The following morning, Thomas climbed out of his bed and stretched with a yawn. He'd slept well and had a bit of an epiphany in his dream. He'd promised Fulin not to experiment with magic, but what Fulin didn't know wouldn't hurt him! He needed to experiment a little first to make sure he could do what he wanted. He stepped into his living room and looked around, he hadn't paid much attention b...
2019-02-02 16:07:34 +0000 UTC View PostFulin looked over the students in his class for a moment and when he saw no one else seemed to have any additional questions he spoke, "Alright, we will end class here today. Tomorrow we will start with learning and practicing the Earth element. Thomas, stay behind so I can give you that book."
Thomas just stayed in his seat as the other five students rose and left the classroom. A few of...
2019-02-02 09:30:38 +0000 UTC View PostFulin continued his speech, "Now, once you master the four base elements you open yourself up to many options. For example, you can combine two elements together to create a new one."
As he speaks the rotating elements in his hand come to a stop on the earth element. As he finished speaking the earth element began to heat up until it was glowing bright orange and emitting rippling waves o...
2019-02-01 18:35:06 +0000 UTC View PostAs they stepped into the classroom, Thomas noticed that he and Serena were not the first to arrive. He glanced at the other two students, the first was the woman that had used light magic as a laser and the second was the man that had used the wood element to launch arrows. Thomas smiled at them before returning his attention to Serena, "I forgot to ask while we were eating lunch. Is there a pa...
2019-02-01 15:16:37 +0000 UTC View PostAfter spending a good half an hour using 'Serenity' to recover his mana, Thomas climbed to his feet and stepped back up to the line to deal more damage to his ragged target dummy. Thomas lifted his hand and summoned his mana to convert it into the wood element. Except, this time, instead of starting from a sphere of pure mana and reshaping it after it was converted to the proper element, he sha...
2019-02-01 07:35:11 +0000 UTC View PostThomas studied his hand for a moment as he decided which element he wanted to experiment with next. Again, so many choices he could pick from! After a moment of thought, he decided to work on emulating or recreating the spark spell. The lightning element was next! Thomas held his hand up to point it at the target dummy. He started to emit mana from his hand, formed it into a sphere and started ...
2019-01-31 12:23:51 +0000 UTC View PostThomas stopped channeling his mana and let the ice sphere vanish from existence so he could pay attention to Fulin. Fulin looked over his students before speaking, "As I am sure you are all aware there are two ways to learn magic. The most basic way is to just have any spellcaster teach you a spell. As long as your Magic attribute is high enough you can learn an individual spell. However, this ...
2019-01-30 11:58:09 +0000 UTC View PostEven after an entire day of browsing through books in the library, Thomas didn't find anything really useful for his transmutation ability. He did find something interesting though. One of the authors had written a theoretical book on alchemy. The author had postulated that it was possible to use transmutation formations to extract not just the heart, but the very essence out of materials and u...
2019-01-30 06:19:36 +0000 UTC View PostAfter turning away from Molbon, Thomas looked over the teachers around the square and focused on the ones he didn't recognize. As he was walking around a teacher he didn't recognize approached him with a smile. The man looked to be in his late forties with dark hair and streaks of grey at his temples. He had a refined air about him that Thomas instantly recognized as a noble bearing. The man ca...
2019-01-27 13:52:55 +0000 UTC View PostThomas took a moment to follow Hekrin's advice and did his best to memorize the faces of the teachers making up the panel. He would avoid them in the future. Once he was ready he turned and walked over to the glass orb. He set his hand on it and urged his mana towards it. He was honestly curious about what his magic attribute would be. He was hoping for something interesting like the metal attr...
2019-01-27 09:31:18 +0000 UTC View PostThomas picked up the mug of beer and took a long whiff of it. He was pleasantly surprised to detect a hint of hops in the scent of the beer. He sighed happily and took a swig of the beer. It had the slightly bitter taste of hops with a hint of something sweet, honey perhaps. Whatever it was made with it was absolutely delicious. Thinking about it, he hadn't actually eaten anything that tasted b...
2019-01-26 17:51:56 +0000 UTC View PostUnfortunately, the view of the city was blocked by a tall stone wall with the only gap in it located at the harbor and piers. It took Thomas a moment to realize why the city would wall off a beautiful view of the massive lake, Kjersia the country that they shared the lake with. They would need fortifications in case their neighbor country launched an attack by ship. Thinking about attacks by sh...
2019-01-26 07:25:34 +0000 UTC View PostJust as Thomas was examining the captain, the captain was examining Thomas in return. The captain smiled in what was supposed to be a demure fashion, instead, it sent a violent shiver down Thomas's spine that made his backside pucker up instinctively. The captain laughed lightly, and without the door to interfere Thomas could now hear the slightest hint of baritone beneath the captain's voice. ...
2019-01-25 13:24:54 +0000 UTC View PostAfter a short wait in line at the bank, Thomas and Rock were greeted by one of the well-dressed goblins working at the service counter. Thomas smiled as he spoke, "I was hoping you could help me give my business partner Rock here the ability to deposit gold into my bank account."
The goblin held its long thin hand out toward Rock, "Bank card."
Rock dug around in his pockets before h...
2019-01-25 09:55:49 +0000 UTC View PostWhile he waited for the sixty-second timer to count down, Thomas examined his gains and shook his head at the title. It wasn't exactly all that useful. He didn't plan to, or even want to, run through dungeons alone all the time. Thomas worked much better on a team where he could support better fighters with great gear and items. Just thinking about fighting even stronger nightmare difficulty bo...
2019-01-25 07:17:29 +0000 UTC View PostAfter stepping off of the stairs at the seventh floor, Thomas was greeted by an unexpected sight. There were three groups of people sitting, standing, or leaning near a set of massive stone doors. The first thing Thomas paid attention to were the massive double doors. They were carved with a bas relief that showed humans battling an army of goblins. There were scenes of carnage involving the de...
2019-01-24 13:18:42 +0000 UTC View PostThomas moved through the passageway into the next section of the dungeon while reloading his crossbow. He intended to try to emulate something Jeff had taught him in a previous game. He didn't know if it was possible and, even if it was, he was certain that his 'Mana Control' and maximum mana weren't strong enough to maintain it for long. At the end of his path, Thomas stepped into the room and...
2019-01-24 10:09:34 +0000 UTC View PostAfter cleaning himself up and giving his clothing out to be washed, Thomas relaxed in his bed and checked his character sheet. He was pleasantly surprised at his growth. He had stopped paying attention to his experience gains after being in the dungeon for a while so seeing over four thousand experience sitting there waiting for him was pretty awesome. He crossed his arms over his chest as he t...
2019-01-24 07:14:10 +0000 UTC View Post
After walking through the pathway leading to the next room, Thomas came across his first group of goblins on the second floor. On the first floor, the largest group he'd come across was three at a time. However, this room had five goblins within it showing an increase in difficulty already. Four of the goblins looked just like the others on the first floor but the fifth one was sli...
2019-01-23 03:09:48 +0000 UTC View PostIt cost Thomas a whopping 150 gold for the materials he had used to make his items during the day. The majority of that was due to his use of the Firestone to make his grenades. As he hadn't had to pay for the first grenade he'd been unaware of just how expensive that particular material was. However, considering the danger involved in mining and shipping it, it made a certain amount of sense.<...
2019-01-22 12:43:39 +0000 UTC View PostThomas looked over the air powered gun a bit more. It reminded Thomas of old fashioned flintlock pistols, though not nearly as complex or nice looking. Thomas picked up the gun to examine it a bit more.
Weapon Type:Magitech Tube
Rarity:Normal
Quality:Excellent
Description:An extremely simple air-powered ...
2019-01-21 20:09:19 +0000 UTC View PostThomas looked over the notices and sighed heavily. He was really disappointed with the results, especially since he knew he could easily do better if he just had more time to work on it and make the pieces with more care and attention. After some very simple math, he could easily tell that without the 'Inventor' title giving him bonus experience he would have only gotten 104 experience for crea...
2019-01-20 09:38:09 +0000 UTC View PostFeeling the pressure of the quest bearing down on him, Thomas looked around the workroom for anything that might be able to help him complete his task a little faster. As he searched he took the time to light up the forge and get the coals burning so he could begin to work with the iron needed to make the MIG welder torch. He would have preferred to make it out of steel and ceramic parts, but h...
2019-01-19 00:21:44 +0000 UTC View PostThe more Thomas thought about it, the less likely it seemed that he could use his transmutation to transform iron ingots into thin strands of iron wire. He didn't think it was impossible at all, it's just that his current understanding of transmutation within AoG only amounted to extracting the 'heart' or 'essence' out of materials. Thomas double checked the books that Ricktor had given him but...
2019-01-17 10:33:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Thomas worked the bellows of the forge to bring the iron up to temperature. Once the ingot pieces were up to temperature, Thomas pulled out the largest piece and started to hammer it out into a rectangular shape about fifteen centimeters long. This piece would form the base of the crossbow along with the flight groove that the bolt would rest in. Thomas used the hot cut tool to ham...
2019-01-16 09:46:03 +0000 UTC View PostAfter parting with Selena, Thomas made his way to Hekrin's to get to work for the day. He was starting to get excited at the prospect of finally being able to see how that top worked. It just might give him a clue towards making a vehicle like a car inside of AoG. Granted it would take time for him to get that point, but every journey began with a single step. As Thomas was thinking to himself ...
2019-01-16 05:28:06 +0000 UTC View PostThomas stared at the barrage of notifications for a moment, it took him some time to absorb all of it. Once he got to the end he frowned, he wasn't sure how he felt about five professions all being rolled into a single one. On one hand, it was excellent because it meant any experience he earned for any of the five professions would be rolled into a single skill and allow it to rank up at a much...
2019-01-15 05:29:03 +0000 UTC View Post
I've had this for a while and just realized that I could share it with you as a special bonus for my Patrons!
Reykhoten is the country marked in brown with the massive lake, or inland ocean if you prefer, inside of it. I don't know if you will be able to zoom in enough but if you can, try to zoom southwest of the island in the lake and you can find Ulvstad where Thomas currently is. You c...
2019-01-15 01:12:51 +0000 UTC View PostFinally, it had taken Thomas nearly four whole weeks to get to this point. He'd spent the most important time of a new games life doing nothing but working towards a single goal. Now it was time to see if all of his hard work had been worth it. Thomas hadn't exactly suffered, in fact, he'd made a fair share of money and nothing he had learned was a waste of his time. He just hoped none of that ...
2019-01-14 10:10:11 +0000 UTC View PostThomas carried the leather breastplate to his work table and looked it over. He was honestly wondering how he should go about carving the symbol into the leather. There were obviously major differences between metal and leather and he didn't want to risk ruining the leather armor. Thomas looked through the available engraving tools and found one he felt he could use. The sharp end of the tool w...
2019-01-13 09:13:13 +0000 UTC View Post