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Broken: Shard's Tales Chapter Fifty-Three: Unfriendly Reunion.
Suddenly a hand touched his shoulder while motioning him to remain quiet.“We are being watched.” Lyann whispered to him.“I know.” He whispered back.Noiselessly, both Kane and Somen had awoken from their tents also. They also confirmed the feeling of being watched.Suddenly, the intent began to provoke and challenge them, as if it was asking for a fight.“Could it be Sophie?” Kane whispered to Luthen.Luthen could tell that the person behind this had the Soul Aspect, just like Sophie. However, the soul energy of the person was chaotic. It even couldn’t be the Mother lady.“I don’t know.” He said initially. “I don’t think so.” He added.A red cloak stepped from the bushes. “Rejoice!” It said. “It is the day of your death.”Lyann stared. Are these the Apostates? Could they be telling the truth?L
Broken: Shard's Tales Chapter Fifty-Four: Sacrifice.
Maron jumped in front of her right in time with a blue cube construct to protect both himself and Ari. The cube shattered from the impact with Luthen’s hand pushing both him and her away.“Luthen!” Lyann shouted and tried to stop him.“Stay the f*ck where you are and don’t f*cking interfere. F*king get out of my way, Maron!!” He cursed in a loud voice. This was a side of Luthen none of them had seen before, except one person. Something flickered across Maron’s face. Was it familiarity?Juren and Johann both tried to get to Ari’s side but got blocked by Somen and Kane respectively.“Why don’t we catch up on old times? My scar still stings where you hurt me.” Somen taunted Juren.“We’ll leave the former friends to catch up. You are my opponent now.” Kane said to Johann.Ari stood up finally with some pain and bleeding. She turned to Juren and gave him a s
Broken: Shard's Tales Chapter One: Genesis.
Such a bother. he thought.Though Voyne had spared no expense in making his plane as comfortable as possible, the flight from Dryne to Osyna was a very long one and he was starting to get bored. Ordinarily, he would have taken the flight in smaller segments, stopping in different nations for tours or to visit his manic followers. But, he just could not delay the United Noble’s summons, not if he wanted everything to go according to plan.“How are we doing, Viven?” he asked while reclining on a chair, directing his question to a red cloaked figure with a seven pointed star on her chest. The eyes of the figure went unfocused, as if viewing another image. “We are right on schedule, sir.” She said after a minute. She took one worried look at him.“How are we going to convince them they are real? How do we prove that they are dangerous?”He smirked. Even though she had seen it before, it
Broken: Shard's Tales Chapter Two: The Mall.
CHAPTER TWO 2 days later Luthen woke with a dull throbbing headache. He actually expected it since he had played games late into the night. He only could do this because he had the day off today. He checked the time and discovered that he woke up late enough that breakfast should have been stone cold.If there’s any.Dressing up and getting downstairs, he discovered that his parents did not go to work today. Typical of the middle class to take leaves every now and then. Then again, in this world, there was little poverty in its truest sense. The poorest people had full bellies and just enough money to cover basic expenses like education and rent, though they did not have much holidays. He had it better. His parents fell into the upper middle class so they could take much longer leaves. He found his toast on the table, not as cold as he expected. He started munching with the morning’s breaking news on t
Broken: Shard's Tales Chapter Three: Mission Successful.
Luthen woke up confused. He looked round and could see nothing but fires, bodies and rubble. His clothes were dusty and he smelt of smoke. However around him there was no sign of stone. He stood. He felt the pounding headache threatening to crush his skull.What happened here?He remembered something. It was a blur of sounds, smells, voice, feelings. Nothing clear. The limited edition card. The restaurant. The explosions. The girl. Maron. He did not remember the strange force that came out of him though.His eyes widened and he started to look amongst the rubble. All the while the headache did not let go. However, his focus was on finding his friend.He searched till he found a piece of Maron’s torn shirt held down by an enormous piece of rubble. His favourite shirt.He could not lift the stone but there was a pool of blood around.His hands were red, stained by the blood.The emotional
Broken: Shard's Tales Chapter Four: Trial.
The trial had begun.“Your claim is the existence of beings called Shards. Do you have any evidence to support your claim?” Revner asked. His stress on the word ‘beings’ was sarcastic. Revner would rather believe a liar than this nonsense.“Exalted Nobles, I have to admit that I did not have any proof of my claim.”“So, you admit that you’ve spread lies to cause chaos?” Juggen said.“Like I said, I did not have any proof of my claim. Until this morning.”Voyne directed to a holographic screen. On it showed Luthen kneeling on the rubble amidst fires and bodies and roaring with red, dripping hands. Many Nobles averted their heads. Others clenched their fist in anger.“What is this? When did this happen?! Who did this?!!”Revner was enraged.I have your attention now. Voyne smirked. His plan was coming together.“One of them has come
Broken: Shard's Tales Chapter Five: A Wanted Shard.
Luthen woke up in a hospital. His headache had cleared and he remembered what happened.Maron.The tears came uncontrollably and lasted for minutes. They blocked his vision.He tried to sit up and found he could not. He tried again with same result realizing he had been strapped to the bed. He tried wriggling. That created some noise.A female nurse soon came in.There was a pause. Her eyes widened and she screamed and fell.Luthen was offended.Do I look that ugly?“The demon……” she said to the officials rushing in. They all stopped at the door for a moment, reluctant to come in. Then they finally did.The demon had awoken.One of them stepped forward towards Luthen.“Luthen Vasen?” the official asked rhetorically. Of course he knew who Luthen was.“I am Inspector Henri Pove from Rhyne City Guard. …Uhmm…. You are under arrest.”There was a slight pause where Luthen processed
Broken: Shard's Tales Chapter Six: Training by the Strongest.
Kane started training Luthen to control his power the next day at the safe house.“Soul energy is like fuel with a fuse. If you use too much of it at once, you are no different from a bomb with one-time use. Burning too much of it at once may also damage your body.”“That’s why I kept blacking out. And the headaches.”“Exactly. The trick is to keep it flowing in a controlled manner like a stream. To master this, you must first master your soul. Your emotions. Be in control.”“Form your energy into a ball. Focus it.” He continued.Luthen tried focusing his energy into a ball. It started forming and swirling calmly and then violently till–“Null.” Kane said, easily dispersing the energy.“It is not so easy. How do you focus yours?” said Luthen after trying for the 41st time“I focus my energy through my sword–”
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Chapter Fifty-Four: Sacrifice.
Maron jumped in front of her right in time with a blue cube construct to protect both himself and Ari. The cube shattered from the impact with Luthen’s hand pushing both him and her away.“Luthen!” Lyann shouted and tried to stop him.“Stay the f*ck where you are and don’t f*cking interfere. F*king get out of my way, Maron!!” He cursed in a loud voice. This was a side of Luthen none of them had seen before, except one person. Something flickered across Maron’s face. Was it familiarity?Juren and Johann both tried to get to Ari’s side but got blocked by Somen and Kane respectively.“Why don’t we catch up on old times? My scar still stings where you hurt me.” Somen taunted Juren.“We’ll leave the former friends to catch up. You are my opponent now.” Kane said to Johann.Ari stood up finally with some pain and bleeding. She turned to Juren and gave him a s
Chapter Fifty-Three: Unfriendly Reunion.
Suddenly a hand touched his shoulder while motioning him to remain quiet.“We are being watched.” Lyann whispered to him.“I know.” He whispered back.Noiselessly, both Kane and Somen had awoken from their tents also. They also confirmed the feeling of being watched.Suddenly, the intent began to provoke and challenge them, as if it was asking for a fight.“Could it be Sophie?” Kane whispered to Luthen.Luthen could tell that the person behind this had the Soul Aspect, just like Sophie. However, the soul energy of the person was chaotic. It even couldn’t be the Mother lady.“I don’t know.” He said initially. “I don’t think so.” He added.A red cloak stepped from the bushes. “Rejoice!” It said. “It is the day of your death.”Lyann stared. Are these the Apostates? Could they be telling the truth?L
Chapter Fifty-Two: Pestering Child.
“Reese surrendered himself to her.” Somen said, munching on some rabbits that had been prepared before Luthen came in.Lyann was speechless.“Why would he do that?” She asked.“To buy us time.”“You should have just killed everyone and left.”“That’s the easy way out.” Kane said, speaking for the first time.She looked at him and twisted her mouth. That statement seemed to trigger something in her. The moon shone brightly in the sky and the critter of the forest was audible.“Look, I know you’re reluctant to come with us-” Luthen started“You make it sound like I don’t have a choice.” She cut in.Kane chuckled in scorn, then winced from the pain.“Don’t mind him. How about this? You help us rescue them and it’s quits.”“You leave me and my crew alone? No city authorities involved?”“None.” Luthen promised. “Fine. We’ll go in the morning. My men will stay here.”Luthen heaved a sigh of relief.*******“Ahaa…” Ari wailed. “Why do we have to complete a mission at this time of the night?
Chapter Fifty-One: Speechless.
Meanwhile, in Jonelle and Reese’s barely hospitable ‘room’.Reese twitched. Jonelle squeezed her mouth and looked into his seagreen eyes. He tried to offer an apologetic smile.She really knew it would come to this. The boys and Lyann would be at each other’s throats before they could ask for help.“I did tell you this sort of thing could happen.” She said.“I did know Lyann could be this stubborn. I din’t expect Kane to be just as stubborn and both of them even used Supreme Techniques!”“Well, it’s your fault. If you’ve listened to me earlier, we would never have gone to prison.”“I thought it was a physical prison. No, they couldn’t leave things on easy mode. We just had to be trapped in a Spatial Maze. I didn’t expect this.” Reese said, rubbing his chin. “I really underestimated them. They really do have some info on us.”
Chapter Fifty: Mass Destruction.
Ever since she escaped from Voyne, she had a lingering fear of being found by him. This made her fear staying in the city.She instead preferred the clandestine nature of the docks on the outskirts of the city. Those docks had once been the city’s pride, however, they were now a meeting place for criminals and safe haven for smugglers. Even pirates came around here occasionally.Every person around here was focused only on the reason he/she was here. They also avoided actions whose consequences would affect a member of another group. In this way, the criminals were able to coexist with one another.When Renee woke that morning, she had the sense that something was wrong. The day seem too bright, as if the Sun had finally vented all its light in its dying moments. When she checked outside, she saw that the Sun was not to blame. A second ‘Sun’ had appeared in a different place above the docks.No that can’t be right. How were are
Chapter Forty-Nine: Supreme Techniques.
“I might be bleeding, but don’t think I am done just yet.” He said confidently. “Stay back, Luthen.”“You both should have just left when you had the chance. Instead you decided to say something stupid.” She said, her sharp gaze full of fury. Her eyes turned golden. She started to ascend, her clothes flapping wildly. More of those dots orbited her.“If you can cancel my attacks, I’ll just ! Even you have limits!” She said.She pointed again and one of the dots move to her finer tip. She flicked it and it came to rest over the boys heads.Instead of blowing up this time, the dot formed a sort of circular portal.“Energy Manipulation: Heavenly Fury!” Golden energy rained through the portal upon him.However, a black sphere covered him. Null Armour!“Kane, I’ll back you up!” Luthen said, preparing to fight. Kane stopped him with a gesture.&l
Chapter Forty-Eight: Saying Something Stupid.
“Viral Plant: Entrap”“Desert Rose: Thorn Oasis”“Winter: Falling Icicles”“Mythical Fire: Devouring Dragon”“Flowing Mud: Golem Construct”The crew unleashed their Abilities to counter the Shards.“You two go meet her. I’ll join you when I am done.” Kane said.“Like hell you will! Go instead. I’ll meet you two later.” Somen said.When violence was involved there was no reason with Somen.“Hey! You do know we can hear you right?! Do you think we’re pushovers?! I was planning on leaving your corpses intact. Because of this, I will use your skin for my boots!” One of the crew complained.The two were already gone.“Hey, you! Sword-former! Where did he go?! I am not done yet. Come back here!” The crew member who had previously addressed Kane said. He tried to follow the windows.
Chapter Forty-Seven: Shipping Indeed.
“You don’t deserve to call me that!” She said.Voyne chuckled.“Don’t tell me you are still having second thoughts about today. You saved your friend.” He said.She turned to face him.“You just used me! What have you done to Sophie?!”“It’s late. Keep your voice down. The last thing your subject’s need is their Noble landing in an asylum.” He said and turned to leave.“Are you threatening me?! In my own house?!” She said.The night wind blew softly.“Just do as we tell you. Goodnight, Klare.”*******This Noble is a bit much.He was just about to retire to his room when he saw the Archduchess in the garden. He just wanted to prod her a bit and she went full steam on him.Not too mention the reason he was finally going to his room this late at night was because he had to get chewed on by Mot
Chapter Forty-Six: Plans in Motion.
“You’re our guests.” A guard said in scorn as she shoved Jonelle and Reese into a small room. “Diplomats.” She added laughing, still in scorn before she resumed her post just outside of the room. The guard still remembered what was told to her a few minutes ago by the General.Don’t let them escape.That command carried an inherent threat in it.Reese, as well as Jonelle remembered also because they were there, bound. The room they were kept was the only thing to be thankful for in this mess. It was small, of course, but it had far more pleasures than your average prison, including a proper toilet, a bed and some aesthetic.“These mainland Shards couldn’t even identify the traitor in their ranks.” Reese said. He wasn’t angry, he was amused instead at how everything played out.“You should have gone with them.” Jonelle said.Reese turned to face her, sighing as he did so. He looked into her scowling face and replied “And leave you here by yourself?”“I would be fine. There was no point
