Xenia laughed and conversed with her soldiers at the citadel shooting range. Soldiers had their pick from nearly any firearm they could imagine with countless accessories and countless ammunition to practice shooting with.
The soldiers egged her on, “Come on Warlord! Show us your legendary shooting skills!”
Others called out, “Is it true you are a top ranked sniper too?!”
She laughed them off and said, “My shooting days are over boys. I prefer a sword nowadays. It...
2023-02-10 03:53:48 +0000 UTC
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After dressing himself, Jacek exited Xenia’s master suite and made for the small holding cell where he and Xenia last observed Katya.
Jacek looked around with bewilderment as he freely strolled through the middle of the BloodStar Citadel thinking to himself, “Who would have ever thought that I, heir to the Heraklinos Empire and sworn enemy to the BloodStar Empire in this war, would have free reign as a prisoner from behind enemy lines.”
Soldiers eyed him suspiciously as he w...
2023-02-09 03:27:56 +0000 UTC
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Jacek carried her through the entry way and into her master suite kicking the door closed behind him. He then walked over to and threw her on to the bed. She rolled around the bed in her long, exotic black latex dress and then rested her head on her hand as she looked up at him, “Well. I have been a very bad girl tonight, haven’t I? Do you think I need to be punished?”
Jacek looked down at her thinking to himself, “The worst punishment I could give her is to withhold sex. Howeve...
2023-02-09 03:26:56 +0000 UTC
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Xenia and Jacek were the last guests to arrive in the large hall decorated to celebrate her victory. Long tables ran the length of the enormous hall lined with soldiers cheerfully drinking and eating. As Xenia and Jacek entered through the ornate double doors, all heads turned to them.
Xenia beamed with a joyful and prideful smile as she clung to Jacek’s arm. They walked the long aisle between the center tables as two attendants followed them along tending to the long train on Xenia...
2023-02-07 03:34:03 +0000 UTC
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“NO!! No! No! No!” Erika grabbed her hair with her eyes wide as she watched Xenia enter her citadel victorious with Jacek and Karasu in tow by way of her bloodbending. She then threw the mobile monitor on to the ground shattering the glass screen.
“They were so close though! She cheated! All of those lives. Murdered!” She was breathing heavy as she spiraled deeper into an anxiety attack.
“How do we keep underestimating her!? No one thought she would defeat Pope Gregory. ...
2023-02-06 04:08:13 +0000 UTC
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The outside world was shut off from the battle as the blood vortex raged around the two warriors creating a confined and private arena for them to finish their duel.
Jacek’s power was absolutely enormous, and it continued to build with each hit from Xenia. Although Jacek had improved by leaps and bounds in his martial arts, he was nowhere near the tenth-degree black belt level that Xenia had reached years ago.
Xenia had even since begun to close the gap between her and her mothe...
2023-02-05 03:53:30 +0000 UTC
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Xenia struggled against the yellow energy encircling her high in the air. She yelled in frustration as the energy of the yellow orb overpowered her contorting her body as it compressed her further and further. After utilizing a large amount of ki to deflect the void sphere attack, she was at a meaningful disadvantage against Jacek’s full-powered attack.
She looked down on the battlefield to see a smug Karasu and focused Jacek. Then, she noticed Jacek slam his hand down towards the gro...
2023-02-04 03:32:54 +0000 UTC
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Karasu tore his loose robe top from his body throwing it aside as he began to power up calling upon every last iota of ki at his disposal.
He then assumed an offensive stance and yelled to Xenia, “Few have survived to tell the tale of the Karasu Clan’s trump card. Consider it an honor to have pushed me this far.”
Xenia scoffed, “I hardly feel honored. And while your Void Strike may very well be a trump card level attack, it hardly scares me.”
Karasu grimaced at the...
2023-02-03 03:42:25 +0000 UTC
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Jacek looked on from the siege line to the destitute lands separating his army from the BloodStar Citadel. The grounds were largely dirt with few scattered tree trunks and rock formations leftover from the razing of the surrounding grounds by the BloodStar forces in the construction of their stronghold.
As a warrior, he wore only light weight armor covering his chest, shoulders, and thighs favoring mobility over heavy armor. He gripped a ki-infused sword at his side. Master Karasu...
2023-02-02 03:04:20 +0000 UTC
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After gathering and dressing himself, Jacek cleared his head and returned to the siege line. Karasu was of the first to greet him, “Lord Heraklinos. I am pleased to see the negotiations weren’t over the minute you arrived. Did Xenia come to her senses?”
Jacek shook his head, “Far from it, Master Karasu.” The two men eyed each other, and Jacek continued, “We should talk alone. Some of the news is sure to be distressing to the men.”
Karasu nodded with a serious express...
2023-02-01 02:16:41 +0000 UTC
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Xenia leaned against the wall with her arms crossed and one leg bent against the wall as she waited for Jacek to arrive for the second and likely final round of negotiations.
The door opposite her opened and Jacek walked in alone.
Xenia smiled at him, “Jacek Heraklinos, welcome. No friends this time? No Master Karasu?”
Jacek looked at her and couldn’t help but to admire her all-black leather outfit even if just for a millisecond before saying, “My friends are intent ...
2023-01-31 03:53:19 +0000 UTC
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Nero continued walking down the Royal Hall with the chest. As he approached the exit of the Royal Hall he took note of a man cloaked in brown rags with a hood.
He and the man met eyes and Nero scowled. He felt a sharp, powerful, and dangerous ki presence on this unknown man. Had he not just promised his Empress to go with haste, he would’ve attacked this man outright with no questions asked. He was a clear and present threat to the Empress.
As it stood, however, Nero ignored the...
2023-01-30 04:04:25 +0000 UTC
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Xenia walked into the chamber holding the remaining 500 prisoners that had been summoned. She held a long leather bull whip in her hands. Her body was covered in blood, and her dress was absolutely drenched; however, she quickly bloodbent the blood from her body and clothes allowing the blood to fall to the ground as she continued walking in a now flawless dress with flawless skin and hair.
The soldiers cowered to the end of the chamber as they saw her walking towards them; however, Xen...
2023-01-29 03:58:42 +0000 UTC
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Constance stood atop the citadel’s rampart facing East with a stern look on her face as she ensured the safety of those within the citadel. She had failed her Warlord once before, and she wasn’t keen on failing again, ever.
From both afar and near, she was all but invisible owing to her illusion ki which was active. Soldiers walked past her on the rampart clueless to her presence, and enemy spotters were even more oblivious to her whereabouts. However, one person knew exactly where ...
2023-01-28 04:23:00 +0000 UTC
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Early the next morning as the sun was just beginning to rise, Zara met Ramses for coffee and with a hushed but concerned voice asked, “Have you heard from Erinel?”
Ramses shook his head as he took a sip of his coffee, “Nothing. I even tried calling him. My call went straight to voicemail.”
Zara shook her head, “Same with my calls. What happened last night?”
Ramses put his coffee down on the table, “We may not be able to find out the entire story, but we should ...
2023-01-27 03:29:52 +0000 UTC
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“What do you mean? Calm down and speak slowly. Be calm.” Ramses and Zara encouraged their informant within the BloodStar Castle to maintain his composure.
“I mean all six of the Blood Wraiths are here at the castle! Have you ever seen that? Or even heard of that? Something big is going on, and all of the Blood Priests, even the lowly ones such as myself, are reporting in this evening.” Erinel spoke with anxiety in his voice.
Zara had a look of concern as ...
2023-01-26 04:00:32 +0000 UTC
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Jacek watched as hundreds of his soldiers returned across the siege line from the citadel. He stood with his arms crossed thinking to himself, “Each and every soldier unharmed and released. Xenia has kept her promise. I’m impressed.”
A commanding officer ran up to Jacek and reported in, “Lord Heraklinos, sir!”
Jacek turned to him, “Report commander.”
The commander saluted Jacek and began his report, “Master Heraklinos has received word from General Magnus tha...
2023-01-25 03:47:01 +0000 UTC
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Xenia sat in a chair wearing her all-black leather military outfit with her legs and boots hiked up on a metal table waiting. It was a relatively small room in a building that had been erected halfway between the BloodStar Citadel and the Allied Forces siege line for the purpose of neutral ground negotiations.
She puffed on a cigar blowing nearly perfect smoke rings that reached all the way across the room while maintaining their circular form.
She heard the door opposite her open...
2023-01-24 04:10:43 +0000 UTC
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Only a few hours earlier, Xenia stood alone deep within the BloodStar Citadel. She looked through a viewing glass into a holding chamber with an occupancy of well over a thousand soldiers; however, she had only filled it with one hundred soldiers for the first round of painful executions.
She put her hair into a high ponytail and grabbed her gas mask as she stepped through the air-tight door to the chamber and walked straight to the center of it. She drew all the men’s attention as sh...
2023-01-23 04:22:48 +0000 UTC
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Arthur cruised in his private plane with fighter jet escorts flanking him on both sides. As he was alone, he had a good deal of time to spend only with his thoughts.
“What the hell have I gotten myself into? War crime after war crime, she has never known a limit in private. However, on the world stage, she will never be accepted by other leaders if she keeps this up. Compound X. If she is caught using that there will be no future for her… or me.”
He slumped into his chair ca...
2023-01-22 14:45:29 +0000 UTC
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Jarek stood outside of a psychiatry inpatient room looking through the viewing window waiting for the doctor to exit.
The doctor stepped out and she looked to Jarek with an apprehensive smile as she said, “Master Heraklinos. It is an honor to find you waiting for me once again. However, I am afraid after many days, we still have little to no progress.” She gave a deep breath and said, “But don’t worry. Time is her friend even if it means taking months.”
Jarek put his han...
2023-01-21 04:16:48 +0000 UTC
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On a dark, stormy night with the waves crashing against the tall rocky cliffs surrounding BloodStar Castle, Empress Victoria sat in a chair in a room illuminated only by the flickering flames emitted from the fireplace nearby.
She sat drinking a glass of red-wine blood as she sifted through the papers of both her archives and the stolen Heraklinos Empire archive papers.
As she sifted through the papers, there were both long stretches of texts to read and long stretches of predomin...
2023-01-20 04:36:11 +0000 UTC
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With Natalya suddenly frozen by immobilizing terror with her body hunched over cowering, Xenia turned to Constance and grabbed the back of her neck pulling her in for a kiss, “I missed you Constance.”
The two girls kissed like long-separated lovers until a man to the side softly cleared his throat, “Forgive me if I am interrupting, but if you are going to kill me please get it over with.”
Constance smiled at Xenia and said, “Can I kill this one too? Please Xenia.”
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2023-01-19 04:01:12 +0000 UTC
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Xenia entered through the doors of the large facility to find a dark, eerie interior with the lights off due to the lack of power. Few emergency lights shed just enough light to illuminate a large and predominately empty room with tall ceilings. The borders of the room were comprised of holding cells, and numerous rafters and walkways littered the view above.
She could sense every living being within the building with her ki, and she showed no hesitation as she came upon three men in ni...
2023-01-18 04:38:38 +0000 UTC
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“You have a lot of people very nervous Natalya. I give every high-ranking seat under my command the flexibility to change our plan of action in the field, but this… This is quite the change. The leadership committee would like to hear the details of your plan.” Master Karasu spoke in to the conference call phone with the entire Allied Forces leadership present.
Natalya responded, “Master Karasu. I assure you this is our chance to take an overwhelming advantage in this war....
2023-01-17 01:56:09 +0000 UTC
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On a cold, rainy night Xenia hung up the phone as she finished talking with Nero. She stared out her window into a stormy dark sky with streaks of lightning with an irritated look on her face.
She picked her phone back up and immediately dialed an increasingly familiar number. A voice on the other end answered, “Hello? It is late Xenia. This must be important.”
She responded, “This is of utmost importance. The allied forces have captured Constance Khan alive. I need you to c...
2023-01-16 03:46:22 +0000 UTC
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Constance watched the battlefield like a hawk noting Mattison’s charge overwhelming the Sage Empire soldiers and Nero facing off against a powerful ki user she didn’t recognize. She felt no need to add her presence to the battlefield at the moment.
However, moments later, the southeastern wall of the fortress shook with an explosion. She raced around the overlook to see a much smaller squadron of 100 soldiers led by a sword-wielding ki user.
Constance thought to herself, “A ...
2023-01-15 05:39:11 +0000 UTC
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Nero stood at the top of Liberty Memorial’s overlook alongside General Mattison. Nero looked to the East with his arms crossed as Mattison said, “Expecting an attack from the East, Nero?”
Nero grunted before answering, “I expect an attack. That is all.”
Mattison smiled, “I see you have the experience of war to draw on. An attack will come soon. I have no doubt, but as you say… from which direction we cannot know.”
Nero curtly asked, “Has it been 24 hours si...
2023-01-14 05:07:22 +0000 UTC
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A massive naval aircraft carrier flying the Heraklinos empire flag was docked at the largest United States naval base in Norfolk, Virginia. Although the carrier was chock full of fighter jets, guns, and other weapons of war, the strongest asset aboard was none other than the heir to the Heraklinos Empire, Jacek Heraklinos.
Jacek stepped off the bridge of the boat and onto the dock stepping forward to shake President Monroe’s hand.
Monroe welcomed him, “Jacek! You look more and...
2023-01-13 03:49:59 +0000 UTC
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Xenia stood atop her basilica overlook as she stood with her arms crossed looking down at her army marching past and onwards to war. She had made a hasty return to the Holy Light Empire from Dallas to see them off. General Mattison had mustered the army much quicker than Xenia expected. His command was impressive.
Her army consisted of BloodStar soldiers as well as Holy Light Empire knights who had decided to stay under Xenia’s new command. The incentive of money, land, and power was ...
2023-01-12 03:29:34 +0000 UTC
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