The Pillar Men Novels & Stories

The "Restoration Pillar" was a terminal geometry. As the miles-high skyscraper of white glass expanded, the "Real World" city began to unweave from the bottom up. The asphalt streets turned to grey static, and the steel towers dissolved into streams of code that flowed toward the pillar’s base. It was a "Total Deletion" of the lobby, a scorched-earth policy designed to prevent the "Contamination" of the North from spreading into the Architects' other sectors.

As for the four pillars, Caspian had already discovered that he had underestimated them. They were so large that probably five or six people could hug each pillar. And in this cave, when Caspian raised his head, he couldn't see the top of the pillar. "Be careful." Caspian narrowed his eyes. These four pillars gave him an incomparably heavy feeling, as if they had a heavy history. At this moment, Jessica's expression was also extremely serious. She concentrated her attention and looked carefully. After a while, as if she had found something, she gently tugged at the corner of Caspian's clothes. "What do you think those are?"

Howard said, ruffling Riley's hair. "Is that so?" Riley looked skeptical. "But he's so chubby. Can he really be good at martial arts?" "Absolutely!" Howard assured her with another warm smile. At that moment, a thunderous force burst forth from Yoel, sending the pavilion's roof soaring into the sky, while the four pillars crumbled to dust. The once shaky pavilion, barely fixed from its last ordeal, was then utterly wrecked and in need of a complete overhaul. Even 100 meters away, Howard and the others felt the surge of a formidable presence.

I stay still for a second. My eyes go to the iron pillar again. It looks even bigger now. Even stronger. Like it is laughing at me. I swallow and force my legs to move. Step by step, I walk closer. My heart is beating so fast now. The first man strikes it. A loud sound fills the air. Metal against force. The pillar does not move. The second tries. The third. Each of them uses strength. Power. Skill. The sound echoes again and again. But the pillar…