'Devil? Is she - assuming they're a she - a demonkin of some sort? How powerful? A basic devil is a god to demons but the weakest of the devil types. I could take a devil in a fight but that isn't the real concern here. Does she have a connection to Zel? Is she even a devil at all? Maybe her ...
2023-07-04 02:47:15 +0000 UTC View PostThe blue-haired foxkin looked shocked and then immediately outraged upon processing the two dismissive and equally rude questions. However, before he could open his mouth to potentially escalate matters further, he was beaten to the punch by Lone.
Pulling out his adventurer tag and displayi...
2023-06-27 18:10:21 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: Same as always, sorry for no chapter last Sun. Motivation is a tricky thing. Will try to be more consistent, won't make any promises that I'm likely to break though.
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[The host has developed the passive skill [Longbow Mastery].]
A/N: Little bit late but y'all know me and my tendencies by now. Hope you enjoy! :D
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"You truly are strong," Redorick commented as he led Lone away from the makeshift battlements that were being disassembled. "Did you really injure Prince Keining?"
'Something light to war...
2023-06-06 12:10:49 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: Hey, another chapter that's on time! Enjoy. c:
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As the merchants were busy arranging the wagons and carriages into a circular formation to defend from all sides, Lone had used the Blood Clone floating around in his veins to fly above the makeshift battlem...
2023-05-28 09:22:32 +0000 UTC View Post"It's a pleasure to meet you, Lone Immortus," the man whose race Lone knew to be Flint Wolfkin replied. "Officially I'm Redorick Halbundon, the owner of an independent merchant band under the Elgoran Merchant's Union. To a fellow beastkin, however, I'm Esto Silverfang. Now, you said 'negotiations...
2023-05-21 19:05:36 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: Man, I suck at following my own self-set deadlines. Whelp, here's a chapter! Will try to do another for the coming Sunday, but if I don't post it by early Monday, expect it next Sunday. I will try though.
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'Quest details: I, my family, and my merchant company require an es...
2023-05-11 11:50:19 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: Sorry for no chapter last week. This chapter is for yesterday and I'll try to get 2 done by next Sunday to make up for last week.
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'So no need to teleport them to our safe house in the Farwinds?' Lone asked Soph after having rece...
2023-05-02 03:57:58 +0000 UTC View PostLone shrugged in response to his sister's question. "Not really sure. Once a month or so? I'm invested in all of your growth, so much more often than once every half year at least. Speaking of half a year though, How're you guys doin' skill-wise? I see Scott is an H-ranker now. Congrats, big man....
2023-04-16 08:58:08 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: Sorry for the lateness. The last 14 days have perhaps been the most stressful of my entire life. Lot of things going wrong that have needed a lot of money, time, and mental fortitude, to fix. There won't be a chapter this Sunday. I need to relax a bit haha. This chapter is over 4,000 words t...
2023-04-07 04:16:15 +0000 UTC View PostAN: Sorry for the delay. This chapter would have been finished on sun or mon but I've been having issues with my PC. It finally broke yesterday. I bought a laptop to write from while I wait for my PC to get fixed by the shop, so we're all good now.
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Their maje...
2023-03-28 20:26:45 +0000 UTC View Post'My bones are repairing themselves faster and faster and I'm being flung around with noticeably less force now, so I'd reckon I've earned Force Magic Resistance and it's at least intermediate, maybe advanced. I just can't find an opening to attack him though,' Lone thought as he used Ung...
2023-03-19 16:13:05 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: First of two chapters today. Expect the next in a couple of hours or so! (this is to make up for the missed chapter two weeks ago.)
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'It's so much bigger than the one in Ranton,' Lone thought as he entered the fighting ring of Golden Pass City's ...
2023-03-19 09:19:27 +0000 UTC View PostStrike after strike battered away at Lone's blood fortress shield. Occasionally one wouldn't be negated by Fortress Shield Mastery and Kevin's estoc, Ellie, would come very close to piercing the Blood Clone.
However, the strength of Blood Clone combined with Lone's passive skill Blood Thick...
2023-03-12 20:30:34 +0000 UTC View PostWith all of the paperwork out of the way, Lone and his group made their way to courtyard three. The enclosure itself wasn't particularly fancy though it did have a certain appeal to it. The whole area was made entirely out of a stone Lone didn't recognise, likely a type of mineral resistant to da...
2023-02-26 04:43:21 +0000 UTC View Post[The host has developed the active skill: Item Examination.]
[Active Skill: Item Examination
An incredibly specialised skill designed to mimic the racial skill of the dwarven species, Stone's Vision.
Allows the host to gleam minute ...
2023-02-20 08:23:35 +0000 UTC View PostWhile they left the palace as a group of four, Lone looked to Yulia and asked, "Which is closer; Mason and Sons, or the strongest branch of The Adventurer's Guild?"
Yulia furrowed her brow. "I do not know. My familiarity with this city is limited despite me having called it home for six cen...
2023-02-12 21:22:05 +0000 UTC View Post"How do you know my name? I'm hardly the most public of Lord Keining's children," Yulia asked.
"The walls have ears. You gonna answer my question now?" Lone fired back as he thought, 'Lord Keining? Not 'Father', 'Prince Keining', or simply 'Dad'? Wonder what that's about.'
"I...
2023-02-05 14:46:32 +0000 UTC View Post'Has she stopped using her skill?' Sophie asked Lone.
He nodded and replied, 'Yup. I can't feel her trying to squirm into my mind anymore. Thanks for conveying my message.'
'Keeping a focused mind is harder than we though...
2023-02-01 13:20:37 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: Sorry for the lateness, got addicted to Sea of Thieves. Still am.
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"First," Lone said, "Introductions. I'll apologise for my earlier curtness, though I'm sure you can understand it. I am Lone Immortus, Immortus the Immortal, gold-silver plate adventurer. ...
2023-01-25 13:34:33 +0000 UTC View PostAndrew Keining, the 16th son of Prince Keining - the ruler of the Keining Principality, exhaled a deep breath of relief as he jogged down the gravel road with his retainers in tow.
"So it was a gold-silver plate. Thank the Gods," he said. "What more do you know of them, Hesha?"
The si...
2023-01-15 14:51:09 +0000 UTC View PostSeeing his status first felt like the right move. It was quicker to go over, even if he did like to look at the massive amount of MP and HP he'd gained solely from the lesser eldritch horror for tens of minutes at a time.
[Status
Name: Lon...
A/N: Happy new year!
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"Lone!" Soph exclaimed upon seeing him return to the store portion of the building with Rella behind him. "Y-You used freeform lightning magic... why?"
Lone thought for a moment and replied, "His wishes superseded my own, and I didn...
2023-01-02 08:44:38 +0000 UTC View PostLone looked down at the hand that had stopped him. "Something wrong, Thron?"
The prison guard stayed silent for a bit before he scrunched up his face and said, "Ah misjudged ya. When ya came in 'ere 'alf ah year ago, ah thought ye were some disgustin' animal keen tae steal the culture ah ot...
2022-12-25 15:59:08 +0000 UTC View Post"And you're sure you don't mind acting as an arbiter when needed, Guildmaster Elksworth?" Lossa Redtail, Matriarch of the Crimson Foxkin Clan, asked respectfully.
Gilbert nodded his head. "It's the least I can do after how considerate you've been of me, my apprentice, and her uncle."
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2022-12-18 10:55:47 +0000 UTC View PostLone had contacted Soph and told her it was safe to return. Once she was back at camp with Hamish and Breena in tow, and shortly following some warm soup filling her belly, she passed out.
The toll of teleporting for three days straight, half of which with an S-ranker prisoner had finally c...
2022-12-11 11:13:18 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: Pokemon shiny hunting has got me fucked up. I'll try to get a bonus chapter out this month to make up for the missed weekly upload.
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"What are you?!" Sheelda screamed as her mind raced. 'He feels like a C-ranker but my attacks are doing nothing to his...
2022-12-04 17:55:45 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: The new pokemon games have me badly addicted, so I do apologise for the lateness here. I hope you enjoy!
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"How, oh how, are you alive?" Zel muttered to himself from within his private chambers back in his personal pocket dimension known as Ardetia, which ...
2022-11-24 02:40:16 +0000 UTC View PostDing... Ding... Ding... Ding...
The rhythmic sound of metal slamming into stone and metal alike was the first thing Soph's senses picked up as she awoke. It wasn't a close sound but it also wasn't distant. It originated perhaps 50 or so metres from her.
She yawned as she stretched a b...
2022-11-13 14:08:54 +0000 UTC View PostThe moment Lone's consciousness had returned, he sprung up and made sure Soph was okay.
She appeared asleep but that couldn't have been true. Sophie would have been mentally on watch and would have detected the devil before trying to wake him immediately as she had done with the assassin. 2022-11-06 16:54:01 +0000 UTC View Post