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Chapter 91 - To The Table
<---Chapter 90 - Radicals|Table of Contents|Chapter 92 - Attempted Rescue--->Three days later...The Red Lions districts were a veritable sea of chaos and fire, flames licking up from every other window as firebombs, firefights and bloody stains dominated the streets unlike never before. Sounds of gunfire and screams ra...
Chapter 90 - Radicals
<---Chapter 89 - The Mole|Table of Contents|Chapter 91 - To The Table--->The atmosphere was tense, as Gunther heaved a bag full of pellets and rifle parts into a dusty corner, panting slightly while he tried to catch his breath. His other followers who escaped with him were equally exhausted, some collapsing onto the f...
Chapter 89 - The Mole
<---Chapter 88 - Same Old Routine|Table of Contents|Chapter 90 - Radicals--->A week later...In the wee hours of the morning, the office of the shopping arcade was quiet, the myraid of office tables left unkept, dozens of paper documents stacked high with pens scattered about. In the midst of all this bureaucracy, a lon...
Chapter 88 - Same Old Routine
<---Chapter 87 - Revolution|Table of Contents|Chapter 89 - The Mole--->The week went past in a blur for Culo, as the factory began an even tighter and stricter production strategy while setting up new assembly lines. While the hours had been reduced, and there were far less fatalities than before, he still couldn't...
Chapter 87 - Revolution
<---Chapter 86 - Prison Break|Table of Contents|Chapter 88 - Same Old Routine--->[Wages, safety and unity!]"Wages, safety and unity!"[Wages, safety and unity!]"Wages, safety and unity!"Arctech radio chanted protest slogans as a general strike was called the very next morning, the entire district grindin...
Chapter 86 - Prison Break
<---Chapter 85 - Imminent|Table of Contents|Chapter 87 - Revolution--->"Is it a hoax?" Damian poured through the duplicate letter in his hand, Keith and Niko gathering around him at the main office in the shopping arcade. "For all we know, this could be a distraction.""They say here that they are go...
Chapter 85 - Imminent
<---Chapter 84 - Mindtwister|Table of Contents|Chapter 86 - Prison Break--->Gordon grunted as he gripped a wrench tightly, trying to loosen a nut that was bolted tightly to the machine. "Come on, you dumb shit, come on - Urgh!" The wrench lost its alignment, the imbalance throwing him backwards as it went soari...
Chapter 84 - Mindtwister
<---Chapter 83 - A Worker's Life|Table of Contents|Chapter 85 - Imminent--->In the Culdao Peaks...Kyle dug his hand into the soil, feeling the damp moist texture on his skin. "The soil is performing quite well with the new irrigation. How soon can we start producing Poair Leaves?""We've already ran ...
Chapter 83 - A Worker's Life
<---Chapter 82 - The Union|Table of Contents|Chapter 84 - Mindtwister--->Two weeks later...The ringing bells echoed through the Seven Snakes District as the first light peeked over the smog-filled tips of the buildings, the bright rays reflecting off the tall housing complex apartments where hundreds of sleep-deprived ...
Chapter 82 - The Union
<---Chapter 81 - Military Demonstrations|Table of Contents|Chapter 83 - A Worker's Life--->"Count Leon has agreed to make a purchase order of a preliminary 30,000 sets of the full armour set, along with 60,000 of the reduced cheaper version in total. This order is far larger than those in the past." Baron C...
Chapter 81 - Military Demonstrations
<---Chapter 80 - Roots|Table of Contents|Chapter 82 - The Union--->The tests were about to begin, with the generals discussing over who they thought would come out ahead as they inspected various samples of the registered armour pieces, noting any deficiencies."Of course Baron Namor's Fulcan Defense provides th...
Chapter 80 - Roots
<---Chapter 79 - Nature of Arcia|Table of Contents|Chapter 81 - Military Demonstrations--->In a sharp reversal of treatment, the Seven Snakes began to clamp down on angry residents and public dissent brutally, beating the protestors into submission with everything on hand. Homes and slums were raided, those who protest...
Chapter 79 - Nature of Arcia
<---Chapter 78 - Martyr|Table of Contents|Chapter 80 - Roots--->Kyle glanced at the vial of Absolute Euria, wondering on how to use it properly. He could use it on the landowners and force them to submit over time, slowly gaining control. There's no reason to rush it just yet. Any sudden shock would have the public...
Chapter 78 - Martyr
<---Chapter 77 - Incursion|Table of Contents|Chapter 79 - Nature of Arcia--->Progress was swift over the next two weeks, with the Aspis Weapons Factory slowly building up their capabilities and expertise. However, the Seven Snakes now faced a serious issue - there were now far more applicants to the housing project tha...
Chapter 77 - Incursion
<---Chapter 76 - A Warning|Table of Contents|Chapter 78 - Martyr--->The first week of operation of the factory proceeded smoothly despite the hiccups in employment and training. Gordon innovated a few other methods of compartmentalizing the assembly process, making it easier for the factory workers to become productive...
Chapter 76 - A Warning
<---Chapter 75 - Sasha's Day Off|Table of Contents|Chapter 77 - Incursion--->A week later...“This is absolutely outrageous! Let me speak to the Bishop immediately!” A frustrated lady slammed the reception table of the Magda again, her cries overwhelming the din of overworked clerks and enforcers trying to take ...
Chapter 75 - Sasha's Day Off
<---Chapter 74 - Education Access|Table of Contents|Chapter 76 - A Warning--->"End of the line! Get off!" A loud female voice hollered from the front of the arctech wagon, frightening the dozens of blindfolded and cuffed men packed like sardines.A rush of fresh mountainous air blasted the interior of the wagon ...
Chapter 74 - Education Access
<---Chapter 73 - Snowball|Table of Contents|Chapter 75 - Sasha's Day Off--->Despite the first batch of workers being well experienced with the old factory's procedures and assembly process, it was still a tall order to jump from making benign household products to military-grade arctech steel that had to withst...
Chapter 73 - Snowball
<---Chapter 72 - Golden Age|Table of Contents|Chapter 74 - Education Access--->The opening ceremony of the weapons factory was simple and muted, but did not go unnoticed. Many of the desperate poor and homeless were enticed by the various rumours floating about, hundreds flocking in droves towards the Seven Snakes dist...
Chapter 72 - Golden Age
<---Chapter 71 - Subclass Selection|Table of Contents|Chapter 73 - Snowball--->Kyle gasped as he jolted awake, his eyes darting around the room. He raised his arms gingerly, noticing he was lying in a puddle of blood leaking from regenerating skin– a side-effect of his class upgrade.Two screens hovered in his vision....
Chapter 71 - Subclass Selection
<---Chapter 70 - Oracle|Table of Contents|Chapter 72 - Golden Age--->The last time he had done a class upgrade was when he was level 10 – and it was an extremely painful process. If Kyle wanted to get the upgrades right now, he needed to do it somewhere out of sight and completely safe from any possible enemy attacks...
Chapter 70 - Oracle
<---Chapter 69 - Warlord|Table of Contents|Chapter 71 - Subclass Selection--->Kyle kept his guard up, staying wary as he stepped through the now-opened door of the administrator’s room. However, instead of seeing a control center of some sort, it was instead a long concrete hallway, dimly lit by barely functioning li...
Chapter 69 - Warlord
<---Chapter 68 - Evolution|Table of Contents|Chapter 70 - Oracle--->Kyle did not stand around in the open circular chamber, immediately retreating to the entrance. He fired the remainder of his magazine at the two closest hobgoblins, overwhelming their point defence systems. The undeflected pellets tore right through t...
Chapter 68 - Evolution
<---Chapter 67 - Saviour|Table of Contents|Chapter 69 - Warlord--->“The Oracle has been with us since the beginning of time,” Sahusa explained as he put on the dead hobgoblin guards’ gear, having healed up to full with another of Kyle’s health potions. “But Osir is no easy foe; he is one of the strongest hobg...
Chapter 67 - Saviour
<---Chapter 66 - Infiltration|Table of Contents|Chapter 68 - Evolution--->“Clean up the guards.” Kyle motioned with his hands, the trojan force under him immediately lashing out in a surprise attack, each of his soldiers lunging out with hidden weapons. Whatever feigned injuries or bandages they had were now thrown...
Chapter 66 - Infiltration
<---Chapter 65 - Counterattack|Table of Contents|Chapter 67 - Saviour--->All across the forest laid strewn armour and bloodied corpses of goblins and hobgoblins alike, with already a few scouting insects prodding their mandibles into the fresh flesh, tugging it apart piece by piece. Goblins under Kyle scoured the battl...
Chapter 65 - Counterattack
<---Chapter 64 - Regicide|Table of Contents|Chapter 66 - Infiltration--->The targeted goblin den fell swiftly, unable to fend off Sasha and her trained warriors. Their shabbily constructed defences made from adventurer gear and decrepit Yual Dominion equipment were ran over within a short three hours. Kyle did not even...
Chapter 64 - Regicide
<---Chapter 63 - Prospecting|Table of Contents|Chapter 65 - Counterattack--->Sahusa the Great was not having a good time, contrary to popular belief.It was not the fact that he was named after a myth of his great-great-great-great-great-grandfather, or that the name automatically implied that he was a goblin ladykiller...
Chapter 63 - Prospecting
<---Chapter 62 - Plans for Expansion|Table of Contents|Chapter 64 - Regicide--->[<Ahhhh, save me! Anyone, help me!>] A female goblin wailed in its own language as it cowered on the ground, virulent brilliant flames erupting all around here as the blackened trees burnt down, crashing in a cacophony of destruction. The s...
Chapter 62 - Plans for Expansion
<---Chapter 61 - Advertisment|Table of Contents|Chapter 63 - Prospecting--->“The new girl seems to be doing quite well. Where did you find her? Central Sector?” Bishop Vernette asked as she overlooked a roaring construction site, the thrum and whirs of heavy arctech machinery nearly drowning out her soft gentle voi...
