[Oliver PoV]
“Which one else?” Midas-1 replied, gesturing toward a flash drive resting in the center of the table like a relic in a shrine.
Oliver’s gaze settled on the sliver of ...
2025-08-11 23:20:01 +0000 UTC View Post
[Oliver PoV]
Oliver felt the energy coil around him the moment the teleportation began and found himself holding his breath. Relief washed over him when his surroundings shifted, and he stood...
2025-08-11 23:15:01 +0000 UTC View Post
- Oliver -
Oliver stood on the shattered pier. Smoke rose from fires nearby. His transmitter crackled to life.
"I'm picking up a signature," Hermes-1 said. "It's Genera...
2025-08-11 23:10:01 +0000 UTC View Post
- Oliver -
"Green, do you read?" The familiar crackle of the communicator stirred Oliver from his sleep. He blinked awake, trying to see the navigation panel in the cramped c...
2025-08-11 23:05:01 +0000 UTC View Post
- Athena -
Five Years Later
It had been millennia since Athena had last been summoned to this chamber.
The vast hall seemed to stretch endl...
2025-08-11 23:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
[Thomas’s POV]
Thomas stood at the window overlooking the street in front of the Golden Fiddle. For once, it was a calm morning. No urgent knocks on the back door, no frantic shouts from th...
2025-08-08 00:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Jamie let out a long, tired sigh as he tightened the buckle on the gauntlet hugging his forearm. Both pieces of leatherwork clung to his arms, keeping the fabric of his attire from shifting. Despit...
2025-08-07 00:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Maximus’s gaze fell upon her like a physical blow. “Explain,” he said. “Why did your father stink of dark magic?”
Standing two steps behind her, Jamie felt a faint, crushing force p...
2025-08-06 00:00:21 +0000 UTC View Post
“Daughter,” he said with unmistakable warmth as he caught sight of her. Then he turned to Jamie with the same grave composure. “And you. James.”
Jessica responded with a brief nod, lo...
2025-08-05 00:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Jamie tightened his grip on his daggers before warning. “He’s coming."
At that moment, a figure leapt down from the battlements. He landed among the teeming orcs with such force that the ...
2025-08-02 00:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
“I can help with that!” Jessica announced with a confident smile on her face.
“How?” Jamie asked, the note of doubt in his tone unmissable.
“Have you forgotten?” she replied...
2025-08-01 00:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
[2052]
By the second year of the war, the large-scale conflict that would come to be known as the First Wave had finally reached an equilibrium. Entire regions lay decimated, but the deployme...
2025-07-31 21:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
A deep, resonant voice whispered, reverberating within his mind rather than his ears. "Until next time"
For a moment, he could do nothing but stare at the space where the gate had stood...
2025-07-31 00:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Jamie let the remaining dagger slip from his fingertips. "Let's dance."
As the dagger descended from Jamie's hand, it vanished into thin air before it could ever touch the ground. They heard ...
2025-07-30 00:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Jamie turned, his grin stretching wider with an almost delirious glee. The aura from the gate tried to force its will on him. Emanating an oppressive mana wave. Yet he stood as if its crushing forc...
2025-07-29 00:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
[Jessica PoV]
Jessica couldn’t pinpoint when it all began, but she did remember the day she first met it. She was around four years old at the time. They hadn’t yet moved to the ...
2025-07-26 00:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post[2051]
The first educational materials created by the Academy began to be aired around the world. Their purpose was to raise the organization's popularity and to let the world know that it wa...
2025-07-25 23:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
“Tòisichidh sinn!”
As soon as the words left Theren’s lips, the world lurched as if the flow of time had been ripped apart. Everything slowed to a crawl. Andrik’s wounded body hung i...
2025-07-25 00:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Jamie heard the call from the girl with short, green hair, chained at the center of the hall. Her voice was frail and hoarse. Yet, it didn't matter how different she appeared. She was taller, more ...
2025-07-24 00:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
'Wonderful,' Jamie thought bitterly. 'I avoided entering the last one, and now I'm forced into this.'
He passed a hand through his hair, bracing himself for whatever might lie ahead.
Be...
2025-07-23 00:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post[2051]
Up to that point, no one knew where the first Ranger had come from. Yet her astonishing success in battle, securing humanity’s first true victory, had altered the course of the war.<...
2025-07-22 00:03:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Andrik announced, his tone leaving no room for question. "We are going in."
The company of thirty, once scattered among the trees, drew together. They formed a narrow column of three soldiers...
2025-07-22 00:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
[The God of War sends a message: 'Impressive.']
[You have slain 7 Orcs.]
[You spilled 60 liters of blood.]
[Some gods have chosen to bless you with 1,600 Experience Points.]
Andrik turned as he whispered. "Orcs."
The word hung in the air, sending a ripple of tension through the company. Though the soldiers halted in an instant, achieving absolute silence was impo...
2025-07-18 00:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
"Wait," Maria called out, a bit breathless. "You didn't think I'd let you go alone, did you?"
Jamie halted mid-stride. Snowflakes clung to his coppery hair, and his breath formed misty puffs ...
2025-07-17 10:51:08 +0000 UTC View Post
"Your sister, Yessika. She was stationed among our defenses, assigned to a crucial post. Following the last attack that occurred two days ago..." He paused. "She has gone missing."
The announ...
2025-07-16 00:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post[2051]
The corridor was a long, dark tunnel, and every flicker of crimson light only deepened the sense of doom that clung to the air. Between bursts of alarm sirens, an eerie hush took hold,...
2025-07-15 23:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
"They are both great options," Maria continued, her eyes meeting those of Andrik and Serana. "However," she paused, allowing the word to linger in the air, "I prefer the third option."
A subt...
2025-07-15 00:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
The silhouette stood stark against the infernal flames. It was a charred figure bound to the towering pyre at the center of the festivities. Yet, the townspeople revolved around it, their faces agl...
2025-07-12 01:53:55 +0000 UTC View PostThe clash with the Remorhaz had left the soldiers bruised and battered, but victory was theirs. Maria and Jamie, although not hurt, were tired from the fight.
"We're down to one carriage," Ma...
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