2026-07-24 01:53:38
Previous Chapter
Latest Chapter
Chapter Twenty Eight: What We Are
Jett got to his feet slowly, testing each part of himself as it came online. His chest felt wrong, a deep structural wrongness where the blade had gone in, but when he pressed his hand against it there was no wound. Not even a scar, but he still felt it mentally.“Heron?” He checked for the system, having seen her as an humanoid entity, she carried more weight to him now.“*We just talked a few minutes ago, can't you go a full hour without pestering me?*” She replied.Jett smiled and didn't say a word. He sat down and sat by the fire.Red held out a stick without asking. A rough cut piece of meat was skewered on the end, blackened at the edges from the fire."Rat?" Jett asked."Big one," Red said. "Was already dead when I found it. I think something else killed it first." He glanced toward the dark beyond the fire where a large shape was just visible on the ground. "I was not going to waste it."Jett took the stick and ate. It tasted like bland but his body received it gratefully.The
Chapter Twenty Seven: Limbo
Jett opened his eyes and he was in an empty void. The void had no walls but it felt enclosed. It had no light source but everything in it was visible. It had no floor but he was standing on something. It moved and stayed still simultaneously, shifting at the edges like something breathing, but the center of it, where he stood, was perfectly motionless.Jett looked at his hands. They were there. He didn't know why that surprised him.A girl was sitting in front of him.Black hair, straight and simply kept. A slim frame. A long white dress that touched the non-floor beneath her and spread slightly, the hem dissolving at the edges into the shimmering of the void itself. She was looking at him with a patient expression."You are dead," she said.Jett looked around at the void. "Again," he said."Again," she agreed."Where am I?""Limbo." She said it simply. The same word the screen had shown him the first time, in what felt like another life, which he supposed it was.He sat down across
Chapter Twenty Six: That Level Again
Zach crouched in front of him with a smile on his face. He had a small dagger dangling from his belt and Jett could see an almost maniacal demeanor to his facial expression."You know," he said, "when Monica pulled that trigger I watched your head explode. I watched it. And then somehow you show up here, alive, walking around like nothing happened." He tilted his head. "That is not human, Jett.”He stood and looked at the masked figures around him. "This is Jettai Ghalkan. He was a talentless floor worker. No class, no rank, no ability. Monica, my ex, shot him in the head at close range and he died on our bedroom floor." He looked back down at Jett. "And yet.""Zach." Jett's voice came out lower than he intended. "You are making a mistake.""Am I?" Zach crouched again. "You show up at the school of talents as an Artificer. You take down five upperclassmen on your third day. You survived the wasteland, and now you are on your way as the leader of a crew." He smiled. "I just want to kno
Chapter Twenty Five: Old Debt
The mountain pass spat them out on the other side into a different world entirely.The ruins here had been reconstructed, shaped into a functional city, but the bones of the ancient civilization still remained. They climbed the hill directly ahead and from its crest the school was visible in the distance, its towers catching the last of the afternoon light."We can make it before dark," Red said.Jett nodded and they moved forward. They walked for several hours, following the obvious terrain. However, they soon realized that the school was farther than they thought. The light was gone by the time they reached a supply point on the lower road, a wide sealed caravan, panel glowing blue, large enough to hold all of them if nobody was particular about personal space. They bought what they could afford between them and filed inside.The dead were laid along the far wall with whatever care the space allowed. Five of them. Nobody said anything about it directly. They just made sure there w
Chapter Twenty Four: Tale of Revolt II
The two students managed to break into the last cage before the Men of Iron arrived. There were two of them from the patrol unit and they were surprised to find a dozen students charging at them when they arrived.It didn't take much time for the children to hack them into pieces. Jett had his mouth open in awe at the sheer ferocity. It seemed they realized it was a do or die affair, so they fought with a different will. When they were done. The two that Jett had given weapons turned to him expecting orders from him. He realized at that moment he was the leader of the group. He looked at the two. “You guys, take three people from your team and take the eastern section, kill anything that is metallic and check if anything is going on in that shed.”They did as he said without questions. "Follow me," he said quietly to the rest. "Stay close and stay quiet until I tell you otherwise."He led them to the enclosure on the southern section, moving quickly because he was on a time schedule
Chapter Twenty Three: Tale of Revolt I
They waited for three hours before the sign of anyone. Anoma and Jett were awfully quiet but Red and Gracia seemed to have a lot to talk about. They sat in the dust outside the supply caravan, Anoma with Cavalry across his knees, Gracia reading something she'd pulled from her pack and Red joining in and describing stuff. Jett watched the ruins and said nothing.Then the first group came stumbling through the eastern gap yelling in panic. Jett’s first thought was that they were being chased by those filthy rats or the wolves. So they rushed out to meet them, ready to fight mindless beasts.There were nine of them, and two of them were wounded limping off the shoulders of others and frantically trying to match the speed of the others. Their leader was a tall girl with a split lip and maniacal eyes."Men of Iron," she said before anyone asked. "They are coming for us." She looked back at the gap they'd come through. "They were right behind us."“Hey, calm down. Speak to me! Men of Iron
You may also like
LEAD System: Andrew on Top!
GreaterGlory27.8K viewsI Became A Vampire Demon
Zenick43.1K viewsEasySync System: Amazing Wealth
Baby Bunny28.2K viewsThe septillionaire's superstar system
Liam Michael25.1K viewsA THRIFT SYSTEM
BTUNDE374 viewsThe Super Rich System
Ardy-sensei161 viewsThe Daily Sign-in Rewards System
Aster_Pheonix461 viewsAscension of the Primordial System
Cecil195 views