blacksmithoftheapocalypse

571. Children of the Grave

The door that had suddenly opened slowly fell shut again. Sitting on his throne, presiding over his little realm of death, the shapeless shadow only fixated the door for a moment. His court kept da...

570. The Ballroom

On their way back, the house finally showed some supernatural activity. Doors closed and the path's kept changing, trying to trap them inside.

But the house had not taken into account the era...

569. Snatcher

Seth had no way to know the details, but he could imagine the kind of tragic death these children had gone through and he doubted the perpetrator had peacefully gone to the afterlife.

He shar...

568.Ghost Hug

The limousine returned to the road and drove through the empty ruins of the old city. Many houses that had long rotten and collapsed lined the road. After decades these should have looked worse, bu...

567. A Test

“Please come in. I'm Sandra Irving, Mr.Mol's employee. I will accompany you on this trip.” she introduced herself emotionless.

The associate Tano spoke of arriving in a long black limousi...

566. Hand shakes Hoof

The request of the goat seemed feasible. According to the soul trader it was about an old mansion in a city only a few hours away from delta in one of the cities that wee abandoned with the creatio...

565. Obsessive Forger

Seth looked at the goat for a while. It was clear that the goat had no intention to give him these lost souls for something like equipment crafting. He finally nodded. They returned to the first fl...

564. Goat and Soul

They stood there for a moment, unsure of what to do exactly.

“No need to be shy. Look around, take a gander. Ask me if you are looking for something specific. Evil souls of the worst Dark L...

563.Tano'Mol's Soul Emporium

Seth's face lit up as it dawned on him, that Ember had really brought him to the right place. Once he knew what he was at, the conversation went rather smoothly.

As a friend of his niece and ...

562. Shade Territory

After his visit to Alison, the blacksmith had gone to visit the Bard College. Although he had visited quite a few classes intermittently, the only person he really knew was Ember, so she was obviou...

561. Second Dose

When Seth reached the laboratory, he found the door unlocked.

After Mina had to regretfully follow her duties and left, Seth had made his plan for today. Following a late breakfast...

560. The Fairy and the Cat

After enlightening her they talking for a little more. When Seth asked, Mary also told him that Drosi and his company had already reached Mount Agra and would return soon.

Seth had been a lit...

559. News Arrive

As they waited for their food, they talked about what happened. When Seth and the others started talking about what happened on their Quest and in Sigma, Hoen and Wedan realized that they had been ...

558. Curse of Materials

This was the real curse of great materials. He felt incredibly apprehensive about just starting and wanted to plan every step beforehand.

He started off by thoroughly investigating the effect...

557. Coping

Laying in his bed, Seth sorted his thoughts about this journey. After a good night's sleep, he was too lazy to get out of bed, but his mind was clear and kept wandering back to it, so he decided to...

556. Coming Home

When Seth could finally see again there was a blue sky above his head. It was tinged in a slight violet hue as the evening sun was sinking. He, and the part of Sigma District, were back on Urth. 2022-08-24 15:51:29 +0000 UTC View Post

555. Now you don't

Terrifying, hollow screams echoed across the cityscape of Sigma. The dark skies filled with sinister skeletal entities looked down on a scene of perplexity.

Unable to do anything against an i...

554. Now you see me

The shuttle was flying through the skies of Sigma, only the light of the raging fires below to guide them. In places it passed, where alien-looking spires hid between towering skyscrapers, a giant ...

553. Somewhere Else(15)

---Muir Empire---

Adam really couldn't complain.

Of course, there were a lot of things that had gone wrong in his life up to this point. Like being turned into an Artificial Druid and l...

We Are Safe

Update: I got a thingamajig to use my hard drive as an external one, and I have everything back. Chapters will resume as usual, with 3 at once later today for the ones we missed.

H...

UPdate: A Series of Unfortunate Events

Hey Guys, just a little update.

As the title says, I encountered a series of unfortunate events. My Laptop decided to end itself today and I was as of yet unable to make it work again.
2022-08-20 09:14:38 +0000 UTC View Post

552. Plans and Suspicions

When Seth and the others arrived a the police headquarters they found it secured and guarded by vampires. Vlad had already met up with Leana and they set up a command structure to manage the presen...

551. Reunion

After Python breached through the masses of monsters she breathed a cloud of vampires at the city below. Or in other words, the vampires alighted from her body through her mouth. With Vlad at their...

550. Boys will be Boys

“Could you take Selene to the protective bunker? I have to get my son.” Elisabeth asked Leana in a hurry.

They had not talked for long but seemed to be enough for the woman to entrust her...

549. Break

The flames were raging in the city just outside the dome. Tens of meters high, they devoured the masses of beasts that had been storming against the dome in their flight.

“So, this is what ...

548. Field of Flowers

She didn't know for how long she had been asleep. When she finally came to, her head was leaning against the cold glass of the bus window.

“What a pretty field of flowers,“ Mina mumbled, ...

547. Another Lullaby

With the troop of vampires in tow, Seth quickly reached the edge of the vampire land. The difference wasn't big. Looking down from the cliff that separated the vampires' land from the rest of the b...

546. Tower of Trial

After briefing their plans with Hesings and the current leaders of the survivors, the teams from Delta set off using the armored bus.

They were lucky that there did not seem to be any airborn...

545. Propaganda makes the Dream work

“Boy, how could you do this to us?“ a wizened voice asked.

“Why did you abandon us Leader?“  a man wearing the scraps of a uniform mumbled.

Their wails tortured the vampire...

544. The Beyond

---The Beyond, Sigma---

“So you are telling us we were transported to a place outside of the system and have to clear several dungeons to get back? All before these faltering defenses give ...