Momo manipulates the control panel placed in the center of the Heroic Artifact Vault. A series of loud whirrs and clicks echoes throughout the chamber. Ten seconds later, one of the glass covers to my immediate right lifts open, revealing a plain metal fork. The object looks so bland and uninteresting that I can do…
Marie casually tells me a tale so unbelievable that my eyes nearly pop out of their sockets. Pieces of a previously unknown jigsaw puzzle fit together with such violent force that I struggle to keep up with what she’s saying. "…After sealing humanity away, the next order of business was unifying the demon collective. In…
Golden coins tinkle against the smooth, polished stone, as Hope enters the ‘El Dorado Room.’ His heavy boots knock them aside, causing the various valuables scattered about to rattle and clink to the floor, creating a cacophony of jingling noises. Hope gazes into the well-lit room. Fires burn in chalices hanging from the ceiling, lit…
I lean back in the comfortable fabric chair and watch as Marie summons a hologram in the center of the room. An image appears of a massive, six-legged machine, one resembling a spider, with a giant cannon mounted on top. The weapon of war fires a burst of explosive plasma at a nearby structure and…
How do you know Umi is an AI? I ask my mind-wife. Kar says Umi is an Oracle. Are you saying he’s wrong? Phoebe shakes her head. "Nope. Calling Umi an ‘Oracle’ is just a way of explaining her existence to demons and monsters. Demons aren’t well-versed in technology, so they won’t be able to…
Kar, Blinker, and I follow after Rebecca as she heads toward the teleportation room’s exit door. I marvel at the brown-haired android’s movements and how smooth they are. Not only do her actions seem the opposite of robotic, but she also appears more limber and flexible than anyone I’ve ever met, barring Belial. "I’ll take…
Kar and I travel through the Labyrinth, our boots clomping against the hardened dirt floors with heavy thuds. Both of us keep our nanite armor ready to activate in case of an enemy attack, but thanks to my Wordsmithing, we avoid potential ambushers by literal miles. Sitting on Kar’s shoulder is his diminutive little fairy…
My breath catches. I pause to stare as Ose pops the button on her blouse and tosses it to the side, revealing her lacy undergarments. Two seconds later, Ose unbuttons her dress pants and slips out of them, leaving her to stand in only a pair of lacey white panties and a ridiculously tight corset….
Two dozen demons rush down the corridors of the Labyrinth; panic etched onto their faces. They stumble and trip over each other as they desperately try to flee an unseen pursuer. The strongest of them, a brother and sister Demon Lord duo, keep to the rear and fling fireballs and lightning behind themselves blindly. "Keep…
Screams echo in the distant reaches of Faith’s End. Dozens of prisoners weep and cry as Gressil, the Labyrinth’s warden, stares at an illusionary mirror hovering in midair. Gressil stands in a pitch-black room, one with dozens of torture instruments littered around. A bloody table with straps at each corner sits amidst an unlit furnace,…
