Chapter 183
The Queen
Landscape was same, though blurred beyond recognition at times, as M led Sylas on a pair of black-maned horses through the winding, side roads of the Kingdom. Sylas could run faster, but he didn't push—at times, it was alright to slow down and take the sights in, especially if he was taking t...
2022-10-03 18:47:10 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 182
Whispers in Motion
“AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!! Why are you doing this to me?!!” Sylas glanced to the side, a strange expression on his face. It has been a while since the sound of the blood-curling screaming didn’t stop his heart for a moment. On the floor of the brick-taped, damp, and barely-lit dungeon...
2022-09-27 21:51:26 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 181
Marionette in a Play
Av and Vanessa went ahead of the others to prepare the most loyal members they had for the further journey south. There was hardly a need for Valen and the entourage to camp in the fort, as there were potentially spies there that could alert the Barony to their plans. While it was in...
2022-09-24 21:32:20 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 180
Northernlands
While the entourage camped some fifteen miles from the forest’s exit and the fortress, Sylas snuck out and began making his way to the fortress. If they showed up out of nowhere, it would be difficult even for him to control the situation with that many variables—as such, he wo...
2022-09-19 22:13:28 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 179
The Kings
Derrek and Valen stuttered inwardly, their minds aflame with confusion, questions, and awe. They had just exited a rather rough terrain of the forest which took nearly a month and a half to cross, and just as they thought they’d get some physical and mental rest, they bore witness to a sight ...
2022-09-16 21:37:13 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 178
Southward
Sylas stared at the strange sight, perchance one that nobody would ever see again. Surrounded by at least eight-nine feet of snow, there was an entourage of people standing near the castle’s wide-open gates, eighteen wagons in total being pulled by forty-three horses, with fourteen more in th...
2022-09-10 21:08:23 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 177
Expression of Life
They crossed the river within two days and the forest beyond within two more. While it was a bit slower with her tagging along, she held up surprisingly well; either she hid it from him and ignored the ails, or she made some notable improvements herself. The likelier scenario was the f...
2022-08-31 20:39:53 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 176
Journey Southward
“We are going to go where exactly?” Valen was the one to proclaim the question, though a look of confusion and desire to have misheard was evident on everyone. While Sylas chopped down some nice, smoked meat, and while Asha twirled about with her hair on the side, appearing entirely...
2022-08-28 20:38:49 +0000 UTC View PostBOOK III
The Song of Eternity
Chapter 175
The Story Goes
“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!” he didn’t know when he fell asleep. Perhaps it was partway through the drinking binge he was enjoying, partaking in the foods and drinks fro...
2022-08-25 20:37:36 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 174
A Puzzle Called Life
The woman had strangely spawned a table of delicacies—from fruits and snacks to drinks, some of them even those from Earth—while Sylas perused her thoughts in silence. The table floated slightly above the water, just at the level of his knees, adjusting per his body’s movement,...
2022-08-20 21:03:12 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 172
Forever-Now
What questions were there to ask? Sylas pondered for a little while, but just as little came to his mind. For certain, there were the broad ones—how big was the universe, how many worlds there were, was this the only place with magic, all those were as exciting as they come… but he didn...
2022-08-13 21:04:28 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 172
Truth Perfected
Silence fell heavy on the pool, with Sylas repeating the sentence inside his mind into infinity, and the girl patiently waiting, a faint smile hanging on her face. There was some strange light in her eyes that danced like on fire, merging and surging at his changing expressions. And, perh...
2022-08-11 20:59:04 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 171
The Gift Given
The first to strike wasn’t Sylas but rather some abomination from his rear. There was a muffled sound of thunder that was followed by a blast of spiked icicles stretching out in a straight line. Sylas spun around for a moment and, after a glance, ignored them, opting to instead jump on t...
2022-08-06 20:03:27 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 170
Salvation in Death (I)
Sylas crossed the border between the worlds—a well-illuminated canyon separating a dead forest spanning the horizon and the city made of black obsidian and infernal chains. It had been a while, Sylas recalled, since he last was here. A few years, at least, if not more. It was bec...
2022-07-30 20:54:38 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 169
Master of Death
“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!”
It was getting beyond difficult, Sylas sighed, to die. It took him nearly four hours of brutal sodomy to kill himself, and all the pain that entailed. He was so hung over it that, after being reborn, all he could do was saunter bac...
2022-07-28 19:52:27 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone! Sorry for dipping for a while. Caught a bad case of covid, still haven't fully recovered, but managed to rev up the brain cells long enough to start writing again. Thank you for your patience, and I hope you've enjoyed today's chapter :)
2022-07-23 20:58:58 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 168
When the Smoke Ashened the Skies
The group of three spent quite a few days navigating the path around the village, having to abandon horses just halfway through that journey due to the terrain that was impossible to cross on the hooves. The ground was uneven and rough and covered with frozen roots with t...
2022-07-23 20:57:13 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 167
Adrift in Snow
Av and Vanessa stared strangely at the sight in front of them. While they had to endow themselves with several layers of clothing just to maintain bearable temperature, the man who called himself Sylas heaved on top of the black horse still wholly topless and barefoot. In fact, he seemed l...
2022-07-05 20:33:20 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 166
All the Pieces Come Together
The hardy footsteps could be heard well away from the doors, stomping like the hooves of a warhorse. Both the woman and Sylas turned toward the doors, the latter far more relaxed than the former. Even if she was confident in her abilities, it appeared as though she still held...
2022-06-30 21:12:57 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 165
The Sun Shines South
Sylas was nibbling away at some dry fruit he’d found inside the village as well as some rather awful wine. Though the vast majority of the village was blown to smithereens during his confrontation against the Shadow, most of its underground remained relatively intact--though it did...
2022-06-25 20:31:25 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 164
We Who Fought the Thunder
There was a flash of light--accompanied by a burst of pain lodged deep inside Sylas' psyche. It hurt--it hurt even him, so much so that he had to bite his tongue so as to not cry out in pain. Though it hurt, it was very brief--less than a second. Alongside the pain, the white, b...
2022-06-23 20:21:24 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 163
Death Thusly Comes
Many lives and many loops went by in a flash. To Sylas, at least, it was a flash. He learned how to only keep the most important information from a run and effectively format the rest of the memories. Some runs he learned a few things, and on some runs he learned nothing, obliterating ...
2022-06-18 18:57:11 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 162
The Measure of Eternity
You have died.
Save point ‘Death’ has been initialized.
“AAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!”
That had been the ninth attempt, Sylas recalled. It was quite... visceral, all things considered. He wound up being disemboweled, chopped limb...
2022-06-16 20:13:57 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 161
May the Winds of Winter Compel
“Why did you stop?” it was the question that both the Shadow and Sylas posed, though one did so out loud while the other kept it bottled. It had been a while since he’d last seen the Doe and the Crow, though it was never quite so intense.
In that final moment, b...
2022-06-09 19:23:58 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 160
Edge of Everything
The chill of winter was permeating, but Sylas didn’t care. The cold winds, rather, cooled his mind as he made way from the far-northern castle closer toward the continent’s midland, where the village resided. Though still technically in the north, the village was much closer to the...
2022-06-07 20:27:37 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 159
The Worth of Life
You have died.
Save point ‘Death’ has been initialized.
“AAAAAGGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!”
Recalling the sight, Sylas shuddered. Even having lived through it, he couldn’t believe it had happened. In fact, if there wasn’t a notification that he kept b...
2022-05-26 20:26:35 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 158
Shadows Fall
He was ready--well, as ready as he was going to be. While he could continue trying to mull over his Way and despondently swing away with his sword in vain hopes he might improve, Sylas knew that in order to progress, he'd have to chisel the diamond that he had become. The practice was one th...
2022-05-24 18:36:31 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 157
Berserk
Sylas deliberated for a long while between walking back up the mountain and over the hurdle and simply resetting the world. In the end, however, he chose to walk--in part because he felt he was approaching the breakthrough in his Way, and in part because he simply wanted a simple hike to gather h...
2022-05-19 20:44:21 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 156
Like a Dream
Asha had been able to move all this while--but she resisted, knowing that if she did, the man would likely kill her. Her suspicions were confirmed when Sylas somehow broke himself free of the binds--if it had been her, she would have been entirely unable to defend herself. Though the binds w...
2022-05-17 21:00:28 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 155
Not a Swordsman, But a Beast
Sylas was feeling many things at this particular moment--confusion, awe, anger, some more confusion, irritation, hope, and quite a lot more confusion. Forcibly sitting by the Prince's side, his lips sewn shut, listening to the effective history of this world, he couldn't help...
2022-05-12 20:06:37 +0000 UTC View Post