Mio saw another clone standing below, its head-mounted processor fully deployed. It was the source of the music, a high-energy battle anthem that seemed to pulse with the rhythm of the fight. It ha...
2025-07-15 18:10:26 +0000 UTC View PostBack with Shido's group...
The clone blocking their path lowered its head, as if receiving a signal.
[Notice: Mission complete. Target acquired.]
"...Acknowledged."
The clon...
2025-07-14 15:54:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe cold, emotionless face burned itself into Origami's vision, dragging up memories she had long suppressed.
"Objective acquired," the machine stated. "Commencing analysis."
The Sp...
2025-07-13 17:56:27 +0000 UTC View PostNia was intrigued. She could use her Angel to find out what I was planning, but where was the fun in that? Forgoing her manga drawing for the afternoon, she decided to simply wait and see what I ha...
2025-07-12 17:18:49 +0000 UTC View Post"Michael Shifuru."
A wave of crimson energy erupted from her, enveloping her body. When it faded, her appearance had changed. Her pink cheongsam was now a fiery red, its desi...
2025-07-10 15:21:50 +0000 UTC View PostA golden portal shimmered into existence in a secluded alleyway.
I stumbled out, wisps of ethereal blue flame clinging to my body before dissipating. The portal snapped shut behind me. I lean...
2025-07-09 15:51:18 +0000 UTC View PostKnock, knock, knock.
A rap on Kotori bedroom door, followed by her brother's familiar voice.
"Kotori, are you awake? Lunch is ready."
"I'm awake! Be right there!"
K...
2025-07-08 15:50:42 +0000 UTC View PostThat night, Shido couldn't sleep.
His sister, Kotori, still hadn't come home. Usually, she would be back by now. He called her phone. It went straight to voicemail. He sent messages. No reply...
2025-07-07 14:18:02 +0000 UTC View PostThere were others, but they were tangled up in the complex web of the Spirit of Origin, a mess I had no desire to touch. The first two were manageable. The third, however, was a problem.
Acco...
2025-07-06 11:43:35 +0000 UTC View PostThe silence that followed was heavy, broken only by the whisper of the wind through the shattered buildings.
Ten seconds.
Then, the hold on Yoshino broke. Time rushed back into her smal...
2025-07-06 11:41:45 +0000 UTC View PostI walked slowly towards the frozen form of the girl. The analysis of her Angel, Zadkiel, was already complete. I had acquired its cryokinetic abilities during our first encounter; this time, I was ...
2025-07-06 11:40:53 +0000 UTC View PostI descended from the sky, my arrival heralded by a blast of powerful, dramatic music. The sound emanated from the ring-shaped device floating just above my head, which pulsed with light in time wit...
2025-07-04 17:47:48 +0000 UTC View PostWhen my analysis was complete, I released her.
Miku collapsed onto the concrete floor, a broken doll. Her eyes were unfocused, her face streaked with tears and flushed from lack of oxygen. He...
2025-07-04 17:46:59 +0000 UTC View PostI stood before the gates of Rindouji All-Girls Academy. It was a weekday, and the faint sound of teachers' voices drifted from the open windows. It looked like any other school.
But it was al...
2025-07-04 17:46:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe next day, Westcott discovered his prize was gone.
His reaction was a strange mix of relief and terror. The good news: the Spirit Hunter hadn't blown up his building or tried to kill him. ...
2025-07-04 17:45:21 +0000 UTC View PostThe air in the cell was cold and stale.
She must have heard me appear, because she slowly, painfully, turned her head.
I stood there in my true form a machine of metal and wires. My hum...
2025-07-04 17:44:43 +0000 UTC View PostWind, violent and absolute, spiraled inward, converging on the two girls.
Within the centre of the gale, a new form took shape. A colossal, strangely beautiful bow appeared between them...
2025-07-04 17:44:06 +0000 UTC View Post"Query: May we begin to fulfill our agreement?"
"Fine, fine! Prepare yourself to witness our true power!" Kaguya declared, a wild grin on her face.
"Affirmation. We will not hold back,"...
2025-07-04 17:43:24 +0000 UTC View PostWestcott had tried everything to break Artemisia, to force her into an Inverse state. He had tortured her relentlessly, but she never broke.
And now, this "Spirit Hunter", Westcott's own moni...
2025-07-04 17:42:50 +0000 UTC View Post"It's difficult to say," Ellen replied, her expression unreadable. "I cannot determine its upper limits. And besides..." Her gaze drifted to the part of the screen showing Mana. "Takamiya Mana is a...
2025-07-04 17:42:10 +0000 UTC View PostThe moment her Angel appeared, my eyes began to glow with a strange, intense light. The data harvest had begun.
Kurumi understood what I was doing. She needed to end this fast. She raised one...
2025-07-04 17:41:23 +0000 UTC View PostA few teenage boys nearby who witnessed the feat let out impressed whoops and cheers.
I had other business to attend to.
Kurumi Tokisaki. Codename: Nightmare. The only Spirit known to a...
2025-07-04 17:40:29 +0000 UTC View Post"Cough... hack..."
She was defeated, her spirit broken. But the battle had been too short. My analysis of her Angel, Haniel, was not yet complete. I needed more data.
Natsumi�...
2025-07-04 17:39:43 +0000 UTC View PostI closed the distance. The girl, sensing my approach, suddenly stopped splashing. She turned, and her wide, fearful eyes met mine.
She saw a figure cloaked in shadows, topped by a strange hal...
2025-07-04 17:38:46 +0000 UTC View PostThe engine, the system's gift, was slowly regenerating the immense power required for a world-jump. It was my ultimate escape route, my ticket to anywhere. But for now, I was here. And I had work t...
2025-07-04 17:32:23 +0000 UTC View PostLeft alone in the crater, the armored girl, Tohka, stared at the empty sky, the image of a silent, sword-stealing machine waving goodbye burned into her mind.
The confusion curdled back...
2025-07-04 17:31:39 +0000 UTC View PostThe purpose of my first jump was simple: data acquisition.
While soaring through the brilliant blue sky, a novelty in itself, my internal sensors had flagged a high-energy anomaly.
<... 2025-07-04 17:30:58 +0000 UTC View PostThe Warbeasts stared, their feral minds struggling to process the scene. A silent, beautiful machine held the still-warm heart of its prey. The inherent wrongness of it, the cold, predatory act fro...
2025-07-04 17:30:19 +0000 UTC View PostWhere… am I?
The question was a thought without a voice, a ghost in a machine I didn't yet know was mine.
Above, the sky was a bruised, permanent twilight, choked with soot and the li...
2025-07-04 17:29:42 +0000 UTC View PostMera couldn't wrap his head around it, but he had witnessed this man's incredible power firsthand. If Lord Elliot was speaking with such confidence, he couldn't possibly be bluffing.
"Lord El...
2025-06-22 17:42:16 +0000 UTC View Post