Zed sat patiently, staring at the notification in front of him.
Skills
· [Bloodwrath (Mana, blood)].
· [Bloodlust (Aura)].
· [Force (Rune)].
· [Force shield (Rune)].
A part of him had been hoping for more skills. Actually, a part of him had been hoping that...
2023-11-11 13:30:45 +0000 UTC View Post“So, what you’re telling me is that this mission was a bust.”
“Yes, ma’am.”
“And we lost one of our best Olympian power armor along with it.”
“Yes, ma’am.”
“Is there even any good news, at all?”
“Unfortunately not, ma’am.”
Daniel...
2023-11-11 13:23:46 +0000 UTC View PostZed was walking down a white and serene hallway. Beside him, Oliver followed in silence. He spared Zed a glance every now and again but said nothing. Whatever worried him, he did his best to keep it behind sealed lips. Their inquisition with Daniel had gone as smoothly as could be expected. Aside...
2023-11-07 20:23:08 +0000 UTC View PostRonda and Kid were sitting in a small room. Its walls were a dark grey color, as if the designer had been going for a gothic theme before whoever was in charge had chosen to stop them. Despite how massive the aircraft was, the room remained small. Its size was large enough to hold two bunk beds o...
2023-11-07 20:19:19 +0000 UTC View Post“So you leave the battlefield and she reckons it alright to break the chain of command to follow you. But when she starts running for the battlefield, you—No…We… follow her, simply ’cos you find some horse shite sense of loyalty to follow her to her death for the sake of love.”
...
2023-11-07 20:11:17 +0000 UTC View PostDifferent thoughts went through his mind as he made his way up the tower steps, ignorant of the sisters carrying out their duties in silent sobs and the soldiers who seemed to take it upon themselves to console whoever they could. Half way to his destination he worried who he would find behind th...
2023-11-07 20:02:07 +0000 UTC View PostSeth returned to the seminary under the announcement of first light. He returned wearing a new pair of grey joggers, a pair of boots fashioned in leather with a strap across its front, and a new grey cassock. They were gifts from Jabari. if anything, they were proof the man had known the outcome ...
2023-11-07 19:55:49 +0000 UTC View PostFrom where he sat, nearly a mile away from Seth, Jabari knew the moment the child attained convergence. It was in the singing of Masamune, in the emptiness of Dainik as it repelled the ambient reia drawn to the boy from the very act. In most soul magi, a convergent skill is born from the unity of...
2023-11-07 19:52:57 +0000 UTC View PostSeth had never been so happy to see the long tachi in his life. The moment it got into the range of his awareness he knew exactly what it was. It registered like a king spider’s dying shriek: unmistakable.
He let it hit the ground before snatching it up. Its weight was almost empty compar...
2023-11-04 10:28:09 +0000 UTC View PostShit, shit, shit, shit!
Jabari had got to be kidding him with this level of madness. Seth ducked a swinging tail that took out an entire tree whole, ripping it off the ground.
Aren’t these things supposed to be indestructible, he panicked as he slid across the roug...
2023-11-04 10:25:33 +0000 UTC View PostThe rise of the moon found Ezril in his room conversing with Lenaria. Tonight, she told of the god Berlak.
According to her, some thought him the god of the sun but Rin said he was nothing but a child amongst the gods; weak and not truly a god of anything. Although he had a limited control ...
2023-11-04 10:19:28 +0000 UTC View PostThe next day Ezril sparred alone with Foln, deeming it fit not to put any of the younger soldiers through the morning torment they seemed to be getting acquainted with, so much so that once he had caught them drawing straws upon his arrival. Those who had drawn the shortest had followed him on hi...
2023-11-04 10:03:34 +0000 UTC View PostOliver stared at Zed, flabbergasted.
“You see, Ollie,” Zed explained cheerfully, “to get the level of trust you’re asking from me, it would require a lot. You’ll need to wine and dine me. Show me you care. Take care of my expenses. In summary, no. I don’t trust you that much, Ol...
2023-11-04 09:56:06 +0000 UTC View PostDaniel pulled a cup practically out of nowhere and Zed’s jaw dropped.
“How’d you do that?” he asked with exaggerated awe, then turned to Oliver. “How did he do that?”
Oliver shook his head. “Focus, Zed.”
“It’s just…” Zed paused, sighed, then returned his ...
2023-11-04 09:53:34 +0000 UTC View Post“So he’s still alive,” Ivan said with a little too much enthusiasm for Heimdall’s liking. Then he barked a loud laugh, one that came from the stomach, full and genuine.
“I don’t see why it should matter much,” Heimdall said.
Both men were seated on a couch in Heimdall’...
2023-10-31 21:48:32 +0000 UTC View Post“If you don’t mind me asking,” Zed said. “Why are we in a VHF spaceship?”
Oliver rubbed the back of his neck nervously, looking away.
“A lot has happened since we last saw,” he muttered.
“Don’t tell me I went and fainted and now it’s been three months since I...
2023-10-31 21:46:41 +0000 UTC View PostEzril frowned at the sight before him. This was the tenth time, and yet, there was no difference. Not a stranger to violence? Ezril scoffed, he knows nothing but violence.
Foln swung his sword. The action bore all of his power and nothing of precision. Against better oppon...
2023-10-31 21:42:22 +0000 UTC View PostLenaria gave her swords a few swings before sheathing them and leaving the smithy. Ezril walking beside her returned greetings as the soldiers offered them. In the beginning they had drawn constant stares whenever they walked, the sisters surprised to find Lenaria capable of having a friend and o...
2023-10-31 21:32:16 +0000 UTC View PostDiscomfort is a word used only by those who have known comfort. Those who have never known what it means to be comfortable do not understand what it means to be uncomfortable. With no knowledge of luxury, no witness of its occurrence, there will be no envy. This is not to be mistaken for the inab...
2023-10-31 21:26:33 +0000 UTC View PostSeth sat on the ground surrounded by the discomfort of his own handiwork. The king spider corpses were beginning to smell and the stench was filling his nose.
He’d woken up about an hour ago healed from his ailments. He still bore his cuts and bruises, and his body still hurt if he moved ...
2023-10-31 21:24:59 +0000 UTC View PostPain was an old acquaintance, not known well enough or long enough to be called a friend. But he knew it; knew it like a guest at a family dinner every forth night. It was always there in the consequences of his failed daily quest. In a place where he had once lost an arm and a leg. It was also t...
2023-10-27 05:25:25 +0000 UTC View PostSeth woke up with a fatigue in his mind but not his body. Reverend Anthony had been driving his brothers hard since they’d left the seminary, pushing them to use their skills beyond what any of the other Reverends ever had. It was as if he was bound to learn all of their skills. But he knew bet...
2023-10-27 05:22:11 +0000 UTC View PostMorning found Ezril at the smithy after mass. It was as hot as every smithy he had ever had the displeasure of entering. Its walls bore scorches at random spots that had him wondering if the blacksmith shaped only metals or if the man had a propensity to forget the walls were made of stone and br...
2023-10-27 05:19:13 +0000 UTC View PostThe next day proved uneventful, and so did the days that followed. Two days became three, and three became four. In time, seven days grew by with boring, unprecedented monotony.
The days lumbered by in agonizing sluggishness. Ezril found solace only in the nights he spent with Lenaria when ...
2023-10-27 05:11:45 +0000 UTC View PostZed woke up with the taste of iron in his mouth and the feel of iron on his back. He wondered what he could possibly have done to have someone place something so cold and uncomfortable on his back.
He paused as he wriggled his back. At first the motion had been involuntary, then it had been...
2023-10-27 05:03:23 +0000 UTC View PostOutside the forest the sunlight was a welcome reprieve. It was clearly a few hours past midday. The sun was in the early stages of its descent. Evening smiled on them from a distance away. It would be an hour or two more before the horizon would dim into the soulful orange of the evening sky. Des...
2023-10-27 04:58:01 +0000 UTC View Post“You don’t get it Oliver,” Chris said with a lowered voice. “Something was wrong with him. It was like he was experiencing the blood madness.”
Jason frowned but kept walking. He had built up a trickle of mana in his core now and his body wasn’t as fatigued as before. They had si...
2023-10-24 03:03:31 +0000 UTC View Post“Or what?” Lady Long Legs asked with a sigh. “Abed’s dead, and what? You think you can slowly take up the role of commander? People might have thought Abed was our leader, but need I remind you that it was the thinking of those who knew nothing of the relationship between us. Abed often g...
2023-10-24 03:01:40 +0000 UTC View PostThe midday sun found Ezril walking the grounds of the fort alongside Lenaria. She’d sat in on the morning mass but had only served to assist as priests do. Apparently, priestesses did not have the power to preside over masses. They possessed only as much veneration as priests.
Ezril felt ...
2023-10-24 02:59:12 +0000 UTC View PostAt Levlin’s words Teradin barked a derogatory laugh. “Fear will make a man see anything. Apparently, it makes savages see gods.”
“Only one, General,” the scholar corrected, seemingly accustomed to such mistakes. “A goddess. There was no veneration in their address of this… Nig...
2023-10-24 02:49:21 +0000 UTC View Post