“What are your terms?”
Melmarc remained on top of Ariadne. He had his hand on the small of her back but his eyes on Naymond.
“Death works.” His voice was still.
Beside Naymond, his mother’s expression cracked.
Lightning filled the room. It charged the air like an overzealous heat storm. No crackling signs of electricity showed yet. There were no streaks or anything. Then the air grew cold, chilling. Deoti and David Swan breathed, mist leaving their nost...
2025-05-28 09:08:15 +0000 UTC View PostDeoti made shushing sounds, hand held firmly over David Swan's mouth.
You’re not trying to kill him, she reminded herself.
Naymond said that they needed information about the Romanians. Melmarc’s mother, Madness’ wife, a...
2025-05-27 08:15:22 +0000 UTC View PostSitting quietly on the ottoman in Zen’s room, Aiden stared out the only window present. He was lost in thought, slightly confused.
He had seen what he had seen. He had been sure of it. He’d missed the face, seeing it only for a fraction ...
2025-05-26 23:18:01 +0000 UTC View PostDear, free members,
I have wracked my brain and have come to the conclusion that I have no idea what would interest you. So, this is a post created specifically for you all.
Currently, my story, Rise of The Living Enchantment 2025-05-26 13:12:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Aiden didn’t have the answer to Fjord’s question. At least not the right one. He had an answer, but he wasn’t so socially inept that he was willing to give it. Well… in all fairness, he had almost given it. His brain had only saved him a m...
2025-05-26 12:52:46 +0000 UTC View Post“A riposte, a parry, a block. All different things.”
The sun was not yet out in the sky. First light in Trackback was a lot brighter. Anyone who hadn’t been to the city before would think it was midday.
When Aiden had woken up, h...
2025-05-26 01:48:36 +0000 UTC View Post[You have used Class skill Double Edged]
His sword swung viciously, striking the gnarled ghoul in front of him. Drax felt his mana spill out of him as the skill took effect. The sword seemed to double, another, a soft green ...
2025-05-25 14:56:07 +0000 UTC View Post“Two silver coins,” the merchant said. He was a mouse of a man, small with a pinched face. He wore a long, seamless garb with flower designs and a strip of brown cloth wrapped around his head. It wasn’t a turban, not quite, but it was close ...
2025-05-25 04:26:59 +0000 UTC View PostZen didn’t answer immediately. Instead, he shook his head, as if dispelling a headache. He frowned lightly. Signs of the discomfort he felt in the earlier days of the skill, from what Aiden remembered. By the time they’d become full teammates ...
2025-05-24 11:50:20 +0000 UTC View PostAiden let himself be occupied by the bow resting on his lap. He studied the intricate shapes and colors, even if it only had the one color.
Aiden let himself be occupied by the bow resting on his lap. He studied the intricate shapes and colo...
2025-05-24 02:46:14 +0000 UTC View PostThwack!
Everyone heard the sound in the distance. It was dark and Feira most likely couldn’t see much of what had happened, but she would know.
Aiden intentionally didn’t look at her. He had given his all into that singula...
2025-05-23 10:47:27 +0000 UTC View PostFeira sat quietly with a frown on her face. Beside her, Zen was doing his best impression of trying not to laugh.
“You’ve got to admit,” her brother said. “It’s actually quite funny.”
“It’s not,” she grumbled, pouting...
2025-05-22 23:57:56 +0000 UTC View PostThe woman stood at least six feet and five inches tall… give or take. It could’ve easily been seven inches instead of five, though.
Instead of a gambeson like her companions, she wore strips of leather. Her upper body was left bare, save...
2025-05-22 11:20:46 +0000 UTC View PostAiden moved through the trees, sidestepping the focused rays of light that slipped through the canopy above. He moved cautiously, feet carrying him in a rhythm as the Order had taught him. He kept himself crouched low, his center of gravity adjust...
2025-05-21 22:48:30 +0000 UTC View PostThe sewers of Dentis weren’t so bad. It smelled of piss and shit, as all sewers tend to but not much else. You could tell what age demographic of people occupied a place by the smell of their sewers. The same could be said about the level demogr...
2025-05-21 11:42:15 +0000 UTC View PostAiden stood his ground, tired and fatigued. The pain remained in his chest, unwilling to leave. His hand clutched at it, grabbed a handful of the fabric of what was left of his coat—as if he could somehow take hold of his own heart.
Around...
2025-05-20 23:09:58 +0000 UTC View PostA streak of lightning grazed Ebube and his eyes widened a moment before an annoying buzz went up his spine. It felt like being electrocuted as a child. It didn’t necessarily hurt, but it was enough to give a slight spasm.
In front of him, ...
2025-05-20 04:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostReaching level fifty had granted Ebube an interesting enough manifesting skill. King Oyedi had said that his manifesting skill had been gained in a different manner from what was common—a special manner.
Apparently, people struggled to get...
2025-05-20 01:23:24 +0000 UTC View PostThe night air was stale. It didn’t blow into an evening breeze and it didn’t slither like a snake crawling over your body in the middle of the night while you slept in the forest hiding from enemies.
Valdan hated nights like this, when t...
2025-05-17 17:24:10 +0000 UTC View PostThe sun was low in the sky. Midday had come as quickly as it tended to and was now on the decline. Evening gazed in from around the corner, peeking, waiting, an ever-patient herald to the usurper that was the night.
Aiden turned his head sky...
2025-05-16 04:45:32 +0000 UTC View PostThere was a long moment of silence. It settled on Aiden and Ted like an itchy blanket, asking for something to be done. Anything.
But there was nothing to be done.
Aiden stood and waited, the orange glow of the burning trees around the...
2025-05-15 03:54:36 +0000 UTC View PostFor a moment, Ariadne couldn’t believe what she was seeing. Melmarc was a [Faker]. How had he stopped Anji’s charge?
Anji was a B-class [Juggernaut]. It made no sense that Melmarc had been able to stop his charge, even if he had copied h...
2025-05-14 12:58:22 +0000 UTC View PostDavid Swan came awake with groggy eyes and heavy lids. He felt as if he was waking up from a very deep sleep but couldn’t remember sleeping.
He frowned at the discomfort. Moving his arms, he tried to stretch but they didn’t obey him. It ...
2025-05-11 23:39:44 +0000 UTC View PostThis was bullshit.
Melmarc stood with a whisper of a frown on his lips. He stood right next to a cab door as he closed it.
“Are you sure you won’t be needing me to take you back?” the cab driver asked.
Leaning down...
2025-05-10 11:50:32 +0000 UTC View PostSwanda froze so suddenly that Theresa felt it even without looking at him. Still, she turned.
“Are you expecting someone?” she asked, but the look of terror on his face told her that he was not.
Swanda shook his head very slowly. ...
2025-05-07 20:23:28 +0000 UTC View PostThe entire process of letting Naymond go had been very simple. Alfa had a key, with it she opened the [Sage]’s cell. Naymond had given a great big stretch as if being unshackled from a bed after years in confinement.
As great and big a str...
2025-05-06 10:42:18 +0000 UTC View PostA starry night and a beautiful forest were always a part of a camper’s dream. There was often very little that could usurp such beauty in their minds. Very little.
Drax stared at the sky above and just couldn’t bring himself to smile at ...
2025-05-03 18:44:58 +0000 UTC View PostTed sat in the darkness, doing his best to ignore how uncomfortable the ground beneath him was. Not too long ago, he had been lying down, eyes closed, thinking. The path beyond the threshold was right in front of him—all he had to do was grab it...
2025-04-24 23:18:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Please, I beg of you, if I have offended you in any way, I am sorry. Truly and deeply sorry.”
Ted was on his knees, pleading, like a man begging for his life.
“I have sinned and fallen short,” he pleaded. “I know this. No on...
2025-04-24 00:17:22 +0000 UTC View Post