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106 - It's a Research and Development Montage [Cherno]
A short time later, as she sat in the window, smoking Arrha and looking out over the docks, she found that she couldn’t call Barzai out. Looking to its system readout, the spirit’s status had gone from Fully Nourished to Exhausted - Cogniphagic Metamorphosis in Progress. Barzai became available ...
105 - Crow and Raven Pt. 2 [Cherno]
“It's 'cause of these. Got special access to their section of the library,” she gestured to the coffee table, over which all four of Barzai’s scrolls were rolled out. “There was another text noting that one could just find eidolons that would otherwise be exceedingly rare to obtain f...
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274 - Facade Obscura, Metropolis Obscura Pt. 2 [Sturmblitz]
A/N: Partial rewrite for improved flow______________________________________________________________________________“Attempting to regain control of the two regions has been difficult work, even with the open cooperation of Rigport’s occupation government. To add onto our troubles, Eberheim has...
273 - Facade Obscura, Metropolis Obscura [Sturmblitz]
Later that week…_________________________________________________________________________Zefaris had reached a point of being able to use the Philosopher’s Eye for hours at a time without issue, and was certain that it wouldn’t be long before she could simply have it open continuously. And the...
104 - Crow and Raven [Cherno]
There, in the depths, she found them. Atop a vast, blackened spire, something that her mind interpreted as a volcanic funnel, surrounded by fathomless astral depths, she found a gnarled tree of coral, and a pool filled with a swirling, writhing mass of formless serpents, indistinguishably blending i...
272 - Hellfire Manifesto Pt. 2 [Sturmblitz]
A few minutes later, in a warded private meeting room, the two sat across from one another. Though Zelsys had offered him several different kinds of liquor, even a medicinal meal straight from Ozmir’s kitchen, he refused all. Since it was now time for her breakfast, she engaged in the conversation...
271 - Hellfire Manifesto [Sturmblitz]
One morning, Halxian came to Zelsys with a message from his father, asking her to visit him to discuss “an interesting affair”. This was code-speak for a truly severe and urgent problem, one that threatened global repercussions and required the direct intervention of the Newman Sect’s stronges...
103 - The Rite of Dho-Hna [Cherno]
Bit by bit, she found grains of info on the influx of strange, yellow-paper talismans of abnormally high quality. It wasn’t long before she bought herself a corkboard and started working things out using it and an array of memslates and documents. By the end of the first week, she’d gotten her h...
102 - Case Three: The Talisman Assassin [Cherno]
"You..." he hissed. A dejected sigh. The gun went down. He waved her into his flat, and she followed. As he closed the door behind her, he continued muttering: "Of course you'd show up. It was only a matter of time. I'll have to disappoint you, I don't know shit about the inc...
101 - Payday [Cherno]
The Dream-quest Scrolls were as bulky as they were strange. Though their construction was that of wood or bamboo-slip scrolls, they were made of dark chitin and bound by ligaments. She took them with her alongside all her other books she’d decided to check out in a bag that she had brought along. ...
270 - A Friendly Exchange of Techniques Between Two Young Masters Pt. 2 [Sturmblitz]
The Fog Ogre looked about ready to fall apart by the time Halxian was done mere seconds later, and then, the explosions came. In rapid sequence, the congealed pseudo-matter of the glorified target dummy was torn to shreds and scattered all about the ring, still burning until Halxian willed the flame...
269 - A Friendly Exchange of Techniques Between Two Young Masters [Sturmblitz]
They moved into the Phantasmagoria Ring, the machinery whirring to life as the setting they had entered beforehand took form. A great ring of metal and tubes rose up to enclose the whole arena, spinning in place, hovering above inverted Ankhezian hovercraft repulsors. Silver threads of Fog swirled u...
268 - A Friendly Spar Between Two Young Masters [Sturmblitz]
“...It appears that the Artat Sect Elder wishes to dispel any possibility of hostility and establish friendly relations,” Ozmir explained, himself still reading the letter. He looked up, seeing Zelsys approaching.“Far be it for me to pry, Elder, but did you not come to blows and break through ...
100 - Secrets of the Atropal [Cherno]
Later in the day, she went to the Temple of Records. They let her in without asking any questions, with the librarian stating: “The High Grafter has made arrangements in your stead. You have access to Sections One through Sixteen, as well as special access to Section Thirty-eight. Temporary supern...
99 - Searching for Case Three [Cherno]
“Your turn, tell me your boons,” Krahe prompted. “Just the effects, no need to list the names.”“Surely, you have more than one boon.”“Of course, but I suspect you have already figured them out. My other boons grant me a Kenoma Pocket, play havoc with appraisal magic, and facilitate my ...
267 - A Thorn to a Root Pt. 2 [Sturmblitz]
She stayed for some time after, to keep up appearances, and when she left, she took a swig straight from the poison gourd just to really drive it in… And because the sap was starting to feel a great deal more like strong alcohol than a poison.As for Reimund, he was well aware that had been thrown ...
266 - A Thorn to a Root [Sturmblitz]
While his second-in-command contacted the Root Branch, Archibald penned a polite letter of first contact, folded it up, and sent the paper bird on its way to the old city of Willowdale. Hopefully the sect grounds were still in the same place.Archibald’s poor liver wouldn’t get much rest any time...
98 - Level 15 [Cherno]
A/N: Minor edit to the end of the chapter.___________________________________________________________________________________It was as she read the book, the Xaugeth Encyclopedia Vol. 1, Edition of 5201, that she realized that Ronin had to have been one of the Herculeans which were listed as one of ...
97 - Sign of the Raven [Cherno]
“Well, I don’t know what you plan to do from here on out, but once I wake up I’ll probably get breakfast at a market and try to do some investigative work, see if I can dig up something on Hashem’s so-called Benefactors. Or… Find some other excuse to play with this new toy. Can’t very we...
96 - Calbian Molting Tonic [Cherno]
“For these,” Firminus held up the yellow painkillers, “Swallow one pill every eight hours. For acute pain, chew two pills instead. They strain the liver somewhat, though you needn’t worry unless you eat them like candy.”The yellow painkillers’ label read, in an attractive, commercial fon...
265 - Archibald Branstein's Plight [Sturmblitz]
The Flying Needle Sword flew into the courtyard, and striking one of the sect building’s decorative pillars, exploded with a directed blast of lightning. The pillar broke, as did the Flying Needle, spraying fragments of both stone and metal across the load-bearing wall behind it.Zelsys, seeing Arc...
264 - Hidden Sect Contact Attempt Gone Wrong (Gone Violent)(COURTING DEATH) [Sturmblitz]
A/N: If you haven't already, go back to 263. I rewrote the final 1/3 of the chapter.____________________________________________________________________________________Eisengeist’s blood was, of course, much too intense to be stored in such a bottle. Most of what she had gotten in such bottles...
95 - Submersion and Emergence [Cherno]
She was here, now, at this place and time, anchored in reality, and yet, she wasn’t. The world revolving. Spiraling. The breath of existence collapsing and expanding like a beating heart. Aeons flowing past her, a cosmic vastness rushing through and over her, a profound nothingness begging to be g...
263 - Prodigal Politics [Sturmblitz]
A/N: Made an edit to the final 1/3 of this chapter for better pacing._______________________________________________________________________________________As the woman sat across from Gideon, one of her braids shifted into motion, and from an ought-of-sight storage tablet it lifted a sizable growle...
262 - Once Again, Cogs in Motion [Sturmblitz]
Makhus’s manic explanation was interrupted by One-arm’s choice: “I suppose I shall take the middle one. It feels as though it will conduct my flame the best of these three.”He turned on a heel and immediately began helping get the arm attached to the old man. Halxian saw his opportunity and ...
94 - The Silver Key of Kadath Pt. 2 [Cherno]
This was a first; the Boon’s readout was long and complex enough that it was split into sections and even pages. Nonetheless, Krahe made sense of it, and blinking a few times to clear her sight, returned her focus to reality.“It appears that I can both Skim and Dive, but the Boon claims that the...
261 - The Pride of One's Family Pt. 2 [Sturmblitz]
The resources of the Krishorn Clan, the Iron Riders, and the Kargarians at large could not be understated, either. The ink of Halxian’s chest and back tattoos was fundamentally different from that on his arm, utilizing an advanced composition hybridized with the ink used for Iron Rider armor track...
93 - The Silver Key of Kadath [Cherno]
Only a small opening on the back of Krahe’s neck remained, Fidelia’s tendrils entering through it as she performed the final connections and quadruple-checked that everything was as it should be. She continuously chanted prayers to Zavesh while she worked. Firminus lacked both the dedication and...
260 - The Pride of One's Family [Sturmblitz]
A/N: My backlog is fucked. Gonna take a couple days to rebuild it. Normal posting resumes on Wednesday._________________________________________________________________________Zelsys burned through outstanding Slayer’s Guild contracts one after the next, treating them as the amusing diversions the...
