The Central Forest of Justicia rarely found itself inhabited by dangerous creatures. Wild animals such as the Spiked Boars, Razor Antelopes and the Threaded Bears were the worst that the Central Forest of Justica had to offer.
But this was mitigated by the mandatory presence of a Huntsman or an equivalent-levelled village guardian to prevent these animals from wiping out their settlements. The hired Huntsmans of the Arachnida Association played a vital part in controlling the population...
2024-10-02 10:20:53 +0000 UTC
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It dealt a hefty 55,000 damage in total. It was insignificant, but it should have left a mark. After all, the bullet was infused with [Punch], and it carried her Mastery Skill [Maw of the Black Dove].
But the fact that it did not take anything away from him was highly reminiscent of the [Invulnerability] Condition, except that it did not completely cancel out her damage.
She seized the opportunity to push forward and activated her [Oblivion Lock] Passive for a split second. The 12...
2024-09-30 11:17:25 +0000 UTC
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Iscario’s stats were absurd.
His status as a Blessed had concealed his true power from even the Beholders. Galia was fooled into thinking she had this loathsome Star on a leash. Had Michaela involved herself with the matters of the Nexus, then Iscario’s nature could have been caught long before he laid his hands on Frost.
But this was a fleeting thought to Frost who was engaged in an all-out war against the Fallen Star. Only one thing mattered right now, and that was the death...
2024-09-30 11:16:14 +0000 UTC
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//////// < WARNING > ////////
< APOCALYPSE >
< THE ARBITER’S TRUMPET HUMS ITS DIRGE >
Effeuiller La Dahlia
Blue Dahlia | Blue Chorus
< Dirge >
AFFINITY : Attachment
LEVEL : 320 ORIGIN : Trau...
2024-09-28 04:44:04 +0000 UTC
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“… st…!”
A faint voice struggled to call out to Frost.
“… ost!”
She felt her lips part as she attempted to respond, but no words seemed to form.
Strange. I can feel my mouth move, but there’s no sound coming out… hold on. It’s not just me. I can’t hear anything except for Nav’s voice. Its distant. Why is it getting further away?
“…t…!”
Even thoughts could not reply to Nav’s voice. Her eye...
2024-09-28 04:42:42 +0000 UTC
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The sound of sloshing and crashing water played as the only ambience in this world. The only place higher than here were the mountains of Dwarhelven, the lip of another enormous mountain in Emvita, and finally, the place where the light and darkness emanated in the north.
The scarlet wings bled profusely into the caldera, forming a sea that never grew large enough to fill it. Red foam spilled from the center, cascading outwards and mellowing into the still, reflective sea of red where a...
2024-09-26 01:36:57 +0000 UTC
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Qliphoth.
This word came to Michaela’s mind when she saw the darkness envelop the world beneath her. It wasn’t a foreign term surprisingly. She must have heard it at some point in the past, but its meaning was lost to her.
Still, it felt like the right word to call that maelstrom of darkness. Not the dark clouds that engulfed the skies of Northern Grandis, but the spiraling storm that appeared above the Capital of the Diavola Kingdom.
“Darkness of that level is incompa...
2024-09-26 01:36:09 +0000 UTC
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“Eat me… Eat me. Eat me! EAT ME!”
“… You were the first of your sisters to come out. You… you were the first to be named by her!”
Raoul swung his blade numerous times, scaring the earth and sending dark crescent to bring Cer down. Corruption was a one-way phenomenon. The only mercy he could grant was to finish her off as quickly as possible.
Her despair washed over him. Unlike the previous times, they did not disappear like the foa...
2024-09-23 03:42:02 +0000 UTC
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Raoul didn’t see Cer as a threat.
But he would be a fool to at least not knowledge her strength. He thought he knew everything there was to know about her, but today, he was met with an ability that was eerily close to a Healer’s.
I don’t sense any Scarlet Healers. She’s not wearing the written markings to redirect her damage, so the Blood Angels are not involved. I’m mistaken. A Blood Angel would not last here even with multiple nebulizers. Then, how does she have t...
2024-09-23 03:41:10 +0000 UTC
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Cer’s departure from her norms frankly annoyed Raoul.
Anything that Cer did which was out of the norm resulted in a deadly spiral spin that caused his blade to extend to over 50 meters, cleaving apart everything – including the fake Cers – inbetween.
Their heads rolled moments before they disappeared as Cer watched with a heavy heart. Cers that hadn’t seen the sun were met with a cruel star. Cers that had nothing to do with this perished in cold blood. Cers that lived in a...
2024-09-21 12:17:02 +0000 UTC
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Neither of the two expected to meet in field of disappearing flowers. No matter how tenacious Cer was, crossing the Bellum Empire and the Impuritas-infested lands of Northern Grandis should have taken weeks on foot alone.
Moons were fast, but not that fast.
Cer deduced this from Raoul’s scrutinizing gaze, which was a look that asked: “How are you here?”
Cer gripped her chest. Months ago, a certain diamond brooch would have reacted to his pathetic disparaging p...
2024-09-21 12:12:41 +0000 UTC
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The branches grew larger. The crystals walls seemed impenetrable. Crystal bullets and bolts of lightning struct places multiple times in quick succession, making it risky for Snap, as just earlier the lightning bolts did not strike the same place twice
Snap purred loudly. Polaroids spilled from its mouth. No one could catch them to see who was on it, but Cer knew that it was either her or the face of her mother. Thousands of variations of Cers that were deleted were printed en masse, on...
2024-09-19 06:52:15 +0000 UTC
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The structure of the crystal was unique when compared to naturally occurring materials. Stone, wood, dirt, ores – the common strand between these materials was that they were highly disordered, whereas a crystal had a uniquely high level of order when it came to its overall molecular composition.
When viewed at the atomic level a crystal would reveal a pattern that repeated infinitely. Self-similarity was the correct term here, and Frost could not help but to apply it in this instance...
2024-09-19 06:48:32 +0000 UTC
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Lament. The voice that spoke to them was filled with lament.
< “Cold winter nights were spent alone. Can my voice reach you before it’s too late?” >
< [Echoes of (Ber)eavement] >
< “AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!” >
Cer remembered t...
2024-09-17 10:03:53 +0000 UTC
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//////// < WARNING > ////////
< NO KNOWN CONDITIONS >
< NO KNOWN SUPRESSION REQUIREMENTS >
< NO KNOWN SUBJUGATION REQUIREMENTS >
< We are only in the light of the Dirge hidden behind the smoke. I’m sure we’ll receive everything we need as soon as we break through! >
2024-09-16 10:30:27 +0000 UTC
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Before Frost left, the Vermilion Moons gave the body of an unfortunate Star.
“Keep him. If it’s Impuritas we’re up against then I don’t see how we’ll get any use out of him. Oh, and I don’t mean that in a disrespectful way. I’m just saying that’s overkill with a Beholder on our side. We don’t know what that white-haired bastard is up to, but it wouldn’t hurt to have a contingence plan.”
Blowing up Iscario could work too, but I’d rather see him lose an a...
2024-09-15 09:38:36 +0000 UTC
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“We’re the last pieces to make a move now. Aside from Michaela. But she’s already departed from the Nexus. I wonder just what those red wings look like.” Frost declared in the same tone as one would use for a silent prayer.
It felt odd hoping or praying to an existence beyond comprehension when Frost was, for all intents and purposes, the same thing herself. As was Michaela to a much greater extent, though it wasn’t like either of them could answer the wishes of people.
...
2024-09-14 00:38:38 +0000 UTC
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Envious Brambles
< A hollow vessel born with the purpose of being filled. So it asked themself: “Why were we born needing nutrients from the world if not to complete us?” >
ORIGIN : Trauma ATTRIBUTE : Obsession
< 1 >
There was once a tree that l...
2024-09-13 01:33:57 +0000 UTC
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Finally, Jury noticed something.
“It attacks the largest concentration of people, but never the Sins… Not only that, but it’s not really targeting the 2nd Branch. They’re clumped up… so how come?”
“Wrath, perchance?” Galia said as they stood atop a sky bridge. She reached out towards the skies, as if she could touch the feathers of the pale bird.
“Wrath?”
“The ‘sin’ of the 2nd Branch.”
Jury did recall seeing ‘Wrath’ written on her ...
2024-09-11 09:18:16 +0000 UTC
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//////// < WARNING > ////////
< APOCALPSE >
< THE ARBITER’S TRUMPET HUMS ITS DIRGE >
< The Castigation Bird Seeks To Punish All Sins >
The warning stirred Jury’s heart with unease. The last time she saw this same message was when Frost transformed into the Crowned.
A bird of apoca...
2024-09-11 09:15:45 +0000 UTC
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A Luminescence had one primary function.
It was to provide positive conditions to allies, like how music could inspire people to act. Invulnerability was the strongest power that a Luminescence could bestow upon a person.
This of course required a tremendous number of Instruments as well as a capable Maestro. The Towers of the Bellum Empire could have easily allowed them to bypass the first condition, and Ara for the second.
In truth, Ara’s awakening as the second coming o...
2024-09-08 23:31:27 +0000 UTC
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A second musician was required to activate the Major Luminescence located in the north.
It would not amount to much, but the act alone would fulfil two things.
The first was generating the mass desire of the Maestros of Flesh to bring forth another exemplary Conductor, but this time under their banner.
And secondly, to defend themselves from the apocalypse.
Mae knew this from the start. Though she was not a particularly high-ranking Maestro of Flesh, she was a Maestro ...
2024-09-08 23:30:26 +0000 UTC
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“Bzzt. The Towers are no longer under our control. Bzzt. How problematic. Bzzt.”
The Sins left behind by the Red Wing slaughtered Impuritas messengers at the entrance of Beethoven’s frozen auditorium. No words needed to be conveyed to him. Their deaths alone were enough for him to recognize the severity of the situation.
“Bzzt. We have lost our guarantee to survive this. Bzzt.” A part of him wished to curse at the Red Wing, but he held his tongue, less he wished to be ta...
2024-09-07 04:43:25 +0000 UTC
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Red cut through the dark forest like a proverbial knife. A seemingly infinite forest unraveled itself. Fresh trails littered the ground leading deeper into the forest only to unexpectedly terminate.
The trees were alive. Envious Brambles waited for their next prey within the desolate canopies. The light of an eternal moon could barely illuminate the forest floor, putting Red at a disadvantage.
However, this did not change that she could still follow the Bloody Trail. Additionally,...
2024-09-06 09:29:19 +0000 UTC
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The actual battle of Frontier was but one component of the war in the Bellum Empire. Woven between the chaos were Gerina’s loyal forces.
They were tasked with three things: gather evidence of corruption to find out who was on her side, capture political figures tied to the conspiracies against her, and finally to evacuate as many souls as possible to designated safe zones.
One of these safe zones was the harbor deep beneath the Capital.
Despite it being in the Underflow it...
2024-09-05 03:20:33 +0000 UTC
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Dark clouds swirled overhead as they carried a tinge of gold.
Silver strands fell from the skies. Attached to the ends of these strings were harpoons. They stabbed at the earth, killing Librarians indiscriminately before a red, yellow and white-striped fabric collapsed like a closing curtain.
Circus tents. These were the Dungeons belonging to the Blood Festivals. They replaced the broken buildings and released a swarm of hastily stitched up bodies as quickly as they appeared.
<...
2024-09-03 22:27:20 +0000 UTC
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If one was wondering what had happened to the Adventurers of Grandis, then they had their answer right here.
Many had been transformed into Pages, their lives as nothing more than a manifestation of a written biography. If the Impuritas had a fraction of the Light that people did, then it would be closer to a reflection of the Light they once had when they were alive.
The strongest of the Librarians pushed into the Palace itself to contest control over it against Gerina’s bodygu...
2024-09-03 22:24:39 +0000 UTC
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The four crimson wings appeared like auroras in the skies. A scarlet glow clashed with the supermoon’s pale-blue light. They were like scars etched onto the face of the all-encompassing moon.
The ‘X’ shaped red star could be seen from as far away as the Nex Megalopolis.
An apocalyptic scenery engulfed Grandis as a foul light illuminated the world like it was still daytime. The shimmering stars and the dark backdrop of space were the only reason why it still felt like nightti...
2024-09-03 22:23:25 +0000 UTC
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“Michaela… are you going to do it?” Anna asked in a whisper. The way the Arbiter’s Council was designed allowed even the most hushed tones to reach every corner of the Council.
“Uriel is the result of my experiments to elevate mankind.” Michaela said, causing the Beholders present to stare intently. They did not know what she meant by this but were able to imagine it. “All Angels are, in the fullest extent of the word, my own children. Each tail of mine represents an Angel...
2024-09-01 09:36:37 +0000 UTC
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The atmosphere of the Nexus shifted as the news reached their ears. Black Wings stationed at the Hyperlink Relay Site located at Central Grandis returned at once. A high-ranking Black Wing adorned with 6 golden feathers appeared in the Central Relay of the Lower Sanctums.
Thousands of Blessed passed through the Central Relay on a daily basis. Not all of them were up to date on the situation of the Nexus, as there was still a plethora of Blessed that had yet to return to the Nexus.
2024-09-01 09:04:59 +0000 UTC
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