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Alchimia Rex (133)

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[133] [Leadership](various)

“He fights like a coward!”

Viscount Gabriel Darkton watched the head of the Norward househo...

Gamma Protocol (005)

[005n]

The text hovered in my field of view, a pop-up that wouldn’t go away.

W͕ha͠t ̷̄is̠ͥ s͖̙tr̺͗en͗͒gt͌h?͋

The first time it popped up I’d dismissed it out of hand, but when it came back, it did so with a vengeance. The popup twitched and deformed, screeching up at my eyes and into my brain. The question might have been posed as three simple words, but it felt as if something was trying to claw its way through my s...

Alchimia Rex (132)

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[132] [Bloody nose]

After Eva and Sheel handled the dead, Rick was given a rather unnerving piece of news: some of the militia ha...

Gamma Protocol (004)

[004n]

“Seems they’ve done some renovations since I was last here. Can’t say I disapprove.” Moreau turned to look at me as we stepped out of the cargo-sized elevator. “Welcome to laboratory number three.”

To access it, we had to get off the AV in an entry-bay thirty stories up, then take an elevator down to a loading dock, and from there take another elevator straight into the underground.

Lab number three was a massive, white, open room at least a hundred meters across and twice that in lengt...

Alchimia Rex (131)

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[131] [First Strike]

Throughout the two days that followed the “little demonstration,” the Darktons had been sending small, pr...

Gamma Protocol (003)

[003n]

I stood there, eyes wide. I just… stared. I’d just gotten whiplash trying to process everything. It was like speedrunning my childhood, moving from the confusion to the anger to the grief to the acceptance. She’d done nothing, she’d been responsible for nothing. The monster had been the one to attack the city. And it’d been Aqua who’d destroyed it.

Moreau looked older than her pictures, much older.

That was the first thing to cross my mind as I tried to think things through.

In th...

Gamma Protocol (002)

[002n]

The manual on exemplary behaviour for academy students had three very important things to say about my current situation. First, when working for an employer, one had to give their full attention to the task at hand. Second, it stressed that bothering managers to ask for permissions for things such as time off were to be avoided wherever possible. Third, a student had to perform their duties to the best of their ability, particularly if it involved people further up the NexCorp corporate hierarchy.

In ef...

Gamma Protocol (001)

[001n]

Twelve years later.

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In the illustrious and often questionable pantheon of human innovation, one particular invention stood as a testament to our collective masochism: the alarm clock. In my brief - if eternal - 18 years of life, I had come to recognize the alarm clock not merely as a tool for punctuality, but as a device conceived and perfected by demons that came from the deepest pits of spite. And now, in the spring of 2252, I was to suffer through the late...

Gamma Protocol (000)

[000n] (Pilot)

Marcus’ breath echoed in his ears over the thundering whirl of the minigun. His helmet was tight against his jaw, internal fans whirred to keep his visor from fogging up, worn Nano-Grip™ gloves clutching the steering wheel. His neuralink chirped again, requesting him to jack into the car’s interface to control it through his mind. Unfortunately, the jack had broken five years ago, and Marcus liked it that way.

There were too many numbers and variables. He preferred the intuitive touch of hi...

Alchimia Rex (130) (Volume START)

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[130] [Gloves Off]

If there was one thing Rick hadn’t expected about this whole “being a noble in times of war” business, i...

Gamma Protocol

Took me WAY too long to make. AI image-generation has come so freaking far ahead I'm frankly having trouble keeping up with all the tech. Greatly recommend installing some local generator if you have the time... and patience.

I would've preferred commissioning an artist, but the wallet's tight, so that'll have to wait for the time being.

Anyway, enjoy the cover!

The first chapters should start coming out for Gold-Tier next week, not 100% sure on chapters-per-week pacing since the first block of them have been made and re-ma...

Alchimia Rex (129) (Volume END)

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[129] [Fire]

Monica was happirritated.

Rick stared at the feline as she walked, chest puffed out, shoulders straight, head ...

Gamma Protocol (Pilot/Test)

Marcus’ breath echoed in his ears over the thundering whirl of the minigun. His helmet was tight against his jaw, internal fans whirred to keep his visor from fogging up, worn Nano-Grip™ gloves clutching the steering wheel. An archaic choice, as nowadays everything was done through the neural interface, but Marcus had never felt comfortable jacking into a vehicle. There were too many numbers and variables. He preferred the intuitive touch of his fingers, feeling how he had to fight against the uneven terrain as well as the minigun’s re...

Alchimia Rex (128)

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[128] [Open Ended (Tomas Hew)]

“Oh, it’s you.”

Tomas froze in recognition of the voice that’d called out to him, sp...

Alchimia Rex (127)

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[127] [House Visit]

“This stinks.” Urtha pinched her nose as they walked around the area. “Smells like that time everyone c...

Alchimia Rex (126)

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[126] [Reunions (various)]

Barry Dodson had gone through many life-defining experiences since reaching this world. First crash-la...

Aetherfall (80) (Final?)

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[080] (special)

Khalid sat, coiled, at the border of his gardens, staring at the God that cradled the unconscious human. The deity had taken the form of a human girl, small in stature and falsely presenting a young face darkened in shadows. Those very shadows had spread out throughout the garden like dark r...

Aetherfall (79)

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[079]

Sometimes, figuring out the solution was the hard step. Like solving a puzzle where, once you have the answer, all you need is to move around the pieces and get everything perfectly aligned. Liam had known going in t...

Aetherfall (78)

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[078] (special)

Khalid al-Ashtar was furious.

A mage’s library would be one particular source of pride, containing texts from hundreds or thousands of different sources as well as many of their own making. A libra...

Alchimia Rex (125)

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[125] [Goals (various)]

Upon the western edge of the tiny kingdom, at the very border of the southeastern corner of the continent, t...

Aetherfall (77)

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[077]

Problem: Khalid had made a golem out of wood and metal mana, his first seventh-circle mage-spell, and a nasty piece of work, if Liam said so himself.

Even if Khalid had yet to fully test and comprehend the de...

Aetherfall (76)

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[076]

“What is the theoretical spell-knot with the biggest singular conjunction of crossover points?” Khalid asked as he took a long sip from a cup of caffeine.

The question was an easy one. When casting a knot...

Aetherfall (75)

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[075]

“You’re nervous.” Maridah’s voice needled into Liam’s ear like a tiny hair trying to tickle inside his brain.

“I’m impatient.” He replied, fingers tracing lightning upon the surface of the blac...

Alchimia Rex (124)

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[124] [Drafts]

After the… incident involving Kiara, something had shifted in the city of Sinco. One would’ve thought that the o...

Aetherfall (74)

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[074] (special)

Khalid al-Ashtar glanced at the piece of parchment. The mage would’ve been hesitant to take the message seriously if not for how exquisite the penmanship was. Whoever had written those handful of words in...

Aetherfall (73)

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[073] (special)

There were two mage-towers in Al-Sarilica, one placed north, and another south. The two towers were the only remaining pieces out of an initial set of twelve. At least that was what the priests spoke of when...

Aetherfall (72)

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[072]

“It’s kind of frustrating how the main determining factor on whether we’re allowed to meet Khalid is not Khalid himself.” Liam slumped on the wooden stool, staring at his bowl of stew and grumbling inwardly. ...

Status check

Pick your team! 

Alchimia Rex (123)[🍋🍋]

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AN: Kiara special chapter!

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[123] [Power (Kiara)][🍋🍋]

With a full-bodied groan, Kiara slumped into the pile of cloth th...

Aetherfall (71)

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[071]

The game of bone-rattlers was a simple one that involved every participant being in possession of four dice. Every round, one person would be the “dealer”, and they would roll their dice. Meanwhile, every other pl...