I led us back down through the common room, getting nods from a couple of Pietr's strongest enforcers. The others might not really understand my power, but the strongest knew, both my overall strength as well as my particularly swift growth. I not...
2025-06-13 17:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post"Interesting," said Fallon, glancing at her rune. "You're only a Journeyman currently." He said it as a statement but Beth still replied, "
"Interesting," said Fallon, glancing at her rune. "You're only a Journeyman currently." H...
2025-06-12 17:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostIt was, for the most part, a waiting game right now, though Beth had given Mortaine the details on their current location, so she had some expectation that he would just pop up at some point. Otherwise, Alex was still working and Selene was still ...
2025-06-11 17:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post"Congratulations," Sera said to Blood as they returned to the small room that had led into the larger room with the crystal.
"Huh?" Beth asked, looking between them.
"She increased her humanization," Sera said simply. ...
2025-06-10 17:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostThis whole thing was going to be Blood's show, as was rather evident when the wolf dipped a long claw into a small pool of blood, lifting it out to sniff it before making it disappear with a gesture. She didn't say anything, just turned and led th...
2025-06-09 17:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostWe walked, or rather moved at a light jog, with me leading the way back down the mountain. I routed us around the worst of the estate’s defenses, easily avoiding the rest even without walking through the dark paths, which I'm sure both the count...
2025-06-06 17:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostReporting back to the commander was something the whole team had to do, as they had to divvy up the rewards and loot. The commander had them gather in a large room, expressly for the purpose of having space to dump out their loot, and had them go ...
2025-06-05 17:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post"It's unstable," Beth said immediately, examining the rent in space as she grabbed a three-rebirth monster by the head and Spatial Obliterated it by squeezing her hand and crushing its head like it was caught in a vise.
<... 2025-06-04 17:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostBeth grabbed Sera and Blood and left the main building, taking them out to one of the buildings that was acting as temporary housing. They took the free time to get a hot shower and get cleaned up, Beth looking over their gear to make sure everyth...
2025-06-03 17:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe ship carried them east, and Beth and Sera relaxed for few moments before spending some time studying. The airship was fast, but nothing like the speed of a starship, and it took them hours to make it to the mountain range in question. Blood lo...
2025-06-02 17:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostI had thoroughly dissected the beast, of course, and stored away its core and a few other choice items, leaving most of the meat. I remembered the meat of bears on my homeworld was not only gamey but could even have a toxic component. Perhaps I wa...
2025-05-30 17:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostThey spent something like a month working on their skills, just trying to get a couple levels while they had a little free time with no crisis on their hands. That month, of course, was objective time, making it closer to ten months that they spen...
2025-05-29 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post"Not bad. What about you?" he asked Sera.
"Well, sure," said the dragon calmly, grabbing one of the bars as Beth put hers back in the fire.
"You ever use your fire in smithing?" Erosh asked mildly.
"Not yet," Se...
2025-05-28 17:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe whole barter section proceeded like that, with Beth spending a lot of time searching. Not everyone posted what they wanted, or contacted someone even if they had something another person had posted as being desired, so it was a lot of digging ...
2025-05-27 17:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post"Good to see you," Beth said as they broke apart.
"Good to see me? Good to see you! We expected you a bit sooner," Alex replied with a grin. "Especially since we heard a nasty rumor that you were on-world and hadn't stopped in." ...
2025-05-26 17:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: Quick note, I accidentally said the duke's father was watching the duel in secret last chapter; was supposed to be the duchess's father, which I've already corrected.
I stared at the man, Count Emmanuel, I suppose, with just a to...
2025-05-23 17:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe three of them were earning quite a bit, but the real prize was the experience they were farming towards their next levels. Levels didn't exactly come easy in the high two hundreds, but progress was still steady, Beth trying to do the math as t...
2025-05-22 17:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post"Sorry," she said, sitting down next to Beth, on the opposite side as Sera, and dashing at her eyes.
"Take your time," Beth said, patting the much stronger woman on the shoulder.
"I just…I thought I'd lost her. I thought...
2025-05-21 17:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostBeth walked over to where everyone stood, panting a bit as she still tried to recover from the ordeal of fighting a baker's dozen Ascended at once. She was running her healing full tilt right now, trying to piece herself back together as best she ...
2025-05-20 17:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post"You do not have to use the device," Mortaine said calmly. "In fact, I'm rather confident you don't need it."
"But it would save us all time and effort and you'd have what you want today," Beth said leadingly.
"That is true...
2025-05-19 17:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe thrust was supposed to tap the young smartass in the chest to demonstrate she still had a way to go, but I found myself rather surprised as she deflected and dodged the old walking stick. The stick was no ordinary cane, as it was made of a spe...
2025-05-16 17:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostTheir next stop was to a place that sold consumables, as Beth was starting to appreciate how a good potion or pill could be worth more than its weight in gold in the right situation. It turned out to be a profitable stop, though that was because t...
2025-05-15 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post"So good to see you all," was the bright cheery greeting he gave them, getting a strong nod from Baelvyr but disgruntled snorts from the rest. "Not in a good mood, are we?"
"Everything sucks," Beth replied succinctly, getting a hearty ...
2025-05-14 17:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostHell. It was hell.
That was the only thing that could possibly come to mind as they entered the dungeon and were immediately swarmed by tens of thousands of insects. The place was well below zero in terms of temperature and, with all ...
2025-05-13 17:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostMaybe it was something about them, about the speed they were clearing with, or something about the dungeon itself, but they only needed four spikes to normalize the feline dungeon. That took a total of a little over three days, and then they reste...
2025-05-12 17:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe next day dawned bright and clear, with a bit of a crisp breeze blowing, though I only felt that after I was washed and readied by my maids. They fussed and futzed over me extra this morning until I kicked them out, shaking my head at their ove...
2025-05-09 17:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostBaelvyr walked them through the process of filling out all the forms, in triplicate, before getting the spikes to manipulate the dungeons. The commissar at this Hall was a pleasant, mild-mannered woman who was almost the polar opposite of Jaq and ...
2025-05-08 17:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostBaelvyr had them return to the annex before anything else, with Jaq and Tazeen leaving immediately afterward. They still had a little time they were responsible for Earth before they would move on to other duties, but it didn't really hurt for the...
2025-05-07 17:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostBaelvyr did just what he suggested, calling Jaq and Tazeen, who didn't come over immediately, but showed up a few hours later. Beth, Sera, and Blood had retired to one of the handful of suites in the annex to get a bit of sleep and rest before rej...
2025-05-06 17:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe teleport went just like any other they had done, with somebody popping into the rather cramped teleporter room they had wound up in to check them. The person that had appeared was likely a bit stronger than Beth, but not by a really crazy amou...
2025-05-05 17:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post