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Chapter 12
Helen lived close to her work place, Pink Bodies.During the day, the place looked nondescript. The bulbous circles that were supposed to be blaring with pink lights, attracting the attention of those looking for someone to comfort their loneliness or take the edge off of their day-to-day stress blended in with the concrete streets. Artemvian that the building itself was a dull-pink, no doubt designed to stand out amongst the other plain-looking buildings.Artemvian stood on a corner, watching men dressed in black enter carrying boxes of liquor.â...
Chapter 89: Party (5)
World: MSS - Loading...***âI-Itâs coming!â Stole sounded both excited and nervous.I could understand why, I was excited too.Skaris trembled, barely able to contain his eagerness. âSssssha! Sssslaveborn! Let me have thisssss one!ââI could shoot it down from here.â Kyrian commented.â...â Even Aurora looked to me, as if asking for permission,Of course, I couldnât let them. The point of this wasnât just to kill the monster, but to work together.âItâs a Grade-7 monster. Why donât you guys try tackling it first? Iâll ste...
Chapter 11
Artemvian walked quickly through the metropolitan streets, eyes alert and hands ready in his pockets. Broad daylight accentuated the dirt and grime, both the physical and metaphorical stains of this city. Ignoring an one-eyed homeless man whose cardboard cutout read âHelp me buy new eyes!â, the Mage looked at the address on his phone again, double checking it with the GPS and making sure he was on the right track.His steps led him downtown, though not the south side which was the haven for the vagrants of Nero City; I.E the place where he m...
Chapter 88: Party (4)
World: MSS - Loading...***We would meet at the docks in one week.So I sat in my quarters (nothing more than one corner of the tent really) while Skaris and Kyrian slept. Ignoring the lizard beastmanâs snoring, I scribbled on the floor with a piece of soot I found. Strangely, the moment made me laugh. I had been the son of millionaires and then when my parents lost their business, I lived in a one-bedroom apartment with my dad. I used to think that was rock bottom.But no, living in this worldâs equivalent of a garbage dump was rock bottom.Sm...
Cyber Fables Archive: Chapters 5 ~ 10
Chapter 6While Riley went to the back, Brant bombarded Artemvian with questions.âSo⌠that guy you captured the other day⌠you say he was a Werewolf?ââYup. Just a mutt though.â Artemvian answered, taking another bite of his sandwich. âTwo possibilities. One is that a traveling Veritas Lycan, a True Werewolf, ended up biting someone. Since heâs a lone wolf and doesn't have a pack nor any interest in forming one, he leaves the guy behind. Voila, one kidnapping and murder once a month.ââEspecially with the lack of nature aro...
CYBERFABLES ARCHIVE
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Chapter 87: Party (3)
World: MSS - Loading...***I was going to church.Well, the Church. One of its branches anyways.It stood on top of a hill that stood behind Miltus, overlooking both the City and the Slums which stood next to it. The entire building was painted with gray-white walls and mounted with elaborate structural decorations incorporating shapes such as circles and pointed arches. It stood anywhere between three or five stories high. I saw signs that this area might once have been inhabited by trees, but those were long gone. Being separated from the rest ...
Fabled Archives (Introduction ~ Chapter 5)
New Novel: Title is Pending.IntroductionEulogy of Artemvian Moneti DelacreuDelivered by Emperor Theodus III the PiousFound in the Tomb of Maxxus BolivineMany would ask me how I knew Artemvian.I first met Artemvian when I was 6, right after I set the nursery on Fire. My father decided that if I was old enough to set things on Fire with Magic, then I was old enough to learn. It was then on that fateful day, covered in ash and soot that I greeted Artemvian Moneti Delacreu, my mentor, teacher and older brother in all but blood.To those who did not...
Chapter 86: Party (2)
World: MSS - Loading...***Stole led us to the central marketplace.âStick next to me like hair on a monsterâs ass.â She muttered then slipped into the crowd.Skaris and I followed her, bumbling like an awkward teenage boy at his first dance recital about to ask for his crushâs hand. Whever I looked, I saw traces of Stole. Turning a corner, slipping behind a particularly large orc and sometimes even blending in with the crowd by staring at a shopstall. Skaris and I followed her through this living, changing maze.The Marketplace was a livin...
Chapter 85: Party (1)
World: MSS - Loading...***Leaving the Mage Tower after speaking with Dibo left me with plenty of questions and tasks to think about.In a nutshell, Dibo had gotten information that the [Playerâs Guild] will be participating in a raid that the Church was planning. Using this raid, he was hoping that we could make contact with the [Playerâs Guild].Just two problems.First, the Church. Any organization in MSS that was dedicated to serving one of the six deities was powerful. You had to be. The only source of healing in this world were either hea...
Chapter 84: The Mage Tower
World: MSS - Loading...***âSo⌠this is the magic tower.ââYouâve never seen one before?âOut of reflex, I nodded my head. âI have seen them before.âTechnically, it wasnât a lie. I had seen them before on the computer screen. Just not in real life.The mage tower stood in the middle of a field, Kyrian and I having had to kill a few stray monsters on our way here. However, it wasnât a huge issue; I assumed that Kyrian could have made it to this place by himself if he really needed to. The Tower took care not to let the surroundin...
Chapter 83: The Colosseum (2)
World: MSS - Loading...***The burning sands that shifted beneath my feet with each step.Half-buried weapons, bones, fistful of hair that lay strewn around the field.The acidic stench of blood, piss and shit that stung my nose.People that chanted, screamed and roared meaningless, incoherent words.As I stepped out into the arena, my senses were forcibly awakened like someone had splashed cold water on me. I was alert and painfully too aware of how bright the Sun shone in the sky, almost failing to step aside in time as they carried the body out o...
Chapter 82: The Colosseum (1)
World: MSS - Loading...***One of the time old arguments on the forums.Build Design⌠AKA: Which Items to use for endgame content and most importantly, which Cores to take.In MSS, there were thousands of Cores with drop rates that made me tear my hair out after 50 hours or punch my screen after 500 hours. So it gave birth to the question: Are the Cores in a build a must? Canât they be replaced by something else?This gave birth to my theory of âNon-negotiable Coresâ, those Cores which made up the quintessence âor the identityâ of the B...
Chapter 81: Oung's Double Play
World: MSS - Loading...***The statueâs arms were rock tight (no pun intended), one wrapped around my neck in a rear naked choke. Her other hand roamed freely over my stomach and occasionally dipped below it, in places that should never be touched by anything made of stone. In any other situation, I wouldâve tried to break free.But Oungâs voice, coupled with the strength of her limbs cowed me into submission.Plain and simple, I was afraid.Since Iâve come to MSS Iâve been afraid of many things. Coming face to face with the supernatural ...
Chapter 80: Escort (4)
World: MSS - Loading...***Stole watched as Gurran, the proud lightning shielder, got blasted away from the Skeleton that exploded.Used to adventuring alone, ambushing monsters under the cover of darkness, her first instinct was to run.Even the girlâs Core makeup was centered around this fact. Having experienced Soul Sanctification twice, she had three Cores.The Core of the Six-footed White Hare, with the passive [Peaceful Encounter] ensured that no monster would recognize her as an enemy, until she did something to aggravate the monster first...
Chapter 79: Escort (3)
World: MSS - Loading...***｢ +7 EXP ｣｢ +3 EXP ｣｢ +8 EXP ｣The expedition was going smoothly. Almost too smoothly.Since I gave Stole that peptalk, she fulfilled her job as a [Pioneer] with renewed gusto. The girl took the role very seriously and we could all see that she was taking more care than before. Beads of sweat dropped from her chin whenever she swirled her head, ears listening for nearby monsters and her 6th sense, so to speak, fixed on the Boss Monster of this dungeon.If she could get the Passive Ability, [Monsterdex], sheâ...
Chapter 78: Escort (2)
World: MSS - Loading...***âYou brat, what did you say to me?â Dorothy took a step forward and the wolf behind her growled; its eyes glowering with red light. Simultaneously, Dorothyâs own cerulean eyes seemed to glow.âSo she has a Core that shares certain abilities with her Summons. Battle-oriented support summoner?â Thinking back to the throwing weapons she deployed earlier, I changed my assessment of her. âDPS oriented support; mobile enough to drag allies to safety or distract the monster.ââI called you a-â Stole didnât b...
Chapter 77: Escort (1)
]World: MSS - Loading...***A kid with a dog⌠wolf? âsome kind of canine ears sat with her legs crossed. A crossbow âcalled an Arbalestâ that was longer than she was tall lay within easy reach though I had no idea how sheâd hoist it in time. Her eyes were pitch black with amber pupils, the same color as her spiky hair which was shaved at the sides but left long at the top and back; a few strands covering her face.. Young enough to have a twinkle in her eyes but old enough to make it look sly, a lean lanky look about her. She smirked, f...
Chapter 76: Solo (?)
World: MSS - Loading...***I was so going to die.The archer with the ugly mug from before fired without warning, the twang of his bow reaching my ears at the same time I ducked my head, feeling the arrow whistle above my head.âStop!â Gurran ordered, obviously their leader. To their credit, most of the party seemed to listen, with Dorothy helping Gurran try and retain order.But sometimes, us human beings donât react well to orders. We donât have just one sense that our brain relays orders from, hearing, but a myriad of other senses. Among...
Chapter 75: Solo
World: MSS - Loading...***âTechnically speaking itâs not a dungeon. Itâs a field.ââSssso while I am getting my [Evolution], you will be hunting?ââThatâs the idea.â I replied.Currently we were walking towards the Beastman Settlement, in between Eretia and Miltus. This was the morning after having spoken to Yousef, two days after the fire. Kyrian and Skaris came up with nothing; no one was willing to tell them anything about the Slum Lord or the Black Market. It figured, neither of them had the necessary skills or background. Ky...
Chapter 74: Errands (3)
World: MSS - Loading...***The fire spread like a virus.In this place, the Slums, everything was built out of scrap metal, driftwood and unwanted. The weather in Miltus was sunny and warm with the occasional rain. A weather perfect for those who didnât have much in the way of shelter, even in the Slums the few hours of sunlight kept people warm. However, that very fact proved to be deadly.The fire spread wild, uncontrolled, devouring the dozens of huts that the orcs had built and began to spread throughout the Slums all the way towards the oth...
Chapter 73: Errands (2)
World: MSS - Loading...***When we entered the bar-like room that served as the Guildâs reception area, all the talking died out. Elves froze in the midst of raising a glass of wine to their lips and beastman around us actually let out a few growls; somewhere between appreciation, respect and wariness. Others all had the same reaction; the room beginning to fill up with whispers as Skaris and I walked past them.âIs that him? The one who was part of the Fracture Raid?ââ3-man party⌠that must be Skaris next to the human. I heard of him.â...
Chapter 72: Errands (1)
Worlds: MSS - Loading...***After everyone left, Aurora remained behind having asked Kyrian and I if the three of us could talk in private.âIf you need help selling off the loot to the guild or other merchants for a better price, Iâd be more than happy to go with you.â Kyrian offered.Aurora âwith her Auctioneerâs licenseâ had volunteered to go sell off the loot. Normally, two members would go together to make sure no one was skimming off the top. But Auroraâs personality was so proper that no one dared doubt her. âNo. That will b...
Chapter 71: Debt
World: MSS - Loading...***Lock sat in the Forge âthe dwarven word for their templeâ of Smith, the dwarven god.Contrary to what one might expect, the temple itself wasnât a heat-filled building, filled with screeching metal and screaming hammers. The building Lock was in looked like a typical church, much like what one might find on earth. Pews arranged in neat lines, the building made out of large solid brick and an empty altar save for a podium where their Head Priest would hold service every ten days.The Real Forge belonged next door.Af...
Chapter 70: Fracture - Twilight Maze (End)
World: MSS - Loading...***âDamn it!â Kyrian slammed his fist on the wall.Everyone else remained silent, dealing with the situation in their won ways.Krag sat straight across from me, looking after the wounded Dibo. Diboâs face wasnât⌠pretty. He had cuts all over his face, swollen nearly beyond recognition. Eyelids were black and blue, closed shut. His breathing was even shallower than Skarisâ own, who was supposed to be the worst out of all his us. Diboâs leather boots and mage gloves had been taken away, revealing fingertips wit...
Chapter 69: Fracture - Twilight Maze (16)
World: MSS - Loading...***We set out into the maze again, leaving the carnage behind us.âI hope everyone else got out fine.âI wondered if feeling remorse justified my actions. The truth was that I risked everyoneâs life, choosing a path that was narrower and riskier for my own selfish reasons.Emotions over logic.If I was sitting between a screen Iâd never have made this decision.âSlow down, lad.â Krag was behind me to the right. âThe wounds are not getting any worse.âKrag had just enough mana left over to heal Skarisâ legs, cl...
Chapter 68: Fracture - Twilight Maze (15)
World: MSS - Loading...***There are roughly 4 types of monsters.Regular monsters are the typical mobs, swarming the field and are commonplace throughout the world. Though some argue that we should have a separate category for those that appear only in select dungeons, I personally think most monsters belong here.Boss-class monsters. Regardless of Grade, these always had strength that defied all reason, usually stronger or bigger than their counterparts.Then the Variants. Imagine the [Ujo], one of the infamous keyboard breakers, who already had ...
Chapter 67: Fracture - Twilight Maze (14)
World: MSS - Loading...***[Inuho-oh], a Grade-6 monster resembling a Terror Bird wearing the skin of a chicken.There had been no benefit to actively looking for it until now. It was bad-tempered and powerful; considering the fact that none of its abilities were a good match for us âeven if it dropped a Core, a big ifâ I was more than content to let it be. Simply put, the payoff hadnât been worth the potential trouble.But now I wanted to risk it. This party was more than powerful enough to raid a Grade-6 monster.âReady?â I asked.We had...
Chapter 66: Fracture - Twilight Maze (13)
World: MSS - Loading...***âMr. Lock. W-Was that, was that what I think it was?â Aurora hissed, waking the others. Then she scrambled to her feet, green eyes wide with disbelief.I stared at my katana which had been surrounded by a black and gray hue moments before, equally as shocked.That wasâŚThat was [Aura] wasnât it?There were two requirements to unlocking Aura. One was the level and stat requirements which âas long as you didnât play a Mageâ reached pretty easily. Mages were naturally locked out of their racial traits.The second...
Chapter 65: Fracture - Twilight Maze (12)
World: MSS - Loading...***Kyrian was the first to strike, summoning a pair of [Lightning Strike] to stun the one-horned Ice Dokkaebis.I veered off from the one I had been attacking, aiding Skaris.Skaris whirled his spear like a martial artist from a action movie film and then stabbed forward in what looked like a single motion but in actuality were multiple thrusts.âDamn, when did he pick up that Skill.â｢ Skaris Deepeater uses [Double Thrust] ｣｢ Skaris Deepeater uses [Double Thrust] ｣Skaris must have realized it himself that he was ...
