Chapter 43: Heart of Blue
King Mathias The Fourth’s Soul Casino
Invitation Only
As he looked over at the sign at the base of the Neurotower, Shroud didn’t know what to make of it. He didn...
2019-06-07 13:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
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Chapter 42: Lost in the Save
Somehow, Shroud had expected Celia to live in a Gothic mansion.
Instead, she used an ancient, derelict hotel as an Underside resort. The place might have once been a luxurious inn, before the decay and rust plaguing that side of the M...
2019-06-05 13:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Magik Volume I on Kindle + Patrons Level-Up
After a long battle with grammar, formatting, and editing, the first volume of Magik Online, "Spells for Sale" is now available on Kindle for purchase! 2019-06-02 09:37:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Chapter 41: Gathering Shadows
Sitting in his dark room, his cloned arm still itching terribly, Shroud did some reading before bed.
Dis: Worlds of Power had proved an invaluable source of information, which he kept devouring with rapt attention.
Chapter 40: DLC: Requiem for Earth
Ten years ago
September 21st, 2018
Doomsday
Solomon Nicholae watched the GPS, trying to make sense out of it. “This is str...
2019-05-29 13:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 39: The Night of the Seven
Quest, Night of the Hunters, completed!
You earned twelve Spellcoins!
Bonus objective failed (the fifth hunter escaped)! No other reward offered.
Melusine had never shown up in person a...
2019-05-24 13:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 38: DLC: The Fog of War
- Six Months ago, somewhere in Kyushu, East Asian Protectorate (formerly Japan).
Kari stared at the pale human corpse with her silencer pointed at it and fired. She shot the skull into broken bits, worms, and rotten br...
2019-05-22 13:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostLair Final Round: Sun or Darkness?
Time for the final round, winner takes all! Cast your vote for the Lair which the Dragonslayers will tackle next month!
Taiyougami, the Majestic Sun 2019-05-19 21:59:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Chapter 37: DLC: Mur's Story
— Roughly thirty years ago, the icy wasteland of Cocytus.
To be the strongest.
His kind lived by this one rule. From the lowliest imp to the Beast below. Strength over all, winner takes all. W...
2019-05-17 13:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 36: Pitch Black
As the spear threatened to make its way past three layers of solid light and supernaturally dense glass, Shroud wondered how things had gotten out of hand so quickly. Even holding the spear with both hands, he couldn’t match the invisible force ...
2019-05-15 13:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostLair Poll Round 2: The Sun vs Godzilla
Time for the second set of contestants to fight; the winner will fight Mictlan, Tower of Bones, in the final round on May 20th.
Chapter 35: Meet the Medic
“Mathias, I am sorry to say this,” Solomon declared, finally finding the courage to breach the important subject. “But it would be better for everyone if you did not touch alcohol again.”
“Kari already beat you to it, thank you,”...
2019-05-10 13:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostLair Tournament: Round 1: Sky Palace vs Bone Tower
Due to all options getting tied (yes, really), I'm changing that poll to a tournament; you will first vote between Mictlan and Elysium, then Taiyougami and Uruk, and the winners will duke it out for the top spot in a final battle. This poll e...
2019-05-08 22:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 34: Get Smashed
ADMINISTRATOR: I do not know Mathias.
SHROUD: You do not know?
ADMINISTRATOR: This feature added itself to your account on its own. Our own source code changed to accommodate it. I considere... 2019-05-08 13:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Chapter 33: Modded Feature
— 0,1,2,0… endless numbers and geometrical shapes, making up the structure of reality. Rectangles and triangles made shapes that existed yet did not exist. Infinite possibilities quantified into alternate, shifting states… — ...
2019-05-03 13:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 32: DLC: Beware The Hunters
Important: The Lair Poll has been posted here on Patreon, so please go vote for your favorite one! I would like a clear winner to stand out as I will write a full arc around it and the reward will heavily influenc...
2019-05-01 13:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostLair Poll: Choose the Dungeon
Vote for the Lair which the Dragonslayers will tackle in the major arc of Volume II! Click on each title for an illustration. Multiple choices possible, Poll open until end of May.
Chapter 31: The King's Conquest, II
For his third attempt, Mammon had elected to behave more prudently.
Shroud observed him circling the castle, protected by his diamond skin and followed by cameras. After his failure to teleport inside his stronghold, the monster had elected ...
2019-04-26 13:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 30: The King's Conquest, Part I
Word that someone challenged Mammon had spread.
Shroud sat on one end of a large card table, which Mammon had set as the place of the duel; the Market’s ruler faced him from the other side, Mur held in a birdcage on his left. The guests su...
2019-04-24 13:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 29: the Soul Casino
The Overside Market’s Flux Tower looked even bigger up close.
A towering, spiraling spire of black metal and vein-like, pulsating cables the size of skyscrapers, the structure dwarfed anything humanity ever built. The tower radiated energy...
2019-04-19 13:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 28: Corpse Party
As Manah walked, phantom torches lit up, blue fires without a source revealing a richly decorated corridor. “You and your team will be lodged in the guest quarters,” his host told Shroud. “I will not tolerate any unauthorized guests without ...
2019-04-17 13:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 27: The Shadow Queen
As the violet light of the teleportation spell dissipated, Solomon looked at the crossroads with a frown, using Quasar to create a makeshift orb of light. “This is the place?” he asked, casting light on the darkness.
“Yes, it is,...
2019-04-12 13:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 26: Dreams of the Crimson King
Even in the skies, traffic jams happened.
As Shroud flew over the district, clad in his armor of lightglass, he had to avoid other fliers, everything from monstrous harpy-like birds, insects, and even small spaceships. The alien sky ab...
2019-04-10 13:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostVolume I Epilogue: The Panopticon
“Glass Field.”
The human called a glass cup to his hand, playing with it like a monkey discovering fire. Sometimes, the human looked at empty space, as if reading a text only he could see. He had behaved similarly at Dynamis, th...
2019-04-05 13:00:19 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 24: End of the Beginning
The flight to the swamps happened so uneventfully, Shroud almost expected a last-minute disaster to fall upon him. A flock of Gearsmen firing at him from below, one last-minute ambush from Kresnik, Smokefang’s undead remains rising for another b...
2019-04-03 13:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostMay's Quest Poll: Minions or Teamwork?
By popular vote, the April Quest will be "Dreams of the Crimson King," published as Chapter 26! Which means it is time to vote for May's Quest! (Chapter 34)
1) Side-Quest: Gather the Minions!
Dif...
2019-03-31 22:15:24 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 23: Dragonslayer
You are just experience points, and I am leveling up.
Jack’s words echoed in Shroud’s mind, as he flew circles around the dragon, avoiding streams of flames. The sorcerer had grown certain that the snake had practiced his flight...
2019-03-29 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 22: Jailbreak
Maggie was magic.
So was Sol and Mur.
Shroud didn’t know how to take the news, even as he massaged his sore muscles and tried to gather his thoughts, Berserk wearing off. The floor felt cold like steel, and the world outside hostile,...
2019-03-27 14:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 21: DLC: The Rogue
Fighting was like dancing.
So Uncle had taught Kari—or was it someone else? Her memories blurred when she called upon Oversoul, ancient memories meshing with recent ones in a patchwork mind. Often she remembered a normal childhood, watchin...
2019-03-22 14:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post