Tristan’s routine played itself out over the next few days. He would travel all day, practicing the First Order spells at his disposal through rote memorization, whilst Felicity kept an eye out for anything out of the ordinary. They would return to the Fey Realm after nightfall, and Tristan would socialize for a short while with the new residents who were taking quite a liking t...
2025-01-02 04:10:43 +0000 UTC View PostJace easily made his way through the city streets. There was tumult as crowds gathered to look at the obliterated remains of a townhouse. The whole combat had taken less than a minute, and Jace was still coming down from the adrenaline high. He shifted his gaze to Ollie on top of his head, “I didn’t know you could manipulate my brain.”
“Yup! Thank Cosmic Infusion, and your nanites...
2025-01-01 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostA lot happened all at once. First, Jace’s vision was overlaid with a slight, sparkling blue just like Ollie’s normal form manifested as. Time seemed to slow down ever-so-slightly as the Wayfinder AI integrated with the nanites in his body, seemingly guiding them with more focused intent; like an orchestrator of a band conducting a symphony. Jace could feel every single bit of his body with ...
2024-12-31 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post[Gift Received: Artifact (Equipment) Boon]
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“How did they get one of those?” Jace asked as he continued his ascent up the network.
Ollie was once more in his hood, and spoke softly as Jace was traveling uncloaked to conserve energy. “The easiest way to put it; they took a bunch of (Equipment) from dead deities that Wricen had been hoarding, turn...
2024-12-30 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostTristan woke up next to Felicity once more in her elfanoid form. Again, without disturbing her, he rose up, did his morning routine, and as he began armoring up, she roused, helped him get his gear on, shifted forms, and the two left the Fey Realm to continue their traveling.
Despite being in the coastal lowlands, it was hot; the hottest week of the year, the sixteenth through th...
2024-12-30 05:02:52 +0000 UTC View PostTime for a little bit of kingdom building in this progression fantasy!
I mean, the guy is the Last Lord of the Fey, and the ruler of the Fey Realm. I think we all knew this was coming.
Hope you enjoy!
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Tristan kept silent as they traveled, spinning his essence crucible in both directions to slowly build up his e...
2024-12-30 01:25:59 +0000 UTC View PostThe next morning came rapidly, and Tristan woke up comfortably snuggled up next to Felicity. He rolled out of the bed and stretched, dipping in the pool briefly to fully wake himself up before drying off and putting on the fresh underclothes. As he began to don his armor, Felicity woke up and yawned. “Morning,” she mumbled.
Tristan smiled at her, “Good morning. Care to help me gear ...
2024-12-29 23:53:24 +0000 UTC View Post“Seven levels worth,” Ollie replied as Jace got to the top of the cliff. “We are in uncharted territory; not even Xera knows what these Skills would do with Void, since you are the first to tread these waters.” To emphasize, Ollie made little splashes of watery starlight around Jace’s head.
“Alright. Let’s do all seven. I want to increase Void Shield’s Rank by as much as w...
2024-12-29 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostTristan left the dell to fetch Felicity, Onyx, and Midnight. The fairy dragon was telling jokes to the jokes, who were whinnying in an approximation of laughter. She looked up as he got closer, “About time! What’s going on?” Tristan filled her in, and she frowned. “I don’t trust strangers in the Fey Realm!”
Tristan frowned as he mounted Onyx and nudged him towards the dell. ...
2024-12-29 03:05:06 +0000 UTC View Post“What did you have in mind?” The Matriarch asked.
Tristan ran over to the jeweler’s workbench and grabbed the gold bar and the five sapphires. He began descending the pillar at the center of the Queen’s Wood, waving for The Matriarch to follow him. “Adamant Wood rivals steel, yes? Well, we don’t have anything that rivals gold, do we?”
“No, but I fail to see ...
2024-12-29 01:59:52 +0000 UTC View PostTristan pulled the horses up to a small creek that ran alongside the road. After leaving the kingdom’s heartlands, the road changed from cobblestone to packed dirt, and here as they began towards the small range of low-lying mountains seemed like the best place to take a quick breather.
Onyx and Midnight were both fed clearcool elixirs while in the Fey Realm, but Tristan also wanted the...
2024-12-29 00:08:16 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone!
Ruinous Return has a release date...of February 3rd! You will be able to get the first book on Kindle, Kindle Unlimited, Audible (for you audiobook lovers), and even print!
You can pre-order your copy HERE. Print and audiobook will be available by launch date.
That doe...
2024-12-28 23:45:57 +0000 UTC View Post“I’m boooored!” Felicity groaned as she sprawled atop Tristan’s head, lazily batting at one of his long ears. She had flopped herself onto the top of his skull and was acting like a very grumpy, bored house cat.
Tristan just shook his head, “What? Bored of doing the two-direction spin for your Essence Crucible?”
She nodded and flopped onto her back, making another groani...
2024-12-28 20:56:08 +0000 UTC View PostBlurb:
A whole world of potential, and an unknown road ahead.
After killing the man who sired him as revenge for the death of his surrogate father figure, Tristan Winterbloom’s conniving sister convinced the kingdom that he was solely responsible for all the ills at the Anorox family home. And so, Tristan was banished.
Under the advice of Archon Grimto...
2024-12-28 20:54:58 +0000 UTC View Post“Good news!” Ollie said as Jace roused from his slumber, the Wayfinder popping into existence after the Aspirant’s hour-long rest.
Jace yawned and stretched, “What is it?” he asked.
“Priam, Greg, Dee; they killed the god-king on Priam’s home world! There’s going to be a victory feast in a week.”
“Well, I think Xera’s job comes first.” Jace...
2024-12-28 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostNo Jace this chapter. Priam’s big moment! There will not be a 'double chapter drop' because I really want to focus on the end of Priam's arc here.
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Priam was nervous as the doors to the temple opened and the trio exited onto the plateau. The large, metal bridge spanning the distance from their location to Wricen’s monumental...
2024-12-27 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostDamn System messages, Jace thought as his sight was flooded with a series of notifications of Greg, Priam, Dee, and Quinn leveling up. “Ollie, can we suppress those notifications?”
“Yup! Doing it now.”
To Jace’s great relief, the screens became tiny tabs on the bottom of his vision. When he focused on one, it would bring up the status screen of his ally. “Perfec...
2024-12-26 14:05:00 +0000 UTC View PostNo Jace this chapter, as the B-team levels up again, and we learn some information about how the gods work within The Cosmic System, and Wricen’s plans. The level ups are at the end. I will drop another chapter today to keep the pace!
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Priam felt a sense of awe wash over him. For years of his life, he had seen traced images that hi...
2024-12-26 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post“Alright, it feels like we’re coming to a stop,” Greg said as the undulating body around them began to still and slowly pulsate. He was still siting on top of Dee’s chitinous shell and had been for a few hours now. Priam was sitting on his shoulders, and Dee’s goop form was standing in the acidic slurry of the wurm’s stomach.
“Well, then we reach the hard part,” Priam stat...
2024-12-25 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostJace was instantly grabbed by an enormous, slippery-hide tentacle that had rings of spikes on the inside suckers, much like an octopus. It wrenched him away from the opening he had been sitting in. Ollie rapidly spoke, “It is a Spitelurk. This one is the biggest the System has recorded!”
The lake was deep, easily a few hundred feet deep. Almost a crater, as if a meteor had fallen in a...
2024-12-24 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostTristan gripped his amulet, praying to the seven gods that the Archon would reach out and contact him. Throughout his midnight ride, he felt the tears streaming down his face and wept for his grandfather’s demise. Raging against the grief within him, he let out a shout that surely would have chilled those who heard it – a wail of grief and loss.
Felicity was sitting atop the horse nex...
2024-12-24 01:00:55 +0000 UTC View PostTristan used the same hidden key as before and opened the cellar door. He listened intently as he slowly descended, hearing the characteristic sound of dishes clinking together, indicating servants were present.
Hurvun put a hand on his shoulders, “You do your blending spell, I’ll walk in like I own the place – because I do – and you just shadow my movement.”
Tristan nodde...
2024-12-23 23:36:47 +0000 UTC View PostAfter gaining some distance they diverted to a copse of trees and Tristan activated his ring, taking the whole group back to the Fey Realm. Almost immediately, the fairy dragons swarmed them. Tristan waved them off, “Food, clearcool, and a hot bath, please. And if we have a doctor? Or if any of you can use rejuvenation spells? Come to my chamber.”
A pair of fairy dragons went flying o...
2024-12-23 22:23:38 +0000 UTC View PostTristan rode slightly ahead of his grandfather as he felt the wind blowing past him. The two had let the horses really open up their speed once they got out of the mountain pass, and the duo cantered across the dirt roads that would eventually give way to cobblestone ones when they reached the heartlands of the kingdom’s territories.
Unlike the southern areas that Tristan had been in wh...
2024-12-23 21:09:16 +0000 UTC View PostHey folks,
I am going to be traveling the 24th - the 27th. I cannot guarantee that I will be connecting the buttons in a timely fashion (since I have to manually do the links to each new chapter).
As soon as I'm back, I will make sure that the chapter hyperlinks to the Next Chapter work as intended!
You will still be getting daily chapters (since I have set them to auto-upload...
2024-12-23 16:26:44 +0000 UTC View PostGreg saw the stone under them crack in half, and he jumped over to Dee and Priam, holding them close as the world went dark for a brief moment. His vision shifted to the dark, brown vision that enabled him to see, and the rocks began tumbling down from above. Priam’s barrier deflected most of the damage, and it barely showed a crack despite the weight of the stone falling on the...
2024-12-23 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostButchering the dragon was relatively quick, all things considered. Hurvun mentioned that de-scaling the dragon was the most time consuming part, but this creature they could just make some cuts and peel the weird, serpent-like skin away. There were not claws, but the teeth were worth harvesting and those were really easy to cut out – Tristan just had to slash apart the mouth with his blade an...
2024-12-23 04:32:37 +0000 UTC View PostTristan raised his sword up and deflected his grandfather’s swing to the side. The enormous blade sank into the ground, and Tristan backpedaled towards the pit in the center of the room, “Grandfather! Snap out of it!”
“Die for the master!” Hurvun shouted as he swung in a huge, horizontal slice that Tristan jumped up and over. He brought the blade back as Tristan landed, and the ...
2024-12-23 02:11:23 +0000 UTC View PostTristan returned to the Queen’s Wood and was met by The Matriarch at the top of the ramp leading to the entrance. She had quite the sorrow-filled expression, and appeared to have been crying. “What’s wrong?” Tristan asked.
“Hurvun…your grandfather told me about the…the recent learning…Lord Tristan, you are the last of the Winterbloom.” She shook her head, ...
2024-12-23 01:26:38 +0000 UTC View PostUPDATE REGARDING TERMINOLOGY: Going forward, the story will use the following terms. I will not be going back to update the Patreon prior chapters, because there is no easy way to mass replace. I'd have to go into each different chapter individually, and I'm not spending the time to do that.
Mana has been changed to essence.
Mana Cores are now...
2024-12-22 23:51:33 +0000 UTC View Post