Ibuka exhaled his frustrations, but remained poised. Calm, amidst the storm in his mind. “The implication of this anomaly is not lost on me. And I understand that retaliation is paramount.. but mustn't allow rage to decay our integrity.” He signed. “I find it.. disturbing how willing we are to send ...

A Joro soldier adorned in a commander's armor stepped forward and immediately bowed his head. “Von Regent Ibuka, I fear my report is most unwelcome,” he continued, lifting his head and holding his fist across his chest. “Commander Delion has failed to return from his expedition to Edo. He is ...

In the months following the failed Qiyoto campaign, a stillness fell over the Bhalian Empire that no decree could dispel.

Within the Obsidian Assembly Hall—where once the voice of Akundae alone dictated the will of an empire—there now gathered those who had never before theorized convening without ...

Jack was practically frothing at the mouth after locating where Hitomi had disappeared to.

But up until, he'd been growing.. agitated with how this battle had progressed.

That technique of hers — this Jouto, made her maddeningly elusive. Space folded. Angles lied. Distance became suggestion. But ...

Jack barked a laugh — sharp, incredulous, almost delighted.

“Ha! You're serious aren't ya?!”

Frost spiraled tighter around his limbs as his grin widened, teeth flashing pale blue in the cold. The air around him whined and shrieked as the temperature plummeted another thirty degrees, then another ...

Jack unleashed his barrage like an artist painting frescoes across the heavens, humming absently as if his hands weren’t sculpting a new ice age. The entire street glazed over in an instant, the air turning sharp and silver. Hundreds of thousands of cobalt bolts roared from his palms in elegant ...

The Crimson Cloud trembled .

It started with a low, drawn hum that slithered through the hull plating like an illness. Then came the distortion: a sickening bend in the light across the bridge, followed by the flicker of every protective rune inscribed along the walls.

Panels ruptured along the ...

The command bridge of the Crimson Cloud pulsed with restrained energy—an orchestra of low hums, glowing runes, and the steady thrum of the ship’s anti-gravity cores. Every console shimmered with light from a thousand data streams, each one relaying the chaos below: the human capital of Qiyoto ...

[Far Above the Clouds]

The skies over Qiyoto shimmered in quiet splendor—tiered spires piercing the morning mist, banners of the Yaarou crest fluttering over terraced walls of crimson marble and enchanted stone. The city had woken early; bells from the eastern quarter tolled through the haze ...

Delion did not return her salute. Not immediately. He simply studied her—scales still aglow with residual power, posture firm despite fatigue. She was many things, but blind was not one of them. He had to move carefully.

“Your presence honors this chamber, Captain. Your contributions in Helidor ...