Just an FYI working on World Spheres next chapter but crashing for the night. I edited two chapters of Solider book 4 this afternoon but spent most of the day doing paperwork to buy a piece of dirt in NH.
2025-02-27 04:35:41 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 352:
It was the seeds. The seeds, not the flesh or the juice of the golden fig, that I needed. Dissolving the pulp in cold water allowed the seeds to float to the surface after a few hours, and then I could skim them off. From there, I would dry them slowly and grind them in a mortar and pestle. The paste then n...
2025-02-26 05:09:38 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 351: Groundhog Day
The door to my room in the Adventurer’s Hall pounded, waking me. It soon pounded impatiently again. I pulled the griffin-down pillow around my ears to block it out. Every damn morning, an hour before sunrise, Konstantin came to wake me up. Why did I suggest he get a room next to mine?
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2025-02-25 04:45:37 +0000 UTC View Posthttps://www.patreon.com/collection/704892
Announcements (this feels like high school again with pre-day intercom announcements):
Book 1 of the World Sphere Audiobook is finished. According to Audible, it will be approved within 10 bu...
2025-02-24 16:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostWarning: Another controversial chapter is below! I am reading the comments and will eventually be doing my read/ edit on it. Remember, these are all draft chapters but usually the controversial things are tied to plots in the future. I don’t know when I will be editing it, as Raelia will be off-scene for a numbe...
2025-02-23 05:46:13 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 208: Unification Quest
It was an ambitious project: reuniting the eight larger islands and a dozen smaller islands of Skyholme. We had discovered ancient maps in the Black Spire, and the island used to be roughly circular, measuring about six hundred miles across. While it isn’t a huge landmass in the vastness...
2025-02-22 22:45:51 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 349: Large Appetite
It was evident that the halfling sorcerer had a mischievous streak. Perhaps she had been upset when she found nothing on me to pickpocket. Still, I was where I wanted to be. I would play the fool if I had to deal with the halfling woman again. It was easier to anticipate situations if people ...
2025-02-21 02:20:04 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 348: Godok
We were not headed directly to the city of Godok, as Konstantin had been told. Instead, the Lucky Equilibrium was headed for the coastal city of Kryvan. Here, they would pick up barrels of salted fish to sell in Godok. There was nothing to do about the three-day detour.
Our ...
2025-02-20 05:29:05 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 347: I'm Not Crying, You Are Crying
I placed the small brooch on the table. It depicted a majestic bird with spread wings made from tiny rubies and diamonds. “It is a dungeon artifact,” I said, and the seer’s interest flagged. She would have no past to delve into, making it harder to read the object....
2025-02-18 05:38:08 +0000 UTC View PostAs mentioned, I will be moving two chapters on Mondays instead of Wednesday's from the Seraphim collection. Fan Fiction contest deadline is approaching. MARCH 1st!!! Link here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/fan-fiction-2-110591204
... 2025-02-17 19:14:00 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 346: History Lesson
We stood far below the icy slopes, and the warm, humid air felt welcoming. What were we going to tell Navek? Were we going to reveal the entrance to him? If the golden figs could serve as a base for aether potions, this dungeon could make his people extremely wealthy. But then ag...
2025-02-17 04:02:41 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 91:
I spent four days locked in my drafting room. I managed to accomplish what I needed through my interface and communication with Mad Dog. Player activity was spiking again in Malcum, but strangely, Eternal Legacy’s raid on Goatyah was not mentioned in the forums. It made a strange kind of sense since they d...
2025-02-16 05:21:45 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 90: First Losses
“It is an opportune time to attack us,” Mad Dog growled as the draconic invasion was pressing forward.
“What guild is it?” I pressed Danny.
“Give me a moment. Most of our players are here,” she said. That was true, as only Malcum would have a portal for the Invasion, so w...
2025-02-14 21:27:52 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 345: Fresh Air
Maveith’s deep voice boomed behind me, “Harpies tits? That is definitely not a harpy, Konstantin.” Maveith knew the legionnaire slang term and was trying to be funny. I couldn’t find the humor in it as the gargantuan creature inside the chamber. I just looked too lethal.
Chapter 344: Gone Manticore Gone
Well, at least the creature was talking. The question was, could we get useful information from it? I only understood a fraction of what was being said, and Maveith paused to explain what was being said as the conversation progressed. “We are not the ones who put you in th...
2025-02-12 04:27:31 +0000 UTC View Posthttps://www.patreon.com/collection/704892
Starting next Monday, I am going to be moving the two Soldier chapters from the Seraphim tier on Monday's instead of Wednesday's. My goal is to switch my work week from Wednesday to Tuesday...
2025-02-11 23:56:22 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 343: Unraveling The Dungeon
Our second apex channeling essence was a positive sign. It had been just over two days since we cleared the manticore room. The next question we needed answered was whether we could wait two days in the safe room and then return to obtain an apex essence or if we would ha...
2025-02-11 04:52:24 +0000 UTC View PostYeah, I got sidetracked by a Superbowl party. I have 243 half-written, and I am working to finish it now. Then, I'll move on to 244. I have to work on the missed Town Builder chapter tomorrow.
I have been editing book 4 and am reaching the part where he reveals that his burnt aether channels to Zyna. In terms of changi...
2025-02-10 22:01:34 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 342:
As Maveith was recovering his aether, Konstantin exited the dreamscape. He looked content as he handed me back the amulet. “Wait till you see Maveith,” Raelia said excitedly. I gave Raelia the small mirror from my shaving kit to hold while Maveith checked himself out. Konstantin was shocked...
2025-02-09 08:09:50 +0000 UTC View PostI believe the last chapter was sufficient to conclude book 4, so this could be chapter 1 of book 5. However, I might need an epilogue to properly finish book 4.
Chapter 207:
It was hard to focus on the lecture. Instructor Abraham Kursai was reviewing the more obscure runes that a dungeon...
2025-02-08 05:59:18 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 341: One Konstantin Is More Than Enough
The dungeon didn’t feel any different when we entered. I did feel a slight brush against my mind fortress, but I assumed it was just the dungeon’s awareness coming to focus on us. The entry room floor was free of the little trash we had left, and the hallw...
2025-02-06 22:21:14 +0000 UTC View Posthttps://www.patreon.com/collection/704892
2025-02-05 23:34:37 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 340:
“Is that what I think it is?” Raelia said wantingly.
“It is a shaping essence, but this one is mine,” I stated firmly. I had been intentionally balancing the scales in their favor just in case something like this came up.
“But you cannot cast spells. I could make much bett...
2025-02-05 20:43:49 +0000 UTC View PostI did rewrite the last bit of the last chapter in the Navek interaction. Also posted 3 more chapters today in the book 4 final edit collection
Chapter 339: You Win Some and You Lose Some
The others were waiting for me as I brushed off the brief disorientation of the transition. “How did...
2025-02-04 04:11:28 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 89:
There was a convergence of events coming. We had less than a day left to complete the dungeon, and pushing to the final floor had been a challenge for Mad Dog’s group, even with two high level members. I had a lot to manage myself—in two days, the NPC auction would close, and the Lost City o...
2025-02-03 00:21:24 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 338:
The chamber was covered in fine web carpets, and it appeared the spiders were trying to cocoon the entire chamber. The ceiling gave off a soft blue-gray light, like twilight. There was no way to cross the chamber without disturbing the webbing.
“The webbing isn’t from spiders,” Nave...
2025-02-02 03:43:23 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 337: The Golden Fruit
Scouting ahead was actually a pretty good idea. If Raelia could fly across the maze, scout the next room, and then return, it could help us prepare. However, I reconsidered her scouting the next room because another devious trap might be lurking in the passage. Being an open-top maze, flyin...
2025-01-30 17:36:32 +0000 UTC View PostI am writing tonight's chapter, but a few people are confused about dimensional space. Below is the explanation I wrote a year ago. I will answer questions and edit the explanations to try to clarify. For writing purposes, I am trying to avoid 'hard' numbers, preferring approximations that are close to the world m...
2025-01-30 03:25:57 +0000 UTC View Posthttps://www.patreon.com/collection/704892
As noted, chapter 231 is the final version. Below are the first two drafts if you want to see the evolution of the pivotal chapter.
This is the link to the first draft:
Chapter 336: Not Following the Rules
Konstantin remained on watch while the rest of us slept. Raelia curled into me and mumbled about how bad I smelled—not that she smelled too peachy, either. With the amulet locked and shared in our grasp, we entered the dreamscape.
I immediately felt out and surve...
2025-01-28 05:56:35 +0000 UTC View Post
