Emily Harris
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“I want to join the Black Hole Church,” Jack said. The Sage’s grin reached from ear to ear. “Excellent! May I ask what made you decide?” “Your vision and story were convincing.” Jack shrugged. “Plus, you’ve already helped me a lot of times. I owe you some trust. Of course, if I ever find out you lied to me, I’m out.” “No need to worry about that. I never did,” the Sage replied, stretching out his hand. Jack shook it. “Welcome to the good side.” “It’s nice to be…-
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Back in the underwater cave, Jack and the others popped out of space and onto the bare rock. “That was something,” Jack said, laughing. “I think we made him angry.” “You didn’t need to use that second projection stone,” Shol said. “Why not? We’re already enemies. The more we can hurt them, the better.” “The point is to survive.” “The point is to cultivate the fist, and I can’t do that by being a coward.” Shol laughed. “Fair enough. I just wish we could see his face…
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Gorath Tremblin flew proudly over a marsh, flanked by two sharken deacons of lower status. They made him feel accomplished. Despite their noble standing, they answered to him, a feshkur. Suddenly, space split open ahead of them. The two sharkens came to an instant stop, while he had to fly another hundred feet in annoyance before he managed. The late D-Grades almost fell on the sharkens. Gorath’s eyes lit up. “Jack Rust!” he shouted, eyeing the tear in space, only for three people to step out of…
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Right after Jack finished the battle and crushed the projection stone, the Sage, Shol, and Dordok appeared by his side. “Let’s go!” he said. The Sage fished out his dark sphere, and they teleported right back to the underwater cave, not needing to swim down this time as he was more familiar with the place. “Amazing!” Dordok exclaimed. “That deacon stood no chance!” “Of course he didn’t,” Shol replied, filled with pride. “That’s my disciple we’re talking about! My star disciple!…
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Artus Emberheart stepped through space. When he appeared in the Hand of God starship, he was already bowing. “You failed,” Eva Solvig told him. She was not emitting her aura, but an air of purity still suffused the starship, suffocating him. Artus didn’t need to look up to know that three C-Grade captains were watching him from different points of the room. “We tried our best,” was all he could reply. “Either they’re deep into hiding, or they left the planet long ago.” “I’m inclined…
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Eva Solvig waited on her starship’s prow, gazing over the planet of Hell in its entirety. Her mood was sour. Shortly afterward, a leonine with hints of gray on his fur stepped through space to appear beside her. “Commander,” he began, “this is—” “Silence!” she interrupted him. “What went through your head, Artus? You knew we were looking for Jack Rust, but you didn’t think to inform us when he appeared on your planet?” “It was my mistake, commander,” Artus Emberheart bowed…
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“Enas descended to meet his creations in person…and that’s when everything went wrong.” Jack’s ears perked up. He had been paying attention and waiting for this exact sentence. “What happened?” he asked. “Enas met with the leaders of the Ancients and talked to them. He explained everything like a father to his long-forgotten children. But the most important thing he talked about was the Dao—a magical force that even the Ancients, who’d conquered everything the world had to offer, had…
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Before Jack’s eyes stood the most imposing force he’d ever witnessed. Two A-Grades—at least, that’s what he assumed they were—led over a hundred B-Grades into battle, and they seemed certain they would lose. Facing them were just seven figures. They were humanoid in shape but made of shiny gray metal. They had longer limbs than humans, smooth torsos, and faceless heads with only a single orb—an eye—dominating their center. They wore no clothes, and given their uniform build, they were…
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An underwater cave was not the best place to house four grown men for extended periods of time. Nevertheless, Jack and his companions were determined to make do. To Shol and Dordok, both multiple centuries old, a few months were nothing. Jack and the Sage, on the other hand, had only been Integrated for five months. For them, this was a long stretch of their System lives, so they approached it with seriousness. Jack trained diligently, both in body and spirit—as for the Sage, he just kind of hung…
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Jack shook his head as he looked around. Shol, Dordok, Sage. These were people he’d shared life and death with…but could he reveal them his deepest secret? “There is one more thing,” he finally said, “but only if you want to hear it. Let me warn you—it’s huge.” “You know what’s not huge? My patience. And you’re really testing that,” Shol replied, crossing his arms. Dordok laughed. “At this point, nothing would surprise me.” The Sage simply motioned for him to go…
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