Their very first clash resulted in Yuriko’s loss. A sunblade pair struck at the Chaos swordsman, going for an overhead slice. A second pair moved to strike from his right. The way she angled the blades, it was as if she was there in front of her foes, controlling the weapons with both hands. In...
2023-11-06 13:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe attacks came as if they were expecting her to enter the Chaos Fortress, which, Yuriko had to admit, was more than likely. Her desire to be stealthy had gone the same route as her desire for her Mien to stop making people infatuated with her or in other words, useless.
Eli’Theria’s a...
2023-10-30 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe sunblade danced in the air, mimicking how Yuriko would have moved it had she been holding it instead of directing it from afar. She kept the fighting within her perception range, which helped immensely with her control. It was one thing to try a sword dance while not being able to feel and se...
2023-10-30 13:45:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe next morning, well before dawn, Yuriko continued her journey. The Arclight Sword was strapped to her waist and Eli’Theria was back inside her Anima. Unlike Fri’Avgi, she couldn’t summon the Colossus from elsewhere, so she either carried her or was inside the piloting core.
She had...
2023-10-30 13:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostFirst off, holding Eli’Theria in her Anima wasn’t at all like Fri’Avgi. Yuriko gritted her teeth at the sudden strain, and she realised that about half of her Anima reach was…occupied with holding the Colossus within her. About fifty paces worth of reach, though that didn’t mean she cou...
2023-10-30 13:15:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Knight Davar,” the messenger said as she extended an envelope to Yuriko. “I’m afraid the militia admin office doesn’t have good news. These are the records of your brother Kato Davar’s deployment and last contact.”
Yuriko practically snatched the proffered paperwork off the w...
2023-10-30 13:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostBy the time she thought to finish her training session, the Radiant Sun had fallen below the Veil and her tummy complained bitterly of neglect.
GROWL!!!!
Yup, bitterly. Yuriko chuckled to herself as she floated off the boulder and headed back to Misttyre. Her Anima reach had ...
2023-10-23 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe fifth droplet went down untouched by any force. Yuriko kept track of it while carefully keeping her mind blank. Let the Threads of Fate determine what the fifth would improve.
And as she watched, something took hold of it, squeezed it down to a tiny grain of sand, and a moment later, it...
2023-10-23 13:45:01 +0000 UTC View PostYuriko settled next to Eli’Theria. Fri’Avgi had been back inside her Anima since without the artefact, the Colossus was inoperable. That was a better lock than anything else she could device. Then again, without an Orb of Authority, Eli’Theria would not allow anyone else to control her eith...
2023-10-23 13:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe chamber within the Implacable Jade was empty save for Finan and the varied implements needed to enact the Ritual of Connection. He sat in the exact middle of the ritual circle, in a meditative pose. His legs were crossed, his feet over his knees and the back of his hands resting over hi...
2023-10-23 13:15:00 +0000 UTC View PostLegate Iola Brygos’ following actions were brutal. Yuriko couldn’t help but gape as the crystal spears and axes wielded by the crystal warriors hacked down at the Steam tank’s armour plates, weapons points, and wheels. There was no visible hatch to enter or exit, but they were already chopp...
2023-10-23 13:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostWith every Jin of power, Yuriko could muster, the twin orichalcum armament blades cut down on the Steam tank’s turret. The jagged edges of the third dance in ascendance, Radiant energy suffused along the edge, as well as the Ender’s Waltz brief peek into the possible futures, she was more tha...
2023-10-16 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post“Legate Brygos,” Yuriko said through Eli’Theria’s voice. She tried to keep the volume low and somewhat succeeded. No one farther than a hundred paces from the Colossus would have heard. “I come from the Watchtower,” she continued, while the red-haired woman rubbed her ear with a finge...
2023-10-16 13:45:00 +0000 UTC View PostFrom above the plains and hills, Yuriko and Eli’Theria couldn’t help but gape at the ongoing battle. The village at the foot of the mountain, Misttyre, had its Protective Dome up. Even so, it wasn’t being attacked by anyone. The village after that was surrounded by barbarians and Federation...
2023-10-16 13:30:02 +0000 UTC View PostYuriko followed the road towards the Imperial Pass, flying just a couple of dozen paces above it. The village nearest Faron’s Crossing, Sonza, lay abandoned. Most of the residents probably moved to Faron’s Crossing over the past year, and while few of the houses had been burned, most only sho...
2023-10-16 13:15:00 +0000 UTC View PostIt didn’t take more than an hour to fly to the Watchtower, and the speed was mainly because Yuriko didn’t want to jostle the injured. It was actually much worse than she expected, and she hoped that Rorke Dinia didn’t die while in transit. Broken limbs aside, he was actually bleeding intern...
2023-10-16 13:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post“What?” Yuriko blurted despite herself. She clapped a hand over her lips as soon afterwards but the Chaos Lord’s lopsided grin only grew wider.
“Come now, I’m sure your ears work properly. I said, I have something of yours.”
“And what would that be?” Yuriko asked sourl...
2023-10-09 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe man with the crescent and empty circle tattoo on his cheeks smiled. It was an empty smile. Derisive eyes. Green as the colour of Chaos. He raised an eyebrow at Yuriko, then snorted at Avos Shillogu, who was big enough that his tentacles were pressed against the ceiling.
“Ah, so we mee...
2023-10-09 13:45:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe expansion of Iola’s Domain caught the two Federation rulers by surprise. How could they not? The last time they experienced it was underneath Rumiga City wherein most of the space Iola could expand it to would simply be solid earth and stone.
Crystals grew out of the hillside, creatin...
2023-10-09 13:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe Imperial pass has been blocked. Legate Iola Brygos glared at the fallen rocks, boulders, and water that had been diverted to block the mountain range’s lowest point. The Zarek was nearly a hundred longstrides wide at its thickest, and up to three thousand paces high at its peaks. The lowest...
2023-10-09 13:15:01 +0000 UTC View Post“So where is it?” Yuriko asked the giant boar Avos.
“What is?”
“The nexus?” Yuriko tilted her head in confusion which Shillogu mirrored. The sight of a boar head that was about half the size of her body tilting sideways like a curious sparrow almost set off a gale of giggl...
2023-10-09 13:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe opening moves were hot and heavy. Krystal hung back beside Mikel, using her Plasma Caster to chip away at the nameless. She and the others were just behind Shillogu’s charge, who opened up such a large path through the woods it was a wonder any trees were left once he was done. The forest a...
2023-09-26 12:10:46 +0000 UTC View PostWhen Yuriko finally made it to Shillogu Lake, which took her only a couple of hours instead of the several days that it had taken her team back then, she skidded to a halt at the banks, staring at the pandemonium. There was a light fog just above the lake, which had obscured the view from the ski...
2023-09-25 13:45:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe Gemheart under the Watchtower was roughly a pace wide and looked like a blue diamond in a brilliant cut. Four metal prongs held it aloft by the tip, while silvery metal connected around it radiated towards the wall and ceiling. Runescript lines were carved along the metal strip and Kiyo could...
2023-09-25 13:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostArmsmaster Trevor Byrne squinted as he saw a fireball rushing from the central district back towards the western wall. The Protective Dome was set so that anything coming from this side of it would not be obstructed, especially something really fast and powerful. As for what that was, he could ea...
2023-09-25 13:15:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe village of Misttyre at the foot of the Zarek Mountains, on the eastern side of the Imperial Pass, had suddenly been upgraded to a township. It should have been a city, but the new leadership would prefer reclaiming Rumiga City and its Chaos Channel over creating a new capital.
What was ...
2023-09-25 13:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostWiping out the swarmling nests within the Depths would have taken more days than what the Silver Tiger needed to cross that part of the Tidelands.
Yuriko worked with the time she had, knowing that getting distracted would only prove detrimental to her goals. Still, her Radiant Body Refineme...
2023-09-19 13:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe patterns and puzzles presented by the gate would've been difficult to solve by a single person, but the Watcher was more than one Chaos Lord. Every incarnation, though they were ultimately part of him, was also distinct and unique to each other. Each one could think and decide on their own, a...
2023-09-18 13:45:00 +0000 UTC View PostRiley Siofra Davar charged down the tunnel, his Plasma Caster held at the hip. He had enough control over his Animus that the unwieldy position would still be effective as long as his target was less than fifty paces away. He didn’t want to keep the weapon held at his shoulder as that had the t...
2023-09-18 13:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostYuriko watched the fleet from the Silver Tiger’s bridge. The luxury yacht had moved from the centre of the formation to the right edge. The converted merchant vessels hung back, while the proper warships took the lead.
Legate Jiro’s Domain was water, as far as Yuriko knew. She wasn’t ...
2023-09-18 13:15:01 +0000 UTC View Post