The air was thin and rife with a weighty Ein that felt like heavy chains pulling him down, his clothes constricting like a second layer of tight skin on his body, and his armor becoming weights on the shackles. Did Aeon Peak desire for him to lay himself bare? To hide nothing from the storms, the...
2023-12-27 02:10:25 +0000 UTC View PostRaising his arms, Demon stepped slowly onward, and the fires burst from his feet, driven by his command to spread along the borders of the Reed district. The rising walls of flame and smoke converged overtop and dyed the sky red, hiding the two suns behind the roaring fire. His powers as a Lower ...
2023-12-26 21:57:45 +0000 UTC View PostOne of the Lower Marshal Exalts vanished in a bright light, reappearing in the distance, his bow nocked to the fullest as an immense Ein gathered in the twisted radiant arrow, a solar gleam glancing the arrowhead. In the smallest instant after release, it reached Marcus, showering everything it p...
2023-12-24 22:27:57 +0000 UTC View Post"I can't figure it out!" Auren screamed out, his brown eyes bloodshot and his brown hair untidy as if he had just woken up. He squirmed around in his corner of the room, shaking the wall slightly, which forced him to stop, afraid of toppling the entire house. Papers sprawled all over his side, su...
2023-12-24 18:14:47 +0000 UTC View PostFor a few minutes, the room was silent as Demon observed Charlotte's icy gaze, which contained a deep hatred and a hint of unwillingness, the kind that reminded him of everyone who had died by his merciless hands. It seemed she had a story to tell; burdens slowly drowned her like a thick, endless...
2023-12-23 04:31:24 +0000 UTC View PostA foundation was the key to success. Survival required a firm footing to stand on. The only way to ensure his survival and successful revenge on the New Dawn was to have that foundation. Like the roots of the forest beneath him, he needed firm ground to set his roots so he could try for vengeance...
2023-12-21 18:48:47 +0000 UTC View Post"Lord Draven!" The young boy spoke fervently.
'Draven….' In honor of Oscar's master, who gave his life to protect him, Demon chose to take up his name, Draven. He wondered if the name might rouse Oscar from the abyss his mind was currently in, a dark place he tried to unravel by ...
2023-12-20 02:59:37 +0000 UTC View PostDeep into the afternoon, overwhelming sunlight beamed and poured out onto the mansion as the two suns, surrounded by a host of clouds, rose unfettered and reached their utmost peak. Only a peaceful venture could complement a beautiful, hot day. Perhaps eating some cold, sweet desserts under the s...
2023-12-19 04:19:54 +0000 UTC View PostFlanked by two of his guards, Edmund walked, ascending the long flight of stairs that spiraled up the height of his great tower. Nearing the top, he waved his guards to stand by, preferring the quietness of his soothing pastime. While he didn't need the guards since his powers far outstripped the...
2023-12-18 05:29:08 +0000 UTC View Post"He's a Lower Marshal Exalt now." Supported by Caires's remaining arm, Remulus stepped closer to the crater where Saul fell after a failed Primaere Baptism. His legs barely responded to his will, but he pushed himself, treading one light step at a time, wobbling as if walking on sticks. Remulus h...
2023-12-15 19:07:06 +0000 UTC View Post"Poison? Is that the finale to your grand strategy, Remulus?" Saul revolved his core and surged Ein into every vein and organ inside him but found nothing poisonous threatening him. His blood was clean, and nothing corrupted his core. He couldn't underestimate Remulus and quickly pulled out a via...
2023-12-14 01:05:19 +0000 UTC View PostA few minutes earlier….
'It won't be easy. Saul is a peak Tricrown King Exalt near the cusp of entering the Primaere realm. The three of us together won't be a match for him.' His father, Remulus, spoke through the Resonance, sharing their thoughts instantly. Sweeping his spatial...
2023-12-12 21:37:18 +0000 UTC View PostHis arms felt slightly numb from enduring Draven's heavy, destructive blows, the fast and overbearing light of Caires, and the nauseating shiftiness of Remulus's time spells. As a powerful double strike of Caires and his clone drove itself into Saul's side, he felt no pain but was forced to sway,...
2023-12-12 02:45:12 +0000 UTC View PostFloating above the deep, bottomless chasm, Saul lifted his saggy cheeks into a small grin as a crown manifested above his head. The base was made from silver Ein, flowing eternally around itself and resembling a halo. Above it, three silver spikes stuck out, also made from his silver Ein but crys...
2023-12-11 01:11:06 +0000 UTC View PostWhen Draven heard his disciple had disappeared, he decided to enter seclusion and advance to the King Exalt realm using the Imperial Jewel gifted to him by Oscar. He hoped to become strong enough to protect Oscar and drag him away from the site of the tragedy. But what was this? He succeeded in r...
2023-12-09 01:27:10 +0000 UTC View Post"I killed Fred and Emily."
Unable to believe what he heard, Oscar blinked and rubbed his ears before chuckling and waving off the bad joke. "Enough of your bad jokes, Elder Saul. Sometimes they are too distasteful. Please don't make remarks like that." He wanted to keep laughing it off, but...
2023-12-08 18:37:11 +0000 UTC View Post"Where is Dad?" The young Gloria asked in Declerd's arms. She whipped her head around, lowering her head in disappointment each time. Declerd wanted to soothe her by patting her back, the same way his master, the great hero, did, but the young miss grumbled louder, pounding her small fists onto h...
2023-12-07 04:29:15 +0000 UTC View PostSurrounded by piles of paper and stacks of scrolls, Celestina worked tirelessly at her desk, sometimes stamping her seal on a document for approval or writing in a blank section to append to the statements and send it back for review. A faint sigh escaped her lips as she couldn't help but turn to...
2023-12-05 01:02:39 +0000 UTC View Post"Fred! Emily!" Oscar shouted, his voice hoarse and shrill. "Where are you?!" No one replied. A pile of rubble cluttered down, and he only found more fallen Black Aegis Order members. He paid his respects to each one, taking away their tokens. He sought to find them in this bloody hellscape, but h...
2023-12-04 02:39:37 +0000 UTC View PostOscar wasn't in the best state. His arms barely held themselves up, enough to cover his face and have his elbows tucked in by his sides. He could not move forward, his legs trembling to the soles of his feet, slightly shaking the dirt underneath. Checking his core, he grimaced at the dull state o...
2023-12-04 00:47:41 +0000 UTC View PostScarletgold rods sparked from Oscar's feet, and he escaped from Orden's extending arm that whipped out and overturned the slate dirt. The gravity field made it quite hard to escape faster. Having no option, he decided to hear out the Ancient of Fire but was still skeptical. 'I do not possess ...
2023-12-03 22:36:14 +0000 UTC View PostOrden had abandoned it all. He threw away his honor, something Oscar once respected. He sided with the New Dawn and became a tool, a puppet of their deranged experiments. But above all, he cast aside his humanity. Inside the deep chasm, the light illuminating a circle in the dark underground, Osc...
2023-12-03 21:02:32 +0000 UTC View PostArranged on the tall walls and fortified towers of the Imperial Palace, hundreds of cannons rotated and pointed outward in all directions, the three sections of its shaft rotating as a humming ramped up. Within the gun's muzzle, a fiery glow intensified, akin to the flames stoking in a furnace, a...
2023-12-03 19:25:09 +0000 UTC View PostCountless explosions swept their fiery bursts on Dragonheart City, the sounds of cannons ceaselessly boomed earshocking noises, the kind Oscar had never heard before. He had never been in the center of this many ships firing at once. Distortions rippled on the transparent barrier, the light refra...
2023-12-02 05:11:51 +0000 UTC View PostAfter the high-pitched bell ended its slow, drawn-out tolls, a ceaseless and constant ringing of a second one, rapid and loud like the clattering of a wheel on a stony road, signaled all forces to report to their stations. Oscar took deep breaths to calm himself and pounded his chest to slow his ...
2023-12-02 01:29:36 +0000 UTC View PostHis heart rested in peace as he basked in the bright light spilling from the open windows, their reach increasing as the two suns ascended toward high noon. Oscar was leisurely reading a book in the quiet library of his estate, his fingers gently flipping the smooth pages. Surrounded by shelves o...
2023-12-01 16:21:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe imperial court froze, the rows of eyes widening in his direction, particularly in Celestina's. Before the well-dressed nobles could react, their mouths either flatly shut or gaped with their lower lip hung down, Celestina flashed and leaped across, the light illuminating her footsteps. Her ra...
2023-11-30 06:05:31 +0000 UTC View PostGarantulem soared across the sky, its loud rumbling mimicking the thunder. The journey had been halted for a few days since the incident near Catege City, but now it roared its way through the last region, the final haven within Wyrmir. Watching from atop the fortress on the Excrusier, Oscar fidd...
2023-11-29 05:20:55 +0000 UTC View PostAiden wasted no time. His strides measured and exact down the polished white floor, the tiles so clean they reflected his handsome figure. Well-polished crystal lamps illuminated the path, and he followed its course, a groan escaping his usually tight lips. As Aiden approached the entrance to ano...
2023-11-28 03:43:27 +0000 UTC View PostIgnyres went silent. The eerie sound of his flames crackling in an unsettling tone dulled his ears. The longer this silence continued, the more uncomfortable Oscar felt. The dimming three orbs in the flaming head compounded that discomfort. He couldn't know for sure, but it was as if Ignyres was ...
2023-11-26 19:05:31 +0000 UTC View Post