How important was Felia to Maria? From one point of view, Maria could have died for her. The willingness to sacrifice her own life said everything about the girl’s place in her heart.
They had finally moved into their new home, ready to begin a quiet, ordinary life. Yet before the dust had even settled, a group of Radiant Church c...
2025-11-04 18:07:53 +0000 UTC View PostThe house carried a sense of quiet, lived-in warmth.
In the entryway stood a polished coat rack and a holder for canes, a thoughtful touch that spoke of gentle domestic order. The living room opened wide and bright, its redwood furniture lined with care and harmony. At the center stood a stone fireplace, perfectly placed. When winte...
2025-11-02 00:40:21 +0000 UTC View PostA house in the Upper District was hardly an extravagant demand for a wealthy merchant.
In the Fractured, a single Gold could persuade even a god.
This was not sarcasm or jest. Ever since the sudden fall of the Sun Pantheon, the gods of the Fractured had chosen another path entirely. They no longer relied on the First Flame or any...
2025-10-29 22:22:24 +0000 UTC View PostAmong the nobles, for those who rose through trade or invention tended to care more about etiquette than the old families who had inherited their titles. It was pretty hard to tell if that came from urgency or insecurity, but something about these new nobles always seemed excessive, as if their polish hid a hollow space inside.
Yes,...
2025-10-27 10:07:17 +0000 UTC View PostThe Ironwall Veil System came online.
Victory belonged to humanity.
The invisible barrier that forbade every form of prying rose in silence, folding the meeting hall within its pale, shimmering light.
“Since the activation of the Fractured Shield Project,” said the representative from the UN region, “the rate of Ch...
2025-10-24 20:50:49 +0000 UTC View Post“My wife is truly wonderful!”
“You’re calling her your wife without even knowing her name?”
“Are you insane? Is every woman your wife?”
“You’re the insane one! How could she not be my wife?”
In the video comment section, the most frequent shouts were variations of “speed it up.” The general populac...
2025-10-22 22:33:11 +0000 UTC View PostTyr’s short review post hit the Fractured forum like a thunderclap. Within minutes, the entire board boiled over. Countless players who never got a beta slot crawled out from their long dormancy to join the noise.
One user called Hesitation Is Defeat wrote, “Wait, this game’s that punishing? Can someone post a guide a...
2025-10-20 20:43:48 +0000 UTC View PostWhen Maria stepped out of the Clocktower, a sudden dizziness washed over her without warning.
She leaned against the cold stone wall, steadying herself until her breath evened. Under the sunlight, her scarlet eyes darkened like stirred blood. In that color hid the quiet pulse of hunger and rage. Her heart thudded hard against her ri...
2025-10-18 19:37:53 +0000 UTC View PostWhen Maria saw Archbishop Mark again, her usually serene expression flickered with a trace of surprise.
The sight before her made her doubt her own eyes.
The man who had always seemed full of spirit and sharp thought now sat slumped in a wooden chair like an ordinary old man, his entire being exuding the quiet rot of decay. Th...
2025-10-16 18:22:27 +0000 UTC View Post“…Take your sister, for example. Her skin’s fair, but pale in that refined way. Her face and bearing show good upbringing. Graceful figure, well-proportioned curves. She’s sixteen and still growing—if she develops a bit more, her chest will be fuller, her hips rounder, and then… heh, heh, heh!”
Gehrman looked every bit th...
The Radiant Lord, who had always ignored the false nun Maria, once again remained silent. It seemed he had long grown used to the audacity of Miss Maria.
Yet this time, Maria had sobered somewhat.
After returning to Torrent City, she decided she would visit the Radiant Church sometime soon. In the past, she had never done so...
2025-10-11 21:45:39 +0000 UTC View PostWhat is a god?
If Maria von Cainhurst were to judge, the divinity she envisioned most closely resembled the Great Ones. No reason was needed, just as the sky was blue, the water clear, and the trees full of green. The gods, too, should simply be.
That was what she called a true god.
Without realizing it herself, a seed had take...
2025-10-09 21:19:02 +0000 UTC View PostThere is nothing a single elven volley cannot solve. If there is, then send another.
As a race, the elves’ mastery of both archery and art surpasses humankind by several eras. One could even say, without exaggeration, that if not for the birth of firearms, humanity would never have surpassed the elves in long-range or even beyon...
2025-10-07 19:47:01 +0000 UTC View PostTo be regarded as kin by a Daemon of Khorne is no blessing — it means you carry the stench of bloodlust.
From the moment of their birth, what these creatures first learn is not language nor faith, but how to slaughter their own kind. They feed on carnage, craving the favor of the Skull Lord. Under the dominion of that mindless hun...
2025-10-05 19:32:49 +0000 UTC View PostIn the words of the greenskins: “I reckon red-skinned daemons are just a bunch of things especially made for WAAAGH!”
This Khorne daemon, ignoring the burning backlash of the First Flame that might have annihilated its projection entirely, now strode forward with its jagged fanged battle-axe once its stone-like body ha...
2025-10-03 20:33:45 +0000 UTC View PostThe crushing pressure suddenly lightened, but Maria felt no joy.
Because this was not weakness. It was the Forbidden Lord of Cinder deliberately drawing back most of his power, compressing it into his limbs and bones—like a steam-constrained reactor driven at full capacity. The force within him made Maria think of a volcano suppressed to...
2025-10-01 20:38:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe instant the gunshot rang out, the Black Coat froze mid-dodge!
An invisible hammer seemed to slam into his body, wrenching him violently sideways. The blazing heat carried by the Farron Greatsword struck him without mercy, swatting him through the air! This was no artful maneuver, just pure brute force that tore him from the grou...
2025-09-29 19:54:30 +0000 UTC View PostThe Lord of Cinder’s strength was undeniable.
To inherit the First Flame, there had to be a minimum requirement of power. Of course, the criteria were a bit unusual—it didn’t always equate to sheer combat ability. According to the records of the Radiant Sun faith, history had seen Lords of Cinder who were more scholar-like, excelling...
2025-09-27 19:31:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe Boiling-Water Spiders—nicknamed “Nightmare Robots” by the players.
They were one of the Steam Church’s early bugged war machines. Their means of attack, aside from brutally sharp metallic limbs, included the inhumane method of ejecting superheated steam above 200 degrees directly from their iron bodies.
Because t...
2025-09-25 18:59:08 +0000 UTC View PostPlayer ID: Li Sanguang
This wasn’t his true ID in Fractured, but rather a nickname given to him by the gaming community. Once, on the Chinese servers of a certain virtual biohazard MMO, he had been a top-tier player—known for wielding an officially borderline-cheat infinite RPG launcher and greeting everything he met with explosives. ...
2025-09-24 18:57:59 +0000 UTC View PostBeyond the dense forest, at a devastated gathering point.
When an anomaly erupted deep within the trees and countless startled birds rose into the sky, the dangerous, icy face of the Black Coat—a title reserved for high-ranking officers of the Military Intelligence Department—suddenly lit up with excitement. That inhuman roar...
2025-09-22 20:07:31 +0000 UTC View PostThe dagger pierced into her shoulder, tearing through and leaving a gaping wound. For Miss Maria, such an injury was not severe, but it was enough to put her into peril.
Even the Forbidden Lord of Cinder must have felt a brief flicker of surprise.
In his plan, once he easily brushed aside this woman’s weapon, his off-hand ...
2025-09-21 20:13:22 +0000 UTC View PostAt this moment, no sound was more beautiful than the ringing of the bell.
The Forbidden Lord of Cinder, who had only pushed open the coffin lid and thrown out a greatsword, still lingered within the smoke and dust, his figure unclear, flickering like a ghost.
Amid the solemn, ancient tolling of the bell, it seemed as if everyt...
2025-09-19 20:49:45 +0000 UTC View PostThe gap of the stone coffin was pitch black, with nothing emerging from within, yet one could feel a gaze tinged with anger peering outward.
Rage. Killing intent.
The emotion carried by that gaze was direct and unrestrained, as though it was his pride and honor itself. At the instant this ferocious killing intent blanketed the...
2025-09-18 23:10:49 +0000 UTC View PostOutside the Destruction Gathering Point, beneath the mask, Hedda’s scholarly features twisted with a touch of nausea.
This game was far too realistic…
When her superior ordered the eradication of this gathering point, Hedda had followed the command without hesitation. But the moment she acted, she realized this was nothing...
2025-09-16 22:01:14 +0000 UTC View PostDeep within the dense forest, at the forbidden seal—
Here lay entombed the exiled sacred being from Lordran, the forbidden Lord of Cinder. His name had long been forgotten, and his past glory unknown.
Those who disturbed the Lord of Cinder’s slumber came one after another, including the trio who had finished resting and wer...
2025-09-14 21:58:21 +0000 UTC View PostFor various reasons, scattered across the worthless jungle wastelands were unrecorded human gathering points.
These gathering points generally had no Extraordinary guardians. As long as their scale did not exceed a certain limit, the local lords turned a blind eye. Caravans or mercenaries traveling in the wilds would sometimes sto...
2025-09-13 22:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostTime slipped by, and two days had already passed. During those calm and easy days, Maria spent most of her time staying close by her younger sister’s side.
The tender affection that overflowed from her was like honey, drowning Felia completely.
If Maria of Seth was like a crimson rose veiled in frost, then all the warmth l...
2025-09-12 23:25:25 +0000 UTC View PostLuminous Cathedral, Resupply.
There was comfort—immense comfort—in having a vast organization at her back. Broken gear, used-up scrolls, other consumables—returning to base meant full resupply. For now, she was effectively riding along in the war-chariot of the Radiant Church of the Sun. Naturally, Miss Maria wasn’t about ...
2025-09-11 21:09:51 +0000 UTC View PostIn traditional virtual MMORPGs, to make the game more engaging, the developers sometimes set up overlapping quests between two seemingly unrelated questlines.
When quests overlapped, players on both chains could either choose cooperation or confrontation. Typically, veteran players judged by circumstances. Overlap quests usually c...
2025-09-10 18:54:45 +0000 UTC View Post