ARENA has been added to the land of Sandstorm.
The blue rectangle emerged in front of Dallion.
SANDSTORM has acquired 16734 inhabitants.
SANDSTORM can be improved to Level 5.
The massive arena popped up in the center of the settlement. The number of inhabitants was impressive, even if the vast majority of them were furies. Belaal—who surprisingly enough, turned out not to be the Mirro...
2024-01-13 00:38:50 +0000 UTC View PostWhen it came to awakened, the definition between an army and a crowd was a lot more subtle than one might think. A group of fifteen people had gathered in front of the Gremlin’s Timepiece, waiting patiently for Dallion to go outside. All of them could be defined as mid-level; all of them had multiple disfocus rings on. Along with the other artifacts they were wearing, this group was enough to take control of a mid-sized town, or even cause serious disruptions within a city, should they be i...
2024-01-10 22:08:42 +0000 UTC View PostSleep powder kept on raining from the sky. Even with Gleam’s best attempts, the amount was far too small to prove any hindrance for Hannah. What the innkeeper couldn’t avoid, she dispersed with one strike in the direction, additionally causing the spectral shardfly to go on the defensive. That was only part of Dallion’s plan, though.
ATTACK NEGATED
You’re shattered HANNAH’s line attack.
Attack has no effect. 2024-01-09 01:14:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Hannah
Species: HUMAN
Class: DOMAIN RULER
Health: 100%
Traits:
- BODY 99
- MIND 68
- REACTION 105
- PERCEPTION 87
Skills:
- ATTACK
- GUARD
- ATHLETICS
- ACROBATICS
- F...
2024-01-06 00:32:47 +0000 UTC View Post“I know you’re here,” Hannah said as she kept on polishing a quartz glass.
There was no need for her to do so. In fact, there was no need for her to do anything. Her assistance in taking down the general had been noted by both the lord mayor and the Order of the Seven Moons, which had generously provided her with enough gold to live but a house on the edge of the city’s noble district and live in opulence for the rest of her life. Instead, she had chosen to remain where she was ...
2024-01-05 03:00:38 +0000 UTC View PostThe more things changed, the more they remained the same. Dallion had seen dozens of different faces of Nerosal. The city had dazzled it with its size, showing him a world in which thousands of awakened lived among the non-awakened. It had been in this place that he had learned of awakened professions, guilts, and other organizations. Here, he had found knowledge, friends, love, but also pain and betrayal.
Seeing the emblem of an imperial house on his vest, the gate guards fell to their...
2024-01-04 02:23:27 +0000 UTC View PostAn overseer was waiting for Dallion the moment he left the Suns’ Order building. She was one of the older variety, though not one Dallion had seen before. With an entire district of overseers in the city, it was difficult to keep track.
“Well done, Count Elazni.” The overseer greeted him. “The emperor will see you now.”
“I’m grateful.” Rather convenient that he calls me just when I pass my initiation trial.
A sphere of reality formed around the both ...
2024-01-03 20:43:22 +0000 UTC View PostYou are in the land of DOOR.
Defeat the guardians and change the land’s destiny.
Guardians? From what Dallion knew a normal item could only have one guardian. This wasn’t a sphere guardian by any means, and yet there could be no mistake—rectangles never lied.
The reality that had formed around Dallion was an endless land of ruined buildings, only all the buildings were completely made of wood. They continued to the horizon f...
2024-01-01 21:30:35 +0000 UTC View PostHello all!
Another year gone and the journey continues :)
Best wishes for lots of great things to happen this your and may you be happy and healthy :D
Special thanks for being with me for all this time and following the yourneys created :) You are the best!
Lise
2023-12-31 22:05:21 +0000 UTC View Post“Twelve suns,” Dallion said, looking closely at the letter.
He had taken a moment to explore the item’s realm, but found it to be completely empty. There was no guardian, no creatures, and no hints; just a plain square room that had its destiny fulfilled. The seal was no different, other than it probably had enough material to create two gold coins.
The only time he’d heard anything of the sort mentioned was in Hannah’s memory. It was nothing more than a passing mention,...
2023-12-30 01:15:17 +0000 UTC View PostIt was arguable whether moving the settlement was faster than flying, but it turned out preferable. As Dallion directed his bubble of reality through the wilderness—and the thin layer of control that stemmed from the imperial capital—he sensed several new water golems laying in wait. Smaller than the one he’d faced, they acted like underground streams, only a small part of them peeking over the surface.
The war clearly wasn’t going as well as the imperial house claimed, or the n...
2023-12-28 22:49:53 +0000 UTC View PostThe poison plague and the war had changed everything in the world. Nobles had died off, replaced by others, cities had shifted allegiances, most countries had melted away, either destroyed or merged with one of the three world powers. Yet, a few spots in the world had gone through a lot less. Canopa village couldn’t be said to me of one of those places, but its changes had a more recent cause.
Massive rips covered the veil of illusion that kept the village from being seen. Dallion cou...
2023-12-23 01:23:44 +0000 UTC View PostDiroh reacted rather well at the sight of her own inn. Dallion could see bittersweet emotions emanating from her, along with a touch of eagerness. She wanted to see it on the inside, but at the same time didn’t want to show it.
Gleam, on the other hand, was as merciless as always.
“Is that it?” she almost scuffed as she fluttered above the settlement in her fully sized majestic form. “Not absolutely terrible. It’s missing more bits than it’s got.”
“I know.”...
2023-12-21 00:56:30 +0000 UTC View PostFields of grass extended as far as the eye could see. Hills poked out here and there like pimples on a teenager.
So empty, Dallion thought.
Turning in the direction of the sun, he could see a sea in the far distance. There wasn’t a single whiff of salt in the air.
“That’s how domains usually start out,” Vihrogon emerged in his dryad form. “A blank canvas for you to fill, one way or another.”
“Forging a province never is easy,” Dallion whispered...
2023-12-17 16:18:40 +0000 UTC View PostFive Moons glowed in the sky. The Blue Moon and Cyan Moons were missions, pushing the light towards the warmer part of the color spectrum. There was no telling whether the missing Moons were upset, or they didn’t wish to look upon the world at this time.
To this day, Dallion knew quite little about the Moons. His interactions had made him know some of their personalities a bit. The copyettes and clerics he was in communication with occasionally would let slip a crumb of information, b...
2023-12-15 11:53:41 +0000 UTC View PostThe caravan dropped Dallion off at the start of the forest. The trees started up a lot smaller, though the hundred-foot variety was visible further away. A few brief goodbyes were said, including by a slightly embarrassed Diroh. The fury wasn’t fully clear what had happened. From her perspective, it seemed like she’d go on a flight, as she often did, and ended up falling asleep at a random merchant caravan.
“Skye would have jumped in if something had happened,” she said, guilt a...
2023-12-14 17:19:41 +0000 UTC View PostGoing back to his room was always a bittersweet experience. Technically, Dallion didn’t need to stay there. He tended to sleep in his realm or in the wilderness. At one point, he used it to have private conversations with one person or another, but that, too, had ended. Thanks to the duchess, his communication with Eury remained through magic letters, and other than Diroh there wasn’t anyone else he trusted enough to bring here.
Piles of glass, metal, stone, and wooden objects cover...
2023-12-12 15:06:39 +0000 UTC View PostThere was a stark difference in the emperor’s garden. All the green plants had vanished, replaced by shades of crimson red. Normally, Dallion wouldn’t put any stock in it, but given that the emperor had called for him so suddenly, it was naïve to think this wasn’t meant to intimidate him.
The path, too, had transformed. No longer the straight line of tiles, it zigzagged in deliberate fashion, ensuring that visitors had to walk as long as possible until they made it to the emperor...
2023-12-10 16:35:48 +0000 UTC View PostThe lake turned platinum the moment Dallion touched it with the tip of his harpsisword. Ripples formed, spreading along the surface in perfect circles.
Looking at it for a few moments longer, Dallion bent down and put his hand in. Instantly, the surface hardened in an attempt to trap his hand. Thanks to his reaction trait, Dallion easily pulled his hand out before that could happen.
“Sneaky.” He smiled.
Someone had gone through a lot of trouble to make sure that the item...
2023-12-08 00:38:46 +0000 UTC View PostGriffin remains filled the chamber. In a past era, this had been the treasure vault of a throne room, now fallen to neglect. Traps and protective spells had kept it from being looted for centuries, though after millennia those had faded and rusted away, allowing for creatures from the wilderness to make it their home. Later, still the creatures had been killed off by hunters, though not all valuables had been taken away.
Twenty magic circles glowed on the far wall of the chamber, shooti...
2023-12-06 20:20:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Something for you to speculate on :D
2023-12-04 18:42:11 +0000 UTC View Post:D I guess i jumped the shark a bit with the last post.
Here's the link! :D
https://www.audible.com/pd/B0CP2S1D86
Enjoy :D
2023-12-04 00:54:40 +0000 UTC View PostJust as book 9 has ended, book 4 is out on audiobook! :D
I don't have a clean link yet, but will post it once I do.
In the Meantime, the final book of the series continues from tomorrow :D
Thank you all for your patience, and take care :D
Lise
2023-12-04 00:42:47 +0000 UTC View Post“A little late to the party, aren’t you?” Dallion said as he repaired the wall.
The albino shook his head.
“You shatter half the arena and still repair that?” He went to the general’s desk and slid a finger along it. “No echoes,” he noted. “Didn’t see that coming. Although he was just a greedy snob, we had to keep an eye on.”
So much for the Order being omnipotent. Then again, the general had fooled the world for decades, if not longer. Or maybe there w...
2023-12-04 00:24:43 +0000 UTC View PostA portal emerged instantly filling the space with water.
Back when he had gathered them in the hold created by the magic vortex, Dallion had taken the time to cast a spell within the structure of each. Some of the spells were more powerful than others, set to be cast once the item was broken. Dallion had made sure to use items that had no guardians, just as he had used the grafting method Harp had taught him for making magic potions.
Water filled up the space like a tap filling up...
2023-12-03 15:16:39 +0000 UTC View PostTERMINAL STRIKE
Dealt damage increased by 1000%
TERMINAL STRIKE
Dealt damage increased by 1000%
Red rectangles stacked up as Dallion slashed through the general’s neck. He had been doing so for several seconds now, without any apparent result. To make it more irritating, the void was using a very different way of fighting. Hardly bothering to avoid the attacks, the general simpl...
2023-12-02 21:50:23 +0000 UTC View PostOne look from Hannah was all it took for March to remain silent. Despite being banished and un-awakened, she remained a captain with traits close to a hundred.
You could have told me who she was, Adzorg, Dallion grumbled in his realm. I could have unsealed her.
You’ve done a lot of remarkable things, dear boy, but unsealing a noble wasn’t within your reach
There was no arguing the facts. The greater the level of the sealed, the more difficult i...
2023-12-02 00:41:14 +0000 UTC View PostMEMORY FRAGMENT
Imperial Gardens, 31 years ago.
It was the second time that Abelle had been to the imperial gardens. The first one was at the age of twelve, when her father had brought her along to show the emperor what a prodigious daughter he had.
Abelle remembered the emperor being incredibly tall and far more powerful than anyone in her family could be.
Two bladerers made of moon platinum accompanied her along the path o...
2023-11-30 23:08:05 +0000 UTC View PostMEMORY FRAGMENT
Wilderness, 31 years ago.
“Don’t let the small ones get through!” Captain Balasta yelled.
Three squads of legionaries spread out, rushing to stop the flow of cracklings. Even in their present numbers, the creatures were incapable of causing anyone present any real harm, but all it took was one to escape for it to cause a nuisance to the nearby settlements.
“Carter, take care of the chainling! Usec, st...
2023-11-30 10:52:55 +0000 UTC View PostMEMORY FRAGMENT
Imperial Academy, 35 years ago.
Many things were said about becoming sealed off. Statistically, half of the people who went through it killed themselves or wish they had. The results were so extreme that compared to it banishment felt outright pleasant.
“Feeling any worse?” a mage asked.
Twice a day, one of them would visit her cell, making sure she was still alive. The first few weeks they’d even cast ...
2023-11-28 23:15:55 +0000 UTC View Post