Day 26, 1:05 PM
We’re six lessons in, and we’re finally at the edge of civilization, such as it is, on the border of the corrupted lands.
“Remember, I can only use minor magic and those with mostly int...
2025-02-02 15:57:50 +0000 UTC View PostDay 21, 8:20 PM
Edna enters the hut. She was probably right outside the whole time, crying in the rain, but I left her alone, she certainly needed some time to reflect.
“How are you doing?”
“Bett...
2025-02-02 14:10:58 +0000 UTC View PostDay 21, 4:15 PM
“One must travel a long path if they wish to become a mage.” Edna’s voice is solemn, and I have to kneel on the ground before her as she teaches; because that’s the way things are done. I d...
2025-02-02 14:09:29 +0000 UTC View PostDay 21, 10:30 AM
“Hello, Edna!” I greet the witch as I enter her home, surprising myself with the sincere cheeriness and the fact that I actually missed her. Edna’s inside, cooking, not one whit surprised I ...
2025-02-02 14:08:09 +0000 UTC View PostDay 19, 5:20 AM
The thirty-eighth floor is dark already, but my darkness intuition is helping me navigate around trees and bushes without a sound. It’s a neat skill, lets you see in the dark, kind of. It’s mor...
2025-02-02 14:06:51 +0000 UTC View PostDay 14, 10:30 AM
With the kids safely heading for the surface, it’s time to focus on myself. What do I want to do with my life? The answer is magic. But the most immediate question I need to consider is whether ...
2025-02-02 14:01:42 +0000 UTC View Post57th of Season of Water, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
Heroes have dramatic fights in tournaments, full of twists and turns, winning against impossible odds, snatching victory from the jaws of defeat, and advancing realm to rise to ...
2025-02-02 05:15:09 +0000 UTC View PostPick what you want in tomorrow's chapter. I'm off to have a snack and will return in an hour. If there are no responses, I'll toss a die.
Cheers!
2025-02-01 15:50:26 +0000 UTC View Post57th of Season of Water, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
The core disciple trial was taking place in an arena. Newt had no idea the Explorer’s Gate had an arena. When viewed from the street, the Chamber of Instruction’s main build...
2025-02-01 05:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post47th of Season of Water, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
Elder Flameax took a full day to come to terms with Newstar’s sudden realm increase. He was disappointed. He had expected better from someone of Newstar’s talent, there was ...
2025-01-30 06:03:55 +0000 UTC View Post30th of Season of Water, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
“You are trying to trick me!” Magmin hissed. “If I climb to the surface, the blazing pterosaur will attack.”
Newt stared at the creature. I did not think of th...
2025-01-29 05:57:45 +0000 UTC View Post29th of Season of Water, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
The dark, oppressive mine shaft was no longer dark, nor oppressive. It was a mere hole in the ground, the air thick with earth energy, tinged with extinguished fire of the ancie...
2025-01-28 02:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post29th of Season of Water, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
After conscripting the terrified locals to help carry the unconscious Blood Cult victims to his clanhold, Newt and his friends went back up the slopes of the Dragon’s Rest vol...
2025-01-26 05:48:32 +0000 UTC View Post29th of Season of Water, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
“They’ll kill me.” The flabby mortal squealed, hanging upside down.
Elder Flameax had heard plenty of inane things in his long life, but despite that he had trouble ...
2025-01-25 05:20:05 +0000 UTC View PostAN: Warning, in case you skipped the message in the previous update, this chapter has some horror elements and possibly gore, if you're extremely sensitive. This is a one chapter thing, and it will appear rarely or not at all in the future. Demoni...
2025-01-23 04:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post29th of Season of Water, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
While deciding that Newstar’s safety was paramount was well and good, Elder Flameax still had choices to make. Important choices. A nearby city had a library, and a library wa...
2025-01-22 08:06:42 +0000 UTC View Post29th of Season of Water, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
The four lower-layer cultivators drew strange sabers. The weapons’ flat sides were jagged, covered in barbs and hooks, striking or grabbing the usually safe sides with bare ha...
2025-01-21 04:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post29th of Season of Water, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
Newt and his team stood out in the streets. The yellow and green camouflage robes designed to blend into the jungle clashed with what regular mortals wore on a busy day. In part...
2025-01-19 04:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post29th of Season of Water, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
Harvesting eldenroot took slightly longer than Newt and his team had expected, but they still had plenty of time to spare for a visit to the Blazing Salamander clan.
The g...
2025-01-18 05:29:03 +0000 UTC View Post19th of Season of Water, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
How did it come to this? Newt sat in the hot-pond with Obi and the girls, staring at the stars above. Everyone was decent, in their underwear, but decent, and the water...
2025-01-16 08:42:33 +0000 UTC View Post17th of Season of Water, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
Newt was at ease. On the first day, his team had collected a tenth of their quota. They could complete their mission in nine days, assuming their luck held up, then spend ten mo...
2025-01-16 08:26:12 +0000 UTC View Post16th of Season of Water, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
The captain of the airship had a stern face, cold, brown eyes, and kept her back straight. Her most striking feature, however, was a fierce burn, which painted the lower left ha...
2025-01-15 04:13:35 +0000 UTC View Post13th of Season of Water, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
Newt and his teammates were checking available missions at the Chamber of Instruction. Outer disciples and laborers had a considerably more diverse spectrum of missions, ranging...
2025-01-14 05:33:20 +0000 UTC View Post47th of Season of Air, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
Half a season stormed by in a bustle of inconspicuous activity. Newt had devoted his days to improving his proficiency with spell formations, both theoretical and practical, as we...
2025-01-12 04:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post84th of Season of Fire, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
Newt returned to his dorm room, his nervousness made manifest as serpents dancing in his stomach. After he had learned that his friends were safe, they disappeared from Newt’s ...
2025-01-11 06:47:47 +0000 UTC View Post84th of Season of Fire, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
The Chamber of Punishment was bare. It looked like the base model all other Chamber buildings used for their layout before filling it with furniture and life. All furniture in th...
2025-01-09 09:31:53 +0000 UTC View Post83rd of Season of Fire, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
Greenbow or First, as she seemed to prefer to be called, appeared angry with him. Newt knew why. She waited for him to leave the Valley of the Lost for weeks, and when he finally...
2025-01-08 04:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post83th of Season of Fire, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
Four weeks had passed since Newt got separated from his teammates. He had taken to meditation at the strangest of times, in the strangest of places. The fourth realm area of the ...
2025-01-07 05:13:46 +0000 UTC View Post59th of Season of Fire, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
Alabaster listened to Newstar’s teammates’ story with furrowed brows. At first, she took their words at face value that a wandering dinosaur had snatched her disciple, but there were to...
2025-01-05 09:55:23 +0000 UTC View Post59th of Season of Fire, 57th year of the 32nd cycle
Newt dodged a split second before the stegosaurus launched a volley of icicles from its tail. The frozen javelins whizzed by harmlessly, but rather than being happy with his succ...
2025-01-04 07:57:16 +0000 UTC View Post