Oscar walked the dirt-ridden path, newly dug on the ancient streets no longer plagued by overgrown grass with old bricks sparsely laid out to outline the edges. Apparently, Serit started the process of restoring the ruins to a defensible state, preparing for the first true night in the eleventh land later today. Many of the old unused buildings ...
2024-04-20 03:22:12 +0000 UTC View PostIt didn't come as a shock that Gilbert had also entered Fallen Heaven since he was a key figure in his generation. But what truly surprised Oscar was that Gilbert broke off from the Primal Council and created his own base of power, opposing both the council and the forces of Shattirma. Oscar lightly clenched his teeth, recalling Avril's retellin...
2024-04-18 17:22:10 +0000 UTC View PostOscar felt heavy, his sweat-drenched robes pressing on his trembling skin like a tunic of hefty steel. He thought back to the encounter with the supposed new Saul and rubbed his neck, somehow feeling a hand gripping it tightly, his breath running short and pained. He took a deep breath as he stumbled to a moss-ridden wall, leaning on the old sto...
2024-04-17 04:54:28 +0000 UTC View Post'This feeling…' Oscar rose and let go of Avril's hand, his palm sweaty. The summer breeze of the grasslands, filled with the fresh earthy scent, failed to soothe the unsettling discomfort itching his chest. Something was amiss. Glancing down, he stroked Avril's sleeping face and apologized as he got off the fur pelts and exited the ba...
2024-04-08 18:42:25 +0000 UTC View PostI am sorry to have to say this to my loyal fans and the people who have supported me. But recently, a close family member of mine has passed away. It happened very suddenly yesterday, and I couldn't write then, and with everything I need to do to handle the aftermath, I don't believe I'll be in a good state to write for a week or more.
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"Your legs! Your legs!" Her crisp voice made his ears shiver as she fidgeted in his arms. Her look of shock was understandable, considering she had cared for him in his despondent state for several decades, and yet he never recovered. Oscar heard Avril clamoring and shouting all manners of delight, mostly joy at his recovery, tears marking her f...
2024-03-31 04:45:05 +0000 UTC View PostOscar let out an irritated sigh as he gripped his trembling legs while watching his group clean up the remains of a battlefield. These past years had been very productive since he found others from Haven Academy, all loyal warriors to his banner. Currently, his group of seventy people consisted of the Togros Family, Azure Sea Company, Gnar's pac...
2024-03-29 18:11:35 +0000 UTC View PostGnar leaped over a wide chasm, the bottom full of sharp ice that protruded from the ground like blades. A simple misstep would have plunged them into a death by a thousand blades. The great wolf howled from his side to the others currently striding up, and one by one, the pack jumped across, carrying the weight of at least two people on each of ...
2024-03-27 16:57:26 +0000 UTC View PostSerit blinked once, clearly in shock. "An eternal core? That's–"
"Impossible?" Oscar finished Serit's sentence. The disbelief was understandable, considering the implications. Seeing Serit speechless and wide-eyed, Oscar recalled how he reacted the same way when Gol-4 told him. He could hear the golem's mechanical laughter echoing in his...
2024-03-26 22:17:25 +0000 UTC View PostA century and more ago.
The clouds were dark on that day. Serit clung to the base of a broken pillar, biting his lips until they bled and dripped down his small chin. Screams and shouts failed to escape his lungs as fear clamped his breathing shut, his heart pounding against his chest. Black fumes ascended from the great fire around him th...
2024-03-26 18:06:49 +0000 UTC View PostSitting across, Oscar eyed his so-called brother-in-law, who sat directly on the other side of the burning flame with a stern look as if scrutinizing him back. To be frank, he didn't trust him. Though Avila, Avril's sister, chose him, Oscar knew nothing about him, while Serit knew almost everything in Oscar's life except for his relationship wit...
2024-03-26 04:21:44 +0000 UTC View PostThe rusted arms rose like great pillars, shaking slightly to brush off the rubble and dust. A piece of its armor plating cracked off and stabbed down, plunging deep into the ground. Time hadn't been kind to it. The arms lowered and gripped the shores of the basin, pushing the rest of its body out of the fallen palace. The remains of the palace c...
2024-03-24 17:28:10 +0000 UTC View PostThe air ran thin, barely a wisp of white breath escaping his lungs as he drew in what little precious air lingered in the snowy peak. The mountains were deceptively taller than they appeared from the ground, the statues reaching two hundred feet high. Shaking off the bits of snow on his helmet, Oscar reached out and scraped the snow off the base...
2024-03-23 04:57:16 +0000 UTC View PostOn the oasis's shores, as the blazing orb's light oppressed his back, Renn knelt and dipped his head down, sinking deep while the cool waters rose past his ears and up his neck. Thirsty, he took several big gulps, unable to believe water could taste so sweet, sweeter than the honey his mother fed him when he was a child. His parched throat tremb...
2024-03-22 03:26:05 +0000 UTC View PostAstrid sunk to the ground, knees dipping into the cold snow as it nearly covered up to her waist. Oscar looked at her and closed his eyes, feeling pity for the estranged last member of Demon's wayward group. He learned all about her as his memories swept through the past interactions and the records kept by the New Dawn on her history and experi...
2024-03-20 18:39:54 +0000 UTC View Post'I smell humans ahead. Rend them apart! Rip their flesh off their bones!' Gnar drooled, the wolf's eyes bloodshot as a ravenous growl escaped its clenched fangs, already slick from saliva. While the wolf's readiness was to be admired, Oscar dared not cause a commotion so close to their destination where others certainly waited. He retri...
2024-03-19 04:32:14 +0000 UTC View PostOscar woke up and coughed into his hand, splotches of blood pooling on his palm. The taste of blood couldn't mask the foul bitterness he tasted. Another night and another nightmarish hell in his dreams, the horrid visions haunting him in every sleeping moment. Lying down was more uncomfortable. After fidgeting for a few moments, he decided to ge...
2024-03-18 03:33:37 +0000 UTC View PostIt had been many years since he last saw them, so he had almost forgotten they existed—the Azure Sea Company he formed several decades ago, the Ashwolf Clan, the marauders, Old Yule, the ten commanders, and the rest. Oscar glanced over the younger Fenu from head to toe, astonished by the rejuvenating effect of advancing to the next major realm...
2024-03-16 05:28:34 +0000 UTC View Post'The Ancestral Mark.' Wary, Oscar backed away several feet, still contained within the shifting confines of the cubes as they zipped by, their previously distinct cubic form now streaks of blurs, near vanishing in the air. The speed appeared to have doubled or tripled past its norm, beyond his expectations, mere trails of powdery snow r...
2024-03-15 04:15:46 +0000 UTC View Post"How exactly did someone like you become a person of interest that even the Primal Council believes you to be a threat?" Cel Standavish fiddled with his mask, seemingly tightening it, and put down his hood, long black hair draping down.
"It's just my life." Oscar peered at Cel curiously. The Divine Enforcer's gaze bore into him as he didn'...
2024-03-13 22:12:02 +0000 UTC View PostVolten mentioned the exit led to some treasures, but from the leisurely tone of his voice, it didn't sound too impressive. Oscar mentally noted how a person such as Volten might indeed regard this sight as a mere pittance, like a wealthy ruler tossing a gold coin into the crowd. At first, it was extremely dark, then patches of light flickered in...
2024-03-13 03:54:49 +0000 UTC View PostWithout warning, Volten entered the Guise, not a fanciful one like Oscar's that boasted a pair of antlers. It was simple and clear, a veil of Eirin surging on Volten's skin like the ocean swirling around his figure. Sweat beaded down Oscar's brow. Out of all the Reis users he had fought, none came close to the might shown by the progenitor, the ...
2024-03-12 03:10:54 +0000 UTC View Post"Where are we now?" Oscar glanced up at Volten, who picked up the pace and hastened down the ruined path, the remnants of a paved road now mere trails of rubble. He looked around. No corpses littered the ground like before, and the stench wasn't that of a battlefield; he knew for certain it wasn't. Volten hadn't said a word since arriving in thi...
2024-03-11 02:32:58 +0000 UTC View PostThe ground quaked as Volten charged, reaching out a fierce kick. Oscar watched in shock, failing to rouse his Ein or flare his Prinstyct. Volten closed in and snapped his leg, driving the heel into Oscar's waist, an incredibly heavy blow that launched him off the ground and flung him to the side. His jaw clenched hard, gritting past the pain. Os...
2024-03-09 01:56:34 +0000 UTC View PostOscar reluctantly closed his eyes, skeptical of Volten's motives. As seconds passed, Volten's exaggerated breaths resounded, and Oscar's lungs mimicked the rhythm of the draws and releases, starting and ending as one breath. Strangely, he heard every trickle of water plopping into the moat, every minute droplet pitter-pattering on the edges of t...
2024-03-08 19:25:28 +0000 UTC View PostResting on Demon's shoulder, Oscar eyed Volten, the first Reis user and the only other Perfect Reis body. He inhaled sharply and turned slightly to look behind. If he ran, the chains might drag him back, so he followed. Beyond the gate was a smooth path, clearly paved with intent and design, and the walls arched toward the ceiling where light cr...
2024-03-08 05:30:40 +0000 UTC View PostAvril jolted awake as a loud snap burst nearby, her eyes snapping wide. Muddled, her vision started to clear, blurs spinning and overlapping into a singular view. Cold, she shivered and hugged her arms, wandering her gaze around the forest resting in bright daylight. Its beauty was comparable to the fiery forest near the Beak of Ra, the leaves a...
2024-03-07 03:59:15 +0000 UTC View Post'Why?' Oscar asked himself as he gnashed his teeth. 'Why the hell is this happening?' Staring at the unwanted Sirsi, he recalled the wanderers' words on fate and the intertwining of destinies in Fallen Heaven. From the wanderer, then to the stragglers of Shattirma who attacked him, and to this horrid woman–they were all conce...
2024-03-07 00:03:06 +0000 UTC View Post"Take off your hood." Oscar narrowed his eyes underneath his helmet as he stared at the wanderer. A space pocket hung from the wanderer's waist, far from his lifted hands that held nothing, not even an armament, presumably stored in the space pocket.
"Lift your helmet first, then I shall remove my hood." The wanderer smirked and walked aro...
2024-03-06 00:31:53 +0000 UTC View Post