Mary Jones
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Defying the heavens, violating balance, and the concept of infinite perfection. It was claimed that the heavens, infinite in their wisdom, created harmony. Harmony between all, above and beyond one, several, many and all. What was an individual to a society? What was a society to a civilization? What was a civilization to the myriad species of the realms above and below? What was life to all that was unliving? And finally, what could all that was, matter to all that wasn’t? Defying the heavens…-
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The average strength of someone on a step on the path wasn’t a particularly valuable statistic. It could be compared to the average number of testicles people had. Yes, statistically speaking, people had one testicle on average. In reality, and in the overwhelming majority of cases, it was either none or two. That was kind of how the average strength of a step worked. True, if one took all of the people on a step, measured their physical strength, and found the mean, one would know the answer. It was…
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A demon slithered around the surface, sniffing out any potential prey. Its wriggly tentacles squirmed and grasped branches of obsidian, and it pulled itself through the shadowy forest of black. “Yo, dude, watch this!” Something spoke. It turned around, spotting the tiny, pink-haired child, a creature that smelled of wonderfully tasty flesh. However, the demon paused as it felt the unusual object in the small being’s hands. It swung the object and– *** “Huh…? Where did it go?” Neave…
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Neave appeared back before the glass shrub and sighed. He had fed the children and left them with a stick to fight off the animals of the night. He had played up the theatrics, but honestly speaking, not even he could really treat that weapon so carelessly. He had to play up the performance for their sake, though. Accidentally dying from misusing that thing was a genuine threat, but hey! His father was highly experienced. There was no way he would accidentally kill everyone… Right? Well, whatever, it…
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Neave sat in the middle of the room, eyeing his allies. They had just explained what they had been doing, and he couldn’t believe it. It was nonsense. “You… You have been fucking Marven looked up, “Neave, that isn’t…” “Shut the fuck up, geezer, let me speak. I respect that you at least tried building a wall, but…” Neave turned to Dukean, “Dude, you have an earth manipulation spirit power. Why don’t you just use it to clean the cave up?” Dukean didn’t look offended in any…
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Marven stared at the cave opening, gripping the brittle branch, unsure whether it would even serve him as a weapon. However, the qi of a platinum path cultivator was not to be underestimated. Marven could pull every last bit of potential out of this branch. Judging by Neave’s description of the demons, this shouldn’t be too difficult for Marven to handle. Yet, he found himself sweating anyway. His spirit powers had been removed by Neave. Granted, they weren’t the best spirit powers in the realm,…
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Within a shimmering, nigh-impenetrable barrier, the Great God sat in his mortal disguise, biting his nails. His eyes were bloodshot, and his leg was bouncing in place. “How!?” Astrador had sacrificed both his arms to restrict access to this realm, yet that brat was here anyway, dragging several people in before a day had passed and staying inside longer than he should be allowed to. So how? Astrador turned, glancing down the mouth of the cave behind him. He could hear faint whispers and echoes.…
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Marven and Dukean stared, frozen, at the absurd sight in front of them. Hunter groaned and whimpered, kicking himself away from Harel, who still gripped the bloody branch. Once Marven regained himself, he rushed forward, ensuring he stayed silent lest he said something he would regret. Harel dropped the sharp branch and stepped back, hyperventilating and profusely apologizing, “I’m… I’m so sorry. I didn’t mean to do it. I’m… I’m sorry, Hunter. Oh heavens, I’m so sorry.” Marven…
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How could he have been so inconsiderate? Neave was frustrated and ashamed of himself for his lack of awareness. Of course, some mortal weaknesses were a thing of the past for him, but for his allies, they were a thing of the present. Of course. How silly of him. His allies had come all the way to this nightmare realm. They had been allowed into his world. Nay, they had Of course! It was only correct he showed them the utmost hospitality and welcome. Neave had, with great effort and much help…
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The moon above the realm hung silent, continuing its eternal orbit unabated. In the darkest, deepest, coldest corner of this celestial body, three archdemons sat in a circle. The Shadow of Death sharply inhaled. The other two instantly perked up. Such a violent reaction from the one named the Silent One was catastrophic. The Shadow of Destruction spoke in a cheap imitation of a man’s voice and asked, “What happened?” The Shadow of Death responded in a distressed whisper, “Impossible.…
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