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The Newt and Demon - Book 6 Chapters 49,50,51
Chapter 49QuindaliasThere was nothing quite like being at ground-zero for a pressure still explosion. Theo dusted himself off after standing right next to one of Throk’s pressure stills after it blew up. At least he was within the Dreamwalk, immune to injuries. But he had only added the alchemical...
The Newt and Demon - Book 6 Chapters 46,47,48
Chapter 46ShadowThe Great Shards were more than just giant crystals that looked pretty. They were massive lodestones that worked to stabilize the world’s energy. Without them, the ascendants could do whatever they wanted to rewrite the rules of the system. Bend them, anyway. They soaked mortal ene...
The Newt and Demon - Book 6 Chapters 43,44,45
Chapter 43Evolution“Sweet. Now we have a juiced up super detective from Earth roaming the northern wastes. What could go wrong?” Theo asked.“We don’t know what his plans are.”“Is it a coincidence that I cast Twist from Death’s realm at the same time Jan went rogue?” Theo asked. “He...
The Newt and Demon - Book 6 Chapters 40.41.42
Chapter 40Tara’hek Union“Oh, hellyeah!” Tresk shouted, jumping into the air and pumping her fist. The horns on her head grew as her eyes flared purple. Her fat tail grew thin as it whipped through the air.Theo’s features took the opposite turn. He wasn’t sure what he thought about his dron...
The Newt and Demon - Book 6 Chapters 37,38,39
Chapter 37Creepy Statue ManCrossing the 100 Wisdom threshold had extended Theo’s precognition to an absurd level. It had more than doubled since he last tested it, making Tresk’s attempt in the Dreamwalk almost futile. Even when she looked through his eyes, she had trouble keeping up with the pr...
The Newt and Demon - Book 6 Chapters 34,35,36
Chapter 34The BarnTheo couldn’t simulate the creation of new cores within the Dreamwalk. It allowed him to do things that worked with his cores, such as creating golems. But new things like cores just weren’t possible. What it did allow him to do was mess around with energies. This gave him a ch...
The Newt and Demon - Book 6 Chapters 31,32,33
Chapter 31Who Slept With WhoTheo stood in the system’s realm, standing on the raised platform and looking over the twelve spots. He assumed he had the entire place to himself, but a faint glow issued from one spot. Golden light pooled on the ground, soon creating the form of a young person. Or one...
The Newt and Demon - Book 6 Chapters 28,29,30
Chapter 28Bal’gonConstructing a mixer artifice to suit Theo’s needs required the keenest mind in the region. Throk acted annoyed when he was called back to Broken Tusk. But his annoyed expression melted away after a while. Especially after he saw Tresk standing in his workshop. The alchemist'...
The Newt and Demon - Book 6 Chapters 25,26,27
Chapter 25Twist in the WindA pulse of light burst from Sulvan, sending both Jan and Twist tumbling back. Theo placed a boot on Jan’s chest while both Sarisa and Rowan restrained Twist. Golems patrolling the town lumbered over, taking the powerful elf and holding him there. The alchemist looked bet...
The Newt and Demon - Book 6 Chapters 22,23,24
Chapter 22New Alchemical MethodsTheo gave Sulvan access to a piece of the administration interface, allowing him to give updates about the new arrival. The alchemist settled into the lab. Salire had a way of clearing his mind of the outside world, helping him focus completely on alchemy. It didn’t...
The Newt and Demon - Book 6 Chapters 19,20,21
Chapter 19Quaff Your PotionsThe Dreamwalk had become a place where Theo exploited Zaul’s core. While Tresk and Alex spent their time grinding out levels or improving their combat techniques. He doubted it would help them if they needed to fight a wave of Level 90 monsters, but there were other thr...
The Newt and Demon - Book 6 Chapters 16,17,18
Chapter 16Insight OverwhelmingIt took the raiding parties a while to break through the collapsed stone tunnels. Theo folded his arms as he watched them pour forth, extending his aura to ensnare them all. He would have felt bad for them, had they not been so completely prepared for war. Instead, he s...
The Newt and Demon - Book 6 Chapters 13,14,15
Chapter 13DeathbloomThe wind whipped by as Theo took the tram north. Several golems working in Gronro-Dir needed maintenance and it had been too long since he had seen the area for himself. While Fenian’s battle with the Worldbreaker had been bad for the continent, he avoided slicing the southland...
The Newt and Demon - Book 6 Chapters 10,11,12
Chapter 10Potent PoisonsTheo walked through the swamp with Sarisa and Rowan for the remainder of that day. Something he learned about this area was the expansiveness of it. The swamp behind Broken Tusk went on for miles. While the mountains in all directions but east were visible from Xol’sa’s t...
The Newt and Demon - Book 6 Chapters 7,8,9
Chapter 7Curious PotionsGetting a handle on this new class of reagents wasn’t easy. Theo had woken the next morning, his mind focused entirely on the topic. He moved like a zombie, heading down to the first floor of his manor to pick at his food. Sarisa forced him to eat like a concerned mother he...
The Newt and Demon - Book 6 Chapters 4,5,6
Chapter 4PurgeQavell was a massive city. Even after losing half of its area, the city sprawled in every direction. Theo and his newly formed strike team stalked the halls of the palace, the king following closely behind. He had only stopped stammering about the monsters within his inner circle after...
The Newt and Demon - Book 6 Chapters 1,2,3
Chapter 1A Curious JourneyBoulders fell from the sides of a stranded city. The once-capital of the Kingdom of Qavell rested amongst the waves, pieces falling into the ocean below. Wooden constructions leaned against her sides, holding her as firmly as they could as a demon watched from the sides. Th...
The Newt and Demon - Book 5 Chapters 68,69,70
Chapter 68Sure, BuddyTresk stalked the halls of the king’s palace, sticking to the shadows to remain out of sight. Alex waddled close behind. This wasn’t a suicide mission, though. They had a way out of things got dicey. She only needed one hit on the critter to be happy. A single slash to apply...
The Newt and Demon - Book 5 Chapters 65,66,67
Chapter 65AscensionHarvesting souls didn’t appeal to Theo. His mind twisted, trying to find a way that this could be a good thing. Any souls that were invited to stay within Tero’gal could be sent to the Realm of Healing to join Glantheir. Was dragging souls out of undead vessels better than all...
The Newt and Demon - Book 5 Chapters 62,63,64
Chapter 62Silly Splicing“We could try something silly,” Salire said, kneeling to pat the marshling children on the head. They giggled.“I’m feeling pretty silly. What do you have?”“Attribute reagents. Let’s smash them together and see what happens.”That wasn’t a horrible idea. Attri...
The Newt and Demon - Book 5 Chapters 59,60,61
Chapter 59BombardmentThe distance between Broken Tusk and Qavell was something like a hundred to two-hundred miles. If Theo had to guess. He remembered a time on Earth when making firing solutions was easy. They could poke a screen a few times and send a shot from orbit. The alchemist would have dis...
The Newt and Demon - Book 5 Chapters 56,57,58
Chapter 56Private ArmyIt was always a pleasure watching Ziz’s team get to work. They had created so many weird structures, starting with the bridge and the harbor, that they were now a well-oiled machine. Instead of going with a tower design, which was required for the ocean dungeon, they did some...
The Newt and Demon - Book 5 Chapters 53,54,55
Chapter 53Deadly ToxinTheo reached a hand out, helping Ziz remove himself from the deep quarry. The wooden ladder strained under his weight, but held. The half-ogre clapped a hand on the alchemist shoulder and beamed a smile.“Don’t delay,” Ziz said. “You don’t get that look on your face of...
The Newt and Demon - Book 5 Chapters 50,51,52
Chapter 50Earth Sorcerer’s CoreUnfortunately, Xol’sa had adopted a local Broken Tusker tradition. As Theo sat with him and Zarali in the wizard’s tower, a faint fire crackled in the fireplace. If not for the Coat of Rake, the alchemist would have been uncomfortable. Instead, he sat among those...
The Newt and Demon - Book 5 Chapters 47,48,49
Chapter 47This Ain’t ZalabanTheo flailed in his mind, desperate to move or dispel the potion. Nothing worked. He could only look around the remnants of Vesta as words came into his mind but were never spoken aloud. The figure below laughed, soon releasing a rattling cough that chilled the alchemis...
The Newt and Demon - Book 5 Chapters 43,44,45,46
Chapter 43Reagent SplicingThe
The Newt and Demon - Book 5 Chapters 40,41,42
Chapter 40Drogramath DedicationA mossy forest, filled with conifers, smooth boulders, and bubbling streams stretched as far as Theo could see. He touched the bark of one tree, finding it to be a fair recreation of Earth trees. Tresk had pushed herself as far as she could go to imagine the dream land...
The Newt and Demon - Book 5 Chapters 37,38,39
Chapter 37Old Gods, New GodsThe cottage in Tero’gal was stuffier than normal. A fire crackled in the fireplace as several gods sat around the table, sipping tea and trading war stories of times-gone-by. Theo watched as Drogramath, Uz’Xulven, Glantheir, and Benton chatted about the way things wer...
The Newt and Demon - Book 5 Chapters 34,35,36
Chapter 34Pursued by Frog-Like CreaturesA familiar landscape spread into the distance from Theo’s vantage point. Standing on the battlements of his imagined town, he looked down to the harbor below. With little effort for his two main cores, he planned to toil the night away to hit Level 28. But i...
The Newt and Demon - Book 5 Chapters 31,32,33
Chapter 31More GolemsThe sound of the dwarven smith Thim’s hammer rang out in the early morning. He formed it into a spherical cage of Drogramathi Iron, magically setting glowing hunks of iron into place with his class core. Theo watched nearby. Artisans were always happy to get rush orders becaus...
