Enjoy a four-chapter bonanza.
Felisia stood in the shallow crater where the Goblin Wizard’s last fireball had exploded, steam rising off her armor.
Her breath came in shallow pants, and a tingling numbness crept up her arms from exhaustion.
She braced herself on her sword and stared down at the wizard’s broken body. Th...
2025-07-24 18:07:48 +0000 UTC View PostThey probably sip wine and wager on the second I break.
Rage licks at my thoughts.
I roll to my feet, vision smeared with red haze. The Ogre stalks forward. I dart left and right, drawing it across the arena. I lash a Fire Slash at an exposed gap behind its knee. The flames boil, but the brute stomps through them. Its mace crashes down. I barely twist aside,...
2025-07-22 22:18:22 +0000 UTC View PostWe spend half the morning climbing the steep path that twists around Clearwater Mountain.
The air thins with every step, and the sea turns silver far below. By the time we reach the summit, the nobles are already waiting, clustered around Lord Clearwater’s pavilion.
His banner flies above the crowd, and the nobles' colors ripple in the wind.
At the mountai...
2025-07-21 19:13:39 +0000 UTC View PostAs the title says, expect double chapter releases to celebrate #1 of Rising Stars. I'll post them daily.
xoxo, VengefulBirch
2025-07-21 19:12:52 +0000 UTC View PostThe release rate is the same I follow on RoyalRoad, one chapter a day for now. I just release them in batches as I write. My writing schedule is not one chapter a day. I might spend two days plotting three chapters and then writing them out in one go.
Chapter 54 is the chapter I had the most fun writing, I hope you can appreciate it. Sip some wine while you re...
2025-07-19 19:54:33 +0000 UTC View PostPSA (I'm just keeping this on every chapter from now on to avoid confusion):
The release rate is the same I follow on RoyalRoad, one chapter a day for now. I just release them in batches as I write. My writing schedule is not one chapter a day. I might spend two days plotting three chapters and then writing them out in one go.
Everyone is s...
2025-07-14 22:17:26 +0000 UTC View PostSince some asked, the release rate is the same I follow on RoyalRoad, one chapter a day for now. I just release them in batches as I write. My writing schedule is not one chapter a day. I might spend two days plotting three chapters and then writing them out in one go.
The Adventurers’ Guild hall goes silent. Every voice dies as the Dungeon Map pulse...
2025-07-10 20:51:20 +0000 UTC View Post“What is that?”
“What is that?” I ask again, not bothering to hide my suspicion. The thing in King Baalrek’s hand pulses, red crystal laced with black veins, shadows twisting around it in a slow orbit. I realize I’m staring at something I never thought I’d see outside an old epic or a myth. I wish I knew more about Infernals. I wish Sir Greyson had t...
2025-07-07 19:44:01 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 41
The Guildhall buzzes with a low, tired hum. Most of the crowd hasn’t left, though the tension has faded. Half the city is here just to see how long Jacob Cloud can keep pulling off the impossible. Overhead, the Dungeon Map casts its pale light. Jacob’s green dot glides down a corridor, headed back to the first room on the second floor.
Guildmaster Dorn sits with...
2025-07-05 07:25:56 +0000 UTC View PostIt was mentioned in the previous chapter, but apparently Patreon doesn't have the formatting for the Horizontal Line in Google Docs.
When there's not a complete scene change, but just a POV shift, like the ones in the guild, I've been using the lines as dividers instead of the three asterisks. Apparently, that doesn't work here.
I've temporarily substituted each horizontal line wi...
2025-07-05 06:24:10 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 39
Meditation – Level 12 → Level 65
Meditation (Silver – Support Skill) – Level 26
Mana Recovery: +141% per minute while meditating
Stamina Recovery: +103% per minute while meditating
Once I brought Meditation to level sixty-five, I sat down and just rested.
With Meditat...
2025-07-02 19:34:28 +0000 UTC View Post