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175 Something was wrong. It didn't take that much time to get in, have a quick look around, and get back out. Unless he'd found Jester or something worse had happened, Zelrius should have already come and gone. Jin hadn't planned for this scenario. And he hadn't planned in the least for what...

He watched for a time as the strange machines followed a calculated routine. Into the building, a flash of blinding light, and back out. Then came more Magia. It did not take long to realize what they'd stumbled upon, or the inherent dangers that came with the revelation. "..." Jin was known to...

135 He watched in silence as the unit of Magitech which appeared to be a recon team slowly ambled toward a pack of wild dogs. The creatures cowered as the murderous machines approached, to the point that any compassionate human being would feel their heartstrings being tugged at. Unfortunately...

165 Amusement, mostly. There was no cure for stupidity, it seemed. The man who touched his arm waxed poetic about life as a soldier, and the juxtaposition of duty and what a person feels they must do. He regarded the gesture with all the warmth of a lich's frosty finger until Seto rescinded...

165 Gains +20 HP from rendezvous There was an air of confusion and skepticism when he walked into view, not wholly unscathed but decidedly not dead. Jin seemed to not be at all interested in that aspect of the meeting, however. His own life- or death- were not the subject of debate. It was...

"Entirely possible," he replied to her assertion about possibly becoming a test subject. "Of late, Magia and Magitech have been hot topics due to how little is actually known about them." How much or how little information he was willing to part with depended entirely on how she reacted, and...

165 HP Recalibrated due to Feigned Death. Ba- - - - - - - - - - dum. So slow, so painfully slow that there was nothing else. He focused on the sound of his fractured heartbeat, listening to the last vestiges of life as they slowly escaped him. The death counter appeared overhead- and was...

His brow quirked slightly at her vocalized protests, a silent note that she had improved in condition rapidly. The worst of the initial pain seemed to have passed. "Log out?" he asked skeptically, barely seeming to move when she impacted his body. With the majority of her body bound or otherwise...

"Mhmmm," he agreed when she asked if she had surmised the sequence of events correctly. "The difference apparent would be that they were able to collaborate, but I wouldn't necessarily call it 'friendly.' An alliance of convenience, at best." To her point that it was an MMO, had had another...

Undoable: First Chapter The first pangs of Early Winter were evident as steam billowed from his lips. He could feel them cracking and threatening to blister and denied the incessant urge to lick them. Soon they would pass through the threshold and enter the Palace, and they would be more than...

"That doesn't track," he shook his head. "Small community, very specific work hours, cooperative farming. Someone would notice if there was a person in the field who shouldn't be, especially after hours." Now this was something Jin uniquely understood. The idea of security for assets in a given...

A crimson gaze settled on the girl, cold, calculating, considering. In stark contrast to the smile he wore previously, the expression was jeering now, amused. The way she asked the question, it felt like she was trying to convince him of the danger, and of the importance of expedience in their...

First impressions were not always misleading. As Jin listened to the woman speak, he carefully measured what she was saying for inconsistency. Satisfied that she was simply interested in the events surrounding the Kurungar Matron and the Isulus campaign, he picked a spot along the outer wall of...

The way she perceived the pain must have changed. It was evident from the parasitic connection he established with his Blood Curse that the pain had not gone away, but at some point, her body failed to respond to it in any meaningful way. When the mind could no longer process new information...

Calm. His expression slowly became a smile, soft and unassuming as he considered the intonation and diction of the woman's words. No knee-jerk response. Clearly not a child. His assessment was quick and dismissed his immediate worry that she had nefarious intentions. Someone who wanted to do...

He studied the woman's features in that moment, recalling her eyes and the curve of her lips in that sneering and triumphant smile as she mocked him. He would remember it. Oh, he would remember. If she said anything else, he did not manage to hear it over the crowd as it swallowed him. That was...

He paid careful attention as they moved through the wilting crops and the stench of rot wafted across his senses again. This time it was offense to the point where anyone with a weak stomach might have voided; but instead of recoiling or backing down, he leaned closer to one of the many stalks...

165 !!!!!!!! Part 1: Wall recap He made it to the top and watched dutifully to ensure that the others were not in any danger until the last of them had ascended. With some effort- much less than if they had expended the energy to stay in a constant state of celerity from their inane levels...

The futility of her fight against him made his blood boil and his heart race. She was completely helpless, fully subject to every whim. His barely touched her beyond the tight grip he kept on her wrist, but her body revolted. The Beastwoman's motions threatened to unbalance him and toss him...

His eyes darted to the cracking and whining of bone as it resisted him in vain. The human body was resilient, particularly so in the case of bone. The exception was clear in this situation, for a creature that deviated in terms of physiology and had to shed portions of its skeletal structure on...