Ruiner Nergigante Novels & Stories

His words were quiet, but they cut through the morning’s eerie silence and reached me under my tree. “We’ve searched everywhere we can safely reach, Mr. and Mrs. Moreau,” he said, his voice heavy. “The study… it’s one of the worst-hit areas. The collapse was total. There’s no way anyone could have survived in there.” My mother let out a low, broken moan, sinking against my father. “What are you saying?” my father demanded, his voice cracking.

The city wasn’t merely ruined; it was actively reclaiming itself, nature’s relentless tide eroding the remnants of a once-proud civilization. Their first challenge wasn’t a monstrous guardian or a magical trap, but the sheer density of the ruins. Buildings had collapsed into each other, creating a labyrinthine network of passageways and chambers, each one more perilous than the last. The trackers, their eyes keen and their senses sharp, led the way, navigating the treacherous terrain with practiced ease. Ronan, his mind already racing, began to map their progress, his notes scribbled on scraps of parchment, forming a rudimentary map of their journey through this lost world.

For some reason, my feet were rooted to the floor, and I didn't even have it in me to wrap my arms around him as well. Liam pulled away from the hug when he had enough. “And here is your cousin, Andrei. He was literally waiting for you to get better every night.” I turned in the direction of the man he was pointing at. Her black hair and blue eyes. Great. He gave me a small wave. I waved back at him. Liam finally found his way back to his seat. I noticed the seat at the top of the room. The one that was left vacant. The one that had my name written on it.

Or maybe my hands were not entirely steady. “I've never actually…” I trailed off. “I know,” Luka said. “So don't use it unless you absolutely have to. You understand me?” “I nodded.” He pointed toward the foundation of the building where a tiny gate was fixed. “You're going in through there.” I looked at it for a long moment and wasn't sure whether to laugh or cry. “That's a fucking garbage sewer,” I said. “Yep.” It looks like a crawlspace. A very small crawlspace.

“Does your family own property connected to Kara’s parents? Somewhere tied to the accident itself?” Jeremy went very still. “The old shipping warehouse. The one my father’s company used before everything with Kara’s father fell apart. It’s been abandoned for years, but she never let anyone sell it. I always assumed it was sentiment. I never once considered it might mean something darker.” “That’s where she’d go,” I said, certainty settling cold and immediate in my chest. “If she wanted somewhere to feel powerful again, somewhere connected to everything she’s spent years protecting.” “I’ll drive,” Xavier said, already moving. “Jeremy, stay here in case she tries to come back or calls.”

I threw the stack of cash on his table and that act caused the dealer to look up, his leg crossed on the table in front of him. “Look who we have here,” he said, a smirk forming on his face. I wished to fucking wipe it off his face. “The mighty Zayn Santiago. To what do I owe this pleasant visit?” He asked, trying to pretend he didn't fucking know why I was here and it infuriated the hell out of me. “I want the crystals,” I said plainly, getting straight to the point, not wanting to spend a second more than needed in this goddamn place. “Oh right,” he laughed. Pulling open one of the drawers attached to the table. “We got some new stuff. You'd definitely like this one,” He threw a sealed bag

The platform creaked and groaned under the growing flames and then collapsed completely. ——————- Earth went flying as spectacular explosions went off behind the garrison's troops. "What is going on?" Mairwen shouted. Renat gave a demure shrug. "I call them rupture balls." "You made them?!" The princess stared at him wide eyed. Even though they were in mortal peril, she could not help but feel some admiration. "It's nothing really," Renat assured her. "They are not even really finished." Just then the fire folded on itself and part of the garrison wall collapsed. "General Beadu!" Renat cried as he looked over his shoulder. "He was on that part of the wall!"

After thinking for a moment, Reinhart said, “They won't give up so easily. The person who’s under control most likely has a considerable impact on the white tiger royal family. “Pay attention to this matter. The ancient ruin will open tomorrow. You should send some pseudo holy beings over, lest the Beelzebub royal family be disgraced. “But before that, you need to find Regus first. He may know what happened inside.” “Understood!” the great elder quickly responded. Reinhart nodded and disappeared from the spot as if he had never appeared. The great elder frowned, feeling a little uncertain. Was Regus still alive? No one who entered the ancient ruin before could come out alive.

This was her win, not its. But the fight wasn’t over. It expanded into a larger, more grotesque ruin. It had eyes like gouged pits of blackness, an abyss of darkness in its gaze, and it moved with horrific speed.” For Serena, there was little time to react as it plunged at her, its claws slashing inches from her face. Lucian appeared, sword thwapping into the beast’s arm, hitting bone, steel sparking. The Ruin hissed but remained where it was. But it was a force of nature and intent on tearing down.

More than that, the slabs were so large and heavy that they flattened everything they struck, whether they were machines or people. The Einherjar’s plasma lances also ripped through to the critical systems inside, and sliced them open. Demimatter batteries and generators imploded violently as their casings were ripped open. Meanwhile, exothermic power generators and hyperion batteries exploded with obscene force. The giant fabrication pools were also ruptured or blasted open, which caused the builder nanites inside to spill through into the maintenance tunnels just underneath them. Any drogar technicians who were working down there were literally smothered by a fine powder of ores and compou