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Wild Era 2, Ch 27: Sarathian Plans

At that moment, Maro coughed as he tried to sit up, but there was no sound, only the shaking of his chest as his eyes opened. 

He tried to say something, his lips moving as he looked around, but nothing came out. 

When he rea...

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Wild Era 2, Ch 26: Lord of Shadowfall

“Focus on one undead at a time,” Kelin said quickly, “take them down. I’ll deal with the lich and try to keep them all distracted.”

As he spoke, he pulled out a handful of shielding talismans and began to rapidly burn through them,...

Wild Era 2, Ch 25: Lich of Decay

It took precisely an hour for the silver light of the Path to fade from Maro, Galin, and Serai. 

When it disappeared, their classes were different.

Kelin analyzed them with a light touch, just enough to see what had changed.

Wild Era 2, Ch 24: Mausoleum of Bones

Kelin took in the others’ conditions at a glance as he headed toward them. 

He set a Soulfire Sigil in the air and established a ward. As they collapsed to the ground inside, his hands glowed with healing flames. 

For a whi...

Wild Era 2, Ch 23: Ascendant

When the world resolved again, Kelin was in a different place.  

He was still among the stars, but the hall and the sovereign were gone. Now he was standing on a flat stone plain that seemed to extend forever beneath a starry sky.<...

Wild Era 2, Ch 22: Meeting in the Stars

Kelin’s awareness gathered together and he found himself standing in a different place.

Stars stretched into the endless distance, their light shimmering with a thousand colors that created a sense of eternity, as if time and space were me...

Wild Era 2, Ch 21: Aura of Fear

Kelin considered the mysteries of Lareth for the rest of the night, as well as of the dungeon, but no answers were forthcoming.

Serai’s dream had given him some information that he’d been missing, and the match between her dream and his ...

Wild Era 2, Ch 20: Remnant of Decay

Kelin spent a good part of the night investigating the library, studying every design and inscription he could find.

Gaius helped by finding stonework that was altered with inscriptions and murals, even if they were hidden beneath the ruins....

Wild Era 2, Ch 19: Library of Silence

In the morning, Kelin dismantled the ward that had protected them throughout the night and they returned to clearing nearby monsters.

It didn’t take long to find the first mana concentration that marked a challenge, but in the interests of...

Wild Era, Ch 18: Shadowfall

Shadows stretched in every direction as the dungeon opened in front of Kelin.

Broken pillars and shattered stones soared into a dark grey sky that was filled with mottled clouds. 

The dungeon portal was inside a ruined building th...

Wild Era, Ch 17: Departure

Kelin spent the next few days in the training hall, working on his combat abilities.

Eventually he ran out of monster cores and mana crystals and had to buy more from the guild, but by the time he was done, he had achieved his main goals. 2025-06-20 23:08:32 +0000 UTC View Post

Wild Era 2, Ch 16: Resistance

Verasun’s Perspective

Silas Crest watched from his window as the guild officer appeared in the sky.

His frown deepened as he watched her punch destroy the assassin’s main outpost.

He couldn't assess her level, but sh...

Wild Era 2, Ch 15: Send It

Highmist was bustling with people going about their morning work, but it didn’t take Kelin long to work his way through the crowd.

As he turned another corner, he took out a dozen Soul Veil talismans and silently activated them one after t...

Wild Era 2, Ch 14: Into His Own Hands

“Are you alright?” Sandren asked. 

She had just flopped down in a chair in her office across from Kelin. The last couple of hours had been busy and there was a touch of exhaustion in her tone from dealing with it all.

“I’m...

Wild Era 2, Ch 13: Interference

When Kelin arrived at the training hall, it was similar to the one where he’d done his guild assessment. 

It was a rectangular chamber with a spot for the combatant to stand and another where monsters would appear. 

A contr...

Wild Era 2, Ch 12: Colors of Irian

The enchantments took Kelin the better part of the next week and in between he made some time for other things.

He made sure to visit the kids every few days to help them with mana circulation and their general understanding of magical theor...

Wild Era 2, Ch 11: Armaments

After his mana practice the next morning, Kelin returned to the crafting hall.

It had been a pleasant evening with Sandren. 

When the serious part of the conversation was finished, they’d focused more on teasing and getting to k...

Wild Era 2, Ch 10: Progress

After his mana practice the next morning, Kelin headed back to the crafting hall.

He’d stopped by last night and booked out the room for a month, so it was his until then.

He had some plans to meet with the team now and then to refin...

Wild Era 2, Ch 9: Foundation

The guild’s training halls were split between the back part of the first level and the lower levels, and mixed between combat and crafting. 

The farther away they were from the entrance, the higher the level they could handle, but Kel...

Wild Era 2, Ch 8: Fealty

Verasun’s Perspective.

Silas Crest, known more often by his title as Baron Verasun, was standing on the edge of his balcony looking out at the city below.

He sipped wine in a golden cup as he watched people go about their li...

Wild Era, Ch 7: Highmist

An hour later, the walls of Highmist rose in front of Kelin.

He passed through the gate with a flash of his guild badge at the guards. They looked surprised at the Low Steel rank it displayed, since he wasn’t at the First Evolution yet, bu...

Wild Era 2, Ch 6: Dual Elites

As Kelin took in the presence of the two dungeon bosses, he ignited his mana and soul pools, sending the condensed mana of Blaze surging through his meridians.

The form of the wolf turned hazy and disappeared as it merged with the dark mist ...

Wild Era 2, Ch 5: Temple of Mist

As Kelin walked into the temple, the doors led onto a narrow tiled path between the rippling waves that filled the left side of the interior and the leaping flames on the right.

It was like walking into a land of primordial mist, water, and ...

Cover Sketches, Wild Era 2

Okay, time for opinions.

This art is by Paris Ioannou.

These are three options for the cover of Book 2.

We can mix and match things.

What elements do you like the most?

(There's no guarantee it will end up exactly li...

Wild Era 2, Ch 4: Deathfrost Lich

Kelin grimaced as he studied the Deathfrost Lich.

He understood what the Path was up to. The effective level rating was based on what he did, rather than an assessment of his ability levels.

It was trying to give him a challenge that m...

Wild Era 2, Ch 3: Prodigy

As Kelin walked toward the second convergence, he could sense the flow of mana in the dungeon changing as it adapted to him.

The Path had taken his measure during the challenge, and now it was adjusting things. The dungeon was full of mana f...

Wild Era 2, Ch 2: Ring of Mist

The song was a simple one from the early days of Irian. The tune rose and fell, and the old words came to Kelin’s mind. 

On Orreth fair, the wind is rising,

To stir the golden plain,

Where the leaves ...