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NOCTEM The monarch's veil
Tap-! Tap-! Tap-! The sounds of footsteps reverberated inside a throne room with each step carrying a faint echo that lingered in the vast royal chamber like a soothing whisper. The throne room was vast, with tall grey pillars rising upwards to an arched ceiling which was adorned with intricate carvings and runic symbols. It was dimly lit by the soft silvery glow of moonlight filtering through the large open archways at its sides which revealed a mystical view of glowing flowers beneath the royal chamber. Their bioluminescence cast soft dim lights of blue and sapphire in a beautiful tapestry of both colors. The throne — crafted from an obsidian material, sat on a dark stone platform at the far end of the royal chamber, absorbing every spectrum of light that came in contact with it. Its design was simply breathtaking, the aesthetic of the throne room, contrasted between dark, soft and simple elements, evoking a sense of solace in its confines. The footsteps came to a halt, a
NOCTEM whispers of war
RÁUVEIL ALESPANIA, CONTINENT. [Vlad castle] "Damn it Aiden, goddamn it!!! It's been three bloody months, three months!! and we still haven't found the Monarch's missing grandchild, Not to mention he could be dead for all we know, I mean it's the cursed forest, what child would be able to survive so long in such a dreadful place?." A voice that sounded so melodious yet carried a subtle tone of thuggishness, yelled in annoyance. Aiden merely spared a glance at the mesmerizing female vampire, who donned a loose white tunic of long sleeved design which didn't cover her abdominal section, to go along with it, she wore loose baggy pants and heavy boots. The top section of her tunic was revealing, the first three buttons were unbuttoned, boldly revealing parts of her ample bosom. His gaze turned somber and a heavy pressure became present in the room. "You forget yourself Cassie, you are not to question the lord's order." Aiden's voice was grim and his eyes narrowed as he stared at Cas
NOCTEM Sword dance in a rainstorm
Planting his feet within the raging water, Nox brought his nodachi up in an upward arc to defend against the downward slash from the fragment of Aries, the shadow's attack was heavy and gravity was clearly against Nox, but he countered the attack, adding enough strength to his swing to deflect it. The shadow attacked once again with his katana, it was so fast that it was basically a blur of the blade that was visible, however Nox met his attack with a quick strike of his own. The both of them ran wild in the midst of the storm, their movements caused numerous ripples to appear above the water, sparks flew as their blades collided whilst only blurry silhouettes of the wielders were visible. With each attack the shadow entity made, Nox would counter with his nodachi, replicating the same set of moves his attacker made to defend. The current battle style Nox was using was the free form battle art. one of the battle arts that had taken him a while and several deaths to learn as it uti
NOCTEM Awakening
"Ha!.. hah..." Nox gasped for breath whilst struggling to stand upright within the cliff side of the raging waterfall, he had several cuts on his robe as well as his body. The current of the waterfall had increased tremendously due to the exponential increase of the rainstorm, the water swayed back and front, splashing and thrashing against the rocks within the water as well as the two figures clashing above.Nox had abandoned his use of the nodachi and had opted for a tachi instead, whilst the fragment of Aries had gone for a longsword but even he wasn't without cuts and severe wounds.The rainstorm raged on, its roaring chatters drowned out any sound made and its relentless onslaught of numerous droplets served to obscure their vision, slippery rocks threatened to restrict their movements and crashing waters occasionally tried to throw them off balance, still they didn't seem to mind that, they were only focused on trying to kill each other without fail while enjoying their duel.
NOCTEM Fangs and shadows
The shadow orb above the fragment of Aries grew larger while thick motes of shadows swirled around him like a snake coiling around a tree with outstanding speed, protecting the shadow entity from any external attacks.As soon as Nox got in range, he spun his body in a semi-circle motion mid air with his dual daggers firmly held in both hands.The shadow motes surrounding the shadow entity seemed to come alive, the particles of shadows moved to meet Nox's strikes head on while becoming denser.A loud clanging sound of metal was heard as the shadows blocked Nox's strike, still the tenebrous child didn't fall back instead he spun on his feet while twisting his body in an unnatural angle to avoid the shadow tentacles that tried to knock him away.Crunching low while holding both daggers in reverse grips, his body coiled like a spring before bursting upwards in an explosive sprint as he dashed past the shadow orb with inhumane speed.Multiple slash lines appeared all over the orb almost as
NOCTEM Temple of Tenebrae
A muffled hum drifted through the vast darkness followed by the indistinct chatters and persistent voices of two people beyond the tenebrous space. Bits of broken conversations fell into place as words flickered in and out like waves, drowned in by the void A calm voice spoke in a serene whisper, or at least to the unconscious Nox it sounded that way. ".... that, you were able to recreate a shadow robe this quick, and with the exact same attribute and effects... It truly is baffling." "Well, it's for the kid, if it's something that can help him out I'd gladly spare a few of my creation mana to create it " a warmer voice replied with a hint of sadness — just a hint to be precise. The owner of the calm voice hummed, then lingered for a few seconds before asking. "How long do you... Being.. form, where's.. original body." His voice sounded broken, or rather bits of his words were muffled to the point that Nox couldn't make out what it was. There was a slight stir in the darkness
NOCTEM Spawns
Eren was left with two remaining questions he could ask, in truth he didn't expect the ominous figure clad in an obsidian armor to provide such descriptive answers even though he said he'd answer their questions if he's permitted to, so honestly it was a bit surprising how the tenebrous knight had gone into details about spawns of elements, concept and gods.While he knew about the spawns of gods, he knew close to nothing about the spawns of elements and concepts. Although it wasn't that much of a secret that the spawns of elements indeed existed, they were more mythical than factual, at least to the masses or denizens of each respective realm.In the first place only a few spawns of elements had been mentioned in the old records, from the age of heroes.Some of the spawn of elements mentioned were—Cassa of radiance — the spawn of light.—Nyla the timeborne— the spawn of time —Ezriel of dreams — the spawn of dreams They were the pinnacle of strength during their time, fending off
NOCTEM Kraken
The journey to the temple was nothing short of perilous. Despite the tenebrous knight presence, there were still a large number of monsters which attacked clearly driven by their instinct, disregarding the authority the knight held. Each time a monster attacked, it would fall prey to the blade of the tenebrous knight before it could even afford to move a single finger. The dark knight himself was more terrifying than those monsters, lacing his blade with the aura of death, all it took was a swing of his pitch black, greatsword, and hundreds of dark abominations would perish in matters of seconds. Eren couldn't do much but tighten his hold on Nox, he was as blind as a bat in the darkness, still, he could rely on his ears and his remaining senses to notice some approaching creatures, however he didn't expect that Aries would be no different from him. Though Aries was just the fragment of the spawn of shadows, he was still the fragment of a divine being, yet, despite that, his vision
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Blood for blood
Dust and debris rose as two blurry silhouette's tore through the air, their confrontation left within its wake, an array of destruction.The marionette of the space god slashed forward, aiming to sever the neck of the tenebrous spawn.Nox on the other hand parried with his daggers, while leviathan made its move, crashing its massive bulk into the side of the space god's vessel.Viktor quickly warped space, narrowly escaping the attack of the serpentine colossus however Nox was relentless with his onslaughts.He created numerous tendrils of shadows using the blackened rain as its medium.Each of them aimed at Viktor with surprisingly swift movements.They were fast, ridiculously fast, for something of their size.The marionette of the space god sidestepped, avoiding one of the shadows which was aiming to crush him underneath its massive mass, pivoting off his heels, he spun, just in time to avoid another which was headed his way.One by one they followed, aiming to flatten him with the
Fear
It was raining, yet no sound was heard, the familiar chatter of rain was absent, neither were the serene howls of the wind present. The chaotic battlefield which was once drowned by the cadence of their battle had become eerily silent. Everyone had their gazes focused in a particular direction. Their expressions, taut. Allies, foes, beasts, alike were all frozen in fear. A starless night, with an ominous downpour of black rain, a silence so palpable that not even the winds dared to move. Everyone there knew what it was, why wouldn't they? After all, some had experienced it first hand.. During the rampage of the shadow spawn, an incident none who witnessed dared to forget. "Y–You, bloody fucks, What have you done." Gregor, the marionette of the beast god stuttered. His body broke out in cold sweat as he remained unmoving within the onslaught of blackened rain. Surprisingly, nothing happened. It was without doubt, the same technique which the shadow spawn had used during the c
Chaotic battlefield
All hell broke loose. The battlefield was nothing short of chaotic, littered with countless scorches, craters and webs of jagged cracks across the desolate land. On one side of the battlefield Aiden was being overwhelmed by the sheer number of summoned beasts under the influence of the beast god's Marionette. Although they were relentless and their numbers were absurd, Aiden cut through each of them with a regal longsword of obsidian and crimson design, whilst his blood swords dealt ranged damages to the beast hoard. Unlike Aiden, Cassie was bold and brutish with her assault, she swung her buster sword with a frenzied but purposeful intent, forcing the golden dragon in his human polymorphed form to evade and defend against dreadful and devastating attacks. Only retaliating by launching a barrage of flames at the female vampire whenever a chance presented itself. But Cassie, despite the frenzied attack pattern she portrayed, dodged them effortlessly. Her speed was outstanding, li
The Monarch's vassals
"Crimson sky?.." The dragon muttered with a hint of fear associated with malice."T..The vampire monarch sent his damned vassals?" Seeing the silhouette of two human-like figures approaching, the flame dragon narrowed his eyes harshly, then hurriedly spoke. "What are you two doing here, you have no reason to involve yourselves in our affairs." Aiden said nothing completely ignoring the vessel of the flame god, rather his gaze was directed at Eren who was focusing his attention on the beast god's vessel. 'Eren von michælson, the monarch of witches?.. something feels very odd, he seems extremely weak compared to how he was during the era of chaos.' "Hah... How foolish, we have no reason? The fact that you're in this very realm is more than enough reason to kill you. I thought the Monarch's told your deities to keep their playthings away from this realm." Cassie spoke with a scornful look as her gaze locked onto the dragon's figure. The dragon sneered. "Yet a monarch stole the reli
kid hunting
"why do they get to decide whether I live or not? It sounds to me like the insecure ramblings of frightened children..""HOW DARE YOU, YOU INSOLENT BRAT!!" The marionette of the space god hissed, his voice laced with malice."..Are they afraid of me?.. it's amusing how shallow their thinking seems..""YOU..""Insecurities often lead us to committing or creating that very thing we're so afraid of.. but wouldn't that beg the question?, why are the deities after someone as small and insignificant as me? What are they so frightened of that they had their playthings hunt me down?"The tenebrous child lingered for a moment longer, moving swiftly and calm as the wind, changing his position ever so often.His rosy lip parted, revealing pearly white teeth and subtle fangs."Truth is, I couldn't care much about their motive, there are things I've yet to deal with, so should they interfere in my life with the intent of killing me, then they best make sure they execute it flawlessly else I will d
kid hunting
A disheveled Cassie gazed at the glistening lake with a detached look on her face, she had long abandoned her magnificent tunic for the mundane clothes which the townsfolk often wore. A gray cigarette hung loosely from her mouth while she held within her hands, a half eaten smoked fish on a wooden skewer. Her lips trembled slightly as she muttered. "Ah... It tastes like crap." She shifted slightly, craning her neck to stare at the evening sky which was slowly becoming dark. "That bastard, it's all that bastard's fault... I haven't had a proper meal in months. Eida, I miss you.. ugh.. damn it!" "And how exactly did you come to know what crap tastes like?" A teasing voice sounded from behind her. Looking up, she saw Aiden staring down at her with a mocking grin. Cassie stared at him silently for a moment. ..then scowled. "By eating one... Oh by the way I'm currently doing that, thanks to you, shitty bastard!" "..." "What? You suddenly don't know what to say after
gods vessels
"Curse this!!! That damned wizard, RAHHH!!!" A gorgeous man with golden reptilian eyes roared in frustration as he repeated the last five seconds infinitely. Besides him, a black haired man donning a black half-mask which concealed most of his face, was also in the same predicament, caught in a loop which made them repeat the same action over and over again, however unlike his partner the black haired vessel remained silent but his eyes gleamed with an overwhelming malicious intent. His gaze fell on the wooden floor of the inn where he saw a rune inscribed within the loop the cunning wizard had made. Noticing his partner's futile curses and feeble attempts to break the loop spell, he sighed, then spoke in a resigned tone. "It's a runic spell, it'd be hard to dispel even with the use of the deities' authority..." The golden eyed vessel raised a brow at his partner's words, with impatience getting the best of him, he snapped. "DON'T YOU THINK I KNOW THAT!!! For fuck's sake, we've
A little problem
The nightlife of the ivonriel continent was quite a thrilling sight to behold. Many structures rose above twenty feet, illuminated by the stunning glow of the twin moons— one of which was Azure coloured, while the other had a pale white glow to it. The market stalls were crowded, overflowing with races of different kinds, ranging from beastmen to elves, succubi and various human-like races, some of which were the witches, draped in robe-like attires and elongated hats which had pointy tips. This section of the ivonriel continent was usually active at the wake of the night—after all, the red light district made up most of the nelgeorgia city, which was one tenth of the moondale kingdom. Standing before a market stall, a cloaked figure ran his milky white hands across the various herb jars, aligned on the counter of the stall. His misty gray eyes searched the entire stall with urgency, watching if he could find the remaining herb left to complete his concoction. After a few minute
Prince of darkness
The hidden room behind the altar of the sanctuary of Tenebrae was nothing short of enchanting. It seemed more like a greenhouse—albeit a dark version of one. Each flower there was black, but had a subtle gradient of colors within them, some were black with blue hue at their tips, while the others varied from pink to crimson to amethyst and other colors. Most flowers looked like roses, while some closely resembled daisies. The majority of them were blood orchids and some looked like lilies, however they all bore a similarity, they were all black in color. The roof of the greenhouse was arched and the room itself was extremely spacious. Most surprising of all, was the soft white light penetrating through the black mirror-like material the glassy rooftop of the greenhouse was made from. It fell on the tenebrous flowers, illuminating the room with its enchanting glow and if one gazed deeper, then they'd notice the subtle glistle entwined within the glowing radiance. It was breathta
