eastern side of the Ippian ocean. The flight was short, but somewhat awkward for the two, especially as Brenna still could not fully grasp the concept of flight. At least she didn’t feel comfortable flying for hours on end, which would be required to keep up with Lykan. Lykan ended up princess carry...
2022-07-18 08:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 126
Lykan
Witnessing Perfection
After the first frost troll, the next became routine. Lykan would point out the mounds where the trolls would be hidden in, and Brenna would go in hacking and slashing. One time she managed to get a killing blow on the first swing. Striking the hidden monster in its head. Her subsequent tries to repeat the effect were not so successful a...
2022-07-14 08:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostFirst I wanted to say thank you all for being with me to this point of our journey together. I waned to say that you all are the reason why I continue to write each day.
With that, I would like to invite you all to also check out my new series "The 13th Loop" This is a series about Kyle Goldman, a man who constantly gets reincarnated to life only to die horribly each and every ...
2022-07-13 17:20:16 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 125
Lykan
Frost Trolls
The two quickly found that much as Lykan had predicted, the core room did not have any Titans present. This was a relief for Lykan, as each time he now entered the core rooms his heart began to race as fear gripped him. Had it not been for Brenna being by his side, he likely would have never entered. As it was, he forced himself to move forward t...
2022-07-13 08:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 124
Lykan
Side Tunnel Entrance
All well designed mines have breathing tunnels. Paths designed to let air travel into and through the deepest portions of a mine. The labyrinths of the Titans are no different. If anything, they seemingly have more air paths and exits to the surface than any other construct. Lykan theorized that these multiple exit tunnels were designed t...
2022-07-12 08:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 123
Lykan
Return to Clevarall
Lykan and Brenna walked in silence as they made their way back to the city of Clevarall. A city that just two months ago Lykan had directed a mass exodus from. Now he was leading one of the few dwarven survivors back to the site. Additionally, Lykan now after twenty-five years of life he had yet a third place he could call home, though jus...
2022-07-11 08:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 122
Lykan
The Blackout
Everything hurt. Lykan awoke to find bones broken, his bones. He shook his head trying to somehow shake out the grogginess he was feeling, only to have the world spin on him as his chest and body burned with pains.
“Lykan, are you okay?” Brenna asked, her voice an anchor in a sea of rolling lights and pain.
“What happened?” Ly...
2022-07-08 08:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 121
Brenna
Power Progression
“Here it comes.” Lykan said, as he sat in a floating meditation pose looking down on Brenna and the entire dungeon.
Brenna stood upon a vast open desert. Her feet were already falling ever so slightly into the loosely packed soil beneath her feet. This was a desert biome, at least that is what Lykan said the markers on th...
2022-07-07 08:59:00 +0000 UTC View Post