After Hope and Amelia make up, the two of them enjoy a raucous night of love-making, complete with giggling, moaning, and all sorts of lewd noises. The next morning, Hope wakes up feeling a lot better than he has for the past two weeks. Thanks to Amelia’s suggestions, a firmer thought begins to take root…
Two months pass. Inside the Hall of Heroes, Hope continues the task assigned to him by King Solomon. Each day, he picks one of the artifacts at random and experiments with the soul inside, trying to see what sort of effects the Hero contained within can unleash. As half a day passes in the outside…
Some time earlier, in a part of the Milky Way Galaxy hidden from the gods themselves… The Hall of Heroes. Hope Hiro’s greatest construction hovers inside a void of brilliant luminosity: A golden palace of incredible size, capable of comfortably housing the thousand artifacts he seized from the Volgrim. The Hall of Heroes resides within…
The meeting continues. Auger’s words cause many demons to raise their eyebrows. "You think we should unite under a new leader?" Serena asks. "I agree. Emperor Gorn will make for a fine candidate." Auger chuckles blandly, sounding unamused by her suggestion. "Emperor Gorn did not even attend this meeting, despite my invitation." "My husband is…
A day after the events that resulted in Mephisto’s defeat, on the world of Numaria, where the Hell of Punishment resides… A host of high-ranking demons wander about in a luxurious treetop building constructed in Numaria’s vast jungles. Their attitudes mild, and their thoughts unfocused, they chat with one another leisurely. Notably, not a single…
From the depths of the Labyrinth, a small force of human soldiers run with purpose toward the Labyrinth Core. Four medics and twelve soldiers move in tandem, flanking a pair of badly burned and injured bodies on stretchers. So poor are their conditions that any teleportation effects might end their lives on the spot. Benjamin…
Blinker paces back and forth nervously. She wrings her hands together as if trying to squeeze every last drop of water out of a washcloth. Not far away, Phoebe Hiro sits in front of a desk and computer terminal, calmly typing on a keyboard while she performs her daily routines. She mostly ignores Blinker’s frantic…
Beaten and battered, what remains of the Mephisto Assassination Force metaphorically limps back to their base inside the Labyrinth Core. Blinker teleports everyone home, but they don’t return to roaring applause or an excited welcome. Instead, when they arrive, the mood inside the Core is one of dull frustration and a distinct lack of satisfaction….
In the wake of Mephisto’s self-destruction, a field of carnage lays out in the open for all to see. Beelzebub tries to help the others pick themselves up, but ultimately, not many of humanity’s allies remain alive at the end of the battle. In fact, all of the humans have died, their broken, shattered bodies…
Blinker and Emperor Lupus battle one another in the skies while their fellow warriors tangle on the battlefield below. Lupus zips around via thin threads of shadow attached to the ceiling, while Blinker naturally levitates with her fairy magic. Blinker goes all-out to try and kill Lupus quickly, but what she finds is that despite…
