– Era of the Wastes, Cycle 216, Season of the Rising Moon, Day 67 –
The Tiv soldiers cautiously approached the local command center from where flames were raging high into the night’s sky. A hunched, dark silhouette stood in stark contrast to the bright flames in the background. The hooded figure was dressed in shadows that could not be explained by the fire or the night itself.
“Identify yourself!” barked an officer among the soldiers. “Are you responsibl...
2022-08-20 00:03:00 +0000 UTC
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– Era of the Wastes, Cycle 216, Season of the Rising Moon, Day 66 –
A wrinkly, white-haired elf was sitting cross-legged on the floor with his eyes closed. A small layer of sand was pulsing around him. If Samuel or Brynn had been present, they would recognize him as Roy – one of the Guildheads that had helped to look for Terry.
“We have confirmed the information,” said Mia. “All of it. Everything leads back to the minister of the western-most district in T...
2022-08-13 00:03:00 +0000 UTC
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– Era of the Wastes, Cycle 216, Season of the Rising Moon, Day 45 –
“Just put everything in here,” said Terry. He held open a bag and placed all the mana cores he had picked up inside. “I’ll ask the Guardians to divide the contribution points equally among all our accounts.”
“Wait, you were the one that paid for the scrolls,” objected Elena.
“I’ve already said that I would like to keep the inscription base materials from the inscribed const...
2022-08-06 00:02:59 +0000 UTC
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– Era of the Wastes, Cycle 216, Season of the Rising Moon, Day 45 –
Terry was waiting at the spot where they wanted to meet up before leaving Arcana City.
“You should have seen their faces when Terry appeared,” said Miguel with a snicker. “They looked as if their brains were hurting worse than from the fire in training.” Miguel glanced at Terry. “And when he signed up for the other available aspect resistance courses, you could almost see their brains me...
2022-07-30 00:03:00 +0000 UTC
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– Era of the Wastes, Cycle 216, Season of the Rising Moon, Day 40 –
Terry stepped out of the special training room and saw the sun rise in the distance. He had been exercising inside the transparent box for nearly an hour. The room had assaulted him with fire blasts, icicles, and all sorts of magical attacks and terrain changes.
Terry glanced back and reminisced about the first time he had seen this room. Back then, Isille and Bjorln had given them a primer on man...
2022-07-23 00:03:00 +0000 UTC
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– Era of the Wastes, Cycle 216, Season of the Rising Moon, Day 36 –
Terry awoke in the middle of the night when he sensed mana movement nearby.
Again?
Terry opened his eyes and peered through the darkness of his room towards the door.
Thena, Clayson, and Emaldine had moved to a nearby place that had been organized by Brynn. Matteo had moved into some Guild quarters. Lori, Jorg, and Terry were the only people present.
Okay, I’m not ...
2022-07-16 00:03:00 +0000 UTC
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– Era of the Wastes, Cycle 216, Season of the Rising Moon, Day 34 –
Not long after Terry and the others had arrived at their home, more people appeared at the door, and Terry felt himself being pulled into the hugs of Samuel and Brynn.
“I’m sorry we can’t stay long,” said Brynn. “We still have classes, and the Academy is short-staffed due to everything that is going on.”
“We’ll talk more later,” said Samuel with a warm smile.
“Right...
2022-07-09 00:02:59 +0000 UTC
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I was asked about creating a Discord server and now I have. I will have to see how much time the management of this server will eat up, so this is an experiment.
2022-07-03 12:32:03 +0000 UTC
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– Beginning of Arc 4, Savage Hope –
– Era of the Wastes, Cycle 216, Season of the Rising Moon, Day 20 –
Kipkoi approached the Assembly’s Hall with his head held up high and a proud smile on his lips.
“Minister!” One of his aides excitedly walked up to him.
“I’m on my way to the meeting. What is it?” asked Kipkoi.
“I…” The assistant cleared his throat. “I was just wondering if you want us to inform that new country...
2022-07-02 00:03:00 +0000 UTC
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– Era of the Wastes, Cycle 216, Season of the Rising Moon, Day 19 –
A pale-faced Terry opened his eyes. He noted that he was lying in the infirmary again, but had no recollection of how he got here. He was about to push himself up when a hand forced him down again.
“Stay down and rest.” Cadence looked at him with worried eyes. “You collapsed. You need to recover. The fight is already over. Those that supported Bright— The survivors of those that supported ...
2022-06-25 00:02:01 +0000 UTC
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– Era of the Wastes, Cycle 216, Season of the Rising Moon, Day 19 –
The earth was quaking underneath Matteo. As he moved his hand through the air, the floor broke apart and a stone hand slapped a channeler across the room.
The wind surrounding Matteo pushed him out of the path of another channeler. Before the channeler had passed him, Matteo stomped into her face.
Making use of his backwards momentum, Matteo slashed with the fiendish blade in his right hand ...
2022-06-18 00:02:01 +0000 UTC
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– Era of the Wastes, Cycle 216, Season of the Rising Moon, Day 19 –
In front of the dome’s entrance, the people on Willow’s side were cursing with pale faces.
“At this rate, our defensive lines will collapse and then we’ll be completely outnumbered here,” said one of the Guildheads. “Let us take out the rich brat before they get any further, we’ll—”
“If we move any more forces away from the entrance, then the Spellcrusher and Mag...
2022-06-11 07:19:33 +0000 UTC
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– Era of the Wastes, Cycle 216, Season of the Rising Moon, Day 19 –
The earth was quaking and thunder rumbled in the sky, which was covered in dark clouds.
Terry’s head swiveled around as he tried to grasp the situation.
The mana distortion at the dome’s entrance was shifting repeatedly. While Terry was not sure exactly what kind of phenomenon this was, he understood it to be a result of space magic.
Maybe…
Terry grit his tee...
2022-06-08 11:23:50 +0000 UTC
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– Era of the Wastes, Cycle 216, Season of the Rising Moon, Day 19 –
Terry was controlling his breathing while focusing on his mana sense and collecting his equipment with the help of his bidirectional attraction inscriptions.
From what Terry could tell, their own side had not suffered many casualties yet. Terry narrowed his eyes and furrowed his brow.
While Willow seems to have called on everyone among her circle to protect herself, this is completely un...
2022-06-08 11:22:38 +0000 UTC
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– Era of the Wastes, Cycle 216, Season of the Rising Moon, Day 19 –
Terry arrived in front of Harrison, whose torso was covered with his own dried blood. Two other channelers were standing at Harrison’s side.
Terry struck out with his left spear towards Harrison.
The livid-faced Harrison jumped backwards and cast Wall of Flames. A fiery wall was raised between Terry and his group.
Terry felt the approaching heat and quickly summoned the barr...
2022-06-08 11:21:17 +0000 UTC
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– Era of the Wastes, Cycle 216, Season of the Rising Moon, Day 19 –
Terry stared at the approaching Matteo with an odd feeling in his stomach.
Matteo walked slowly but steadily along the gravel road. His eyes were drowned in a milky white fog and only a hint of his glowing, purple iris was visible. He was grabbing the dagger at his left hip so tightly that the skin of his fingers seemed completely different from the rest of his body.
“Matteo!” E...
2022-06-08 11:18:49 +0000 UTC
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– Era of the Wastes, Cycle 216, Season of the Rising Moon, Day 16 –
“Did you even sleep?” asked Wallace as he was entering the room of Sigille’s wake.
Terry glanced up from his seated position at the wall and shrugged. He hugged his legs and rested his chin on his knees.
“Look, kid, you need to sleep and eat,” said Wallace with concern. “And find something to do aside from looking at the corpse of the woman, who would be the first to tell you to ...
2022-06-08 11:16:42 +0000 UTC
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– Era of the Wastes, Cycle 216, Season of the Rising Moon, Day 15 –
Terry was nearly at the training grounds when the earth started to quake so hard that some of the surrounding pillars cracked.
Before he was fully aware of what was going on, Terry was already rushing back towards the large dome that housed Guardian management.
Initially, Terry was not sure why he was rushing back towards the place, but the closer he got, the more certain he was that the dom...
2022-06-08 11:16:11 +0000 UTC
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– Era of the Wastes, Cycle 216, Season of the Rising Moon, Day 10 –
“Really?” Sigille laughed heartily.
Terry and Sigille were chatting in good spirits. Their call to Arcana had gone without a hitch and the plans for Terry’s return trip were all going well.
“Yes, I kind of picked the first companion for my group over a book,” replied Terry. He involuntarily smiled when seeing Sigille laugh like this.
While Terry had seen his aunt laugh ...
2022-06-08 11:14:44 +0000 UTC
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– Era of the Wastes, Cycle 216, Season of the Rising Moon, Day 3 –
“Ready for another round?” Vicente, in his traditional martial arts uniform, was looking expectantly at Terry.
Terry felt competitiveness and tiredness compete inside himself.
Vicente was a mana martialist. Apparently, Vicente rotated his outpost residence on a different schedule, which is why they had not met in the previous cycle.
Soon after Terry’s arrival at the Libra Outpost ...
2022-06-08 11:14:18 +0000 UTC
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– Era of the Wastes, Cycle 216, Season of the Setting Sun, Day 70 –
“Uhm…” Emily looked around. “Is it really okay for you to keep accompanying us here?” She looked at Matteo. “Aren’t you needed there?”
“It’s fine,” said Matteo. “If Ma says it’s fine, then it’s fine.”
“The number of elementals is dwindling fast,” said Terry, who was squinting in the distance. “And they’re not reaching the city.”
Emily watched the...
2022-06-08 11:12:20 +0000 UTC
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– Era of the Wastes, Cycle 216, Season of the Setting Sun, Day 57 –
“Hey there, old gal!” exclaimed Wallace cheerfully through the night. He walked up to Sigille, who was sitting alone on a tree stump.
“Wallace, what do you want?” asked Sigille weakly.
“Well…” Wallace pulled back his lips and hesitated.
“Speak if you will, fart if you must,” grumbled Sigille wearily. “Don’t waste my time, Wallace. You know better than to think me ...
2022-06-08 11:11:50 +0000 UTC
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– Era of the Wastes, Cycle 216, Season of the Setting Sun, Day 56 –
Silence fell on the forest.
“If you don’t stop, then I will have to make you stop, Whaka Emaldine,” barked Sigille, who was now standing between Emaldine and Matteo. Sigille’s armor was glowing with inscriptions and she was grabbing the spear that had aimed for Matteo’s head.
Emaldine tried to wrestle the spear back with all her might. When she failed, she let go of t...
2022-06-08 11:11:24 +0000 UTC
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– Era of the Wastes, Cycle 216, Season of the Setting Sun, Day 52 –
On the opposite side of the cavern, a grey-skinned man with sunken cheeks emerged from a platform.
Death-emphasized mana…
Terry narrowed his eyes.
The man was also emitting an aura that reminded Terry of the blood idol he had seen during the Preacher’s reception.
“Corrupted necromancer,” spat Matteo. He raised his hand to the hilt of Soul Fury.
“Ter...
2022-06-08 11:10:56 +0000 UTC
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– Era of the Wastes, Cycle 216, Season of the Setting Sun, Day 52 –
Terry could see the sun rise in the distance and happily inhaled the fresh morning air. He distanced himself from the camp in order to not wake up the dungeon scavengers with his morning routine.
He found himself a beautiful clearing in the nearby forest and sat down cross-legged.
Terry retrieved his old juggling balls – those that had not been imprinted – and placed them in front...
2022-06-08 11:10:27 +0000 UTC
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– Era of the Wastes, Cycle 216, Season of the Setting Sun, Day 31 –
“Well then, Terry.” Wallace spoke gravely. “Your friends and family have abandoned you in a strange forest with us. How are you feeling about that? Nervous? Anxious? Scared?”
Terry, who had been chatting with Emily, raised an eyebrow.
“None of the above?” suggested Terry.
“Come on, Dad,” groaned Emily. “What are you on about?”
“Just checking,” said ...
2022-06-08 11:09:52 +0000 UTC
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– Era of the Wastes, Cycle 216, Season of the Setting Sun, Day 24 –
“So we will visit these dungeon scavengers and then leave Terry with them?” asked Cadence.
Terry perked up his ears.
“We’ll stay a few days before we head out to the newly discovered dungeon,” said Sigille. “It’s not that far away. Depending on the dungeon, the whole trip should take three to four weeks at most. We’ll be in time for Little Emily’s adulthood ceremony....
2022-06-08 11:09:30 +0000 UTC
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– Era of the Wastes, Cycle 215, Season of the Rising Sun, Day 82 –
Terry had been traveling with Sigille’s group for nearly a season. Most of the time, he would stay back with one person and then train. Occasionally, he could join a mission while the others held themselves back.
“So? I hope you have both behaved yourselves.” Sigille walked up to Matteo. She and Cadence had returned from their mission.
“They seem to have left a few blemishes on...
2022-06-08 11:09:08 +0000 UTC
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– Era of the Wastes, Cycle 215, Season of the Rising Sun, Day 30 –
“Did they tell you what their mission is about?” asked Terry. Sigille and Matteo were gone for the day.
“Ahh right,” exclaimed Cadence. “You’re not familiar with Tiv geography. We are currently close to a forbidden zone.”
Terry looked around. They were practically standing in a vast area of nothingness. No trees, no greenery, no nothing. The ground was dry earth, cracked ...
2022-06-08 11:08:41 +0000 UTC
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– Era of the Wastes, Cycle 215, Season of the Setting Moon, Day 98 –
The two rubber balls bounced off the wall in his room, and flew back towards Terry’s outstretched hands…
When the balls were about half-a-meter away, they transfixed in the air.
He smiled at the progress he had made in this exercise during the past weeks before examining the transfixed positions more closely.
Terry tilted his head. The ball from his left hand had come noticeably...
2022-06-08 11:08:16 +0000 UTC
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