Chapter 57
The Prophetic Herald
Once again, Luke felt like something was off. While he had spent the better part of the afternoon next to his sister, he still couldn’t help but feel like the other shoe was going to drop. Part of him wondered if they should even go to the Halloween party, but even thinking that, Luke realized that the part of this whole night that was bothering him was not the party.
Well, he did have his own apprehension about going to the party, but that ...
2022-12-08 11:01:10 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 180
Lykan
Complete Foundation
To say that Lykan was motivated to continue to improve was an understatement. When he constantly had to compare himself to his partner, to the spark of inspiration that constantly forced him to push father, to aim higher. She was amazing in every single way to him. Every stride forward, every advancement was made to make sure he could protect her. Every piece of understanding and piece of enlightenment was made to help find ways that a f...
2022-12-08 05:33:02 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 56
Mandatory Service
Alexa made her way back in time to witness the last period of the day. Surprisingly the guest lecturer that seemed to think herself as far too important to teach a class of sophomores was still around. Everyone remained quiet as they watched Alexa make her way to her customary seat at the front of class.
During her walk Alexa made sure to stand up straight, with perfect posture, and most importantly she showed no weakness. Her entire body was sor...
2022-12-07 11:20:54 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 124
The Universe Hates Me and I Hate the Universe Right Back
I will admit that I have a hard time understanding the differences between something that is merely coincidental and something that is truly ironic. Honestly I don’t know if the events that unfolded next were coincidental, Ironic, or a sudden case of instant Karma coming to take its toll from my life. In any case, I learned right then and there that I hate the universe, more importantly, I hate this universe, b...
2022-12-07 05:55:52 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 55
The Demonstration
“What the heck happened to you?” Luke asked.
It was a fair question, one that Alexa admittedly should answer. The only problem was, she realized the explanation would be taxing. Well explaining what happened would be relatively easy, but the demonstration afterwards would be tough.
Just thinking about what was required of her, caused her to move. This of course caused some of the dried blood and viscera on her to tighten and clump. She ...
2022-12-06 10:07:50 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 179
Brenna
The Earth Remembers All
They knew, that was it, the two word response that caused Lykan to nearly shut down. That was it, the entirety of what he had found from the obsidian image of a book.
Then he began looking at the book, well not the book itself, he had already read the two permanent pages of the book ad managed to translate the raised text. Instead now he just focused on the materials that the book was made from.
“Obsidian?”
Tha...
2022-12-06 04:47:17 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 54
The Twin Connection
Something was off. No matter how Luke went about his morning, he couldn’t help but feel like he was missing something. He checked his homework, which was done as well as could be expected. He did have a sister who just got back from being attacked by a Necromancer, that should count for something.
Okay, maybe she wasn’t attacked directly by the Necromancer, but she did have to stay in the hospital for a few hours while she recovered. Worse,...
2022-12-05 10:03:31 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 123
Finally, A Joke I Will Never Be Able to Tell
I am not the most politically correct of people. I think we can all agree to that at this point. I also realize that I am willing to let things play out for a laugh, even if I am the only one laughing. Of course, there is a problem. Sometimes a joke goes beyond your wildest comprehensions.
Sure, you go and find a magic potion that will turn your skin into something an emo-vampire-stripper could only dream about having....
2022-12-05 01:03:54 +0000 UTC
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I did update the first image to the second one.
2022-12-04 16:37:43 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 53
The First Monster of Pandora
All the villages were the same. From the layout, to the different enslaved races being forced to gather a natural resource needed to fuel an army, to the secret entrances to the town hall. The only difference that existed were who oversaw the different villages.
Elves of course enslaved both the gnomes who were assigned to produce grain, and the dwarves who were assigned to harvest ores and other natural resources.
Orcs were the ...
2022-12-04 11:24:32 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 122
What Types of Nightmares Do Dwenvarians Have?
I was not having fun. In fact, I could call this whole experience the exact opposite of fun.
A question one should always ask themselves when in a new land are, what is considered normal? I know everyone assumes this to be a given. For logically we, especially humans, assume that we are always right and thus the center of the universe. That whatever we think should be the standard will be the standard. For obviously, ...
2022-12-03 16:35:33 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 52
The Hidden Quest
“Yes, my people are likely still being forced into subjugation.” The elder gnome said, as a look of reluctance settled on his features.
Small Humanoid (Gnome). Emotional State: Reluctance.
Alexa watched the Gnome, from his once proud bearing and the way the others in the room seemed content to let him talk, it was clear he was a leader. Going on her instinct, Alexa asked a question that was currently in her mind.
“You di...
2022-12-03 10:30:31 +0000 UTC
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First off, I wanted to say thank you all for continuing to join me over the course of another month.
I want to thank all of you for being with me over the course of this journey.
That said, I now realize that three ongoing projects are a lot.
So in order to make it so you all have a say in how we will go for the month of December (and likely beyond) I am putting everything in your hands as to how I will allocate my time.
The ...
2022-12-02 11:39:26 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 51
The Village – Conqueror
The two guards seemed to be absently looking away from her. It took a few seconds of observation, but they were clearly guards along a back hallway. Alexa looked around for the purpose of the back hallway but was unable to see any true reason for such a hallway to even exist. Ultimately, she figured that the hallway itself was likely meant as a normal mode of escape. One that the original builders of the building would have let the general staf...
2022-12-02 11:16:58 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 178
Lykan
Cinders
Even after just a few years, the once majestic setting of the great library of Abberty village was still little more than charred ruins now. Ruins that were overrun with abundant life. Trees, bushes, and vines all made their way through the charred confines of stone that once served as the mighty foundation for the most impressive building in the village.
Birds and other small mammals made their homes in the different branches and outcroppings...
2022-12-02 04:57:38 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 50
The First Village - Outskirts
The first village Alexa went to had tiny people with yellow energy out working the fields. They all seemed to be moving about quickly, fear on their faces. At least what Alexa had learned from her Perception perks to be fear. She herself still had a hard time understanding the emotions, but thankfully the system gave her automatic readouts of what she was seeing.
Small Humanoid. Emotional State: Fear.
Small Humanoid...
2022-12-01 10:01:36 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 121
Dwenvarian TSA
I will have to admit that the most annoying thing about traveling anywhere will have to be the border checkpoints. Now one could argue that only stupid criminals would attempt to bypass security screening areas. That the most logical place for a criminal mastermind to pass through security borders would be at places where there were no checkpoints in place. That cloaking oneself and teleporting a ship and their cargo to a remote location would be the num...
2022-11-30 22:24:21 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 49
Choosing a Path Forward
Alexa arrived to see the standard wall of text that appeared when she entered a dungeon. Then she was met with two new entries.
Now beginning Stage III of the Trials of Ascension.
Quest: Resources for War: Now that you have chosen a race (Human) to support in the upcoming conflict, you must now procure much needed supplies.
Warning: The supplies gained here wil...
2022-11-30 10:10:05 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 177
Lykan
Flames
The fire danced and expanded with the Air. A natural dance partner to the fluid and constantly moving form of Air. Where the flames expanded, Air receded. When the Air expanded, so too did the flames. They were an odd form of harmony. A chemical reaction and a catalyst.
These were important concepts for Lykan to understand, for him to internalize. He needed to see the way these elements were part of the whole. Earth was used to support the flam...
2022-11-30 09:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 48
The Truth
Alexa was late, well not technically. She was late to her standards. Her standards of course being that she needed to be a minimum of fifteen minutes early to everything. This was why, when Alexa arrived at the meeting spot, a spot and time that she herself chose, she saw Gina. Once again, Gina had beat her to her own location.
This was two times in a row she had been late to meet with Gina. Well not in a row, as there was the time when she met Gina and ...
2022-11-29 09:32:55 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 47
The New Girl
On Wednesday, for the first time in nearly a decade, a new student was allowed to enroll in classes on a day other than Monday. The girl was a petite young thing with pale skin, dark hair, and a giant hulk of a bodyguard for a shadow.
“Now Ms. Stevens, here is your school sash that must be worn at all times.” Mr. Mackie said, handing over a sash with just one pin on the psychic side. The pin denoted a third eye opened on the forehead. This was use...
2022-11-28 09:47:53 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 176
Lykan
The Red Flare
The ominous omen of death burned brilliantly in the sky. Regardless of the time of day, if one looked, they would almost certainly be able to find the red flare blazing through the sky, towards their tiny blue green planet.
The closer it got; the more people seemed to feel the impending doom. Farmers stopped harvesting, soldiers called for armistices, as they waited to see what would happen next.
Ajimal the Great used this moment t...
2022-11-28 09:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 120
Healing Those Who Don’t Know They Are Damaged
It takes a certain kind of person who does the right thing, for all the wrong reasons. While I can’t say that I didn’t enjoy helping the women my Alternate brother damaged, I would be lying if I didn’t feel a certain measure of satisfaction with the way I healed them. Or rather, with the fact that I made sure the people I healed were well and truly angry at what had happened.
Now how did I do this? Simple, I h...
2022-11-27 12:31:01 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 46
When Everyone Knows, But Cannot Say
Alexa awoke with a start; she had a dream about fighting off dungeons that spawned hundreds of invading elven warriors. Her body spasmed and awoke to a jerk. Then suddenly she was awake, in a room that she was not prepared for.
Alexa was still wearing her leather costume, which by this point given the amount of grime and sweat that had built up, made it feel like the costume was wearing her. She felt dirty, no more than that, sh...
2022-11-27 07:01:54 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 119
Forging an Alliance with a Bonfire
I don’t know if I should really hold it against her, or if I am just clutching at reasons not to have any relationship other than Jess. Honestly, I am so conflicted right now, that I don’t even know where to begin.
I could begin with the fact that despite my best efforts, Día Monde still seemed set on luring me to her side.
What her side was exactly, I couldn’t quite tell you. Was she the head of an inter galactic c...
2022-11-26 16:52:55 +0000 UTC
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Interlude IV
Warder / Polyglot
Warder stood outside the room. Being this close made his skin crawl, there was something wrong about all of this. Too many factors didn’t make sense.
First, why would Alexa, or the healer Aru’ka, call poppycock once the coast was clear. That wasn’t supposed to be how the word was used. She knew that, his little girl was far too smart to make a rookie mistake like that. When a Super did that, first it burned the s...
2022-11-26 12:35:56 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 45
Going Into The Trap
It was wrong, it was all wrong. Worse, Alexa could feel just how wrong everything was. From the moment she was outside the building. With every step she took inside the building, she could feel the oppressive nature of magic. This was unlike any magic she had ever felt. This was a thick oily black energy that made you feel greasy just by being in the same room.
“Don’t worry. You’ve got this.” Warder whispered from behind Alexa.
Al...
2022-11-26 06:22:16 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 118
Bonfire - The Mini Universe Traveler
Truth be told I didn’t know what to expect when I came back to Día Monde. I half expected an evil elaborate trap to be set up. Something along the lines of an airtight tank filling with salt water and sharks. No clue why that idea came to mind, but after seeing her merciless way of pulverizing my alternate brother, I realized she was likely capable of many different things.
There was also the other alternative, one where sh...
2022-11-25 12:44:45 +0000 UTC
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Interlude XVI
The Rebuilding of Sidhertha
The trio, as they were soon referred to, stayed around for three months to not only rebuild Sidhertha, but to make the lands better. Not only did they rebuild the lands around the capital, but the trio also went around the countryside, building waterways and roadways to parts of the land that had long since been cut off due to famine, strife, or other natural disaster.
Looking at the land, it was clear that the third old world law wa...
2022-11-25 11:01:10 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 44
Poppycock
Despite all the stops, all the photo ops, and the circuitous route, the team got Alexa onto the second floor with relative ease. Redline the speedster in a red power suit made multiple trips through the route, to ensure its safety. Polyglot used their runic knowledge to tag Redline, to ensure even magical components were detected by Redline’s numerous trips.
Judge and Warder had the honor of escorting Aru’ka and Ms. Peacock to the final location. Whi...
2022-11-25 06:30:23 +0000 UTC
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