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650 - Claymore Two

"Here!" The Protectorate handler mounted on the snarling warg as the huge beast clawed the hard dirt called out. He jerked the reins hard to control the wolf like beast and kicked its side before the warg calmed down. The leather clad handler hopped off the back of his warg and looked over the spot where his beast had dug the ground with its claws and found a scrap of rag. He held it to the dripping nose of the warg and snapped, "Track!"

The warg growled as it sniffed the piece of rag b...

649 - Murder Most Foul

Gentle waves broke against the dark grey hull of the anchored UNS Vengeance, creating glowing blue green sprays of sea water. Bioluminescence painted the surrounding ocean waters beautiful, but no one onboard the UNS Vengeance had the mind to admired the night view as the flight decks of the tri hull carrier were being prep for a major operation.

Elevator hummed as transported aircraft with their wings folded to the flight decks. Crews wearing different colored jackets were busy with th...

648 - Emotional Trauma

Protectorate / Iron Kingdom Border

Blue green camoed Marines clad in battle armour patrolled the perimeter of the Old Ugly as teams of crewmembers worked pumps and hoses, refilling the water tanks of the airship. Others moved carts of chopped wood onboard via the side ramp and a bunch of goblins were fussing over an exposed innard of an engine. Blake watched all these from the cooling sanctuary of the bridge viewports. Despite being nighttime, summer has arrived and the parties working ...

Leung's Bullshitting Skill

So something really funny happened today...    

The guys on discord were talking about how they wanted a side story about Leung's Bullshit, while others wanted him dead...    

So as usual I would do a dice roll to determine if the character would die, followed by a saving throw which in this case for Leung, it would be his bullshit skill...     

1st roll of the dice, 1d20+6 (plot armor and current 'safe' situation for him) &n...

647 - The Fallen

"The Iron King is dead! Long live the Iron King!" Word spread fast through the Iron Kingdom soldiers and the sudden news sapped their final strength and morale. They turned around to look towards the cathedral numbly as Protectorate soldiers rushed forward, demanding the beaten soldiers to lay down their arms.

At the ruins of the cathedral doors, the wrecked Inquisition War Jack gave a final feeble jerk before steam burst out from its boiler. The chest hatch of the War Jack swung open a...

646 - Face Off

Eye shearing blue white lightning bolts arc across the hall and struck the hulking War Jack. Sparks sprayed out from the impact of the spells, leaving behind scorched marks from the armour plating. Valiant soldiers rammed dragon lances against the War Jack, but their efforts were for nought as they could barely come into reach to stab their weapons into the rampaging steam golem.

"Do not fear death! For death is the only way for thy sins to be Judged!" The hollow voice of the Chief Inqu...

645 - Mud and Blood

When two opposing magical forces collided against each other, they apply forces to each other of equal magnitude and opposite direction, just like Newton's Third Law. The magical barriers of the Protectorate's Inquisition flagship and the flying island of the Iron Kingdom flattened against each other as the full mass and acceleration of the arrow shaped flagship rammed right the cathedral of the flying island.

It became a battle of magic attrition as neither airship or the flying island...

644 - It Is Time!

As word spread across the Old World about the possible alliance between the Tri State and the Protectorate of Ramuh, the Iron King of the Iron Kingdom listened to the latest report about their dwindling stores of magical crystals left onboard the Iron Fortress. The mage tower where the ball lightning spell had fallen silent hours before as they could not keep up with the demands needed.

The ball lightning spell tower had burnt through enough magic crystals to bankrupt the Iron Kingdom t...

643 - War of the Old World

A massive ball of energy lit up the skies and the resulting explosion encompassed over a dozen of airships. When the eye shearing light vanished, those airships had vanished and those caught at the edges spun out of control. The magical barriers of Ramuh's Judgement shimmered colourfully as it resisted the attack of the Level 10 spell.

It was the third casting of the ball lightning spell by the Iron Kingdom. The Protectorate had spaced its fleet out both vertically and horizontally whic...

Health Issues - Author's at HP 23%

Hi guys, have some bad news for now. I'm currently in hospital under observation as of this morning 7th Sept, due to a minor heart attack.

I will be taking a short break to recover, releases will be slower, maybe one to two chapters per week for the time being until my HP recovers fully.

Once again, wanna thank you guys for the support and reading my novel despite the horrendous grammar =)

642 - Observation

The skies had turned dark when Claymore One and Two of the Hundred and First Arcane Tactics and Intervention were dropped off. The transport helicopter and its two escorts disappeared rapidly into the darkness as the two special force teams prepped their equipment for their mission.

Earlier in the day, the transport helicopter and its escorts had infiltrated into the airspace of the Protectorate. High above them, a FB - 1S Mariner, running AWACS, guided them as they penetrated over a th...

641 - Rescue

Prince Herod stepped off the courier ramp and ignored the salutes and bows presented to him by the knights and officers. He impatiently gestured for the aides to lead the way and entered the castle through a noisy steam powered elevator. The rock walls of the cavern hangar soon changed to grey dressed stone and as the elevator came to a halt, two rows of knights stand at attention outside the elevator doors.

The rows of knights raised their steam lances in salute as Prince Herod stepped...

640 - Destruction

Mushroom shaped projectiles whizzed across the skies between the groups of airships. The Protectorate fleet, three times the size and having heavier ships compared to the retreating Iron Kingdom fleet, seemed like a wave as they advanced confidently in a checkered formation stacked four high.

Below the shadows of the war machines, thousands fled in terror. Spent projectiles or projectiles that missed their mark, came whistling down like bombs and bombarded the fleeing people. The Iron K...

639 - Waste

Standing with his hands clasped behind his back and staring out of the view ports, Captain Blake shook his head at the sights of ongoing destruction and death. He watched a flash of fire and smoke erupt from the long barrel guns that were sited down below the decks and turned away. "Has the triangulation been completed?"

"Yes, Captain," Trism replied and handed over a data slate. "Analysts shows a 92% chance that the Princess is not located inside the Iron Kingdom."

The decks shoo...

638 - To Sacrifice

When Crown Prince Najja saw the number of airships that greeted the 9th Iron Fleet upon arriving at Mortling's Hold, he had a sinking feeling in his belly. Sky General Bundberg shook his head in silence before he turned away from the view ports.

"Ready a courier ship for his Highness to depart immediately," Sky General Bundberg said to his staff. "And call for the commander of Mortling's Hold and all the senior officers for a meeting."

"My Brother..." Prince Najja paused at the ha...

637 - Judgement

The first streaks of orange slowly spread out across the skies as the sun slowly peeked out. For many, dawn was the time of a new beginning, the start of a new day and the light that drove away the cold and darkness. Yet, for some, dawn spelt another meaning for them as frantic reports came flooding into the bridge of the Iron Regent.

Observers nervously scanning the horizon with their far seeing devices spotted the dark crimson dots glowing under the orange rays of dawn. Reports were i...

Conflict Map

Can you find Greg the Great?

636 - Falling Back

The decks underneath Prince Najja's feet shook wildly. He held on to the armrest of the command throne in panic as crew members were thrown off their feet from the sudden violent movement. Sky General Bundberg recovered himself quickly and he started yelling commands, "Order all ships to keep their ranks and overlap their magic barriers with ours! Now!"

The remaining ships of the 19th Iron Fleet tightened their ranks, their checkered cube formation shrinking smaller and smaller as magic...

The Old World

Here's the map of the Old World factions~

Will soon have a zoomed in map of the places Blake and company had went to including the current conflicts~

635 - The Only Clue

Prince Najja was feeling left out and confused as he remained seated on the command throne. Before him, the bridge crew of the Iron Regent was busy at their stations while the senior officers and commanders were gathered around the map table with constant aides rushing back and fore between the signalers and communication mages.

He kept a jealous eye on his royal brother who at first stood at the side but gradually became part of the command staff, helping the older general control a po...

634 - Not the Time

The Old World, Iron Kingdom, 19th Iron Fleet, IK Iron Regent

The hundred and eight meter long airship, IK Iron Regent, serving as a flagship was surrounded by dozens of other airships as the entire 19th Iron Fleet made their way majestically across the skies. The steam and aetherium powered airship was one of the only three Monarch class battle wagons ever built by the Iron Kingdom.

The Monarch class looking like a very fat cigar was lined with four rows of the largest caliber ste...

633 - The Weight of Leadership

Even as dawn broke out, the smoke from the burning ships and defences laid thickly around the border like a storm cloud. Other than the thick oily smoke in the air, there was nothing in the air, not even the curious feathered wyverns could be seen.

Survivors from the attack crawled out from the rubble and all they could see was smoke and ruins. Broken airships dotted the landscape and from the amount of smoke around the location of the border towns, the survivors were certain that those...

632 - Change of Plans

The Old Ugly barely managed to take off the field when soldiers came storming in. The urgent ringing of bells had echoed out from the Iron Palace prompted the goblins stripping down the helo to quicken their hands and they finally managed to pack the entire helo up for transport and tow it into the Old Ugly when the earth started rumbling.

Companies of cavalry and steam wagons came rolling out of the city walls with orders to prevent any docked airships around the surrounding airfields ...

631 - A Favour

Distant flashes of explosions lit up the clouds while raging fires and burning airships turned the night skies blood red. Rumble of things blowing up rolled over the land and the crew of the two UN Icarus class airships watched the ongoing battle silently while laying hidden under the cover of the trees.

From their vantage point, they could see the entire mountain range was on fire and the flames lit up the countless airships in the skies that were constantly throwing shots after shots ...

630 - Escape

The Old World, UN Forward Base, Fort Anchorage

The dull grey walls of the sea cliff suddenly flickered and a pair of sword shaped bows emerged seemingly from out of no where. The objects continued to come out of the cliff wall, growing longer and larger until the entire mass of the ship had exited and the grey cliff wall gave a last flicker.

The tri hull ship continued its way out to the open sea before it swung to starboard side, leaving trails of white wake behind. Overhead like...

629 - Simple

Word of the Third Prince being incarcerated in his chamber spread throughout the Iron Kingdom's Capital quickly and in the meantime, another more scandalous rumour accompanied the news. The Third Prince had been enthralled by a witch that had used some dark tricks to pull the Iron King's soul from the abyss!

While some of the population did not believe in the rumours but there were many others who did. Those jealous and enemies of the Third Prince quickly used this rumour to their advan...

628 - Coup

"Is this news true?" Prince Herod asked anxiously to Captain Blake who was seated in his usual chair. He had rushed over to the Old Ugly as soon as he read the message and demanded to meet Blake. "How did you get this information when our own spies and scouts have not even spotted anything?"

"I have my means," Blake gave a shrug and replied. "I have done my part for our alliance. It is up to you to believe it or not."

Prince Herod slumped down on the chair behind him, his mind rac...

627 - SHTF

"For Justice! For Justice!" Ecstatic cries rose from thousands and thousands of throats as hands waved red flags at the enormous fleet in the skies. Blood red airships of all sizes were formed up neatly and trailing streamers, they paraded over the holy cities and towns as they headed towards the border.

Sherene paused in her work and looked up as a massive shadow carpeted the farm and saw the underside of a low flying airship. Together with dozen others, the fleet of airships made a sh...

626 - Communications

Electromagnetic waves, directed towards a particular location, raced through the atmosphere, only to be weakened by the barrier of storms and unnatural weather before being picked up by receivers on floating communication balloons powered by hydrogen that were anchored to the ocean at the edge of the End Zone.

The chain of communication balloons started relaying the data back towards the base where the comms servers started downloading the data and reconstructed the message in the strea...

625 - Intel

The New World, United Nations, Haven, Fortress Singapore

"Commander!" Intel Officer Tavor barely finished his knock on the door before he stepped into the office of Commander Ford. "We got a issue!"

"What is it?" Commander Ford put down the report he was reading and took the file given. "What the... How long has this been going on?"

"We spotted a massive build up of Protectorate forces along their cities!" Lieutenant Tavor tapped a few keys at the wall display and brought up...