In the week that followed the end of the operation, the deaths of Frostbite and Morgan, and the release of all the people involved in the assault on the centaur homeland, the war shifted. First, the battles became smaller, and the Alliance was able to take back most of their territory. The following week brought on a cold war, where neither side attacked nor was attacked.
By the third week, there were enough protests back on Earth and enough pressure from various governments and institu...
2025-01-16 10:43:19 +0000 UTC
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Over the course of the next day, the Empress and her court continued to practice the new skills while the larger ones were in the process of being integrated. Daskka changed her mind once again, suggesting they first take the Capstone from the Inherited Tapestry legacy and then try to add the minor ones. According to her, there was a chance this approach would give better results.
Early that night, Alex, Bonnie, and Helena arrived at the agency headquarters. They all came to see Blue, w...
2025-01-15 11:32:48 +0000 UTC
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"So now, try weaving the cloud between the chains," Blue said. She was sitting in a wheelchair with a blanket covering her legs, not because she couldn’t move them, but because she was cold.
"Like this?" Hera asked, pushing the cloud construct between the chains, almost like she was weaving the crust of a pie. She made sure to alternate between chain and cloud as she worked. They were outside at the agency headquarters. The entire operation team had arrived along with the prisoners, w...
2025-01-14 09:16:38 +0000 UTC
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Blue slowly woke up, but just as her eyes fluttered open, she felt the need to close them again. It was too bright. Way too bright to be where she remembered being. She wasn’t dead, or at least she didn’t think she was. After all, there was a dull pain in her arm. In both her arms, actually.
Suddenly, the memory of the last few days rushed over her. Frostbite showing up at her parents’ house, telling her that she had to come with her. The meeting she had with Morgan, the CEO of th...
2025-01-12 11:25:43 +0000 UTC
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With the new skill in hand, Nimbus was able to pull a few carts with little to no issue. Instead of having to attach rings to him, he could just create the chains and wrap them around the vehicles, which also allowed him to move more naturally. Neria and Marina were both on the cart with those who had the worst wounds, making sure to keep an eye on them. The last carriage carried the bodies of Flint, Iris, Echo, and Selene. On top of it were Ivy and Roan, carefully ensuring the bodies wouldnâ...
2025-01-12 00:46:39 +0000 UTC
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The court was in a frenzy, everybody talking about the various skills they could get from the Inherited Tapestry legacy and who should have which skill. A couple of them were pretty obvious. Forge should get Craftweaver's Insight, and if possible, Daskka should take Balm of Life. If not, maybe it could be saved for the last titled blade, if it was possible to hold on to the skills.
Other skills were a bit harder to decide. Earthbreaker Strike sounded great for Livy, but also for the Ver...
2025-01-10 10:12:09 +0000 UTC
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Hera walked over to the dining tent and quickly found something to eat and drink. People were half-expecting that some of the members of the team wouldn’t be able to sleep properly and kept the kitchen running with a partial crew. In addition, it was good to have some coffee available for the people on the lookout.
In the tent, she came face to face with a few people she never imagined she would see. Wild Born, a large muscular man who was a bit shorter than one might expect, sat ther...
2025-01-09 01:26:00 +0000 UTC
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'Checking the stuff about the Legacy might be a good way to spend time. But I’m honestly not sure if I’ll be able to pay close attention to it. You know I’m tired, and I’m still worried about Blue,' Hera admitted, making sure to speak in Daskka’s mind to not trouble anyone around them.
"I’m sorry, mum, but we have to talk about it today. If you don’t come, then everything will just go automatically. You won’t have any input in the skills and the things that you’re goin...
2025-01-07 10:06:23 +0000 UTC
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#### Author's Note ####
Hey everyone, sorry about the late chapter. I know this should've come up on friday. I ended up having a very stressfull weekend trying to deal with a bunch of bullshit because of the scammer who stole my money, plus my shower broke, and I got some minor food poisoning. I'm ok, everything is... fine, I guess. But stuff happened and I'm dealing with all that.
I'll do my best to catch up on monday(today), or tuesday at the latest.
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2025-01-06 09:09:26 +0000 UTC
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The jail cell was a bit dirty, but not as bad as one would expect. There was a bucket in the corner we could use to go to the bathroom, but it was empty, and there was no waste from the previous tenant anywhere. It was dusty, with some grime stuck to the stone walls, not to mention the rusted bars that were supposed to stop us from leaving. Or at least they were supposed to. I was pretty sure I would be able to break us out without any issues if we needed to.
The System confirmed that t...
2025-01-04 08:31:29 +0000 UTC
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#### Author's note ####
You didn't expect to get another chapter so soo did you? Neither did I!
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Hera was holding Blue while Nimbus dashed through the passages. Thankfully, everything here was mostly flat. And even in situations where it wasn’t, the Sentinel could simply turn back to his titled form and carry the two of them up or down while flying.
In just a handful of minutes, they had arrived back at the corridor that led to the elevator...
2025-01-02 07:37:29 +0000 UTC
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#### Author's Note ####
Sorry for the delay on this chapter everyone. Between the new years and dealing with the scammer yesterday I ended up not being able to write.
Tomorrow (jan 2) we should have 2 chapters coming live.
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We continued to travel for a couple of days, moving from building to building when possible, but occasionally sleeping outside. In those cases, we couldn’t have a fire outside. It was just a safety measure. So far, no Eater had a...
2025-01-02 05:11:32 +0000 UTC
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Hera sprinted through the hallways, feeling the blood rushing through her body with every motion and hearing her heartbeat with every step. She had to find Blue. She had to make sure she was okay. That should be the case. After all, she had just killed Morgan. He was the one responsible for the tattoos, the same tattoos that were channeling the energy of the Strength Spirits toward all the prisoners.
Logic dictated that now that the Legacy was gone, all those connections would have vani...
2024-12-31 04:28:08 +0000 UTC
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With Dreadwing dead, we had a moment to properly look at the corpse of the creature. It was, by our accounts, a giant heron and a species that I vaguely knew about. White feathers with a tuft of red on its face, just by the beak. I just could not remember the name of the species, but it was in one of the books Pops showed me a long time ago. That was about it. The size of the creature was the only thing that proved it was a monster, and not just a regular animal.
"Sys, are you sur...
2024-12-30 09:28:25 +0000 UTC
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Knowing that every second Morgan used the power of the Strength Spirits hurt Blue was all Hera needed to hear. So far, she had tried to figure out the man’s weaknesses and what kinds of skills he had. She needed to keep him talking because of the camera that was still recording somewhere in the room. It was hard to say exactly where it was right now, since so much of her mana was covering everything.
But now that she knew wasting time meant her friend was being hurt, all she had to do...
2024-12-29 10:34:28 +0000 UTC
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#### Author's Note ####
Sorry for the delay everyone this was supossed to go live yesterday but I ended up having to work. Chapter 988 should be coming up in a few hours.
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The entire court was waiting for Morgan to escape the trap skill. [Decipher Me or I Will Devour You] had already asked the question, but the CEO had yet to answer it. Strangely enough, Hera was able to "hear" the riddle even though she wasn’t inside the trap.
"Born of the world, yet r...
2024-12-28 20:55:03 +0000 UTC
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#### Author's note ####
Sorry for the delay everyone. I came back yesterday and passed out lol.
Also had to deal with some issues about a house that I was going to rent but got scammed.
today's MAZE chapter will be coming soon!
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Wearing the cloaks that now had the ability to regulate temperature improved the time we were making on our journey considerably. I had not noticed before how much the discomfort of walking through the snow slowed us down. But n...
2024-12-27 22:41:48 +0000 UTC
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#### Author's Note ####
Just a reminder. We won't have a MAZE chapter on the 25th
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As soon as the Empress called her court, Viper and Crimson lunged to attack. The twins went for a pincer maneuver aimed at Morgan, their daggers striking the sides of the man's stomach. But instead of piercing like they should have, they just bounced off harmlessly.
The CEO of the New Dawn laughed. "Did you really expect that to work?" He then tried to swat away the twins, w...
2024-12-23 12:40:36 +0000 UTC
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#### Author's note ####
This one was supossed to have come out in the morning. I messed up, sorry ><
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Since we were both inside the house, Astrid and I slept for the night. There was no need for anyone to be on the lookout for monsters or anything of the sort, especially since it was easy to barricade the entrances properly. It would be impossible for anyone to get inside without making a lot of noise.
We woke up close to sunrise, but it...
2024-12-23 07:45:00 +0000 UTC
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Morgan Wabeeri. That was the name of the person standing in front of Hera. She knew the name but didn’t know the man. Everyone assumed he was deeply involved in the Soldier of Strength project. After all, all the intel they had revealed that the New Dawn was the one paying the bills for the various facilities working with the Strength Spirits. The Empress had expected the CEO to be involved somehow, but meeting him here wasn’t something she had on her bingo card.
And his presence wa...
2024-12-21 10:20:56 +0000 UTC
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#### Author's Note ####
I tried to do a thing here. Hope it's not too confusing.
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Hera kept staring at Blue through the glass. Her friend was right there, covered in wires and wearing a hospital gown that seemed to be stained with blood. There was also something around her neck, but between the dim light and the amount of cables in the way, it was hard to tell what it was. It could be just a shadow, or it could be a tattoo of a Soldier of Strength.
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2024-12-20 11:00:54 +0000 UTC
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#### Author's Note ####
Obligatory 'Nice'
Also. I know the Patreon is SUPER behind schedule. I'm trying to catch up but it's been a struggle lately. Specially since I started a new job. It's just a gig but takes a lot of time. I'm really sorry about that and I'm working on making it ... well work.
Now here is for a more chill chapters than the things happening in MAZE lol
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"I agree. If we have something special to eat, you should as...
2024-12-19 10:54:26 +0000 UTC
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#### Author's Note ####
Hey everyone! Sorry for the late chapter. Had to do some stuff related to the moving and couldn't finish this one yesterday.
If everything works out properly I'll have the Energy Eater one out soon too!
A small announcement. Moving is a headache and I won't be doing that on the 20 as I said. We are still not 100% sure of the date but it should happen soon.
Another thing. On the 24/25 we will not have any chapters. I'll be spending the holidays wi...
2024-12-19 00:17:09 +0000 UTC
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Once Astrid said she wanted to come with me, I imagined we would stay in the village for some time before leaving. In my mind, she was going to say goodbye, prepare everything, and make sure someone took care of her house. But that is not what happened.
Not that we left right away. After all, since I offered, there were a couple of things she wanted to do. First, she cut out one of the carvings that was in her house. It was a long piece of wood near the door. On it was a beautifully car...
2024-12-17 07:43:57 +0000 UTC
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Blade, the Harmony Guardians, and the three members of the Wandering Scale all had their weapons in hand. They were cornered at the end of the jail. To reach the exit, they would need to fight against the Soldiers of Strength standing in front of them. At the very least, these appeared to be the old models, as their skin was a bright shade of red instead of the muted pastel colors of the Version 2.0 soldiers.
It was a team of nine versus a team of five, with the humans having the lower ...
2024-12-16 14:40:16 +0000 UTC
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"I can't believe that thing broke again," I grumbled and walked back to the sled where the head of the Ice Devil rested.
Astrid and I had already left the dungeon. We were able to find what we needed to take the creature's skull. Leaving the mines ended up taking a bit longer than we were expecting. A couple of tunnels we could have taken were too small for our loot. But eventually, we came out of that place.
During most of the trip, I was expecting to find another of those spider...
2024-12-15 13:22:05 +0000 UTC
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The Harmony Guardians continued rushing through the laboratory. They only saw one other experiment currently ongoing, but this one was very different from the first. Instead of a subject that was already delirious with the tattoo on its neck, they found someone who had yet to be branded by the Human experiment. The Triton they saved was still in awful shape. He was battered and bruised, malnourished, and struggling just to move, but he was still able to do so.
Unfortunately, the group w...
2024-12-14 13:30:14 +0000 UTC
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Hera left the server room, leaving the man stuck inside a locker. She continued walking through the passage. There was a lot of empty space before she reached another door, one that turned the tunnel into a smaller hallway. No longer were there towering walls around her, but now a corridor that seemed very much like something you would see in an office building.
The first couple of paintings were just basic, the type of thing you would expect to see from someone trying to add some art t...
2024-12-13 14:04:28 +0000 UTC
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Once we were ready, after making both the poisoned bait and the Ice Devil cloaks, we grabbed what we could and started heading deeper into the mines, searching for the Polar Brown Bears.
It didn't take long to find them. It was much easier to search for the creatures than it was to avoid them.
Luckily, the first one we found was alone and clearly malnourished. My best theory was that this was an outcast from the pack, or maybe one that would be offered as a sacrifice in the near f...
2024-12-12 11:27:12 +0000 UTC
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Thorgrim and the rest of his team rushed along the hallway. Just like Echo had told them, the path they were taking was a bit strange. Instead of going in a straight line, they had to sneak around a bit, even to the point where the passage dipped down like a tunnel going beneath a road. They could see some windows, but even those were blocked by more metal walls. It seemed like the presence of the guards near the experiments or the people who worked in the lab was truly an issue.
But th...
2024-12-11 07:24:37 +0000 UTC
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