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Chapter 122 : The Great Legion Beast

The group of Hero trainees looked in horror as the metal claw pushed itself out of the hole in the ground, each of its three digits being a complete Legion working with the others, and their hearts sunk even more when they realized there was more than one claw. Three more limbs made their way out of the depths of the pit into the pristine white floor, and as more than just the extremities of whatever creature the robots had formed by combining became visible, the group truly realized the scal...

Silhouette Audiobook - Chapter 9

Narrated by Thomas Miller.

Chapter 121 : Trainees VS Legions

Sarah dived under the metal fist that came flying to her face and raised her glowing knee into the attacking robot's waist, its lanky frame bending under the force of the impact before the machine fell to the ground. A second Legion dropped from above, jumping off from the roof of the fake building the Union's training room had fabricated by raising its white floor, but before the robot could reach her silent wings dived through the air, and Scareowl's talons caught the metallic fighter. The ...

Chapter 120 : A Hero's test

In a large white room the size of a gymnasium, a lean robot with a camera-like head with a single glowing red eye waited for its opponent to strike. The humanoid machine had thin bar-like limbs, with bulkier parts to act as joints as well to host many of its components within its relatively large chest compared to the rest of its lanky build. Its arms, currently posed to catch the other fighter's attack, ended in large mitten-like hands with three large parts to simulate a thumb and two finge...

Silhouette Audiobook - Chapter 8

Narrated by Thomas Miller.

Chapter 119 : Silhouette and the Black

In the Black Bank, a beam of light descended from the fake cosmos of the ceiling in the manager's office, and when its glow disappeared two figures were left, standing on the platinum planks on the floor. James retracted the tendril he had formed to hold onto Blake's hand and took in the decor of the room. If the previous space had been luxurious, this one was fit for a king. Three out of the four walls of the doorless and windowless room were made of solid gold and covered by various paintin...

Chapter 118 : A trip at the bank

James mimicked taking a deep breath - he may have now lacked the lungs to truly do the act, but the mental connotation still helped calm him. He had dealt with the scammer, and with how the poor man looked when he left he had no doubt he would get most of what he had asked for when he returned to the bar in two days. If not from the chubby man himself, then from the others who had seen the scene and who'd want to please him to get a quick buck or to avoid incurring his wrath. As for Froko, if...

Medical news, ADHD treatment

Greetings everyone.

To make things short, for a little while now I've begun to worry I might have ADHD, and that it impaired my ability to be productive.

I've begun the process for an official diagnosis, and that part of it is a month of trial on anxiety meds.

The purpose of this treatment is for me to become more productive, and therefore to give you more chapters more often or let me do more projects outside of writing Silhouette, but in this period of trial and error, my ...

Chapter 117 : A silhouette in the city

George Froko was not having a good day, today.

The short chubby man's black hair and mustache were messy instead of their usual oily swept-back look, an attempt at making himself look more well-off than he was to his usual clientele. His big red nose let out a loud sniff as he stared into his glass, his thoughts a mess.

He was currently sitting at the counter of a small bar in the seedier parts of Zalcien. The building of mostly concrete with wooden parts to improve the decor was ...

Chapter 116 : A shadow in the city (V2 begins)

Terra Stellis, a planet not unlike Earth, and yet so vastly different when one took a closer look. From its greater size to its somewhat alternate geography and topography as well as the difference in its geological makeup, countless little things were marking the two worlds as different, but the greatest distinction of all came from their respective universes themselves, for Terra Stellis was from a world with new laws of reality, Aspects, primordial truths of existence that gifted those tha...

Silhouette Audiobook - Chapter 6

Narrated by Thomas Miller.

Chapter 115 : Quiet times

James stood in silence in the middle of Runar's office and simply basked in the glow of victory. The runemaster was gone, his escape card had been corrupted and had sent him somewhere, James didn't know where specifically, but through his connection with the man he could tell he was still alive, but heavily infused, much more than anyone else had ever been without being fully converted, and wherever he was it wasn't where he intended to go and by the time he reached any place he might have al...

Chapter 114 : The ruin of runes

Medraw ran through the streets, away from the building she had called her home for the past year. The insectile humanoid would have cried had she had tear ducts, not just because of the throbbing pain coming from her dented forehead still leaking hemolymph, or the humiliation of losing to a child. No, the reason behind her emotional pain was different altogether. Not only had her human disguise been ruined by her lost focus and the following loss of the vast majority of her armor, but what li...

Chapter 113 : A lord and his knights

Runar's arms spread to the side and runes of solid mana flowed from his gloved palms right as the golden and leather armors stepped forward, each one with its blades in hands and ready to strike down James. He melted back down into the darkness on the ground just in time to avoid the shortsword and daggers of Medraw's hollow suit, but Pierce Evil's rapier managed to tear away at his shadowy flesh before he fully disappeared, a part of him still wriggling on the rune-covered brass before it di...

Chapter 112 : Runar Arthen, the runemaster

In the slums of Zalcien, atop a relatively clean and preserved building, was an office on its roof. Sitting at his pristine wooden desk the master of the area, looking over the last modifications to his defenses, dressed in his yellow three-piece suit over a white blouse partially covered by a cyan tie. The pair of slightly elongated ears framing the mane of grey hair that grew down to his shoulders twitched slightly, a rare sign of stress for the man as his piercing eyes studied the small me...

Chapter 111 : Karadok

James kept on throwing more and more tentacles at Karadok, Runar's right-hand man, all the while avoiding the frantic attacks of Glapissant, the abominable monster made by the Patcher. The towering orc's shining armor glowed with the green power of magic as his blade moved as little as possible while maximizing damage and his shield caught the few weak spells James threw his way, his footwork letting him better angle his weapon while also stomping and crushing all the appendages that rose fro...

Silhouette Audiobook - Chapter 5

Narrated by Thomas Miller.

Chapter 110 : Plans on the fly

James jumped from wall to wall to avoid the biting jaws of the abomination chasing him, its absurdly long neck still bent over its back to let the beast's head be placed roughly above its tail while it ran backward, the labyrinthine hallway being too small for it to turn properly - at least not without wasting precious time James could use to get away. James wasn't just mindlessly fleeing, he made to peek in on every door he passed and threw as many shadow bolts at the skinless thing followin...

Chapter 109 : Pierce Evil, he who withstands the shadows

Barry, Larry, Mark, and Jeffrey all looked on in horror - their two infused bodyguards didn't reach at all - at Pierce Evil as the golden knight in jousting armor stood between them and the warehouse of their salvation, his rapier pointed at them as it vibrated with violet energy. The man narrowed his eyes behind his helm as the small group gathered their wits, the lizardman and the ratkin quickly taking out their black daggers as the duo of brothers pulled out small infused guns from their b...

Silhouette Audibook - Chapter 4

Narrated by Thomas Miller.

Chapter 108 : The beast and the knights

Still hidden as a shadow on the ceiling, James carefully explored the fourth floor of Runar's building, jumping from dark spot to dark spot and fleeing from what little light was present, doing his best to find whatever creature had left those strange curved claw marks before it found him, all the while avoiding any possible trap the runemaster might have left.

The fourth floor was a confusing maze made of a single hallway that kept turning with locked doors on the walls occasionally. S...

Chapter 107 : Underling fights

James could tell something was very wrong with the fourth floor of Runar's building right immediately after he went out of the stairwell. Without considering the ruined runes spreading on the walls caused by the Techzooka, the atmosphere and the decor were just off. The windows were all closed and boarded, the floor was only illuminated by weak lightbulbs dangling from the ceiling and protected by the barest lamps he had ever seen - though he could also see the symbols on them, hinting that t...

Silhouette Audiobook - Chapter 3

Narrated by Thomas Miller.

Chapter 106 : Encroaching shadows

To tell the truth, James hadn't expected the new and improved Techzooka and its boosted ammunition to be so effective. Oh, he had been absolutely astounded at its performance back in the Sunken City when it had destroyed Sydakors' prison or house, but given Techlord's workload and the short timeframe, James had expected the upgrade would just slightly enhance the destruction and corruption brought by the weapon, not... This.

The pillar of darkness seemed to emerge from the depths of the...

Chapter 105 : The rising shadow

Somewhere in the slums of Zalcien stood a building in a relatively good state. The runemaster known as Runar had elected to turn it into his domain, so the building now housed manufacturing facilities where his men produced runic items they would later either use themselves or resell. As they worked on these various floors, Runar managed the operations from his office, situated on the roof of the building where it was exposed to the open air, protected from the weather and occasional assassin...

Chapter 104 : Completing contracts

Mesker and Solvent face each other in a barren area not far from the orphanage. The pyromancer and James had agreed wielding their magic could threaten the old building's structure if they stayed too close, hence this battlefield in the middle of nowhere. There were no lights to chase away the natural ambient darkness of the Sunken City, but neither of them was bothered by it - Mesker's golden eyes shined through the dark and allowed him to see with ease, whereas James could share the senses ...

Silhouette Audiobook - Chapter 2

Narrated by Thomas Miller.

Chapter 103 : Know thine enemy

James hadn't expected to be interrupted during his training by a phone call. Mischief coming to warn him about an attack on the warehouse, or perhaps even the shop? Sure, that was part of the plan, but a phone call meant the ones that needed him were the group in the Sunken City, and those should have been able to handle themselves with the Shadow Commando, a few infused, Mother Greenheld and Solvent around. Although he had done his best to keep his cool and keep his act together, he was stil...

Chapter 102 : Demonologist

Beneath Zalcien was another place, a parallel world born in the ruins of the city's past from an archaeologist's curiosity and criminals searching for a place to hide. This place, of course, was the Sunken City. In one of its less populated areas, below the slums that plagued the upper world, was a tower of stone. The small tower of cobblestone was topped by a pointed roof of purple tiles, from which escaped a small iron tube chimney that constantly released pink fumes.

In his laborator...

Chapter 101 : Chatting 101

HardCored - Chatroom

MagicIsTragic: Did you guys hear about the new gang war in the slums?

TechnoGogo: One explosion doesn't make a gang war, Magic.

MagicIsTragic: So you did hear about it!

KillLaKrill: Can't say I've heard about that. I mean, unless it involves the big three, we don't hear much about what goes on there.

(Mod)Seagullag: Yeah, you kids shouldn't b...