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2023-03-11 23:30:58“Umm, I -umm. Well you see sir.. I did place her in the tiers on my ship.. she actually beat a master gunnery sergeant of the marines, so technically she does have that standing.”
“Oh, shut up you.” snarled the admiral.
Glaucus stewed for a few minutes. Finally, he looked up, “Staff Sergeant Millons, you know the records. Its been well over ten years since I challenged for my seat. What does the ‘code’ you all are so intent on upholding actually say about the challenge?”
Millons apparently was prepared and pulled a small book from his jacket pocket. After reading a few passages he looked up as read aloud, “The first of three challenges is often to retrieve something of value. The only stipulation is that the actual recovery must be undertaken alone. A crew can only come within a nautical mile of the site, be it a fort or island.”
Anything else?” Glaucus asked.
“A second task mu
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Valkyrie Black Chapter 69: Isle of Whispers
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Valkyrie Black Chapter 70: Ancient Enemies , New Allies
The cave grew still and quiet for a moment before the spectre began chanting again.“Free us! Free the ancestors. Free us, silverblood!”“Why should I free you?” Val asked, not sure why she was engaging with the delusions she was hearing.There was quiet once more, as if the voice deliberated.“The silver speaks. Answers the call! Of the line of Azrael she is… Hope! Not of the tainted and twisted!”As they spoke, the broken dialect became more clear. It was almost sing song as the voices drifted on a fantom breeze in the cave where no wind should be.“The Princes. They come. If united they stand, all will fall. Gates be opened, powers unleashed. Only the silver-eyed one stands opposed.”“Princes?” Valkyrie racked her mind to remember what she knew of the scath hierarchy. Both Desmond and Lilith had mentioned them. It was from them that the other scath spawn. Lilith had
Valkyrie Black Chapter 71: Reaper's Return
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Valkyrie Black Chapter 72: War Games
Black tendrils shot up the silver chain and wrapped around Val’s arm. Val felt dark, evil thoughts press into her mind as a malevolent presence assaulted her consciousness, fighting for control.[RESIST!!!] came Lilith’s internal scream. [ WE are stronger. We are many!]Val felt Lilith throwing up mental wards, the spark coming to life as it had never before.Val’s body writhed in pain as the tendrils of obsidian darkness burned her skin. She was vaguely aware of the water Scath thrashing in the pool as it tried to escape and men running towards her, but her mind was consumed with the internal battle.Suddenly she found her consciousness thrust into the meadow of her subconscious as blackness began to blot out the stars above.Lilith stood beside her, sword in hand.“You are about to face the darkest fight you have yet endured. Prepare to unleash every crystal you have, girl.” Lilith said.“What is
Valkyrie Black Chapter 73: Soul Cairn
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Valkyrie Black Chapter 74: Arming the Soul Cairn
Val stood very still, looking hard at the man, “Rank and job, sailor?”“Names Tim, ma’am. I be the gunner master of the Marauders Corsair. Being short has its advantages. Me and mine can cram three more guns where others wouldn’t dream of fitt’n.”“Master Tim, What would it take to convince you of my victory?”Gunnery master Tim looked back at her seriously for a moment before busting out in laughter, “You had me going there, Lass. Short of commanding the sea herself, I doubt there is much you could do. It’s the Black Fleet, Lass. Nothing going to get through to that fort.”Val considered her options. Here, now, she had to win the minds of at least some of these men. She signaled the barkeep and a drink was set before her shortly. when she went to grab for it, a small puddle on the counter caught her attention.{Think the lesser can put on a show?}[Only know if you ask]
Valkyrie Black Chapter 75: Calling the Thunder
Valkyrie managed to get some sleep that night, the feeling of hope buoying her spirits. She had a plan and now it was a matter of seeing it done. The next morning, she woke knowing that today would be a deciding factor in her success or failure. She found breakfast at a small bakery near the Admiral’s mansion near the center of the Luna Marra’s main platform. Afterward, it took some time to find Gunner and Tim, but they were both near her new ship talking in hushed tones. Val walked up behind them and asked, “Gentlemen. Anything to report?” Both men jumped but inclined their heads in greeting, “Lady Reaper. We were just discussing the state of this… ah… ship.” “And?” “Well miss, to be honest… it is going to take everything the shipwrights have to make her sea worthy. You really have screen doors for a haul. Water will pour in the second she is lowered into the water.” “I though it was sea worthy!” Val said in a panic. “Worth of the sea floor maybe… sure those are some nice new s
Valkyrie Black Chapter 76: Sea Games
The next morning began with a flurry of activity. Before the sun had even risen, crew members were rushing around setting final preparations into motion. Val make it to the pier just as the sun began to peak over the horizon. Tarra had opted to remain with captain Talwater’s crew. It seemed the safest place for her being the luna Marra was filled with men intent on Valkyrie’s life.Tarra would easily become a point of leverage. With Talwater atleast she was a known factor. Val also got the sense that Gunner at set several of his marines to guard the girl. She wondered at that for a while but decided to let it go for now.The Luna Marra dipped low, dropping slowly from the sky until it hovered only fifty feet from the ocean. Gale force winds blew towards the ship and upward, maintaining its elevation. When the Luna marra was close enough to the water below, two huge crane arms were pushed out over the open expanse and her new ship, the Soul Cairn was l
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Dear Readers, This has been one wild adventure and I am blessed to have been able to share it with you. This tale has now come to a conclusion and my contract for this book has run its 6-month course. It has been a long road, and so far its been a great experience. Valkyrie Black has some amazing readers but as we come to the end of this season, it will take a lot for my editor to be ready to sign an extension contract. While Valkyrie has a 10 star rating and amazing reviews, it just isnt where it needs to be right now as far as views. other books released in the same contest managed to get 3-5x as many views and subscribers. Sadly that means that for now, it just isnt resonating with the meganovel audience or, remains undiscovered. Hopefully, we will see Valkyrie again in the future but kinda like Tinkerbell, the readers will have to clap really loud to get my editor's attention to authorize a new season of this online exclusive novel. How to get an editor's attenti
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Chapter 159: Sea and Sky
The next day:Cade stood before the Watch Commander, Captain Argus, and Centurion Horen.“Final count is 158 men still fit for duty, 280 dead and 62 seriously injured. Most of the able bodies were among those that were holding the wall with crossbows. Those on the field rarely survived if they fell. Seven of the twelve knights are dead. I am sorry Captain Argus.”“They were good men, and died serving Suria in the greatest battle of their day.” Argus said, head bowed in grief.“What of our heroine and her friend?” the watch commander asked.“Healer Guerrero is still examining them. They, along with the twenty men that were in quads are still in strange shape. It seems that Captain Argus and I were more correctly disengaged from the quad mind, where Valkyrie and Alexa were not released from that. They remain in sword form.”“And that scath prince and the fire woman? What of them?” Cap
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Chapter 158: The Battle of Uthril
Fire erupted across the field as two spectra ingus sent balls of flaming death at a company of one hundred rune blade warriors. They were not part of a quad, but had the courage to charge the enemy as a team. The fireballs exploded in their midst, vaporizing five to eight men near the center and badly injuring those around them. Val pointed to the spectra scath and ordered a team of crossbowmen to fire. A hail of fifty deadly bolts shot out across the field. The fire scath threw up a wall of heat that deflected many of the bolts as their feathers melted off and their flight path went crazy. Thankfully, several still managed to find their target and the two fire scath were reduced to streamers of dark ichor. {Losses?} [50 silverbloods dead, 75 wounded. 375 still fighting fit.] came the robotic reply. Shit. This was just getting started and they were already down over 1/5th of their force. While the men were fighting admirably, each taking many scath with them before they died,
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Chapter 157: Quad Defense
[System analysis complete.][Triskele defense system.][ Down-loading defense matric][ Defensive system available]The schematics began to flood Valkyrie’s mind and she began to grasp what was to happen.A commanding elite spark was to station themselves here on the tower. Warrior Sparks would take up position on the twelve pedestals below. Then average silverblood warriors could position themselves in teams of three around each knight.The Triskele was a hive mind and created a quad squad, one primary warrior with three swords. The central warriors spark would then take command of the entire unit, moving them in such tandem that it was beyond human understanding.They would no longer be individual soldiers and would have no will of their own. In that state, every fiber of being would belong to the quad. No self interest would exist or sense of self preservation. It would simply exist fulfil one directive, defend the fort as a
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Chapter 156: Triskele
Valkyrie knew very little of the politics of Suria. She had dealt with the soldiers at fort Lorilis and her position as a Spark blessed as well as a student of Morgessa had given her some level of privilege or notoriety but she had never been in the chain of command, answering only to Morgessa and Desmond as mentors.Now, she had chosen to be bold and play on the myths and legends as she knew them. The Elite spark were renowned and the power of ones spark dictated a lot about a persons position in Surian society.However, She was not part of that hierarchy, at least not in the past few hundred years.Repeating what she had said before, she replied “I am General Valkyrie, Avatar of Azrael, First Spark of the Ori. You WILL arm your men and assemble the knights of this fortress. You have fifteen minutes to address the garrison and prepare for battle.”“Or what? Valkyrie General of the Ori? Girl, you are invoking the gods and your blasphemy
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Chapter 155: Prepare
Cade turned to follow his centurion and Alexa up the stairs when he suddenly froze. It was just him and Valkyrie in the room. Well, Al-Lune snored his way through a log on the cot but otherwise they were alone.“You said Alexa was now Spark blessed… you called her Shadow slayer, or hunter… How? Who did you kill to take an elite spark from? Val, if you did kill those hunters and stole their spark,” he paused, trying to collect his thoughts, “I will kill you myself if you put her in danger like that. A stolen spark with a death sentence and she will be hunted the rest of her day’s till the council sees justice. Theft of a spark is one crime they will not tolerate at any level.”“How big is the bounty?” Val asked casually.“The bounty is sizable but Val, there is a whole order of hunter sparks that see it as a religious duty to hunt such traitors. The official sanction is all they need to pursue their in
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Chapter 154: Jailed
“What? No! raise the alarm! The scath will be here any time!” Val yelled. “We saw no scath! You were standing there, and now the Commander has been shot! Healers! To the commanders! Guards, take these two to the brig until we can arrange transport back to Suria for trial.” Al Lune ordered. Val was seized by two large men and she watched as Alexa was also grabbed, “No! Lune! At Least sent out scouts! Go find the bodies of Carlson and his buddy!” “Yes, Yes. We will need the bodies of the other men these two have killed. Go send someone to collect the evidence of their treason against Suria.” “Bloody fuckin hell you are dense. Sound general quarters! There is a huge army of scath heading this way!” Val screamed as she was hauled into the fortress. While she might be able to fight one or two, where would she escape to? By now, scath would be blocking the mountain passage, and the only other way to go is through the fort to Suria! The soldiers around her looked worried and glanced over
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Chapter 153: Commander Grant
A gunshot range out as the men got within shouting distance, the horse on the right going down hard in a heap. Its rider lept free and started running towards them.“Fuck that was impressive.” Val said as she swung down off her horse and drew her rune blade. “Possessor Scath. I see four.”The approaching man on horse back looked hard at them but nodded as they stepped aside and let him ride on. His companion rushed up to them on foot.“For Suria, will you help me hold them off? Carlson must get through and warn the watch commander!”“We will! We came to warn the commander too!” Alexa declared.Another gunshot sounded and Val spun to see the rider named Carlson slump off his horse and crash to the ground.“FUCK! For Suria!” The other man said as he drew his own rune blade and took position near Valkyrie.The four possessed mercenaries crashed into them with a ferocity Val had only seen in her worst thrasher fights. Thankfully with a skilled hunter and Alexa by her side, the three on fo
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Chapter 152: Fire
“That or the scath that created that vortex killed everyone off.” Valkyrie replied somberly.There didn’t seem to be scath around but they had been in the previous town. Maybe they were massing somewhere nearby.“Its dark, and this trunk is heavy. Lets go to the inn and then we can see about getting a different pack, maybe some hiking packs and ship the rest of this back to Durres.” Alexa suggested.They made their way to the inn and lugged the trunk up the steps of the one building in town that had any light sources. As they pushed the door up, an innkeeper came around the counter to greet them.“Ah, I didn’t expect anyone this evening. You from Vintas?” the innkeeper asked, then his eyes went wide, “You two ok? You look like you were run over by a herd of horses!”“Accident on the way here. Got caught in a tornado. As for where we are from, Durres,” Valkyrie replied.“Impressive you made it this far. Come on in. lets get you taken care of. KATE!” The innkeep called to a teen age gir
