The door that had suddenly opened slowly fell shut again. Sitting on his throne, presiding over his little realm of death, the shapeless shadow only fixated the door for a moment. His court kept dancing their eternal dance, the musician played their unending song.
He could even feel his pow...
2022-09-10 15:54:49 +0000 UTC View PostOn their way back, the house finally showed some supernatural activity. Doors closed and the path's kept changing, trying to trap them inside.
But the house had not taken into account the era it was currently. Without a care Seth simply kept going straight, blasting through doors and walls....
2022-09-09 15:52:04 +0000 UTC View PostSeth had no way to know the details, but he could imagine the kind of tragic death these children had gone through and he doubted the perpetrator had peacefully gone to the afterlife.
He shared his concerns with Sandra. Although he didn't really know her, she was the expert on these matters...
2022-09-08 16:07:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe limousine returned to the road and drove through the empty ruins of the old city. Many houses that had long rotten and collapsed lined the road. After decades these should have looked worse, but the climate in this area had been quite dry, up until two years ago.
Since the mountains now...
2022-09-07 16:48:03 +0000 UTC View Post“Please come in. I'm Sandra Irving, Mr.Mol's employee. I will accompany you on this trip.” she introduced herself emotionless.
The associate Tano spoke of arriving in a long black limousine at their agreed meeting place. When Seth looked inside he found a serious-looking office lady. &n...
2022-09-06 15:44:37 +0000 UTC View PostThe request of the goat seemed feasible. According to the soul trader it was about an old mansion in a city only a few hours away from delta in one of the cities that wee abandoned with the creation of the districts.
“Okay, but I want to choose two more souls from this floor in the future...
2022-09-05 15:48:06 +0000 UTC View PostSeth looked at the goat for a while. It was clear that the goat had no intention to give him these lost souls for something like equipment crafting. He finally nodded. They returned to the first floor where Seth started to explain what other souls he needed.
One was the soul he needed for t...
2022-09-03 16:37:56 +0000 UTC View PostThey stood there for a moment, unsure of what to do exactly.
“No need to be shy. Look around, take a gander. Ask me if you are looking for something specific. Evil souls of the worst Dark Lords, the soul of an untainted maiden, maybe? Whatever you need and for whatever purpose you have, T...
2022-09-02 15:41:54 +0000 UTC View PostSeth's face lit up as it dawned on him, that Ember had really brought him to the right place. Once he knew what he was at, the conversation went rather smoothly.
As a friend of his niece and with with pockets of money the blacksmith had no problems getting the information he needed from Cha...
2022-09-01 15:13:35 +0000 UTC View PostAfter his visit to Alison, the blacksmith had gone to visit the Bard College. Although he had visited quite a few classes intermittently, the only person he really knew was Ember, so she was obviously the first person he approached.
“Just what kind of horrid stuff are you cooking up?” &...
2022-08-31 16:55:12 +0000 UTC View PostWhen Seth reached the laboratory, he found the door unlocked.
After Mina had to regretfully follow her duties and left, Seth had made his plan for today. Following a late breakfast, he went to visit the alchemy labs. It had been a bunch of weeks already and the blacksmith thought...
2022-08-30 16:28:09 +0000 UTC View PostAfter enlightening her they talking for a little more. When Seth asked, Mary also told him that Drosi and his company had already reached Mount Agra and would return soon.
Seth had been a little worried when he didn't see the group during his initial scan of the tower. Since they would call...
2022-08-29 15:19:35 +0000 UTC View PostAs they waited for their food, they talked about what happened. When Seth and the others started talking about what happened on their Quest and in Sigma, Hoen and Wedan realized that they had been so distracted by the dragon scales, that they missed to ask the tower master for what actually happe...
2022-08-27 15:04:13 +0000 UTC View PostThis was the real curse of great materials. He felt incredibly apprehensive about just starting and wanted to plan every step beforehand.
He started off by thoroughly investigating the effects of the materials. Although <Blacksmith's Eyes> could give him a catalog entry at first glanc...
2022-08-26 17:09:52 +0000 UTC View PostLaying in his bed, Seth sorted his thoughts about this journey. After a good night's sleep, he was too lazy to get out of bed, but his mind was clear and kept wandering back to it, so he decided to consider the result of this quest.
The blacksmith still felt like crying when he thought of a...
2022-08-25 15:16:55 +0000 UTC View PostWhen Seth could finally see again there was a blue sky above his head. It was tinged in a slight violet hue as the evening sun was sinking. He, and the part of Sigma District, were back on Urth.
Even though the city was empty and worse for the wear, they had managed to bring it back.
...
2022-08-24 15:51:29 +0000 UTC View PostTerrifying, hollow screams echoed across the cityscape of Sigma. The dark skies filled with sinister skeletal entities looked down on a scene of perplexity.
Unable to do anything against an invisible foe, deep gauges kept appearing across the body of one of their own.
The 13th Ethnarc...
2022-08-23 15:12:48 +0000 UTC View PostThe shuttle was flying through the skies of Sigma, only the light of the raging fires below to guide them. In places it passed, where alien-looking spires hid between towering skyscrapers, a giant armored snake would suddenly appear.
Strangling the spires with its massive body, it easily cr...
2022-08-23 15:12:46 +0000 UTC View Post---Muir Empire---
Adam really couldn't complain.
Of course, there were a lot of things that had gone wrong in his life up to this point. Like being turned into an Artificial Druid and losing most memories of his life before that.
But right now, sitting on a luxurious sofa with t...
2022-08-23 15:12:45 +0000 UTC View PostUpdate: I got a thingamajig to use my hard drive as an external one, and I have everything back. Chapters will resume as usual, with 3 at once later today for the ones we missed.
Have a great day
2022-08-23 14:37:23 +0000 UTC View PostHey Guys, just a little update.
As the title says, I encountered a series of unfortunate events. My Laptop decided to end itself today and I was as of yet unable to make it work again.
This isn't good, but the reason I tell you this is that my Dropbox folder did not backup my stuff, ...
When Seth and the others arrived a the police headquarters they found it secured and guarded by vampires. Vlad had already met up with Leana and they set up a command structure to manage the present people and fighters.
Taking their current situation into account, Seth was not given any tim...
2022-08-19 15:52:45 +0000 UTC View PostAfter Python breached through the masses of monsters she breathed a cloud of vampires at the city below. Or in other words, the vampires alighted from her body through her mouth. With Vlad at their helm, they charged into the dome to hunt the monsters that had gotten in.
The vampire had ins...
2022-08-18 15:41:19 +0000 UTC View Post“Could you take Selene to the protective bunker? I have to get my son.” Elisabeth asked Leana in a hurry.
They had not talked for long but seemed to be enough for the woman to entrust her daughter to the princess. She was a little stumped but seeing the mother's gaze she nodded in agree...
2022-08-17 15:58:13 +0000 UTC View PostThe flames were raging in the city just outside the dome. Tens of meters high, they devoured the masses of beasts that had been storming against the dome in their flight.
“So, this is what happened back then,” Leana mumbled, remembering the report of what happened in the forests of Alph...
2022-08-16 15:47:03 +0000 UTC View PostShe didn't know for how long she had been asleep. When she finally came to, her head was leaning against the cold glass of the bus window.
“What a pretty field of flowers,“ Mina mumbled, looking below with a hazy gaze.
“Wow, it's really beautiful.” a high-pitched voice agreed ...
2022-08-15 15:26:13 +0000 UTC View PostWith the troop of vampires in tow, Seth quickly reached the edge of the vampire land. The difference wasn't big. Looking down from the cliff that separated the vampires' land from the rest of the beyond like an island in the sea, he saw a dark desert of gray dust.
If it wasn't for the black...
2022-08-13 15:37:43 +0000 UTC View PostAfter briefing their plans with Hesings and the current leaders of the survivors, the teams from Delta set off using the armored bus.
They were lucky that there did not seem to be any airborne monsters in the beyond, this meant they had the air supremacy. Which was better for them.
In...
2022-08-12 15:10:58 +0000 UTC View Post“Boy, how could you do this to us?“ a wizened voice asked.
“Why did you abandon us Leader?“ a man wearing the scraps of a uniform mumbled.
Their wails tortured the vampire who was held up solely by the blacksmith's strong hands grabbing his collar.
“All I need fr...
2022-08-11 15:44:11 +0000 UTC View Post---The Beyond, Sigma---
“So you are telling us we were transported to a place outside of the system and have to clear several dungeons to get back? All before these faltering defenses give out?” Mike summed up what Leana had just told them.
“Is that really the only way?” Mina ...
2022-08-10 15:55:57 +0000 UTC View Post