“Man, how does she do this?” Korith whispered, looking at Reysha. The tiger girl was breathing softly, her face relaxed and devoid of its usual grin and the predatory look in her eyes. The reason for all of this was that she was sleeping, half curled up against Apexus' left side....
2022-06-08 19:53:50 +0000 UTC View PostIt was not looking good for John.
It was not looking good at all.
His HP down to 20%, a loss of another 5% of the total despite his absurdly increased mana regeneration. Minutes ago, Arkeidos had caught onto the fact that the earlier attack was just bravado. Since then, t...
2022-06-07 16:15:52 +0000 UTC View PostThe break was unpredicted.
For quite some time now, Moira and Rave had been chasing after Arkeidos. His steady repositioning and distance attacks had pelted them, yet failed to break their resolve. With the Lady’s blessing and this gorgeous, if irksome, ally by her side, Moir...
2022-06-06 13:15:36 +0000 UTC View Post‘Engagement 32 initialized. Attack delay adjusted by 0.13 seconds after Aclysia crossed halfway point. Send inquiry pulse.’ Beatrice’s mind took a fragment of a second to check whether their operator, Momo, was starting the formulation of any orders. ‘No new orders received, ...
2022-06-04 13:11:34 +0000 UTC View PostEven the Ironborn craved meaning.
In every golden instrument and carefully bound book contained within the grey walls of the borderline brutalist structure, that truth was betrayed. Attention to detail was paid, with great care, wherever an Ironborn dwelled. Their immortal bodi...
2022-06-03 21:44:00 +0000 UTC View PostA botfly sat on the wall and watched the battle unfold. Its presence in the chamber, effectively a rotten swamp framed by stone, would have been unsurprising on Earth. In this world stripped of life worth exploiting, even the parasites were an uncommon sight. Although Arkeidos and th...
2022-06-02 14:10:30 +0000 UTC View PostHeavy beats carried Apexus through the night. Darkness so far from all proper civilization was near complete, the cover of canopies camouflaging carefully laid campfires from all but the highest of angles. Even in this land of dragons, humanoids were not generally adept at hiding fro...
2022-06-01 17:00:41 +0000 UTC View PostA blast of thunder sent Siena and Gnome flying. Shielded by the earth spirit’s body, Siena only felt aftereffects of the electricity singe her essence while the two of them tumbled through the air. With her tail, she barely managed to cling onto the extended arm of a statue, preven...
2022-05-31 13:45:16 +0000 UTC View PostMaximillian was on his knees. Like a peasant before his betters, he, rightful heir of the Abyssal kingdom of Austria, loyal vassal of the Sons of Rome, knelt before the Ironborn. His head was lowered submissively. Spilled blood covered the tiles, and some of it seeped into his heavil...
2022-05-30 13:10:27 +0000 UTC View PostMetra rammed Rex Magnar into the ground. The small spike at the bottom end of the shaft sunk into distorted stone tile like a toothpick into cheese. Upright, the weapon remained, while its owner rolled her neck, shoulders, and relaxed her fingers. All the while, Arkeidos was beholdin...
2022-05-28 06:12:57 +0000 UTC View PostThe bolt howled as it flew towards John. It took the shape of a human skull, formed from dense, bright green energy, surrounded by a darker mist. Barely, he jumped out of the way. Behind him, the magical projectile exploded into a cloud of smoke and a material similar to bone. Like s...
2022-05-27 19:41:17 +0000 UTC View PostEliana clenched her teeth under the mask. Blood flowed to her chin, only to be immediately absorbed into the veins that travelled between the plates of her bone exterior. She screamed at the top of her lungs, needles of blood pushing past the jagged rim where the white mask had crack...
2022-05-27 12:10:08 +0000 UTC View PostThere were two influencing factors to their plan. One was when Kaladar would decide to declare the next raid, the other was whether or not any tribes were in the area that could be utilized for their plan. Optimally, their faux-victims would be somewhere south, as it would be more di...
2022-05-25 07:23:29 +0000 UTC View Post‘Oh, the delightful taste of new knowledge,’ the schemer god thought. His hand brushed over the outside of the black sphere. Distantly, the sounds of battle reached the holes in his skull that served as ears. He ignored them. Nathalia had always been useful, as a friend and as a ...
2022-05-24 11:40:57 +0000 UTC View PostThe moment the platform started to move, Metra charged at Arkeidos’ earth incarnation. Brutal swings smashed against the bulky, brown plate. Gargantuan digging claws intercepted Rex Magnar’s trajectory. The halberd was caught between two of them and slid down to their base at the...
2022-05-23 07:38:36 +0000 UTC View PostIt reeked like a bog.
The water all around the dome Lydia ultimately arrived in, somewhere in the underground of the Eternal Fortress, was stagnant. By design, the Queen of Steel estimated. Every pool of liquid was rancid with the remains of biological matter. All of it was bro...
2022-05-21 13:18:11 +0000 UTC View Post“Look, all I’m saying is that he looks a lot like one of your guys,” Rave stated in a heated tone. “Big golden guy, radiant all over, massive pauldrons, all he’s missing is a big shield. He even has the ‘better than thou’ attitude.”
“I do not know how often I ...
2022-05-20 04:45:15 +0000 UTC View PostIt was chaos of the most dangerous variety. Chemilia thrived in it.
Pale pink hair fluttering in the draft of her motions, she narrowly dodged under the flying morning star of the Ironborn in front of her. Aura active, she tried to kick her enemy with her right leg. The blade t...
2022-05-19 09:22:42 +0000 UTC View PostA week passed.
The ‘arrangement’ they had with the trio of young men eventually led to them moving closer, for protection and so they had an easier time getting their cauldron back after Apexus and his women were done with it. There was an additional reason: the abundance o...
2022-05-18 19:18:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe vibrant green armour felt wrong in the possession of Arkeidos. Although the mist had tinted to a more friendly variant of the colour, harmonizing with the Tempi this body was forged from, it was still discordant with the souls wailing in the background. The armour seemed smaller ...
2022-05-17 00:16:53 +0000 UTC View PostOblivium, the black metal that represented fire among the Collimets, shimmered in the crimson red mist wafting from Arkeidos’ form. Like all of his bodies, it was a titan of a humanoid. The limbs were hovering in their sockets. The helmet skipped even the illusion of a solid whole....
2022-05-16 05:46:19 +0000 UTC View Post‘I could perish today,’ occurred to the goddess of the night.
The thought was calm. Most of her thoughts were calm. Nightingale prided herself on her tranquillity. It was the quiet of her being that had driven her to the night. The identification with the low light and dimi...
2022-05-14 16:43:24 +0000 UTC View PostNathalia tapped her heel on the ground repeatedly, suppressing her urge to throw herself at the separating barrier. Before she or Eliana could lose their control, the barrier rapidly moved away from their location. The dragoness pulled her lips back, revealing grit teeth, and growled...
2022-05-13 19:02:41 +0000 UTC View Post“I gave a name to the path you just took: the Mettle Stride. It is the final challenge of prospective Ironborn, before they arrive here, in the Chamber of Eternity, to be bestowed eternal life. I wished to test your forces, yet I see you prefer your preparations over the thrill of ...
2022-05-12 19:12:35 +0000 UTC View Post“Aclysia!” Apexus shouted, causing the metal fairy to stick her head out of the tent. She had hoped for news that it was either safe to bathe or, preferably, that water had been brought back to the camp. Instead, she saw her beloved carrying an unconscious and bleeding man toward...
2022-05-11 12:22:27 +0000 UTC View PostPreparations had been made, futures had been prophesied, final rests taken, and the gathering was complete. Around the I.D. Gate, atop the star fort that served as the foundation of his Palace, the forces had gathered. The already large crowd had swollen further, as friends and famil...
2022-05-10 06:02:45 +0000 UTC View PostSprawled out before him was the entirety of the assembled forces. Lone wolves, famed adventurers, volunteers and political actors were all sitting in a semicircle. Humans, elves, harpies, gods, dwarves, young and old, were all around the platform that had been spawned into the room. ...
2022-05-09 13:48:02 +0000 UTC View Post“Well, I suppose our time is up,” John said. He wanted to sigh theatrically to signal that he was bothered by this. Much as he wished to spend more time with her, he did also want to save Claire already. It was a wonderful feeling, to be able to love so many different gorgeous an...
2022-05-07 17:44:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Nightingale climbed off the hill of pillows she had rested on and knelt down where John had been when eating her out. As she spoke, some of the gooey liquid that stretched between her teeth dribbled down her black lips. “The most successful of the early harpies endeared themselves ...
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