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Treasure hunting in endless ocean Barrier - home
Flayers had never been good people. In fact, they are the bogey men of the Winterland. Children stopped crying at their names, even the birds stopped chittering when their flags passed by. Vultures roamed in the sky above them, for there will always be a trail of dead bodies where Flayers pass. It did not matter Vultures are not really cold place birds; people believed it, for with as many dead bodies around, vultures must fly back from all corners of the world. Surprisingly, in the case of Flayers, the stereotype is true to the last ‘T’, in fact, one could say, they were worse. In the age of heroes, others starved to death, while Flayers feasted on the dead bodies. They survived till the end of winter, and their strength grew. When the new age began, Flayers discovered that Cannibalism was not in style. It’s alright if it’s not in style, the problem is, the person who doesn’t like it has a stronger fist than themselves. Thus, they surrendered, conformed to common practices, but
Treasure hunting in endless ocean Barrier - Winter march
Sasha may be physically in the mountain kingdom, but that did not mean she was ignorant of the affairs of the Winterland. The moment she landed on the ground, she sent out her consciousness once more. Past half a month, she had been too afraid to split her consciousness. Ifrit’s spell scared her more than she would like to admit. First, she was unable to see the magic he used when her consciousness was in an animal, or connected with Moonsnow. She was able to vaguely see it when she flew out of her body, yet stayed together with her body at the same time. The magic is concentrated in one place. However, like dandelion fluff, the slimy black strands of magic flew all over the place, like a sinister miasma. As long as those strands touch her soul form, they would be able to hurt her permanently, Sasha realized. Those black blazing malice could even cut through all the ice weapons she builds with her mind power. There were only two things that could stop them. One, they touch so
Treasure hunting in endless ocean Barrier - Poisoned Porridge
While the Snorcs are shocked about how easy it is to move distance, envying how good the winter men had it all these days, the winter men themselves were reeling back at the ease of the march. They had been prepared to lose a nose here, and a toe there, but there’s no such thing as of now. Their hats are well covered and warm. The shoes are not worn from outside like usual, but from inside, for the road is made of ice, and has very little wear compared to their own smelly feet. The surprise they had when they arrived at the camping field is even greater. The entire camping ground was surrounded with a six foot tall and six foot wide wall, with one entrance opening into the forest, another opening into the road. The wall still had two feet tall parapet, with murder holes. Inside the camp, it was divided into long maze-like long halls, formed of a foot high ice, six feet tall pillars, and a drooping roof on one side, and short slanted slope facing towards the inside. In the center
Treasure hunting in endless ocean Barrier - Funeral
Rogue entered the birthing chamber with the poisoned bowl in his hands. Nightshade is odorless and does not turn silver to black. The bowl servants have given him is silver, with wolf emblems. Obviously, a Winterchild family heirloom. Thus, when Bettie Troll took the bowl, she did not suspect poison at all. She has been a docile girl for the most part, obedient, and hard working. She may be a little more sturdier than what most lords would prefer, thus, she was fairly happy when lord Flayer married her. After all, she did not know Flayer history. For the fear of ruining the marriage, Walter Troll ordered the caste to keep mum about Flayers. On top of that, there is that innate fear they felt towards lord Flayer, so they kept mum about the details. After coming to the north, instead of the skull fort, Bettie entered the strong but cozy strongfort, making her even more unaware of the cruel nature of her husband or his bastard son. The servants didn’t like her much, but Bettie chal
Treasure hunting in endless ocean Barrier - The lure
Much of the Flayer army is filled with the same kind of men as Lord Flayer. Ambitious, willing to do anything for money and power. They have no regard for women, old and children, their first priority has always been themselves. After some time watching over this Army, Sasha determined they do not need to go to a great length to save these men. Most of them had survived by sacrificing their comrades, those that didn’t, only did so because they had been cowardly enough to stay back. However, there is a very simple unanimous sentiment among this cowardly and cruel army. The words of Rogue Flayer could not be disobeyed. The man is far too cruel and tenacious for any of them to run, much less fight dirty. Rogue had a batch of five hundred most hard hearted and psychotic killers on the field, while the rest were soldiers trained by late Lord Flayer. Rogue’s name is notorious enough for them to stay their hands from rebelling. Even if they rebel, where are they going to go ? They ha
Treasure hunting in endless ocean Ranch
Neil hopped into Rudy’s boat, to talk to him. The moment he shook hands with the boy, a strange current passed through him. [ Khazhan’s aura detected. ] [ Collect Khazhan’s aura ? ] ( yes ) ( no ) Neil watched the people around him. It seems they did not see the console at all. Neil pressed yes. The next minute, there was a sound in the air, like someone cut an cello string. It broke with a distinct ‘ Twang ‘ That resonated with anger in Neil’s soul. There was a slight ripple on the stone still surface of the black sea. None of them saw it, but they all felt it. Something washed over all of them, moving away from them. Neil, unable to resist it, activated kraken eyes. There.. He saw it. A membrane made of distinctly multicolored lights is rolling over to them, then, rolling through them, then away from them. It’s like an unstable spherical jelly, wobbling on the sea. ‘ What in the world is that ? ‘ Neil exclaimed inside his mind. [ Time Worm. ] [ Kh
Treasure hunting in endless ocean Console
Since Adele is down, there’s no one who could move the ranch. Neil could, technically drive the raft, given his original skill is auto-navigate, but that consumes mana from Adele, who was recovering from being on death’s door. Even so, they could not remain on this brine ocean. Despite being better than the caustic pool they once fell into, this ocean’s salinity is not too far off. Thus, he used his own power to move the rafts at snail’s pace towards the halocline. The halocline is extremely defined in this particular ocean, given it went from ‘evil brine ‘ to ‘distilled water ‘. He did not notice when they came in, but there was a layer of steam in between the ocean and the brine lake. Neil stopped before he moved out. “ Record coordinates. We will call it Dungeon of the North.” Neil commanded Jack. [ yes ] Jack answered succinctly. After being outed as a serial killer pirate, Jack is laying low. Jack was the second on the list of killer soulskills, after Sage. However,
Treasure hunting in endless ocean Homely Lotus
All the arguing women looked at the old woman who gasped. Their eyes soon fell on the console in front of the old woman. “ What is that ? “ The youngest, who was barely a girl, asked. “ The reward. “ The granny mumbled in awe. “ Reward ?! “ The women did not understand. “ There was a legend, saying that once our purpose within the forbidden kingdom is accomplished, we will ascend, to become denizens. All denizens have this divine mirror which tells them what they are. “ The old woman explained. Neil and Adele arrived at just this moment. “ This .. is not a divine mirror. It’s just a console. “ Neil told the old woman. “ kon - sulle ? “ the old woman said, trying to feel the word. “ You can open it like this, for the first time. “ Adele said, laying her hand across her chest. The women and Rudy followed her. [ Water elemental ] [ Flow control ( A ) ] Only those words existed in front of the blind woman who navigated the board. [ Druid ] [ Subarctic mega flora ] One of
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Reborn Drows
While Adele and Neil were discussing these details, Orion and his subjects were busy as bees. The flame crystals brought back by Neil had been handed over to the Drow king. At the time, the most vibrant flame crystal was placed in a cradle, in the center of an altar. Five Drows surrounded the altar, looking at the circle pointedly. Orion stood in the head position, the five Drows started chanting. After a time, the Drows stopped chanting and looked at the center, where a flame crystal was placed. Their eyes are full of expectation. Nothing happened. The light of hope in their eyes dimmed at the result. Their gazes turned to Orion, as if asking if they should continue. “ Continue. “ Orion ordered. The king looked on emotionlessly, despite the turmoil going on inside his head. Orion’s newly acquired ‘King’ title is not steady yet. Most of the old leaders did not agree to support Neil, but Orion just pushed it through, by the virtue of providing food and a safe place for Drows.
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Barrier - Peace
Sasha woke up quite late. she was lying on the furs in front of fireplace, like a kitten. She hadn't slept this well for a long while. It’s almost like a dream. Perhaps it was, given Adele was standing in the corner, staring straight at Sasha. Sasha wondered why she was able to sleep this well in the middle of a battle field. The answer was surprisingly simple. Because she was surrounded by family, and friends. Valerie fought with her life on line to protect Sasha, despite being a Snorc. Dan … he smelt like home. There are no other words for it. He was her only family, until Rudy arrived here, and probably would be her only light, when the world becomes cold and dark. Dan and Valerie's predictions about Snorc peace treaty being a ruse came true. Even so, the Snorc attack came far too fast. So much so, the defense could not even gather compleetely. Dan’s arm is still holding hers as woke. He held her hand on one side, and the hilt of the sword on the other side. W
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The smallest crack
Neil’s heart filled with unspeakable dread when he looked at the invisible shield membrane slowly covering up the temple. Every cell of his body rejected that shield with all of its being. Neil acted involuntarily. “ Retreat ! “ he screamed at the top of his lungs. His desire to take every last one of the elves with him powered his next spell. ‘ Collect ‘ Neil commanded with all of his being. His magic exploded, pulling all the nearby flame crystals, every last one of the flames whooshed out, becoming a red crystal as they rushed towards Neil. Neil, with Merlin on his back, rushed as fast as he could towards the portal that’s becoming unclear by the second. The space has become destabilized, and the time space continuum broke as the shield continued to cover the flame temple. The black flame in front of the priest is still burning, the remaining four Tomoe of the flames are still alit, but all the other flames are gone. It’s only then Neil understood the scale of
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Black flame
Neil retrieved his spear, changed it into a chinese slaughterer broadsword, with about three foot pole and one and half foot blade. He twirled the blade slightly, the necks of three priests were cut off. [ Experience + 5 ] [ Experience + 5 ] [ Experience + 5 ] At the same time, Merlin was not silent. He stabbed a priest, then twirled and beheaded another. [ Experience + 10 ] The message popped up. Like that, Neil and Merlin danced in the courtyard. After their decimation of fifty priests, the priests ran away, and grouped together among them. They went for the necklaces of the fire priests, coalescing the necklaces with their own. “ Merlin ! Collect the red necklaces. “ Neil commanded. The next moment, the mana blade in Merlin’s hands vanished. He stuck to Neil’s back, while Neil cut off the head, Merlin collected the necklace. They worked tirelessly, decimating the priests. However, there was no end to them. “ Blluuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrroooo
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Event Dungeon begins
While setting up camp meat just retrieving their modular home for Neil and Adele, it meant something far more complex for Drows. All the space mancers came together with their latest catch of space crystals. Then, they set up a hexagonal space barrier around a gigantic field, isolating the space from the time worm. Cosmos gave an unnecessarily long explanation, which could be summarized into ‘ this way, we don’t get sucked into the time worm’s belly accidentally ‘. The memories are cut off when Caspian and Xena enter the temple - however, at this point, Neil has come to a conclusion about one thing. They never entered the time worm’s inside. They only fought in an ephemeral space that reflected the fire temple, they did not go inside the fire temple exactly. However, the things he had in his hands are real. In Particular, land tokens have come up with real land. That means only one thing. That the real land tokens are still out there for him to grab. On top of that, he has s
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Love story - Date part 2
Xena did not explain her intention. Obviously Caspian spent the entirety of the next hour in confused anticipation, while everyone around him laughed at him knowingly. Xena finished her selection of fabrics. She ordered another set for Caspian himself, this time, in yellow and black, with a symbol of a bull. The next announcement came after an hour. All the participants of the spring fair contest are called to a venue. There are multitudes of fabrics, clay, metal pieces, even silver, gold and gems on various tables. On the other side, there are various tools, for making pottery, for making jewelry and various other items. “ Valkyrie had long been known as the city of the craftsmen. Our women have the best of clothes, best of jewelry and best of men when it comes to that. It is your job to prove that valkians have the most dedication when it comes to love as well. You are tasked to make a token of love for your beloved. Men and women both are free to choose what they want to m
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Love Story - the Date
“ Ladies and Gentlemen of Valkrie ! Welcome andddddddddd… .Welcome to the sixteenth sprint fair of lover’s paradise. As always, your response has been more than hot ! This time, for the first time in the history of lover’s paradise, we meet the numbers needed for the seven trials of the couples. Without further ado, let us start the treasure hunt of the lovers. The first challenge in the game is to know how much your lover knows you. On my right side, there are cabins. Our lovely ladies will stand in the pink chair, our handsome men will sit in the blue chairs. “ The host went on to explain they would be answering three questions. As long as answers sync, the couple passes. “ What’s your man’s name ? “ they asked. “ Caspian Hart “ Xena answered, so did Caspian. What’s your girl’s name ? “ was the next question. They obviously are doing this to filter off the random game breakers from entering the game. “ Xena winter child “ Both of them answered at the same time. “ Where did
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Love Story - Joking around
“ Hey! Stop laughing at me, you moron. “ Xena ordered Caspian bossily. “ I am not laughing at you. I am just happy we both lived till today. “ Caspian said, chortling with laughter. The words brought a hard stop to the amusement of Nadia and Tara, while Xena shared his happiness. “ Indeed ! We still have today.” Xena said, sitting down at the edge of Caspian’s bed. To be truthful, it is quite amazing. They were thrown out of the capital city in a time of strife, walked through five battles, and countless skirmishes. They crossed the sea ! Then they went to institutions which require one to be beholden to them until death, yet, they both are sitting here, free!It is nothing short of a miracle. They have dodged death by a hair’s breadth a thousand times. They have overcome insurmountable odds. “ Oh ! Stop laughing, you idiot ! She's not joking. “ Xena said, referring to Nadia. “I am not sleeping with anyone save my wife. “ Caspian answered Nadia after he got control on his ow
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Love story - Awake
“ Caspian Hart ! You moron ! You stupid imbecilic idiotic jarhead ! “ Xena exclaimed, as she threw her hands on his neck. “ Hey! What’s with the over reaction ! I did not die ! “ Caspian mumbled, a hand rubbing soothingly on Xena’s back. Xena stopped crying after some time. Caspian held her lightly, enjoying the rare instances where Xena actually shows some emotion. “ What day is it ? “ he asked, after Xena pulled back from him. “ You still have the gall to ask for the day ! It's the thirtieth day after the valhallan new year. “ Xena told him. “ it’s .. My god ! Was I asleep for ten days ? “ Caspian asked in shock. “ How many days did you think it was ? “ Xena asked him angrily. “ Just .. Right after the woman in red left. She was so scary. “ Caspian exclaimed. “ Woman in red ? Madea ? “ Xena asked, an ominous feeling rising in her heart. Caspian shook his head. “ The other one. The whining fire spirits wanted her to submit to them. She ate them all ! I hid because I was a
