Heracleion. Thonis-Heracleion. Unlike the mythical Atlantis, it was an actual sunken city. Off the coast of Egypt, it had been discovered 74 years ago, in the year 2000.
It was also the name of the most advanced research facility on Earth funded solely by the World Government, and located ‘somewhere’ under the surface of the pacific.
Mathew thought it was a stupi...
2025-08-19 02:47:26 +0000 UTC View Post...glorious. How magnificent the Hidden Palaces must’ve been before the Immemorial Thrones’ decline ...
The veiled figure beheld the intimidating majesty of the building... what remained over the millennia. With her fingers, she brushed a hand against the relief carved out of white jade. The whispered words – lingering intent imbued by those who observed and marked the arti...
2025-08-09 09:17:53 +0000 UTC View PostThe air was thick with the bitter, corruptive scent of monstrous blood, coating the tongues and nose of everyone in the distorted marshland. So much blood had been spilt from the mammoth beasts that stalked the aberrated land that a layer of putrid mud had formed underfoot removing the only solid ground for miles around. It soaked into boots and nourished the devilish trees that reached above t...
2025-06-22 12:45:37 +0000 UTC View PostUnbeknownst to Lucille, a certain individual was already infuriated with her before she had even visited him, and had been for a while. The incognito Demon Emperor had initially intended to engineer a situation at the Banquet where several lesser nobles believed a meeting between them and the Commission Head had been set up, so she’d be stuck dealing with them and their idio...
2025-05-15 07:11:18 +0000 UTC View Post“Shall we begin?”
Lucille had asked them that, but... who was she kidding? She wasn’t giving them a choice.
The most suspicious individual there, the Alichanteu siblings’ great uncle, frowned amidst the cries of outrage from the elders. “What is the meaning of this, Commission Head? Even one as young as you should be mindful of the disrespect this is against-”
Lucy...
2025-04-20 08:17:10 +0000 UTC View PostAt Aeron’s request, they left the Count’s bedroom and went to a sitting room nearby. The knights of the Lunitidal Order stared at Lucille as she went by, and she gave them cheery smiles, ignoring their dumfounded expressions. Aeron shut the door behind them, once they were in private again, and crossed her arms as she leaned against the double doors, as if preventing anyone from barging in....
2025-02-08 11:53:57 +0000 UTC View PostSorry about the impromptu break. I guess I was feeling much more burnt out than I initially thought.
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“Quite a pleasant day, isn’t it?” Lucille announced politely. “I had heard that the Alichanteu County is a popular vacation site for many nobles, but rumours of its pleasant weather and views haven’t d...
2025-02-01 08:07:03 +0000 UTC View PostSORRY. TERRIBLE INTERNET. But I swear I'm not planning on giving this up. It's just been busy. And... I need to write more story notes for the next chapters after 100.
P.S. someone complained about my story slowing down further after chapter 50 on RR, and I just want to say that I compressed a year into 50 chapters this time instead of only 6 months, so HA! Proof that the story has sped ...
2025-01-16 07:29:58 +0000 UTC View PostA dark-haired man expressionlessly watched the planar intruders head towards one spot on the hill, discussing their encounter. One hand gripped his staff, the wood creaking under the strain. After a sharp crack, thin lines outspread from his clenched fist.
Archwizard Peros glanced at his cracked staff with disapproval, clicking his tongue. The staff broke in two and he tossed it asi...
2024-12-28 12:15:10 +0000 UTC View PostOnly a day late! I... should not be celebrating about that.
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The Wight that had ruined and slain an entire continent of people millennia before Lucy arrived to the plane shard had revealed its true form before her, unable to contain its immeasurable wrath inside a mortal body.
And the true form of a Wight... was no le...
2024-12-21 11:44:11 +0000 UTC View PostSORRY! If it helps, I'm very, Very proud of this chapter, which I consider the climax of this arc. Please enjoy!
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“Are you suicidal?” Scytale hissed. It may have not been the most subtle way of saying it, but it was what everyone had been thinking as they saw Lucille kneel before the Wight in a position of subservie...
2024-12-15 12:27:02 +0000 UTC View PostI'm very sorry. I made a ton of promises about how I'd get back into my writing habits, and then covid hit. I'm trying.
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Everything went pitch black.
...that actually wasn’t a direct effect of the Grand Spell, ‘Dearth of Darkness’. While it was certainly a result of it, that was neither the goal nor the intention, and a normal location wouldn’t be ...
2024-12-02 08:25:52 +0000 UTC View Post“Wait! Vincent, don’t step there, there’s-”
“Woah!” The silver-haired man stumbled over a dislodged stone and nearly fell onto the remains of a shattered glass pane. Sir Albrecht caught him just before he fell, looking mildly frustrated.
“Ahem.” Vincent adjusted his glasses with an embarrassed cough. “Thank you.” He looked behind him. ...
2024-11-22 12:24:18 +0000 UTC View PostThe first to speak among them was surprisingly, Larena. Garthe seemed bewildered by everything, but she grabbed his arm and pulled her beside him. “Is this connected to what you told the others prior?” she said, referring to when the mercenary siblings left them all to discuss Lucy’s age.
“Correct.”
Larena frowned deeper then glanced at them all. ...
2024-11-11 11:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostLucille and Marellen took the briefcase to a location much closer to the facility entrance after Raegan went back in, beneath a large oak tree on a hill that had a clear view of the ruins littered across the valley. The Institute had been built in a clearing between short valley sides and they were standing on the only hill in front of the valley opening.
After a moment of ob...
2024-10-24 10:33:21 +0000 UTC View Post
“That I am. But prithee, honour mine own queries. Wherefore hath I found thee here, wallowing in thy moral dilemmas rather than assisting mine own lord's newest fascination?”
Hargrave... had no clue what the ancient vampire was talking about. Not just because of his abstruse vocabulary, but ‘lord’? ‘Fascination’? ‘Moral dilemma’?
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Lucille’s sponsored party had differing expressions on their faces when they heard of Sedric’s kidnapping. Larena and Garthe looked ready to head out and throw fists with the first person they saw at any moment, Marellen was strangely distracted, and Roa’s gaze held a frosty anger that didn’t show on her face.
“Do they have no shame? Choosing to kidnap the weakest o...
2024-09-20 13:53:13 +0000 UTC View PostI know, I didn't stick to the Wednesday-Friday thing. Chapter will either be tomorrow or Wednesday [Edit: Thursday or Friday :(], and I'll aim to get another one out on Friday.
Life threw me a curveball :/
2024-09-16 12:48:56 +0000 UTC View Post“You know, I think we should take a step back.” Scytale crossed his arms and nodded to himself. They had left the Stages and were standing in the Obelisk space above the Stronghold they had originally come to. “Explain everything from the start.” He squinted at his bond and pointed to her. “If we’re going to be going on a mission to steal Sedric back from the Light Tower wizards, I...
2024-09-11 11:26:13 +0000 UTC View PostFor the tenth time, the world exploded into white light. A noisy snake threw his hands in the air. “Me this time?! I call hacks. Aren’t I supposed to be a descendant of one of the Ancient Daemon’s all powerful enemies?”
“Ancient Daemons are stronger than Primals though,” Lucille commented absentmindedly.
He stared at her. “What?”
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2024-09-06 10:33:11 +0000 UTC View PostYes, my twice weekly chapter postings have been failing. My schedule right now is pretty packed. Will get at least one chapter a week out. I wanted to do tonight too, but life had other plans :/ but im coming up to my mid-semester break!
2024-09-04 11:35:58 +0000 UTC View Post[S.T.A.G.E.S | Stage 18: Daemon’s Descension]
The Count is dead, his heir wants to kill you, and the Countess has her own agenda. None will let you leave. How will you return to the Marquess?
That’s a question for later. First, you need to escape the Stronghold, but that is easier said than done when Cressilin’s Army still wages war on the ci...
2024-08-30 11:13:57 +0000 UTC View PostDemonic flames hailed down from above, shattering the rough stone used as pavement in the Stronghold. Whenever a fireball came near a demon, they yawned and made a shield from their powers. The attack faded harmlessly against their arm. The whole city was acting like this was a daily occurrence.
Because it was. This was how demons usually spent their days. Casually defending ...
2024-08-23 11:41:07 +0000 UTC View PostYup. Still two a week, this week is wednesday and friday.
Edit: I FORGOT I HAD A FULL DAY OF UNI TODAY
Also, I lost some of my adhd meds and couldn't take them for the past few days, so I haven't been able to focus. I found them though! when it was already too late to take them...
....sorry. oops.
Also, the reason why I wasn't able to keep the 3 day posting schedule duri...
2024-08-20 09:55:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe girl spilled everything with hardly any prompting. It was clear she was merely a pawn to the wizards of the Light Tower, for whatever reason they kidnapped Sedric.
Sally Meyers herself only placed the item in Sedric’s workshop at the behest of her distant Baron uncle, someone who promised to bring her into his household and make her a noble if she completed the task. It...
2024-08-18 12:16:41 +0000 UTC View Post-Two hours earlier-
“What made you decide to leave for Alichanteu early?” Vincent asked curiously. “We’ve left three days before we had told Alichanteu we were going to leave.”
Lucille looked out the window. “An... opportunity. The Archduke was interested in my apparent plans to develop new magic engineering products and redeve...
2024-08-14 13:01:37 +0000 UTC View PostThe sky was dark and cloudy, no sign of the stars above. There was no moonlight to see by. It was the night hours when all underworld activities would begin, instigating chaos in society under the cover of secrecy.
Two black-cloaked figures sat on opposite rooftops, the cowls of their robes covering their faces. One of them nodded to the other and they stood up. The two leapt o...
2024-08-09 04:51:11 +0000 UTC View Post“Hard to starboard!” a curly-haired woman roared over the sound of the wind. The M.W.S Dawnlight’s deck was slick with hail and freezing rain. “We’re going to anchor down in the cove!”
“Captain, these are shallow waters-”
“They’re not as shallow as you think! The reef here is projecting an illusion to repel large creatures from getting n...
2024-08-05 13:09:53 +0000 UTC View Post“Hell no! No way!” Scytale crossed his arms in front of him to form an ‘X’. “Why would I need to go to the Cerulean City? No, you can deal with the grumpy Archduke on your own.”
“Do you seriously think I’m stupid enough to let the Archduke meet you?” Lucille hooked an arm around his and dragged him forward. “All I want you to do is do a l...
2024-07-30 13:35:00 +0000 UTC View PostLucille held up the dull, enchantingly ominous pendant. The ruby locket didn’t respond to any of her prodding, both mana and spiritual energy unable to penetrate it. If it held mana, it was impossibly solid and held in place by a will magnitudes more powerful than hers.
Her attempts to use the Shard of Totality didn’t do much either, because there was nothing much to reve...
2024-07-27 13:30:04 +0000 UTC View Post