《Escaping the Box》Chapter 4: Part 3
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The lich eventually recovered from its sudden surprise. It did not expect to find a mage in this small town. Realizing it made a grave mistake, the lich attempted to flee, but Leylin blocked his way, firing another ball of flames. A sinister smile arose on his face. It created a stark contrast to his normally genial appearance. "Now it's my turn. I'll give you an illusion of my own!" Placing his hand on the lich's head, Leylin commanded mana to invade its mind. To the lich, he morphed into the worst devil it could imagine. Leylin's skin darkened and large, leathery wings grew out of his back. His teeth lengthened and sharpened into points. "D-demon!" the lich stuttered. "You like this? I certainly can do the impression of a demon well, can't I? It would be a shame if I couldn't, to be honest. I made them after all..." The illusion of Leylin then began to rip apart the lich's body. The most interesting thing was that the lich could feel the pain, something it had never felt since it raised from the dead. It was supposed to be impossible to feel anything at all. Because of the the newness of the feeling, the lich underwent excruciating torture. "This is what you get for messing with me!" The lich's shrieks of pain rose until it began to weaken. Finally, the lich fell back, dead. Outside the illusion, nothing appeared to be wrong with the lich's body. His life ended in the same manner as his many victims. Slumping onto the ground, Leylin felt exhausted. He realized that he was drenched in sweat from the encounter. Sitting there, he attempted to recollect his mind and calm down. After some time, Emily returned. "Leylin?!" Seeing Leylin in an odd state, she grew worried. She noticed an odd smell when she entered the storage room, but she didn't think much of it. Placing her hand on his forhead, she tested his temperature. She thought that he might have become ill. He seemed to be burning up and was covered in sweat. Emily rushed over to a bucket of water and ripped a piece of cloth off of her dress. After dipping it into the water, she wrung it out and carefully placed it on Leylin's forhead. Leylin watched her delicate motions. Perhaps her care for him was how she treated everyone, but it stirred his heart. Her worry actually had a higher impact on him because it was how she would treat anyone. He realized that this girl was truly a kind-hearted person through and through. It reminded him of something his father told him before he became duke. Leylin said, "You know, one of the few memories I have of my normal father is from when I was much younger. He told me that it actually wasn't a coincidence that he met my mother. He had observed her before and found her absolutely stunning, both in personality and in looks. My father waited for the right opportunity to approach her. He didn't want to leave the impression of her superior nor someone who was just being friendly. He said to me, 'If you find a girl that you like, don't approach her with the intention of being friends then steadily become something more. You have to jump in with the intention that she will be yours and you will be hers. Only in that way will you succeed in finding the love of your life.' I hadn't thought much about what he said until now." "What do you mean?" asked Emily. Laughing in a self-deprecating manner, Leylin replied, "It's fine for now. I realize it's a bit soon, and we don't know each other very well, but I hope you are willing to give me a chance." "I -I don't know...." she said. Exhausted, Leylin fell unconscious. Ensuring that nothing was wrong with him, Emily finally had the time to observe her surroundings. Immediately noticing the lich, she jumped a bit. After her brief fright, she quickly recovered, displaying her mental fortitude. She remembered the bounty she saw earlier. 'It is suspected that The Tailor is a lich...' and a lich certainly lay dead in front of her. She also recalled, 'the expected danger level of this bounty is severe.' Staring at Leylin, she asked, "What exactly happened here?" - - - POV of The Captain of the 23rd Squadron The Captain stared out at the horizon. A small dot in the distance indicated that his squadron was nearing Dry Springs. He and his men were tired from the weeks of nearly non-stop horse riding that was required to get there. His men had been complaining about being assigned to this mission, but he saw it as a blessing to leave the fronlines. That way he wouldn't lose any of his fellow brothers in battle and they could relax somewhat. "How much longer until we get there? I'd rather be at the frontlines than ride this godforsaken horse for another second," said a man in disheveled leather armor. The Captain looked at him disapprovingly. He was 'new blood' as they called it. He lacked the wisdom to realize that he would most likely die on the battlefield and that this trip was actually a respite. It gave them several benefits as well. They could conscript more men to strengthen their squadron and gain merits for the kingdom by vanquishing the murderer. The Captain could only hope that the man would grow through the tempering of the battlefield. "I mean, what's the point of even helping these bumpkins? They can barely pay their taxes and are so malnourished that they wouldn't be worth giving armor for battle. All they are good for is fodder," the man continued. "Shut it! One more word and you will be the one cleaning the horses' stables when we arrive," the Captain commanded. This man was more dumb than he thought. Many of the people here were already decently trained in fighting. There were no other sources of food except monsters and wild animals in the Dead Forest. Because of this, they had to fight to survive at all. The fact that the town still existed for so long spoke magnitudes about their abilities. He had high hopes for this visit.
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Law Of Karma
Yu Xiang had the good fortune of being reborn in this new world into a strong Sect. Now a fledgling Cultivator of his own, he seeks to go as far as his legs and soul will take him, hopefully causing the least amount of pain and misery possible to his fellow cultivators and mortal people alike. After all, with flying swords, reality-bending masters, and giant spiritual beasts running around, who knew if Karma was a thing here? Better to hedge his bets and be on his best behavior. If only it were that easy... ______________________________ Updates on Sundays. English isn't my first language so feel free to point out any weird sentences, or errors.
8 155Animus Storm
An unruly man ponders many things in the last moments of his unlucky demise. What asshole thought heaven and hell seemed like solid choices? Who elected god, was there a popular vote or epic bingo game? If he's reincarnated will he simply be a deer to be hunted down by some fat ass with a racist paint job on his truck? Will his exgirlfriend die in a fire proving there is justice? And lastly who planted this F#@&ing tree?! What if the answer to all of the above is Yes? If the cycle of life and death is all just a game to the gods then he'll just have to win. Follow our not likely hero Nox as he takes the field against warriors and gods of myth and fable in the battle of several lifetimes, spanning ages, and dodging tropes like landmines. Life 2: Howling Thunder,becoming the big bad wolf! The first book is complete and we're rolling right into the next!
8 680Tale of Family - Book 1 - WIP
The world is peaceful in 2063. Fusion reactor and Diamon battery had taken care of the energetical problem. Countries were stable. Automation was everywhere. Life wasn't hard anymore, at least not in the United States of Europe. Summer break is about to start and, finally, Zoe will turn 18 and be able to play the game, Binding Fate. A simple video game, a vrmmo, but what swam under its surface wasn't simple. Power, fame and money were but the tip of the iceberg... State: Hiatus because I've an idea for another story. Quick F.A.Q. : - Yuri/female homosexual relation? Yes.- Yaoi/male homosexual relation? Maybe.- Explicit Sexual Content? Maybe.- Full Fledged Tragedy? No. Never, ever ever.- Body Modification/Body Horror? Yes. (Note: what one person think is body horror can be acceptable for someone else. If you want to see to what length I can go, read a bit of The Other Labyrinth. However, I won't go as high as quickly in the body mod/horror, so relax.- Gore? Hell yeah! I love gore! spraying blood and viscera etc...- Torture? Hurgh... maybe? Idk. Not at the start at the very least.- Memory loss/erasing? No, or at least not permanently. I basically hate this trope because it's like taking out all the character grow from a character, destroying everything that makes them what and who they are. so no.- Overpowered protagonist? You will see mufufu...- Will characters stay relevant seeing how numerous they are? YES, MOTHERFUCKING YES, I hate when characters relevance decay over time for no good reasons ^^'- Plot Armor? First of all, a definition: "Sometimes referred to as "Script Immunity" or a "Character Shield", Plot Armor is when a main character's life and health are safeguarded by the fact that he's the one person who can't be removed from the story. Therefore, whenever Bob is in a situation where he could be killed (or at the least very seriously injured), he comes out unharmed with no logical, in-universe explanation." (courtesy of https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PlotArmor I love you guys ^^) So now that this is said, do my characters have plot armour? No, because I always have an in-universe explanation, even if you don't know it yet ^^ Something is illogical or don't make sense? Read more, the answer is surely in the story ^u^- Balanced system? If you want to crush numbers and have a perfect equation balancing all the system, that's not the story for you. The system is more like a living being, and the rewards aren't forcibly tied to the level of the player. In fact, the system is purposely unbalanced ^^' Author's note: My goal here is to write a slow-paced story revolving around the bonds linking the characters, be them family, friends or lovers. Fight will be part of it, but I intend to build an actual interesting world before making truly large-scale battle happen, because the bigger a battle is, the larger its causes and effects are. I also aim at telling a story about how the characters actually help each other becoming stronger, more stable and happier. I particularly despise the lone MC type that becomes so powerful that every other character of the current setting become irrelevant beside being hostage targets, so this will not happen. I also like crafting, arrays, blacksmithing etc... so there may be crafting. Another thing I like is management game like sim-city or the like, so this while also appears, keeping in mind that I like MC's that make people around them stronger... For the tropers around here, a list of tropes that I like to use (note that I may not use all of them ^^) (this list will be updated as I dive deeper and deeper into our dear trope wiki.)- https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BodyHorror- https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SealedGoodInACan- https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/YouAreNotAlone- https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ZombieAdvocate (In particular since I see a lot of things that aren't human as worthy to live and to live with)- https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EvenEvilHasLovedOnes- https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EvenEvilHasStandards- https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HeelFaceTurn- https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CorruptTheCutie (Note: being corrupted don't mean you're a villain, only different than before.)- https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DefectingForLove (Of course.)- https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/VillainousRescue- https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/InterspeciesAdoption (For the same reasons as zombie advocate, since I love family stuff)- https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BrokenBird (to go with corrupt the cutie if it's a girl)Cover: "The Bard" by John Martin, 1817.
8 153The Discovery : Sci-fi meets Fantasy story
Humanity discovers a new habitable planet named XEROX-H43, and sends a scientific research ship to investigate the planet's lifeforms and ecosystems. However, on arrival, the ship discovers something that is considered to be an impossibility; a fantasy world. (Available on Wattpad, and Royal Road) (Inspired by Gate, Stargate, Japan summons, War of the Worlds, 2001 Space Odyssey, etc...)
8 210the boys are gods
a natural hierarchy
8 109The LEGO Movie: "Life Moves On" (Rex Dangervest x OC)
(Book 2)(This is a sequel to my previous story "Life Before", I recommend you read that one first.) ^^(Rex Dangervest X OC) Rex finds himself alone once again, since Emmet and Lucy are happily enjoying their marriage together.If life is to move on for Rex, he needed to find happiness too. The universe sends him that happiness in the form of a beautiful princess dressed in pink. Her eyes sparkle like starlight, and her hair holds mysterious powers.Rex must learn to conquer his fear of falling in love. A journey of true love stands before him once again.
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