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543. Vampire Territory

“Genevieve, you must know one of the ways that lead to the beyond.” the vampire pressed his sister.

This was his solution. Although the ethnarchs had used the Towers of Trial as stable portals and to transport a part of the city to the beyond, it didn't mean this was the only way. The b...

542. Idyllin Mo

---Sigma, The Wards---

They were currently seated in a modern meeting room, together with Captain Hesing, some of his subordinates, and other leading members of the Wards. As a representative from Delta, she was a very important guest and this conversation was crucial, especially in the cur...

541. Genevieve

Seth had reached the northern shore of Urth just two or three hours after setting off from Hyperborea. However, his friends were not there.

Thanks to the Cloak of Hecate he quickly realized that his party had rashly entered Sigma. He didn't exactly why, but he suspected Leana was behind tha...

540. Sister's Sorrow

---Sigma---

The heavy silver sword aimed for the shoulder.

„Urgh!“ she laboriously blocked and deflected it with her glaive.

Despite doing her best in the deflection, she was thrown back by the impact. She could feel her power waning and the aura on her spear weakened.

539. Eos

Before the blacksmith who rushed out of the temple stood a winged woman with a divine aura of crimson light, reminiscent of dawn. A voluminous many of curly golden hair flowed over her shoulders.

She wore a delicate toga made of thin, soft fabric that didn't leave much up to his imagination...

538. Quest Rewards

Seth had no idea who Eos was. Although he had put some effort into researching mythology, there were simply way too many minor gods affiliated with the Olympian Mythology. He couldn't know them all!

“D-Does Lady Eos cherish this fine young man?” Seth asked diplomatically, pointing at th...

537. One of the worst Crimes

“B-Brother, calm down!” Hermes held onto Apollo.

The god of sunlight was displeased, to say the least. The little blacksmith had actually borrowed the power of a demon god to bind the little Scorpio to himself. Yes, he had only sent one of the constellation's offspring and maybe he had ...

536. Seth's Lullaby

Kyu! Kyu! Kyu!

Seth was speechless. This was not what he had expected.

They had set off from Day early in the morning and entered the Garden of Apollo, an expansive forest.  Seated on Puffles' back, the blacksmith was able to get an overview of the damage.

As the reports st...

535. Arrival

---Sigma---

The armored school bus weaved through the empty skyscrapers of the abandoned city.  They had to fly low to see the streets as the city was immersed in darkness.

From their flying vehicle, they were able to see many kinds of roughly human-sized monsters on the streets,...

534. Once Again

Once again, after a while, a figure appeared on the road. It was a giant of a man, but so ugly only a mother could love him. He had swine-like features, crooked teeth, and a dull smile that made him look stupid.

It was about to become even more stupid when the giant centipede was running at...

533. Dawn City

Dawn was a big city without a city wall. Like the light of dawn, many houses were built of sandstone with red, yellow, and purple hues. The outer residential areas were mostly compromised of one-story houses with thatched roofs.

Only the shops along the main streets were slightly bigger. Th...

532. A little harsh?

Gleobem was writhing in pain on the ground.

~Seth! The connection is finally back!~ Puffles called out to him.

~Mom!~ Tatzel exclaimed.

“Please, I give up! I already dispelled the illusion!“ the satyr cried with bulging eyes and twisting goat ears.

Right, it was about ...

531. Superstition, Fear, and Arrogance

--Cinema dimension-

“What a beautiful little bird,” Apollo exclaimed.

Apollo leaned over to his left, to whisper to Hermes With Seth's entry to Hyperborea, the god of sunlight obviously joined them. After all, this was kind of a bet between them and it was a lot more interesting t...

530. Somewhere else (14)

„Aster? Are you alright?“ Paolo asked cautiously.

Aster has been acting weird lately. As the tank of their party, his demeanor was usually very calm and collected. But lately, he tended to become irate and mess up the party's coordination.

He would pull aggro at the wrong time, or...

529. Sicily

Puffles and Seth flew north over the ocean. It had been 45 minutes, but the shuttle was not in sight and Seth started getting worried. Was the injured Puffles too slow to catch up to the shuttle and Ceres?

~Hey! I know what you are thinking! How could the great me be the problem? It has to ...

528. Calculated Risk

“It doesn't seem like he managed to catch up.” the hooded figure commented. It had been a few hours since they left the continent behind. The sun had already risen on the horizon.

“Maybe we could fly back to meet Seth on the way,” Mina suggested. She had doubts that Seth would still...

527. The Wards

---Sigma---

Bright light flashed across the night sky, traveling so far it could even be seen in the center of Sigma which was protected by a luminous hemisphere of light.

“Sir Vlad, there is someone that wants to speak with you.” a staff member announced her presence.

Sir V...

526. Collecting Souls

The weakened beast could not fathom what was going on. It was the 24th Ethnarch of the Beyond! A ruler of a region with uncountable minions. How did it happen that it ended up at the mercy of a mortal?

He had gone as far as to disgrace himself and beg for his life. Even offering power and w...

525. A Blacksmith's Instruments

“We have to land!” Mike screamed in a panic when a whale-sized zombie fish rammed into their bus.

With the others still in a stupor, Seth could only erect a fire shield around the shuttle, to protect it from harm.

“Don't land. Keep aiming for the ocean, I will take care of this....

524. 24th Ethnarch

It was a nice day but the silhouette of Sigma's skyline in the distance gave him a foreboding feeling.

Something felt...wrong.

“Mike, make sure to get some distance from the outskirts.” the blacksmith told the catman at the steering wheel.

“Ah, sure. “ Mike said and turn...

523. Memories

An arrow pierced the ground just outside the lightning formation.

“Did you miss?” Leana asked confused.

However, Seth only kept watching the body of the beast. Moments later the body finally slumped down under the constant damage of the electric arcs.

“No, no I didn't miss...

522. Nuckelavee

The shuttle had crossed roughly half their path to the northern ocean when it became night.

“We should land for the time being and get some rest,” Seth suggested.

Unfortunately, Seth had not thought of a golem pilot or sleeping in the bus. Mike was getting tired after piloting for...

521. Scarred Earth

For several minutes, everyone was pressed in their seats as the bus accelerated and left Delta and its floating islands behind.

It seemed that Al'Zalsar has also made some modifications to the bus pertaining to its speed. The mountain peaks below flew by as they traveled north. Seth was loo...

520. Ravenous Sog

“What is this?” Seth exclaimed when he entered the hangar together with  Yulecat's Fur.

Wedan, Hoen, and the other Lord of Minas Mar were already waiting to see them off. But what had drawn Seth's attention was the bus behind them. It was the bus Al'Zalsar had enchanted all the way...

519. Somewhere Else (14)

---Sigma---

Every breath of cold air cut deep into her lungs. She couldn't control her heavy breathing as she ran alone into the old monastery. This place should be safe, the walls were thick.  It was a risk to leave the perimeter, but she had to see him. It might be her last chance. 2022-07-11 14:55:26 +0000 UTC View Post

518. Angelic Soul

Looking at the clock, it was 7 in the morning. He had slept for a couple of hours and still felt kind of empty inside. A side effect of his own ballad, but he felt refreshed enough to continue.

The blacksmith looked once more at the result of his painful work,

<Angelic Soul (Massiv...

517. Soul rending

A mask containing the malicious soul of an archangel.

An item as cursed as it can be, created in a time of great urgency and a fit of creativity.

The mask made of gray metal showing a distorted expression seemed to look at its maker with a grimace of hatred and despair.

“Don't...

516. Sudden Additions

A week later, Seth had finally finished everything he wanted to achieve before going on his quest.

A troop of 200 blade-armed Guard Golems ready to be deployed to their duty was waiting in a storage room.

He had finished over 400 rare and epic rings for the Turquoise Anvil ...

515. Ancient Magic

An ice café at the edge of a busy pedestrian zone.

A sundae was quickly being emptied as if it was vanishing in time-lapse. When the class cup finally returned to the table, a tiny humanoid wiped away her ice cream mustache.

“Now, then, Leana suddenly asked to meet Fin. What can Fi...

514 Elemental's New Body

Before Seth could begin assembling the guard golems with the newly arrived armors, he first wanted to finish Ceres. The elemental had waited long enough in its dismantled state.

The blacksmith used the morning to finally finish the inlays and reassemble the body. All that was left was the a...