On the open balcony that faced the main building’s main exit, Priya stood solemnly with her eyes closed and an aura of desolation around her.Standing by her left was Clancy, the brown-haired woman. Her palm rested on one of Priya’s shoulders while giving off dots of bioluminescent glow.By Priyas’s right, with his eyes narrowed and his feet a few inches off the ground, Galgamuth's very presence was filled with a heroic stillness.Even his act of not really doing anything would make others idly find something to appreciate him for.The setting sun shone its orange light on the faces of all three. Although Priya's eyes were closed, she seemed to be looking at the exact same spot the two beside her were also looking at.Near the entrance of the fortress, beyond the higher wall which hadn't been present when Darius arrived, a convoy of vehicles made its way towards their structure at a stable pace.The convoy consisted of two brown trucks, which had a design somewhat similar to that of p
“It can't be…” Galgamuth muttered, his breaths suddenly coming out ragged. “What is it Galgamuth?” Priya, who was attentive enough to hear the irregularity in his voice, asked. Galgamuth looked up at the crowd, then at Priya and Clancy who were standing behind him. “Let's meet inside, someone should inform Darius that I need to see him as soon as possible.” After dropping those sentences, he flew away quickly and headed into the main building. “Hmm,” Priya sighed while Clancy remained silent amidst all the murmuring. The fact that not everyone could fly like him seemed to have skipped Galgamuth's mind. The rest could only walk back to the fortress, which they had just come out from not long ago. ####### In a wide bedroom that had nothing but a simple bed, a wardrobe, and some basic appliances lying around. Currently, the smell of sex and sweat permeated the space. On the bed were two naked figures, intertwined romantically with sweat sticking to their glistening skin. Hera’s t
“You called for me sir,” Darius said as soon as he walked into the meeting room and saw Galgamuth's back. Within the meeting room, a round table found its place in the center on top of a brown fur rug. Surrounding the table were the figureheads of this still godless faction. Including the twenty-odd people of different ages, there was Priya and Clancy, who stood together on the west side of the room. Galgamuth's back faced Darius and opposite him was Stan, the four-armed cyborg. Galgamuth was the only level 40 above in the whole commune, while Priya, Clancy, and eighteen other people in the room had levels ranging from level 30 to 38 in the whole faction. Darius and Stan were the only level 20s in the room and there were reasons for that. Darius wasn't too clear on how an individual’s level was calculated, but from what he gathered over time, Stan was a level 21 with the Technomancy talent According to Stan himself, the resources and technological knowledge required for
Darius had a mission, he hadn't forgotten it, he couldn't forget it.According to the information given to him by Al'ravee before coming here, he was supposed to carve out a faction before he himself came here, a combat-ready one at that. He was not to make it too much though, more like a faction within a faction.But all that seemed very difficult when people like Priya, Clancy, and the other figureheads were present. Galgamuth usually won't interfere in the happenings of their lives so they never needed to worry about him.All their life, most of these people had grown up hearing bad stories about the gods and their oppression.So Darius now has two objectives, first was to reduce or even eliminate every form of resistance that Al'ravee may encounter. The second was to build a small army for this community.To go about the first objective, he needed Talliu. The people living in the fortress were too negative concerning matters of the gods.They viewed the gods the same way a commun
The faces of the rank 3 leaders when they saw Darius riding into the mansion base with a vehicle they had never seen before, was nice to see once in a while.Even though they had vehicles themselves, they were usually old and ghosts of their former selves. If not for people like Stan being around to maintain them, they would have been scrap metal by now.If not for the geomancy talents that were among them, they wouldn't have been able to have such a large and sturdy base, talk less of maintaining it.This truck was new, unlike anything they had. Surely, it sparked the reckless greed within their hearts, just as Darius had hoped.On his second time proposing, Darius once again made it clear to them that he was experienced in doing things like this.Besides, it looked easy and profitable, almost like a get-rich-quick scheme.The guns, the resources, the technology, the better vehicles. They were bought, Galgamuth agreed too. Priya didn't say anything, however, neither agreeing nor disa
“Omega Vitamin?” One of the figureheads said with a grave expression. He had a short stature and had bushy black beards on his face.Darius placed his hands on the table, allowing his weight to rest on them. He breathed in and out slowly, his mind engaged in deep thoughts.“Yes, Omega Vitamin,” Galgamuth said. For some reason, everyone seemed to hover between the thin line of joy and sorrow, not knowing how they should feel.“From the letter, this Omega Vitamin is being sent here from their headquarters. How they managed to lay their hands on it is unknown, what is of concern to us is that they are sending it right into the arms of the Vaderian Cult base.”“Being concerned is one thing, doing something about it is another.” said another blonde-haired man at the table who wore black-rimmed glasses.“If this is the case what do you suggest we do?” Another woman asked.Subconsciously, they all turned to look at Priya who still had her eyes closed. “I already tried, I can't see any outco
Priya and Clancy walked side by side, with Clancy's hand resting on the former’s right shoulder.“Darius has successfully integrated himself into our society as an inexpensive asset.” Clancy began, her voice echoing across the long spacious hallway.“Yes, he has,” Priya replied, undisturbed by the sudden words.The walls in the hallway were a smooth light grey, as though they had been sculpted into existence, rather than being built brick by brick.“We watched him rise over the past ten years, right under our noses…” Clancy continued. “Yes, we did,” Priya said.“His accomplice, Talliu, is peacefully placing both hope and doubts in the hearts of the commune's members, hope that goes against what we stand for, doubt over the very purpose of what we stand for.”“I know.”“We could have stopped it, but you told us some years back after your injury that they would be beneficial to our cause.”“Yes, I did…” They reached the end of the hallway, taking a turn down the spiral staircase before
“To think this mortal was able to derive an approximate time for our arrival, she has even seen your rough image, that's impressive,” Ozia said, his voice was laced with genuine praises.Currently, Al'ravee, Iyah, Norderline, and Ozia stood on the outer surface of the Golden Eye spaceship.“Who?” Al'ravee asked as he stared at the magnificent and humongous planet thousands of kilometers ahead.“There's a mortal who possesses the Oracle Talent in the same environment as your Darius descendant. She already knows we are here.” Ozia said, his glowing red eyes focused on one point in particular on one of the continents.Al'ravee looked at Ozia and then followed his eyes to the continent he was looking at. His two eyes immediately turned into two mirror balls as he manifested his concept of sight.He locked on to a wide stretch of wastelands, looking further, his eyes found a black fortress that seemed to have a lot of people gathering near its gate.On further inspection, he saw an old lad