Every step brought them deeper into the guts of the facility. It was a giant labyrinth under the surface, but at least the parts they were in now were filled with light. ‘Honestly, I preferred the darkness,’ John thought, as the artificial white of the lamps in the endless corridors burned themselves into his retinas.
It was only thanks to Gnome that they had any idea where they were in the ...
2018-07-16 09:08:32 +0000 UTC View PostThe plan proceeded as intended, albeit not entirely smoothly. They arrived in Ostrau twenty-minutes early, which turned out to be the worst thing ever. Sitting idly to move on schedule was more stressful than fighting. At least they would have been on the move, doing something. Instead, they were bound to their position.
Salamander took that pause particularly badly, being eager to do battle, sp...
2018-07-14 08:49:22 +0000 UTC View PostThe fact that John would go on an important extraction mission, the thing in this war that he held the most personal investment in, freshly showered and in prime condition was a thing that he was equally astonished and weirded out by.
With all the modern news about the terror of the trenches, he had expected at least something like it. Fireballs ravaging over fortified positions, lightning and a...
2018-07-13 09:44:50 +0000 UTC View PostJohn felt his consciousness being softly pulled out of the dreamworld, by a sound he couldn’t quite place. He knew, however, that there was no reason to worry as long as Aclysia watched over him, so he kept his eyes closed. If she hadn’t woken him up yet, he could drift away again.
He lay in the bed. It was almost too soft. Like he was lying on a puffy cloud, with another layer on top of him...
2018-07-12 08:52:41 +0000 UTC View Post“Blanka Zeritr, you are a traitor to the crown of Vienna,” John heard Maximillian begin the process of judging the leader of the clan behind him. “Your actions have led to…” The door to the abyssal tent, that was more like a transportable throne room, fell closed.
John had no intention of staying and listening to it. This wasn’t his state of affairs, and he had no reason to make it h...
2018-07-10 10:12:21 +0000 UTC View PostAnnouncing this a bit ahead of time since I need to give you guys time to actually come up with questions.
Between now and the end of the arc (about a month, i think) you can leave me a question you want answered from me or one of the characters of the story. Leave them either in the comments on Patreon, as a PM to me on Patreon or by writing it in the Season 2 Q&A channel on the Discor...
John felt awesome. After a month of having to wrestle with Siena, she finally seemed to be on his wavelength, and with that, all current problems in his emotional vicinity seemed to be sorted out. Rave was on track to get along with her mother, it didn’t seem like the two would be the best family ever, but given their history and differing personalities, it had become remarkably stable. Eliza wa...
2018-07-09 08:28:55 +0000 UTC View Post
But I fucking love it. Might be my favourite piece I got done so far, a place previously held by Aclysia (Who took it from Nathalia). Anyway, here we go.
As is standard you, as my patrons, are allowed to use the picture in any non-commercial way you see fit and upload the downscaled version wherever you want.
*versions in this case.
Next commission vote starts around the middl...
2018-07-07 15:15:22 +0000 UTC View Post“These are my people, traitors of my crown,” Maximillian declared upon hearing this. “I should be the one to take them on.” On the level of honour, he was right. To bad for him that John was more the logic type of guy.
“Your powers are terrible in a stealth setting, you are the head of this country/operation, AND you have no chance against a whole base of people,” the Gamer laid down...
2018-07-07 08:47:24 +0000 UTC View Post“Greetings, John Newman a.k.a. the Gamer a.k.a. Jeehan a.k.a. the one who decided to keep mating with Nathalia a.k.a. the one who stayed in contact with the Horned Rat a.k.a. the one who is now effectively the guardian of the end of humanity a.k.a. a friend of mine,” the raptor masked fellow was speaking with his metallic voice; “Romulus, first and only emperor of blabla, sent me, after a ve...
2018-07-05 23:16:33 +0000 UTC View PostJohn sat on a toppled block of concrete that had been catapulted on top of the entrance building of the barrier copy of Graz’ main train station by some explosion and watched the battlefield below. Eyes darting from one clash to another, he used the ability to zoom in on what his eyes lay on to take aim. Then a hail of Shardbound descended from his position.
He missed a couple of enemies due t...
2018-07-05 08:20:48 +0000 UTC View Post“Sorry you had to witness that,” John apologized to the prisoner; “Let’s see here… what is your name…” He tried to use Observe but was promptly blocked. Sighing, he looked over the items on his body instead. Under other circumstances, he would have used Reveal now, but he had no idea what else the day could bring, so he took the time to dismantle the protection naturally. He eventual...
2018-07-03 22:33:42 +0000 UTC View PostThe sparrow was everything but stealthy. For a start, Illusion Barriers usually didn’t have animals inhabiting them. Even if they would have, the inside of a house was no place for a bird. The little brown thing hopped over the floor in an attempt to not get seen.
“You probably found ONE of their bases… which is still pretty good,” Maximillian admitted and pat John on the back. “In Rom...
2018-07-03 19:38:09 +0000 UTC View Post“I cannot believe this is how we get around,” John mumbled as the train pulled into the station. They were travelling first class, which was nice as it gave them an isolated area within the train that shielded their group from interested eyes.
Between the two incredibly young guys wearing suits that would have made billionaires ask about their tailor, the clear Nier:Automata cosplayer in her...
2018-07-02 22:15:36 +0000 UTC View PostIt took about twenty minutes for Maximillian to get to a state where he was fine with going out. This included, for the most part, a shower and a choice of clothing that actually refreshed his image as a 21st century king.
Mario took his leave at that point, leaving Maximillian and John to find the court themselves. The gravity mage adjusted his red cape with a typical white, fuzzy rim decorated...
2018-07-02 08:27:32 +0000 UTC View Post“Okay, what the hell?” John asked as they walked through the city, crossing through more than one crowded street, and went to the mana street that would take them home with the least number of changing lanes. “How did nobody stop us yet?”
“Yeah, the fuck is up with that?” Eliza, still getting carried by him, wondered with him; “I expected at least some stones getting chucked at me;...
2018-06-29 22:25:18 +0000 UTC View PostCan you people stop voting for ties? D:
The side story was a draw between Momo and Lydia. Gonna be the shotcaller and declare Lydia the winner because I have a better idea for hers.
Yeah, that's pretty much everything...
But because I post this already, here is an update on the Momo picture
2018-06-29 21:07:09 +0000 UTC
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“So?” John asked the blood mage, now patting the bench for Eliza to sit down next to him.
“The fuck do you mean ‘so’?” she mumbled; her voice was so tired from things John couldn’t hope to understand himself. Still, he had to try.
“I mean, ‘so, want to talk about the weather or something?’” John sarcastically remarked; “No, I want to know how you feel right now.”<...
2018-06-29 08:40:23 +0000 UTC View PostThe world was silent as John Newman slowly stepped after the heartless emperor. With them was a whole procession of people, all of them close to one of them. Sol and Luna, Romulus’ chosen familiars and patron goddesses of his guild, followed their beloved master with worry in their eyes. Occasionally, they would glance back to muster or glare at one of John’s women.
Eliza stared at her feet ...
2018-06-27 23:03:18 +0000 UTC View Post
[Sponsored/Requested by Cassie]
“I find the fact that you would choose him as your mate incredibly funny,” the Horned Rat said and munched on the snacks that Aclysia brought him. The god had made it a habit to watch the fights with Nathalia, not all that hard to sneak in if everyone aside from the dragoness and John’s maid had left the house.
“I find the fact that you ...
2018-06-24 08:14:00 +0000 UTC View PostAs per usual, you get to decide who gets the side story. As the rules declare, the ones who already got a side story this season wont get one and some characters just dont fit in.
Its multiple choice, so feel free to vote all the ones you find interesting
Hello again,
When I made the Combination skill, I did so fully realizing that it would come with a lot of potential for shenanigans. I know that some of you like to be informed rather than just having to wait for me to pull out a combination that suddenly allows John to win.
SO, I am just going to publish all 10 of them. John knows about them, so why wouldn’t you? If you prefer to not kn...
2018-06-22 19:16:28 +0000 UTC View PostHELLO!
At ~310000 words this Arc is stupidly long. I think you all noticed that as well. Then again, I also announced this as the longest arc in the season… well, it actually should be the longest arc in this branch overall.
Before I continue let me give a thanks to all of you who support me here. It's become quite big already, netting me almost 200$ per month. While nowhere near a level...
2018-06-20 13:12:49 +0000 UTC View PostHe darted up in a hospital bed.
Heavily breathing, he looked around and was greeted by the sight of Maximillian going down on some pudding, several more plastic cups next to him. “Yo,” he greeted with an astoundingly chirpy voice. “You are alive?” John couldn’t help but ask.
“Oh yeah, I am as astounded as you are. My body was basically just a crumpled piece of paper. Permanent ...
2018-06-20 13:05:14 +0000 UTC View PostThere was a primordial tingle, a sense of danger, that even Thana felt, and the cause of it was aiming directly at her.
“His punishment is mine to decide,” Romulus told the beast, towering over her. In his right he was holding a gigantic golden sword, his left was armed with a silver shield of perfect roundness. The hole where his heart had been was filled with a formation of roots and cryst...
2018-06-20 03:29:30 +0000 UTC View Post
People on Discord saw an earlier version of this sketch already, but I wanted to wait until the corrections are into post it publically.
This is Momo, she was tied with Siena and I thought 'We just had Aclysia, let's have the artificial sisters follow each other' so I made that the tie-breaker.
This commission has a little extra in that it will include another version where she wil...
“Rom!” “Romulus!” the twin goddesses cried out as their master’s heart was ripped backwards by four segmented claws in a shower of red. “What...?” the emperor snapped out of his concentrated spell weaving to stare at the monster before him, holding the still convulsing and quivering muscle. The fact that he had no heart didn’t interfere whatsoever with his ability to keep living.
John could only watch helplessly as the goddess of genocide took a simple step forward and then vanished from his field of view.
Moving faster than his eyes could register, she appeared behind one of the invaders and rammed her arm straight through his back, bursting through his ribcage at the front. It all happened so quickly that the knight opposing that soldier executed a downwards strike bef...
2018-06-17 22:15:03 +0000 UTC View Post… it stopped.
It stopped, the force to eradicate not just a city but to make the entirety of smaller countries completely uninhabitable. It just stopped. Energy condensed in its purest form, a small sun in the middle of the arena, now surrounded by a dome of silver energy. How would one just stop this?
“There is no need to fear anything!” the deep voice boomed through the stadi...
2018-06-16 07:33:35 +0000 UTC View Post"Group fights, aw yeah, those always get me hyped up,” Jeff shouted. “Everything always gets you hyped up,” Dra shook his head, and that was about all that John could stomach of these two right now.
The mood on their team’s platform was bad, to say the least. The recent happening hung in the air like a poisonous fog, infecting whatever words were spoken and killing conversations be...
2018-06-14 22:52:36 +0000 UTC View Post