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There was no specific time assigned to me, and I arrived at the Shaman Council already well after noon. The morning raid, which was originally a gamble, fell apart, and I did not find anything better than to go to the appointed ceremony. When I appeared on the already familiar site, at first I did not recognize this once solemn place. Now it looked more like a massacre after a corporate celebration in a very narrow circle. Suddenly, the image before my eyes blurred, turning into a set of blurry spots.Attention, you are in the 18+ zoneSome members of your team are not included in this category. We suggest that you immediately remove them from the location, or you will be penalized by the Administration. You have 60 seconds.59…58…57…I looked back at Flute. She turned bluish-yellow in annoyance and nearly bit her lip off."Flute," I called."Yes, I'm coming," she answered grimly. - They threaten me with a reroll here.Here's the smart one! When she disappeared in the flash of the p
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The accumulation of Spirits made the air so dense that it seemed impossible to breathe. The spirits picked up Shilopopa and me and practically carried us towards the opened gorge. I felt that I was in some kind of fog, and the eyes of my companion, on the contrary, burned with excitement.- Really, great? she asked me. “Moments like this are what I play for.I smiled at her."Where to now, Guide?"Before that, we walked as if in a cloud, and could only see each other and the path two meters in front of us. Now the space in front of us has cleared, as if we had entered a clearing covered with a perfectly even - blade of grass to blade of grass - carpet of greenery. In the middle of the clearing stood a fairly large hut, at one glance at which the word “wigwam” that didn’t tell me anything popped up in my head from somewhere. Shilopopaya let go of my hand and went to the entrance to throw aside the skin covering it, at least a mammoth. I made a clumsy attempt to get her ahead of me, but
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"Greetings, Harbinger!" The Supreme Spirits hovered over me. Have you come to ask your question?“No, Supreme,” I bowed. “Just pay your respects.“Even though you don’t have a question,” the Underworld Spirit said in a completely unsolemn tone, “we will answer you anyway.” If you want to see , there is absolutely no point in climbing so high into the Astral. A couple of levels below is quite suitable for this.A pillar of white light appeared next to me.— Tavia? I asked.- Well, you're worried! Flute said angrily. - Everywhere you see your princesses! Is that you, Mahan? she suddenly remembered. Indeed, I somehow had no doubt that I looked human, but it seems that I, like the Spirit of the Flute, now look like a pillar of light.“Greetings, Supreme,” she addressed the Spirits.“And hello to you, future Harbinger!” they responded kindly."Flute," I called. - We are not here, but a couple of levels below.In a couple of days we already confidently sent our Spirits to any Astral level a
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“Hi,” I said into the communicator as I got out of the pod and dialed a number.“It's good that you called me,” Eve breathed with relief, barely hearing my voice. “I have problems,” I didn’t really doubt it.“Hope you just got fired from your job and need a referral,” I said.“If only,” her voice sounded sad. - It's really bad. Can we talk face to face?- Easily. Where?The doorbell rang.“Open the door for me, please,” she asked.I went to the hallway. She immediately hung around my neck, burying her nose in my shoulder as soon as she entered. I gently held her by the waist, closing the door, and felt that she was trembling all over.- Are you impatient? I asked, and I felt her smile.“And you have changed,” she said.- Better or worse? I asked.- I do not know. More arrogant."Come on," I disagreed. - If I were arrogant, I would hold you not by the waist, but a little lower.- Not now! she shook her head.This gave me great hope. Not now means later. Maybe…What happened, Yvette? I
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She seemed to immediately launch a program that, through a chain of Mimics, was supposed to track the destination of network packets and compile a list. I turned Eva towards me:- Everything will be fine."I don't doubt it at all," she nodded.“But you still worry,” I said.“This is our share,” she shrugged."If they don't make it, I'll go with you," I said.“No,” she replied. - You can ruin everything.“I won’t let you go alone,” I said. “You can curse me forever, but you won’t go alone.“Well, why are you…” she looked into my eyes, looked down and nodded. - Good. Let it be. You will go with me.“I’m actually against it,” Pavel interjected into our conversation. “We need to send a qualified fighter.“I can turn off the constipation from the inside, but you can’t,” I protested.All he had to do was throw up his hands.An hour later, in three cars, we moved to the country residence of the villain. Pavel insisted that we both put on armored suits of concealed carry.“Listen,” he said to
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I suddenly saw myself from the outside. I break like a red girl.“Sorry,” I said. “I'm acting disgusting and I don't know why.“I know,” she replied. Because I behaved disgustingly.- Yes, - I chuckled, - let's arrange a competition, who behaved more disgustingly.A small black VIP bus stopped at the sidewalk. The doors of the Corporation building opened, and one of Pavel's employees came out and held the door for Eve's family, who were leaving after them. Sabina moved to her father, and Irma came up to us.- Dima, could you keep us company? she asked.“I'm not sure,” I smiled, pulling the legs of my shorts to the sides.Well, at least one of Pavel's fighters borrowed a T-shirt. Lilac and tight. Probably, Alexandra tore herself away.“What nonsense,” she exclaimed. - I ask you to!Without waiting for an answer, she grabbed my elbow and pulled me towards the car. I offered a second elbow to Eva and followed Irma. On the bus I met Ivan, the father of the family. He miraculously managed
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- And you went for it? the investigator asked.“He wouldn’t kill her,” the interrogated shrugged.“Here, scum,” I repeated.“I didn’t tell you about the viper for nothing ...” Pavel replied.- I tried to tell him that working with people is not my profile, but he objected to me that Foma would do everything that was needed ... - continued the detainee.- Who is this? the investigator stopped him.“This is the driver of the van where I was at the time of the arrest,” he explained.“Understood…” the investigator nodded.“Tamerkhanov said that Foma repeatedly supplied him with ...,” said the interrogated.- Minors? the investigator suggested.“Yes,” the detainee nodded. “Just kidnapped on the street. Tamerkhanov gave us the task to kidnap the girl and roll her around the city. I had to secure a two-way connection between his communicator and Thomas' communicator.- Did you know why? the investigator asked.“Yes, he explained it to me,” the suspect replied. - If the police came to him, he
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— I hope I managed to please you a little, Shaman?"I'm always glad to see you, Elune," I nodded. “You yourself know.“I know,” she agreed. “But I would like you to say the same to my face.“I hope, goddess, that this moment will come, and it will be the happiest in my life,” I said.“He will come,” she confirmed. “Since you are my knight, you will certainly come!”She fell silent, and I did not know how to start a conversation.What about the weather in your sky? I asked, picking at the ground with the toe of my boot. — The Astral is not very stormy?— What did you want, Mahan? Elune asked.“Your help,” I replied.- Ahaha! she laughed. - And I was hoping that you wanted to show me the dawn!Dawn? It's noon now. A-ha-ha, joker, what hints at!“This concerns the battle with Geranica,” I said.Something changed in the air, and without even looking at the goddess, I realized that she had stopped smiling."You're not doing well," she sighed. "You don't..." She turned away, her voice tremb
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On the first attempt, the cell phone failed to break through the foggy veil of sleep. No matter how hard he tried to dance the tarantella on the bedside table, no matter how he tried to throw his watch, a glass of water, a charger onto the floor with his vibrations, Katya did not wake up. Only slightly trembling eyelashes suggested that sweet oblivion is coming to an end, and you need to wake up and finally turn off this damn phone. Frightened that they would throw him on the floor, the phone fell silent for a minute, but only to voice his presence with new frenzy. Without opening her eyes, Katya reached for the bedside table. -Hello! - No, you're my friend or why! Instead of greeting, they shouted from the tube. It was Sveta and she was a friend. - What are you yelling? You are my friend, my friend, calm down. “Then, if so, why am I the last to know everything?” - I don't know what you should learn first, but I beg you, Light, go to the bathhouse! Let me sleep! I just went to be
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Slowly getting used to the light, Vomit heard heavy footsteps. Someone was heading towards him. Terror gripped the entire body of the great demon prince. He was unarmed and weak in the face of possible danger. Searchlights illuminated only a few meters, but then began the possession of impenetrable darkness.Out of the darkness came a short guy in black robes and a hood, holding a long sword in a sheath in his hands. The eerie aura of darkness that he exuded pierced through Vomit like a thousand blades. He was a demon prince, the greatest genius, but this guy... He crushed him like a bug. However, this intimidating aura seemed to Vomit.. Familiar?- Who are you? Why are you doing this? You do realize it's not just the Bloodrain family that's going to hitch up for me, right? Or were you sent by your father?- Who am i? - The guy whispered, leaning to my very face and I managed to look under the hood.- Fuck my dick...He stepped back a few steps.Yes, that's a good, very good question.
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Loud footsteps cut the silence of the night city.Azrael breathed in the cold, foul air. Moongate was the most ordinary industrial metropolis. Massive crowds, most of which were office rats, glass, concrete, and rebar buildings eighty or more stories high, an advanced subway system, and a terrible stench from defense factories in the east. Alas, the use of magic could not make production more environmentally friendly, as magicians and scientists did not break their heads, their efforts were useless. Moongate has been an open domain since its inception, humans and demons have long since learned to coexist side by side. And not only to coexist, but also to cooperate with each other. The magic possessed by the demons made it possible to raise the standard of living of ordinary citizens of Moongate, technologies, combined with magic made it possible to achieve amazing results in the production of public goods, and almost all the citizens of the infernal city lived comfortably. But still,
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The gang leader screamed in panic and ran wherever his eyes looked, but he could not run far. Azrael sheathed the tati, and in the blink of an eye the criminal lost his legs and fell. Azrael slowly approached him and stepped on his back with his foot. - Well, what are you .. You squeal like a pig. Where is all your confidence and strength? There your friends have already acidified .. What a pity. And we'll have some fun with you ...The gang leader tried to say something, but instead he only began to spit blood. What, you don't like hanging out? Do you even know, mediocrity, how many people's blood is on that sword? Azrael took out the tati again, its blade sparkling in the moonlight. He put it to the bandit's ear. “People like you are not even worthy of human death. You are worse than animals. I must apologize to the pigs for comparing you to them. Azrael cut off the bandit's ear. He screamed wildly, choking on blood. “Tell me what pain is…” Azrael slashed his second ear with his s
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Azrael opened his eyes. He stood in the middle of a wonderful garden. Sakura branches covered the sky, rose petals slowly fell to the ground. Azrael tried to catch one of the petals, but failed. He could feel his body, he could move his limbs, but he could not interact with the world that surrounded him.“Oh no.. Not this… Not again…”Nightmares. They tortured Azrael whenever he closed his eyes.A handsome man of about forty entered the garden. He was dressed in a long gray kimono with large shoulder pads and a conical hat, with two swords at his belt - a katana and a wakizashi. Long black hair was pulled back into a ponytail, and there was a kind smile on his face, blue eyes shone with warmth and care.- Dad, dad!Following the man into the garden, a boy of about seven, wearing a clean white kimono and a short sword in his belt, ran into the garden.All this seemed terribly familiar to Azrael. And this place, and these people.. As if he was already here.“Did you want to ask somethin
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Azrael stood on the roof of a tall skyscraper, enjoying the view of the starry sky.“Something you’ve been waiting for a long time, I’ve already been waiting for ..” He turned to take steps, a grin appeared on his face, exposing a row of sharp teeth.Opposite him stood a girl in a school uniform, 13-14 years old.- I love places like this. I'll have to thank the master for sending me here. Black as the soul of a killer, the sky with the stars of sorrow framing it. It's just amazing..A sharp sword appeared in the girl's hands, ignited with blue fire. Two faint tears rolled down her cheeks.“What I love about the magical copies created by Nick is because they are endowed with a human mind. Unlike ordinary soulless puppet creatures saturated with magic, you can feel and experience emotions. Just like real people. Having fun with such toys is a real pleasure peak. The way you fight for life.. But still, you lack strength. Magic copies significantly lose combat power compared to the origi
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The message only meant that no one on the planet uses electromagnetic waves to exchange messages, and that's all - but with a high probability there is no civilization here "Increased levels of carbon dioxide Increased nitrogen content Increased content of methane Evolved flora discovered Fauna discovered» Not quite the right atmosphere - it's not scary. At least for Elune, there is no such problem, which means that the atmosphere will be as it should be. Several shot probes reached the surface, and the ship's broadcast flashed with images of the species encountered - a couple of species of herbivores, several predators, a rich set of birds, various fish, reptiles and of course thousands of species of insects ... A complete set, in general - on many planets there is none. Some of them may even be intelligent, but we won't know that until the troops land. In the meantime, we are not convinced of the absence of intelligence on the planet, we cannot touch it ... - How beautiful! Al
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- Sorry, what? I asked when I heard my name."My granddaughter said she loves our glorious new flying tradition," Darius repeated, smiling.“I just noticed that Dima had a great idea,” Atossa objected. - But only.“And I, as the only captain and, accordingly, the admiral of our entire fleet, immediately decided to declare this a tradition,” he chuckled good-naturedly.- Despot! Atossa growled caustically.“Technically, I'm only an admiral,” Darius objected, “and the despot is sitting over there surrounded by his flower garden,” and he bowed his head politely.- A vile slander, - I answered, - I did not tyrannize anyone at all and did not despot ...“If you start arguing, then instead of enjoying the view of Jupiter, you will receive honors from the subjects in turn,” he promised. “And I’m not sure that everyone will agree to kissing only the hand.”I shuddered, suddenly realizing that everyone without exception, both the crew and the passengers, was looking at me. And something bad wa
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“Are we unable to offer them anything?” he asked in bewilderment.“Already offered,” I nodded. - And this proposal can be considered the first contribution to good neighborly relations.Do you mean Barliona? - he asked.“Yes, Barliona,” I confirmed. “Just not quite in the way you understand it."Then tell me," he invited again.“When Elune was locked up in Barliona…” I began, and I noticed how the interlocutor grimaced. Well, yes, I mentioned supernatural powers again. “Sergei, it is high time for you to understand that Elune is indeed a higher being and that she is as real as the world around us. The fact that it was our technology that made it possible to make an incredibly gigantic leap, the results of which amazed even the Ancients, is a matter of pride.“Good, good,” he hastened to agree, already knowing that I was ready to extol my beloved for hours. All loved ones. “You are right, I really should sometimes cast aside the cynicism that has ingrained in the pores of the skin in o
