'Oh! Let's run away from the Decimal that has a rune that can make her run faster than you! Surely that's gonna work!'"Come on, Dirt Eater!" I heard the maniac chasing me shout out as my feet carried me even deeper into enemy territory. "Do more of the advanced moves!""Leave me alone!"I carved through a stray Decimal as I rushed through the oncoming tide of enemies; Olivia's swath of destruction serving as a decent guide for me to follow her. It would've been better if she didn't run off into who knows where, but I had to make do somehow. And I'm sure that she knows what she's doing if she had the audacity to charge blade-first into a wall of factual lemmings- Fuck!*CLANG!*"I won't stop until you cease and desist, Dirt Eater!"My momentum was suddenly moved towards my right side as I blocked this insane chick's heavy attack on my left, causing me to swerve haphazardly towards a group of unassuming Decimals that s

It all happened in a flash.In the blink of an eye, the Decimal was suddenly in front of me. Not even giving me the chance to defend myself, she raised her halberd with the clear intention of killing me with it."Die!"Fuck!*CLANG!*I grunted as I caught the halberd mid-swing with my katana, my shoulders buckling as I held the damn thing at an awkward angle. Her speed was a problem that I had to address here and now. But first, I had to disengage!*CLANG!*With a heave, I pushed the halberd off of me before deftly slinking away from the inevitable follow-up-*Crash!*-the halberd crashing onto solid ground while I quickly positioned myself on her backside. My eyes quickly searched for the Momentum Runes, which, as they should be, were still glowing due to their very recent usage."W-What are you doing?!""Gimping you, asshole."Gathering the prop

Emerald was just a young girl when she had first heard about the Fraction System. The concept of Numerators and Denominators never really stood out for the young girl, the information surrounding the topic whizzing over her head when her parents tried to teach her about it. And while she learned that Numerators were like the best heroes of the Empire, Denominators were apparently the worst people to ever grace the Empire. Some family members talked about rumors regarding the 'Dirt Eaters' as they called it. They were the scum of the earth, they said, and that they were too selfish and lazy that they allowed their previous Emperor and war hero to die due to not making his armor and weapons as strong as they should've been. As a child, she never paid too much attention to these things; content in living a modest life learning how to read and write in preparation for taking over the family business.Unfortunately, on the day of her sixteenth birthday,

"Sis!" Olivia's jarring call for my attention shook me out of my reverie. I didn't remember why, but I feel like I was forgetting something again. it wouldn't be the first- "Crimson!" "Crimson!" "Crimson!" -time... My eyes widened as I realized just what was happening. I was standing in front of over five hundred of my fellow Denominators, all holding their own rifle in their arms as they all laid their eyes on my conscious form.  W-what was I doing? *We will make it out of here alive.* That voice... Backus... It sounded... amplified? *Crimson has a plan to get us out of here!* Another one, this time sounding like... Olivia? What was happening? *It won't be the first time

I didn't even know if from which side of the battle started the carnage."CHARGE!"With but a single word, I felt our forces start colliding against each other. Metal and shrapnel pinged off the metal armors as our slapped-together units did their jobs as intended. Granted, the Decimals this time had shields with them, but our rifles were still capable of punching through them easy-peasy. The lethality might be reduced, but judging from the sounds of slaughter coming from below, I'd hazard a guess that they're still effective enough to be the trump cards for this battle.*BANG! BANG! PING!*But enough about that. I want to kill the fucker that killed the only pair of parents that I truly loved!"Sis?!"I didn't even hear my sister call out to me as I willed my legs forward; tunnel vision forming in my peripherals as I hacked and slashed my way towards my target. Shields were ineffectual if you knew what you were doing