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A Perfectly Logical Guide to a Superhuman Apocalypse: 63

A Perfectly Logical Guide to a Superhuman Apocalypse: 63

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Wordcount: 2500

Commissioned by Arksoul

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“So, are either of you willing to go to couples counseling?”

Qin choked on her drink, while Clancy spat his out.

“Perfect, the two of you complete each other.”

“Egress!?”

“What the hell?”

“Your kid asked me to get you together. I thought about just talking to the two of you one on one… then I realized that this...

V7: Chapter 1

V7: Chapter 1

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Use every advantage possible to win every fight.

Now, on the surface, that seems crazy to say. There should be limits to warfare, like not causing excessive suffering. If you’re going to kill someone, make sure that it’s clean, quick, and painless. While I’m tempted to call that stupidly idealistic, if I’m going to get killed, I’d like to die cleanly, quickly, and painlessly, too. No one wants to stare down the barrel of a gun and die, but I’m s...

A Fairytale for the Heavenly Demon (Oneshot)

A Fairytale for the Heavenly Demon

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The Heavenly Demon is Reincarnated into a High Fantasy Otome Game

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Verily, despite my status as unrivaled and unequalled, I perished at the pinnacle of my strength. The Sword Saint had fallen by my hand, the Axe God died by my blade, and even the Shaolin’s most sacred temple crumbled in accordance to my will. All semblance of opposition to my might and that of my underlings was thus crushed, and my forces reigned supreme and ...

V6: Epilogue

V6: Epilogue

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Interlude: Alistair, the Exile

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A monster.

The King of Wisdom plucked a monster from the depths of hell and set her upon me like a creature of nightmares in the guise of a young woman.

“Master, you shouldn’t be up.”

“I’m fine.” Pain from the wound in my side erupted as I settled into the seat of the ‘cockpit’ of the Ancient craft. Lessons given to me by my father took control. In moment, I was guiding it through the...

V6: Chapter 14

V6: Chapter 14

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Interlude: Rita

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The gates opened.

The predatory gazes of the soldiers of the camp wandered over them.

Feigned screamed resounded for moments, as they were all dragged away to be used and discarded,

Then, the true screaming began within the camp of two thousand soldiers.

Past their frontline, past their armed companions, the rest of the camp had their arms and armor ready to be donned with aid from their fellows. Steel plat...

Apocalypse Reborn: What If: Kingslaying Event

Apocalypse Reborn: What If: Kingslaying Event

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There are fewer things more awesome than Champion vs. Champion combat.

There’s a whole section of the online forums dedicated only to theory-crafting and developing Champions for one-on-one combat in the game. You pick a Champion, spend twenty-five turns developing them, and just throw them at each other with winner-take-all rules. Your Champion wins, you get the enemy’s territory, and if ...

Apocalypse Reborn: Demon Lord 4

Apocalypse Reborn: Demon Lord 4

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Yep.

This body definitely came with mental resistance or some sort of bonus against going crazy.

All around me were the last of the rambunctious, uncontrollable elements of my people. Now that we were established, I’d given them the choice to settle down or stay their current course as slavers, hedonists, and individuals who I couldn’t completely control. They chose the latter every time it was given, so this was the result.

Scarlet 54

Scarlet 54

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Commissioned by Sivantic

Wordcount: 2500

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Rias looked at me with wide eyes and a big smile.

“Onii-san told you that you should make a secret organization! That’s amazing!” Rias gushed and I blinked. I’d attributed the request to more akin to making a team. We were having a little get together with the Occult Research Club. The food was junk. Pizza, soda, and some bags of chips on the side. I had some of the chips, but avoided the s...

Gentleman’s Guide to Fantastic Beasts 39

Gentleman’s Guide to Fantastic Beasts 39

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Wordcount: 2500

Commissioned by Sivantic.

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Djet’Is stood across from me with hands raised in fists. She hid her face behind her forearms and kept her chin tucked in. Her right foot was forward, leading her stance, and I observed her with the same style.

She charged at me, practically gliding across the padded dirt floor, and launching a swift jab at my guard.

Her fist was wide enough to close the gap...

V6: Chapter 13

V6: Chapter 13

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Alright.
I’ll admit it.
I like the Warden gameplay style.

There’s just something fun about leading a nation with unbreakable morale that’ll throw themselves endlessly at the enemy for you at practically no cost. Sure, if you’re a coward, you play the Wardens of the Caverns with a cultural victory in mind… but playing them as an endless crusade with endless armies armed with basic weapons is great, too.

A tide of armies that get replac...

Somehow, I’m the Otome Game Villain 21:

Somehow, I’m the Otome Game Villain 21:

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Wordcount: 2500

Commissioned by LordMarksman

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There’s no shortage of people out there who’ll fuck over other people just to get a little bit ahead in life.

That is to say that without certain assurances from my pedigree, Alzer would’ve gotten rid of me, and even with my pedigree all that I did would’ve burdened my family a great deal.

While we’re certainly seen as a reputable and competent fam...

A Perfectly Logical Guide to a Superhuman Apocalypse: 62

A Perfectly Logical Guide to a Superhuman Apocalypse: 62

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Wordcount: 2500

Commissioned by Arksoul

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There’s no shortage of greedy people in the world.

Now, if they’re smart and greedy, that wouldn’t be much of a problem. If you’re smart and greedy, then you know that it’s better to be cautious, because otherwise you’d stand to risk the shit you’ve worked for.

Smart and greedy people do their best to manage risk.

They work hard...

V6: Chapter 12

V6: Chapter 12

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They’re just out there losing soldiers like it’s nothing.

I mean, I get it.

The Wardens can bring their people back to life. The Guardians are mostly Undead. Finally, the Forgers weren’t losing that many soldiers, since they were covered in a small sedan’s worth of metal each… but they were still losing soldiers.

The Wardens can honestly afford it. If their Influence is high, they have no issues with resurrecting their troops. Resurre...

V6: Chapter 11

V6: Chapter 11

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Generally speaking, you can tell you’re winning against a crisis, if the crisis in question isn’t breaking through your defenses, raiding your improved tiles, and sieging your cities. Extra points if your armies stay over 80% health after each engagement with them. The rough idea is that as long as you can produce units, as long as you’re only taking damage to your military sections, then you’re good because in the game those things can be produced and s...

A Perfectly Logical Guide to a Superhuman Apocalypse: 61

A Perfectly Logical Guide to a Superhuman Apocalypse: 61

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Wordcount: 2500

Commissioned by Arksoul

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Qin, Bao, and Clancy all sat around a table together, talking to each other in clipped tones, while I dealt with more important matters.

“I’m telling you, Walker, the cheese here is better than what we’ve got. I don’t know how or why, but it just is.” I haven’t had the pleasure of having melty, soft cheese for a while. Cheeses that I had in m...

V6: Chapter 10

V6: Chapter 10

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Interlude: Celia

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The skies were blackened and scarlet from the fires burning whole battlefields. Verdant fields filled with flowers and grass were now muddy expanses covered in the dead. Towns abandoned in the war between the Scholars and the Academy were now ruins with only stone buildings remaining. Across the battlefields mages dueled one another. Barriers of wind intercepting flashes of flame and lightning with tempestuous storms forged into ...

V6: Chapter 9

V6: Chapter 9

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The typical response to the Death Lord crisis is really the typical response to every crisis.

Turtle up and fight them in your own turf. While they’re suffering from being in your territory, getting raided, finding no food, and getting funneled into chokepoints, you get all the benefits of being at home. Your unit morale is boosted, the have lower maintenance costs since they don’t need long logistical trains, and reinforcements can get to the frontline...

V6: Chapter 8

V6: Chapter 8

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I had the good fortune of working in a company where brown-nosing wasn’t necessary to get to the top, where working overtime was frowned upon, and the benefits were great. Of course, getting to that position required avoiding a whole lot of relationships and fun over the years, but it was better than having to go to a company where who you knew mattered more than what you knew.

However, I was unlucky enough in this life to be born to a baggage train to a ...

V6: Chapter 7

V6: Chapter 7

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Interlude: Conquest

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The ruin we were supposed to enter was surrounded by a procession of monsters composed of many tribes and creatures. Feral analogues of the Goblins and the Beast tribes stayed close to one another, while herds and packs of immense wolves and spiders skittered or loped into the structure. Hulking ogres and even more immense trolls lumbered as groups of three or five clad in ramshackle clothing into the ancient ruin. Harpies flew...

Apocalypse Reborn: Academy 7

Apocalypse Reborn: Academy 7

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Magic.

What is it?

According to the studies conducted by the Academy, it was something that didn’t exist during the time of the Ancients. I knew that from the in-game lore that its first form was a superweapon that was used to kill off most of the population. The Ancients took it, changed it, and turned it back against them and then fought a bitter world-wide war while establishing an absolute defensive perimeter for this continent fo...

Apocalypse Reborn: Demon Lord 3

Apocalypse Reborn: Demon Lord 3

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Killing should be difficult, yet I barely gave all the times that I killed a spare thought.

In fact, I barely gave anything a spare thought, and hardly found anything to be difficult.

I suppose being born as the destined ender of the world has its perks.

“Get up, Red.” I was training my bodyguard. After a stint in one of the medical pods of the Citadel, and plenty of food, she rapidly grew in height and filled out a fair am...

Point Zero: Of Gods Old And New: 3

Point Zero: Of Gods Old And New: 3

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Commissioned by Ichypa

Wordcount: 2500

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Surprisingly, it was easy to fine-tune a regular piece of equipment to find Demons once I knew what I was looking for. Energy scanners were pretty much a necessity in any basic laboratory set up, since they were needed to make sure some pieces of equipment were in tip-top shape and nothing was leaking while putting out loads of energy. Hell, most of our drones used had them as part ...

V6: Chapter 6

V6: Chapter 6

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Interlude: Celia

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Endless.

I thought I understood that word before the battles against the Death Lord began, but now I truly understood what the word meant.

The battles against the Death Lord’s forces may end, but the war did not ever stop.

My war table was filled with a hundred records of engagements against the enemy’s forces… and it was only from the current week.

“The more I look, the more untenable our position ...

Gentleman’s Guide to Fantastic Beasts 38

Gentleman’s Guide to Fantastic Beasts 38

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Wordcount: 2500

Commissioned by Sivantic.

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I dreamed of fire and flame beneath a sky filled with burning ships and a tree of light fading away.

I stood atop a tower and I was not alone.

At my back there was a young woman covered in a pure white dress. From neck to toe, her body was covered in flowing garments, and her face was half-obscured by a veil of gold that hung from a circlet around her skull.

Scarlet 53

Scarlet 53

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Commissioned by Sivantic

Wordcount: 2500

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How do I make friends?

In my past life, it sort of just happened while we all did our best to do what we needed in order to survive. In Emma’s case, which I didn’t really count in all honesty, we just knew each other as kids and got along well… until we didn’t. I knew more than I wanted to about how to maintain and how to break a friendship, too.

So, in truth, the right question was�...

V6: Chapter 5

V6: Chapter 5

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Interlude: Rita

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Morgan, the granddaughter of Khanrow, reminded me of Ilych. Both were strong and capable Champions with keen minds and immense potential. Where they headed in battlefields, if there was no Champion to oppose them, only ruin and destruction awaited those they faced. Though one was clad in armor from head to toe, and the other wore armor behind a heavily enchanted coat, both existed as nigh-unstoppable individuals wherever they tread...

A Perfectly Logical Guide to a Superhuman Apocalypse: 60

A Perfectly Logical Guide to a Superhuman Apocalypse: 60

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Wordcount: 2500

Commissioned by Arksoul

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“Hey, Qin, question.”

“Ask your question, Egress.”

“How the hell did you train your kid?”

“With great thoroughness.” Qin looked upon the disaster zone we’d arrived at with pride apparent all over her features. Anderson was tending to her troops sent to stop Bao. No one was dead, but there were plenty of bruised egos around. ...

A Perfectly Logical Guide to a Superhuman Apocalypse: 59

A Perfectly Logical Guide to a Superhuman Apocalypse: 59

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Wordcount: 2500

Commissioned by Arksoul

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“Yo, I’m back.”

“Egress.” I don’t know how, by Maelstrom managed to convey disappointment with just a look, some crossed arms, and a single word. I had a slight, sinking feeling in my stomach at her glare… no, wait, that just might be the curry. I don’t know how, but the curry remained delicious despite being freeze-dried. Parvati should ...

Somehow, I’m the Otome Game Villain 20:

Somehow, I’m the Otome Game Villain 20:

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Wordcount: 2500

Commissioned by LordMarksman

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The chateau I rented was empty when I returned, everything packed up in a vessel made by Luxion and Ideal with the façade of being a contemporary ship of Alzer. With Alzer’s reputation of having powerful ships, albeit ones that had to operate in its territory, the façade was a good enough deterrent especially with the Armors that came with it that were piloted remot...

V6: Chapter 4

V6: Chapter 4

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I was ready to make a massive mistake in the future to fix a massive mistake in the present, but things turned out for the better.

I think.

Turns out that the Wardens didn’t take kindly to the existence of Death Lordes.

Nope.

Not in the slightest.

“This foul creature must be expunged from the face of the planet.” Khalai didn’t mince words and had a glare on his face that was unusually serious for him. Sirena, who was usually ...