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Armor Talk
this armor was the inspiration for Matt's new armor. If this isn't coming across as clear I'll massage things so things feel less iron man. It can be hard to describe stuff like that. The gems were brought up in the discord so they will go but if anything else needs to change let me know...
Team Zero Sheet
Here is Team Zero's current sheets. Feel free to look at it. This is tagged with Sheet of anyone who wants to find it later.https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jjEywQiqvNXclSpLrsx-BlrT_xWqd1LYnfwVO0x69MY/edit?usp=sharing
Chapter 283
Chapter 283Colonel Galanodel was the ‘head librarian’ of Team Firmament, a slender, bookish woman with blonde hair, pointed ears, and a golden claymore she seemingly had out all the time. It was not what Matt pictured when he thought of a smith, but if she was the leader of Firmament she must ha...
Chapter 282
lapse Chapter 282Matt was not smiling for long.“Come now, Matthew. Is that truly the best you can manage? You substantially overshot the bounding tether, and it looks like you completely neglected the Deloid Principle.”He was holding a crystal sphere twice the size of his hand with various simpl...
Echos Chapter 1
Tier 5 patreons. I was going to wait another week to give this to you guys but we can just start them now. Enjoy.***Echos Chapter 1Luna walked through the crowds as she stalked her prey.Silver was right there drinking a red liquid that Luna’s nose said wasn’t wine, though she had no idea what it...
Chapter 281
A 10k chapter. Enjoy!Also the side story Echo’s Chapter 1 comes out this wednesday at the normal chapter time.***Chapter 281Allie tapped her foot impatiently.She still didn’t entirely get what had happened to take out both Zack and Quill at the same time, but they’d been out for a couple hours...
Chapter 280
Chapter 280Zack was wholly unsurprised that Allie challenged the new Ascenders to a fight. He probably would have done it himself, though he would have at least waited a little longer, and been a bit more polite about it. First impressions, and all that. But at least this way, he would get to fight ...
Chapter 279
Chapter 279Matt had to resist moaning as he scraped the last remnants of the tiramisu off his plate and plopped the fork into his mouth, even as Liz did the same for her cheesecake. Aster had already devoured her warm brownie with ice cream, and was sitting there trying to coax more food out of Aunt...
Chapter 278
A 9k Chapter. Enjoy.Formatting seems to be fixed.***Chapter 278Allister nodded as he watched the proceedings.Another set of Ascenders from the Empire.It was a good thing. Despite everything the other Tier 50s said, the Conglomerate of Guilds wasn’t just a pawn of the Empire to be absorbed down the...
Chapter 277
I'll see you all on the 20th. EPUB is attached of this chapter as Patreon is eating formatting still.Chapter 277Emmanuel smiled as he watched Matt, Liz, and Aster stand tall in their moment of glory.They had earned it.He was even a little proud, himself.His father and grandmother deserved more o...
Chapter 276 PDF
Adding a PDF of the chapters until Patreon can fix the formatting vanishing for some people. Same chapter but hopefully more readable.
Chapter 276
A 8.5k Chapter. Enjoy.Chapter 276Power flooded Matt’s body, a wave of essence washing over his mana channels and restructuring them in a way he couldn’t quite describe. Like they were boiling and freezing at the exact same time, having a bright shadow rush through them so that he could hear them...
Chapter 275
Chapter 275Matt smiled as Aster boldly dragged her Magma Otter friend Cameron onto the ship. Her bond, a short, nervous-looking woman, following behind like she expected to get turned away at any moment.Kelly, the small Lightning Finch, laughed at the display. “Well, it's good to see someone h...
Chapter 274
Chapter 274Liz stared into the blood in her cauldron, taking in everything she possibly could through sight, then studied it with ever-more esoteric senses. She needed to experience it as thoroughly as possible, all the better to properly understand her Phrase.Blood is the Cauldron of Life.In many w...
Chapter 273
Author's note: Asters Phrase last chapter was changed.Chapter 273Aster closed her eyes and breathed in and out, pulsing the storm around her with her meditation. Frigid winds whipped around her, an icy hurricane blanketing the polar cap of the world. Her reach extended even further than that, bl...
Chapter 272
Chapter 272Matt groaned, dropping to a seated position. There technically wasn’t any meaningful gravity this far out from the closest sun, but the action still felt gratifying.He had wanted a place to be alone to meditate for the first time after his incident, but just locking himself in a room ha...
Chapter 271
Haven't done it in a while so here it is. Discord information.https://support.patreon.com/hc/en-us/articles/212052266-Get-my-Discord-roleDiscord link: https://discord.gg/6ukhCjayC5Its a fun time where we talk about the story and meme so join us.***Chapter 271Matt descended into meditation, calli...
Chapter 270
Chapter 270President Janet Olga reviewed the footage of the Empire's newest possible Gladiators.She wished she could dismiss the video as a fluke. Just another ploy by the Empire to create false Gladiators to strengthen their image in the eyes of their people. But the proof was in the fight befo...
Chapter 269
8.5k chapter. Enjoy.***Chapter 269Quill looked out at Girang and let his mask smile back at the massive bear, even as mana stone dust fell around him from his rapid recharging of his mana pool. Off to the side, Soddus handed off the fighters he had been tending to and dove into the fray. Golden flam...
Book 5 cover. Wanted to share with you guys as it actually looks good.
Quills eyes will be getting the white hole but I don't have that version yet.
Chapter 268
This arc/book should be coming to a close on chapter 277 which will come out for patreons on the 9th of October. That means there will be no chapters on the 13th and 16th of October. Just an FYI for everyone.***Chapter 268Quill would have been happy recuperating with Lila for a few days; the older A...
Chapter 267
Chapter 267As the three of them flew to the next fight, Quill was about to say something but Torch beat him to it. “Can you believe that shit?”Quill laughed as his wife had taken the words out of his mouth, even as Scoop hung her head and murmured, “Fucking battle maniacs.”Poking his bond, Q...
Chapter 266
This arc/book should be coming to a close on chapter 277 which will come out for patreons on the 9th of October. That means there will be no chapters on the 13th and 16th of October. Just an FYI for everyone.***Chapter 266Quill watched and waited as everyone scattered to the winds of the desert, try...
Chapter 265
For anyone going to DragonCon this year I'll see you there. Chapters will come out like normal so no worries.***Chapter 265Matt knew how the Great Powers grew, at least in an abstract sense. The known Realm drifted through chaotic space, passing through regions of the roiling, primordial energy ...
Chapter 264
This arc/book should be coming to a close on chapter 277 which will come out for patreons on the 9th of October. That means there will be no chapters on the 13th and 16th of October. Just an FYI for everyone.***A 7.4k chapter. Enjoy!***Chapter 264Matt panted as he looked down into the valley, where ...
Chapter 263
Sorry about that I scheduled it for tomorrow.Chapter 263While they were still engaging in some counterespionage even as the tournament began, Matt was looking forward to Eleanor and Ethan arriving in Stormhaven. Of course, it wasn’t like they didn’t have a thousand and one other things to do in ...
Chapter 262
Chapter 262With it being his third time at a Tier 10 tournament, the first for his own and the second for the Ascension, Matt expected he wouldn't be that excited for the event, but on the contrary, he was looking forward to it. Part of that was seeing Leon's capital, Stormhaven, in the fles...
Chapter 261
Chapter 261As predicted, Matt spent a full week in bed as he recovered from the side effects of the mana concentration formation.If it had simply been the spiritual strain, he could have been up and moving the day after, as he was experienced with spiritual strain and could easily push through it. B...
Chapter 260
Chapter 260Matt, Liz, and Aster relaxed on the couch for close to half an hour before Mara and Leon's pestering finally got Liz to sit up, where she immediately asked, “How did I do?”Ghost Leon stuck a thumb up at her, and in a ghostly voice, warbled, “Verrrrry gooooood.”Liz groaned. “...
Chapter 259
Chapter 259Matt sighed as one of the waitstaff washed away his stress. It was impressive seeing the magic at play and entwined with the man’s Domain, delicately picking around the mana already present to avoid disturbing it even by a hair's-width, but still be just as soothing.And that was jus...
