Despite the sanctions against the Seven Snakes’ shopping arcade, it had been holding up well for more than a month since its inception. Already, it had become a mainstay for local residents both ...
2023-04-27 15:20:01 +0000 UTC View PostKyle deftly sidestepped the incoming punch before ducking as a sword swung horizontally over his head. With a quick counter swing of his hammer, he fractured the ribs of the first thug before swive...
2023-04-26 13:58:59 +0000 UTC View PostReese whistled to himself as he slid his hand over the varnished table, glistening with a smooth glossy surface. He grinned to himself as he look around the posh office, complete with an overview o...
2023-04-26 13:56:42 +0000 UTC View PostA week later…
“Why hasn’t the shopping arcade been taken over yet! They should be bankrupt by now!” The chairman tapped the table with his fingernails rasping against the har...
2023-04-25 14:14:58 +0000 UTC View Post“Berth 9, wagon arrived ten in the morning. Attacked by small-time thugs, with light damage to its exterior. The driver says that a restaurant was doing roadworks that blocked half of the road. T...
2023-04-25 14:14:35 +0000 UTC View PostLeyton breathed slowly as he lay flat under a shrub, the dense foilage masking his presence save for a small little opening through which his eyes peered outwards, overlooking a sandy road long wea...
2023-04-24 12:21:43 +0000 UTC View Post“By Yual, you actually did it!” Reese celebrated as he and Gordon watched Kyle demonstrate the Mechanical Arcia Regenerator.
“But the efficiency is extremely low – how are we going to...
2023-04-24 12:20:43 +0000 UTC View PostThree days later…
Sebastian sipped on a cup of tea at a luxurious restaurant in the Central Sector. As he placed the cup down, he could already hear slightly agitated footsteps app...
2023-04-23 13:21:12 +0000 UTC View PostThe opening day of the shopping arcade was in full swing, with hundreds of visitors flocking towards the shopping malls.
Kyle watched the entire affair from the top floor office’s balcony, ...
2023-04-23 12:57:08 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor Note: Arc 3 focused on construction, media and politics. Kyle will also make a trip to Versia to find out the source of the exosuit spine - but first he must consolidate his powe...
2023-04-22 15:27:49 +0000 UTC View Post“It is Nona, our goddess, who have shaped the earth as it is. Who has laid out every food, animal, monster and plant for our needs. And the Word of the Goddess states – ‘I have created everyt...
2023-04-22 15:27:21 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor Note: Chapter 45 has been revised - Kyle does not kill Reese any longer. The organisation that put out the kidnapping contract is a completely different entity. Kyle and Sasha 'k...
2023-04-21 15:45:28 +0000 UTC View Post“So I just have to stand here?” A little girl with pigtails glanced around the room, while a large arctech device was aimed right at her, four black lenses staring her down.
If she did no...
2023-04-21 10:32:09 +0000 UTC View PostBishop Vernette frowned as she read through the reports over the last few days.
While the raid on the Ilysian Punks had been going on, someone had been disseminating cheap repeater handguns m...
2023-04-20 12:59:31 +0000 UTC View PostKyle grabbed the head of yet another Ilysian Punk and punched it hard, his fist cratering the punk’s face in. While he had managed to clear out the Ilysian Punks from the Seven Snakes district, h...
2023-04-20 12:57:22 +0000 UTC View PostMakoa gasped for air as he crawled on the floor, the broken pieces of his metal gauntlet stabbing into his arms. A hand grabbed his head and lifted him up, causing him to grunt in pain.
Kyle ...
2023-04-19 12:12:06 +0000 UTC View PostEric Dicar winced as he plugged his ears with his finger, the screeching sound of the mortar tubes and the deafening thuds nearly blasting his eardrums apart. “I didn’t sign up to be an artille...
2023-04-19 12:10:01 +0000 UTC View Post“So, you’re the Seven Snakes’ dedicated brewer?”
“And you’re the new arctech designer. How did Kyle enslave you?”
Gordon had a confused expression on his face. “Enslave?...
2023-04-18 13:37:32 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor Note: Feel free to point out any errors or mistakes via comments or discord, will try to fix as soon as I have a free day to edit.
Keith woke up groggily, noticing he ...
2023-04-18 13:36:07 +0000 UTC View PostAll the inquisitors could see in the morning was a smoldering wreck of a wagon, crashed into a building. No bodies could be found, and if there were, they were all burnt to a crisp, apparently dyin...
2023-04-17 13:09:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe arena devolved into a frenzy, the audience thinking that the ensuing fight was part of the show. The fence surrounding the ring shook violently, the crowd cheering on the Ilysian Punk Guards an...
2023-04-17 13:07:57 +0000 UTC View PostGordon inspected the new prototype barrel that came out from the factory floor, checking the engravings. “It’s a bit rough around the edges, so the efficiency isn’t extremely high. Maybe if w...
2023-04-16 10:19:42 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor Note: I might redo some of the advanced chapters to make the worldbuilding a bit cleaner, since I'm writing it on the spot. Will update with a changelog if I do so.
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Kyle did not expect to be treated this well by the enforcers when he came in to report about finding a crate of military equipment. He also did not expect to have an impromptu meeting with the inqu...
2023-04-15 12:06:01 +0000 UTC View PostWhat the fuck is an exosuit spine doing here? Kyle Hawthorn was stunned, but he quickly controlled his expression, aware that Master Xen was watching him. He twisted his facial expression ...
2023-04-15 10:18:01 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor Note: Managed to push for three chapters today, hype.
The Central Sector was not free of crime, though its crime was of a higher class. Rather than petty protection ra...
2023-04-14 16:22:46 +0000 UTC View PostThe factory churned with a never-ending rumbling sound. Soot and fumes blanketed the entire factory floor, with large arctech furnaces melting metal, slag drifting on molten rivers. Assembly lines ...
2023-04-14 10:04:18 +0000 UTC View Post“The Red Lions took our shipment?” A burly, tanned man covered in tattoos grunted, staring down from his chair at the man kneeling in front of him, who was bruised and bleeding. “Captain, thi...
2023-04-14 10:03:54 +0000 UTC View PostWord on the street was all about how the enforcers were protecting the factories quite frequently. Even the Ardent Cretins seemed to be protecting their factories for some unknown reason. Rumour wa...
2023-04-13 07:55:18 +0000 UTC View PostThe return of Kyle to the Seven Snakes was hushed and kept on the down low, with no fanfare. Kyle did not want to tip off any of the observers, be it the enforcers or other gangs like the Ardent Cr...
2023-04-13 07:53:31 +0000 UTC View Post