Spiderweb cracks spread through the dome of black and blue mana that swallowed them. Each class lit up in a mix of gold and red. It was the only light with which to see inside the dome.
Aiden stared at the crack in horror. Ted was beyond it....
2025-06-29 18:16:47 +0000 UTC View Post“Who?” the young lady asked, confused.
Drax paused. Had he heard wrong? She’d been talking about a Lord Lacheart just a moment ago. Lacheart was a unique name, even on Earth. So unique that every now and again people had made fun of it...
2025-06-26 06:52:56 +0000 UTC View PostThere still wasn’t much light in the cave, but Aiden kept the time. Judging by how long they had been within the cave, it had to be morning outside.
He wondered if Zen was practicing. Chances were that without him present to force the boy ...
2025-06-25 12:32:22 +0000 UTC View PostFelix was giving the both of them an odd look. It was the least of their worries.
“Why did you drop it?” Ark asked.
“I didn’t drop it,” Melmarc said, still panicking. “I just didn’t take it.”
“You should pick it...
2025-06-23 23:18:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe wait was not very long, but the awkwardness made it feel like a thousand years. Melmarc and Ark stood to the side, Spitfire kneading on Ark’s head while occasionally leaning down to lick at the burn mark on the side of his face.
Melmar...
2025-06-22 06:15:22 +0000 UTC View PostHe hadn’t seen so much pain in physical presence before. It was a strange thing. He had broken Ariadne’s ankle, shattered her shoulder blade, even ruined Anji’s shoulder. Yet somehow those levels of pain paled in the presence of this one. Th...
2025-06-19 08:21:39 +0000 UTC View PostIt took them less than fifteen minutes to get a cab. Melmarc waited consciously aware of his tattered state and slightly embarrassed by it. Ark’s state of clothing was far worse than his, bad enough that his boxers were showing, yet he stood in ...
2025-06-18 07:40:17 +0000 UTC View PostOncot stood amidst a sea of corpses. White and dull, limbs and heads and torsos littered the floor around where he stood. His shoulders heaved as he panted like a war torn warlord. White liquid stained him in different places, dousing his shoulder...
2025-06-15 18:23:20 +0000 UTC View PostThe skies above looked down with the graceful innocence of an adult who does not know the chaos in their own home. It was, in the shortest sense of the word, hypocritical.
Rometo stood under the night sky looking up at it. Once upon a time, ...
2025-06-14 06:33:13 +0000 UTC View PostHe thought he could feel the night’s chill on his skin, but Jang Su doubted it was the case. Temperature was a foregone thing for him. He was always at an optimum temperature, cold enough to be comfortable and hot enough to be comfortable.
In the wide expanse of the open space, the sun hung high, casting long shadows across the gritty terrain. Dust swirled gently with each gust of wind. The wind carried with it the possible heat of the sun and the taste of the dust. At one far corne...
2025-06-11 22:38:30 +0000 UTC View Post“So, there you have it.” Aiden waved with too little enthusiasm. “The new member of our crew.”
Done with the introduction, he slumped down onto the ottoman in Zen’s room. He had—by the surprising life of him—a headache.
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2025-06-11 13:46:04 +0000 UTC View PostAiden tore through the room. His spear flashed out in stabs and swipes as he used his environment to his advantage. He couldn’t count how many times he had swung his weapon.
He had used almost everything in his arsenal of weapons. He could...
2025-06-10 22:49:03 +0000 UTC View PostKing Brandis, fourth of his name, ran a hand through his hair, worried. He was seated in his study, wondering where things had gone wrong. Sending the summoned all the way to Trackback had been the right decision, made by him under the influence o...
2025-06-10 14:39:23 +0000 UTC View PostMelmarc eyes shot open. He woke up gasping for air with a sharp pain in his eyes. He heaved, turned to the side, threw up. Then he threw up again.
Broken bones and torn flesh flashed in his mind. Crushed organs and terrible bleeding. Pain wa...
2025-06-09 23:18:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe slow tapping of a stick against a wooden floor filled the silent air. Aiden’s ears picked it out, listening even while frozen within the [Sage]’s words. The [Sage]’s tapping did not end. Its rhythm remained, following a simple pattern. 2025-06-09 16:11:22 +0000 UTC View Post
“I would not advise it.”
There was a casual deliverance of the warning, so much so that it didn’t sound like a warning. Instead, it sounded like a man simply giving you a piece of information for your own good. Like telling a child who...
2025-06-09 02:24:13 +0000 UTC View PostTrackback had gone silent. As silent as a lawless city could be in the dark of night. Midnight stretched its cold fingers across its expanse, smothering the last warmth from the sand. Where the day had been warm and bright, the night now wrapped t...
2025-06-08 12:10:47 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone, me again,
So, I looked at the comments of the last general announcement and have returned with another announcement. Today, i address three things.
The first, as usual for the free members, any other possible reason for...
2025-06-07 23:29:09 +0000 UTC View PostDorthna sat quietly in an empty room. The Lockwood house was empty today. The parents had taken the children to school. They would be gone for at least a few months. He wasn’t sure when Ninra would be coming home. That one would be at least anot...
2025-06-07 23:18:01 +0000 UTC View PostArms crossed over his chest to brace for what was about to happen, Melmarc ran straight into the man. Their section of the plane was already thrown into a cacophony of panicked screams and cries and people trying to scatter away.
They young ...
2025-06-07 04:36:20 +0000 UTC View Post“So, a lot of the things he’s saying are dissonant?” Ark asked.
Melmarc nodded.
“And dissonant things are lies,” Ark added.
Melmarc nodded, paused, then shook his head. “Not necessarily lies. Just things the person do...
2025-06-05 09:58:13 +0000 UTC View PostThe airport was as massive as anyone could expect from an airport. It was private owned, if Melmarc remembered correctly. Its owner was a man who had begun his career in some tech industry. He couldn’t remember. What he did remember, however, wa...
2025-06-04 09:48:27 +0000 UTC View PostIn the end, they had thought up nothing. Obeying their mother’s wish, they had also decided not to call Ninra and inform her of recent developments. According to their mother, Ninra had a life, a complex yet far simpler one from theirs. There wa...
2025-06-02 20:57:06 +0000 UTC View PostMelmarc stared at the notification.
[You are about to enter into a contract with ????]
[???? Has used Authority Binding Vow]
He was confused about two things. One of them was som...
2025-06-02 12:10:23 +0000 UTC View Post[Error Detected]
[Dormant Oath of War cannot be reactivated.]
Why?
As if interactive and answering his question, a new notification appeared.
[Insufficient EP detected]
[Tota...
2025-06-01 10:33:20 +0000 UTC View PostSpitfire chewed on one of Melmarc’s shirts. There had been an ongoing battle between him and the demon that had lasted all but three minutes before he had given up and abandoned the fate of his shirts to the creature. Because of the battle, the ...
2025-06-01 01:48:15 +0000 UTC View PostIt had been a few days since he’d returned home. Life was slowly moving back into place. Its boring and mundane monotone was only overshadowed by Ark’s minute need for some level of shenanigans.
Ever since their return, Ark had developed...
2025-05-31 07:01:54 +0000 UTC View PostThe rest of the car ride was done in silence. Melmarc heard Dorthna’s words loud and clear. He committed them to memory. But there was just something about it. He had sensed no dissonance in them, but with Uncle Dorthna, it could’ve been anyth...
2025-05-30 15:46:03 +0000 UTC View PostAriadne had the audacity to look stunned, in disbelief. As if she had done no wrong and Naymond was overreacting. Naymond had been angry a few times since coming to this world. Mostly, his emotions hung between amusement, intrigue, and fun.
...
2025-05-29 11:18:29 +0000 UTC View Post