‘That is an issue,’ John thought. ‘A big issue.’
Through his mental connection, he followed the initial clash of Liakan and Ehtra. Through the singular perspective, it was a confusing entanglement of arcane projectiles and limbs. Tiamat had latched onto her daughter as a secondary spinal column made of clenched, parasitic jaws. Liakan was still struggling against it, but the black had crept up her neck enough to take control of her limbs.
The daughter o...
2024-09-05 14:45:48 +0000 UTC
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The next morning, the party went out for shopping.
Summerdawn as a recognized, civilized territory was a recent phenomenon. Adventurers had been using the specific area as a safe haven in the wilderness for two generations. Only in the last twenty years had that reached the concentration and reliability to be called an actual settlement. Since then, things had expanded, but slowly. The only reason why one would want to be in Summerdawn was the proximity to Chimerion ...
2024-09-04 16:41:18 +0000 UTC
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I take off.
Wings beat the air in a rapid rhythm. My hatred burns through the outer layers of my soul. It lies at the core, always will, for that was what I was made of. Not a person, but an aspect of a god, split in three.
I can taste the god in the air, hear her contemptible presence in the whispers of magic, smell her foul stench through the layers of this Sanctum. I followed her. I followed her for so long. I was her for a time, twisted into a form not of m...
2024-09-03 15:33:00 +0000 UTC
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‘I may be getting a bit sick of tournaments,’ John thought.
The Aztec arena around them was different and yet so similar to the coliseum he was used to. A vast structure with a central open space and surrounding watcher’s areas. Unlike the oval arenas John was used to, this one came in the shape of an octagon. The fighting grounds themselves were a square. The public viewing areas were separated into four large tribunes by the tall structure where the corners o...
2024-09-02 16:19:53 +0000 UTC
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Lorelei solemnly took the circlet from the table in front of her. The ring of artfully shaped metal settled pleasantly over her head, hiding her eyes behind the broader front piece. A smith had provided it for her on her request. It had none of the magical properties of the genuine article, be it the circlet of the Order or one of those that her beloved had provided. Still, the presence of the weight helped her focus. The metal was no obstruction to her second sight whatso...
2024-08-31 13:59:43 +0000 UTC
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Nahua glared at him with all of the fury of a woman scorned. “Be thankful that I am reasonable,” she hissed at him, “and very patient.”
Between the poison she quite literally fumed and the rapid tapping of her heel on the floor, he wasn’t sure he could agree to either statement. Sometimes it was wiser just to nod, though. “I am very thankful,” he assured her. “Can I invite you for some tea and enriched mercury?”
The demigoddess stood in the en...
2024-08-30 15:58:54 +0000 UTC
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“Temperance is the last gift I would have expected of you, my love.” The knife in Lydia’s hand ran its serrated edge through the stubborn sinew that kept the steak together. “It has my deepest approval.”
John sat across from her. Minutes ago he had been mesmerized by her beauty. She wore a black dress with a low cut, her half-exposed breasts covered by loosely hanging cloth. Copper red hair was bound in a crown braid, a hairpin shaped like the Prussian eagl...
2024-08-29 14:39:28 +0000 UTC
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The party had expected the entrance to Chimerion to be something special. A gash in the side of the mountain or a vast assortment of small cave entrances. Instead, they were treated to a large skull lying at the end of a valley, its maw open.
An impressive sight, no doubt, just not the gargantuan thing they had expected for a dungeon that had influence over an entire continent.
What was exceptional was the crowd of monsters loitering around its entrance. Usuall...
2024-08-28 17:35:44 +0000 UTC
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John tapped on the button five times. He took a half second pause between each repetition, carefully monitoring that Nahua was not going insane. The only kind of madness he could see was how maddeningly adorable she was as her breathing grew more heated.
“Oh yesssssss,” she hissed, as the tenth point settled in. She traced a finger from the valley between collarbone and left shoulder up the peak of her petite breasts, then inhaled sharply at the touch of her hard nipple, visi...
2024-08-27 16:01:47 +0000 UTC
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Back in the inner realm, John managed to get his mind out of the gutter enough for his dick to become flaccid. A feat of willpower in his case, since he could and regularly did continue without pause. “Alright, Ehtra, ready to talk to me again?”
“If I have to,” the angel maid answered with false reluctancy. Headpats introduced blushing sweetness into her sour expression. “Alright… what will you grant me today, Master?”

2024-07-19 08:50:06 +0000 UTC
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“The fourth seal is activating,” Momo reported.
Aclysia snapped the plate she was holding. The disk, made from a singular piece of stone, was split cleanly down the middle. There was something dark about the maid’s expression, a shadow over her eyes that overpowered the graceful smile that struggled to stay on her lips.
“How is Tiemarath’s repair advancing, John?” she asked, managing to keep the façade of elegance. For the most part. It said someth...
2024-07-18 07:53:52 +0000 UTC
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Four iron plates were placed on the counter in front of Apexus. A moment later, a note was added – the official license that the humanoid chimera could show in other outposts around the Omniverse to prove they were entitled to this level of authentication.
“Why?” Apexus asked, looking at the objects. His surprise put him back in the bad habit of not fully formulating understandable thoughts. “Why are we receiving these?”
The receptionist, an older man, double-chec...
2024-07-17 11:47:06 +0000 UTC
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John was in a great mood.
John was in a sour mood.
John was feeling victorious.
John was feeling cheated.
Sitting in the relative safety of the bunker, the Gamer dwelled on the duality of feelings. It was a precarious balance. Just dismissing the negative emotions because they were displeasing was dangerous. His mood was great because he had made progress on the Quest, but he hated that three of his elementals were currently out of his reach because...
2024-07-16 12:50:28 +0000 UTC
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The thunder surged through limbs and artificial heart. Internal measurements deactivated as their data input became a hindrance. The flow of energized fluids through the flexible tubes that had replaced 94% of her veins quickened. Energy consumptions rose and so did the availability. The output accelerators whined at a high frequency. Electric energy was transmitted back to the GUNDAMN, a fragment of the process that kept forcing her to expend more energy so her Innate Abi...
2024-07-15 10:30:59 +0000 UTC
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Arranging a fight with Malady was as easy as sending a text. Courtesy of the Horned Rat, John had a direct line to Norahnon.
John: I have a suggestion. I would like to arrange a duel between your Malady and one of my fighters. Stakes will be the exploration of all ruins that have been shown so far. Momo has agreed to give up her own research notes that she has got on them so far should we lose. This bet will not include any ruins going forwards.
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2024-07-13 15:29:18 +0000 UTC
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