A beam of iridescent, drilling force erupted from the vortex of the strike. ..It didn't just travel toward G'hor; it erased the distance between them as if the space in between had never existed, as though the universe itself decided that the Mazoku's existence and Kin's attack should occupy the ...

Rao hardly acknowledged Hiroshi’s existence..

Even as the human’s Naten surged violently across the battlefield in waves potent enough to make the ruined foundations of Qiyoto tremble, the Mazoku's attention remained fixed elsewhere.

Upon Kinslayer.

Those ancient amber eyes watched the foreign ...

High above the ruined district, Rao's golden eyes regarded Hiroshi in silent focus. He listened to the Yaarou warrior speak, but his narrowed gaze seemed as if he were staring through him rather than at him. And in truth, he was.

Through the use of Shinjutsu, practitioners could physically discern ...

That's when the sky split open.


A violent seam carved itself across the heavens, tearing through smoke and clouds alike as reality itself was forced apart. The fading light of the Fettered Star warped around it, bending unnaturally as something immense pressed through.

The sound came after. A ...

Ibuka exhaled his frustrations, but remained poised. Calm, amidst the storm in his mind. “The implication of this anomaly is not lost on me. And I understand that retaliation is paramount.. but mustn't allow rage to decay our integrity.” He signed. “I find it.. disturbing how willing we are to send ...

A Joro soldier adorned in a commander's armor stepped forward and immediately bowed his head. “Von Regent Ibuka, I fear my report is most unwelcome,” he continued, lifting his head and holding his fist across his chest. “Commander Delion has failed to return from his expedition to Edo. He is ...

In the months following the failed Qiyoto campaign, a stillness fell over the Bhalian Empire that no decree could dispel.

Within the Obsidian Assembly Hall—where once the voice of Akundae alone dictated the will of an empire—there now gathered those who had never before theorized convening without ...

Jack was practically frothing at the mouth after locating where Hitomi had disappeared to.

But up until, he'd been growing.. agitated with how this battle had progressed.

That technique of hers — this Jouto, made her maddeningly elusive. Space folded. Angles lied. Distance became suggestion. But ...

Jack barked a laugh — sharp, incredulous, almost delighted.

“Ha! You're serious aren't ya?!”

Frost spiraled tighter around his limbs as his grin widened, teeth flashing pale blue in the cold. The air around him whined and shrieked as the temperature plummeted another thirty degrees, then another ...

Jack unleashed his barrage like an artist painting frescoes across the heavens, humming absently as if his hands weren’t sculpting a new ice age. The entire street glazed over in an instant, the air turning sharp and silver. Hundreds of thousands of cobalt bolts roared from his palms in elegant ...