《Elemental Sword》Prologue (Please read and don't skip)
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Heavenly Continent: Center of the Bestial Abyss, Year 1067
The pattering of footsteps echoed through the dark corridor. A man and a woman ran down the passageway, their breaths shallow and uneven. The woman, a peerless beauty, was carrying a child in her arms as she stumbled along. The man, a well-built man with the aura of a conqueror, was clutching his abdomen, trying to hold his guts inside. Literally. A gaping wound stretched along the majority of his waist, a wound that was enough to kill any ordinary person instantly.
The woman panted heavily as she was running, as if she was completely drained of energy.
"Caleb. Just hold on a little bit longer. We're almost there!"
The man named Caleb raised a haggard face and grimaced in pain as his intestines threatened to slip through his bloody fingers.
"Veola, I know... it seems... as though our plan... failed. There's only... one choice left."
Whatever this choice was, the two of them set determined faces and kept on running at maximum speed.
Moments later, loud voices and heavy footsteps could be heard in the section of the hall they just passed. An old man with a sunken face emerged, along with a hundred men dressed in strange robes. Currently, that face was contorted in anger and grief, creating a mask that seemed like death incarnate. The aura around him vibrated heavily, releasing power that was threatening to collapse the corridor around them.
"Veola! Come back here! The crimes that you have committed are unforgivable! I am willing to forgive you if you repent, but that man beside you must die a torturous death."
Without answering, the couple kept on running without pause, seemingly ignoring the old man's offer behind them. Furiously roaring, the old man increased his speed to his limits, causing cracks to emerge on the walls beside him. The aura of power around him increased twofold, and he began releasing a suffocating killing intent to the area in front of him.
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Suddenly, Veola and Caleb stopped next to a seemingly plain wall. At the same time, they placed their palms on the wall, releasing the full extent of their power on the dull rock. The outline of a door appeared on the rock, and the wall fell away to reveal a dark room. The two of them rushed in. Taking a last look at the corridor outside and listening to the angry voices of their pursuers, Veola and Caleb each pushed a button on the opposite sides of the doorway. With a loud roaring sound, the area above the doorway immediately collapsed, blocking the entrance. However, this mechanism was not the only obstacle. A barrier of energy immediately formed around the room, using a dragon's eye in the center of the room as the energy source.
This barrier is called the Spacial Cage. It is a tenth rank barrier magic of the highest difficulty, usually requiring at least ten magicians at the peak of cultivation to complete. However, Veola, a magician herself, spent the last fifteen years inserting magic power into the eye every day, eventually amassing enough energy to keep the barrier sustained for one hundred years. The Cage distorts the space that it comes into contact with, preventing anyone from passing through, as there is no possible route through the barrier.
Caleb immediately collapsed as the Cage set itself up. Gasping, he manage to whisper to Veola, "I do not have much time left. If we are going to perform the Technique, then we have to do it now while I still have enough Life Force leftover."
Veola's face was downcast.
"Are you sure you want to do this? If we use Forbidden Techniques of this level, our Life Force will be immediately consumed, not even leaving a corpse behind. Are you sure that our child would want this?"
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"There is no time to argue. This is the only way. Let's get started."
Caleb painfully pulled himself into a meditative position and closed his eyes. Veola sighed and did the same. With expressions of concentration on their faces, a slow stream of energy emerged from their bodies and converged on the child. This child immediately woke up and began to cry, seemingly sensitive to its parents' plights. These slow streams of energy eventually became larger and larger, until there was a roaring river of Energy pouring out from both Caleb and Veola. Before each other's eyes, they aged at rates many times faster than normal. In the span of about ten minutes, they had each aged about eighty years, becoming old and stooped. When their Life Forces were used up, they collapsed.
Caleb was already dead, his body disintegrated, and the natural breeze in the cavern scattered his remains into the air. However, Veola was still holding on with a determination that broke even God's will. She crawled over to the sleeping child, now encased in a cocoon of energy.
"Deon, I'm sorry. This method was the only choice. Please live on and carry your parents' will. I leave the rest to you."
With these words, Veola's body scattered to the air.
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Sorcery in Boston
The timid daughter of some of the greatest spellcasters ever to have lived has found herself in another world, courtesy of magic gone awry. In Boston, Massachusetts, in the year 1935, she finds some kind souls in a hard era. In the heart of the Great Depression, as war looms around the corner, she seeks to find her place, and must come to terms with both who she is and what she truly desires. Author's Notes: Release Note: I recently realized what the hold up is. My current mental state is not compatible with the planned ending. If I wrote the ending according to what currently feels right, it will be a wretched, cruel ending that feels monstrously unfair and invalidates the work of the various characters... because that's how my life feels at the moment. The planned ending is coming out hollow and awkward, no matter how I write it, and so I've been bashing my head. I will finish it, once I manage to either brute force something decent out, or once my head gets screwed on straight. Audience: This story is not for young children - it contains some profanity, sexual content, violence, gore, and significant adult themes. Most of these are handled delicately enough not to upset teens or adults (hopefully), hence the lack of relevant tags, but it is nonetheless unsuitable for youth. It's fairly slow paced, and focused on the development of very human, very flawed individuals. Length / Completion Estimates: The outline currently involves two books. Book 1 is expected to be done with Chapter 43. It'll probably be completely finished by sometime in March of this year. I expect to move on to the far-more-lighthearted Of Gods and Dungeons (currently in progress / on hiatus). Afterwards, I may decide to redo Book 1, or write Book 2, or actually start sharing the story most dear to me, that I've been working on for several years now. Draft 1: Please be aware that this is first draft material. I do intend to come back to do a second draft after the story is complete. If anyone notices any issues whatsoever with the story, please let me know (pm, etc) so that I can improve the second draft. Writer's Pledge: I've taken the Writer's Pledge, meaning I'm commiting to completing this story. I'm a proud member of WriTE, a group dedicated to finishing stories. It will be done! Behind the Scenes notes: This picture was commissioned from an inked artist by the name of DanP. Up until the time of the protagonist's arrival, history has proceeded as before. Some places and characters have been borrowed from wikipedia entries of interesting figures from the time. I will make note in the chapter comments when such things come up. Naturally, I've taken a great deal of liberty with them. In interest of respecting individuals, I've either attempted to portray them as accurately as possible, or modified them sufficiently enough that they're simply an inspiration, instead of a real portrayal. I've attempted to be as accurate to the era as possible, but I'm not a historian. If you're aware of inaccuracies, please, bring them to my attention so that I can correct them.
8 115Aristocratic Avenue
Andrew had a pretty simple life plan: write LitRPG fiction, make a boatload of cash, and... well, he'd figure out what he actually wanted to do with the cash once he'd gotten it. But things haven't worked out quite as he'd hoped. After dozens of failed LitRPG serial attempts and countless thousands of words written, he's found himself pushing forty and broke, living alone in a crappy apartment.But when the platform upon which he publishes his work, Aristocratic Avenue, gains sentience, he and his fellow writers suddenly finds themselves transported to a playground of its own making, a place where there are no rules except the ones the authors have imposed upon themselves through their own writing. Spawned in pods of three, they will need to work together to figure out just what the darned heck they're supposed to be doing and how to get the goodness gracious out of there.In Andrew's pod are the bossy and enigmatic Margeaux Sinclair, crossover erotica/LitRPG author who immediately demands increasingly kinky sex from the hapless Andrew in order to level up. There's also teenager Zachary, who is rather regretting his choice to write about a world populated only by the undead. Turns out, it's kinda hard to talk when your lips are rotting off.Armed only with his skills of Deduction and Investigation and an inspirational mug he managed to bring along with him from home, Andrew is determined to answer one question:What the ever-loving blessed little heart?!---This is a blow-off-steam hobby project, and I can't tell you how often it'll update as it's dependent on my regular work. But I hope you enjoy it regardless!
8 115Lily Ex Machina [COMPLETED]
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8 54Stubborn Love (Inquisitormaster Chight or Charli x Light!)
Light had always loves Charli, and Charli has always loved Light, but is shy to admit it. When Charli "jokingly" confesses to Light, Light takes it as a joke and denies loving Charli, when deep down, he can't live without her in his life! Jaxx knows that Light likes Charli and Charli likes Light! And he tries to get them together! I mean they are perfect to each other! Charli and Light are both really stupid, and really cute together! Charli is very clean minded while Light is a bit dirty minded! The problem is Light is denying everything!, so what would happen when a series of events happen because of this confession? Or maybe because it was Jaxx, or maybe because it was destiny.Alex, Zach and Jade, Drake are both dating so they both live together! Charli and Light are friends and do not live in the same house! Every person lives in the same neighborhood! This is fan fiction! ALMOST nothing in this book actually happened!No Smut In This
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