Flying through space alone in a small, cramped cabin reminded me of my first trip as a cadet candidate. Word of my nature had gotten out, setting the rest of the candidates against me. They couldnâ...
2023-10-15 23:41:48 +0000 UTC View PostLocation Unknown, 587.11 A.E. (Age of Expansion)
Memory Restriction Imposed.
Memory Restriction Imposed.
Memory Restr...
2023-10-15 23:38:48 +0000 UTC View PostFour guards in full bronze armor and a servant in velvet and gem-thread clothes greeted Dallion as he entered the building. Many in the empire would describe the family as opulent as any other, but...
2023-10-12 23:52:04 +0000 UTC View PostDisappointment came in many shapes and sizes. Dallion had experienced it more often than he would like. That said, this was the first time he was important enough to experience a noble party. There...
2023-10-11 21:24:21 +0000 UTC View PostA thousand and eleven lines of various colors ran along the floors, connecting the bridge to every seventh console on the bottom three decks. Some might call it petty, but after the flight colonelâ...
2023-10-08 14:37:12 +0000 UTC View PostFlying through space alone in a small, cramped cabin reminded me of my first trip as a cadet candidate. Word of my nature had gotten out, setting the rest of the candidates against me. They couldnâ...
2023-10-08 14:36:03 +0000 UTC View PostTWELVE SKILLS
(+1 Awakening, +1 Body, +1 Mind, +1 Reaction, +1 Perception, +1 Empathy, +1 Magic)
It took you a while, but you finally did it. S...
2023-10-07 16:25:38 +0000 UTC View PostThis was the second time Dallion was called to the duchess, in as many days. Even so, he knew this was a big deal. Being called to have dinner with the head of an imperial family—even a branch fa...
2023-10-04 21:08:56 +0000 UTC View PostA stone path rose up from the sea as Dallion rushed towards his opponent. Using magic would have been way easier, but realm manipulation was good enough.
Meanwhile, his two guardians were eng...
2023-10-04 01:03:08 +0000 UTC View PostSwimming through the liquid cobalt felt heavy. It wasn’t so much the pain, but the restrictions my wounded arm imposed. As a battleship, I had often had to endure the thousands of seconds wasted ...
2023-10-01 22:03:21 +0000 UTC View PostA thousand and eleven lines of various colors ran along the floors, connecting the bridge to every seventh console on the bottom three decks. Some might call it petty, but after the flight colonelâ...
2023-10-01 22:01:56 +0000 UTC View PostAn official duel. It had been a while since Dallion had taken part in the duel. As things stood, he didn’t even know whether the person who had challenged him back in Nerosal was still alive. A l...
2023-09-29 19:41:39 +0000 UTC View PostThe imperial capital was a lot less organized than Dallion expected. For one thing, there didn’t seem to be any logic regarding which areas were valuable and what not. It was obvious that everyth...
2023-09-29 00:16:04 +0000 UTC View Post“Wow…” Dallion said.
When the lesser duchess had said she’d take him to the place he’d be living, he expected something very different. As it turned out, in the world of nobles a pl...
2023-09-26 13:36:54 +0000 UTC View PostSlowly jumping forward turned out to be a lot slower than I had estimated. On three occasions, we ended up at a dead end and had to fly back through the newly mapped star systems to pursue another ...
2023-09-24 14:46:39 +0000 UTC View PostBack when I used to watch entertainment media with Sev, there were frequent references to ghost ships. Something about discovering a vessel with its entire crew missing sparked the imagination of p...
2023-09-24 14:45:29 +0000 UTC View PostDallion knew next to nothing about his grandmother. His previous self in this world knew even less. She had never been brought up by anyone in his immediate family, even his grandfather was quiet o...
2023-09-22 18:15:48 +0000 UTC View PostIf the emperor’s garden dazzled with its grandeur, the room he was to meet the duchess astounded with its strict simplicity. Although made of sky silver, its walls were virtually bare, containing...
2023-09-21 23:41:12 +0000 UTC View PostTamin Emperors had always been described as decisive in all available historical sources. In the past, Dallion had believed it to be highly embellished, and a way for the scholars to gain the ruler...
2023-09-19 14:19:58 +0000 UTC View PostWith the exception of Cass, all my captains said that I couldn’t please anyone. Gibraltar had his own take, commenting that no ship could please anyone. Looking at how things had progressed, I wa...
2023-09-17 18:00:47 +0000 UTC View PostSlowly jumping forward turned out to be a lot slower than I had estimated. On three occasions, we ended up at a dead end and had to fly back through the newly mapped star systems to pursue another ...
2023-09-17 17:59:42 +0000 UTC View PostA pillar of water erupted as the beam struck the ocean. Still too weak to do anything, Dallion could only watch as the spell took effect. The magic threads of that spot of the world twisted, formin...
2023-09-16 17:48:20 +0000 UTC View PostI should have stayed longer, Dallion thought.
From a personal point of view, he’d love nothing better than finally getting to spend some quality time with Euryale. With the void go...
2023-09-14 15:47:21 +0000 UTC View PostSefisu System, Cassandrian Front, 619.9 A.E. (Age of Expansion)
“Thirty-eight shuttles lost, captain,” I said on the bridge.
Warning messages were all over the h...
2023-09-12 23:25:52 +0000 UTC View PostWith the exception of Cass, all my captains said that I couldn’t please anyone. Gibraltar had his own take, commenting that no ship could please anyone. Looking at how things had progressed, I wa...
2023-09-12 23:24:27 +0000 UTC View Post“You’re a noble.” Mage Tisaku’s voice trembled.
It wasn’t the colossus that had him scared, nor Euryale’s forces joining the battle area. What terrified him was the impossibility ...
2023-09-11 17:32:26 +0000 UTC View PostGorgons mounted on griffins approached from the distance. A large dwarven army was also approaching on the ground. Moments ago, there weren’t any of them to be seen. Dallion was more than certain...
2023-09-09 14:03:15 +0000 UTC View PostTwo beams of magic clashed against one another. The Azure battle mages were pulling out all the stops. They were determined to down the archmage’s cloud in a show of force, yet of nothing else Al...
2023-09-07 23:40:33 +0000 UTC View PostArmies popped up like daisies. It wasn't only the few thousand whose realm Dallion had destroyed, but many, many more. In one instant, the entire vortex area transformed into a gathering of armies....
2023-09-05 10:24:08 +0000 UTC View PostThree of the remaining domes had cube artifacts with a fractal pyramid drawn on them. Examining their surfaces as far as the helmet would allow me, I could see no differences, as if they were perfe...
2023-09-04 01:31:58 +0000 UTC View Post