– Era of the Wastes, Cycle 217, Season of the Rising Sun, Day 50 –
Terry sat cross-legged and with closed eyes in his crystal cell. Like in his previous cell, Terry had picked up the habit of dumping his own mana and surrounding himself with it.
Terry had to admit tha...
2023-03-18 00:59:01 +0000 UTC View Post– Era of the Wastes, Cycle 217, Season of the Rising Sun, Day 38 –
Well done, Terry.
Terry was scowling and sitting cross-legged in a small cell. He was wearing a plain shirt and loose pants. They did not even leave him his boots.
Giant wyvern? Sure...
2023-03-11 01:02:01 +0000 UTC View Post– Era of the Wastes, Cycle 217, Season of the Rising Sun, Day 37 –
Terry was running and running. The fog behind him was flying out of view while new fog became visible in front of him – always forcing him to stick to the safe passage he was traversing. Terry had not expe...
– Era of the Wastes, Cycle 217, Season of the Rising Sun, Day 36 –
Late in the night, Terry was sitting on a transfixed tertium slab high up in the sky. He wore a grim but calm expression and let his eyes wander over the mesmerizing image of the cold starlight playing with ...
– Era of the Wastes, Cycle 216, Season of the Setting Moon, Day 90 –
Battered and bruised, Terry sat up on the blanket which the lizans had put on the ground in a large tent. He could still feel the healing magic from the lizans. Even though the effects were beneficial to T...
– Era of the Wastes, Cycle 216, Season of the Setting Moon, Day 57 –
A lonely figure stood up high in the night’s sky. Despite the many stars above, it would be difficult for any observer to detect the person that was cloaked in velvety darkness. It was practically imposs...
– Era of the Wastes, Cycle 216, Season of the Setting Moon, Day 51 –
Terry observed the dense fog in front of him. He was stunned by the intricate movement of mana that was being emitted. On the one hand, Terry was relieved to find that the lizans had been honest in their d...
– Beginning of Arc 5, Self-Made Fate –
– Era of the Wastes, Cycle 216, Season of the Setting Moon, Day 51 –
“Oh, Great Dark One!” The lizan leader bowed once more. “Please assist us in our plight!” When Terry still failed to respond with anything ...
– Era of the Wastes, Cycle 216, Season of the Setting Moon, Day 36 –
Hope walked through a hallway in the Tiv palace. To her left, Castellan matched her steps in his aged but well-maintained armor. To her right, the Mage Supreme strode and used her mage staff as a walking s...
– Era of the Wastes, Cycle 216, Season of the Setting Moon, Day 35 –
Weran stepped out of the dimensional gate with an almost tangible aura swirling around his dark green cloak. His fierce eyes darted over the area. In front of him, a swarm of hellspawn was pressing into a ...
– Era of the Wastes, Cycle 216, Season of the Setting Moon, Day 34 –
“Where did he go?” Amelia shouted her question.
“Gone.” Jee appeared next to her with a deeply furrowed brow. “Definitely gone and gone far away. Going by the destabilized space, that unanc...
2023-01-07 01:02:59 +0000 UTC View Post– Era of the Wastes, Cycle 216, Season of the Setting Moon, Day 34 –
Inside the Tiv Palace, an oppressive silence had fallen.
“Lady Supreme?” Mahalia stared at her mentor, who had paused mid-sentence during the conference.
The reigning king and his parents ...
2022-12-31 01:02:59 +0000 UTC View Post– Era of the Wastes, Cycle 216, Season of the Setting Moon, Day 34 –
Terry first became aware of the hard ground on which he was lying, stomach down. He felt a headache throbbing in his temples. He dazedly opened his eyes.
“Wh-what?” Terry mumbled half-asleep. Not...
2022-12-24 01:03:00 +0000 UTC View Post– Era of the Wastes, Cycle 216, Season of the Setting Moon, Day 33 –
“What—?” The soldier whirled around and slashed his axe.
Terry reflexively transfixed the axe and nimbly jumped into the air above to avoid and bypass the soldier without slowing down. He didn...
2022-12-17 01:03:00 +0000 UTC View Post– Era of the Wastes, Cycle 216, Season of the Setting Moon, Day 33 –
A man in prison guard uniform was pushing hard against Terry’s barrier. Terry’s own arsenal of mana bursts and burst techniques was insufficient to hold his own against the advanced strengthening spell...
– Era of the Wastes, Cycle 216, Season of the Setting Moon, Day 32 –
“Do we finally get to look behind the mystery door?” quipped one soldier grumpily.
“I hope there are some useful supplies hidden behind it,” added another. “Otherwise, this is a tremendous ...
2022-12-03 01:02:01 +0000 UTC View Post– Era of the Wastes, Cycle 216, Season of the Setting Moon, Day 32 –
Terry used his five-point inscription ring to mark the position of the entrance and then returned the ring to his dimensional bag. Terry double-checked his mana cloaking and the concealment effect of his e...
– Era of the Wastes, Cycle 216, Season of the Setting Moon, Day 32 –
Terry somersaulted in the sky and hurled a spray canister at the pursuing flock of hellions. The canister transfixed in the air and the weight propelled by inertia caused a mist of darkwater to disperse ov...
– Era of the Wastes, Cycle 216, Season of the Setting Moon, Day 26 –
Weran stepped through the dimensional gate. His eerie, green cloak was fluttering in the wind. He examined the outline of the giant oak that was towering over the city below. “What a rare sight. Almost a...
– Era of the Wastes, Cycle 216, Season of the Setting Moon, Day 13 –
Terry had been running nonstop for more than a day while cursing the indefatigable undead. Even though he was faster than the runners, he could not put much distance between himself and the horde. Not only...
– Era of the Wastes, Cycle 216, Season of the Setting Moon, Day 11 –
“Just die already!” Terry channeled mana into his mana sublimator and unleashed another blast of intense fire-aspected mana towards the large blurry outline of a black snake with wings.
“Hiss!...
2022-10-29 00:02:01 +0000 UTC View Post– Era of the Wastes, Cycle 216, Season of the Setting Moon, Day 9 –
Siling was casting Heal on Lori. She finished cleaning the wound and then cast Cure Wounds.
“How is the arm?” asked Terry with a look of concern.
“Nearly as good as ...
2022-10-22 00:02:01 +0000 UTC View Post– Era of the Wastes, Cycle 216, Season of the Setting Moon, Day 7 –
“Clear,” said Terry. He exited the tunnel and stood underneath the night sky.
“Is it really a good idea to proceed before resting?” asked Calam. “The walls inside seemed more protective than...
2022-10-15 00:02:59 +0000 UTC View Post– Era of the Wastes, Cycle 216, Season of the Setting Moon, Day 3 –
“Can we go above?” asked Calam.
“Not without a fight,” said Siling. “From Terry’s and Miguel’s description, the signatures on the left are likely to be flaming geese.”
“Sounds ...
2022-10-08 00:03:00 +0000 UTC View Post– Era of the Wastes, Cycle 216, Season of the Rising Moon, Day 95 –
“I can’t say for sure if a four-leaved blood tulip is there,” said Dhruv. “But that region had several blood-aspected anomalies thirty years ago. It never reached the threshold for a forbidden zone,...
– Era of the Wastes, Cycle 216, Season of the Rising Moon, Day 90 –
“Well, this is awkward,” groaned a dwarven guard for Libra City. She grimaced and looked at Terry. “Technically, I am supposed to arrest you. Why are you approaching as if you’re taking a stroll?”...
– Era of the Wastes, Cycle 216, Season of the Rising Moon, Day 84 –
“Who are you?” A dwarven man was kneeling on the wooden floor with his hands and legs tied up. “Why are you doing this?”
Near the wall of the badly illuminated building, there were a dozen mor...
2022-09-17 00:02:59 +0000 UTC View Post– Era of the Wastes, Cycle 216, Season of the Rising Moon, Day 78 –
Romana lowered her bow and stared at the carnage in front of her. “Wastes, what happened here…?”
“This village was completely fine a few days ago,” said Yancey in a low tone. The death mage ...
2022-09-10 00:02:59 +0000 UTC View Post– Era of the Wastes, Cycle 216, Season of the Rising Moon, Day 71 –
Mia was sitting in the sky inside a transparent spatial barrier. Underneath her was a dimensional gate, and she observed the large demon army collide with the forces of the garrison in front of her.
...
2022-09-03 00:02:59 +0000 UTC View Post– Era of the Wastes, Cycle 216, Season of the Rising Moon, Day 68 –
Somewhere in Tiv, a man whose arms and legs were tied together was thrown into a hole. The hole had been dug deep into the ground. Near the bottom, the man fell onto the other captured people and a fresh ro...