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371 A Scarred Return

A few seconds later, a Sentinel tore through the fabric of reality. I helped pull apart the dimensional fabric, and it stepped through. It tilted its head at me.

"You wish to return to Earth,...

370 Words Uttered, Laws Made

A dark blue aura enveloped the room, saturating everything.

"When you signed that contract with Shalahora, you sold your soul to an Old One."

The emanation pulled me down as Schema said...

369 Schema's Will

As the air crawled into my lungs like hungry leeches, I said, "It would be, but that's not my plan."

In the corrupted space, I spawned an orb of primordial mana. It billowed like smoke before...

368 Leviathan's Pull

"Your pocket dimension will not capture something of this size."

I cupped my chin.

"Hm, as is, maybe. I should be able to return and get it out of here...Eventually."

Shalahora tu...

367 An Empty Purgatory

I floated out of the giant bone colossus and walked back into reality. Standing in the sea of writhing bones, I found the waves lessening in height and impact. After a while, they turned back into ...

366 A Mind of Metal

Death was a mercy to this anathema.

The other entity was an ancient brute turned into Baldowah's tool long ago. It had existed for millennia, and it smiled at me, a mass of teeth and claws an...

365 Bloodbath

I closed my eyes, allowing the energy to run its course. Once emptied, I cleared my mind for a few moments. I became a sea of calm before viewing Shalahora and his shades. I frowned,

"Is Valg...

364 An Uncanny Silence

If anything, I could lean into the rituals but on the opposite end. I laughed for a second as a realization popped into my head. Most ritualists would spend all of their time mastering how to perfe...

363 Eerie Unveiling

After I handled the installation, Targask tried using one of them. He frowned at it, the sight disturbing him as he murmured, "How in the hell did you create this?"

I grinned at him, "The sam...

362 Uncovered Progress

Flying at the midpoint of the city's barrier, it raised the horn sword while bending its head down. I mirrored the gesture before waving it in. The insect landed below, its heft causing a quake thr...

361 Out With Weakness

I turned a palm to them, "These constructs will assist you all in your  development, whether that be constructing more infrastructure or helping rulers learn to wage war."

I raised my br...

360 Exposed

Reaching out a hand, I smashed the display in a gravity well before pulling three blue cores out of the mess. After heating the pulp into a moldable mass, I pulled it out of my city. A construction...

359 Amassing Armadas

"It's time we had a long, hard talk about what the hell's going on here."

My golems arrive in mass behind me, and the twitching primevals skulked outside. The rulers huddled somewhat, hiding ...

358 Cause and Effect

Valgus blinked a few times, the explanations overwhelming him, "So...The...Er...We need the Harbinger to bolster a weaker side of a war."

The remnant put a finger in Valgus's face. She menace...

357 Infiltration

Valgus turned around, and I thought to Shalahora, "Baldowah didn't pass over us, right?"

"If he did, I felt none of his presence - not even the smallest inkling of it."

Valgus leaped ac...

356 A Goal

Every thought diluted through this new prism, and my every doubt, fear, and emotion devolved into a form of anger. For minutes, I floated in something akin to memory as if I lived the lives of Mars...

355 A Sea of Red

I shook my head, "I don't think so. They aren't meant to protect Valgus's mind from someone's attack. They stop his mind from becoming unsettled."

I gazed at the asura, "He's not a warrior."<...

354 Madness

Valgus stood in the middle of the primevals.

As an extension of himself, the creatures flowed around him. I tore one of the last of those creatures from him with a singularity before he roare...

353 A Hollow Roar

I grimaced, "Then our kingdoms will clash."

Shalahora waved a hand over me, several shades adorning portions of my armor. The Sovereign menaced, "They'll let us communicate and act as your sc...

352 Clashing Kingdoms

The creature followed my orders, pacing back and forth, doing jumping jacks, and even doing backflips on command. Silly as it seemed, the beast's innate tenacity and strength omened its future purp...

351 Ethics and Armies

Shalahora tilted his head at the liquid, "What is it?"

"It psionically kills whatever eats it."

Shalahora wisped away from the stuff, his body trembling, "Gah, grotesque."

350 Untimely Assaults

I gazed down at him, and the catfish man crossed his arms over his head. He blew into the pit of algae, "Ah...This place is finally comfortable."

I pulled molten dimensional fabric from my po...

349 Uncertainty

Iona raised her hands and wings in tandem, "They're dying from barotrauma."

Answering my confused expression, Iona snapped, "You depressurized everything too quickly. Their tissues were alrea...

348 Reconnected

A few rulers laughed at that, which was surprising since I didn't really think that was funny. One thing I appreciated was how everyone stopped gawking in amazement. Most of these people accustomed...

347 Set Up

Shalahora spoke quietly yet with great force,

"I only showed him pain."

I winced, "It looked as though you robbed him of reason. How in the hell could he experience pain like that witho...

346 Quick Deals and Equal Exploits

The frog simmered, "You speak that because no matter the outcome, your false empire will be helped more by their deaths. You're trying to kill them to fuel this death game Schema placed us in. Thei...

345 The Elements of Disaster

The mana cables ruptured, and I reached out my hand. Iona gazed up at me, fear and awe mixing in her expression before I shifted her with a gravity well. I moved a single finger as I did, emphasizi...

344 Enmity

Interrupting my thoughts, Shalahora simmered, "What is this? You intend to fight us?"

Iona Joan walked out, her angel wings locked behind her. Several other rulers paced behind her, each look...

343 Hell Hath Opportunities

Shalahora seethed, his claws brandished, "I believe Valgus intends to do something with the bones here."

Shades rushed our direction from outside the city, and Shalahora turned to them,

342 What Bumps in the Night

Scratching my hair, I closed my eyes, trying to swim through my memories. Once more, behemoths interrupted my train of thought. I killed them, keeping a fit of explosive anger in check. Laying back...