My status responded as if to deride me.
Ajax Volan, the Void Eater| Lvl 4,289 - A follower of Yawm, he is Yawm's strongest and most loyal ally. During the war with the Bracken, Ajax acted as a vanguard with Yawm. They have torn apart entire armies on their own. Despite refusing Yawm's gift of flesh, they remain on excellent terms due to their history before Yawm's resurgence...
2025-06-27 23:18:04 +0000 UTC View PostTorix let his free hand flop against his side. "How exactly, is that supposed to be motivating?" "It's simple. Just now, you were in a life-
Torix let his free hand flop against his side. "How exactly, is that supposed to be motivating?" "It's simple. Just now, you were in a life-
Torix let his free hand flop against his side.
"How exactly, is that supposed to be motivating?"<...
2025-06-26 22:07:27 +0000 UTC View PostIt left a fearful smile on my lips, and Torix raised a hand. The armor rippled in response. It kept rippling, turning into a churning pool.
It left a fearful smile on my lips, and Torix raised a hand. The armor rippled in response. It kept rippling, turning into a churning pool.
It left a fearful smile on my lips, and Torix raised a hand. The armor rippled in response. It kept rippl...
2025-06-25 03:57:18 +0000 UTC View PostI laughed before cracking my neck, the sound echoing in the hall. "If I'm honest, I like how authentic you are." Torix swung his cape. "But
I laughed before cracking my neck, the sound echoing in the hall.
"If I'm honest, I like how authentic you are."
Torix swung his cape.
"But of course. Now, there is work to be done and blood left to be spilled."
He raised his h...
2025-06-22 02:52:12 +0000 UTC View PostI raised a brow, and Torix coughed into a hand. The lich mused.
"Backwater according to their standards, of course."
I turned to the others, shifting my dimensional wake.
"Alright. Is there anything else you need to say, Diesel?"
Diesel scratched his clipboard.
"We think that Schema is going to create a siege quest of our planet for several invading forces."
...
2025-06-20 03:11:47 +0000 UTC View PostHod struck a pose.
"Hod ready. Hod always ready."
Torix coughed into a hand.
"Ahem. Why am I here, exactly? Aren't I busy scouting?"
I gave him a nod.
"Because we're going to build you a new body before we head out."
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Torix's eyes flared.
"Excellent. I shall make the arrangements for such a thing to take place. Bah. T...
2025-06-18 01:32:05 +0000 UTC View PostAnd yet, there was no means of doing so. I could try to construct the most magnificent defenses the galaxy had ever seen, but could I stop any attack? Would those defenses leave my people with lives worth living? Did I want to spend every waking moment for decades doing so?
No. I was tired of waiting on my planets and hoping for the best. I wanted to know the secrets of the universe so th...
2025-06-15 04:48:17 +0000 UTC View PostThe agent of Cygna carried a more combative form than before, its amber body carrying tiny cracks all over its surface. A rupture in spacetime leaked interdimensional energy behind it, and the corruption spread until I siphoned it to me. Althea moved behind me before she snapped.
"What in the hell is that?"
Kryaa waved a blurry, hard-to-make-out appendage.
"Ah, there you are. ...
2025-06-13 04:51:05 +0000 UTC View PostBlegara would be reborn.
I gawked at it from the depths, my body dimming as I cooled myself down. Even Torix marveled at the sight before he raised his hands. With a telepathic roar, he announced to everyone present.
"We have created one of Blegara's twelve guardians. All hail Poseidon, the Cleanser of Seas."
A chorus of cheers erupted as I lifted myself from the ocean's surfa...
2025-06-11 00:08:07 +0000 UTC View PostTorix gazed into the sunset, making sure it glinted on his dark, metal frame.
"Of course not, but it makes for one hell of a line."
I rolled my eyes.
"Let's go fix a planet."
His eyes flared a bright blue.
"It's quite the novelty. I'm far more used to breaking them."
Several of his skeletal and decaying minions walked out of portals around him. They carried v...
2025-06-08 03:58:18 +0000 UTC View PostBeside him, three decapitated heads of its victims stared out into the distance. The knight said in a deep voice.
"Tell me. Has the reaper come?"
I frowned.
"Why would you do this?"
Althea shrugged.
"Who cares why it did this."
Her biotic rifle hissed as she loaded another bolt of bone into it. She frowned.
"It's just a dead man talking."
...
2025-06-06 19:52:26 +0000 UTC View PostFlorence dragged a hand down his face.
"The man was an accountant, lawyer, judge, and auditor, yet you've given him the right to decide who is the winner? You might as well announce that you never intended on winning in the first place."
I beamed with confidence.
"Tera was able to take over an entire planet without spilling a drop of blood. What makes you think his entire spec...
2025-06-06 05:18:12 +0000 UTC View PostI took a breath.
"Then let'em rip."
Shalahora placed a fingertip on his forehead before pulling a strand of mana from his head. It swirled as if alive, reminding me of a glowing jellyfish. He pulled it towards me before tapping my forehead. As it flowed into my head, I blinked, and a series of images flashed through my mind.
"This...This is-" I gasped before my shoulders dropp...
2025-06-04 02:40:29 +0000 UTC View PostMy eyes went distant.
"They're worse than evil."
Hod raised a wing with tremendous confidence.
"Hod think old people not that bad. Hod will say, Hod see old people in dark sometimes. Old people kind of scary, but Hod see their smile the next morning. Hod think them not so bad then."
Hod nodded as if he said something deeply profound. Torix gazed at the sky as if...
2025-06-01 05:12:11 +0000 UTC View PostPlazia waved a hand through the floating, three-dimensional panorama of Blegara.
“Then retake them as necessary. Academia is often an exercise in effort and diligence, not intelligence or ability.”
“Eh, but book smarts tend to help. Anyways, look at this.”
I shared a few of the collected notes I gathered online with the hivemind, and we gathered a reasonable approach t...
2025-05-30 04:42:44 +0000 UTC View PostMy stomach sank.
“That’s true. We’ll need to reverse engineer the cipheric tech that he’s using.”
“It will take you millennia to understand the cipher to such a level if you ever will.”
I raised my palms.
“Hey, let’s handle this one step at a time. Besides-”
Blegara’s scar shone like a necrotic wound in the light. I let out a sigh with no air ...
2025-05-27 23:21:13 +0000 UTC View PostAs he finished his words, the enormous flesh moon moved. It writhed along its surface with ripples larger than mountains. It began pulsing towards portals before I connected to Plazia. The hivemind hissed its thoughts.
“You’ve wasted enough of our time speaking to the mad and deranged.”
I scoffed.
“You know as well as I do that we can multitask. Well, I’ve thought of...
2025-05-25 00:51:52 +0000 UTC View PostThat gave me pause.
“Schema defers to them, when necessary, but a pawn? What makes you say that?”
The voice radiated with certainty.
“A simple question. Where does mana come from?”
Understanding washed over me.
“It’s…The Old Ones.”
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The general's voice carried disdain.
“It’s good you’re ...
2025-05-23 02:17:18 +0000 UTC View PostI cracked my neck.
“From what I can tell, there isn’t much of a difference between the two, but if I’m going to be an idiot, then I’ll at least take the good that comes with the bad.”
Plazia gave me a slow nod.
“Hm…Then do so. We need more idiocy in this world.”
I smiled.
“That’s what I’m here for.”
My armor bristled with a palpable en...
2025-05-21 03:44:10 +0000 UTC View PostPlazia cackled through the water. It was like a nightclub's music from the outside, muted but still clear.
"I assure you that you are still its sole retainer. I am a prime minister at most."
His insects return to managing the planet's affairs. I creased my brow.
"Right. It would seem you've managed to make a religion around yourself. You certainly have the ego for it."
P...
2025-05-18 05:59:36 +0000 UTC View PostShe was right about that. Torix pointed at her.
"Perhaps, but that isn't the true root of either of our reasonings."
She rolled her eyes.
"Oh, wise sage, please tell me what I'm really thinking then."
Torix flourished a hand.
"But of course. It's for style."
Chapter Begin
We kept chatting away, each of us catching up on th...
2025-05-16 02:45:38 +0000 UTC View PostAs my armor rippled over my skin, I stretched my arms. Over a hundred minds swirled in my head, their psionic might formidable and everlasting. The muscles in my body flexed like cables of orichalcum, and my wake spread forth, encompassing all of Springfield. Runes thrummed over my skin, their energy overwhelming and palpable.
I enveloped the city in The Rise of Eden, saturating its buffs...
2025-05-14 04:25:25 +0000 UTC View PostHe scrambled back to the fridges, and his eyes opened wide.
"You...You're not who I think you are...Are you?"
I frowned.
"I am."
Mana glowed over my frame. It dolloped like glowing poison floating across space. My runes blurred the air around me and molded gravitation to protect all that surrounded me. I sat down, my legs crossed, and my torso was still taller than the b...
2025-05-11 18:54:10 +0000 UTC View PostJamal hit the bar.
"Oh, come on. We barely talked about."
Nissa raised a hand.
"We've talked this over so many times. Stop acting like we're not exhausted with it. By now, you know what we think. You're just trying to wear us down."
As Nissa took a step away, Jamal turned to me.
"Before you go, let's hear what the new guy has to say."
I gulped as they all tur...
2025-05-09 06:52:31 +0000 UTC View PostAs I gazed at my palm, I felt a resurgence of memories alongside my healing. I had gorged on the interdimensional energy for a long time, and in turn, the faculties of my armor expanded. It felt good, like becoming something greater. In tandem, a sadness spurred forth. I would only get further and further from a life like this as time passed.
A part of me accepted that. Another part raged...
2025-05-07 00:11:55 +0000 UTC View PostThey each put a dozen talismans over them alongside life-saving enchantments.
I did none of that. They gawked at me. I shrugged.
"I use other stuff to survive, alright?"
They rolled their eyes. Nissa let out a long sigh.
"You're like one of the guildies, always acting like you're invincible."
Jamal met our eyes.
"Let's hope he is. Is everyone ready?"
We...
2025-05-04 05:32:49 +0000 UTC View PostI raised my hands, and beyond the concealing magic of my cloak, the bright scars still traced my skin. They reminded me of my mortality, the wounds from a mad god. They were reminiscent of moon slices spreading over dark steel. Before this trip, I worried about being able to recover to my full might.
However, my wounds gave as much as they took. Today, I was a normal man, or at least clos...
2025-05-02 05:07:37 +0000 UTC View PostDiesel
Scott guffawed.
"Don't get me started on communications or electricity. This is what we call the dark ages, fellas."
I cracked my knuckles.
"Well, now, that's what we're here to fix. Isn't it?"
My team cheered. I flushed a bit from the support before rubbing my hands together in excitement.
"So everybody, let's get this show on the roa...
2025-04-30 21:45:20 +0000 UTC View PostI nodded.
"Fair enough. I never thought about making a business, actually-"
A notification rang in my ears. I opened a message from Torix, and confusion washed over me.
Torix Worm, The Harbinger's Erudition | Level: 18,000 | Class: Archmage - Now, I do understand that my memory has failed me before, but I must reiterate this point: who is this Marcella Meyor and Rebecc...
2025-04-27 03:36:19 +0000 UTC View PostI raised my hands.
"Then what the hell happened to her?"
Marcella gulped before frowning. She went to say something before she stopped. Fear spread over her before a resolve replaced it. She said.
"It was an agent from-"
She blinked before she snarled at herself. A moment later, blood began dripping from her nose. It poured out of her eyes, ears, and mouth. She trembled ...
2025-04-25 01:16:44 +0000 UTC View Post