Malphegor

LOTR: TMCP Ch. 399

Boom!

Like a raging waterfall crashing into a giant rock, the human alliance and the foul creatures of Mordor clashed head-on, and in an instant, the battle was ablaze. At the very front charged the leaders of mankind.

During this assault, many found themselves astonished, ch...

PIG V2 Ch. 29

When Marco and Darnell got back to the car, they found a Black Mask enforcer lying unconscious on the pavement. Edward stood nearby, examining his cane.

"What happened?" Marco asked, scanning the area for threats.

"Nothing dramatic. One of Black Mask's patrol spotted the car and came ...

PIG V2 Ch. 28

The closer they got to the abandoned meat-processing plant, the worse the smell became. It wasn't just bad... A vile blend of rotting organic matter and chemical reagents that seemed to coat the inside of your mouth and nose like grease. The light rain that had started falling didn't wash it away...

PIG V2 Ch. 27

Gordon leaned against his patrol car, nursing coffee that had gone lukewarm hours ago. His eyes were bloodshot, his tie was loosened, and his shirt looked like he'd slept in it, which he had, for the past three nights running. The engine roar from the far end of the avenue made him look up just a...

PIG V2 Ch. 26

Anna wore a surgical mask, but she still pinched her nose as she picked her way across moss-slick rocks behind Edward and Otis. The smell of rotting seaweed, industrial runoff, and underneath it all, the sweet-sick stench of decay was overwhelming. The reported location was a shallow shore near a...

Note 12/31/25

I won't have time later, so I'll say it now: Happy New Year! Have a great celebration, don't overdo it, and enjoy your time.

PIG V2 Ch. 25

Once blood starts flowing, it never stops. The neon signs were going dark across Gotham, one by one. Storefronts that had been open for decades were shuttering, owners boarding up windows with whatever scrap wood they could find. Graffiti sprayed over faded advertisements. Gang symbols and furiou...

PIG V2 Ch. 24

The black cars slid up to the curb, tires hissing through puddles and spraying water everywhere. Doors opened, and polished shoes hit the pavement. Men in dark suits snapped open umbrellas and moved quickly to form protective circles around their bosses.

Rain hammered down on Gotham's old q...

PIG V2 Ch. 23

The officials were still shaking when Marco helped the last of them to their feet. Rain poured down in sheets, soaking through their expensive suits and plastering their styled hair to their skulls. One of them, a middle-aged man with jowls like a bulldog, looked at Marco with confusion, then rel...

PIG V2 Ch. 22

The rain was getting heavier. The wipers thrashed back and forth across the windshield, barely managing to carve out a patch of visibility through the downpour. Marco leaned against the passenger seat, his hand unconsciously pressing against his side where the old wound had started aching again.<...

PIG V2 Ch. 21

Rain hammered the roof of the car, streaming down the windshield in thick rivulets that made everything beyond the glass look like an oil painting left out in the rain. The wipers could barely keep up.

Marco and Darnell sat in the darkness, the SUV tucked into the tree line about two hundre...

PIG V2 Ch. 20

"Anyone want a burger?"

Marco dropped several grease-stained paper bags on the break room table. Instantly, hands shot out from all directions, slapping down on the bags like seagulls fighting over garbage.

"Mine!"

"I called it first!"

"Bullshit, that's mine—"

"Sir...

LOTR: TMCP Ch. 398

A terrifying laughter echoed in the sky, as if it came from the clouds themselves. A dark, ghostly wind swept across the wasteland before the Black Gate, swirling and gathering not far from Garrett. It condensed into the form of a tall, black suit of armor bristling with spikes. Within the helmet...

LOTR: TMCP Ch. 397

The words spoken by the Mouth of Sauron carried a high degree of credibility. Garrett didn't doubt that if he nodded right now, Mordor would immediately surrender, and would probably drag along all of its allies as well. And as for Sauron himself, it was quite possible that he truly would swear a...

LOTR: TMCP Ch. 396

To be fair, as a ruler, Denethor did quite a good job. The affairs of Gondor, great and small alike, were managed in perfect order, with hardly any mistakes. And his attitude, except toward his two sons, was generally just and impartial.

His reputation in Gondor wasn't bad at all. In terms ...

MPCW Ch. 19

Two sharp whistles cut through the air. Arrows came flying from outside the treehouse. Qingxue quickly reacted. A translucent longsword materialized in her hand, and she swung it. Icy sword energy exploded outward in a sharp wave.

Swish.

The incoming arrows passed straight th...

MPCW Ch. 18

Qingxue had been about to dismiss her Dharma Aspect back into her qi sea, but when she caught the look on Alexei's face, she hesitated.

The kid clearly wanted to see it up close.

With a sigh, she lowered the tiny fox from where she'd been holding it and placed it in his outstretched h...

MCIM Ch. 137

The stealth ship cut through the Arctic air at speeds that would make most military aircraft jealous. Below them, the endless white expanse of Ellesmere Island stretched to the horizon, Canada's northernmost territory, locked in ice and snow.

Bruce stood in the ship's observation area, hand...

MCIM Ch. 136

About fifteen minutes after Mario had departed through his waystone, a shimmering portal effect materialized on the Gotham rooftop. Tony stepped through, immediately surveying his surroundings.

"So this is the new world you mentioned?"

A semi-transparent holographic display projected ...

MCIM Ch. 135

CRASH.

The sound of shattering glass jerked Mario awake. He opened his eyes to find the Joker staring at him through the broken panel, one leg already through the opening in his glass prison.

"Going somewhere?"

The clown had been thinking all night, apparently. Whether ...

MCIM Ch. 134

The Batmobile screamed to a halt beside Mario. The engine's roar echoed off the surrounding buildings.

"What happened?" Batman's voice came through the external speakers before the door even opened.

"Open up. We'll talk inside."

The armored door hissed open. Mario climbed in, se...

MCIM Ch. 133

Mario watched the green-haired figure approach with narrowed eyes. This felt different from his previous encounters. Even Hydra hadn't pulled this kind of stunt.

Hydra only wanted him dead. But this here was provocation.

"Hahaha... Your abilities are even more impressive than I imagin...

OP: AMP Ch. 208

The screaming and terror caused both pirates' minds to crack under the strain. Under normal circumstances, their brains would've forced them into unconsciousness as a protective measure. Their sanity wouldn't have shattered completely, just temporarily shut down to preserve itself. But Mental Amp...

OP: AMP Ch. 207

"This is pretty incredible," Marcus muttered, staring at the Soul Sand Floating Island as it continued its slow growth.

Soul sand was supposed to be a non-renewable resource in Minecraft. You couldn't duplicate it through machines like you could with regular sand or gravel. The game mechani...

OP: AMP Ch. 206

Marcus ignored Usopp's complaints and focused on the wolf-like creature that had somehow recovered from its near-death state. The thing looked healthier than it had any right to be, considering it had been barely clinging to life just minutes ago. He pulled out two replica Bomb-Bomb Fruits from h...

OP: AMP Ch. 205

After thinking it over from every angle, Marcus still couldn't come to any solid conclusions about the Devil Fruit mechanics. He wasn't a scientist, after all. If he actually managed to figure something out, it'd probably be some unreplicable experiment that worked once and never again. Just his ...

OP: AMP Ch. 204

The second Goatman eventually died. The goal had been research, naturally. But the original plan wasn't to kill it, Indigo had wanted to capture it alive for extended study. Unfortunately, when faced with the capture equipment, the Goatman displayed abnormal ferocity combined with beast-like inst...

NYP Ch. 99

"Think about it carefully, Minato."

"The damage to Kushina's seal is too severe," Minato said, shaking his head. "The restored seal would be fragile. It couldn't support the Nine-Tails' full chakra. The strain would tear it apart within weeks, maybe days."

"Then can't you just remove ...

NYP Ch. 98

The Swift Release puppet stared at Rin's damaged mask, then thought about Obito getting launched through a wall by Kushina's chakra-enhanced slap.

I wonder what's going through his head right now. Seeing Rin alive after building his entire worldview around her death? That's gotta mess w...