Listen While Reading: The Most Malevolent Ever
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Jackes went to save the queen, who was inside the sinking castle, only to be tailed and stopped by Cecil, the Princess of America. Her red and green eyes were glowing brightly, and her dark aura was growing tremendously large and even stronger than before. 2024-11-27 17:36:09 +0000 UTC View Post
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The moment I finally opened my eyes, I felt relieved; what I saw felt truly like an eternity, and it was a vision akin to what I saw when I killed and ate half of Uroboros' soul; it was as if I had seen a glimpse of a primordial being’s past.
It was just a glimpse; a complete Story of this caliber would have most likely destroyed my soul, but it was only a glimpse, a glimpse that remained within me. It was as if the Celestial Golden Dragon Emperor gifted me a small piece o...
2024-11-26 18:33:44 +0000 UTC View Post-----
FLAAASH!
A bright flash of crimson light descended from the skies as powerful laser beams reached the clowns, disintegrating them instantly.
Could it have been a magician from his brother’s army? Unlikely; they didn’t seem as strong as that!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Caesar looked at the scene in disbelief, covering his eyes due to the immense destruction the powerful magic was creating.
There were no mages of such caliber in...
2024-11-26 18:30:33 +0000 UTC View Post-----
As my master was reprimanding me for wanting to recklessly eat that super overpowered pill, suddenly, the pill was in her hands out of nowhere.
When did she take it from me?!
I didn’t even notice!
Maybe because I’m too dizzy right now?
No, master is still super strong, though; she’s the fastest of the two Venerables too.
Damn, she sure got me good.
“Eh?! Wait, master, don’t take it from me!”
I panicked; at first I thought she w...
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“That Aiyana’s sure a monster…” Jackes muttered, twitching his eyebrows. “Even after training this much, I can’t believe how strong she got… She doesn’t even need the feel of using weapons; she just fights with her bare body.”
“She’s incredible!” Sara said. “She is like the embodiment of female strength! I am her fan! Oh well, Lady Bing Xue is also like that too, but… Aiyana has big muscles!”
“I’m fairly sure Bing Xue would have gigant...
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The Silent Rainforest, a large forest area that spreads across thousands of kilometers within the Continent’s northwest corner. It was what separated Elderbridge and the further Empire of Iron Blood’s Capital from the rest of the countries within the only supercontinent of this realm.
And it was also a place known for its darkness, silence, and the mysterious Dark Spirits, unique monsters to only this area of the continent, which were, in fact, actual Spirits that had so...
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Before leaving for breakfast though, there were a few things I wanted to do first, such as checking all the items I got from yesterday’s Quest! Right, I had completely forgotten about them with all the talk I had with Bastet, it was honestly a lot to swallow. So much happened with her that ended in her being stuck… inside of me, which the more I think about it, the weirder it gets!
However, she’s not some parasite and actually had been helping me for a while since her ...
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After realizing that Caesar might have figured out the reason behind the spreading laughter, Atticus started running away, controlled by something, or someone else, that wouldn’t easily allow him to get caught. After all, the fun was just about to begin, and ending things too soon would only be lame in comparison to this person.
“Come on, run quicker! With those little legs you’ve got, sir knight! I want everyone here to begin laughing as loudly as possible! Only then ...
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Vlad’s party became better at hunting the dangerous Dark Spirits, utilizing a strategy that allowed them to easily paralyze them and then attack them from every angle, facilitating its hunt greatly.
Because Light Magic paralyzed Dark Spirits the first time it hit them, this was abused, allowing them to easily finish off the second Silent Dark Spirit they found.
BOOOM!
“G-Gryyeeh…”
The Silent Dark Spirit let out an agonizing sigh be...
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“And so, even with the power of the Eye of Ra, I was unable to fight against both Set and Sekhmet at the same time,” said Bastet. “It isn’t that the Eye of Ra is weak, but Sekhmet caught me off guard… And I was already running low on Cosmic Energy to use the artifact.”
“And your soul was… shattered?” I asked.
“Yes, Set did it because my sister hesitated at the last moment…” sighed Bastet. “Yet she didn’t regret what she did anyway. I don’t...
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“There it is. We found one of them, finally…” Vlad looked into the distance through the forest; they had been searching for ten whole minutes and finally found a Silent Dark Spirit.
It was camouflaging itself into the darkness, standing still without moving an inch; however, this creature was often aggressive, creeping into the shadows or backs of people and attacking them in complete silence.
Due to the lack of any noise they produced, it was quite hard to find ...
2024-11-21 20:25:10 +0000 UTC View PostListen While Reading: A.D.2016 ~The Grand Temple of Time~
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I woke up the next morning feeling quite refreshed. After that talk I had with my masters, I felt much more at ease for some reason… Though, now that I remember everything, I feel a bit cringe. Dammit, did I have to be like that? What the he...
2024-11-20 18:21:47 +0000 UTC View PostListen While Reading: 108
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Complete and utter chaos consumed the battlefield as the two sons of the Great Emperor of Floor 74 glanced at the scene in utter disbelief. Former friends went crazy, laughing maniacally as their faces suddenly gained clown-like faces, as if someone had painted over t...
2024-11-20 18:13:19 +0000 UTC View PostListen While Reading: Path through the Ridges and Paddies
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Zero Two started eating all the things offered to her; she took bites, swallowed, took bites, swallowed. And in between, she was constantly complaining.
“Ugh, disgusting!”
She said as she ate a soup dumpling.
“What a strange, alien sens...
2024-11-19 18:05:25 +0000 UTC View PostListen While Reading: Refined and Crude in Turn
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Zero One’s reveal left me speechless for a couple of seconds… However, she quickly calmed me down, telling me that it still wouldn’t be very easy.
“The way I’ve found out can only be done through the help of the Mechanical Tree,” she said. “We...
2024-11-19 17:59:45 +0000 UTC View PostListen While Reading: Octopath Traveler II - Fierce Confrontation [Extended]
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The Dark Star, the bizarre power that Cecil possessed, something she was born with, and that not even her parents knew very well what even it was. She kept this power hidden most of the time and only used it when there was nobody watching...
2024-11-18 19:27:28 +0000 UTC View PostListen While Reading: Octopath Traveler II - The Journey for Happiness Ends [Extended]
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“Mom!”
Cecil panicked as she saw her mother’s castle golem falling to the ground. The impact of General Gaius was immense; a single swing of his titanic hammer was all it took for him to blow away the shield Elphi...
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Within the western outskirts of the dark forest, hundreds of humanoids and green-skinned barbarians moved everywhere, setting up a huge camp full of armed warriors. Scouts began leaping into the forest and scouting the areas, looking at Elderbridge from a safe distance.
They were looking from afar, but always making sure not to get too close to this area, they were preparing, moving provisions, weapons, armor, and materials to continue building camps, walls, and other things...
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Zero One ran towards her sister, hugging her tightly. I turned off the Abyssal Flames as she reached her, so they wouldn’t hurt her.
“Sister! Are you okay?”
“Ugh, let go of me…”
Zero Two glared at Zero One hatefully.
She didn’t seem to have changed a single thing, even when the protocol “forcing” her to work was gone.
“But… you’ve not changed?” wondered Zero One. “W-Why are you so hostile? This is the first time we ever met...
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The Queen of America, wife of the King, Lord Caesar, glanced at the huge battle going on outside through her Spiritual Eyes, piercing through all physical matter as she controlled the huge Castle Golem, formed through her own Magic as a way to surprise their invaders and fight back with everything she had without risking her life directly. The only way her husband would have ever allowed her to join the battle.
“Things are only getting worse! And why are there so many sold...
2024-11-15 18:58:02 +0000 UTC View Post-----
Emerlinda and Camilla were left a bit surprised that Chris came back, and the first thing he did was smooch with Paul, but at the end it was a happy ending. Chris not only managed to tame the powerful Frenzied Spirit but came back without much of an issue.
However, their smooching was getting awfully tiring and frustrating to see, as Emerlinda wished she could have a relationship at all!
"Okay, that’s enough! W-We came here to hunt down! P-Please enough! I can’t ta...
2024-11-15 18:56:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Here is the full cover finally done! It features Wai Tian, Anna, Yin Sheng, and Zero One. What do you think?
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As I saw Zero One hacking the Mechanical Tree, almost a dozen Heaven Fragment Machines rushed towards her. Their shapes and forms were just as I remembered them, with sharp arms and legs and overflowing with Heavenly Ki.
They couldn’t cultivate this energy, but throu...
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“That idiot… He really came for me…”
Chris skipped a beat, blushing.
“I-I think I really love him…”
He couldn’t believe he was admitting that.
Despite everything, Chris isn’t someone who believes in love.
He thinks it’s something that people use for convenience.
Maybe because he had been heartbroken a couple of times before, maybe…
Or perhaps because of different reasons.
“I won’t waste this opportunity you...
2024-11-14 19:48:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Future Orion because I think his character is cool and he has cute privilege for being Bing Xue's son (he's incredibly beautiful like his mother). I like him making angry faces.
All generated by AI for reference, I've already commissioned an artist for the next cover, which will feature him with his mother. The final design might be a bit different than this though.
Baby Orion and Baby Athena might be featured in the cover after that.
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Above the skies, the gigantic mothership of the Saurians hovered through the stratosphere, slowly trying to descend into the “new Earth” they discovered within this parallel world. One that was filled with much weaker monkeys and with a more tamed wilderness, but that was also filled with precious resources they desired.
Inside of it, a Martian possessed by an ancient, primal god of all dinosaurs closed his eyes, focusing on the battle he was having on the surface of the...
2024-11-13 17:26:24 +0000 UTC View PostListen while reading: Metal Strike
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Zero Two.
Unexpectedly, we were not greeted by the Heavenly Machines I once fought.
I was actually expecting to fight them again, those containing Heaven Fragments.
However, what greeted us was something—no, someone else.
It was a similar model to Zero One, if not the same.
Except her hair was longer,...
2024-11-12 17:23:50 +0000 UTC View PostListen While Reading: [B] pa-t
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As I charged with my friends and the machines that joined us, quickly summoning several Egos to activate the Concert Buff so everyone can get stronger, I noticed a new notification.
Ding!
[A New {Special Quest} has been generated: {The ...
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BOOOMMM!!!
Bing Xue quickly dragged her family down before they were to get caught in the huge explosion, as she felt the presence of a powerful deity within the shockwaves, mixing and fighting against the Darkness of the Dark Storm Dragon.
“So they have arrived, but I didn’t expect this to happen… Was I too focused on the battle?”
Bing Xue had been keeping a close eye on several things around the world, but due to having most of her hands occupi...
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If all of Bing Xue’s enemies and rivals had to admit something about her, and something that they would all agree was one of Bing Xue’s most problematic abilities…
Of course, it would be her Adaptability.
Bing Xue observes her opponent; she inspects and analyzes every single move they unleash; she calculates her own movements; and she always usually keeps her distance when needed.
She also is always brewing some plan in the background, which would always ca...
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We spent the rest of yesterday learning about soul manipulation with Song and Fang Shuan; we even did the same on living martial beasts afterwards. It became much more difficult, so we’ll have to train more. The resistance that a living body puts in is tremendous; to pull a soul without breaking it seemed like a big task.
Song seemed to be still learning, so he wasn’t able to easily do the same with a soul within a living body, even though the Martial Beasts seemed to be...
2024-11-09 18:19:00 +0000 UTC View Post