Horizon of War Series - Chapter 188: Riverstead Blue

A conversation with a handsome stranger leaves Ariane chained in a cellar with a strange affliction. She soon discovers that the darkness of the nineteenth century’s Deep South hides many dangers. Mages, wolf shifters and the humans who hunt them play a risky game where to stumble is to die, all under the amused gaze of the apex predators of the supernatural world: vampires.

It is never healthy to attract the gaze of the aristocracy of the night. It takes much to survive in this merciless world, but Ariane will not let that deter her. The southern belle has a bite, and she is willing to learn and to grow in this hostile new world. She will use whatever means necessary to reclaim her freedom, be it guile, charm, or those intriguing new instincts that make blood so delectable.

This is a story of vampires as I believe they should be, with their strengths and weaknesses, with their remnants of humanity and the beast inside. Updates every Friday. Mind the tags.

Cover by Antti Hakosaari: https://www.artstation.com/haco

Special thanks to Svensonsen for getting me started, as well as Omi Nya, Hesketh, Rhaegar, Yaksher, Selkie and Raven for proofreading my stuff. Thanks to my patrons and you dear readers, for the support. I could not do it without you.

Journey is on Amazon, both in ebooks and audio. here is a link to the first one:

https://www.royalroad.com/amazon/B08DK6G8Y8

The story probably exists in your local marketplace as well of I can tempt you.

Above the sky, the thousands-meter-long Kun flew over the city, ignoring the missile bombardment.

In Australia, the thousand-meter-long giant python destroyed the city, devoured millions of people, and left slowly under the explosion of several nuclear bombs.

Coming to this dangerous world, Chen Chu, who accidentally obtained a newt clone, was a little at a loss.

What can palm-sized hexagonal salamanders do?

Shooting videos to earn traffic? Go to the creek to catch shrimp? Or…evolve into a giant beast?

A hexagonal salamander, also known as the hexagonal dragon, has infinite evolution ability, and gradually evolves into a mythical and legendary monster that destroys the world.

Body length of hundreds of meters, kilometers, tens of thousands of meters…

And under the characteristics of synchronous strengthening, Chen Chu’s body is also getting stronger, the strength is getting bigger and bigger, the speed is getting faster and faster, and even…

- Description from novelbuddy

Polishing antiques in the basement was supposed to be a punishment. When monsters arrived, it saved Emma’s life. Now sealed inside a suit of armor old when the world was young, Emma Knight will have to master newfound powers she’d long regarded as merely myth; all whilst navigating the breakdown of society and delving through dungeons in search of the truth behind the apocalypse. How’s that for a Sworded Affair? What to expect: LitRPG, Progression, Dungeons and the Apocalypse. What not to expect: Harem, Smut, Drama or Tragedy.

[Special Containment Procedures]Calamity neared, and a special Containment Subject known as “Bonfire Company” awoke from its slumber, sending out invitation after invitation to join its ranks—“When The Night comes, there ought to be someone to light a fire, to illuminate in all directions.”At the same time, it also brought forth a prophecy.In the year 2044, at the end of a year, a dark disaster would descend from the heavens.