Chapter 23
Smoke.
It is hard to describe the intense primal fear that is engrained in all of us, when you smell the scent of deep thick smoke on the air. Somehow your body tenses, as all of your senses are brought to that primal source of fear.
Chapter 237
To Floor 250, And Beyond!
I had it, the perfect name for my ultimate flying vehicle that I basically created from scratch. It was perfect, it made sense, then I got the notification.
Entering floor 246.
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Chapter 236
Playing Captain Matchmaker
Gentle Solar Breeze.
The air was fresh, far crisper and clearer than it had any right to be. But then again, we were a few thousand feet up, at least that is what I assumed by the way everyone...
2024-05-27 12:32:17 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 42
Shikar Spelunking (Part II)
Tingle.
The voice of Constance was formed deep within his mind, and even now he could feel her connecting to his mind.
Having been already prepared for her inevitable return...
2024-05-26 16:15:55 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 41
Shikar Spelunking (Part I)
One thing about corrupted beasts, is that just by their very existence, they will slowly corrupt the world around them. That was part of the new balance of the world, corrupted beasts would spread corruption, while those ...
2024-05-26 12:52:11 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 60
The Return
(Misha Tulley)
(Current Time)
The tension finally began to ease, the closer the three got to their final destination. A strange sense of emptiness fell over the trio.
Now that they were back in town, the cr...
2024-05-25 13:19:45 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 235
After Glow
(Mallory)
Struggling.
Mallory was struggling, with what felt like her body being weighed down by thick weighted blankets, Mallory felt helpless.
Her body, mind, and at times she even swore that he...
2024-05-25 02:56:20 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 22
Of all the things that I expected to happen, having the Saint awaken immediately from her vision induced slumber and demand that I begin casting spells that by all means should be unknown, I was largely caught off guard.
The words came...
2024-05-24 03:49:38 +0000 UTC View PostInterlude III
Claudia Von’Roseblade
“Well hello there Daren, a pleasure to meet you.” Claudia stated, as she happened to run into the choir boy who happened to be alone. This was a perfect time, as Claudia herself had finally gotten rid of the overbearing and overpr...
2024-05-23 04:09:19 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 234
Playing Mythical Dress Up (Part II)
In a way, I should be excited about this new process. Actually, by all accounts this is by far one of my coolest events to be part of.
I am a Mythical Bloodline awakener in not only myself, but also my bes...
2024-05-22 01:35:13 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 233
Playing Magical Bloodline Dress Up (Part I)
Of all the things that I thought I would ever do, I never thought that I would be able to eventually change my best friend’s magical aura. Yet, here I was, feeling like Edward Scissorhands, clipping aw...
2024-05-21 03:38:43 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 40
The SERE Program
(Two More Weeks Later)
“This is it boys and girls, the moment you all have been waiting for.” Drill Instructor Haggarty stated, his voice echoing over the platoon of what had originally been a class of twenty-four but had...
2024-05-19 16:34:08 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 39
SERE Training
(Two Weeks Later)
In the end the entire Academy had to move and be split apart. For whatever reasons, Frank had been sent to the Advanced Distance Combat Regiment, or the ADC as they are more often referred to as. This was the f...
2024-05-19 09:57:28 +0000 UTC View PostInterlude XIV
Biprism Interactive Control Tower I
“She is just too powerful, and shareholders are demanding that we increase her difficulties.” Charles Rainquist, CFO for Biprism, and current owner of one massive headache declared.
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Chapter 59
The Escape (Part III)
Jasmine Sweet
(Six Hours Ago)
Howl!
A deep echoing cry of pain rang out. Pain that was clearly being expressed by a master of unfathomable power.
Hearing the howl, Jasmine felt the...
2024-05-17 23:07:38 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 21
Gentle Breeze.
It is always amazing how your body first notices the differences when going from a developed area to a wilderness area. Then how quickly your body begins to yearn for both the creature comforts of society while ...
2024-05-16 02:30:44 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 20
To say my first week was interesting would be putting it mildly. Though to be honest, once I got used to the course structure and how I fit into the classwork, everything became somewhat routine.
In the mornings I wake up for training with Lady Von...
2024-05-14 15:01:15 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 232
Joys of Creation
Every once in a while, you get to the point where you realize that you are merely a conduit for something greater.
In my particular case, I realize that I am both simultaneously the conduit for chan...
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Chapter 231
Impromptu Safety Brief
(Mallory)<...
2024-05-12 13:38:14 +0000 UTC View PostPrologue II
Dark dreams.
Frank felt his mind expanding the longer his tether to Constance’s mind remained. Through their connection he saw and felt almost everything she experienced, particularly when she dreamed.
Du...
2024-05-11 14:06:28 +0000 UTC View PostEpilogue
“You have no doubt already heard the tales of Vanguard and his elite platoon of soldiers and their impact on taking down a Devourer. Additionally the tales of Colonel “Catalyst” Camello and his selfless acts of heroism to attack and singlehandedly de...
2024-05-11 11:54:39 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 230
A Cass-Tastrophy
(Charlaine)
By the time Jhonny and Charlaine arrived, they were shocked to see the state of the Faculty building. What had once been a building of gloom and doom suddenly seemed to glow with a sense of life and vitality.
... 2024-05-10 10:00:26 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 19
Badump, badump, badump.
My heart was beating rapidly as Rydel finally made his leave from the training session. While he had been nice enough to let Magister Carthwright work entirely with me, I could still feel his penetratin...
2024-05-09 02:57:49 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 229
How Cassie Got Her Groove Back
“Yes, but I might need you to cover down on the Bloodline Course…” I admit.
Mallory just pauses and looks at me like she wants to argue, but then finally caves in. “Fine, but I expect results.”
...
2024-05-07 21:17:51 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 228
What To Expect, When You Are Expecting Treachery
War.
The whole world was seemingly at war. Worse, the Legrand Empire, the largest and most industrialized force is the force that I might have inadvertently started a minor war with.
&nb...
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2024-05-06 01:03:09 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 37
The Warmup
Chittering.
There was an unmistakable sound of rodents coming up from underground. This was a sound that he often heard at night in his dreams. The sound of rats chewing and gnawing.
These dreams, or rat...
2024-05-05 12:47:56 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 58
The Escape (Part II)
(Misha Tulley)
(Eight Hours Ago)
Static buzzing.
There is an electrical current that is hard to describe that can only be felt while in the middle of nearly seventy thousand people all ga...
2024-05-04 15:55:36 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 18
To say that things were odd after choir class would be an understatement.
First, High Priestess Palmyra tried to offer me the trifecta, that is offering me to be her top disciple. Fortunately, this was shut down, while the though...
2024-05-04 02:31:26 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 227
Oxymorons And Other Integration Issues
Fwoom.
With all of the changes that had happened to me, I was somewhat surprised to see that in all that time, the flying motorized bicycle with flapping wings was just now getting...
2024-05-02 09:43:46 +0000 UTC View Post