The Primordial Self stepped forward, its form melding into Zelsys. In the span of seconds, her facial features grew harsher and her musculature more defined. All restrictions lifted, the body had begun to produce a glut of Bestia, the essence of p...
2022-07-23 21:08:53 +0000 UTC View PostRed continued, to Zel’s great amusement, by copying her: “However… It seems that we are at an impasse. You cannot truly harm me, and exhausted as I am, I cannot strike you down either.”
Stomping footsteps could be heard approaching, ...
2022-07-21 23:28:16 +0000 UTC View PostThe smell of iron filled her nose and the taste of it her mouth, mixed with the acidity of her own stomach. The Iron Pills were needed as a catalyst, to help repair and reinforce her right arm and to shore up the tremendous Metallum cost for what ...
2022-07-20 04:15:39 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: Edited the reason why Zel loses grip as it didn't make sense for her bicep to outright fail in this context.
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Zel found herself se...
A/N: Made a small addition to the chapter at the point just after the Locust Queen summons flying swords.
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There was something wrong about his e...
Nowhere in her heart did she intend to actually sit through the auction, even if she was quite confident that Von Wickten was none the wiser as to her intentions with him; the off-chance that he had caught on and that he might try to escape was no...
2022-07-13 21:59:40 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: Next chapter will be out Wednesday, on the 13th.
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Anticipating Zef’s cautious demeanor, Zel willed her Tablet to send a message:
“I...
2022-07-10 22:03:30 +0000 UTC View PostRed struggled to her feet at last, the Subcore’s glimmering form returning to the palm of her hand, absent its octagonal casing. A hideous grimace gripped her features and the cosmic waters underfoot stirred, but before she could go through with...
2022-07-08 20:49:40 +0000 UTC View PostIDOLATRY TRIGRAM
SUBCORE EMBODIMENT
CRIMSON COMMAND: RECREATION OF PAST SELF
“MAKE A SOUND IN THE EAST, THEN STRIKE IN THE WEST”
Following her gut, Zel...
2022-07-06 20:11:21 +0000 UTC View PostZel made little effort to hide her accusation, grinning at the Lady in Red.
“To level such baseless accusations at me is courting death. But then…” the horned advisor rebuked. Her tone betrayed no offense taken, only anticipation. Desp...
2022-07-03 21:33:12 +0000 UTC View PostSoon they crested the edge of the cliff, and a sprawling cavern awaited them below, its sheer scale best compared to Arches itself; talagmites and stalactites the size of buildings framed the vista as though immense teeth. The cavern’s vast spra...
2022-07-01 22:28:20 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: Slightly adjusted things for better flow. This amounts to just continuing the scene from last chapter for a bit longer.
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“It’s a passive process, I...
2022-06-29 19:38:54 +0000 UTC View PostUnfortunately, even an average Dragon Knight wasn’t the type to be put down by two relatively minor injuries, a wide plume of flame blasting out of his helmet, the blast swinging his visor open and forcing Victor to back away. It was obviously n...
2022-06-27 19:00:30 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: Next chapter needs a bit more time, so it'll be out on Monday.
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“I…” he began, only to suddenly twist his sword free whilst delivering such a sudd...
2022-06-24 19:06:45 +0000 UTC View PostZel pulled the Broken Butcher from its sheath, her countenance shifting from relaxed, to wild-eyed and wreathed in lightning in the span of only three breaths. Her braids came alive with the lightning-wrought beastly heads at their tips, blades as...
2022-06-22 19:09:26 +0000 UTC View PostZelsys had decided to subvert the laid-out path in order to ambush Vic’s captors, instead going through the forest itself. As the trio rode through the woods, it quickly became apparent that the forest’s entirety was somehow bewitched. Zel’s...
2022-06-20 19:23:11 +0000 UTC View Post“Just following orders,” the Dragon Knight parroted emotionlessly, taking one of the rib-racks off of the fire, sticking it in a tarnished military mess tin, and tossing it over to Victor such that it landed right next to him. Vic glanced at t...
2022-06-18 17:04:08 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: Next chapter will be delayed by a day, i.e 18th June
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The invitation was, in reality, just a hand-drawn map with some directions written down, includin...
2022-06-15 20:58:20 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: Sorry for the delay. I had only meant to do some polishing but actually wrote quite a bit before I noticed the time.
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Vic rifled through both of the...
2022-06-13 21:10:05 +0000 UTC View Post“Of course.”
It clicked in his head. Even if drawing Viriditas directly from plants was a high-level technique, it was still one of the most easily accessible essentia in its distilled form. They would try something with the mos...
2022-06-11 20:20:19 +0000 UTC View PostHe went running again later, same as the previous days, taking along a few of the ribs from his dinner in Fog Storage. The idea of carrying bones openly on his person was repellant to him; plus, the act of breaking down and absorbing them was time...
2022-06-09 20:14:42 +0000 UTC View PostHe had chosen to wear no underlayer, as he had enough understanding of Fog-infused clothing to know that there was no real point. Certain baseline enchantments were universal even on mass-produced Fog-infused clothing, such as those which were sup...
2022-06-07 20:20:51 +0000 UTC View PostThe Teacher opened it up with one hand, scanning the foreword. A moment later, the pamphlet emitted a wisp of Fog as its magickal text began to unravel beneath the Teacher’s gaze. Victor could see the gears turning behind his eyes for a moment, ...
2022-06-06 02:29:39 +0000 UTC View PostMost of the clothes with which he’d come to Arches were now long gone - he’d sold them to keep himself fed when the shortages were particularly bad.
So it was that he dressed himself in his normal clothes, heading to the markets, spendin...
2022-06-03 21:34:43 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: This chapter contains art that has already been posted, this is for posterity because this is how it will be posted on the public release.
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Victor look...
Zel drew in deep breath as she ceased Engine Breathing, uttering into the knight captain’s ear with a long exhalation of Fog: “Good.”
Rising to her feet, she rolled her shoulders and basked in the divided mixture of cheers and jeers th...
2022-05-30 23:37:44 +0000 UTC View PostA paragraph from the second book ran through Victor’s head as he watched the display unfold.
“...Among the least appreciated, yet most potent abilities available to Storm-soul Cultivators is the ability to rectify internal imbalances...
2022-05-28 18:30:10 +0000 UTC View PostThere was a shallow circular depression on the right side of his chestplate, a proof mark of some sort stamped on the inside. The armor’s gauntlets were only partial, leaving his scaly fingers and wicked claws out in the open. He clearly noticed...
2022-05-26 20:02:39 +0000 UTC View PostThe young man couldn’t quite make out the terse, rapid-fire exchange between her and the two other in-the-flesh pulp characters, though going off the fact Reiner’s face took on the self-same disgust as the amazon’s, it seemed that his classm...
2022-05-24 21:18:45 +0000 UTC View Post