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Treasure hunting in endless ocean Barrier - Corruption spreads
Winterchildren remained for a day in the field, retrieving all the horses, taking care of any deserters and such. Dan led a hundred man team using roughly built ropeways to cross into Strongfort, to the castle's surrender. After some thought, Sasha joined Dan inside the castle. The staff they were used to were mostly dead, or were in such bad shape, Sasha couldn’t help but shed tears. The cook Mary, who made the best meat pies, had her thumb cut off because Lord Flayer did not like her meat pie. The stable groom Harken was flagged till the flesh on his back in shreds because Rogue’s horse liked the touch of the Harken more than his own. Each and every person in the castle had a story. Sasha assembled all the staff in front of them. “ I know many of you are frightened. I also know Flayers were your lords. As long as you confess what you have done; as long as you provide evidence that helps the Winterchilds, you will be forgiven. I will even keep you in service. “ Sasha p
Treasure hunting in endless ocean Northern Ice - The Warning
Orion and his party set off towards their main camp on foot. This is the last leg of their journey. Cosmos looked at the back of Orion in contemplation. ‘ Lord Orion ! I thought you were the most unbefitting ruler I have ever seen. You were timid, shy and silent. Now I see, I couldn’t be more wrong ! You were silent because you had nothing to speak ! you were timid because you were facing the unknown ! Even at such a young age, you were not reckless like Neereus and I. I really misunderstood you. ‘ Taurus looked at Orion likewise. ‘ I always wondered why uncle insisted on you as the heir. After all, I am more powerful, decisive and have leadership ability. Now I see. With me on the throne, the drow kingdom would only survive as it was. With you at the hem, it could weather any storm and reach new heights with every calamity it faces. Ah ! to be thwarted in such a manner … ! But for the drow kingdom, I will submit for now. You better not disappoint me, Orion Starlight ! ‘ Taurus t
Treasure hunting in endless ocean Rabbit Hole
Neil and Adele traveled with the speed boat towards the icy wormhole in the sea. It’s a perfectly ‘ I ‘ shaped, where a tornado pierced the sea and froze it. The edges are curved, the walls in between are straight and sloping, the other side is visible only as an abyss. It was very scary. Neil retrieved a flower crystal from the green lotus, threw it down the hole. ...…The shard is still traveling. All of a sudden, the salt flower shone with unbearable brightness, throwing lighting all over the place. The salt shard exploded with a bang. It seems that the fluke weather phenomenon that had let Rudy and others out is over. Neil is only a highschool student, but he has read just enough about the time and space phenomenon to know that the time worm body has covered the hole once more. They have no choice but to wait here, every day, throwing a rock of salt down the hole. ▬ ● ◘ ◘ ● ▬ On the other side, Orion’s ho
Treasure hunting in endless ocean Barrier - band aid on bullet wound
Sasha winterchild roamed on the newly condensed ice cap atop the ravines. The ice was made with her ability, thus, compared to frozen lakes and rivers, it’s more clear. She could see the picture underneath the ice floor, full of black and red dots. All the sewage of the Strongfort is guided to the deepest point of the ravine. God knows what the warm temperature did to it, but one fine day, an explosion happened in the ravine. After that, like magic, few of the walls were lit with eternal fire. Sasha wondered what in the world happened there. Eventually, it’s mage Aberdeen who made a reasonable explanation, though Sasha thought it was bonkers. The sewage chambers under strongfort were natural caves, which are kind of connected to each other but not to the hot springs. This way, these sewage caves ran all the way down to the lava river flowing under the ravine. When heated in vacuum, the excrement degenerated, creating a flammable gas. The explosion broke the outlets of these g
Treasure hunting in endless ocean Northern Ice - Arrow in blind
Orion stood on the dias in front of all of his brethren. Prince Orion started speaking from the Dias." for thousands of years we have remained in this land . We did not run when it was cold , when there was a famine or when all the other races ostracized us. Yet today we must move. For there is a lot more at risk than our own race. The entire endless land is at risk . If we fall so will the world . "Orion finished his speech and looked for any objection to his words. There was none. " We will go south towards the tentacled monster. We need to scale its height. We have to find a way into the endless sea. This fight we cannot fight alone. We need all the help we can get . We will start with finding a way into the endless water. There will surely be a champion who can take up our cause. " Prince Orion explained. " what if no one is willing? " one of the guys asked him. “ There will be at least one. In the worst case, we would have to work with the sea dwellers. We may have to los
Treasure hunting in endless ocean Barrier - stabilization
Sasha winterchild roamed on the newly condensed ice cap atop the ravines. The ice was made with her ability, thus, compared to frozen lakes and rivers, it’s more clear. She could see the picture underneath the ice floor, full of black and red dots. All the sewage of the Strongfort is guided to the deepest point of the ravine. God knows what the warm temperature did to it, but one fine day, an explosion happened in the ravine. After that, like magic, few of the walls were lit with eternal fire. Sasha wondered what in the world happened there. Eventually, it’s mage Aberdeen who made a reasonable explanation, though Sasha thought it was bonkers. The sewage chambers under strongfort were natural caves, which are kind of connected to each other but not to the hot springs. This way, these sewage caves ran all the way down to the lava river flowing under the ravine. When heated in vacuum, the excrement degenerated, creating a flammable gas. The explosion broke the outlets of these g
Treasure hunting in endless ocean To the other side
Neil and Adele kept up a schedule of checking on the I-hole. It looked like two tornadoes fused to each other, with their wide mouths opening out into the sea. At times, just like tornados, some of the miscellaneous objects caught by the tornadoes fall into the eye. During normal times, they got expelled out of the hole just like the salt lotuses that Neil throws down the hole. This was such a periodically occurring phenomenon, Morgana and Merlin stand on watch trying to play a game of catch. Merlin is responsible for catching stuff that falls down outside the I-hole, while Morgana plays a reverse game of shooting the bubble. Instead of shooting bubbles, she shot a bubble, catching the stuff that was about to fall back inside the I-hole only to bounce back up. After a few bounces, either the object is completely destroyed, or falls somewhere on the I-hole, becoming part of its icewalls once more. However, now, all of a sudden, the bouncing stuff stopped. As Neil had taught them,
Treasure hunting in endless ocean First contact
Adele stopped the barrier shield. The next moment, she flew up at incredible speed, using all of her mana, towards the precipice. This is a gamble.Such flying uses enormous amounts of mana. So much so, it could very well leave her without the life saving ten percent. However, both her siblings would live for sure. The moment Adele’s foot landed on ice, she summoned Neil. Neil fell down with the shoes with soles shredded into pieces. Neil was in a daze even after he was saved for a while. “Aua..ahahhhhas.dahahhh….” he came to the real world with a shout. He patted his hands and feet, especially his feet which are about to get frostbite. Adele’s mana is down to the last dreg now. Morgana was hugging her scared, while Merlin’s eyes were shining like he had a revelation about the universe. “ I am not a Harrison pancake ! “ he exclaimed. Adle could not help but giggle at his silliness. “ Get me into a house “ Adele commanded, before passing out. Thankfully, Neil had the assem
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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
