Chapter 290
Calling In the Big Guns
(Mallory)
Statistically their efforts to protect the land should be enough.
Right now, their forces were smaller in number, but better trained and coordinated. It was clear that the acumen of the twenty fully deployed SVC trained combat squads was undeniable. The ease with which they seemed to find holes in the magical constructs of others. Their ability to adapt to and overcome enemy movements was...
2024-11-24 01:59:49 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 15
Integration
“The universe is not as black and white as the rich make it out to be. For the rich, they have money to back what they consider morals, imperatives to live by. For everyone else, who needs to work for a living, we need to play by a different set of rules.” -Teachings of Marcon
The test was relatively simple, if a bit boring. “Take a number of items from the stack, and build a device that could help in some w...
2024-11-22 11:08:46 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 289
Affirming The Apprentice
I was busy casting my Mass Perfect Resurrection spell for three dozenth time and I was quite frankly getting bored.
Which of course is generally around the same time that I begin testing and trying to tweak my spells to make sure they are at their optimal level of efficiency. I was so lost in this practice, of casting the spell and trying to alter the patterns and f...
2024-11-19 10:21:40 +0000 UTC
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Interlude XXII
(Larry Yo-Boy’s BiPrism News)
“What is going on everyone, it is me, Larry Yo-Boy here giving you all the details of the epic war of wars that we have all been waiting for. And unlike what you might have expected there has not been much yet.”
With that, the screen switches to show live feeds of Legrand air ships flying through the harsh deserts and performing a pincer maneuver by attacking World’s End from three si...
2024-11-18 13:04:37 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 288
Creepy Skills and Implied Wills
“What are you doing to my dog?” I demand as I see Penelope doing that one thing that all over exuberant pet owners end up doing, particularly those that like to craft clothing.
That’s right, she was currently clothes shaming poor Kujo. I don’t know if that is the exact term for the process, but definitely seems to be the case here, as Penelope has Kujo sitting back on his haunches, defeated look on hi...
2024-11-18 03:02:41 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 14
The First Rule
“The First Rule of this universe, the only thing you really need to remember if you forget everything else I tell you is this: The only one capable of truly stopping you, is you, so don’t. Ever.” – Teachings of Marcon
Arla placed her hand on the grading sphere. This was the one calibrated to test for those who met the minimum threshold of power necessary to reach A-Rank.
Looking at th...
2024-11-16 15:58:17 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 13
Mass Ignition
“The only reason honest people break the law is the hope of a better, easier, or faster way to the top; once you realize that, and how to help them move by you faster, you will always be able to make money.” – Teachings of Marcon
Trust.
It came down to trust.
Right now, everything that Arla did and said would be measured. From her perspective she was completely absolve...
2024-11-14 11:07:51 +0000 UTC
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<<<<Author's Note: Thanks for all the great feedback. I've massaged the wording and a few parts to hopefully make this easier to digest and process. Again thank you all, and please continue to note when there might be problems.
Also, let me know what you think of the changes. >>>>
Chapter 287
Pent-up Prenuptials
(Mallory)
(35 Minutes Ago – Present)
Frustrated.
2024-11-12 04:36:29 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 286
Words Better Left Unspoken
There was an odd feeling in the increasingly more and more cramped Kujo Caverns. The more people I Resurrected and Healed back to full health, the less space there was.
Poof.
Poof.
Worse, my fourth Simulacrum, Rune-Ulacrum, was hard at work jumping out into combat zones, grabbing bodies and bringing ...
2024-11-10 14:46:50 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 12
Withdrawal
“The only thing worse than having power is suddenly losing it, it is that lingering memory of power that makes you forget your principles, makes you chase that next high.” – Former Federation Space Corp Sergeant from his deposition hearing.
It was hard to describe the exact moment when Arla’s recently acquired powers overtime ended. From an outside perspective it might have seemed like a slow gradual proces...
2024-11-09 16:12:20 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 11
The Arrangement
I don’t know what was more frightening, the universe when people who took Ignition were hunted down, or the universe thereafter it was legalized. – Anonymous Federation Senator
The Past
<4 Years Ago, a 14-year-old Arla>
“Aren’t I a little old to be putting on the mad genius inventor guise?” Arla asked, as she gave a last cursory inspection on her modified h...
2024-11-07 12:27:52 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 285
A Healer’s Guide to War
To say I was bored would be an understatement.
Well not bored, not exactly.
See as a healer, and not just any healer but one of the two who could Resurrect, I was apparently deemed too important to be on the front lines.
Yes, I could go about sabotaging enemy vessels all I wanted, before the war officially began. But now that the w...
2024-11-05 17:26:14 +0000 UTC
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Interlude XXI
(Larry Yo-Boy’s BiPrism News)
“And hello there everyone? I’m sure you, like everyone else are assuming that during the immediately scheduled maintenance due to unauthorized hacking attempts, the BiPrism systems were completely taken off line. Despite the fact that there was a three-hour delay?” Larry began.
With that a number of perfectly ordinary scenes and views from various individuals could be seen...
2024-11-05 01:42:07 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 10
Disappointment
The Past
<13 years ago, a five-year-old Arla>
Arla had studied. Worked out, not just her body, but her mind.
She had pushed herself, forced her eyes to focus beyond the visible light spectrum of humans and force her mind to see the images and colors that most Cerusians can.
With her training, she learned to read, and write the language of the Cerusians.
2024-11-04 16:10:56 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 9
Potential
The Past
<14 Years Ago, a 4-year-old Arla>
“Father?” A young Arla asked, seemingly unaware of her comments meaning.
“Don’t ever call me your father, I don’t now, nor will I ever earn that title. Just call me Marcon,” Marcon began, then he paused, “or unless we are running a con, where you take on a role of someone else, but when it is just you and me, only cal...
2024-11-03 18:07:09 +0000 UTC
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Good morning everyone,
I just wanted to touch base and let you know about a few things.
First, I have paused the billing cycle for this month (which would be collected on 01 December) as we are officially trying to enter/win the Royal Road Writathon.
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Note: Patreon is also forcing me to switch from the monthly billing cycle to the subscription cycle. The difference is nuanced, as before you were paying for last ...
2024-11-03 13:46:21 +0000 UTC
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Interlude I
Urisiah Hylinch, AKA Mr. Fortuna, and his daughter Lyria Hylinch sat in their fully customized combat suits. Suits that had been designed to look like customized furniture inside the most deluxe safety rescue cube on the market.
A cube that Lyria had up until twenty minutes ago thought was complete overkill.
Actually, to Lyria this whole operation had been a complete overkill. Everything from her meeting that that odd man in...
2024-11-03 02:15:42 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 8
Luck, Accuracy, Swiftness
The Past
<5 Years Ago, a 13-year-old Arla>
Pop.
Pop-op-pop.
Arla moved and fired her weapon rhythmically, just as Marcon had trained. Her shots, the groupings, everything was perfect.
She moved slowly.
How Marcon had found such an out of the way backwater planet to practice fighting against Harbingers, Arla never ...
2024-11-01 18:57:15 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 284
Going BaNa^2(s)
(5 Minutes Ago)
(Mallory)
May you live in interesting times.
Those words, what was once posed as an ancient Chinese curse, often had few tangible elements to be anything close to an actual curse for Mallory.
After nearly eighty years of existence in BiPrism, nearly a full century of work, she was fairly certain that she had seen almost all that the world had to offer. Everything...
2024-10-31 10:34:19 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 77
Psycher Versus Werewolf
(Misha Tulley)
The stage had been set. By now the fields that hadn't been harvested were already set to be cleared.
Now though, now the flames would help clear the fields faster.
Chills.
Despite the roaring flames crackling nearby, Misha felt a slight chill running down her spine. The reason for the chills was apparent, as it was a crisp...
2024-10-29 17:24:33 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 7
Harbingers
“I have seen many things in my time, but nothing as impressive as a Cerusian War Maiden who has gone full executioner.” – Private Recounting of the Harbinger Incursion
The Past
<13 Years Ago, a 5-year-old Arla>
“You did good kid,” Marcon exclaimed as he affectionately patted Arla on her head.
The task that she was currently being praised for had been s...
2024-10-27 13:23:28 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 65
Traitors Among Us
Rumble.
The world shook, as Frank could sense and feel Necromantic powers. Or powers that his mind now associated with Negatively polarized Life energy.
It was odd, for the power felt, well he didn’t know how it felt, as it was tainted and diluted. But after a few concussive bursts, the power that he was feeling honestly felt familiar.
Not that he kne...
2024-10-26 13:32:36 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 6
Arla's First Alignment of Reality
“To predict the future, one must first understand the past, how that got them to the present, in order to understand the future.” – Dr. Urisiah Hylinch
The Past
<7 Years ago, an 11-Year-old Arla>
“Why is she here?” The new patient asked, he was a tall skinny man who looked oddly twitchy for someone in his position.
Marcon, seeing the gesture, followed the man...
2024-10-25 11:43:09 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 283
Cosmic Cosmetic Surgeries And Blind Jumps of Fate
Everything was going perfectly.
Just as I expected, there were not odd tunnels associated with my use of Arcane Geomancy Teleportation, rather it was just a matter of me going to connect with a different portion of myself.
This was why I chose to go straight from Timult, the location Mallory and I were at currently straight to World’s End, the city wh...
2024-10-24 10:36:11 +0000 UTC
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<<<Author's Note: This should mark the true turning point in the story, where I can finally tell this story the way it always comes to me (as three separate storylines that all need to be told at once to have any understanding on why the MC does what she does).
From here on out it should be a shifted timeline story, where I effectively tell three stories at once (Past, Present, and Future).
This way we should be able to see the true events of...
2024-10-23 04:42:14 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 76
Werewolf Versus Werewolf
(Amoni Jacobs)
Rumble, rumble, pop.
The car flew up the rocky road so quickly that dust and debris were being kicked into the air. The image behind her showed that she only had a few seconds, but she was already prepped for what to do.
There before her was Misha, standing stoically, with everything she needed.
Badump, badump, badump.
...
2024-10-22 02:09:13 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 282
Hidden Updates
(20 Minutes Ago)
“Okay, now that that is over,” Mallory stated while realizing I didn’t have any additional information to give her. She went into her clearly planning mode.
This was that look she got when she pressed her lips together in a form of intense focus, and would undoubtedly come up with the best solution for how we could get out of the situation we currently found ours...
2024-10-20 13:26:53 +0000 UTC
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Interlude VI
The Pacts
(Constance Evans)
“You cannot go there directly, due to the Pacts,” The Dark Queen stated.
Her words a commandment that burned Constance from the inside out, as she desperately fought to override the exact order given to her by the Dark Queen herself. Had the words been spoken by a proxy, Constance felt she might have been able to avoid or work around the sacred oath. But for the order to come from the Dark Queen dir...
2024-10-19 10:28:00 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 4
A Reunion Of Sorts
Arla’s breath caught for a moment, as all she could do was stand on the entry platform and stare at the mass of soldiers who were all gathering around Marcon.
Before she even realized the trap, she began taking first one step forward, and then a second step. Her eyes clearly betraying her recognition of the suspect. A suspect she knew wasn’t dead.
Then her mind began breaking down the ...
2024-10-17 19:15:48 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 75
Vehicle Versus Alpha
(Amoni Jacobs)
Amoni was pretty sure she was being messed with.
Her car suddenly working by putting her feet on the brake and accelerator at the same time. Then placing the phone on the dashboard, while keeping the line open with Misha.
But despite how absurd the whole process seemed, Amoni couldn’t deny that it was working.
Vrroom.
2024-10-15 09:45:08 +0000 UTC
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