Tired. Tired tired tired tired tired. Tired.
Thoughts. Thoughts. Thoughts. Thoughts. They come. And go. Like rain in the desert.
Blood, unending amounts of blood. Blood on the ground dries, my blood. It coats my body, coats the floor, the ground, the branches above, the walls. It grows dark as it dries, layers and layers of it begin to form. Blood, so much blood. But my focus is nev...
2023-04-24 17:29:17 +0000 UTC View PostMy eyes finally took in my surroundings. I was in a pit, a wide pit. The trees around me had been crushed into splinters and far above me, I could see a massive, massive hole in the treeline reflected by the pit I was in. It was like the hand of god had decided to crush the earth down into nothing. It was flat, with only the edges showing signs of damage.
Good god… was that rea...
2023-04-24 17:26:15 +0000 UTC View Post“Half a step to the right. Quarter step back. Here, like this.”
Grant lightly pulled Tyler to the right, grabbing his arms from behind, and shifting his steps. It lightly reminded of Tyler of when his Grampa had taught him how to fish all those years ago.
Even before Tyler was in position though, he felt it. The force on his shield began to increase.
And increase.
An...
2023-04-21 16:52:15 +0000 UTC View PostI have come to learn a very important, vital, important, incredibly useful, and important fact.
I, Slimy Slime, King Slime as a few people call me… hate vultures. I fucking hate them. I may hate them more than I hate wolves.
That’s a lot of hate.
But as another one of my fists goes through a torso, another bird falls, and another spark of my slim...
2023-04-21 16:49:25 +0000 UTC View PostI woke up sticky. For a brief delirious moment I thought I had an amazing time out on the town last night. Then I remembered I was in a fantasy world as a demon. My brain was sluggish, slow, like a rag wrung until frayed into two. I couldn’t even form thoughts really, just bleary forms of words pulled together. The smell of iron was rich in my nose and it took me far too long to realize it wa...
2023-04-19 22:37:42 +0000 UTC View PostCircles. Glorious, perfect, amazing circles. They were beautiful, life giving creations. They could even bring a slimy tear to the eye. Honestly though, this had gone far better than I had ever dreamed or hoped. I’d felt like a hopped up adrenaline junkie with an axe hanging over my head ever since I was told I’d be stuck in one place, probably fighting an endless horde. The most t...
2023-04-19 22:34:43 +0000 UTC View PostI followed Kasandra pretty far. It’s not like I thought it would be a short trip or anything but I also wasn’t expecting half an hour of walking. Neither of us really said much, content to just walk. It was the middle of the day and there was plenty of hustle and bustle. I’d decided to don a cloak with my hood up this time. It gathered attention, sure, but less than if I was showing my ho...
2023-04-17 17:46:27 +0000 UTC View PostChop.
Chop.
Chop.
“Timber!” I said, lifelessly.
Michael gave me another thumbs up, like he always did, a wide smile on his face.
I sighed.
Kingdom building. What a way to go! My days of… actually, how many days of peace had I had? Since day one, I’d felt stressed. No no, I must not forget the good times. Where I… yeah, no, they all kinda sucked. Wai...
2023-04-17 17:43:29 +0000 UTC View PostThe rest of the days passed normally and more importantly, peacefully. It was just so stark to me how the difference between these last few days and the whole month I traveled in a wagon was. Here, it felt like I’d reached somewhere. Like I wasn’t just in some transitory state between here and there. The level of relaxation was awesome. I even found some books! There was a small bookshelf i...
2023-04-14 18:52:35 +0000 UTC View PostUrghh… you know… designing a city is a lot of work.
Now, what I wanted to, was just thrown down the absolutely basic minimums of huts and houses, and then deal with all the rest later. After all, who knows when more goblins could be coming! Just throw down a bunch of houses for them to rest in and there you go.
Sandra had almost smacked me and that was saying a lot.
... 2023-04-14 18:45:13 +0000 UTC View PostWalking outside into the cool night air felt… really good actually. It was somehow different in the city than while out on the plains traveling by caravan. Probably something to do with all the trees. Standing outside… was a woman. A woman for a brief, horrifyingly stupid, moment I thought was ‘fat’ before realizing my understanding of elves had just totally collapsed.
She wasn’...
2023-04-12 19:39:01 +0000 UTC View PostKrrrgg walked outside the small fort, along with all the Goblins under her command. Facing them, was over fifty goblins. The sight almost felt a little funny to her. Not that long ago, she was taller than them, but now, she was almost double their height.
Still, her heart burned with… something.
She had chosen a new master, a new chieftain to follow. And yet… she hadn’t warned...
2023-04-12 19:35:28 +0000 UTC View PostWhat… the fuck…?
What the fuck?!
How?
How on earth can she know that?!
My heart was beating a mile a minute but she didn’t stop.
“I believe,” She stressed the word. “This because of many, many reasons. You do not act like a demon. I was there, Derek, in The Great Demon War. I healed our soldiers, I saw the demons, I rarely had...
2023-04-10 18:23:44 +0000 UTC View Post[Hey, I don't normally do this, but I've retconned something. In Chapter 28, Krrrgg, talks about her village some more. Saying how it's small and a few small details about her tribe. I've removed all of that. It wasn't much, but it's important that it's gone for this chapter.]
You know… I may have forgotten that I very technically started a territory war and then beat one...
2023-04-10 18:22:16 +0000 UTC View Post“For starters.” Konohora said and then lightly glared at me and Tyler. “We now rent a property in Prinsk. It will cost us thirty silver a month. Even with our funds, it is a significant sum. We do not currently have an income.”
“But our money will last quite a while right?” I said, brows furrowed.
“Yes but money is almost always needed for progress. Maintenance on weap...
2023-04-07 18:41:15 +0000 UTC View PostI flew back down to the ground, only to grimace hard. The fight was over… but the results weren’t. It wasn’t like I had levels or experience points. My whole way to gain more power was to eat and eat some more. Specifically the dead bodies of my enemies. Only that would lead me to stat growth.
But a dozen dead birds splattering on the ground created a… gruesome scene. Som...
2023-04-07 18:39:18 +0000 UTC View Post“Tyler… this is not an inn.” I said.
What we were currently looking at was a very big, thick, tree. Now that wasn’t too surprising, there were many, many trees here. This whole city seemed to have adopted width as a concept. It was definitely as big as a house though…. No even that’s not really correct. It was a house. I could see windows, its own courtyard, multiple stories, ...
2023-04-05 18:12:28 +0000 UTC View PostAlright, it’s time to stop fucking around. All the training in the world doesn’t matter if I don’t have experience. Nine hands at the ready, I rode on the tenth out into the forest. I was boxed in a thirty mile radius from where I’d ‘spawned’ but that meant there should be plenty of wolves around. I also kept my metaphorical slimy ears peeled for any baby cries or voices. That wolf ...
2023-04-05 18:09:45 +0000 UTC View Post“I’m sorry?”
Tyler frowned, pushing the man’s hand off his shoulder. A duel? What on earth was going on?
“Do I know you?”
“No, but I know you. Tyler Smith, leader of the Mauv Kingdom Heroes. Wields a great shield and short sword. One of the youngest heroes to date, with rumored S-Rank potential in the far future.”
The moment those last words were said, ev...
2023-04-03 18:48:20 +0000 UTC View PostI took a nap, I needed one. It might have turned into a sleep though… but I probably needed that too. I had done all sorts of practice, panicked over a babies cry only to meet some horribly creepy demonic looking and sounding wolf, and then met actual honest to god people for the first time in months.
Honestly, I was overwhelmed! Then they tried to pledge allegiance to me and… nope! N...
2023-04-03 18:45:05 +0000 UTC View PostDanger. A natural part of life. Something even more innate for me. My Ability, Analyze, was integrating with me more fully every day of my life. And I truly had begun to love it. It was my warning signal, my defense and offense, my measurement of when to run, hide, or bow. I could now close my eyes and I’d be able to see the world from simply the waves of pressure it gave out from the power. ...
2023-03-31 19:57:13 +0000 UTC View PostYou know, I don’t think I ever really thought much about dungeon cores. I mean heck, I had one, how special could they be? Dungeons were probably a thing that appear all the time and they were probably like, a dime a dozen or something right?
Nope! Not even kinda. In fact, I could not have been more wrong.
After Michael and Sandra calmed down from their panic attacks, they launche...
2023-03-31 19:54:32 +0000 UTC View PostPrinsk. A B-Rank city. Home of a B-Ranked dungeon. Capital of this elven kingdom. I’m sure it was wonderful and amazing. That it would put all things I’d seen before to shame. That it’s amazing sight.
“Derek?! Are you okay?” A voice called out to me.
I wasn’t sure who it was. I was preoccupied. I’d felt it as we slowly got closer and closer. It had ticked up and up and...
2023-03-29 18:01:51 +0000 UTC View PostSlick
Slick
Slick
In a certain room in the Kingdom of Elysia, sounds could be heard coming through the door. That, in and of itself, wasn’t unusual. Sounds happen after all. Sometimes very odd sounds even! However… the activities in this case had a certain, avante garde to them. That means experimental, new, and unusual for those confused. Any young bachelor however, would...
2023-03-29 17:59:02 +0000 UTC View PostI dashed towards the nearest bandit while wielding my sword. I hadn’t really gotten a chance to use it much. I’d practiced with Tyler a little bit but that was basically it. It was enough to not trip over my own feet but I had never ran with a sword before. Especially not at my full speed.
I heard the knock and shot of arrows and kept my senses alive. They weren’t aimed at ...
2023-03-24 16:00:40 +0000 UTC View PostI was a good slime. I never bothered anyone. I only beat up some wolves that came for me, they started it! I even tried to save a baby and didn’t kill krrrgg when she tried to eat me! All in all, I was pretty much what you’d call ‘pretty chill’. Let’s not even talk about how I let Krrrgg stay with me! The best of buds, roommates forever! And as roommates, it was my duty to continue to...
2023-03-24 15:57:55 +0000 UTC View PostThings were going just fine. I was even talking to George, one of the merchant guards, about his experiences. He was a high D-rank, who had practiced the sword for what looked like forever given his gruff expression and face. He also happened to be human and not hate me. What had been most interesting to me was the fact that despite clearly being a powerful, well learned swordsman… G...
2023-03-22 19:21:30 +0000 UTC View PostSlimes are not fast, so I was using a trick I should really have practiced more. Hell, it was something I really wanted to practice more.
Flying! Flying on a magical hand!
Sadly, the cries of a baby were nearly eroding my good sense. Look, I know it’s a bad idea to head towards it but what kind of monster would I be if I ignored it?! What if there’s really a ba...
2023-03-22 19:17:24 +0000 UTC View PostA dungeon. I hadn’t heard anything about Dungeons till this moment. I immediately had Konohora explain them to me. Luckily the three were used to my lack of knowledge by now.
“A dungeon… it’s a kind of strange magical phenomenon.” Konohora began. “Whenever certain leylines group together slightly incorrectly, they’ll try to correct themselves. That correction creates a loop....
2023-03-21 20:56:47 +0000 UTC View PostAstra. Again. It was time to further my experiments with it! Well… no, not really sadly. After much careful deliberation, lots of thinking and absolutely being dead careful, I’ve come to an amazing realization.
Astra is really dangerous to me.
I already knew that but as I’d gotten better at it, it only became more dangerous. The reason was simple. As...
2023-03-21 20:53:02 +0000 UTC View Post