A blond-haired woman stormed down a corridor that reeked of human excrement. Her high heels clicked on the stone, but it was hard to hear her movements over the screams and cries as she passed by many prison cells. Her breathing was ragged due to stress and unease. Her eyes darted left and right as she pulled the fur coat tighter around her slim...
2025-06-28 06:17:25 +0000 UTC View PostA firm hand landed on Damien’s shoulder, causing him to scowl. “Yes?” he questioned the man standing behind him.
Edward shoved a small wooden box into Damien’s ribs. “Damien. If you fail, don’t bother coming back.” King Edward’s tired voice made Damien clench his teeth in anger, but he controlled himself. Flicking the king...
2025-06-28 06:04:57 +0000 UTC View PostDamien leaned back in the plush chair and attempted to keep a straight face as he reviewed the legal document with the seal of the king plastered at the bottom. It stated that he would become an official duke of the kingdom, a promotion from his previous rank of honorary duke.
It seemed the king was turning a blind eye to the potential iss...
2025-06-28 05:47:14 +0000 UTC View PostThe city was in chaos, and understandably so. Damien coldly watched the residents hustle past him to their homes or places of safety. He was on his way somewhere and didn’t appreciate being bumped into or having to sidestep a distraught parent barreling down the pavement with their terrified kid in tow. Of course, Damien wasn’t so cold-heart...
2025-06-28 05:38:01 +0000 UTC View PostAs if signaling a start to a new age, the skies opened, and rain descended from the heavens. It was swift, aggressive, and drummed on the knights’ armor like a metal roof. All three knights on the night shift who had accompanied Olympia tore their eyes off the headless corpse of Duke Ferdinand and glared at the suited man who had emerged from ...
2025-06-28 05:29:54 +0000 UTC View Post“Those are quite some injuries, scion of the Yaeldrin.”
Kharis suppressed a scream as the elderly man rammed his fingers into one of the deeper stab wounds he had self-inflicted on his leg. The old man stared at him with a fake reassuring smile. “Now relax and open your mana circuit for this old man… Let me help you!” Then with a...
2025-06-26 01:43:50 +0000 UTC View PostKharis Yaeldrin dropped to his knees, and the golden gun slipped from his limp hand and clattered to the floor. Kharis, alongside the two attendants who had been following his now dead sister, stared in horror at the headless corpses of Akna. Blood pooled around the two elves’ feet. Silence remained for a few seconds until one of the elves beg...
2025-06-24 13:27:04 +0000 UTC View PostUnsurprisingly, a commotion ensued, with Olympia ruthlessly purchasing every item at the auction. The crowd’s murmurs below transitioned into hurling insults with every bang of the auctioneer’s hammer. “The Silver Phoenix Elixir is sold to VIP booth number twelve for a hundred platinum,” the elf announced onstage as the next item was whe...
2025-06-24 09:58:57 +0000 UTC View PostDamien found himself lost in thought as he sank back into the plushy armchair and fiddled with his golden pocket watch between his fingers. The last few days had been beyond hectic and weighed significantly on his mind. So many variables he didn’t wholly control had to go perfectly, or his plan would fall through, leading to his potential deat...
2025-06-24 09:33:54 +0000 UTC View PostTwo shadows moved through the night, their speed was abnormal for a human, and their silent footsteps furthered the notion that they were inhuman. But, of course, that wasn’t exactly unusual, but the pair’s destination was where non-humans were taken to be killed rather than invited.
“A machine is the sum of its many moving parts. Th...
2025-06-24 09:19:23 +0000 UTC View Post“Darling, you don’t look so well.” Elizabeth Greentail circled the desk and held up her son’s hand. It was shaking, and he looked deathly pale. “August, dear, I left you a present in the usual place, okay? You need to look your best for your father’s upcoming party. A king’s birthday is a joyous occasion after all.” Elizabeth had...
2025-06-24 05:08:53 +0000 UTC View PostDamien let out a sigh of relief as Jannalor faded into the void and vanished from the room. Vanity also calmed, returned to her comfortable chair, and threw herself into its warm embrace.
“I plan to reject the royal decree. Any objections?” Damien asked, and everyone raised their hand. Even Vanity. He gripped the bridge of his nose in ...
2025-06-19 04:48:24 +0000 UTC View PostThe streets were alive with activity as residents of Blackthorn muttered between themselves in hushed voices as Damien and his crew walked down the main road with a fleet of armored knights. Although all the knights were technically under Damien’s control as the de facto lord of the region, just from a glance at their differing armor quality, ...
2025-06-19 04:39:20 +0000 UTC View Post“Is everyone here?” Damien’s gaze didn’t leave the window as he asked over his shoulder. Despite his smart-casual clothes, he brought out his black cane as he liked to use it during demonstrations.
“Not yet, Master. Roselyn is on the way,” Thar answered, his voice booming through the small office.
Randy sat on one of the ...
2025-06-19 04:13:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe warm water rippled around Fay’s breasts, making them look like two small white islands. Damien poked one of them, causing Fay to giggle and playfully splash his hand away. “Hey! No touching.” She was lying on top of him while the two were floating in the enormous bath.
“Why not?” Damien nibbled at her ear, and she yelped.
... 2025-06-14 09:56:09 +0000 UTC View PostDamien tapped his foot with an impatient rhythm as he watched the incompetent employees of Thar attempt to hoist a piece of magisteel armor onto the final Aurel.
To be fair to them, this particular Aurel was being uncooperative despite being smothered in Angel Tears.
“Come on, men! One more time! HEAVE!”
“HO!”
“...
2025-06-14 09:04:04 +0000 UTC View PostDamien reentered the portal, and after a split second of inertia, he was through to the other side and strolled past the procession of carriages and people. They all had clouded expressions and moved as if following a set program. It was rather creepy, but all was fair in war. These people never stood a chance. The Ravenhall family lacked an A-g...
2025-06-14 08:13:31 +0000 UTC View PostDamien opened his eyes to a ceiling that filled him with a sense of familiarity and comfort. The sandstone brick held up by well-crafted wooden support bathed in a warm glow from the midday sun sneaking through the curtains was a welcome change from the featureless white walls of his hospital room.
Why does the sunlight feel so…rejuvenat...
2025-06-14 07:58:41 +0000 UTC View PostWith immense inertia and a loud pop, the world returned to normal. The fallen angel vanished, and only an exhausted Victor stood within the Ravenhall ballroom. Damien lay asleep in Fay’s embrace on the floor.
Victor turned on his heel, and a portal appeared with a snap of his fingers. Before walking through, he looked over his shoulder a...
2025-06-10 15:46:52 +0000 UTC View PostWith the formations gone, only crude stone walls and a medieval iron gate stood between a horde of Thralls and the city of Staedbergh. Damien passively watched from within the inner wall alongside hundreds of people as a Thrall gripped the iron bars with its pale, veiny hands.
Its face was sickly, gaunt, and ferocious, like a starved beast...
2025-06-05 07:55:44 +0000 UTC View PostDamien had an arm under Fay and Olympia’s chests as he flew through the massive hole toward one of its rock faces; slowly being pulled up the slanted surface by a cable was a metal box on crude rails. As he approached the elevator, he whispered to Fay, “Activate your mist.”
She nodded and softly chanted the spell, “ᚠᛟᚷ ᛞᛟ...
2025-06-05 07:27:16 +0000 UTC View PostThe endless tunnels of the Staedbergh Dungeon echoed with signs of battle and screams of bloodshed. Like bees attracted by the sweet scent of an exquisite flower, groups of Delvers followed the cries and found themselves headless on the cold stone. Many corpses remained ravaged, but those in good condition rose once more after a quick bite.
<... 2025-06-03 05:12:30 +0000 UTC View Post“Finally!” Damien yelled as the group entered a cavern filled with orange light.
Jake Ravenhall turned around with the most curious expression on his ugly mug. “Something catch your eye, Nobleman?”
“Salvation.” Damien walked forward with his arms out wide. “No longer shall I clap as you slay weak beasts! This farce ends...
2025-05-29 03:36:07 +0000 UTC View Post“Back so soon?”
Damien pinched the bridge of his nose in frustration. “Yes, dear sister, I am back. Did you miss me? Actually, don’t answer that.” He was annoyed at his lack of foresight in the matter and could only sigh. “Sister…have you gotten complete control over the vessel and its mind?”
The albino guildmaster th...
2025-05-29 03:20:10 +0000 UTC View Post“I’m coming! Stop bashing the fucking door!” The man pulled his fur-lined coat tighter as he stumbled down the stairs. He put his arms in search of the handrail and wearily placed his feet one at a time into the darkness. The wooden floor creaked under his step as he carefully avoided empty tables and misplaced chairs.
Th...
2025-05-24 06:27:57 +0000 UTC View PostWithin a dense canopy of trees, a group of men who reeked of sweat and mud lounged around a poorly constructed fire. The crackling of wood drowned out their rumbling stomachs.
A sudden rustling of leaves alerted the exhausted men, and a young boy covered in wounds and wearing tattered clothes shouted with a strained voice, “Goldtooth! An...
2025-05-24 06:14:09 +0000 UTC View PostCharlotte desperately tried to control her breathing; her knuckles were white as she clenched the bedframe in fear. She tried to divert her gaze from that thing in the sky that gazed upon everything.
A man in a red wine suit holding a black cane with a red gem stood calmly in the sky. His eyes drifted across the landscape as if judging the...
2025-05-24 06:01:42 +0000 UTC View PostAs springtime began to grace the wastelands, a convoy of carriages was on the move.
“Milady,” a voice insisted and shook a sleeping woman. “Milady, wake up!”
“Wha—?”
The old man shook her shoulder. “Milady, we have arrived at Blackthorn.”
The woman rubbed the sleepiness out of her eyes. “All r...
2025-05-24 05:52:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe room was silent, and nobody dared to make a sound; despite their usual boldness, even the Thornvlad twins remained tight-lipped.
Damien felt smaller and smaller under his sister’s judgmental gaze. She crossed her legs and inspected her nails one by one. After the silence had become awkward, she spoke while studying her hand. “Why?...
2025-05-22 12:35:22 +0000 UTC View PostDamien awoke to the chirping of birds and the warmth of the midday sun. His head was buried into a feather cushion, and his hair covered his face. He tried to open his eyes with a groan, but his head was pounding, and his stomach growled; he needed blood.
He didn’t even have to open his eyes to know he was alone. He couldn’t hear Fay...
2025-05-22 12:20:18 +0000 UTC View Post