《Titans》Landing
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Two figures moved against the black of night, silently scanning the starlit grassfield. Tiny embers littered the area, and smoke hung in the air. One of the pair stretched her wings and gave a quick flap, breaking the silence. Movement shifted in the grass all around the two, and in mere seconds, they were surrounded.
"Argh, I'm so sorry, Lukhan," she quickly spat out before the coming horde was upon them.
A radiant sword and massive warhammer appeared in their owners' hands. Lukhan erupted with light as he unfolded his own wings. "No apology needed," he said, with a tone unfit for the current situation. "It appears they can see in the dark." His sword flew with a ferocity his voice could never touch, as he began to cut down the creatures. "Isabella, if you would."
Taking the cue, Isabella gripped her hammer tightly, and sent a surge of power through it. The ground beneath the fray began to repel everything relying on it. An assailant flew past Isabella instead of into her. She and Lukhan were the only ones on solid ground. Winding up her shot, Isabella focused her mind on the future corpse beside her, and swung with the gravity of a moon. One sickening squelch later, and the target, along with a dozen of its comrades, sailed towards the horizon.
Isabella glanced at Lukhan only to see carnage before her. Illuminated by faint starlight, nearby embers, and Lukhan's glowing radiance, Isabella saw what their enemy was, in pieces as they were: Bipedal creatures of varying greys in color, aside from their pitch black blood. The ground was covered in only the dead and their blood, leaving any internal structure nonexistent.
"You overexert yourself," Lukhan said, letting go of his blade. It disappeared in a flash of golden light.
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Isabella opened her mouth to protest. "Look who's talking" passed her mind, but never made it out. Instead, she tumbled over, caught by Lukhan the moment he noticed her legs fail.
"He was right," Isabella managed to say, her strength completely gone.
"They both were," Lukhan quickly responded. "Etras has fallen to these creatures, and now they aim for our world." Then, after observing her weakened state, “You will have to fight much more often. Try using your power only to add more acceleration to your swings instead of following through with it.”
Isabella felt the wind whip through her hair as Lukhan sped towards their base. The hammer felt good in her hands, and it channeled her power far easier than she had expected. She glanced up at the man carrying her. His chiseled features gave no sign of the man she was told he used to be. Not even his hair or eye color were what the stories said; now Lukhan’s hair was a radiant purple, and his eyes matched, though only sometimes. Isabella had never seen the event which changed his appearance, and among other things, hoped she’d get a chance to see it.
The world below slowed to a halt as Lukhan reached their destination. The pair had reached a hill, revealed to have been hollowed out when Lukhan opened a hatch, carrying Isabella into their base. He began making his way to the opposite side of the room, catching the attention of their housemates. An eager pair awaited them, Cassandra running to greet while Amos startled to his feet, rising from a couch.
"What did you find? Is Isabella alright?" Cassandra frantically asked, the panic from her first encounter with the creatures still there.
Lukhan raised a hand. "Your assailant was nowhere to be seen, we dealt with what I assume were his subordinates, and my second is fine, she is simply new to using her powers."
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"She's probably still tired from doing the Split," Amos added, moving aside.
Lukhan set Isabella down, where her muscles finally relaxed. "I've never exactly seen combat before," she said, attempting a chuckle. "My powers overwhelm even me."
Amos clapped his hands together. "Now that our initial business is done, I would like to see our new home feel more homey."
Lukhan nodded. "Indeed, if we are to live here for the time being, it should be more than a few bunks and chairs." He turned towards the exit, and called over his shoulder while departing, "And I happen to know the perfect pair to add to our ranks."
Cassandra and Amos looked at each other. "Pair?"
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Across the Realms [Dropped]
Disclaimer: I'll leave this on here for anyone to read. The last time I uploaded a chapter was nearly a year ago, and to all the readers who still kept their trust in me after I came back from my umpteenth hiatus, I am sorry. I will not carry on writing this; I started off without the correct foundations of a novel, nor commitment to fully finish it and I do not want to lie to you all once again. Maybe one day, I may decide to re-write the novel, with a new basis or at least a comprehensive starting point with many of the narrative errors cleared up; but, till then, this is goodbye. And, once again, thank you for the motivation you gave me. Even now, I see many emails come through with people commenting. Goodbye. A child blessed by the Astral. An unprecedented destiny. Watch his path, as he marches up the stairway of Heaven. A March of a Sovereign. [Adventure, Wuxia, Martial Arts, Fantasy] This is a Qihuan novel; it has eastern and western fantasy elements. More often than not in Xianxia or Xuanhuan there is a severe lack of character development, being a western writer I'm changing that. My characters, from my totally unbiased view, feel fleshed out and actually have emotions. This is my first attempt at a novel, I'm writing as a means to better convey my thoughts. I will, hopefully, steadily improve chapter-by-chapter. I'm very open to feedback and constructive criticism. As one can see this is a cultivation novel, so you know how this goes. I've decided to jump-start the whole rags-to-riches scenario. He is strong from the start and is given the utility to do so. *The cover art is not my own, all rights reserved to the owner. I will take it down if necessary. *The style of the recent chapters is comparatively different than Chapter 1.
8 98The 8th Day
One day life is good. The next day it isn't! The boundaries between... well, whatever they're between.. have shattered! Monsters burst out from cracks in the universe, and reality suddenly begins to function similar to a game -- but not a game that anyone knows all the rules about! Magic is suddenly real, but so are monsters and death! Lots of death!And the worst part of it all? I think we did it to ourselves! We invented video games, and personally I think that great Finger-in-the-Sky picked up a console somewhere and started playing them. Since He liked what he saw, he must've declared, """"On the 8th Day, let there be Game!"But what do I know about it all, really. After all, I'm just """"The Witness"""" forced to observe it all.__________________________________________________________________________Author's Note: There's a lot of tales where characters get stuck in a Virtual Reality. """"Sword Art Online"""", """"Log Horizon"""", """"The Legendary Moonlight Sculptor"""". This is a story told with the premise inverted -- instead of a person from reality going into a virtual world, what would happen if the virtual world instead came to reality?I want this tale to speak about the aspects of the game, as it has affected the current reality, but the focus of the story should never be on the """"reality-turned-game"""" itself, but on the characters and their oh-so-human struggles, personalities, and attempt to adjust and live within the bounds of their new existence. Hopefully this won't just be a story of """"reality turned into a game"""", but instead will be something more meaningful such as a story of the strengths, perseverance, and humanity of man-kind as they try to adapt and face the unknown.*** And, most importantly, I hope everyone enjoys reading it as much as I've enjoyed writing it. ***WARNING: RATED MATURE M[18+] FOR GORE, SEX, VIOLENCE. The apocalypse isn't a pretty place to try to survive in, and neither is every scene in a story trying to describe it.
8 73Monsters Came Following
This story sets in the modern world where our protagonist returns to. After being abandoned, the once hero became a demon king as his fate sets him forward into. His adventures in the another world can upon an end after ascending and being forcefully sent back into earth. Yuan lives his life ordinarily in his homeworld but things don't just end as how it should be. If only that Gates didn't appear in four months of time after he had returned. If only that everything remained as simple. But no, it didn't. Monsters came out of these gateways and wreck havoc in the human world, games are starting and his life of simplicity didn't go as planned. On the good side, he got kids, well there's three of them and he can reunite with his wife - speaking of which, the four were the masterminds. This story is randomly written. Have vague ideas on how it should end. This story is present at first on scribble hub, doing my best to catch up.
8 187One Man's Journey (2nd Draft)
Adam's life was normal; he teased his sister, daydreamed of becoming a powerful spiritualist and slaying evil dragons, and absolutely loved staring at the colorful night sky. All of that changed on one nightmarish night. AN: Hello once again! This is the second draft of my work that makes many changes tothe first. It's not just an edit, but an entire rewrite! Hopefully I am fixing some of the issues both I and others perceived with the first draft as well as improve the overall quality with everything I learned from writing the first draft. I hope you enjoy my work ^_^ Current cover by ChaosPenguin
8 120Wars, Massacres and Undeads
Synopsis: Elena is a normal, 13 years old village girl, living with her parents, playing with her friends and listening to the stories her old grandma tells her. This all changes, when the King's knights raid her village and kill everyone she knows and love. Will Elena be able to survive in the wilderness on her own, and finally take her revenge? And how will she fare against people from other worlds, ethereal beings and gods? Disclaimer: First, English is not my main language, this will be filled with errors (though I hope the free version of Grammarly will come to my aid) Second, though this is a litRPG fiction, I will not use Blue Tables. I hate making those. List of Books (Contains REAL BIG Spoilers): Book I : Undeads - Follow Elena as she develops her abilities as Necromancer, and meets her first ally. Book II : Wars - It is finally time. After years of preparing and gathering Undeads, Elena is ready to take her revenge. But a surprise awaits her at the end of her path. Book III: Massacres - [ WIP, depends on B. III ending ] This is the story of a relationship frowned upon. A Demoness and a Paladin of Ulhan, the God of Light. But how do Elena, Elia and ??? get involved in this? Fate sometimes makes mistakes. Book IV: The End? [ WIP, depends on B. III ending ] A mysterious entity is ravaging the Continent Elena lives on. Who is It? What does It want? (I don't own the picture used as cover. I found it here: https://art.alphacoders.com/arts/view/38255)
8 123Tidbits from Mahashoti and Other Stories
To share work derived from Mahashoti, Worldly Wisdom to Godly Grace, and other stories created by me.
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