Miles(cont.)
Somehow, against his better judgment, he found his feet taking him in a direction toward the Walls. Gavin had talked him into it while Louis tried to talk him out of it. The devil and angel were sitting on his shoulder and the devil won out.
To b...
2025-02-06 22:07:19 +0000 UTC View PostMiles
"Wouldn't be that bad", his ass.
Miles remembered his first introduction to the city, and everyone kept saying the Winter, 'Wouldn't be that bad.' All of them were liars.
It was that bad. He couldn't see how anyone could adm...
2025-02-05 22:06:03 +0000 UTC View Post"You wouldn't think they were awesome if you had to fight them." Hal threw out.
Austin scoffed, "What do you mean? I'm the embodiment of their natural weakness." To illustrate his point, his skin began to glow and the snow around his feet began to steam and melt.
Gabriel, on one of th...
2025-02-04 21:48:11 +0000 UTC View PostChris
"Don't you dare bring that in here!" Abigail's cry sounded from atop the Castle walls as I trudged toward the gate.
Shrugging sheepishly, I adjusted course to right under where the Castle stood, only a few hundred feet below on the lower side of the cli...
2025-02-03 22:28:08 +0000 UTC View PostAbigail
It was wonderful to be home again. The trip was slightly larger than first anticipated but it was well worth the extra time. The sheer number of people who advanced was not to be understated.
Nearly everyone with the Water Affinity was able to form Ma...
2025-01-31 21:35:46 +0000 UTC View PostChris
It was over. Blissfully over. I wasn't sure how long it had been, or how many days had passed, but it was done. The mana rushing in, around, and throughout my body had finally settled into something 'normal.'
The new normal of everything was wildly<...
2025-01-30 21:34:24 +0000 UTC View PostAustin
"Ah, home sweet home!" Austin voiced in relief when Frostheim came into view. He was getting sick of the carts and the... structured traveling. He liked going at whatever pace he wanted and being able to venture off when he found something inte...
2025-01-29 22:03:53 +0000 UTC View PostIn an area far away from human habitation, where Winter reigned and the light of the Sun hadn't blessed the land in weeks, a disturbance was taking place. Eternal darkness blanketed the area for a week and would continue to do so for weeks more, but that wasn't what caused such a change.
A ...
2025-01-28 21:51:10 +0000 UTC View PostExtra Chapter!
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Chris
I'd read Abigail's precious books enough to know the difference between one grade to the next was more than the percentages signified. A Perfect Ignition was so much more than a few percentage points than a Full ...
2025-01-27 23:48:49 +0000 UTC View PostIgniting a Mana Heart is a process that demands extreme precision and effort of Will. It is not for the faint of heart and can even be deadly in some instances. I write this not to dissuade you from doing it, but to inform you of the possible outcomes.
To achieve even a partial...
2025-01-27 21:01:57 +0000 UTC View PostChris
"Well, I'll be damned."
Light filtered through the area below where I stood nearly horizontally from how the sun was positioned and the shadows that it made were long and distorted. Even with the waning light, I could clearly see the beasts milling abou...
2025-01-24 22:17:13 +0000 UTC View PostVasariametz
Elsewhere, far from Earth and in the far reaches of space, sat a man covered in blood. Black and dripping with corruption was only one way to describe it, as the properties of the blood seemed to shift, never aligning with one thing solidly before devia...
2025-01-23 22:24:23 +0000 UTC View PostAbigail
"It still feels weird with all of us leaving," Abigail said while tying the straps of her saddle bag shut. She wasn't the best rider but she could at least do it. If they went without and traveled on foot the journey would take even longer.
"This will...
2025-01-22 21:59:06 +0000 UTC View PostChris
Brrrrrrrr.
My teeth clattered together slowly as I marched through the raging storm. It was an odd sensation to have again. After going without it for so long, I almost forgot what it felt like.
I was cold.
I hadn't...
2025-01-21 21:39:07 +0000 UTC View PostSarah
A riot of noise surrounded her as she walked through the kennel. High-pitched yips of excitement from growing puppies were followed by low rumbling growls of warning from Lulu.
The horses had been rough, but they were nothing compared to the complete wo...
2025-01-20 21:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostChris
"We can delay and see you off tomorrow. Are you sure you want to leave in this?" Abigail gestured out into the growing snowstorm.
The first snows of the year had come and gone when my arm was finishing up and the current storm dumping a layer o...
2025-01-17 22:05:40 +0000 UTC View PostDear City Lord of Frostheim,
It is my honor to write to the one who aided us when no others would and I would like to send my sincere thanks. Without your help, I'm unsure if we would have been able to do what we did.
As I understand it, we owe you a debt. I owe ...
2025-01-16 21:37:39 +0000 UTC View PostChris
The ensuing battle with both Dungeons was rather fun and cathartic. The upgrade waves didn't carry the same feeling that the Dungeons did. Level 95 Bosses, whose bodies were a step above the rest that their level didn't indicate, with Tier 2 Laws were a tough...
2025-01-15 21:21:17 +0000 UTC View PostAustin
A second Sun exploded into existence on his shout and he could feel the power coursing through him. It was a high he'd never experienced before and it was enough to wash away the onset of his fatigue.
It didn't restore his spent energies,...
2025-01-14 21:21:22 +0000 UTC View Post~~AN~~
The rarely seen double chapter.
Enjoy!
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Austin
He had gone and done it now. He'd truly fucked up.
It was something he had experienced a blessed few tim...
2025-01-14 00:23:39 +0000 UTC View PostChris
My fingers flexed fully before I extended them and wiggled them all back and forth. Ashley and Abigail sat across from me in the 'Hospital' and watched me play with the new sensation.
They were still a bit numb, and I could tell that the response time w...
2025-01-13 21:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostMiles (cont.)
Hearing the gruesome end of the story, Miles didn't feel as disgusted as he'd thought he'd be. He imagined that after hearing of the enforcement of the death penalty, he would've been more aggrieved, should've been more aggrieved, but he wasn't.
Miles
The cart shuddered as the wagon wheel fell into yet another divot on the dirt path, nearly throwing him from his seat. While the road was getting better the closer they were to arriving, it was still far from the smooth asphalt from Before.
Oh, what he ...
2025-01-09 21:47:57 +0000 UTC View PostThe weeks leading up to the start of Winter were full of activity. With Stone readily available, the Outer wall was finished up rather quickly, only waiting for Gabriel and I to engrave it.
While we did that, work began on the Inner Wall.
The roundabout way we constructed the city was...
2025-01-08 21:19:40 +0000 UTC View PostNick
The smell of ozone, burnt hair, and sizzling flesh assaulted his nose but he didn't shy away from it like he had in the past. When he first got his powers the smell had been overwhelming and completely debilitating, causing him to empty his stomach plenty of t...
2025-01-07 21:10:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe lengthening shadows and darkening cloudless sky promised the chilly night that would soon come. Not only because of the coming season change but because of the lingering Arctic mana hanging in the area as well.
The landscape was awash with temporary marks of battle, some larger than oth...
2025-01-06 21:16:21 +0000 UTC View Post"Come on Elliot, it won't be that bad. Quit whining!" I needled the man. He reacted to my offer exactly the way I thought he would. Seeing how my last offer hadn't been the best thing for the man's health.
"That's what you said last time and I had to charge into an army of Demons!" He sputt...
2025-01-03 21:55:27 +0000 UTC View Post"Jonathan, my friend, boy is it good to see you." I greeted him and went in for a big hug.
His two little ones were weaving around our legs as they both tried to climb over the other to hug their father.
"It's good to be back." He said with a smile.
His swaray over at Fort Hope ...
2025-01-02 21:55:53 +0000 UTC View PostThe pillar of Ice slowly dissipated, breaking apart and transforming back into Ice mana as I stood and marveled at it.
It took a few moments for the pillar to fall apart after not being fed mana which wasn't surprising. Actually, it was a wonder it lasted so long without active intervention...
2025-01-01 21:27:29 +0000 UTC View PostWhile my stats were looking good and my skill choice was finalized, there was one last thing I needed to do before remaking my hammer. I had spent much of my recovery time working on the Wards and Formation lining the Outer Walls and I had gotten a few levels in my Profession.
With the addi...
2024-12-31 21:06:05 +0000 UTC View Post