"So, Sal is with the Oracle Crew." Ryker, Jackal and Peck had returned to the Black Stallion to convey their findings to the others. "That's right, we're a step closer to finding him." Jackal states. "Something feels off here." Said Ming. Heads turned to her. "Sal's psychic powers allows him to feel our presence as long as we're in the samr galaxy, why hasn't he reached out to us." "Probably has something to do with the Oracle crew." The one who spoke was Kinkaid. "The Oracle crew were dubbed as the Five Vices. Five space pirate crew that rocketed to the top of the criminal empire in the span of 5 years." He smacked his lips. "I'd like to face them." "Five Vices?" Jackal, Ryker and Peck tilted their heads. "Never heard of them." They said in unison. "Peck I understand. Jackal too since we have been away, but how is it possible for a hunter to not know about the Five Vices?" Ming darts Ryker a disgusted look. He scratches his head laughing sheepishly. "I didn't pay attention d

Attack of the oracles

Rise Of Steele/Abdul Bala

"So, Sal is with the Oracle Crew." Ryker, Jackal and Peck had returned to the Black Stallion to convey their findings to the others. "That's right, we're a step closer to finding him." Jackal states. "Something feels off here." Said Ming. Heads turned to her. "Sal's psychic powers allows him to feel our presence as long as we're in the samr galaxy, why hasn't he reached out to us." "Probably has something to do with the Oracle crew." The one who spoke was Kinkaid. "The Oracle crew were dubbed as the Five Vices. Five space pirate crew that rocketed to the top of the criminal empire in the span of 5 years." He smacked his lips. "I'd like to face them." "Five Vices?" Jackal, Ryker and Peck tilted their heads. "Never heard of them." They said in unison. "Peck I understand. Jackal too since we have been away, but how is it possible for a hunter to not know about the Five Vices?" Ming darts Ryker a disgusted look. He scratches his head laughing sheepishly. "I didn't pay attention d

Chaos

Rise Of Steele/Abdul Bala

"This place again?"Ryker found himself back inside the astral plane."What's happening?" He clenched his head. "Last thing I recall wa- Ack!!" He felt a jolt of unbearable pain.Crying out in pain, the ex-hunter held grabbed his head and squatted."Huhuhu. It's time.""Who's there!" Ryker shouted, still suffering from the striking and increasing headache."It's been what? 2 weeks since you were here and you've already forgotten about me. Tsk, tsk, tsk. I can't say I'm not disappointed vessel."Ryker raised his head and in front of him was the faceless humanoid being he met when he first entered the astral plane."It's you," He said weakly. "The Etherian.""Bingo!""What's happening outside?""You're attacking your friends.""What?" He widened his eyes."The power I planted inside of you has awakened.""Power? What power.""Well, one of the powers actually."The Etherian walked circles around Ryker with his hands rested behind his back."The pain you're feeling, it's the bonding proce

My Pain

Rise Of Steele/Abdul Bala

It was a stare of between the former captain of the Valhalla clan and the captain of the Red Soul clan. "I'll be damned if I let some coward take my Cobby away from us!""Coward!?" Tommaso hardened his gaze.Rex smirked seeing that his words had an effect on him. "We all say it." He shrugged."You disbanding Valhalla to save yourself from Ace. If that's not cowardly, I don't know what is?"Tommaso clenched his fist. He wanted to strike Rex in the face then and there but he glance behind him and saw Scott and Cobby readying themselves for a fight. Even he would have a hard time fighting 3 of them provided that Gou was with him at the moment and that they're tired and have used a large portion of their ain. "Not yet." He thought to himself. "All I have to do is to stall until they arrive."He darts Rex a murderous look and smiled. The smile was nothing short of that of a character from a horror movie. Even Rex felt uneasy seeing the look Tommaso was wearing."What makes you think tha

Prana

Rise Of Steele/Abdul Bala

"The Bow of Apollos..." Vorus scanned his opponent.Conroy tightened his grip on the golden bow as he positions himself and pulls the string of the bow.A golden arrow emerged with flames on the string as Conroy aims at Vorus. "Hahaha! Come, Conroy. Don't you dare hold back!""I don't plan on holding back, Sir Vorus. Sun Purge!" Conroy fired the blazing arrow at the hammer wielder. "His go-to attack eh?"Vorus chuckled as he dashes forward with a broad grin. Without slowing down, he sprints faster as he deflects the fire arrow thus changing its trajectory.Conroy remained unfazed almost as if he was expecting his opponent to deflect his attack with little effort.Vorus closed the distance between them. "I told you, I won't hold back. The weakness of an archer... You're weak when it comes to close-ranged battles!" Vorus roared as he lifts his hammer and electricity gathers around him."The weakness of a brute, they underestimate their opponents easily." Conroy summons an arrow but

Chaos Astral

Rise Of Steele/Abdul Bala

""Ace!?" "You guys looked surprised to see me." The ex-assassin looked over to see the unconscious Chase. "How's he holding up?" "Doc says he'll be fine as soon as he recovers his ain." "Or..." Ace moved forward and places his hand on the forehead of the speedster. A faint glow appeared and it wasn't long that Chase jolts up gasping for air. "Chase!" "Huh? What's going on?" The speedster took a minute to process the events that transpired. A look of disappointment crossed his face. "That's right, I lost, miserably." "How?" Jake asks Ace. "I shared my ain with him." Ace replied with a smile."You what!?" The enders all gasped."What? You guys seemed worried hihi." "We know that but we all contemplated on that and decided Chase won't want us to burn away our ain before our matches." Lexi States. "Yeah, and he wasn't really in any danger," Falkner adds."Ace..." Rhea speaks grabbing the hand attention of the ex-assassin. She blushed as she began to arrange the words she want

Brutality

Rise Of Steele/Abdul Bala

"This cage of yours won't hold me for long!" He snars at her. She smirks. "I know it won't. But it'll hold just enough for me to show you the fruits of my labor!" She saw flashes of the training she did in secret when Vorus and Conroy were developing their new techniques while Ace, Kaz, and Reginald were in the East. She trained hard not taking a day of rest just so she could prove to her friends and mostly to herself that she's capable enough to stand on par with them.Tommaso began emitting a powerful aura burst to disrupt the cage. "It's only a matter of time." "I have just about enough time!" Maggie declares as she raises her hands. She began to make certain obscure movements. It almost seemed as if she was dancing. A wind current gathered around her. The air was so strong that the spectators had to shield their eyes. "She's able to control this much power?" Tommaso was stunned by the showcase from the historian. "You're a witch. A wind Witch!" He shouts. "You haven't se

Aura Awakening

Rise Of Steele/Abdul Bala

Ace, Maggie, and Lela were taking a stroll on the streets of Lundar. It was a beautiful city famous for its views and its landmark, the colosseum. "Ahh!" The ex-assassin sighed in relief as he hangs his arms around his head. "After being involved in so many none-stop actions for weeks, it's nice to have a day of rest." He adds. From taking crypt trials to battling his brothers and going to see the Saints. Ace and the Aegis clan have been in the center of so many actions. "The body needs to rest, even if it's once in a while," Maggie adds. "I'm glad you invited me to join you on your stroll, Mags." Ace says with a broad smile on his face. "Oh don't mention it." She replies with a smile as well before glancing at the Dragon Saint who was eating a popsicle. "Even though you invited a 3rd party." "We still have the rest of the day before meeting up with the guys, what do you two want to do?" Ace asks. Maggie rubs her chin. "I wanted to have a date with him, now we have a third wh

The Vagrant

Rise Of Steele/Abdul Bala

"What!" "What do you mean we can't all participate!" The Aegis clan were currently about to register for the tournament. The woman sitting at the other side of the desk looked at them with an unfazed expression. "I'm sorry, those are the rules. A clan can have at most 5 participants for the tournament." Ace slammed his hands on the desk. "But..." "There is no but I'm afraid. Rules are rules. It was set this way to allow Braves that are not affiliated with clans and smaller clans to participate. The requirement is that you flash the hidden markings you get for solving the zodiac crypts.""I see." The ex-assassin finally gave up as he turned to his clanmates. He counted himself, Kaz, Ernie, Conroy, Maggie, Vorus, and Lela."Don't sweat it dudes and dudettes." "Yeah, Sir Ernie said he won't be participating." "Is it because of that thing?" Kaz addressed the guitarist. "Who knows?" Ernie shrugged off the question as he pockets his hands. "That leaves 6 of us." Vorus states.

Hunter V

Rise Of Steele/Abdul Bala

The City of Lundar was covered with the loud cheers coming from the colloseum. The first round of the Vagrant games had begun! "Let the Vagrant games begin!" The announcer declared as the behemoths that had been staring each other down quickly jumped backwards to create space between them. They then raised their hands and called forth their relics. Vorus clenched the handle of his hammer, electricity crackled around him as he takes a couple of test swings in the airGou followed suite with his mace relic, the Gada, the weapon of the Hindu god of strength Hanuman. The crowd cheered wildly. "Our competitors have heated up the match before it even began by summoning their relics. Gada and Mjolnir, both legendary blunt weapons of powerful gods!"Vorus dashes toward the shirtless man. Throwing his hand back, he shouted, "Blue Boomerang!" He tosses his hammer as it speeds at Gou. "It's fast!" Said Lela as she noticed all of her clan mates had their full attention at the battle at hand