Karasu turned to see a shadowy figure of a person concealed by a dense black aura. Although the physical appearance was somewhat masked, there could be no doubt that the physique of a strong man existed beneath.
Karasu assumed a defensive position immediately as he honed all senses on to this man. Jarek took note of Karasu’s on guard posture, and said, “Do you know this man Karasu? Is he dangerous?”
Karasu grit his teeth, “Yes. And you do too by name. Though I have no idea...
2023-01-11 02:49:56 +0000 UTC
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The next day, the Master Family Alliance had read Xenia’s statement following the rejection of her bizarre marriage proposal and convened to discuss her intention to push forward against the United States.
Master Heraklinos walked with Master Karasu, “I quite agree with President Monroe of the United States. He has merely traded one southern aggressor for another. We will stand with him, and as we have all discussed today, we are thrilled to have our newest member so close to the ac...
2023-01-10 03:28:56 +0000 UTC
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Jarek stood at a prominent and beautiful backdrop surrounded by tall, white columns at the entrance to the main palace as he prepared to give his response to the press that had gathered before him.
He began, “As the spokesperson for the Master Family Alliance, I have the honor of relaying our response to Xenia BloodStar’s ultimatum. Jacek has ultimately decided against entering a marital relationship with Warlord BloodStar.”
The press gasped as cameras flashed and a stir of ...
2023-01-09 04:02:08 +0000 UTC
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News crews gathered around the front gates of the enormous mansion preparing for the imminent press conference. A notice had been sent out to all major news outlets that this press conference would contain sensitive information regarding world tensions.
Suddenly, the gates began to open, and news crews rushed in to vie for the best spots to capture the footage and ask follow-up questions.
Atop the ornate staircase leading up to the mansion, Xenia stood at a podium wearing her usua...
2023-01-08 02:51:53 +0000 UTC
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A completely black and murdered-out armored SUV unexpectedly pulled in to the circle drive of President Davis’s mansion deep in the heart of Dallas, Texas.
Guards dressed in suits rushed to the drive armed with fully automated machine guns and yelled, “Step out of the vehicle slowly!”
The windows were tinted, and the sun was setting on the evening offering no additional light to see within the vehicle.
The door suddenly popped open, and a long leg covered in sheer pant...
2023-01-07 03:58:00 +0000 UTC
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Two men climbed from the shallow depths of the shoreline covered in only a slender crescent of moonlight from above on an otherwise pitch-black night.
The two men removed the thermal wetsuits they had worn to swim a mile from their offshore stealth boat to reach the shore undetected.
Jacek removed his backpack and opened a case. He reached in and grabbed a green stone.
Vega asked, “That’s not a stealth stone. What is that?”
Jacek smiled to Vega, “A gift from Er...
2023-01-06 01:44:09 +0000 UTC
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Two young men in their thirties approached the colosseum in the capital city of the Holy Light Empire.
“Can you believe Xenia is going after the two richest men in our nation? Nathaniel and Solomon have so much power. Is she shooting herself in the foot? They have all the connections in this country needed to run it smoothly.” The first man was genuinely curious of Xenia’s angle as they entered the stadium with their tickets.
The second man laughed his concerns off, “Xenia...
2023-01-05 04:33:56 +0000 UTC
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Deep within the heart of the Heraklinos palace, in a deep and dark room of the lower levels of the basement, Erika sat with her legs crossed on the floor. She held her arms out bent at the elbow with open palms parallel to the floor. Above each palm, she collected a dark, mysterious ki energy.
Arranged in a circle around Erika were concentric layers of candles that filled the entire room save for two stones that sat three yards in front of her.
She sat with her eyes closed and con...
2023-01-04 04:16:33 +0000 UTC
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In the shared provincial capital city of the two wealthiest men of the Holy Light Empire, columns of highly organized and highly trained soldiers marched in unison outside of a disgustingly magnificent mansion spanning a half mile long.
Ten columns of soldiers stopped in unison and turned to face the mansion. Each column numbered ten thousand soldiers. The man commanding the 100,000 soldiers in total marched at the head of the group in front of the mansion.
“Men! Today is the da...
2023-01-03 03:41:33 +0000 UTC
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An hour later, Xenia had healed every single commoner who had appeared before her in the basilica. Over five hundred individuals had come to be healed, and she didn’t leave until seeing every one of them.
The ailments ranged from cancer, broken arms, congenital syndromes, mental illness, and more. The people hailed her as a God which she happily accepted, and word had even gotten back to her of her unofficial title amongst the people, ‘St. BloodStar the Healer’.
She smiled e...
2023-01-02 05:10:05 +0000 UTC
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Xenia sat at the desk within the vault in the lower levels of the Holy Light Empire Basilica.
Michael appeared at the entrance; however, Xenia took no note of him as she continued to examine her sword, BloodBane. She then raised it up to admire it, “Finished!”
She carefully placed it on the desk and turned her head, “Hello, Michael. I have just finished upgrading my sword with the materials you so carefully provided for me.”
He smiled and looked to the black obsidian...
2023-01-01 04:00:01 +0000 UTC
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Xenia walked through a bustling construction site in her all-black leather outfit complete with knee high boots and gloves. She had a childish grin on her face as she watched the workers hustle away from task to task.
She walked up to a table with blueprints laid out and admired them. Her admiration was then interrupted by a voice, “She is going to be beautiful. Second to none.”
Xenia welcomed the interruption, “Architect Wright, I was hoping to run into you. So you like my ...
2022-12-31 04:00:01 +0000 UTC
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“This is outrageous!” Queen Zara stood from her chair as she yelled out at Empress Victoria during a video conference call. “The royal guard. The entire royal guard! Dead. Killed. She needs to be reigned in. She needs to be controlled.”
Empress Victoria calmly sat on the other end of the conference call in her throne room. She waved off her soldiers and other attendants in the room before responding. She then said, “Queen Zara! Xenia is the heir to my empire. She has ...
2022-12-30 04:00:01 +0000 UTC
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Michael led Xenia through the cathedral-like atrium of the basilica and into the grand stair case that ascended the entire structure.
He turned to Xenia, “This staircase will take us to the highest point of the building past where the elevators will take us. Care to take a walk?”
She smiled at him, “Trust me. You can’t wear me out. Many men have tried and failed.”
The two began to climb the staircase all the way to the top floor. Once reaching the 50thfloor, the us...
2022-12-29 04:00:01 +0000 UTC
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News of Xenia’s arrival in the Holy Light Empire traveled quickly. Tens of thousands of people gathered around the Holy Light Empire Basilica in the capital city anxiously hoping to catch a glimpse of her.
The people of the empire had a surprisingly positive attitude surrounding their new ruler. Pope Gregory had neglected the common folk allowing the rich to get richer and for corruption to spread freely. Xenia represented a new hope for the lower 90% of the empire.
Xenia and Mi...
2022-12-28 04:00:01 +0000 UTC
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Felton took his .50 caliber rifle and looked off the edge of Xenia’s villa down towards the ocean a mile away.
He decided to take a prone position, and he looked through his scope to assess the targets. There were more than ten targets present, and he could choose which to shoot at.
He picked a target and focused on it. The waves of the sea rocked the target up and down. He tried to move with the target until he believed he had the pattern of the waves down. He gripped the trigg...
2022-12-27 04:00:01 +0000 UTC
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Xenia had long since had her attendants set up her rooftop terrace for the shooting competition. The electronic targets were set up in the distant mountains and distant bay, sandbags were available for the shooters to arrange the barrel upon, and refreshments were available.
Although Xenia officially referred to her property as a ‘villa’, it was truly massive with tens of thousands of square feet, and as such, the rooftop terrace was the size of a football field. The edges of the ro...
2022-12-26 04:01:00 +0000 UTC
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Zara quickly started to dial Captain Felton’s private line. The phone began to ring as she urged, “Come on. Pick up, pick up!”
Then a voice picked up, “Queen Zara, I hope all is well. What can I do for you?”
Zara urgently asked, “Where are you, right this moment?”
Felton with a bit of confusion in his voice answered, “We have just finished our sniper training for the morning, and we are in the royal guard field house now. You will be quite pleased to know tha...
2022-12-25 04:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Xenia awoke in bed laying next to a still sleeping Peter. It was very early in the morning and still dark out. Xenia looked to the clock to see it read ‘4:15 AM’.
She then looked up to see the lifeless bodies of John and Matt hanging above dripping small drops of blood from their massive abdominal gashes. Xenia smiled up at them and ran her hands through her now crusted over blood-drenched hair.
She smiled to herself in extreme pleasure as she thought, “What a night. So much...
2022-12-24 05:12:06 +0000 UTC
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Xenia returned to her private villa after the victory parade had concluded. As she entered, she barked orders at her chief attendant, “I am not to be disturbed for the remainder of the evening under any circumstances! Is that clear?”
The attendant bowed deeply, “You are not to be disturbed under any circumstance. I will ensure your peace and privacy for the remainder of the evening, Warlord.”
Xenia walked by during the exchange, not stopping to spare even a second as she m...
2022-12-23 03:51:54 +0000 UTC
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The victory parade consisted of tens of thousands of soldiers marching in column formations from the castle to the capital square ending near a site dedicated to a future memorial planned to depict Xenia’s triumph over Pope Gregory.
The columns of soldiers had drummers beating an intimidating and powerful tune as the parade marched on, and the various rows of soldiers alternated between those wearing black and those wearing red uniforms creating a striped red and black formation.
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2022-12-22 01:52:52 +0000 UTC
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Xenia made a leisurely return to the BloodStar Empire following her earth-shattering defeat of Pope Gregory. The world was still abuzz with excitement and anxiety following the monumental and shocking outcome, and yet Xenia had something else on her mind.
She walked through the dark hallways of stone underneath BloodStar Castle as she made her way to the very depths of the dungeon. The click of her boots against the stone floor echoed as she walked in her all-black leather outfit that h...
2022-12-21 04:30:06 +0000 UTC
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Hours later, Xenia returned to the Saber Fortress. Half of the Saber Fortress consisted of Heraklinos Empire career men and women who sneered at her return knowing she had just taken down one of their most important allies. The other half were simple enlisted men who had quite the affection for Xenia. Not to mention she had made many of them very rich by advising them to bet all of their money on her.
She waved as she entered in her war-torn outfit. Her hair was a mess, and she was exha...
2022-12-20 03:20:28 +0000 UTC
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Xenia laid on the ground in exquisite pain from her injuries sustained while executing her plan to break the God sword, “This pain. All over.” She moaned out in excruciating torture but also in utmost pleasure as she continued to mutter, “I love it.”
She propped herself up on her elbow and viewed her injuries. Most of her skin had a deathly appearance charred from energy burns with a black hue. However, all of her limbs were intact, and she could feel her body racing to recover....
2022-12-19 03:35:13 +0000 UTC
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The once grassy green plains had turned to a baron and scarred brown plot of Earth as Xenia and Gregory engaged in an intense battle complete with energy blasts, shockwaves from sword strikes, and explosions of various kinds.
Gregory huffed and puffed as he held his sword tightly. He called out to Xenia, “You think your ki to be bottomless, but even you have limits! I intend to find it!”
Although fatigued, Xenia’s condition fared much better owing to her healing ability. She...
2022-12-18 04:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Gregory stood gripping his sword tightly. He had an uneasy feeling, and he was, for the first time in a very long time, on guard against a force he now recognized as lethal.
He observed Xenia as her aura seemed to grow larger every second easily outpacing his resting aura. What made him feel most uneasy was the slight pull he felt within his body. His blood was tugging at him from the inside towards her. Xenia’s aura was so powerful that she had a natural attraction to all blood witho...
2022-12-17 04:07:38 +0000 UTC
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Erika hugged Jacek’s arm tightly as they watched Gregory’s Lightbringer attack begin. At first, they and everyone else anticipated Xenia would dodge; however, they too were surprised to find her immobilized by a mysterious golden light.
Erika shrieked, “Direct hit! Is she dead?!”
Jacek observed the live broadcast intently, “She’s not dead. But she is certainly taking a lot of damage.”
They continued watching as Gregory then performed Lightbringer once more at 1...
2022-12-16 04:24:46 +0000 UTC
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King Ramses and Queen Zara sat in luxurious chairs within a Sage Family Palace in the Sage Empire. Zara sipped her wine as she watched the battle begin in earnest. The battle that would determine the fate of not only the war but also the future of the world.
She swirled her wine after taking a sip and said, “It really is a shame that Xenia fell from the tree as a rotten apple. Just look at her. Fast as ever, strong as a Master at her age, and sharp as a tack.”
Ramses grunted a...
2022-12-15 06:02:41 +0000 UTC
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“Fighters! The battle will begin in one minute! Please make your way to the field if you have not already!” A booming voice echoed throughout the fields and tents jarring Xenia from her meditation.
She stood from her lotus position fully armored and ready to battle. She took one last look in her mirror and smiled at herself thinking, “I look so good in my warlord armor. The people of the world may not all love me, but they certainly will all lust for me.”
She conf...
2022-12-14 04:18:53 +0000 UTC
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It was the morning of the battle, and a loud speaker rang from just outside Xenia’s tent on the grassy plains, “Fighters! You have one hour until you must report to the battlefield!”
Xenia stood before her bed with all of her clothes and armor laid out before her eyes to survey. Constance walked up behind her and said, “Choices, choices, choices. Will you wear the black or the red boots? Black or red leather tunic? At least you only have one armor to choose from!”
Xenia ...
2022-12-13 04:05:52 +0000 UTC
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