Her sudden intrusion on the battlefield rang across the skirmishes, many halting their spells and weapons as they turned their gazes in a mix of shock, fear, awe, and adoration, for the woman's pre...
2024-02-02 06:23:42 +0000 UTC View PostThe Trigem Primaere of the Defiants sat on a simple chair made from woven light, his hands clasped on the scepter as he looked over the battlefield. His mask exposed his eyes for all to see, gentle...
2024-02-01 02:24:58 +0000 UTC View PostDemon placed his hand on the floor, sending a sliver of Ein to seep into the hidden crack that led to the core of the airship, a small translucent orb, and gained control of the airship. Like an ex...
2024-01-31 04:00:33 +0000 UTC View PostAtop the volcano, with the clouds of ash and soot rising behind him, Carcoatl sat on the edge of the mouth, his black robes unmoved by the cold winds of the high sky and the hot exhausts of the ear...
2024-01-29 20:03:16 +0000 UTC View PostDemon wore a simple white shirt and black pants on his way to see the others gathered on Oldeye Island, his helmet still attached to his neck. The time for hiding behind his armor and helmet was so...
2024-01-27 04:24:14 +0000 UTC View PostDemon arrived at the foot of the largest volcano, one larger than Aeon Peak, with a constant gray cloud spewing from its mouth that gathered into a constantly spiraling vortex of dense ash. Normall...
2024-01-26 03:10:44 +0000 UTC View Post"I am your mother." Avril hoped she didn't stutter her words out of usual excitement. When she first heard about the children that Oscar saved from the fallen city of Orbis, she was gratified to kn...
2024-01-25 02:30:26 +0000 UTC View PostAvril looked at the woman, and the more displeased she felt. That arrogant face and the high-and-mighty tone reminded her of the devils who accompanied her mistress, foul fiends who deserved no pit...
2024-01-24 03:42:41 +0000 UTC View PostAvril's hopes were realized as Serena looked straight at her, eyes widening and ears trembling. Smiling, she inwardly praised Oscar for having the sense to mention her to his friends, certainly a h...
2024-01-23 03:49:58 +0000 UTC View PostTwenty-five years ago, an airship hovered over the ruins of a once beautiful city, the white bricks charred by flames long gone and grayed by the ashes that remained. The toppled statues of intrica...
2024-01-21 06:09:13 +0000 UTC View PostThe cauldron bubbled and boiled on the hard oak table, stained by various colors, and the lid began to clatter, venting out white smoke between each second. Noting the timing, Avril carefully waite...
2024-01-20 06:36:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe more the voice spoke, the heavier it weighed on his ears and head. It had proclaimed itself a Primaere. Fear failed to stir in him, only a slight irritation at how weak he was compared to the m...
2024-01-19 03:12:58 +0000 UTC View Post'Will you truly not use me?' Erden asked, squirming under the armor. 'If you went first, I would not have said anything, but you're pitting yourself against their strongest.'
<... 2024-01-18 03:17:43 +0000 UTC View PostLelex raised his fists, now clenched with brass knuckles, and summoned his anima. A blue tiger anima with unusually long claws that crackled lightning prowled near his master and pounced, dissolvin...
2024-01-17 01:23:08 +0000 UTC View PostHer very breath escaped her lungs into white mist, faint flakes of ice glimmering in the vapors. Beneath Astrid's feet was a single plank of ice with sunlight glaring off the corner yet it remained...
2024-01-15 18:12:20 +0000 UTC View PostDrums thundered in the vastness of the blue sky, giving the illusion that a storm approached, their beats and thumps happening in two quick succession followed by a loud, emphatic strike. Then sile...
2024-01-13 19:38:36 +0000 UTC View PostHis artificial arm clicked and latched onto his shoulder, a connection forming between him and the arm. Cracking his new joints, Demon stretched the arm, finding no faults in Hector's improvements,...
2024-01-12 23:04:35 +0000 UTC View PostIn the darkness, Demon felt a pulsating distortion washing over him like a wave in the ocean, a magnetic force that crawled along his skin and churned his blood. Metal Ein dove into his pores and s...
2024-01-11 03:15:56 +0000 UTC View PostThe wall behind him was converted into a mound of ashes as Erden drove his sword into it, mimicking the ferocious charge of his beastly form. Demon ducked and swerved around, kicking off the ground...
2024-01-09 23:59:31 +0000 UTC View PostIgnyres crackled out laughter, swatting away several guards, their spells burning into ashes like dry weeds, a few embers catching fire on their clothes, but their bodies unharmed. The Ancient of F...
2024-01-09 03:13:23 +0000 UTC View PostThe next day was quite quiet. Unwilling to show more of himself, Demon stayed inside his room, devouring the few Lower Marshal Exalt cores Erden had collected earlier. As the Ein surged through his...
2024-01-07 23:45:55 +0000 UTC View PostThe Defiants. Demon crossed his arms. He had never heard of this organization, but Avila's declaration of overthrowing the Primal Council puzzled even him. The Primal Council ruled the whole of Val...
2024-01-07 00:04:11 +0000 UTC View PostMinutes later, the last of the sentries and guards departed from the warehouse, but Demon clung to the ledge, unwilling to depart yet. He watched in great caution. As the hours swept by, his suspic...
2024-01-05 18:44:39 +0000 UTC View Post"It's not her." Erden dismissed the thought immediately, sounding very certain. As Demon quietly floated and followed after her, Erden peeked his tiny head out of the sleeve, sighing wordlessly in ...
2024-01-04 05:15:37 +0000 UTC View PostPeople shouted over each other, clamoring for the next customer to look at their wares. From fine seashells of beauty to the fillets of fish resting on ice, the goods of the markets were akin to un...
2024-01-02 18:27:20 +0000 UTC View PostDemon fastened his sword to his waist. Ever since the end of the war, he ventured out solely to destroy and kill. This time was a rarity in his life of endless destruction. He had killed many durin...
2024-01-01 06:05:55 +0000 UTC View PostAs the floor shook and the walls trembled, clattering the shingles on the roof in an unsettling tune that foretold a preeminent collapse, Hector rubbed his scruffy beard and reached down to touch t...
2023-12-30 21:19:15 +0000 UTC View PostSanten preferred quietness and peace. His creed ever since he was imprisoned and experimented on by the New Dawn was to excel at being calm. However, right now, his usual calm was compromised. Clas...
2023-12-30 06:17:15 +0000 UTC View Post"Bah! Those kids worry too much. If they knew half the things you've gone through, they wouldn't be so worried over one arm. It's enough to be alive." Hector worked by the anvil and held a pair of ...
2023-12-29 03:47:47 +0000 UTC View PostThe two Ancients said nothing more. The hollow mountain turned silent. Demon sat on the stone platform, unmoving like a statue and meeting the gazes of flame and earth, eagerness flaring from the f...
2023-12-28 03:38:37 +0000 UTC View Post