By the time I arrived at the fortress, the damage was startling. Walls were smashed in, and people were strewn everywhere, lying on the ground, moaning and bleeding. Pools of blood marked where bod...
2025-05-31 06:00:06 +0000 UTC
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I drew a sword from my spatial ring and tossed it over to Circe. The woman snatched it out of the air with a small gust of wind, holding the blade and turning it over in her hands.
"I must sa...
2025-05-30 06:00:05 +0000 UTC
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After pulling Circe away from everyone else, I snapped my fingers. A crimson barrier shot up around us, twisting with inscriptions and blocking out all of the outside noise. The noise outside stopp...
2025-05-29 06:00:05 +0000 UTC
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"What?” The Mul Branova said, sounding beyond confused as the stone statue she'd been fighting bled into the ground, disappearing, only for another statue to grow back up on the platform in front...
2025-05-28 06:00:05 +0000 UTC
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I stood outside the gates of the Heavenly Fist Sect, trying to appear as casual as possible. I couldn't let them know that I was aware of their true nature. It wasn't yet time to put them on high a...
2025-05-27 06:00:05 +0000 UTC
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High above the world, nestled in the Himalayas, lay a mountain even taller than Mount Everest. It was capped with a shining silver city, inlaid with white gold that glistened across its walls. The ...
2025-05-26 06:00:11 +0000 UTC
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I arrived back at Vein City with Merlin and Simone in tow. The small group included Cao, the drunk monk and a few of his top performers, who had all shaved their heads to imitate him.
I was f...
2025-05-25 06:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Gloria and a team of three dozen Mul Branova managed to track the raiders all the way back to their camp. Although the word camp was being generous.
The place looked as if it could have been ...
2025-05-24 06:00:07 +0000 UTC
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Circe stepped into her office, looking absolutely radiant. Her hair was done up with a few strategically placed strands that had escaped to frame her face.
I looked up and over the massive st...
2025-05-23 06:00:08 +0000 UTC
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I stepped into the ornate room, Circe’s office.
A desk dominated the room with what seemed to be an endless stack of paperwork trying to creep over everything, including the woman that was ...
2025-05-22 06:00:07 +0000 UTC
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Our presence bolstered the Heros Clan's efforts, the extra support giving the broader group a new wave of energy. Circe’s presence in of itself seemed to make their spirits rise.
It d...
2025-05-21 06:00:06 +0000 UTC
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"Report," I commanded, returning to the fortress. Only Simone, Nyx and Gloria were with me. The generals and other leaders of our forces were still occupied with the aftermath of their battles. Cir...
2025-05-20 06:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Hurtling myself into the massive melee, I swung my Bloodiron Blade back and forth like a scythe through wheat. The small, hairy demons fell swiftly beneath my strokes as I bodily shoved and checked...
2025-05-18 06:00:05 +0000 UTC
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"Where are these even coming from?" Rogers yelled at his advisor as the demon swarm seemed to come without end.
"Underground, sir." The retired general had his hands neatly folded behind his ...
2025-05-17 06:00:04 +0000 UTC
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I woke up the next morning both spent and refreshed in a way I hadn't realized I needed. This was why, after Simone's antics, I ended up taking Nyx both with and without legs several times, proving...
2025-05-16 06:00:06 +0000 UTC
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I grinned to the three ladies as I stepped out of the limo. "With the three of you, I don't think it'll be any problem forgetting about the war at least for a time."
Simone took those w...
2025-05-15 06:00:06 +0000 UTC
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We’d been busy training everyone the last few days. Yet Simone had managed to keep the plans for tonight a complete secret, despite my best attempts at persuasion, which were usually effective on...
2025-05-14 06:00:04 +0000 UTC
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I waved to Circe in greeting, putting my best smile on my face as I approached.
She chuckled. "You’re chipper for somebody about to lead a war. Although I guess it’s not your first time....
2025-05-13 06:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Vidar had started with his fists, and I had been happy to continue that type of fight, feeling like we’d established an unwritten rule that we weren't fighting with weapons. The only skills he'd ...
2025-05-12 06:00:06 +0000 UTC
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There was nothing special about the brute force fighting behind it. She was likely trying to lull me into a sense of complacency for her next sneak attack.
I would have to keep my eyes open f...
2025-05-11 06:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Vidar let out an incredibly fake laugh. "Oh, Bran, it'll take a lot more than your face to anger me." He stepped forward, and I could feel the purpose behind his movement.
The years of fighti...
2025-05-10 06:00:04 +0000 UTC
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"Thank you again, Merlin," I said as she teleported our group to Egypt. It felt like we hadn’t stopped moving since we recruited the generals weeks ago.
The massive battlefield was more att...
2025-05-09 06:00:07 +0000 UTC
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As a group, we strode into a fortress filled with Simone's Russian and Chinese recruits as well as the locals from Kazakhstan. It looked more like some plantation that had been rapidly fortified wi...
2025-05-08 06:00:03 +0000 UTC
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"What are we doing here?" Nyx asked, her voice sugared despite the harsh circumstances. At the moment, her serpents were wrapped around her body, stretching out like a living coat. "I thought only ...
2025-05-07 06:00:03 +0000 UTC
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"Bran, are you just going to ignore the problem?" Circe asked.
"I'm not ignoring the problem. I'm thinking," I replied. There were already too many things on my plate. Having lost a yea...
2025-05-06 06:00:03 +0000 UTC
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"Who would have expected that I would be so quick to miss modern transportation?" Circe said as we walked along the now defunct train line in Spain. Merlin had gotten us as close as she could with ...
2025-05-05 06:00:05 +0000 UTC
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I grabbed Merlin as she sagged. Teleporting a group of our size had clearly been difficult for her. I held out a mana potion between two of my fingers. "Drink up, it's the least I could do.”
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2025-05-04 06:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Circe landed back at the fortress, still holding me tight. Her blue hair danced about us before the wind collected it to fall down her back. With the sun behind her she was particularly eye-catchin...
2025-05-03 06:00:09 +0000 UTC
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I roared, and a Crimson Barrier snapped out of me, pushing away the demons. I whipped my sword out of the gate guardian and charged into them with sweeping, powerful strikes.
The demons scatt...
2025-05-02 06:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Our group had reformed with a few more to go after the Hell Gate and the Gate Guardian closest to Vein City.
Already, humanity had lost control of the Hell Gate, and the surrounding space had...
2025-05-01 06:00:08 +0000 UTC
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