Chapter 45
Growing Pains and Endorphins
(Misha Tulley)
Misha felt alive after her most recent reaping. The power gained from resetting a Tier II to nothing was euphoric to say the least. Endorphins and enzymes never meant to exist in the circulatory system were activated and released at once.
Ultimately, Misha knew that this was a mark of her organo-tech, a component meant to induce future compliance. It was a marker and she hated every aspect of it.
Tremble....
2024-02-20 12:14:18 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 20
Frank was dreaming, he knew that. This time there was no darkness surrounding him that he needed to draw away. Instead, he once again found himself in the same dark obsidian hallway lit by torches on both sides of the hallway.
Just like the last time, there were two guards standing before a slight four step staircase that led to an ornate obsidian and gold accented throne, upon which a gorgeous monster of a female sat. Even with grotesquely red eyes, the girl was captiv...
2024-02-19 15:59:32 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 19
Within two hours of leaving no less than three drones had direct feeds and were mounted and following Frank as he made his way down Death Row. Their green lights showed that they were clearly filming Frank’s escape in infrared. This was the color that Frank was the most accustomed to, as it was the color that fed all CCTV cameras of the slums and lower districts.
As soon as he saw the three drones covering him and flying overhead, Frank realized that the drones were l...
2024-02-19 13:38:04 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 198
Feelings At Home
“And just where have you been?” Mallory asks, like some extremely angry mother who has caught their kids out after curfew. Well, caught in this case means awoken to the pounding of cops on the door, basically demanding to know “is this your child? And if so you might want to ask her where she has been.”
Not that this has ever happened to me. Well, not entirely true. I was in Mallory’s place due to Gwen of all kids. Kind of Iron...
2024-02-18 23:37:36 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 197
Making Bold Announcements
One thing I have to give the world is its ability to adapt. A few weeks ago it proved a misunderstanding of how martial powers were to be applied as witnessed in my martial showdown Jackie Khan who apparently had little control over Qi itself and thought that by pushing more Qi through their meridians they would be more powerful, or pose a challenge to me.
Since then, the level of control over Qi by the indigenous people of this world ha...
2024-02-18 15:31:21 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 18
If anyone wanted to know exactly what Frank was thinking while making his way up to the summit, where he overlooked the valley of death below, his thoughts would be simple. He would rather jump to his possible death below than ride in a helicopter again.
Even as he got to the summit, and looked out in the distance, there high in the sky he swore he could still see the dark spot in the air, that was all that remained of the still retreating helicopter that brought him he...
2024-02-18 05:01:10 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 17
Fwoop-fwoop-fwoop.
Frank had spent the last two hours in complete and utter fear. From his time leaving the doctor’s office, he had been bound, chained, blindfolded, and was now being transported in the air in an old mechanical device.
He knew he was flying due to the odd smells that were being released and slowly allowed to seep into the closed container that they were in.
Being a child of the slums Frank had never experienced heights, nor how to...
2024-02-17 19:49:57 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 16
Death was running rampant, pulling out the green light energy of the doctor, and slowly destroying and corrupting it from within. The once fully healthy doctor began to age and wither before Frank’s eyes.
Her once smooth skin began to age and wither as liver spots poked their way through, pulling and stretching patches of skin until they formed discolored pools on her skin. Her face, once young and blemish free began to wrinkle and lose its elasticity. These were just...
2024-02-17 15:43:57 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 15
Darkness.
Thick and unrelenting, yet, there was something deeper in the darkness. That is of course if Frank was brave enough to find his way out of the darkness.
The Darkness clung to him, like a thick wet blanket that seemed to almost suffocate if you held still for too long. If you gave in and stopped struggling.
“Give up.”
A mocking voice echoed out in the darkness.
It would be easy, almost too easy to give up. But that ...
2024-02-17 12:39:30 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 196
The Setup On Floor 210
(Alilian and RaSean)
“Do you think she will even stop here?” RaSean asked, the weight of having to stay in the Arcanarus Tower for yet another day weighing on him. While his regeneration was more than capable of dealing with the slow necrotic rot that overtook everyone living who entered the tower, he still couldn’t help but feel the slow drain that this realm had on his psyche slowly withering away at him. He and Alilian had...
2024-02-16 12:26:27 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 44
Everything
(Alishia Stone)
Sometimes people can’t seem to take a hint. At least that is what Alishia thought of the new girl who was clearly marking territories that were beyond her abilities to even comprehend.
It all started with the fact that Rodger couldn’t keep his eyes off of the new girl. Apparently, Rodger had a thing for redheads, that or for the tall athletic type, or maybe it was the way her face was seemingly perfectly symmetrical with itself...
2024-02-15 12:10:00 +0000 UTC
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<<<Author's Note: Sorry for any confusion. I wrote and subsequently wrote the chapters out of order. The chapter released yesterday Formerly called Chapter 43 (Everything focusing on Alishia Stone will be Chapter 44, which will be re-released here shortly). Sorry about the confusion, but I realized that there were a lot of things that were implied that would not make sense without this chapter, so I mixed and replaced the two.
Thank you all for your understand...
2024-02-15 12:07:50 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 195
A Well Deserved Vacation
“GUH! Finally.” I say out loud to myself as I activate the remaining Two hours and Fifty-Seven minutes of my Confidentiality. While I used the three key minutes that allow me to act without anyone’s awareness earlier in the morning, I find myself using the last three hours to distort the time that I will spend exploring the Arcanarus Tower.
Sniff.
As I arrive the sweet smell of murky tomes fi...
2024-02-12 21:42:47 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 194
Final Preparations
I had been tweaking my plans constantly. I have learned a few things like the fact that just because I have a Simulacrum doesn’t mean they will act exactly as I would. This was most apparent, when I tried to hit the easy button, take a morning off from my teaching schedule and let my Simulacrum take my spot as the instructor.
It was a disaster.
I never considered myself a perfectionist, though I guess when it comes to teaching Qi, Qi Te...
2024-02-11 15:20:36 +0000 UTC
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Interlude I
(One Week Later)
Sub-Lieutenant Percius Holsy
“The entire thing from start to finish was a P.R. disaster,” General Graves said, as he combed through the reports before him on everything that happened. “You know they are calling it the day of the Reaper. A day when not one but two students were seemingly cut down in some death pact suicide attempt.”
“Sir, it wasn’t like that.” Captain Ty “Vanguard” Wright cut in.
“I know. Trust me, ...
2024-02-10 17:01:53 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 14
Frank waited, wondering if this was all a joke. One sick instance of gallows humor, before he had the rug pulled out from underneath him. Then just as he felt all eyes on him, Holsy began drawing even more attention to him, by talking.
“Ladies and Gentlemen,” Holsy began his voice booming loudly in the open gymnasium. “You all might be wondering who this new person is, having never seen them in your school before. Yet, here they are now, standing patiently, waitin...
2024-02-10 13:49:44 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 42
Conflicting Interests
(Darcy Renolds)
“The only good thing about the world collapsing in on itself was the fact that I didn’t have to go to school. Now it seems that everyone’s first fear is truly coming true, having to go back and finish high school, while trying to recover from the apocalypse.” James Rider, Darcy’s best friend and former crush stated.
Darcy clearly listed James as a former crush as he had his chance with her, but he never took th...
2024-02-09 11:17:56 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 193
Magical Radiation And Other Challenges
(Mallory)
“So what do you think?” Mallory asks, holding her arms out wide as she holds her breath in anticipation for what she might hear in response.
“About what?” Gwen asks, turning her head towards Mallory, still not quite understanding what her partner was asking about.
“About my new skin pigmentation changes? Isn’t it cool? I mean it is not the ethereal blue of a cosmic night sky like you and you...
2024-02-08 02:37:05 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 41
Movement
(Misha Tulley)
“This just in. A major outbreak of unknown origins has just been released in Hong Kong, London, D.C., and Los Angelas. With so many major cities hit all at once, leaders are thinking this is another super-virus outbreak. For now, the government has instituted an emergency shutdown to quell the outbreak. At this time everyone is advised to stay at home and not leave for any purposes, unless it is an emergency.” The News broadcas...
2024-02-07 10:31:30 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 192
T.A.M.
I did it, I finally found someone that I could train my hardest against and not have to worry about cheating, about instant death strikes, or worse causing undue pain. T.A.M. training, or Training Against Myself, has so far proven to be the best workout I could find.
Flap-flutter-flap.
Yes, I’ve learned to battle against myself.
Every morning I wake up and feel a renewed sense of awe and wonder with my training. Now I wake up at two ...
2024-02-05 18:06:51 +0000 UTC
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Interlude XI
“Pixie’s Puppies! That’s right, the Cassiopeia Spiritlight channels are back and now the number one trending topic around the world is puppies. More importantly, Pomeranian Puppies.” The announcer begins, as the screen behind him changes to show Cass performed core alterations on three of the Cardinal Protectors, thereby allowing them to change into cute little adorable Pomeranian puppies.
The screen shows Cass standing over the biggest and most formidable fir...
2024-02-04 14:44:20 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 13
“Look, all it means is that you don’t have anything to worry about by touching that stone, for a second time…” Holsy’s words pierced Frank to his very core.
He had been so calm, so focused on not slipping up, that he now found himself shocked that he was found out so easily. Had they always known? They must have, as they clearly seemed to be letting Frank hang himself here with his silence.
Though, Frank figured that maybe he could play this all off as a...
2024-02-03 16:21:51 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 12
By all appearances Luther had changed and he hadn’t. Gone was the overly cocky child that Frank had grown up despising. Instead, he seemed to be a mostly cowering version of himself. At least while interacting with the other soldiers.
Luther had the same military uniform as everyone else, but his rank had the typical ‘B’ on it, but with a white background. It didn’t take a mental genius to realize that the white background for his rank meant he was different fro...
2024-02-03 13:29:29 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 191
I Solemnly Swear, That I Am Up To…
Sometimes life throws you a curveball at the exact right time, when you least expect it, but somehow still manage to take advantage of it all the same.
Smiling brightly, I couldn’t help but think of all the evil possibilities that were suddenly possible. Of all the things that I could now do. No, not just me, but the things that five of me could do at one time.
I didn’t even know how such a fortuitous opportunity dro...
2024-02-02 02:34:42 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 40
Repairs
(Two Days Later)
Darren Hallsprings
To say that Darren was devastated by the power outage that ravaged the world would be an understatement. For over two weeks his entire life, as he knew it, was over. No online stalking, no viewing the wonders of the world through the safety of his room from his own laptop and drone monitor feed, and worst of all, he had no clue what others thought of his statements about supernatural entities living among them.
...
2024-02-01 03:59:13 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 39
Status Change
(Misha Tulley)
The past two weeks were rather chaotic for everyone around the world, not just the residents of Jackson West Virginia. As the solar flare that ripped through the planet and destroyed, disabled, or deactivated all electronic devices was still being dealt with.
Misha thought that right about now would be a good time to pose the idea of crystalline power generators, they were more efficient, more resilient, and most importantly they...
2024-01-30 10:44:07 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 190
Mighty Morphing Pomeranians (Part 2)
It was the old Pomeranian stand-off.
Me staring down a Pomeranian who despite being normal dimensions for a Pomeranian, was nearly up to mid-thigh, at least while sitting down and having her head elevated.
Right now, however, Nagingah was not sitting down. In fact, now Nagingah and her fellow Guardians were staring down angrily at me, even going so far as to threaten my territory.
I must admit that at this point I ...
2024-01-28 17:34:43 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 189
Mighty Morphing Pomeranians (Part 1)
Okay, so it is fairly irrefutable that I resurrected a sacred cardinal protector. It might also be irrefutable that I put said resurrected spirit into a vessel that was not only a hundred times smaller than the original form, but also had a slightly different shape than previously accounted for.
While all the Cardinal Protectors were originally given the shapes of mythical European style dragons, complete with larger than nece...
2024-01-28 13:37:00 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 11
Breakthrough.
A breakthrough apparently happened while Frank was asleep. He didn’t know how such a feat was possible, but he figured it was mostly due to the way his body was nearly constantly cycling Qi throughout his body. Not just any Qi, but the green Qi that his body seemed to crave the most.
That was why he felt somewhat empty, but was happy to find that he had been hooked up to monitors and tubes that were used to forcefully push fluids into his ...
2024-01-28 02:25:44 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 10
Dancing.
In his mind, that was what Frank began equating each motion and movement of battle to. He was dancing, moving his body and limbs to an unheard rhythm. That’s not true actually, as there was a rhythm, the distinguishable and unique rhythm that each rodent he faced off against had. The unique way each and every rodent either sped up or slowed down their approach and attacks against him.
Frank found himself speeding up and slowing down slightly wi...
2024-01-27 14:07:19 +0000 UTC
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