Long after night had fallen, in the deep darkness of the Royal Plaza, the Superheavy Battle Tank continued to sit ominously.
Not knowing how to drive the thing, it had been left until John Cooper could be talked to about getting a driver to relocate it. And since nobody knew how to drive it, and it was built to be nigh indestructible, none of the guards believed that it needed to be watched.
More importantly, none of them wanted to watch it. Looking at those e...
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March 1st, 626
After the doors opened to the Royal Palace, all of the nobles and prestigious persons flooded in and were guided to the Hall of Patrons.
It was a massive hall made for events such as this, filled with tables and comfortable seating arrangements a level above the Plaza but being much more spacious, with two floors that allowed double the seating to accommodate the sheer amount of people.
The hall was rich, walls covered in artifacts, pain...
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March 1st, 626
The outside of the Royal Palace was as luxurious as someone would expect. Massive pillars held up a huge stone roof 150 feet above a man’s head. With no walls, the pillars surrounded a floor of white and gold tiles that gleamed with the sun’s light. The entire structure looked, from any Earthling’s eyes, like an oversized Greek temple such as the Parthenon.
It was merely the entrance to the Palace as a whole, an open air plaza for those visiti...
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February 27th, 626
Umara took a sip from her cup of tea, rather impressed with the flavor.
The butler set down the kettle and stood to the side, ready to serve them should they indicate.
She and Vatsy remained silent for a few moments, Umara scrutinizing his Aura, even though she had already done so before.
Perhaps it was the talent of those who came from Earth, but Vatsy was still impressive despite John’s general disgust for his lack of...
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February 27th, 626
I tuned out Umara’s soft snores, staring at the screen in front of me containing lines of code.
I hadn’t been much of a programmer on Earth, though I had dabbled in it, learned a couple languages. Unfortunately only the backbone knowledge of that subject was applicable for me here.
Sawn was a genius. Before the Aerial, when an enchanter put down an enchantment, the enchantment instructions were fixed and permanent. They never wen...
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January 9th, 626
Umara and I landed in Wonderland. Sawn was already there to meet us, and we got right down to business.
He was ready to cooperate fully with my redesign of company operations. It would cost him a massive amount of money but in the long run it would make him one of the most powerful people in the world. He would be the leader of what could be considered the upcoming industrial economy as a whole, and the fate of humanity’s military would be in hi...
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January 6th, 626
My eyes opened a few seconds before Umara started shifting. We were still in the medical ward of the Franks Tower since Terrace wanted to observe her for a day or two before letting us go.
She had been out for 18 hours so far, only just now waking.
I pulled myself out of the field bed I had set up in the room. No way was I sleeping in a stiff chair.
Once beside Umara’s bed I grabbed her hand. She clenched it as she woke up, ...
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January 5th, 626
I stood before 6 different tables, all holding trays of different materials.
Some special herbs, bottles of chemicals, canisters of liquid White Crystal sitting at Authority 10, the bone marrow of a female Lordbeast, the Paragon of Vigor.
There was also a canister filled with a mixture of liquid White Crystal and the same female Lordbeast’s ovaries. It was supposed to help with retaining the potency of Umara’s reproductive system, ...
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December 31st, 625
After placing a relatively inexpensive custom order, I left Rupert’s Gems and made my way to a fancy restaurant in the city.
I hadn’t intended to go here tonight but I was invited by Luna, who had apparently dragged Umara with her.
I was told to come as I were so I went straight there. The sun had already set as I walked down the street yet all the lights strung between buildings and floating over streets with magic were making i...
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December 31st, 625
“Lady Luna, I didn’t expect to see you here.”
Umara glanced over and saw John step outside of the room, closing the door behind him and blocking her view of Luna.
They were outside for several minutes before the door opened again, the two walking in, John walking up to her and speaking in a low voice. Not loud enough to be annoying, not soft enough to feed into her depression.
“I’m going to handle some business with A...
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December 30th, 625
Morning came and General Landon left as expected, taking all his personnel with him.
Now we had no more immediate plans that demanded my attention. Christmas was helping with that, and I was taking advantage of it.
A couple hours after the General departed I gathered with everyone. Talexia was taking her daughter and husband along with myself, my squad, and Polly and Jasmine.
We were all going to the Whetted City.
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December 28th, 625
As I approached Maxwell – Boris at his side – he eyed me and frowned.
“You look like shit. Was it that bad?”
“The worst week of my life so far. I need to talk to you about something.”
“Hm. Lead the way.”
“Boris, go ahead and wait in the lounge.”
I gave that order while walking into the mansion with Maxwell. We found ourselves in one of the estate’s greeting rooms where Umara was waiting for us. ...
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December 27th, 625
The City of Valence was the most prosperous northern city there was as it was the main hub for a majority of Rail lines going beyond and before the River of Desolation.
It was also where I had sent the survivors from the village.
Our helicopter slowly touched down in the open plaza near the center of the city. I could feel the gazes on us even before the hatch opened.
The five of us walked out, greeted by a large crowd of...
2024-12-26 13:00:12 +0000 UTC
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I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas! Another chapter will be coming out tomorrow as well. Hope I've been able to give you all a bit more entertainment with the holidays!
I deeply appreciate all of you. I'm going to continue bringing all of you as much enjoyment with this story as I can as we go into the new year. I know recent chapters have been slight debie downers but it's all for the PLOT. This is not a grimdark here to fuel depression. This is an Epic and my number one rule h...
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December 27th, 625
I frowned and puffed some smoke while looking at the gathering crowds, snow falling atop their bodies as many of them slept. The attacks were definitely picking up. I could feel the threat in the distance growing.
If we were leaving, it needed to be within the next 30 minutes.
The last helicopters had been forced to leave as they had run short on fuel. I had contacted Sawn and he said that he had sent all he could get, so we would be...
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AM: Merry Christmas Eve everyone! Two chapters today, as well as one tomorrow for Christmas Day and another on Thursday for normal release. I hope you all enjoy your holiday!
December 26th, 625
The battle didn’t rage. It wasn’t a fraction as overwhelming as that where Amira died. There were no high Authority King Bloods bearing down on us and we weren’t losing troops left and right.
But we were losing people. Our Umara and Jaya couldn’t defend...
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December 26th, 625
My breathing was heavy as I jumped, using my boots to launch my body to the top of a building.
I ran and jumped across several others, gliding between the gaps until I found some targets.
I swung Totenstahl around and pulled the trigger, unloading on some Hog Riders charging through the city. The other monsters around them were cut down in the barrage all the same.
These monsters were moving through the village and not every citizen ...
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December 25th, 625
We crossed the remaining 11 miles to reach Stronghold Charlie, everyone nursing wounds. Jaya used what little medical supplies she had left to keep everyone functioning and we were able to reach the walls sooner rather than later.
And we found them under siege.
We had known that there were enemies moving toward the Stronghold but after the arrival of that Sovereign, we hadn’t been able to receive any more intelligence.
Thankf...
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December 24th, 625
Midnight
The border of Christmas Day. For me as an earthling, at least.
“Just 30 miles! We need to make it with this push!”
“The Steeds are almost dead!”
“Push them anyway! Keep fucking moving!”
The cold tried to nip at me despite the temperature control of my clothing. I felt chilly despite being perfectly warm.
“Swarm on the left! They’re flanking!”
“Someone get up a barr...
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December 22nd, 625
The first day passed about how I expected it would.
After dawn broke, the monsters came in full force. We were constantly attacked as we traveled down our retreat path and our numbers started dwindling sooner rather than later. The generals seemed to care little for their troops. There were no meaningful maneuvers made that might suggest putting up a fight.
They just sacrificed several thousand more knights and warlocks to the clutch...
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December 21st, 625
My eyes snapped open when I heard the alarms. I could feel the grogginess set in as soon as I sat up.
Umara groaned beside me. This was the third alarm in 20 hours and neither of us were happy about it.
When the large blanket over us shifted, it let in some cold air from the room, chilling us both. Umara shifted closer to me as I lifted my Aerial. I didn’t get out of bed unless I got a call.
Unfortunately it came. I saw...
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December 15th, 625
Things were silent for a long while inside the helicopter. I eventually made it to one of the seats, my adrenaline fading and the pain in my head turning my vision blurry.
My hands shook as I took out a cigar, after a few tries I cut one end messily. Umara had to use the lighter and help me.
A few puffs of that smoke helped with the pain slightly, dulling it enough for me to function properly. I had drained just almost every drop of ...
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December 15th, 625
“We lost a wheel!”
“Just keep your foot on that pedal! We’re dead unless you get us to that new rendezvous!”
I pushed the trigger once my words finished, pelting our rear with another several hundred rounds as Harsha focused on making sure we didn’t get drowned in the sea of monsters around us.
I could sense them absolutely everywhere. Behind us, flanking us, and in front of us. Only the blizzard kept them all from knowin...
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December 15th, 625
The “Ma Deuce” in front of me shook with every round, heavy bullets traveling at nearly 3000 feet per second to shred the monsters trying to claw down our vehicle. It only took short bursts in order to incapacitate or kill anything that came into my field of view.
Unlike with my other weapons thus far, when I empowered the belts of ammo going through the weapon, they didn’t simply gain speed. Instead, I noticed singular rounds punching far...
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Vetsmon watched as John blurred from his gaze. It was only through his equipment that he could track his fading figure as he ran away. Yet, not even the equipment could completely resolve him. Something about John’s Aura was able to scramble the device’s sensors.
“Your friend has some fucking balls, Vetsmon. I’ve never seen a summoner wipe out an entire force by himself and then declare war on the Kings.”
“Honestly, anything less would surprise me.”
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December 8th, 625
I vanished before one of the dozen Royals around me could get a lock. Their attacks came anyway, but I used my boots to slide out from my prior position, the attacks hitting the ground.
There had been some close calls so far, which was scary considering it had only been 11 minutes since our battle started.
Umara’s squad managed to hold their own against the Authority 10, and since that thing didn’t want to pay attention to me, I w...
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December 8th, 625
Every day brought more battles. More companies and battalions to save, more Hog Riders to topple, more Royals to kill, more Scourge to exterminate.
It only got worse by the day.
“We’re dropping hot!”
“All ready!”
I pulled my bolt into open when the calls came, feeling an impending sense of danger. We were in our helicopter transport and dropping altitude fast.
I suddenly got up, rushing to the helicopters b...
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December 3rd, 625
Inside a chopper about 10 thousand feet in the air, I brought out the weapon I’d start our battle with.
We’d be dropping into an active battle against 210 Hog Riders who were on the way to attack a battalion of our troops. That was several minutes ago, and they were likely locked in combat now.
I was with the Snow Doves in a troop transport. It only had 30 seats but with a little overstuffing we made it work.
Umara sat...
2024-11-19 13:00:11 +0000 UTC
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AN: Next chapter is 3800 words and nothing but combat, as are, basically, the next 8 chapters after that. Apologies to those who've felt like the last couple of chapters have dragged. This should be the last 'fluff' chapter for a long while. There's a lot of things we've been building to and now we're finally getting to cash in.
Hope you enjoy.
December 2nd, 625.
Eric’s eyes widened when he looked up, seeing the three drop-dead gorgeous women walk i...
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“We’re transferring a few teams to the Treehouse for reinforcement.”
Umara’s brows raised when she heard those words. Normally there would be excitement but if they were going somewhere, it wasn’t in good shape.
“From reports, the Scourge is currently advancing on the Treehouse with 1.7 million strong army. The bulk of them are still far away but the Treehouse wants to start whittling them down well before they reach the walls. On the frontlines they are by far t...
2024-11-12 13:00:12 +0000 UTC
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