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453 - The Law Of The Strong

New Kingdom of Mecca, Port City of Hensink, East Coast of the New World

Life was hard, at least for the villagers outside the city walls. The war with the Empire had rolled over the Kingdom of Mecca and its allies and under the occupation of the Imperial invaders, the people of Mecca had suffered as the majority of the common people were enslaved.

But with the death of the Emperor, the Imperial invaders took everywhere they could, from food to gold and even some of th...

452 - Inside the Storm

Haven, Capital of the United Nations, First General Hospital

The corridor lights flickered for the third time in the night and the trainee nurse looked up from the nurse station with annoyance. "What is the matter with the lights tonight?"

"What day is it today?" The other senior nurse asked from her desk.

"It should be the fourth day of the week..." The new nurse replied. "Why does the day has to do with the lights?"

"Oh... it's that time of the week..." ...

451 - One Big Jump for Gobs!

United Nations, Fortress Singapore, Command Bridge

The command bridge was exceptionally crowded as VIPs and senior officers of all branches stood watching the display screens attentively. Low voices of the operators and mission controllers could be heard in the background as the screens displayed an image of a stubby aircraft outfitted with four large rockets slowly crawling its way into the sky.

"Crossing sixty kilometres..." A voice came out from the speakers. "Shut...

450 - State of Panic

The Old World, Iron Kingdom Border, Mountain Fort Bast

Steam whistles shrilled long and sharply, more than enough to wake the dead inside the Fort which was carved out from the side and peaks of the mountain range. The frightened lookout who saw the dark red dots appearing out of the clouds jerked the lanyard to the steam whistle in panic.

The Fort Commodore was enjoying tea with the other senior officers in the tea room which was built into the side of the mountain, ...

449 - Dungeon Cleared!

Waves of scorching heat spread over the platform, forcing both groups of soldiers and adventurers back. Turok gritted his teeth as he braced against the heat of the Fire Elemental and growled at the support mages. "Up our resistance to heat more! More! MORE!"

The mages quickly switched their spells, and blue aura shimmered over the adventurers. Turok raised his double bladed ax and pointed towards the Fire Elemental. "Chargeeee!"

The adventurers with their fire resist...

448 - Working Together

Streaks of light covered the noon sky as a rain of meteors entering the atmosphere in a spectacular display of fireworks. The class paused and everyone crowded at the windows, wooing and awing in appreciation of nature's fireworks.

Blake stood behind the girl he has been dating for the past few months and smiled with her as she laughed and clapped joyfully. Despite the light coming from the G type main sequence star that hung over the skies in an orange glow, the meteors bu...

447 - A Call to Arms

United Nations, Seacliff Mining and Dungeon Town, Adventurers' Inc.

Karl had a frown as he looked at the people crowded in his office. He looked at one group on the right which consisted of his remaining adventurers, on the middle was the military and on the left was the Witch, who has come for her brother.

"Mr Freeman, I am sure you received the government's letter regarding the management of the dungeon," Warrant Officer Tyrier said. "Due to your current situation, ...

446 - Reunion

The muted roar of the prop engines was like a lullaby to Hitsu and the rest of the passengers as the heavy transport plane flew towards its destination. Seated on both sides of the cargo bay were members of Claymore One and a platoon from the Army's, First Rifle Regiment. Heavy equipment and gear were strapped down in the middle of the cargo bay while most of the men dozed off or made small talk.

Hitsu gave a yawn and grumbled, "I thought we no longer need to return to the ...

445 - Funny Business

United Nations, Sawtooth Mountain Airforce Base

The break of dawn cast an orange glow on the runway as the sun peeked out from the peaks of the mountains. Dozens and dozens of dragons of all weight classes had lined up in an orderly manner on the runway, snapping and growling amongst themselves impatiently.

Suddenly a flutter of wings came overhead and large shadow descended down from the skies. Blue Thunder's size and weight was clearly larger than the largest dragon...

444 - The Protectorate of Ramuh

The Old World, Protectorate Territory, Ramuh, Capital of the Protectorate, Halls of Judgement

The towering spires of the Halls of Judgement pierced into the dark and gloomy clouds which threatened to break into a storm. The Grand Jury, mandated by the God of Creation and Justice to govern all of its creation under the sky, ruled the lands of the Protectorate from within the Halls of Judgement.

Inquisitor Mathias paused at the foot of the stairs that led up to the Hall...

443 - Is It Worth It?

United Nations, Sawtooth Mountains, Haven Armament Works

A sharp clatter echoed out and was swallowed almost immediately by the massive underground hangar and the mix of other bustling sounds. Irisval Von Aston slumped against the unarmoured leg of a spider tank as she stared at the soldier who came delivering a piece of news to her asked in concern at seeing her state. "Madam? Are you alright?"

Irisval looked down at the message note and crumpled it into a ball in he...

442 - Mahou... Shoujo?!

Recommended song - Jojo Pose by Apollo Fresh 

United Nations, Haven, Residental District

Dr. Sharon peeled off the all natural face mask made out of the skin of local fruits and massaged her face as she sat before the mirror. She continued massaging her face and reached out one hand to grab a bottle of moisturiser when she accidentally knocked the bottle over.

She sighed at her clumsiness and reached under the vanity mirror table, trying to grab the bottle th...

441 - Deaths and Drills

Red and blue flashing lights covered outside the entrance of the Seacliff Mining Station where the dungeon was located. Already a large crowd of miners and other workers had formed, all watching the ambulances and security personnel waiting at the entrance.

Shortly after a group of rag tagged medical staff and their escorts came running out with stretchers carrying the critical wounded between them. They rushed up to the waiting ambulances and the crowd parted to allow the ...

440 - How It Feels

United Nations, Seacliff Mining and Dungeon Town, Dungeon Level 12, Boss Room

The Lich King gave an unearthly cry, sending waves of goosebumps down Ciel and Justze's spines. They both froze in fear as they stared at the evil purple flames within the eye sockets of the Lich King's skull.

Both of them felt their consciousness been suck away deep into the eye sockets of the skull that seemed to pierce right into their very souls. They stood there shaking in terror like t...

439 - Year 4 Winter

Cracks and bright colourful flashes of exploding fireworks erupted all over the night skies as the people of the small but growing nation celebrated the ending of winter and the coming of spring. The people of the United Nations ignored the cold as they celebrated and partied away all the unhappiness and worries of the year away.

Outside the border gates of the UN, dozens of makeshift tent cities had sprung up over the months as they waited for a chance to cross into the bo...

438 - Two Face

North of the Borders of Falledge, Somewhere in the Hills, Cave

An illegible squeak of pain came from an old and wilted looking goblin as a pair of steel boots slammed into its side, sending it sprawling across the stone floor of the cave lit by torches fuel by animal fat. The orange glow of the torches made the shadows of the naturally formed cavern look alive as they flickered from the light.

"Hurry up scum!" The owner of the steel boots yelled and gave another kick ...

437 - Into The Dungeon

United Nations, Seacliff Mining and Dungeon Town, Level 7 Dungeon

Leon stood with his greatsword ready as he carefully shepherded his two newbies in the ways of dungeon exploration and combat. Snarls and growls of beasts came from all directions before them.

His party of five stood their ground at the entrance into a massive great hall that was supported by hundreds of stone pillars that were wider than a person's outstretched arms could hug. Each square pillar was sp...

436 - A City called Hope

Skies between Sea of Clouds and the Iron Kingdom

The skies around the border were filled with plumes of black smoke and grey clouds as the battle raged on. Steam leaked out from ruptured pipes and armour plates of the airships as they circled around the large red coloured airship, trying to get the upper hand over each other.

Suddenly, one of the Iron Kingdom smaller airships, too slow to turn or its propulsion systems too damaged, got caught within the firing arcs of...

435 - Glory and Honour

Skies between Sea of Clouds and the Iron Kingdom

Grace held on to the railing mounted on the bulkhead as the deck underneath her feet shook violent. The hull of the IK Iron Maiden seemed to shake and the hammering clash of the heavy shots reverberated painfully to the crew onboard.

Grace steadied herself and ran down the decks where she could hear the high pitch hiss of escaping steam. As she turned around the corner, she saw a couple of crew members curled up like a shrimp, their...

434 - The Iron Kingdom

The heavy whop whop whop of the spinning aerial screw gently pushed the sleek airship through the air, joining the formation of four other similar ships. The airships kept to a flying 'V' formation as they closed towards the edge of the border.

The airships had a shape similar to a Terran swordfish and in place of it's 'tail', where three spiral shaped aerial screws were placed two side by side and one below. The 'nose' of the airship was the bowsprit which was linked...

433 - Nominated

Airspace over the edge of the End Zone

A seagull winged twin engined plane buzzed lazily in the air just beyond the boundary of a thick layer of grey clouds. The plane kept to its course steadily as it patrolled the edge of the End Zone when it spotted a ship drifting on the waters.

"Is that ours?" The spotter crew onboard the FB - 1 Mariner trained their binoculars as the pilot brought the plane down for a low flyby of the unknown ship. "It's the missing Slayer!"

432 - Getting Out

The End Zone, UNS Slayer

The hull of the Goblin class corvette moaned painfully as it rode the massive wave that rose taller than its superstructure. The ship's red painted bottom was briefly exposed as it crested the top of the wave before crashing down in a spray of white water.

Its twin smoke stacks spewed out thick grey smoke that was blown away by the strong winds as the engine boilers worked frantically to powered its twin propeller screws. The ship rolled and y...

431 - Foul Motives

United Nations, Falledge, Border Customs

A large crowd of rowdy refugees were trying to force their way through the gates once it was opened. The soldiers and Immigration officers had to impose strict instructions to the jousting crowd before they calmed down and entered the gate without pushing. The large rolling gate was only opened till enough space for a single person to cross while on both sides of the gate was the border fence made out of thick reinforced concrete bars ...

430 - Plans in Motion

A long convoy of trucks and buses followed the winding dirt and mud road, which path curled around the massive tree roots of the forest. The convoy drove carefully as they navigated the twists and turns of the uneven road.  A sudden monstrous roar broke over the rumbling engines and giant serpentine beast broke out from the foliage on the side of the road.

The red bronze scales of the giant boa glittered beautifully under the tiny rays of sunlight coming through the thic...

429 - Conflicts of Interests

The Isles, Port Sancautry, UN Embassy

Commander Ford formed his hands into a tent as he stared coldly at the smug smiles of the Isles delegates. The Fleet Master Megan lounged like a cat on the chair, ignoring the proceedings as her underlings laid out their demands.

"We want half of those crystals! And the wreck too!" The shrill voice of the Isles negotiator grated Ford's nerves. "You have all spent more than enough time going over the wreck! Now it's our tu...

428 - Mixed Emotions

United Nations, Haven, City Hall

The phone ringed, joining the dozen other phones ringing on the other desks. The harried City Hall staff were besieged by a large number of callers since the news of the Princess had been kidnapped broke over the morning news on the television, radio, and newspapers. 

Hundreds of concerned and angry people called up to enquire about what the government was doing, and why did something like this could even happen. The harr...

427 - Tears

UN, Haven, City Hall

Kage Whitetail's ears were fattened on the tops of her head. Her tail laid limp as she sat slouched over her desk, feeling dejected. She would periodically look up at the empty desk of Sherrene and Takao across the room and sighed sadly. A sudden knock on the door made her jumped up in alarm, her ears and tail standing erected as she cried out in a panicking voice, "Y- Yes?"

The admin lady looked at her in confusion at her before pushing ...

426 - To Heaven and Hell!

UN, Haven, Research and Development Lab

Junker the goblin who was once known as Poky the Weakest, before discovering the wonders of the Machine Gods, was now grumbling to himself as he scribbled madly on a sheet of paper. The glow of the wonderful ever bright lamps cast an orangey glow over his work desk as he continued to ponder on his designs even after working hours.

He had changed his name from Poky the Weakest, being physically weakest among his brothers...

425 - Adventurers' Inc.

UN, SeaCliff Mining and Dungeon Town

"Whahahahahahaa!" Boisterous booming laughter greeted Justze and Ciel as they entered the huge barn's side door. They saw a small group of men and women gathered around a corner of the large barn, seated around a table on sofas and drinking away merrily.

Justze swept his eyes over the interior of the barn, seeing the centre of the barn was filled with three magic wagons, called 'kars' in the hoomans' language. One was them...

424 - Commitments

UN, Haven, Botanical Gardens

Cheers and applause followed the smiling couple as they walked down the carpet of flower petals. Two wind wolves howled in unison as they competed with the roaring of two dragons trying to outdo each other in their way of cheering. James Bone, ex Marine and now a Major with the newly established UN Army held on to his just wedded wife, Kristine Bone.

He wore his uniform with all his medals in display and waved at his friends while...