Because of his captured vassal’s attack, this portion of the battlefield was at an impasse. The Empire’s side was decimated and the Kingdom’s side was in the middle of reorganization from the unexpected happening. The destruction was comparable to the alpha strike of the Level 4 generals.
Croix knew Avel was strong but how strong? He didn't know. He had seen glimpses of his depths i...
2025-05-03 09:39:46 +0000 UTC View PostViers was hungry.
He had not eaten since yesterday morning. He fought a war then got captured by the enemy. His back, where they carved the magical circuit to enslave him, still bled... Now he must fight at the front line again against his former allies. In other words, the situation sucked to high heaven.
Meanwhile, he had an inexhaustible bread supply at his home. A truly sad circ...
2025-04-29 11:45:35 +0000 UTC View PostWhat the fuck just happened?
Viers remembered things were going swimmingly. He killed a lot of people, proving he was strong even when he was limiting his strength. He deflected a ballista bolt from one of the warmachines on the castle's walls, showing off his parry skills and sword quality. He Cut the Crap’d some guy wearing white that suddenly ambushed him, saying Three-headed somethi...
2025-04-24 13:19:45 +0000 UTC View PostViers, who had drawn his sword, continued showing his swordsmanship to allies and enemies alike.
The Empire’s soldiers couldn't retreat even if they wanted to, for retreating without orders was the same as desertion and the penalty for desertion was execution on the spot. Like a human wave, they only moved forward. On the other hand, because of piling up exhaustion and injuries from rep...
2025-04-20 08:58:10 +0000 UTC View PostAs time went on, the battle became more intense. Everywhere that Viers laid eyes on, the Kingdom’s side had overpowered the Empire’s soldiers. These were the professional soldiers of the Empire's army, not military slaves, with proper training and equipment and everything, but the Latias knights triumphed against an enemy equal to their numbers.
Well, considering the quality of th...
2025-04-15 15:05:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe army had arrived at the site of battle, the Duke had given his speech, and the men’s morale had been stoked.
“Begin! Remove these invaders from our land!!”
On the Duke’s signal, the Battle of Grandia Castle began with magical bombardments.
Super Artes that were empowered by multiple casters and had a long casting time made an arc through the air. They came in vario...
2025-04-11 06:11:36 +0000 UTC View PostNear the Harkelan-Latias border of Grandia Castle winter had come several months early. The cause of this weather abnormality were the flying fortresses.
It was just like in the Battle of Gryphon’s Reach but greater in scope. Back then, there were three fortresses and only for a short time before they were beaten back. At Grandia Castle, there were five flying fortresses that had been d...
2025-04-07 11:35:29 +0000 UTC View Post“Rissa, according to information from the Hanged Man, the hidden Lamia village is somewhere in this canyon.”
“The ambient mana is thick here, messing up magical detections. Add with the treacherous terrain and powerful monsters... It’s quite an ideal place to be if you want to be hidden from the world.”
“Like elves, your kind is so few and living in isolation. At least i...
2025-04-03 10:43:15 +0000 UTC View PostGrandia Castle was now within viewing distance, still quite far but the destination was in sight. It was the endpoint of the Latias counteroffensive led by Duke Sterling Valentine. The snowstorm made it so only the rough shadow of the castle could be seen. Above it, five flying fortresses hung like levitating mountains.
Many expected it, but the reality that the mighty Latias bastion had ...
2025-03-27 12:28:19 +0000 UTC View PostFatal Soulframe First Form: Horror.
Fatal Soulframe Second Form: Exequies Butterfly.
These two Artes were created by taking inspiration from a horror game series that Viers played in the past.
The first form used the motion of him taking a picture to launch a soul attack. The second form was also a soul attack but it could cover a big area. Both Artes also had hidden functions. 2025-03-23 20:20:57 +0000 UTC View Post
The undead.
Like every child of Latias, Croix had grown up hearing the story. To the north lay the Dread North, a land of freezing waste where the dead rose and roamed. The scary stories that mothers told naughty children to make them behave.
The Latias Kingdom maintained a strong border to stop the undead incursion but the undead were already there before the kingdom was born.
<... 2025-03-19 16:15:24 +0000 UTC View PostThere were many differences between the Red Dragon Unit’s second battle compared to its first.
At Taris, the town was still holding against the Harkelan Empire’s assault. But at Founwell, the enemy had breached the walls. Like ants over a mound of sugar, Harkelan forces were all over the city.
The Red Dragon was able to catch the enemy off guard at Taris, but the enemy was prepa...
2025-03-14 19:50:32 +0000 UTC View PostWatching the besieged town of Taris, Viers saw first hand how the wars in a medieval era with magic were waged.
It was... positively medieval.
Taris wasn't as big and fancy enough as Gryphon’s Reach to warrant a complete magical barrier. Having one installed and maintained would cost a sum that the town couldn't afford.
And so, the walls.
The attackers also weren't any...
2025-03-10 10:36:50 +0000 UTC View PostA handsome young man with golden hair was sitting alone in a room. He sat facing a window. At night, barely anything could be seen other than darkness. His face was that of melancholy. There was an image globe placed on the table next to him, showing two people smiling.
One was himself, Stratos Gaelos. The other, the now deceased Theus Mercea.
In the slightly moving image, the two w...
2025-03-07 07:48:48 +0000 UTC View PostCroix pulled the reins of his horse to slow its speed until it stopped. From a hill, he was able to see far and wide. Under a beautiful morning sky, villages had turned to charcoal. Far away, there were two settlements still burning.
Seeing the barbaric works of the Empire, Croix gritted his teeth.
A few days had passed since the Battle of Gryphon’s Reach. A lot of things were in ...
2025-03-02 09:14:09 +0000 UTC View PostViers assembled the puzzle pieces in his head. The Popess’ disappearance, the immortal pursuers from the east continent, the Harkelan Empire’s invasion, it was all connected, it had to be. As the one with the Fables, he knew the patterns. He knew how stories unfolded.
He had already contacted the Hanged Man, the guy who was his company’s manager at Zetel to prepare for this eventual...
2025-02-26 09:22:04 +0000 UTC View PostA great deal happened after Croix and Celestine joined hands to destroy the main power source.
The fortress began to fall. An object with such size would cause major damage should it fall and Gryphon’s Reach was right below it. To make it worse, Rostov the Blanket activated the self-destruct sequence for maximum damage.
Fortunately, there were those with good heads on their should...
2025-02-22 07:45:54 +0000 UTC View PostThe flying fortress was shaking like a dying animal.
Not only were there mighty battles being waged inside and outside its walls all around, the energy that powered the massive magical artifact was becoming more and more unstable. The efforts of the scattered strike team to destroy the minor power sources were working.
The power sources kept the mind-boggling massive structure levit...
2025-02-18 00:30:56 +0000 UTC View Post“Arte - Stone Barrage!”
“Arte - Volcanic Force!”
The duration of a fight between Pathseekers varied greatly.
There was the short one, like what Ciel did against the six Level 4 cultists. By soul searching the dead cultists, Viers got the picture of what happened and much more.
Some fights ended swiftly because of an overwhelming difference in strength, or if it d...
2025-02-13 08:05:15 +0000 UTC View Post“Got you!”
Red Eyes’ hand pierced the chest of a woman wearing a white mask.
“Oh?”
To his surprise, he destroyed a water body double.
Red Eyes touched his chin, thinking how the other white-masked woman also felt off when he killed her. Perhaps that was a body double too. Now, he couldn't sense their presence anymore. They had gotten away.
“Good. You bo...
2025-02-08 18:27:05 +0000 UTC View PostHis name was Mitch. He was a knight of Latias and a teammate of Prince Onyx Cassian for the Grand Prix. As a vassal of the prince, Mitch believed in the supremacy of Prince Cassian. He believed Cassian would become champion of the Grand Prix and ascend the throne of Latias.
The prince, as a Level 3, already possessed Level 4 battle strength in the form of his tamed monsters. These were no...
2025-02-04 21:02:16 +0000 UTC View PostPrince Lutz Diamond Latias was glowing.
His whole body radiated bright light as if he was the sun. Anyone facing him had to cover their eyes.
When the radiance subsumed, the room was full of collapsed enemies. Only the prince and a woman behind him were still standing.
“Paula, you can open your eyes now.”
“Yes.”
The woman’s full name was Pulamela but the ...
2025-02-01 06:33:32 +0000 UTC View PostThe inside of the fort had become a battlefield.
The alliance of the contestants of the Grand Prix came out from the spatial trap swinging.
The soldiers of the Empire were on alert and ready to intercept the scattered invaders. They had prepared killing grounds and surrounded the expected exit coordinates. However, the strike team was composed of the Latias most elite youths; they w...
2025-01-28 12:29:53 +0000 UTC View Post“Sword Saint? For real?”
“Hair like a sunset, face as pretty as a flower, and that terrifying sword force... It’s her.”
“She broke the spatial maze from the outside? Praise the Goddess! We’re saved!”
The lady’s arrival lifted the spirits of the trapped strike team.
“Oi, oi, lady, what’s the big idea!? What the hell are you doing in my show!?” Rost...
2025-01-26 04:09:01 +0000 UTC View PostFalmerion certainly knew how to make an entrance.
The dragon crashed down from the roof. Viers imagined the scene from inside of the room was pretty amazing. Amazing, but deadly. The rest of the strike team followed suit. Unlike the outside, the walls of the fortress provided some protection from the wind and cold.
“We got in. Now we must find the power source of this thing and sh...
2025-01-22 10:36:25 +0000 UTC View Post“Invader scum! Know your folly for facing a Knight of Latias in combat!”
Viers saw a Level 3 knight killing a Level 3 enemy with a lightning sword. As the battlefield was high up in the air, the fate of the fallen was to literally fall. Viers found there was something funny about the random thoughts that just appeared in his head.
After the fleeting fancy passed, Viers analytica...
2025-01-18 13:47:26 +0000 UTC View PostFloating above both hands of Viers, there were four cards.
The Magician, the High Priestess, the Lovers, and the Temperance.
The owners were Farley, Clarissa, Sakuya, and Paina. Viers gave them the Major Arcana that was most suitable for them.
The four owners looked in no small amount of wonder and amazement as Viers infused the cards with mysterious energy. Motes of light, ti...
2025-01-15 00:55:08 +0000 UTC View PostWater. Earth. Fire. Air. Long ago, the four nations lived together in harmony. Then, everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked.
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...
Well, not exactly.
First off, the Four Great Nations in the Human Dominion aren't represented by their elemental alignment. If you squint your eyes really hard th...
2025-01-10 06:37:10 +0000 UTC View PostThe rain of icicles that froze everything that it touched. It was a powerful technique. Viers had no idea if it was an Arte by a Level 5 or the product of many people joining their powers, or the mechanism of the flying fortress. What was the deal with that fortress in the first place anyway? A super-sized magic item or just a castle on top of a flying glacier?
At any rate, it was Tinade ...
2025-01-06 13:25:23 +0000 UTC View PostWhatever happened yesterday, the sun always rises again.
“Good morning,” Croix said while eating bread.
“Good morning to you too, Highness,” Viers replied.
“Master, your breakfast,” Boram delivered a plate of food on the table for his master.
Even though Croix was royalty, he wasn't a big fan of rigid etiquette. His experience as a part-time adventurer molded...
2024-12-31 15:01:53 +0000 UTC View Post