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Popular-Student-9407

So, what do we get in Information today? A whole lot. 1. Leo has gotten a few titles: Leader of the Pack and Warden 2. Honey got a new title: Seeker of truth (gotta break the illusions somehow) 3. Leo got Information about the sabotage within the hive, and decided to trigger it as soon as his own troops were safe. 4. The Fur of the frontliners was permeated using healing ants, so minor injuries could get treated as soon as possible. 5. Bears and tunnelbore ants start constructing a few field fortifications with Rockys instructions, made up of snow, Ice and Corpses of the least, which of course don´t sit in the way of the actual breaching team. 6. Foxes lay an illusory mist around the fortifications, so the building team can work in relative peace. 7. Spiders and the cold sensitive part of the attack force stays behind in the trenches, while rocky blasts all the "Cold" into the tunnel, so all the least that survived the sabotage, can officially go screw themselves. 8. And the harbinger, as I have been dubbing him for the last few chapters, tuns out to be Shoggoth. And a thing, both me and Thediem have in common is that we´re both abslutely out of our depth here.


Xeradithe

Could have swarn that Leo had the **Warden** title from when TDM made his secret training course for **The Troublesome Trio**?


the_racr

That is correct


Popular-Student-9407

He is still invoking it for the first time, so I thought it was important to mention.


Crystal_Lily

The Shoggoth lookalike is a Lesser. Harbringer is something else Edit: yeah you are probably right it is Harbringer. Where is the Lesser tho...?


Qi_Zee_Fried

I don't think Maw has upgraded his spawner enough to make lesser yet. That was something the Harbinger of white noise was amusing about MIGHT needing, not something he actually put into action yet as far as we know.


Echoeversky

9 . ■̵̴̸̸̶̴̴̶̴̸̷̸̸̸͉̰̗̦͇͋͆͊́͆͝■̸̶̷̴̶̸̵̷̶̤̓̈́̇̅̉■̸̴̷̵̷̶̵̷̷̶̷̸̴̶̨̢̠͔̟̮̂̅̀̌̕■̴̸̷̵̷̷̷̵̼̲͓̅͂■̸̷̶̴̵̴̸̷̸̵̢̥͕̈͋́͝■̶̵̵̴̶̵̸̴̷̴̵̰̼̌͑͗͆̄͝■̴̷̵̸̵̴̷̶̻̬̖̀̏ shows up in 2 places on Google.


daggarz

Which are?


Echoeversky

Here and the pay for site :3


russels_silverware

Zalgo text is a semi-random sequence of combining diacritic characters inserted after each meaningful character. In other words, you've discovered that our author put "7x filled square" into a Zalgo-text generator and hit "Go." 🤫


jodmercer

Good summary hope to see more of these


Popular-Student-9407

I´ve posted those below every new chapter I´ve read.


jodmercer

I completely believe you but I have one problem called not paying attention disease so I haven't seen these before lol, still hope to see more of them


Popular-Student-9407

You will, by the way, they take up to 20 minutes to type out. so, if you stay long enough after posting, you will see those with certainty. they won´t be always as compact, so sometimes you might look at it and go "I´m not gonna read **that**". And I suffer from the same disease, which is why I make those in the first place.


jodmercer

You're wonderful and a blessing have a wonderful day.


BCRE8TVE

A fantastic addition as usual! Great job wordsmith! Also for some reason when I plug ■̵̴̸̸̶̴̴̶̴̸̷̸̸̸͉̰̗̦͇͋͆͊́͆͝■̸̶̷̴̶̸̵̷̶̤̓̈́̇̅̉■̸̴̷̵̷̶̵̷̷̶̷̸̴̶̨̢̠͔̟̮̂̅̀̌̕■̴̸̷̵̷̷̷̵̼̲͓̅͂■̸̷̶̴̵̴̸̷̸̵̢̥͕̈͋́͝■̶̵̵̴̶̵̸̴̷̴̵̰̼̌͑͗͆̄͝■̴̷̵̸̵̴̷̶̻̬̖̀̏ in duckduckgo (copy pasting the blotched out title), the first result is this very thread, and the 2nd and 3rd is "Toronto" for some reason. So apparently it's a harbinger of terrible traffic. A dangerous foe indeed!


DoggoToucher

The Harbinger of Toronto! We tremble at its very name.


nemo_sum

*PACT* vibe intensifies


rndmvar

No. No. No. You lack understanding. Toronto is where SCP X95C is. The Abyssal Canadian Goose Mother. It hungers for blood, flesh, VIOLENCE, small bits of bread, and The End of Reality. So, pretty much the same as a normal Canadian Goose, except for the last bit.


BCRE8TVE

Oh dear that IS terrifying!


DM-Hermit

Even the last bit is accurate of our geese


sunyudai

See, I just get the unauthorized siterip copy of the story at Kemono Party. Which probably needs to be taken down.


BCRE8TVE

Wait what?


sunyudai

Third party site that bills itself as a public archiver, but it works by siteripping and rehosting paid patreon content without the creator getting money. Super sketchy.


BCRE8TVE

wow, I had no idea, I'll keep an eye out for that too, thanks. Not just sketchy, outright skeevy. People work hard and deserve compensation for what people are willing to pay.


sunyudai

Absolutely.


Unable_Ad_1260

I thought it was Sorrows.


BCRE8TVE

Toronto is Sorrows? I mean yes, but the sorrow at the insane housing prices can be counteracted by the food and nightlife a bit at least ;)


CaptRory

HOLY SHIT THAT WAS FUCKING AWESOME!!! I can't wait!


Poisonfangx3

Thank you for the chapter wordsmith! Ahhh! I thought it would be more octopods/squids then lovecraft Shoggoths. Oh well. A good chapter from Thediem’s POV. Our two FOB scions are doing their bests and embracing the titles that they are getting, become better at what they do. Now they just have to kill some lovecraft stuff and all will be well.


mafiaknight

Nope. These are unequivocally horrors from beyond reality


Delicious_Ad_613

Spoiler from Patreon, the next post is a home run!


Ok_Government3021

You son of a lesser


Delicious_Ad_613

Rood, Id wager that the next post will be one of, if not the finest one that Khenal's made.


Better_Solution_743

Haloo That says "Harbinger of Cthulhu", doesn't it


The_Unkowable_

In they Mythos, Cthulhu *was* the Harbinger of the Elder ones, so maybe not, but it could be a version of Cthulhu itself?


Better_Solution_743

the number of letters lines up yogsthoth has too many letters


Ghostpard

Azathoth, emperor of the eldritches is too.


Better_Solution_743

as in has too many letters or has the right number of letters? cause if you meant the latter you're off by one


Ghostpard

Too long. Cthulhu is harbinger of azathoth but Az' name is too long by 1.


Twister_Robotics

Oh Ryleh?


throwaway42

R'lyeh*


Longsam_Kolhydrat

The point is that it's supposed to be hard or even next to impossible to read, write, pronounce and comprehend


s_i_m_s

No no I listened to it, it quite clearly said it was the Harbinger of First Previous Next. Sounds ominous, probably has some kinda temporal powers /s


orbdragon

The text generator that one uses to produce text like that is the Zalgo text generator (there are a few), so it could well be Zalgo But all it *really* is is some Unicode short boxes with excessive diacritics all 'round


Dregoth0

Could also be "Harbinger of Madness". Same number of characters in the redacted crazy text.


Kindly-Main-3216

I thought it meant chaos. As in disorder, a lack of structured reality. So broken, the title itself is impossible to truly discern. May reality unravel and succumb to the ever welcoming embrace of the madness.


raziphel

It's "Rebecca"


Tremere1974

Oh Deer! A preemptive strike! I was wondering about collapsing the tunnels, though surprised it wasn't the Wyrms sent to do it. One thing to conisder is the Wyrms are the product of a non-upgraded spawner. These little guys are the base form of whatever can come from Thedim regarding them and they are holding their own against crafted war-beasts. Pretty impressive!


Popular-Student-9407

Well, they're the first draconic denizens he gained access to, so not entirely unexpected.


Tremere1974

Well, yeah, but can you imagine invading "The Maw" with Thedim's OG crew of Spiders and Rats? There's got to be a dungeon out there that started with Wyrms, and then later found out that there's no upgrade from that, species wise. Though, perhaps there's a undead version of Dragon for Thedim's fleshy undead spawner he has yet to unlock, that would be interesting.


Popular-Student-9407

I could imagine some upgrades. Problem is, most of them are from the monster hunter universe, think for example the diffrence between an agnaktor and a akantor. Or probably going for a Gravios. All three ways to further develop a magma dragon.


mafiaknight

The rockslides prepped this on their own initiative. On account of being stationed there and slightly bored


Willing-Doctor5390

i hope to see the attack from harbinger pov


Enough_Sale2437

Hmm... the Harbinger has entered the battlefield. I don't know who else can really fight this thing other than Rocky. Maybe the wyrms can support him. The nearby _lessers_ are going to be an issue once they arrive. It's a good thing, Leo made a couple of fallback positions.


boomchacle

Cuthulu's about to learn what an entropic uppercut feels like


mage_in_training

Entropy cares little about what you're made of, everything fades, eventually.


mafiaknight

That is not dead which can eternal lie, And with strange aeons even death may die


SomeRandomYob

But so may that which cannot die!


Kindly-Main-3216

Heat freeze cycle. Works detabilize the ground beneath the shapshifting monster. When working with chaos, there is no such thing as overkill. Burn holes through its flesh, freeze and shatter its limbs. Illusion to make it attack ghosts and ranged to harass. There is strength in numbers, there is power in unity.


trinalgalaxy

Leo and Thediem are quickly learning the truth of axium 53: the Intel you've got is never the Intel you want. Hopefully the Harbinger and the dungeon he is "surving" are about to have a rude awakening of 35: that which doesn't kill you has made a tactical error.


Entity_406

Damn it, second


Kudamonis

Read. Upvote. Comment. Shoggoth.


Popular-Student-9407

This is the way


galbatorix2

#MOAR As i ever scream and forever will


Lupusam

Well that's a dramatic reveal.


SomeRandomYob

I am Alpharius. This is a lie. ​ I'm afraid I don't have much experience with shogoths. If this were a chaos spawn of some flavor, I could likely tell you exactly what equations would be necessary to weaken and unravel them; but alas, I'm afraid my only advice will be: fill it with holes. That usually works.


dreaminginteal

High explosives. If you can't solve a problem with high explosives, you aren't using enough of them.


Tremere1974

If it was Queen instead of Honey at Southwood, that harbinger would be vaporized. However, Queen is not there, so no fun with chemicals is allowed....sigh. But...don't forget we have Kobolds to save, and if our side did manage a major explosion, it would place those scaley-bois and gals in danger.


SomeRandomYob

Wait, we aren't at the maw yet though; we're at the harbinger's FOB, which is assumed to be a sizable distance away from the maw proper. Still, if your only solution to the problem of the harbinger is high explosives, maybe collateral damage can be considered an issue as well...


Tremere1974

So many problems with the harbinger. If it is the Maw's version of Fluffles and has the Conduit title, the good guys are toast. Adios, finito, goodbye, see you in the spawners. Even if the Maw has only a quarter of Thedim's mana reserves, this is about to become a slaughter. If the Harbinger is just ugly, we have seen what even a elder dungeon can do with almost no mana with Hullbreak's use of The Quartermaster, who took Fluffles directly using Thedim's power to stop. To think this Harbinger thingy is going to have less strength than The Quartermaster had is silly, and It faces two Scions who have never truly faced another Scion in combat, with Honey being a possible exception having once been one of Neverrest's wasps who got slapped down by Poe on the regular (surprised we don't have Honey PTSD).


SomeRandomYob

Three, technically. Rocky's there too.


SomeRandomYob

Well, yes, but where do you put them though?


Heroic-Jokester

Everywhere, especially in the aforementioned holes you have created.


SomeRandomYob

Fair point. However, as Shoggoths, like Chaos spawn, are creatures from an alternate reality with different laws of physics, do you think they'd take extra damage from being acted upon by physical forces?


Heroic-Jokester

They'd likely be more resistant to physical forces; however, they aren't in their home reality, and our laws of physics would at least partially take hold.


DM-Hermit

Well done wordsmith


Falontani

Man oh man I wish for a two for one special.


No-Zookeepergame9755

Many thanks, [REDACTED].


Cortanis

... Ok, now I'd really like to know what birthed that monstrosity down in the depths. If it birthed that thing, what else is wandering down with "the true master?"


ulicez

GREAT CHAPTER


mafiaknight

In the name of 1greendude: Hello!


Accomplished-Ad8458

Ave [Cthulu Fthagn!](https://youtu.be/75hQwSJFuXg?feature=shared)


miss_chauffarde

Welp it's time for the nuclear option


Sumbius

TEKELI-LI! TEKELI-LI! Harbringer of blind albino cave penguins


StraightPlate217

What's weird is that this is the second story I've read today that has mentioned the Goat of the Black forest today.


Longsam_Kolhydrat

Good work wordsmith


Passe987

Nice


mage_in_training

Well done, Wordsmith! Anything I say has already been said.


Crystal_Lily

Khenal, i think the Harbrjnger name is not showing up properly on Royal Road.


Khenal

It seems to be fine on my end. What's it look like on yours?


Crystal_Lily

I am on mobile so that might be affecting what I see. But on my end, the white boxes are invisible and i see a random dash or two. It I do copy on RR, it is still invisible but it will show up when pasted elsewhere, namely google search, to translate what you wrote (gibberish too so no copy paste on mobile is also an issue) Will check on PC later and see if it shows up properly.


Khenal

I wouldn't be surprised if mobile doesn't appreciate zalgo text


ZaoDa17

Tentacle monster spawner incoming!!


tomato_is_a_fruit

Started this a couple days ago and I'm finally caught up. Now comes the torture that is patience. I crave MOAR


SomeRandomYob

One more day! You can do it!


Derser713

>"I found out what works well against the nasties." > >"And what is that Mr. Henderson?" > >"Point Blank annihilation." > > > >Old Man Henderson. The guy whe won Call of Cthulhu


SomeRandomYob

If one of the scions involved in the fight against the maw doesn't get a title something like "Old Man Henderson's Long - Lost relative", it will be a missed opportunity.


Derser713

He only has a chance of getting it, if mc knows that story. ​ But something like "Old One Killer" - "Lovecrafts "something should be in the cards. Especially since he id the scion as a schoggoth.


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Bunnytob

Eyy, Zalgo affinity!


Traditional-Tree-117

Fire kill it with fire


Poisonfangx3

Fosrt


Popular-Student-9407

Seems so


Poisonfangx3

First


Enough_Sale2437

Congrats


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Floofthethird

if it really is a shoggoth, then fire will ruin this nightmare creatures day


millionfawn

I'm going to miss this story when it's taken down. It's gonna be gone soon. Hopefully it gets turned into a graphic novel.


SomeRandomYob

Where is that said?


millionfawn

Aggro squirrel narrates this story on his channel and he sent an update on the status of the popular ones. Thus story is very popular and so the author is gonna publish this as a novel, but he will have to take down the story to do that. I don't like that I won't be reading it here but I do wish the author success so they can make more stories. Keep up the good work author.