After Daedalus finished telling his story, and everyone had recovered slightly we looked around. We weren’t entirely sure why the Lieutenants had picked this place to meet. Was it just for an ambush, or was there some other reason?
Aside from the entrance tunnel, there were a few more ruins that we found in the area. In the center of the massive st...
2024-02-03 06:55:24 +0000 UTC View PostI looked at Daedalus, trying to understand what he meant. The time in my dustbin had obviously changed his physical appearance to be much more fabulous; the look in his eyes gave me the impression he wasn't just referring to that.
"What do you mean? The physical changes, your fire, or something else?"
"It changed me," Daedalus...
2024-02-01 20:32:16 +0000 UTC View PostHarold hadn't made it too much further in tracking the Lieutenant before the promised backup had arrived. It was Susan, the demon's... No. Lord Void's intelligence officer. It was still hard for him to think of Void as anything but a horrific demon that wanted to consume his very soul. However, many times, the Warden corrected him, but the fear was still in...
2024-01-30 03:40:17 +0000 UTC View PostThe pair of Lieutenants leaped back in surprise at my assault. I hurried after them, spraying arcs of acid after them. Unfortunately, I only had a limited amount of the caustic liquid. It wasn't a simple mix of chemicals that was doing the damage. It was a specific concoction that Beatrice had spent ages preparing, and the magic imbued in it required time t...
2024-01-27 23:47:59 +0000 UTC View PostAs the runes flashed and the tunnel opened, Bee ran through it as fast as she could, chasing after Archibald. His extra levels on her were really showing in the physical stats department. She felt a slight rippling in the air as Void whipped past her. Gritting her teeth, she poured more energy into her legs, trying to push off the ground harder and r...
2024-01-17 21:59:16 +0000 UTC View PostWith Daedalus situated in my dustbin, I could see him floating in the void, unaffected by everything around him. It didn't look too unpleasant or anything, but I tried to think of any other ways to make it as comfortable as I could. Drawing on some of the energy floating within, I projected a gentle light so that he could observe some of the other things goin...
2024-01-16 02:56:12 +0000 UTC View PostWe all flew along high over the trees at an impressive pace. Beatrice was the limiting factor of our traveling speed, as carpets could only move so fast. As much as I enjoyed a good carpet, I considered that they might not have been the best method transportation. I could fly circles around it. Though I could also do the same around Daedalus if...
2024-01-13 16:55:38 +0000 UTC View PostAs I got closer to Daedalus's form on the ground, my sensors made out Archibald sliding off of his back and stretching his legs. The human champion walked around, bending over a few times to limber himself up.
"Hello, my friend!" Daedalus called up to me as I hovered toward the ground.
I returned the greeting excitedly with a beep and ...
2024-01-12 15:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostI watched as the massive red-scaled form of Daedalus appeared above the trees. With my sensors, I could see him before the humans did; even so, I was slightly surprised when they had such a violent reaction to my friend's arrival.
Of course, Beatrice had already seen Daedalus before and was not so surprised. However, she certainly seemed a littl...
2024-01-10 15:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostIt took Susan nearly 20 minutes to show up in the throne room. Bee wasn't exactly surprised, though. Susan was a very busy woman, and she felt bad about pulling her away from whatever important task she was taking care of. But this was pretty dang important.
In the meantime, she had called for refreshments. Some of the palace servants who had...
2024-01-08 15:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostDaedalus soared high in the, his draconic silhouette blotting out the sun, before diving down low to skim over the mountaintops. He angled his wings to maintain flight, slowing down as much as possible without falling out of the sky. His vision wasn't quite sharp enough to pick out every flake of snow that littered the ground. Still, he was more than able...
2024-01-06 15:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe next day, after I had managed to put the city into some kind of reasonable shape, I put a temporary pause on further renovations. Handling the rest of the city was still a top priority but had shifted down on the list. We needed to track down the Lieutenant who fled.
After a quick chat with Beatrice, I started following its trail. But it was a ...
2024-01-05 15:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostBee just stared at her former headmaster and the Dean of Demonology, a man about whom she had very mixed feelings. Her Scan gave her a new result, which was cool but not very useful in this case.
Name: Sir Loyd Farlow, Level: 42, Race: Human, Class: Administrator, Titles: The Warden, Age: 73, Highest Stat: Wisdom, Lowest Stat: Constituti...
2024-01-03 15:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post"I can't believe it. How did you manage to do all that?"
Beatrix's eyes shone with a mixture of astonishment and pride as Bee finished speaking. The more detailed recounting of her recent exploits seemed too fantastical to be real, even to Bee herself.
"Well, I didn't do it alone..." Bee demurred. "I've had plenty of help alon...
2024-01-01 15:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostWhen Beatrice had declared that the city was Void's, she'd expected a lot of changes. This wasn't one of them.
Later, on the same day they took the city, she groaned, stretching in her chair as the latest petitioner left. It was a relatively nice one that had been taken from elsewhere in the castle to set below the throne.
She used...
2023-12-30 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostBy the time Susan and I got Tony outside, he had mostly figured out his floating and was able to move around at a brisk walk. Luckily, he didn't need to move any faster than that, as most of the demons ran away screaming when they saw him.
We avoided running into anything super powerful, or perhaps it was more accurate to say that they avoided us...
2023-12-29 15:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostAll four of us stared at Tony and the foot and a half of air between his feet and the floor. He pointed his toes and wiggled his legs, trying to reach it, but was incapable of touching down. His hair floated above his head as if static electricity was keeping it aloft, cerulean blue eyes widened in panic.
"Your eyes..." Beatrice said.
I was a bi...
2023-12-27 15:19:25 +0000 UTC View PostTony's soul slowly pieced back together, each little part pushed into place with vigorous brushing, polishing every surface. After I had ensured it was completely free of debris or any other foreign elements, I carefully fit them together, drawing on the power and skills of each and every person who had faith in me. The pieces melded together almost perfect...
2023-12-26 00:22:23 +0000 UTC View PostI registered the new demon's appearance just a moment too late. I hadn't initially been sure what I was seeing on my sensors. But I got the idea pretty quickly when it lashed out at Tony. I reached out with my soul sense to check on Tony's condition. I couldn't believe my sensors.
Not because I thought the illusion-master lieutenant was messing w...
2023-12-26 00:03:38 +0000 UTC View PostAs I felt the demon out with my auditory sensors, I reached out with Air Manipulation. I decided to make another non-lethal attack just in case it had more tricks up its sleeve than I expected.
I had a lot of options, but I thought it would be best if I could enable my allies to regroup while I held the demon's attention. I attempted to encase...
2023-12-25 23:44:14 +0000 UTC View PostAs my Sensory Disruption settled over the Lieutenant, I got excited. Maybe I had actually confused the enemy and turned its own tricks right back at it. But after its initial gasp of surprise, I heard a roar of rage. A sudden force slammed into my undercarriage, thrusting me up at the ceiling. I beeped in distress as I realized that...
2023-12-25 15:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostOur party stepped past the archfiend's body and continued down the hall. The tide of incoming enemies proved no match for their teamwork, as expected. Soon, all five of us sat before the throne room doors. There was a quarter of a second where we all stood still, staring at what we knew to be the toughest fight ahead of us. But then Arthur led the way ...
2023-12-23 17:24:41 +0000 UTC View Post"Uh." Tony looked at me with confusion in his eyes. "I'm your paladin. Paladin of Spot."
Ah, that's cool. They named a class after me. That was cute.
"I think a good portion of our army is actually a similar class." Arthur chimed in. "Though with how much you've been involved in the church, I wouldn't be surprised if you get a more unique class upgr...
2023-12-22 17:22:36 +0000 UTC View PostAt the first real threat of danger, I finally made my move. Zipping down through the air above the city, I went to intercept the tide of demons that came flooding out of the castle grounds. It appeared that, whatever they'd been waiting for, the invasion was enough for them to stop hiding.
Some of the demons that had been masquerading as humans shed thei...
2023-12-20 16:04:38 +0000 UTC View PostAs the sharp, staccato, clanging sound resonated through the air, I rose up above Beatrice to get the lay of the land. In the distance, I could see the column of men marching along the road. They were still a little bit of a way out, but further than I honestly expected them to get. The fact that they had just no...
2023-12-18 16:43:24 +0000 UTC View PostArthur scratched his head as he watched Lord Void zip out of the tent. After a moment of silence, Captain Major coughed behind him.
"Do you think their plan is going to work?" He asked casually.
"Probably not exactly the way they intend, but I think it won't matter too much," Arthur mused. "The city is as good as ours, from what I can tell...
2023-12-16 15:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostIt didn't take me very long to find Arthur's army. Their camp stretched out alongside the road in a column 15 tents wide, disappearing over the next hill. They were marching in step and still a couple of days out. I was certain the city knew about their coming, as scouts surely could have made it back to report such an obvious force. But there had been ...
2023-12-15 15:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe rest of Bee's meeting in the salon went more to plan than the first half. Her aunt kept drinking a shocking amount but never really seemed affected by it. Bee eventually questioned her after what must have been her tenth drink, and she said he had something to do with her merchant class. After that, Bee became even more wary of the strength of these dri...
2023-12-14 01:34:56 +0000 UTC View PostHarold wrapped three times on the closed door. He waited a second and then knocked twice more in a particular cadence. The door creaked open, and he slipped inside, checking over her shoulder to make sure he still wasn't being followed.
He was greeted with the sight of an elderly woman standing over a bedridden figure. A fireplace crackled merrily...
2023-12-11 16:12:53 +0000 UTC View PostNearly ten minutes later, Bee found herself in what her aunt called a salon. Sure, it looked a little fancy, like what she would expect, but that was only at first glance. The nice building with gold trim and pretty pastel colors housed an entryway. They went up to the door, and soon, a well-dressed maid led them to a table in a private alcove with a small c...
2023-12-09 15:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post