Jace trudged along the path that Ollie had laid out in front of him. Saving Greg was something he was happy to do – despite it costing him the hypercycle’s remaining fuel. He got Stardust and some of the vehicle’s components.
The betrayal stung – but he had forgiven the trespass on the street folk code. That is ...
2024-09-27 03:36:47 +0000 UTC View PostThe rumbling of the engine was the only accompaniment to Jace’s otherwise silent travel as night began to fall. He was fuming at the fact she broke their code. One of the first rules of the street was that you never sold-out fellow street folk. Only if you were threatened with death or grievous injury was it a...
2024-09-26 01:12:50 +0000 UTC View PostJace got used to the rumbling engine and bumpy road quickly enough, and was able to ride along the cracked, broken roads with little issue. He did not even have to navigate around obstacles as the path was cleared of any debris. You’d think that they would have vehicles with all of this open road, he thought. ...
2024-09-26 00:16:19 +0000 UTC View Post1
Lyn saw Gael crush the woman to death before dropping her corpse and retrieving his spear. She used one of her claws to help him clamber up onto her back, and then opened her mouth and felt her mana surge up her mana channels as a torrent of lava exuded from her maw and burned the ship down to ...
2024-09-25 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostGood day,
Versewalker has been removed from Kindle / Kindle Unlimited.
I'm working on fixing some formatting issues with the Book / Ebook.
For the time being, you can read the whole story on Royal Road, for free.
2024-09-25 05:46:57 +0000 UTC
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The streets of Khrox, The Eternal City, were bustling with the morning commute of the citizenry. Shops and businesses of all kinds had transplanted themselves from their home worlds to Khrox proper. Stardust was the universal currency of the realm. Natural resources were not created spontaneously in the multi-dimensional spac...
2024-09-25 00:46:26 +0000 UTC View Post1
Lawrence stood next to Brad and Stellas, obsidian scalpels in hand, as they both followed Thomas’ instructions. Their new bodies – their backups – were on the tables in front of them, downstairs in Trisha’s hospital and medical school. All three had stenciled using ink, and now they wer...
2024-09-24 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostJace patted his messenger bag that was slung alongside his duffel bag. “Right here,” he lied.
She kept her palm raised, “Throw the bag to me.” Her voice was harsh and demanding. Gruff and coarse, as if she had spent years screaming orders.
Good thing it’s filled with water, Jace thought as ...
2024-09-23 13:46:08 +0000 UTC View PostDays passed and Jace continued his journey across the broken landscape. He had stumbled across a road, and after consulting Ollie’s map, found that the cracked, stone walkway more-or-less led to where they were going.
He was not wanting for shelter after the third day. Small villages with twenty-to-thirty houses were ...
2024-09-22 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostJace walked up many, many flights of stairs that kept doubling back on each other. This facility was buried deep to keep the arc reactor safe, he thought. It took about thirty minutes to climb up - and he did not feel any strain on his legs. His hip flexors were burning with exertion, and he had to pause a few times....
2024-09-21 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostThere was loud knocking at the door. “I just woke up!” The tall and sumptuous woman got off the bed and walked over to the door. Peering through the peephole, she saw a familiar face. “Oh shit!” she flung the door open as the harsh sunlight of The Eternal City poured onto her face. “You’re back!” She flung her a...
2024-09-20 15:19:41 +0000 UTC View Post1
Lyn flashed through the skies in the blink of an eye. The Paragon hero core, taken willingly from James Marshal, the King of Khrelardia and one of the twenty summoned heroes, enabled her to travel at the speed of light. And she used that to great effect over the past several months. She visited...
2024-09-19 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostGENERAL NOTE GOING FORWARD: I've changed the 'in between System Messages' indicator from two dashes (--) to become a little more complex (<<<--->>>) to help better denote where the shift between System and narrative splits.
Breaks in the narrative for POV swaps and the like are still offset by a ...
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Fall passed and winter came for all of Ghomar. Lynhold was well supplied thanks to spells and mundane farming. The Empress used her spells to pull up rivers of lava to the surface to keep the Valley of the Volcano in a temperate climate, as the heights of the mountains crusted over with ice...
2024-09-18 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostJace got up after resting a bit and crept towards the front of the tunnel. Looking at the silvery pool, he saw no indication of movement or life. Did I kill all the ones here? The whole den? He glanced over at Ollie, “Is there a way to scan for more of these Vyrknadine?”
“Nothing I have,” Ollie rep...
2024-09-18 00:45:09 +0000 UTC View Post1
Lyn sat on her seat in the throne room as the council arrived and took their seats. She had called a full council meeting, so even more chairs were set up behind the seats of each person for their various underlings.
“Excellent. Let’s get started.” Lyn said in Shereldian as she stoo...
2024-09-17 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe faint light of morning caressed Jace’s face and he woke up. He pushed his way out of the hovel and stretched in the small dell, looking around for any signs of danger. Thankfully, his night had been without incident after the one predator came by. They must really range out far from each other, he thought. ...
2024-09-17 03:28:41 +0000 UTC View PostJace was woken up by the sound of sniffing. He closed his eyes once more and focused his senses on hearing alone. The soft breathing of a Vyrknadine was somewhere outside the burrow. Fifteen feet from it - and getting closer.
At least I’m more prepared now, he thought. But this thing probably hunts ...
2024-09-16 14:05:33 +0000 UTC View PostOliver nodded and swam in space, “Right. So, leveling up is straightforward. You just tell me to spend the Stardust. You will then get to choose to Rank up an existing Skill or choose a new one.”
“I’m assuming Rank up means improved efficiency in some way?”
“Yup.”
“Can we see a list of the ne...
2024-09-16 02:03:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe hours passed comfortably. Oliver provided schematics and was able to slowly pick them apart visually separating out the various layers of the designs. Jace was able to intuit how the device would be put together by having Oliver re-layer the different components over each other. It was work-focused, but the two were drivi...
2024-09-15 15:18:50 +0000 UTC View Post“Can’t you run any faster?” Chroma asked as she kept ahead of the heavily laden brother she loved to playfully torment.
Jace shook his head, weighed down with all their worldly possessions. “Do you want to carry the bags?”
“Nope!” She skipped forward and he pushed himself to follo...
2024-09-14 15:32:38 +0000 UTC View PostJace rolled out of bed and stretched. Oliver must be busy, he thought as the spectral Wayfinder did not ‘pop’ into existence when he awoke like the day before. I should just get to work. He made his way to the same supply closet and began to replicate his creation from the day prior, holding the fla...
2024-09-13 14:00:46 +0000 UTC View Post“Run faster!” Quinn shouted at the Aspirant that was lingering behind her.
“I’m trying!” the burly man named Greg replied as he huffed and puffed trying to keep up. “I’m built for sprints!”
Quinn’s Wayfinder - a sparrow named Valerie, chirped in with a peppy, female voice. “Welp! He is a goner....
2024-09-13 00:42:40 +0000 UTC View Post1
James sat in his council chamber. The meeting had finished, but his commanders sat, waiting for the answer to their question.
Dorian repeated it once more, “Why is the Scout hero a blur?” This was echoed by the other commanders.
God damnit, James thought as he ...
2024-09-12 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post1
Sonash only took two hours of bow-teleportation travel for Lyn to reach. The lush, fertile farm region provided about half of the cereal crops for the kingdom of Khrelardia. Following the bracer mounted in her armor, she made her way across the lush fields and found an old, abandoned barn i...
2024-09-11 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post1
James raised his blade and incanted his spell, “Anno nin i gwelu en-galad.” He turned into a bolt of light and flew all the way back to Kor’s Hold within moments, landing on the balcony to his chambers as he took shaky breaths. They’re all a lost cause, he thought. Only...
2024-09-10 13:50:24 +0000 UTC View PostThe flash of light was followed by a cacophonous bang and Jace was blown backward by the shockwave. He screamed out in pain as he hit the wall. Putting his hands out instinctively, he crashed down onto his stump and almost blacked out.
“Crap!” Oliver flew around him, “You are hurt bad. Bleeding heavily....
2024-09-09 23:29:31 +0000 UTC View Post“Damnit! Not another!” the tall, black-as-night-skinned woman peered over the various panels that surrounded her large, cushioned chair. “I told them to stop accessing that database,” she muttered to herself as her purple eyes scanned the displays. The three irises each able to focus on separate items within the same ...
2024-09-08 15:54:10 +0000 UTC View PostThe Vyrknadine bucked up and almost tossed Jace off. He wrapped his legs around the monstrosity like a vice and hung on for dear life as it bucked and tried to coil back in on itself to bite him. Flattening himself against it, he felt around with his fingertips until they latched into small grooves between the chitinous plate...
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