It was an awe-inspiring and wholly impossible scene. The floating mountain was enormous. Elijah already knew that. However, it certainly wasn’t large enough for what he saw before him.
Towering spires of jagged black rock stood tall and proud, connected by bridges of flame. Or that was Elijah’s first thought, at least. Looking closer, he saw that the structures themselves were ...
2025-04-08 15:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostI just wanted to make an announcement that the pre-order for Protector of the Grove (Path of Dragons 1) is now completely live. That means I'll probably be taking those chapters down in a week or two, so if you want to read them before May 6, you should probably get to it.
Anyway, here's the link:
2025-04-08 14:42:43 +0000 UTC View Post“I know you,” Zeke said, keeping his skills on the verge of activation. In less than a second, he could take on the form of a [Primordial Titan] and lay waste to the entire building via [Eye of Judgement]. Or if the newcomer turned out to be who he expected her to be, then perhaps [Primordial Wrath] was in order. “I thought you were a tree.”
“Of course I am not...
2025-04-08 13:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostWithout his many advantages, ranging from an extremely high constitution attribute and the degree to which he’d cultivated his body, Elijah would not have survived being so close to the Elemental Maelstrom. Even with those advantages, he felt like he was being sandblasted and burned alive at the same time. The damage was significant enough that he was forced to keep Wild Resurgenc...
2025-04-07 15:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostZeke wasn’t certain what he had expected when he’d stepped into the ways, but it certainly wasn’t the landscape stretching before him. Or given that it ended after only a mile, the expanse might be a better descriptor.
The landmass, such as it was, seemed entirely mundane. Even idyllic, with well-trimmed hedges, fountains, and other park-like features to complete t...
2025-04-07 13:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe landscape was otherworldly.
Floating mountains of rock hovered miles above the surface of the planet, while outcroppings of crystal jutted from the ground. Those crystal formations ranged widely, both in terms of size and color. Some were the size of skyscrapers, while others were only as large as Elijah’s fist.
But the rainbow of colors was what truly ...
2025-04-06 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post“Cindrandir,” Elijah muttered to himself as he followed the fire giants through the city of Stillstone. Normally, he would have marveled at the various architectural wonders, but he barely noticed any of it. Instead, all but two facets of his mind settled on a single subject – the origin of Shape of the Master.
For the longest time, he’d considered it an off-shoot of t...
2025-04-05 15:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostFirst of all, I just wanted to thank everyone here for all your support. So far, writing Path of Dragons has been the most rewarding experience of my professional life as a writer. Seeing this community grow (especially on Discord, but also via some of your vigorous discussions in the comments) has been amazing to witness. So, thank you all for making this such a wonderful experience.
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2025-04-04 15:13:55 +0000 UTC View PostMiguel crouched at the mouth of the cave, his every muscle tense as he beheld a spectacle no one should ever have to witness. Hundreds of trolls, many of whom rode giant insects, charged the walls of the fortress below.
“I can’t watch,” Isaak muttered from beside him.
“Don’t you dare look away,” Miguel insisted. He knew the order was unnecessary. ...
2025-04-04 15:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostIt took Zeke a few days – at least as far as he could tell – to get his bearings. Navigating a shattered world was difficult enough without the fact that his efforts hadn’t killed the entire population. Certainly, anyone within a few hundred miles of [Primordial Wrath] had died instantly, but the planet’s destruction was only a knock-on effect of his skill. And given t...
2025-04-04 13:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostElijah let out a scream of triumph as his fingers closed around the flying serpent. That quickly turned to a grunt of pain as lightning flowed through his body. He didn’t release the thing, though. Instead, he maintained his grip as he landed in the black sand. A second later, he was swinging the thing like a baseball bat. It twisted and squirmed as it attempted to fly...
2025-04-03 15:10:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe city was a confusing maze of staircases and ramps. Clearly, it had never been built with practicality in mind, because trying to transport goods from one place to another would have been an absolute nightmare. The giants didn’t seem to mind, though.
What did bother them was being in close proximity with other giants.
Given his experiences outside the Pr...
2025-04-03 15:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostReality cracked.
The world splintered into infinite pieces.
And at the center of it all stood a single man. A primordial whose power knew no bounds. In that split second between life and non-existence, Mak’tar fled.
As if he could outrun judgement itself.
For his part, Zeke stared ahead unseeing. But his awareness stretched out to ca...
2025-04-03 13:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostThe soft click-clack of claws hitting tiles echoed through the massive hall as Elijah, Oscar, and the pack of dogs followed the fire giant guard. The interior of the palace was even more impressive – and in a lot of ways, oppressive – than the exterior had led Elijah to expect, and he couldn’t help but feel a sense of suffocation. Part of that was due to the dense blanket of h...
2025-04-02 15:10:01 +0000 UTC View PostElijah laid his hand on the rune-inscribed stone gate, his eyes closed as he felt the currents of ethera rushing along his fingertips. As his senses had sharpened and his cultivation had improved, he’d developed the ability to distinguish between different types of ethera. Whether it was the vitality-infused energy of his grove or the mutability of the Chimeric Forge, every occurr...
2025-04-02 15:05:02 +0000 UTC View Post“Those rifles would be easier to use,” Captain Essex said, holding the shortsword out and looking down its blade. “We’ve considered basing our defense around them.”
“That’s a mistake,” Carmen insisted.
“It’s a force multiplier, and an easy one for most of our fighters to grasp,” he said. “Most of us understand how to use a gun. All it ...
2025-04-02 15:00:17 +0000 UTC View Post“This doesn’t look good,” Elijah said.
“It doesn’t matter how it looks,” Oscar responded. Elijah didn’t need Soul of the Wild to know that the man was incredibly tense. The same was true of the dogs, all of whom were laser focused on the sight before them.
It was a temple, but unlike any Elijah had ever seen before. Rather than looking like it h...
2025-04-01 15:10:01 +0000 UTC View PostIt took two days to bring Oscar back to consistent consciousness. Before that, he drifted in and out, but only regaining full consciousness for a few delusional moments before once again succumbing. During those times, he rambled about Escobar. Elijah hadn’t missed that the little chihuahua was missing, though he chose not to think about the implications. It had been d...
2025-04-01 15:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostThe demon begged.
He pleaded.
He promised Zeke the world.
But it all fell on deaf ears as [Pantheon] ripped the once-haughty thing apart, bit by bit, until even his screams receded into nothing. All the while, Zeke watched impassively. He could have ended it sooner. His minions only carried with them a fraction of his power. And yet, he never made...
2025-04-01 13:00:18 +0000 UTC View PostAs it turned out, the giants were extremely poor – at least in terms of loot. Aside from a pouch with a couple of silver ethereum, Elijah found nothing of note. Their weapons, which seemed so magical before, were low quality, and without any spells running through them, they lost anything that made them special.
The bodies themselves were likely valuable, though Elijah...
2025-03-31 15:10:01 +0000 UTC View PostCatharsis through healing.
Elijah often neglected his healing abilities, usually reserving them to mend his own wounds. However, he couldn’t deny that focusing on the well-being of others brought with it a healing of its own. It didn’t solve any of his problems. He still felt a potent fury simmering deep beneath the surface of his mind. But it helped soothe his...
2025-03-31 15:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostZeke grabbed hold of a monster with both hands, then ripped it apart. It showered him in viscera, but by that point, he’d killed so many of the creatures that he was absolutely covered in the stuff. His efforts had turned the surrounding lake red with blood, and bits of other monsters floated to and fro with every movement.
But he didn’t stop.
Instead, he threw one h...
2025-03-31 13:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostBogotá was a city of contrast.
That was abundantly clear as Elijah left his meeting with the Comisario and forged ahead into the settlement. He’d seen the skyscrapers from afar, so he thought he knew what to expect. However, at the base of each building were a multitude of newly constructed buildings that followed a style much closer to the one found in Ironshore.&nbs...
2025-03-30 15:10:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe two men stationed at the building’s main entrance wore green fatigues, though they were both armed with giant, studded cudgels that hung from their belts. One man carried a wand in a holster at his hip, while the other had a shield slung across his back. Both were also equipped with glorious mustaches.
Elijah strode forward, finding it difficult not to stare. ...
2025-03-30 15:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostElijah stood apart from the Spires, his arms crossed in annoyance. He hadn’t been there long, and according to the space mage – someone he didn’t know – it would be more than twenty minutes before he could depart. His irritation had nothing to do with the passing time, though. Instead, his problems came from his recent exchange with the space mage.
Eryka ha...
2025-03-29 15:10:01 +0000 UTC View PostA bird rested upon Elijah’s shoulder while a two-tailed fox curled in his lap. He ignored both, instead focusing entirely on the stillness within him. His heart barely beat, he didn’t breathe, and his core remained perfectly dormant. There wasn’t a drop of ethera in his channels, and his every muscle stood tense.
Yet, his mind never stopped moving. The ...
2025-03-29 15:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
