162 - VS. Crescent Jezail Pt. 1 [Cherno]
A/N: This will NOT be a long fight, or even a direct fight at all. It will be resolved in the first half of the next chapter.
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161 - Re: The Case of the Talisman Assassin Pt. 2 [Cherno]
Eutropia was a minor celebrity, a performer in one of the city's lesser-known, yet still reputable establishments. Despite the marginally sleazy name "Hot Legs", everything else about the venue gav...
2023-11-19 23:08:57 +0000 UTC View Post327 - Mightiest of the Eight Guardian Deities [Sturmblitz]
Zel genuinely wasn't quite sure how to proceed. In terms of pure physical endurance, she could keep going. Red had pushed her much further than this. Her lungs, however, wouldn't hold. She could al...
2023-11-14 14:31:34 +0000 UTC View Post326 - Momentary Quiet Before the Final Bout [Sturmblitz]
The Third Truthseeker, in his rage, reached out and grasped every shred of aura he could. This was of course the aura that was the closest to him, as he had already begun refining it in preparation...
2023-11-12 05:00:37 +0000 UTC View Post325 - Contact With a Deity [Sturmblitz]
A/N: This one's a bit shorter. Next one will be a bit longer.
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Moments earlier...
With each pylon, Victor had felt a...
2023-11-11 20:07:53 +0000 UTC View Post160 - Re: The Case of the Talisman Assassin [Cherno]
First thing upon returning to the safehouse, Krahe questioned Casus on the matter of Seer.
"I had expected you to ask sooner. We had him checked over, as promised. The grafter found widesprea...
2023-11-10 04:08:49 +0000 UTC View Post159 - Funny Little Man in a Jar [Cherno]
Krahe appraised the drink.
[Decoction of Mind's Dawn]
[Status:]
Exceptional (High Quality, Low Concentration)
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158 - Razem Revealed [Cherno]
The letter was then folded and sealed with a large, rectangular stamp that burned a complex sigil onto the paper, holding it shut without wax or any other physical glue. She silently nodded, took t...
2023-11-08 08:07:11 +0000 UTC View Post324 - DRAGONSLAYER THUNDERCANNON Pt. 2 [Sturmblitz]
Meanwhile, Third stared. He didn't scream, or lash out, or even ask if she dared. He stared down at Zelsys, as she floated lower to the ground so she could spend that energy on replenishin...
2023-11-07 07:50:51 +0000 UTC View Post323 - DRAGONSLAYER THUNDERCANNON [Sturmblitz]
The Third Truthseeker felt many things.
The intoxicating sense of power and growth came first; a perpetually-intensifying ecstasy that only redoubled each time he thought it was at its peak. ...
2023-11-07 02:14:22 +0000 UTC View Post157 - A Brief Jaunt to the "Surface" [Cherno]
She was still suspicious of it, of course, and so she closed the book and locked it up again. The lock now obeyed as easily as her glasses. It would be a convenient little trinket in the future, es...
2023-11-05 07:56:54 +0000 UTC View Post322 - A Mere Inheritance [Sturmblitz]
Sensory overload. That was the only appropriate description for Victor's current situation that came to his mind. There was the maelstrom, the disruptor pylons, the Dawnwolf armor, his Servitors an...
2023-11-04 03:03:56 +0000 UTC View Post321 - Watchers [Sturmblitz]
A/N: Shorter one. Next chap focus goes back to Zel and co.
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Agents of both the Black Horse and the Sanger sects resided in th...
2023-11-03 03:29:01 +0000 UTC View Post156 - The Mystery of the Flame's Collapse Hexkey [Cherno]
After a few seconds of focus and unsettling undulations going down the cable, he disconnected himself and popped the memslates out, handing one over: "The appraisal readings. I would strongly sugge...
2023-11-03 00:48:00 +0000 UTC View Post155 - And yet, loose ends remain. [Cherno]
A/N: Re-edited the second half of the chapter.
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A flaw of the Daemon Core had already become apparent, emergent from its overwhelmi...
154 - The Death of the Lost Sun Killer [Cherno]
A/N: Changed the design of Sorayah's voidkey to a more appropriate one for its origins and narrative purpose.
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"You'...
320 - Panzermensch Sanctus Dominus [Sturmblitz]
A/N: Added more to the first half of the chapter.
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A ghostly tank skidded into Zero's space, perfectly matching its p...
2023-10-30 22:27:01 +0000 UTC View Post
319 - Knights of the Boar [Sturmblitz]
Now, stirred into action by the prayers of the faithful, the Five Abbots spoke and their voices resounded through the city:
"HARK, RIGHTEOUS ONES. HEAR THEM. HEAR THE SLAUGHTERED CHILDREN OF ...
2023-10-29 03:44:14 +0000 UTC View Post318 - Gore-drinking Victory Demon [Sturmblitz]
Zelsys continued to prepare, pouring the overwhelming majority of her power output into Thundercannon and the assembly of Fang Rippers revolving in front of it. They had been merely spinning before...
2023-10-29 03:35:24 +0000 UTC View Post153 - Lost Sun Killer Myth: Tying Up Loose Ends Pt. 4 [Cherno]
As Sorayah carried out the same unlocking and ward-opening procedure as before, Krahe added: "If you've only gotten so far with the resources available to you, it means I caught you early."
S...
2023-10-27 22:09:40 +0000 UTC View Post152 - Lost Sun Killer Myth: Tying Up Loose Ends Pt. 3 [Cherno]
Five seconds passed. Sorayah, wild-eyed, raised the lantern again. The charge-up was even shorter this time, but Krahe reacted based on the tensing of Sorayah's arm and avoided the vast majority of...
2023-10-27 19:39:19 +0000 UTC View Post151 - Lost Sun Killer Myth: Tying Up Loose Ends Pt. 2 [Cherno]
Around two-thirds of the way through the first chapter, the front door opened. Krahe continued waiting, listening to Sorayah walk around for a few minutes, watching her through Barzai's eyes. Then,...
2023-10-26 20:31:58 +0000 UTC View Post150 - Lost Sun Killer Myth: Tying Up Loose Ends [Cherno]
Krahe questioned Casus on Tsetse's combat characteristics for some time afterward, going so far as to draw out a surprisingly accurate diagram. Her rendering of Tsetse's forearm got astonishingly c...
2023-10-25 03:00:42 +0000 UTC View Post317 - Total Limiter Release [Sturmblitz]
Despite mostly passing through the Revenant unimpeded in the physical plane, the passage of Zero's shots still seemed to impact the Revenant, tearing away pieces of its form as they passed. Though ...
2023-10-23 23:56:18 +0000 UTC View Post316 - Thrashing Scolopendra [Sturmblitz]
Chrome Skull Viper itself took form, its skull gleaming gold and fire exploding from its mouth as it lashed out at the flowing souls in perfect concert with Carnifex. Zel began multiplying Carnifex...
2023-10-23 00:24:09 +0000 UTC View Post315 - Empire of Self/Dragonfire [Sturmblitz]
The mindscape shifted. The rolling dunes fell away, becoming a level plain of sand.
A small army rose up behind the twin thoughtforms of Zelsys Newman and her weapon spirits.
Hundreds a...
2023-10-21 20:58:57 +0000 UTC View Post149 - Unlucky Pt. 3 [Cherno]
Silberblut got halfway up his arm before the giant evoy twisted his arm free and used its blast to propel himself backwards, wings exploding out of his back at the same time. Despite the catastroph...
2023-10-21 00:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post148 - Unlucky Pt. 2 [Cherno]
Silberblut took stock of the situation; Seer was feverishly trying to reload his howdah pistol while backing away, while Tsetse calmly approached. A shallow crater had been melted into the flyman's...
2023-10-20 21:40:00 +0000 UTC View Post147 - Unlucky [Cherno]
“Unlucky,” he said, craning his armored neck towards the duo. His empty, composite eyes shifted, focusing on Seer. “Someone wanted an eye on you, skinbag. Didn’t want you doing something st...
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