Tom and Jerry stood atop the tower, gazing at the lands beyond. All across the mountain peaks, forests, and valleys, the world sparkled like a mirror broken into a million pieces.
“The snow is melting,” Jerry said.
“It is, Master…” Boney sighed. “Our time is running out.”
“And the Billies hav...
2024-12-28 09:23:25 +0000 UTC View PostWhile the winter months passed timely, with all their joys and difficulties, Jerry still had the occasional guests over—or rather, guest.
“Shit, Jerry.” Derek slammed his cup on the table. ”It’s freezing in here!”
“The cold never bothered me anyway.” Jerry shrugged. “The fire should be roaring so...
2024-12-28 09:22:35 +0000 UTC View PostOf the many undead varieties, I find the skeletal ones most appealing. They are clean, versatile, and do not smell. But what they make up for in convenience, they lack in prowess.
Ghouls, the incarnations of those who died of starvation, are the exact opposite. While their grim sustenance is hard to maintai...
2024-12-28 09:21:10 +0000 UTC View PostMayor Ashman welcomed Jerry into his house, heart pounding wildly.
What’s the matter with those two? Okay, necromancers are dangerous, but they aren’t the devil! This one is even nice. Why does Murdock have to go and pick the hornet’s nest?
The truth was, he knew exactly why. Murdock, for all his po...
2024-12-28 09:20:17 +0000 UTC View PostInside Murdock’s grand house, two naked bodies embraced each other. There were juices involved, sure, but this was decidedly not herbalism.
Jerry pulled his senses back to his own body and grabbed his head.
“Boney!” he shouted, opening his eyes. “They’re fucking!”
“They’re fucking what?” as...
2024-12-28 09:19:31 +0000 UTC View PostWhen the rain was past, Jerry ran outside to the moist forest. Water droplets hung from the edge of leaves and the air was filled with the scent of petrichor, one he particularly enjoyed. All through the forest, the animals hiding from the rain were now resurfacing, bringing life back to the wet green.
Jerry walked past...
2024-12-28 09:18:51 +0000 UTC View PostOf all the fields of study, I am most interested yet least knowledgeable on souls. Even the little I do know, however, is enough to stand head and shoulders above most of my peers—including the bearded fools of Erland.
Through my studies, I have discovered that souls are immaterial, unfettered to the real...
2024-12-28 09:18:21 +0000 UTC View PostNot much is known about nature spirits.
They are separated into five elemental affinities, same as the schools of magic: pyromancy, hydromancy, biomancy, photomancy, and, of course, necromancy.
Being physical manifestations of the natural world, nature spirits—or magical creatures, as they ...
2024-12-28 09:17:53 +0000 UTC View PostHeadless’ thrown head found Brad right in the chest. The man looked down and screamed. The head screamed, too. Jerry found it funny.
More screams came from the forest. Through the tree line, bandits jumped out in panic, running away from something. Behind them, a massive tree trunk appeared. Axehand easily held it alo...
2024-12-28 09:17:22 +0000 UTC View Post“Hey!” Derek swung his hut’s door open with a big smile. “I’m back!”
“Hey dad,” Holly said. She was using a round rock to squash some herbs on the table, as Murdock had taught her to. She was working. And she was whistling.
“You look mighty happy today,” Derek said, rejoicing. Since th...
2024-12-28 09:16:54 +0000 UTC View PostBrad grumbled. When three men disappeared near that puny village, Pilpen, he’d assumed they’d run away. It was natural. What would a handful of villagers do to three hardened men? Feed them to death?
Therefore, he’d reported his suspicions to the big man, Jericho himself.
Now, the twelve-man-strong task forc...
2024-12-28 09:16:21 +0000 UTC View PostSup bros! Posting a few new chapters. Not too many; only about 30.
I started posting Good Guy Necromancer on RR yesterday, where it's at chapter 10 by now -- and already 30 followers! It will have daily releases for a month. Since I can't have my true supporters at the same level as RR readers, I decided to publis...
2024-12-28 09:15:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe Kingdom of Escarbot is split from east to west by the Axel Ridge, a mountain range so large it defines the kingdom. To the west of Escarbot lie the Moonlight Kingdom, the land of merchants and wizards, and the Jewel Sea, named for the color its waters take in the summer. To the east, the Alabaster Kingdom, famed for i...
2024-12-24 18:54:01 +0000 UTC View PostAt the man’s command, eleven more bandits jumped out of the forest and ran toward the village. They weren’t far, only two hundred feet away. The distance would evaporate in no time.
Therefore, Jerry did the only sensible thing; he ran away, dropping what he was carrying and bolting for the village center. At the sam...
2024-12-24 18:52:02 +0000 UTC View PostWhen Jerry exited the tower, he found himself staring not at a fence but a veritable wall.
Or, at least, a small part of a wall.
When he said ‘fence,’ he’d meant sparse wooden stakes on the ground, maybe with a loose array of planks connecting them. It would be a barrier with little practicality, bu...
2024-12-24 18:50:01 +0000 UTC View PostAs dictated by the laws of magic, every power has a drawback. For pyromancers, it is their fire’s voracious need for energy. For necromancers, it is the strain we must endure to sustain our undead.
When we control an undead, we not only need to maintain the bonds between its body and soul, but also provid...
2024-12-24 18:48:01 +0000 UTC View PostAfter a day’s work for the undead and half a day’s for the living, the abandoned guard tower was no longer abandoned, nor did it house any guards. Instead, it now belonged to a very satisfied necromancer, named Jerry, who had never in his life felt prouder at owning something.
Shoes were nice, sure, but a tower was ...
2024-12-24 18:46:01 +0000 UTC View PostOn the subject of souls, I must admit my fascination. For centuries, they have remained an enigma, both in their nature and specific qualities, but I believe I hold the key to unprecedented discoveries.
Previous research indicates that, when undead rise, they inherit a part of the soul of the body’s previ...
2024-12-24 18:44:01 +0000 UTC View PostDerek lived in a lovely little house at the edge of the village, crafted entirely out of wood. Besides a small storage shack outside, there were exactly two rooms; the main one, which was a little bit of everything, and Holly’s bedroom. Derek insisted that girls needed privacy and had built this extra room soon after her bi...
2024-12-24 18:42:01 +0000 UTC View PostA torrent of fire flew from the man’s hands onto Jerry’s body. The scalding heat made him dash backward in fear. At the same time, two more torrents jumped at the skeletons but failed to even char their bones. They both reacted instantaneously.
With an angry bellow, Boboar threw himself at the man, who jumped to the...
2024-12-24 18:40:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe bandits lay dead. The two hellish monsters awaited while their master calmly inspected the devastation.
Holly, already with her ass on the ground, backpedaled furiously. It dirtied her beautiful blue dress, but she didn’t have the presence of mind to deal with that at the moment. A far more pressing question loome...
2024-12-24 18:38:00 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to a brave new world, bros!
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People detest necromancers. They call us disgusting, repulsive, ungodly. They are wrong about those, but they are right to fear us.
Necromancers and mundanes cannot coexist. We are simply too different; to us, people are materials, a nascent state of zombi...
2024-12-24 18:36:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Bros!!!
Merry Chirstmas to those who celebrate and happy holidays to those who don't. In any case, I celebrate Christmas, so I prepared a little present for you. The first ten chapters of my new series are now available on Patreon. Ho ho ho!
I'm super excited about this. Good Guy Necromancer is a series I started ...
2024-12-24 18:34:01 +0000 UTC View PostHey bros! It's been a while! One month to be exact, since I finished Road to Mastery and took a break. I have rested.
Now I'm back in business, and better than ever. I've already started work on Good Guy Necromancer, my next series, so expect me to start posting in 2-3 weeks. I had a good backlog on that story, written ...
2024-12-10 09:20:01 +0000 UTC View PostHey bros. It's a new day today, so thanks again for your warm comments. They made my heart all tingly. I'm pausing my Patreon page today, so here is the book file I promised: a pdf version (not final) of the entire Book 6. Please don't distribute it. It's free for any patrons at the 10$ tier or above, but I've also made it so...
2024-11-08 14:05:12 +0000 UTC View PostI just typed in the final words of the series. Bros… I can’t believe it’s over. Road to Mastery has been my project for the past two years, my continued obsession and companion. It not only pushed my skills to a new level, but also my life, financially and in a bunch of other fields.
Throughout these two years, de...
2024-11-07 17:46:01 +0000 UTC View PostA man rested on a lush hill, arms crossed behind his head. He enjoyed the wind, the sun, the grass blades caressing his back. His eyes were closed in happiness—or, more probably, he was asleep.
“Hey Dad,” a woman said, manifesting beside him. She seemed in her late twenties, but that was definitely not the case. 2024-11-07 17:44:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Jack gritted his teeth. The tumors he had to constantly purge were one thing, but this situation was even harder to resolve. A simple purging wouldn’t work. Every evolution was spurred on by his own body, responding to the expertly designed fake stimuli provided by Enas—he was, after all, the original creator of human bod...
2024-11-07 17:42:01 +0000 UTC View PostEnas’s face turned furious. Green aura emanated in waves, his S-Grade power finally fully activating. “I don’t know how you got so strong,” he said, “but you’re delusional if you think you can defeat me.”
Jack smiled. A torrent of purple and gold erupted from under his feet, making his magic trunks flap li...
2024-11-07 17:40:00 +0000 UTC View PostBack on Earth, Jack’s clone had suddenly fallen to the banquet floor, convulsing and screaming in pain.
“Jack!” everyone shouted.
Vivi wore a dark expression. She knew about the war, but this was unexpected. What could be happening? She directed people to assist, but the healers weren’t even close to the l...
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