
by Maradina
Who needs spells when you have relics? For thousands of years, magic has been obtained through trades with the gods. Sacrifice magic materials upon their sacred altars, and the gods will offer magic relics in return. But the world of magic and powerful relics has always been far out of reach for Dain, a simple trinket merchant, until masked cultists tried to sacrifice him to the gods. Vowing revenge, he decides to commit the ultimate taboo: make his own altar so he can obtain the power to hunt the cultists down. Only, he accidentally creates an altar for a god who shouldn’t exist, and this god is a little different: it will only trade him cursed relics. Dain will scour the world, hunt the magic beasts in his books, and barter their remains for greater and darker relics. His enemies and their ancient plots of calamity run deep. He’ll have to go even deeper to find them. What to expect: - LitRPG with gear-based progression - Bartering magic relics with otherworldly gods - Ancient schemes, vast worldbuilding, and epic battles - No harem Update Schedule: Monday and Friday
| # | Title | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chapter 1 - To Protect a Relic | 4,884 |
| 2 | Chapter 2 - The Blood Portal to the Wrong God | 2,597 |
| 3 | Chapter 3 - A Pound of Feather and Flesh | 2,455 |
| 4 | Chapter 4 - War is the Secondary Objective | 2,524 |
| 5 | Chapter 5 - Cold Kills Faster than Magic Beasts | 2,362 |
| 6 | Chapter 6 - Eyes Don't Belong in Palms | 3,118 |
| 7 | Chapter 7 - Meat, Fire, and Omen | 4,296 |
| 8 | Chapter 8 - One Man Against Forest | 2,181 |
| 9 | Chapter 9 - The Three-Eyed Owl | 2,736 |
| 10 | Chapter 10 - Daydreaming Through | 2,017 |
| 11 | Chapter 11 - Silverglass Tongue | 0 |
| 12 | Chapter 12 - Misfortune Strikes Twice and Thrice | 0 |
| 13 | Chapter 13 - THEY are Coming | 0 |
| 14 | Chapter 14 - An Eye for Trouble | 0 |
| 15 | Chapter 15 - A Lesson in Artifice | 0 |
| 16 | Chapter 16 - A Mind for Relics and Nothing Else | 0 |
| 17 | Chapter 17 - Silverplume Owls and Four Red Eyes | 0 |
| 18 | Chapter 18 - Molkhara Golems | 0 |
| 19 | Chapter 19 - Flightless Owls Live Surprisingly Long | 0 |
| 20 | Chapter 20 - Upgrades Four Days | 0 |
| 21 | Chapter 21 - Mana Runs Deeper than Blood | 0 |
| 22 | Chapter 22 - Deliberation and Death | 0 |
| 23 | Chapter 23 - The Golem Built for War (I) | 0 |
| 24 | Chapter 24 - The Golem Built for War (II) | 0 |
| 25 | Chapter 25 - The All-Seeing Eye | 0 |
| 26 | Chapter 26 - Stonewraith | 0 |
| 27 | Chapter 27 - The Past and the Present | 0 |
| 28 | Chapter 28 - The Witch and the Princess | 0 |
| 29 | Chapter 29 - Life for Life, Death for Death | 0 |
| 30 | Chapter 30 - Cursed Conviction | 0 |
| 31 | Chapter 31 - Fear and Fireflies | 0 |
| 32 | Chapter 32 - The Things That Devour | 0 |
| 33 | Chapter 33 - Everbright | 0 |
| 34 | Chapter 34 - The Sun and the Stars That Follow | 0 |
| 35 | Chapter 35 - Braskir and the Foolish Four | 0 |
| 36 | Chapter 36 - Seven in Stone, One in Shadow | 0 |
| 37 | Chapter 37 - Mines in the Orehoarder Web (I) | 0 |
| 38 | Chapter 38 - Mines in the Orehoarder Web (II) | 0 |
| 39 | Chapter 39 - The Satchel to the Wrong Dimension | 0 |
| 40 | Chapter 40 - Dust on the Ledger | 0 |
| 41 | Chapter 41 - Homely Mine Kormuhan (I) | 0 |
| 42 | Chapter 42 - Homely Mine Kormuhan (II) | 0 |
| 43 | Chapter 43 - The Weight to Cast Aside (I) | 0 |
| 44 | Chapter 44 - The Weight to Cast Aside (II) | 0 |
| 45 | Chapter 45 - The One Who Watches | 0 |
| 46 | Chapter 46 - What Flies Beside a Merchant (I) | 0 |
| 47 | Chapter 47 - What Flies Beside a Merchant (II) | 0 |
| 48 | Chapter 48 - Mask on the Hunt | 0 |
| 49 | Chapter 49 - Eye in the Sky (I) | 0 |
| 50 | Chapter 50 - Eye in the Sky (II) | 0 |
| 51 | Chapter 51 - Death in the Crater of Stone | 0 |
| 52 | Chapter 52 - Second Breath | 0 |
| 53 | Chapter 53 - Medallions in the Dark (I) | 0 |
| 54 | Chapter 54 - Medallions in the Dark (II) | 0 |
| 55 | Chapter 55 - Proof Is Not Enough | 0 |
| 56 | Chapter 56 - Between Peace and Pursuit | 0 |
| 57 | Chapter 57 - Gifts from the Devil (I) | 0 |
| 58 | Chapter 58 -Gifts from the Devil (II) | 0 |
| 59 | Chapter 59 - Gifts from the Devil (III) | 0 |
| 60 | Chapter 60 - An Infallible Victory | 0 |
| 61 | Chapter 61 - Slippery Slopes | 0 |
| 62 | Chapter 62 - The Nightmare Dreamer | 0 |
| 63 | Chapter 63 - Medallions in the Dark (III) | 0 |
| 64 | Chapter 64 - Blood Owes Blood | 0 |
| 65 | Chapter 65 - No Longer Him (I) | 0 |
| 66 | Chapter 66 - No Longer Him (II) | 0 |
| 67 | Chapter 67 - Wind and Stone (I) | 0 |
| 68 | Chapter 68 - Wind and Stone (II) | 0 |
| 69 | Chapter 69 - Rule of Fair Trade | 0 |
| 70 | Chapter 70 - The Third Defiler | 0 |
| 71 | Book 1 Ending, Chapter 71, - Evil in High Places | 0 |
| 72 | Chapter 72 - To be Young Again | 0 |
| 73 | Chapter 73 - The Winter Warhorns | 0 |
| 74 | Chapter 74 - A Quiet Room | 0 |
| 75 | Chapter 75 - Rosaries (I) | 0 |
| 76 | Chapter 76 - Rosaries (II) | 0 |
| 77 | Chapter 77 - Offerings Under the Under (I) | 0 |
| 78 | Chapter 78 - Offerings Under the Under (II) | 0 |
| 79 | Chapter 79 - Good in Low Places (I) | 0 |
| 80 | Chapter 80 - Good in Low Places (II) | 0 |
| 81 | Chapter 81 - The Road Beyond Obric | 0 |
| 82 | Chapter 82 - Kara Kervani (I) | 0 |
| 83 | Chapter 83 - Kara Kervani (II) | 0 |
| 84 | Chapter 84 - Trading Upward | 0 |
| 85 | Chapter 85 - Elder of the Mountains | 0 |
| 86 | Chapter 86 - Wings over Snowfire | 0 |
| 87 | Chapter 87 - Mercy of the Owls | 0 |
| 88 | Chapter 88 - Debts in Snow (I) | 0 |
| 89 | Chapter 89 - Debts in Snow (II) | 0 |
| 90 | Chapter 90 - Across the War-Torn Divide | 0 |
| 91 | Chapter 91 - The Tonnerre Voltigeurs (I) | 0 |
| 92 | Chapter 92 - The Tonnerre Voltigeurs (II) | 0 |
| 93 | Chapter 93 - A Door Kicked Open | 0 |
| 94 | Chapter 94 - Old Allies, New Allies | 0 |
| 95 | Chapter 95 - Fortress Mavrekir | 0 |
| 96 | Chapter 96 - The Bell Knows (I) | 0 |
| 97 | Chapter 97 - The Bell Knows (II) | 0 |
| 98 | Chapter 98 - The Inner Section Run (I) | 0 |
| 99 | Chapter 99 - The Inner Section Run (II) | 0 |
| 100 | Chapter 100 - Dain Sorowyn (I) | 0 |
| 101 | Chapter 101 - Dain Sorowyn (II) | 0 |
| 102 | Chapter 102 - The Making of Strength (I) | 0 |
| 103 | Chapter 103 - The Making of Strength (II) | 0 |
| 104 | Chapter 104 - Silence Before the Dead | 0 |
| 105 | Chapter 105 - Marais Grave Deadlands (I) | 0 |
| 106 | Chapter 106 - Marais Grave Deadlands (II) | 0 |
| 107 | Chapter 107 - Dilation | 0 |
| 108 | Chapter 108 - Warm Golden Winds | 0 |
| 109 | Chapter 109 - A Day in Cindralet | 0 |
| 110 | Chapter 110 - Lightning Lodestones | 0 |
| 111 | Chapter 111 - Cursed Fusion Relics | 0 |
| 112 | Chapter 112 - More to Do | 0 |
| 113 | Chapter 113 - Broken Tongues | — |
| 114 | Chapter 114 - Dust Clouds | — |
| 115 | Chapter 115 - Divine Gratitude | — |
| 116 | Chapter 116 - Effort | — |
| 117 | Chapter 117 - Owly | — |
| 118 | Chapter 118 - Feeling like Home | — |
| 119 | Chapter 119 - Before Dawn | — |
| 120 | Chapter 120 - Ever Reaching | — |
| 121 | Chapter 121 - The Repentant | — |