Lester Yong & Rosa Fontelera-Yong

CoESC Book 10-10.2: Nexus Point

Boom! Booom! Booom!

Flames blossomed near the ceiling, igniting the rafters and showering the theatre floor with embers. Screams filled the air, as well as panicked squeals and paine...

CoESC Book 10-10.1: Nexus Point

The trip to Lindorn was short. It was a mere ride on the railway that lasted for less than half an hour. It was the trip back that was in question, Yuriko realised, as the theatre of moving picture...

CoESC Book 10-9.3: Shadowless Nights

“What did you say! How dare you…!”

“What can someone like you know…?”

“You dare!”

Sheamus concealed a chuckle behind his hands, though Yuriko noticed it anyway. El...

CoESC Book 10-9.2: Shadowless Nights

Yuriko examined the packet of papers that had been given to her a couple of days ago. It had been a week since they arrived in the Karcellian Isles, and she spent most of it in the library. She had...

CoESC Book 10-9.1: Shadowless Nights

The next morning found Yuriko back in the college. According to the agreement forged, she, Gwendith, and Sheamus, as well as some of the marines, would take turns teaching promising apprentices to ...

CoESC Book 10-8.3: Flowing

Yuriko’s first reaction to seeing such threatening runescript formations was to thicken her condensed aura to prevent Animus from being siphoned from her. The density of the ambient Chaos in the ...

CoESC Book 10-8.2: Flowing

The cabin was certainly homely. From the front door, it opened into the combined dining and kitchen, and a short hallway at the back led to the three bedrooms and the shared bathroom. The furnishin...

CoESC Book 10-8.1: Flowing

Yuriko simply blinked at the Third Archon’s statement and chuckled softly. Edison held in his laughter, too. Hysterical laughter, almost. From the looks of his Lordships, they didn’t believe ev...

CoESC Book 10-7.3: The Karcellian Commonwealth

They arrived in Lindorn after several hours of travel. The landcraft Yuriko boarded only had room for three or four passengers, and Edison was on the front seat. Gwendith joined her, of course, whi...

CoESC Book 10-7.2: The Karcellian Commonwealth

When Yuriko woke up, it was to the gentle sway of the waves. The porthole above her head showed a false dawn, as well as an endless stretch of blue water. Gwendith was in the other bunk, which was ...

CoESC Book 10-7.1: The Karcellian Commonwealth

The flag on the pole portrayed a trio of lightning bolts grasped in the middle by an iron gauntlet. Yuriko could just see the details on the nearest ship, which was still several longstrides away. ...

CoESC Book 10-6.3: Perilous Crossing

The process of getting to the Wheelwright was more convoluted than Yuriko expected. First of all, there was no going through the crowd at the docks. Second, Edison needed to contact the boat, and h...

CoESC Book 10-6.2: Perilous Crossing

The innkeeper, the pudgy woman who was at the reception when Yuriko and the others arrived, rushed into the common room and confronted the warriors, yelling and gesticulating fiercely. The woman sp...

CoESC Book 10-6.1: Perilous Crossing

The weakening of the feeling she had was less like a disappearance and more like an obfuscation. Yuriko knew that whatever it was that was pushing her to get to was still there, but it was no longe...

CoESC Book 10-5.3: Contact

Out of his bag, Edison Matthews pulled out a sheet of white paper as well as a writing instrument. A fountain pen, as far as Yuriko could tell, was filled with dark brown ink. The older man was qui...

CoESC Book 10-5.2: Contact

True to Edison Matthews’ word, the nearest farming village, which took them about an hour to walk to, accepted the bundle that the dark-haired man offered, and welcomed them with open arms. Yurik...

CoESC Book 10-5.1: Contact

It had taken Edison Matthews several days to cross the Sanctus-Richmond border. Well, he could have snuck across, of course, but since he held a Sanctus Kingdom passport, it would be a waste if he ...

CoESC Book 10-4.3: Iron Rain

Intercepted Confederate transmission.

Decryption using known ciphers.

Glory xx the Tyrant

Wertford captured x - day ahead of xchexxle. Procexx xx north coast in xx xxx. Request Sk...

CoESC Book 10-4.2: Iron Rain

The sensation of being watched lasted only a few moments before disappearing. Yuriko looked around, but figured that the logical place it came from would be towards the ruins on the hill.

Eve...

CoESC Book 10-4.1: Iron Rain

The feeling of being watched persisted for a few minutes before it disappeared. It did leave Yuriko with lingering disquiet, and the feeling that if they didn’t move now, they’d be found soon. ...

CoESC Book 10-3.3: Limits of Power

A few hours after dawn, Axel jolted awake at the sound of petrol engines as well as tracks crunching down on shrubs and…

Crack! Thud!

And of tanks running over small trees. 2023-05-08 13:45:00 +0000 UTC View Post

CoESC Book 10-3.2: Limits of Power

The fighting wore on until twilight. Axel Voight was huddled behind hasty fortifications while the Richmondian soldiers fired shots towards the wall every few seconds. He’d been observing the rif...

CoESC Book 10-3.1: Limits of Power

Following the witch’s trail was trivial. All Axel Voight had to do was activate his vision cantrip and the blazing sun that was her occult resonance shone through the trees and undergrowth. But a...

CoESC Book 10-2.3: Strangers

Axel Voight murmured under his breath, and discreetly made the proper hand sigils. And at the same time, he sent his focus into his casting ring and activated the reactive malachite. The small gree...

CoESC Book 10-2.2: Strangers

“Master…” Desire murmured as Yuriko fed her a droplet of distilled Chaos. It had taken Yuriko nearly a couple of hours to produce one through painstaking meditation. It would have taken her j...

CoESC Book 10-2.1: Strangers

The morning muster was ongoing. Chief Storm Leader Rorn Dussel waited patiently in his quarters while his Junior Storm Leader organized Second Company. The 3rd Mechanized Infantry Division was part...

CoESC Book 10-1.3: Strange Hills

Skreeee!

The screech echoed into their corridor and Yuriko glanced back. Of course, the only thing she saw was the far wall, but it wasn’t hard to imagine that another rift had for...

CoESC Book 10-1.2: Strange Hills

For Section Leader Axel Voight, the constant tapping of the telegraph keys in the office was a familiar and comforting sound. His morning had started slow…though considering the state of the Conf...

CoESC Book 10-1.1: Strange Hills

Yuriko had expected the experience of going through the portal in Synkrasia towards Siderious would have been smooth and instantaneous. After all, she witnessed the Warforged going through the port...

Book Break!

And with that, we conclude Book 9! Anyone want to throw in their thoughts on what's going to happen from this point? We LOVE reading the discussions on Discord!

That said, we'll be taking a w...