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Return of the Drowned
Author: Fareey vale
last update2026-08-07 09:01:25

"If you are going to stare at me like you just saw a ghost, Maris, at least have the decency to look happy I ruined your mourning period," Ethan spat out, dragging his dripping, battered frame onto the damp stone platform of the main grotto.

Maris dropped her spear, the metal clattering loudly against the rock as she stumbled backward, her eyes wide with total disbelief. "You... you were under fifty tons of solid granite! The entire vault ceiling collapsed right on top of y
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  • Escape from the Crumbling Spire

    If I do not move my legs right this second, this entire mile-high mountain of dead metal is going to swallow me whole, and nobody will ever find even a scrap of my bones in this frozen wasteland."Ethan, the structural supports on the secondary ring just gave way completely, you are running out of floor and time!" Umbra screamed inside my head, the entity's voice shaking with a raw, desperate panic that matched the frantic, erratic hammering of my own heart against my ribs."I know the floor is gone, I can see the drop right in front of me!" I yelled back, my voice cracking with strain as I launched myself across a wide, terrifying chasm where the white-tiled hallway had sheared cleanly in half, praying with every fiber of my being that my boots would find solid purchase on the other side.My chest burned like liquid fire, every single breath tasting of bitter sulfur and burnt ozone as I hit the opposite ledge hard, sliding across the s

  • Shattering the core

    If those global activation dots finish flashing, every human soul on this planet will be wiped out before the sun rises again."Ethan, look at the telemetry data, the wake-up protocol is drawing power directly from the tectonic plates, we cannot stop this with a simple punch!" Umbra screamed inside my head, its presence thrashing wildly as red warning lights bathed the massive central chamber in a wash of bleeding neon."I am not planning on punching it this time, Umbra, I am going to rip its heart right out of the machine," I panted, staggering forward toward the central mainframe console where the holographic globe continued to pulse its deadly signal."What are you talking about, what are you doing?" Umbra demanded, its voice cracking with sudden, sharp terror as it felt my intent ripple through our shared nervous system."I am going to feed the Progenitor Core Fragment directly into their main processing feed," I said, my voice dropping into a

  • Ghost in the Machine

    You never looked at me like a son, you looked at me like a prototype you were simply waiting to harvest for parts, I spat out, my fists clenching so hard my fingernails bit deep into my palms.Love is a biochemical malfunction, my son, and looking at you, I see my programming failed to filter out the weakness, the chrome-faced avatar of Lord Harlan replied, his voice echoing with a synthetic chill that froze the blood in my veins.I am not your son, and I am certainly not your property to be dismantled! I shouted, lunging forward with a burst of violet shadow energy crackling wildly across my knuckles.Before my fist could connect with his jaw, the floor beneath my boots suddenly vanished into thin air.Gravity inversion in sector three, hold onto something right now! Umbra screamed inside my head, its voice cracking with sudden, frantic terror as the entire massive chamber flipped completely upside down.I tumble

  • Echoes of the Creator

    The air inside this tomb tastes like old blood and burnt copper, and every breath feels like a lie I am telling myself just to stay upright."Ethan, we need to turn around and find a way back to that door right now, because my core is screaming," Umbra's voice echoed in my head, raw and trembling with an uncharacteristic panic that sent a fresh wave of nausea through my stomach."There is no turning back, Umbra, look at the walls," I whispered back, my boots clicking softly against the sterile, glowing white floor of the corridor as I stared up at the endless rows of pale blue light panels pulsing with a rhythmic, clinical heartbeat."I am not looking at the walls, Ethan, I am feeling what is trying to slip inside our connection," Umbra snapped back, the entity's presence thrashing wildly against my nervous system like a trapped animal. "This citadel is not empty. It is awake, and it is reading every single memory we brought in with us."

  • The Citadel Of the First

    They call it a sanctuary, but walking toward that mile-high tower feels like marching straight into an executioner's parlor while the entire world holds its breath."Ethan, stop walking for a second, look at what is happening to the air around the perimeter," Evelyn cried out, her fingers digging desperately into my arm as she stumbled on the rough black sand of the southern shore."I feel it, Evelyn, it is like walking through wet concrete, but we cannot stop moving now," I panted, my boots dragging heavily against the ground as a strange, heavy pressure pressed down against my skull like an iron band."That is not just air pressure, Ethan, that is a psychic draining field designed to strip the willpower right out of anyone who dares to approach the citadel," Lira gasped, her face draining of all color as she pressed both hands against her temples, her knees buckling slightly beneath her weight."Lira, are you a

  • Arrival at the Southern Shore

    I should have died under ten tons of crushed steel and burning concrete, but Evelyn dragged me out of that sinking nightmare by sheer force of will."Don't you ever, ever pull a stunt like that again, do you hear me, Ethan?" Evelyn sobbed, her hands shaking uncontrollably as she pressed a warm cloth against the bleeding gash on my forehead inside the cramped medical bay of the flagship."I'm right here, Evelyn, I'm breathing, look at me," I whispered, reaching up to gently catch her trembling wrists while the low, rhythmic hum of the ship's engines vibrated through the floorboards beneath us."You nearly didn't come back through that airlock, Ethan," Miller muttered, leaning against the doorway with his arms crossed over his chest, his face pale beneath his stubble. "If Calla hadn't fired the emergency thrusters the second that guardian blew, we'd all be fish food right now.""We made it out, and we brought Shae and the others

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