Luke stayed quiet this time. He left room for her to continue.
“If none of this had happened… would you have gone back?” he asked. “Or would you have chosen revenge anyway?”
A...
2025-11-09 20:34:03 +0000 UTC View PostSnow kept falling, thick and endless, soft enough to swallow every sound. The world was white and cold and quiet.
“Let me go, Luke,” Allison said. “Let me go or… or…”
They s...
2025-11-09 20:31:08 +0000 UTC View PostAllison’s double jump came again. She twisted midair and came down with a twin kick. The impact threw Luke backward into another broken pillar. He felt the stone shudder behind him — the castle...
2025-11-06 17:48:19 +0000 UTC View PostThe throne room was a ruin. The once grand walls were split open by deep fractures, and the ceiling had collapsed in several places, letting snow fall in slow, constant sheets. The cold inside was ...
2025-11-06 17:46:25 +0000 UTC View PostJack lingered, rubbing the back of his neck, awkward as always.
“See you next time, Luke. Allison. I promise I’ll show up at the reunion… even though I have no idea how to get from Penn...
2025-11-05 18:01:38 +0000 UTC View PostThe air inside the castle seemed to hum, thick and tense. It didn’t just come from the magic in the room, it came from all of us breathing together, from the wind slipping through the cracks, fro...
2025-11-05 17:40:27 +0000 UTC View PostErza Grimhart stepped out of the shadows. Her skin was split with deep fractures, her hands chipped and incomplete. Yet with every step she took, shards of porcelain lifted from the floor and drift...
2025-11-05 15:24:14 +0000 UTC View PostLuke hung over the vast abyss, his body held up only by his fingers, already trembling from exhaustion. The explosion that had consumed the Midnight King had finally settled, leaving behind nothing...
2025-11-05 07:01:42 +0000 UTC View PostThe soldiers stared at Luke in silence, faces hollowed by defeat and the shadow of fear. A cold wind swept the field, carrying the metallic tang of blood and death. They looked at what was left of ...
2025-11-05 06:25:10 +0000 UTC View PostThe hall was almost completely dark, lit only by the unstable reflections of the crystals. But Luke saw everything, not with his eyes, but with his demon perception, sharpened in the absence of lig...
2025-11-03 19:48:39 +0000 UTC View PostLuke and Mason scaled the outer walls of the castle. The wind howled violently, cold and sharp, slicing through the air and battering the ancient, frost-covered stones. Each step demanded balance a...
2025-11-03 19:18:30 +0000 UTC View Post"Right here," Luke finished, tapping his mask with two fingers. "I killed the Witch in the past without even realizing it."
The silence that followed was almost tangible.
For Luke, the ...
2025-11-03 18:53:58 +0000 UTC View PostThe pain in Luke’s belly was a living thing, sharp and steady, pulsing in time with his heartbeat. Heat radiated outward from the wound, and each breath felt like a blade passing through his ribs...
2025-11-03 18:40:20 +0000 UTC View Post“I accept the deal, but only with the system as the official intermediary.” Allison said.
Shit. No. Don’t.
Luke felt the mana gather in the arrow. The current flowed up f...
2025-11-03 18:22:09 +0000 UTC View Post“Exactly!” the Midnight King said, his laughter ringing through the hall like metal splitting apart. “You, dragon woman, possess a body that is both powerful and compatible. I want that body ...
2025-11-01 05:01:57 +0000 UTC View PostThe Midnight King had offered a simple bargain, cruel in its own way: one of them would become his host, and in return there would be no battle. Everyone understood what facing that creature would ...
2025-11-01 04:46:14 +0000 UTC View PostThe Midnight King’s gaze hardened.
“I’m offering you the best deal you’ll ever get. You’ll be free to return to your universe without further interference. However, out of the seven...
2025-11-01 04:30:20 +0000 UTC View PostThe Midnight King sat motionless upon his throne, as if time itself had frozen around him. His body, half flesh and half stone, each patch of sculpted rock filling the void left by decay. He was so...
2025-11-01 04:27:07 +0000 UTC View PostHalf of the archangel’s body was rotting away. Flesh once flawless had decayed into uneven patches, and the face exposed half of the skull beneath. The decay reached all the way to his heart; it ...
2025-10-30 16:31:58 +0000 UTC View Post“You have until I reach the throne to decide. If, when I turn, you are still standing there… I will kill you.”
Almost casually, the Midnight King began to walk toward the throne. Each s...
2025-10-30 16:30:19 +0000 UTC View PostThe sound of arrows slicing through the air came in rapid bursts, each one a sharp, dry snap. Eleanor loosed them one after another, fingers already numb to the heat of the bowstring. Her enchanted...
2025-10-30 15:04:45 +0000 UTC View PostA deep, frigid voice echoed through the bowels of the castle, vibrating across the walls as if the stone itself were speaking. Even with the torches lit, their light seemed to die before reaching t...
2025-10-30 06:22:59 +0000 UTC View Post“I don’t understand,” Franky hissed.
Luke drew in a slow breath and opened the familiar interface. A translucent panel materialized in the air, hovering amid the thick, gray haze.
Snow fell in heavy sheets, piling thick across the ground until every step sank deep into the white. The wind howled between the statues lined along the fortress wall, and Oswald pushed forward wit...
2025-10-29 01:29:29 +0000 UTC View PostLuke pushed forward through the snowfield, the wind slicing the air like invisible blades. Moments ago, he had helped Eleanor, and now he was charging across the white wasteland atop his stone hors...
2025-10-29 01:26:56 +0000 UTC View PostEleanor hit the ground hard. The impact knocked the breath from her lungs, the burn of blood mixing with the freezing bite of snow. The creatures closed in, snarling, their mangled bodies collapsin...
2025-10-27 05:43:10 +0000 UTC View PostEleanor loosed arrow after arrow, her bow singing with every pull. Each shot cut through the air and found its mark, rotting flesh, shattered armor, twisted bodies collapsing into the snow. There w...
2025-10-27 05:41:49 +0000 UTC View PostThe wind howled hard enough to make the walls tremble. Each gust sliced through the air like a blade, carrying snow, dust, and the distant cries of battle. The storm had devoured the sky, a churnin...
2025-10-27 05:15:42 +0000 UTC View Post“There’s something ahead,” Allison warned, raising her blade.
As they drew closer, torchlight began to cut through the haze. Flames shivered against the cold wind, scattered like embers...
2025-10-24 23:34:14 +0000 UTC View PostThe strike came from behind. Eleanor never saw the blade, only felt the burn slice between her shoulder blades, her body reacting before her mind could catch up. She lurched forward, a muffled cry ...
2025-10-24 18:21:39 +0000 UTC View Post