Chapter 05: Aunts
My frown deepened at the unabashed declaration. The older woman looked close to Mum’s age, with a clear facial resemblance, softened only by a brighter shade of red hair. The younger girl, on the other hand, had muddy brown locks, braided boldly on one side, with an imperious adolesc...
2025-02-07 14:46:07 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 04: Friends And Family
The name of the game suggested a novel recreation, which Serenade Circle decidedly was not, but that didn’t make it any less enjoyable. Its complexity was perhaps too challenging for kids, but all of us had watched it played so many times that it was practically unreason...
2025-02-07 14:45:11 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 03: Advanced Attribute
It barely took me any time to complete my homework, but I spent about half an hour on other studies before I ran to find Mum. A month had passed since I picked up running, and I hadn’t grown bored with it yet. Learning to run had stretched my world vastly wider than it u...
2025-02-07 14:44:23 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 02: Ways
My memories didn’t magically return as the weeks flew by. Perhaps it was a blessing in disguise—not being weighed down by regrets of my past life, or the sorrow of leaving my loved ones behind. I kept telling myself that, trying to fill the void they left within me with something el...
2025-02-07 14:43:19 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 01: Life, Death, Rebirth, and Other Unusual Magics
I wailed in a gut-wrenching scream, snatching another chance at life from the clutches of Death.
Pain ripped through my core as my eyes snapped open. A bright, glaring light blinded me, followed by an overflow of tears. I had to squint to ...
2025-02-07 14:42:03 +0000 UTC View PostI had to falter as the last notification flashed before her eyes.
[You have received a trace of divinity.]
[Divinity is assimilating with your special attributes...]
[Attribute gained: Divinity.]
[The internal space of Inventory has reached 25 ...
2025-02-04 16:36:07 +0000 UTC View Post[Your skill Mental Corrosion Resistance (D) has been integrated into Golden Eyes.]
[Your skill Force Shield (E) has reached mastery.]
[+2 Physique. +4 Spirit.]
[Your skill Empower (D) has reached mastery.]
[+8 Physique, Spirit,...
2025-02-02 19:46:40 +0000 UTC View PostSo far, all the corrupted creatures Marvel had faced had exhibited only their savage nature—their eternal will to devour everything living in their wake. However, this time, their tactics seemed slightly different. They weren’t simply throwing themselves at everything in their path. No, it was more calculated.
Somet...
2025-02-02 19:45:21 +0000 UTC View PostAfter a bit of travelling, it became apparent that even the elder spider didn’t know the way out of these maze-like channels. Thankfully, she did lead us through to their new camp, even if it took a bit more time.
The reason for the delay was that the spider colony we were chasing was also migrating from one place to ...
2025-01-30 18:59:29 +0000 UTC View PostMarvel was thoroughly against the idea of letting the Elven healer tend to her wounds. It might sound like a foolish child’s whining, but she had reason to be wary of allowing an unknown entity to treat her, especially when it required her to be at her most vulnerable.
Perhaps they had a treaty between them, but that ...
2025-01-30 11:27:06 +0000 UTC View PostWichter
Wichter bolted across the dark, murky plain with only one of his companions in tow. Fear had clawed its way into most of his men, and they hadn’t thought twice before abandoning him. Of course, he could not blame them, considering how absurd his plan was—if it could even be called a plan. 2025-01-29 13:25:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Eventually, we caught up to the misshapen creatures after following their trail. It took less time than I had expected, though the number of creatures was a far cry from the horde that had entered through the portal.
I guessed the slower ones had been abandoned by the rest of the group. There was no camaraderie or famil...
2025-01-13 04:03:37 +0000 UTC View PostOnce again, I’ve decided to go with a bipedal main character story. It’s an old idea, refreshed with some new elements to make it more captivating.
The plan is to update it and another weekly with a batch of 3–5 chapters until its release, which will be after I finish Volume One of Tail Devourer. That sh...
Wichter
Wichter dragged his band across the cursed terrain, against all their wishes. At least they had received enough rest throughout the journey, considering they had to stoop every so often to hide from the horde of dark creatures. It made the way longer than it should have been, but he had no other...
2025-01-08 18:19:55 +0000 UTC View PostWhile Marvel tended to her wounds, I accessed my Inventory. No, I wasn’t intending to open it—only to enter my consciousness inside to get a feel for what had happened to the damned bird.
As I hoped, I found it hovering in the darkness of the Inventory, completely frozen in time. It was crammed in the confined space...
2025-01-01 20:51:31 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 02: The Spell
I was right. There are indeed two suns, one rises from the southern horizon, while the other rises an hour or two later and is situated in a more central position. Yet even with the two suns together, we barely have six hours of peak sunlight.
The southern sun, Som, lasts an hour or two short...
2024-12-01 18:44:44 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 01: Life, Death, and Other Unusual Magic
I wail in a gut-wrenching scream, snatching another chance at life from the clutches of Death.
Pain rips through my core as my eyes snap open. I blink repeatedly, struggling to adjust to the bright light. Tears blur my vision, and I have to fight to...
2024-12-01 18:42:32 +0000 UTC View PostWe were already in the battle when Serenity ordered us to enter the gate. Demonic creatures surrounded us from all directions, attacking with their everything to get a taste of us. The eagle wasn’t among them. It was still up in the air, its intelligent eyes surveying.
“Tell her to take care of the damn bird,”...
2024-12-01 18:25:30 +0000 UTC View Post“Hehehisp~” Shai laughed, striking [Arcane Shot] to kill the last of the corrupted Inix. “This is becoming really easy for some reason.”
She wondered why. It was the seventh time they were harvesting mushrooms, and yet they were nowhere near close to harvesting the whole cultivation pit. Hell, they were...
2024-06-30 07:37:13 +0000 UTC View Post“One truckload of tasty mushrooms incoming,” Shai hollered as they reached the inner empathic spider territory, unaware of who was listening to her. After all, she had decided to keep the mask for the time being. The least she could do was use the artifact and enjoy expressing herself freely.
Immediate...
2024-06-25 17:52:36 +0000 UTC View PostShai shot an [Arcane Shot] at the weakest Corrupt Inix, but before she could revel at her aim, her instinct screamed. She twisted her narrow form, avoiding the lunge of another one by a hair. The largest of them appeared to be the ringleader of this four-reptile crew. Not only was it controlling the othe...
2024-05-13 16:07:30 +0000 UTC View PostShai’s initial reaction to the assignment was apprehension. She feared she would need to hunt down a substantial number of creatures for the empathic spider fledglings to eat. However, she quickly realized that the corpses of tainted creatures were not exactly suitable nourishment for the fledglings.
Needless to say, ...
2024-04-28 19:03:20 +0000 UTC View Post“It’s like a rope,” said a young, childish voice as Shai’s mind hovered between drowsiness and wakefulness. “Aren’t snakes supposed to be yaaaay~ big?”
“Haven, you’re so stupid,” another childish voice retorted.
Shai stirred, a numbing pain throbbing in her ...
2024-04-23 19:10:06 +0000 UTC View PostA constant stabbing sensation jabbed at his mind, wrenching out an indignant groan as Jordan awoke in another plane of existence.
He opened his eyes to find himself lying face down on soft, luscious green grass. Feeling hazy, he chewed on it... it tasted sweet to his dull taste buds.
The throbbing pain pulsed pers...
2024-04-21 18:47:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Shai clutched her narrow form tighter, strangling around a copper-ranked lizard, her fangs injecting deadly poison into its neck. The corrupted creature only possessed higher physical prowess and remarkable recovery attributes. Shai had tussled with it for a while to tire it before she finally made her ultimate m...
2024-03-30 19:37:06 +0000 UTC View PostSolace led them to where Marvel would be appointed to work. Considering she had no experience, she would observe the preceding of the second phase of treatment. It mostly involved studying the infant spiders’ behaviour and spotting any signs of depravity in the babies.
Obviously, Marvel was unqualified for the job yet...
2024-03-27 18:49:46 +0000 UTC View Post
“Solace, what is this corruption about? Why have I never heard about it before?” Marvel asked, controlling her emotions. For creatures with inherited empathic power, emotions come as easily as hunger, but she would only be labelled as a kid if she was led by her emotions all the time.
Solace di...
2024-03-23 19:32:08 +0000 UTC View PostShai had a pleasant dream, one of the nicest dreams she had in the last couple of years. The details were lost in her mind when she roused, but the indications were evident. She was refreshed and felt stronger than she had ever been.
It wasn’t simply because of the sleep. Although she needed rest, it didn’t explain ...
2024-03-22 19:54:31 +0000 UTC View PostIn her loss, Shai turned to the spider, but Marvel was way younger than her, and it was impossible for her to come up with something Shai couldn’t in this regard. Shai decided not to burden young Marvel with such matters, as it was her issue to deal with.
“The council has decided,” Shai said. “We ha...
2024-03-21 19:48:37 +0000 UTC View Post“I. . . Please,” the boy said, “I have done nothing unjust to deserve this. The council must see that I am—”
“It is not for you to dictate what the council must do to preserve order,” Shai shouted, cutting the human short. “In the end, justice is merely the by-product of or...
2024-03-20 17:48:42 +0000 UTC View Post
