Minerva rushed over to her fallen ally whose eyes were struggling to stay open. Goliath spat out some of his teeth in a mess of blood with Minerva had to avoid.‘R-Run.’He told her while he was still on the ground. Attempting to get up was failing him and for some reason his entire body refused to move. Maybe it was because he had never known so much pain in his life. It felt like he really should have died from that one hit.KINK. KINK.The black knight’s armor clanked as he approached Minerva to see who had come. He was shocked to find the albino goblin and dismissed her existence immediately.‘Leave, little one. Goliath does not wish for me to destroy others, is that not so?’He sent the message directly into her head so that she could hear. With his attention towards Goliath, he rubbed Goliath’s mouth.“I was certain you could tank that. I see, all you’ve been doing over the centuries is lazing about with that supposed “Mental Meditation” crap that human taught you.”Fafnir scrat
“GOLIATH!”Minerva’s cracky voice managed to overshadow all the chaos going on around them. A burning tree fell down in front of her, completely blinding her from what was happening. She kept sniffing and struggling on the ground. The tears that escaped her eyes were coming out in floods.“Not again! Not again! Hyyyaaaa!”She kept screaming, the sight of Goliath’s death kept repeating itself in her head in that moment. Many feelings and thoughts swirled in her heart and mind. Again, she wasn’t able to stop anyone from dying. Her mother died, but she honestly couldn’t care less at first. Then her father followed suite. Next the village of dark elves that raised her had been destroyed. The spirit that used to talk to her was nowhere to be seen. In fear and anger, she went away from Gorm. Maybe that was when the idea that she was a curse to those who loved her started, but she didn’t take it seriously. She made a new friend, Fang. Then Fang died.At that point she had decided she was ind
“Ow!”BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!“Ow! Ow! Ow! Would you stop that?”Fafnir lifted Minerva up to keep her fists from hitting his stomach.“Stop it.”She kept swinging her hands at the air, sending shockwaves that were nothing more than a breeze to him.“You will not be able to injure me, you know?”“RAAAAAAARR!”“You have terrible breath.”Fafnir raised his eyes and looked at her. In contemplation, he hummed for some time before coming to a conclusion. His claymore whizzed into his hand. A rip sounded as he cut open Minerva’s stomach with his weapon and her golden blood flowed out.“You are going to be in a lot of pain.”His sword was suddenly ablaze with white flames that went right through Minerva’s wound and into her body, burning her up from the inside. Minerva’s pained cries boomed throughout the burning forest. Even the villages that bordered the forest could hear her cries, as well as see the forest fire.Most were scared, unaware of what would happen later on.__________________________
No, no, no, no! What was happening? Was Minerva, ok? What was that weird feeling from earlier? Was it all connected? And the person who just entered my head. Who was she?While those questions came to mind, the darkness started to feel suffocating. I couldn’t breathe and there was a crippling fear in me. It felt like I was actually about to die. Suddenly, I could feel wind in my face. My body was in a ton of pain and it was getting cold. There was this uneasy feeling, like I was falling.Slowly, I opened and my eyes, and there I noticed that clouds were passing me by at high speeds.‘Fufu… I’m falling. Why’s this so funny?’‘Don’t know, don’t ask me.’Akira chimed in.I was literally plummeting to my doom, yet the pain made me feel like I shouldn’t care less. And the number of higher beings looking over me from beyond death made me feel like I really could do anything, and they would simply bring me back to life. There was no point in trying my hardest.‘Oh yeah. Before I forget. This
“What’s up with you two?”Mitsuki asked while licking her ice cream and watching the afternoon anime. Akane sat at the far side of the couch and so did I, not even managing to watch the television. This was something that happened the last time and I was hoping to prevent. The first benchmark in Akane’s descent into degeneracy! And it was my fault.“I-I don’t know what you mean, Mitsuki.”I said.“Disgusting, horrible, evil, vile, pervert.”Akane shot hurtful statements at me.[You have lost 100 Health points!][You are dead!]I died on the spot. That was how the system would have probably reacted to any of it.“Come on, you can’t be angry at me forever.”“Can too.”“Cannot.”“Can. Too.”She said with more intent than ever.“I-Is there any way to make it up to you?”“Haa~ Nii-chan, nii-chan, nii-chan. You still fail to understand the heart of a woman. At this rate I pray you have enough money to pay a prostitute to have your baby.”Mitsuki was patting my back.“When did you get here?!
“Master Seiko, your breakfast is ready.”One of the maids said to him. Seiko was sweating intensely while performing some lift-ups in the training area. He jumped down the moment he heard the food was ready and moved to grab a towel. The maid snuck glances at the bare-chested young man and smiled wickedly.The way his muscles moved with every swing. The eight-pack on his stomach as well as the big chest he carried under his broad shoulders. The scar over his heart which showed he had been in a near-death situation at least once. And the way all the sweat on his body made it seem like he had been washed in oil to show his body well. ‘So hot!’She screamed internally with hearts for eyes, while maintaining a straight appearance.Seiko however, noticed her secondary thoughts, but voiced nothing while feeling incredibly uncomfortable.‘I need to find a new training spot.’“SEIKO!”Someone cried out his name and the doors leading to the room burst open with a purple shimmer. Jasmine came
“Want to go to the Karaoke place later today?”“This ice cream is so good.”“LOL, your hair’s totally out of trend. Change it.”“Akira? I could never date you. I can’t believe you actually thought about that.”“I don’t like you, Maya.”“Ugh, you again? Stop bothering us, Maya. You’re too young for this.”“B-But, Akane came along with you the last time.”Voices echoed in her head, playing like a broken record over and over again, driving Maya insane. She held her head and screamed with as much strength as she could muster, hoping it would distract her a little bit from the pain.It turned dead silent, prompting her to stop screaming and slowly open her eyes. She noticed she was on a cracked pavement with some symbols scribbled all over the floor. She looked around and noticed men in a black robes, holding books in their hands and muttering somethings. There were men dressed up as knights with spears in hands, standing behind the pillars of the place. Up, was a hole, leading to the sky
The girl had completely forgotten who she was.In fact, now that she thought about it, all the faces she remembered from her past life were simply blurry. She was unable to recall anyone specific. Not her mother, not her father, no friends of distant relatives. Classmates were basically non-existent, but she remembered being in a classroom with people. Still, she couldn’t remember what exactly she was doing before getting transported into this world, or why she looked different from her original form.“W-Why can’t I remember my name?”She was on her knees, holding her head and searching frantically for the missing memories. The most important moments in her life were missing. Anytime she recalled someone calling her name all she’d hear were glitching noises that actually hurt, like someone was telling her that it wasn’t for her to know.Hiro rushed to her side and picked her up.“Are you alright? It’s ok. You don’t need to pressure yourself.”“Fufu… She’s too stupid to even remember h
‘It’s so booooorriiiiiiiiiingggg!’I was bored out of my mind surveying the edge of the dome for enemies. It was practically a ghost town at this point. And the only thing that used to be interesting was the notifications I kept receiving from my shadows about catching bombers. So far, we found three dozen pairs of people planting the bombs.It was shocking how many people had been coerced into doing this. And I still hadn’t tracked down an actual member from the invaders. What if the invaders actually weren’t coming? What if the princess was lying about this entire thing for a completely different reason?‘This princess is giving me a headache.’‘I know right? It’s like talking to a brick wall.’‘A-An overly in-intelligent one.’‘Hey guys!’‘Ah!?’‘New guy?’‘I-I have a j-junior now?’‘What will we call him?’‘Call me Hyakkiyago.’He told us out of nowhere. We were all stunned, since everyone who came so far didn’t even know that they were now sharing a mind with someone. Yet, this g
NANEK POVThe prince looked at the meal set before him. Skewered tentacles, seaweed wraps, jagged oyster shells, lunaris and so on, all in bountiful amounts. He felt like gagging from the mere scent of the food. Nanek never liked such food, and as such this was strictly removed from the meals his siblings served him regularly.This event was different. It was before the entire city and it was a meal that the goddess had chosen for this year’s feast. Him not eating it was an insult to the goddess and would make the people think less of him.He looked at his mother, the priestess, sitting blindly next to the king and being fed her meal by some of her personal assistants. She had no concern whatsoever when it came to this and he found it terrifying, since he had been told by the older generation that she hated these kinds of meals.Several years in service to the goddess must have changed her. Maybe if he spent several years trying to overcome his distaste for the meal, he would overcome
SUNALLA POVThe storm spirit had left off towards a chamber in the palace to enact the final plans of the princess. To be honest, she wasn’t expecting the princess to tell her what her final plans were, but after hearing them, she was completely stunned. For the princess to have planned all of this for just that, it was beyond her imagination.However, for something like that, she knew her father would give up his life in a heartbeat. At least, she could rest easy knowing that he died for a cause he had been fighting for all his life. Still, it hurt that she couldn’t even see his corpse even though it was delivered to them. Did they think she was so weak that she’d break down from seeing the body?She had definitely seen worse, so why wouldn’t they let her? Was this the royalty’s way of showing consideration to the Captain of the Royal Guard’s kin? If so, the royals really had no idea what people actually wanted in such situation.While swimming, a stray guppy came in front of her. Sh
King Zigruk ElrIek Sox Anon Den Yorul II waved at the people who were gazing at him admirably from outside the hall. After a considerable amount of praise appreciation and greeting, he sat down on his seat and dropped his trident.The trident floated by itself at his side. Strange enough, this weird sight was ignored by most of the onlookers. All of them except the candidates for the throne that knew the true value of the trident, all of them shocked by how carelessly their father handled it. Then again, if you were built just like the Zigruk Elriek Sox Anon Den Yorull II, you wouldn’t think too much of the trident.Once again, trumpets sounded thunderously, drawing the attention of everyone to the overly massive ship that was approaching them. Dubbed the Neptune, the largest piece of magical machinery ever made in the history of all the three kingdoms.One mermaid, much bigger than the rest emerged from the Neptune. She was dressed in a simple peplos, wearing a golden crown of leaves
OSVETA POVThe feast hall, the biggest part of the royal palace that went unused for many years till there was an important ceremony taking place. It was so large it could take in half the number of royal family members that lived. And that was saying much given the fact that there were over a thousand of them with each being at least three times as big as the average merman.The hall was a space next to the palace grounds shrouded in hardened Atlantean styled glass to prevent any peaking or breaking. Due to the occasion, the styled glass had been removed, revealing a large beautiful platform with a marble table in a U-shape set down. The table was big enough to occupy at the very least 20 members of the Royal family.However, today, only four members sat on opposite ends, with two extra, grander seats, being reserved for the most important guests. The King of Atlantis and the Chief Priestess of the Sea Goddess Temple.The current members were Rondel, the eldest son of the King, repre
Inside of Hinotori’s mind, somewhere deep in her subconscious where she would never notice anything happening, there was an announcement.[The Exclusive Skill [Legend of Pandemonium] Chapter 1, Act 1, Part 1: Army Drafting has been completed]-Hidden Events> Fight Against the Apostles of the Sea Goddess Temple (Completed)> Kill over a dozen members of the Sea Goddess Temple (Incomplete)> Enslave the members of the Sea Goddess Temple (Incomplete)> Establish friendly ties with the members of the Sea Goddess Temple (Incomplete)> Become an official member of the Sea Goddess Temple (Incomplete)---- Insufficient events completed to receive any rewards+[The Exclusive Skill [Legend of Pandemonium] has unlocked a new section]Chapter 1 - #@$^&!Act 1 – Battle For AtlantisPart 2 – Preparations--- Preparations for the incoming invasion have been set up. Hopefully they will be enough for the coming storm. ---*Rewards for creating this scenario will be delivered at the end of this Chapt
On the day of the Royal Feast, in the princess’ quarters, several mermaids about her size were attending to her. Brushing her hair, applying make-up, and carefully fixing ornaments in her hair. She was dressed in the most elegant lilac-coloured chiton that had silver lacings on it and a triangular pattern over at the bottom over her tail. Over her left hand, her peplos that was a whitish-blue with a similar design, but more transparent. The peplos also managed to serve as a sort of hood for her head.As the princess observed her features in the mirror, she couldn’t help but think along the likes of,‘Would Hiro like this appearance?’‘Maybe it’s too much make up for his taste?’‘Is this even enough to cover my blemishes?’Of course, Hiro was not going to be partaking in this event. In fact, he wouldn’t even know that it was happening and neither would he know about it. Still, a maiden in love could only dream, right?“You are looking absolutely stunning, your highness.”The one attend
The hell did I just hear? Did she just confirm that she was the mastermind? No way, right? There was definitely no way that she did it, right? No.I couldn’t doubt the possibility of her having done that. Knowing her, it was highly likely. And from what Sunalla said, the princess didn’t like it when things happened out of her control. A surprise invasion from an enemy nation definitely doesn’t sound like having everything under her control.Still, for her to go this far just for the throne. She was the worst kind of person. They’d do anything to achieve their goal, even if it negatively affected those looking up to her for support. She was worse than scum.I had several things to tell the princess, but no one else in the room heard our conversation. The princess simply said vague things in their eyes and ears. Maybe Sunalla and Osveta would believe that princess did something like that.The problem was if they gave a shit. They’d known her for sometime now so it was possible that they
That was completely sudden and out of nowhere for me. I never imagined to hear such a thing, least of all from an old man in a city that was thousands of feet underwater. Of course, after hearing such a thing I was intrigued in finding out more, but he kicked me out with the promise of trying to find a way to Minerva for me. He stole more strands of my hair though. Turns out he didn’t need the first strand for anything. He simply wanted it for his private reasons… creepy pervert.On the way back, I could tell that the princess was beaming with excitement. I asked why, but she told me not to think too much about it. In times like this, it was really annoying not being able to read her mind. The only solution was to keep pressuring her till she spoke, but she was tight lipped. In the end, I decided to ask if she knew about Vermillion.According to her, there wasn’t any concrete text about Vermillion, but her father had once told her that there was an individual named Vermillion who came