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PW Chapter 23: Rescue Mission
After the second draught, Astrid’s hands started to jitter. It’d been a possibly stupid choice, but if she had to choose between an unnatural need to move or falling flat on her face at the first signs of resistance, she knew which she was going to choose. The taste in the back of her throat was...
PW Chapter 22: In the Fire
SvanaThey were all going to die. The moment a warg that had crossed the level 6 watershed appeared, she knew it was the end. Her soul screamed at her to flee, to hope for even another minute still living, but she forced that down. Astrid’s face got eaten, Petr was about to die, and he’d already ...
PW Chapter 21: Out of the Frying Pan
“There’s another pack coming on the east!”“How!” Astrid more as an expletive than a question. As she spoke, she raised the hammer again and feinted high at the warg on her right. The two being precariously held back by her shield weren’t her concern right now. They’d managed to kill mo...
AR Chapter 401
***With a question for my goddess and a [System] message to check, I spent the rest of the meeting deferring to the comments and questions of the rest of my people in the meeting. Sybil drilled down on the specifics of how food would be brought to us while Took and Percral learned the general patrol...
SoK Chapter 156
TJ didn’t have anything to add or say to the family as they hashed out their issues. After feeding Luz, he did interrupt, though.“These are conversations that you need to have. I need to get this child to sleep. So go, have those conversations, but leave me to take care of Luz. Okay?”They all ...
AR Chapter 400
***Starting this day, the Red Abbey’s focus shall shift from mere education for the future ruling class of the Veratocracy. Instead, our goal shall be to strengthen the basics of each attendee so that they may be able to protect themselves in a world that grows ever more turbulent day by day. All ...
SoK Chapter 155
“Nah, this isn’t Junior.” TJ forced a smile. “This is Luz. I’m taking care of her for a while. Maybe until she gets to be an adult. But she’s not mine.”“Are… you sure?” Molly asked. “She smells and feels like you to my Bloodline.”TJ had to force down the explanation he wanted...
PW Chapter 20: The Surge Begins in Truth
Six wargs rushed out of the brush, their mouths wide open and ready to tear into flesh. Astrid rushed forward and slammed into two, but a third circled around and caught her armored calf in its jaws. She roared as she struggled to keep her feet, but the monsters didn’t slow down. Two more turned a...
PW Chapter 19: The Surge Begins
She shifted back and forth as the sun rose fully over the trees of the forest. The dim light of spring’s dawn was enough to illuminate the trees, and for the first time, Astrid fully saw the first stage of the influence on the world by the surge. The trees, previously bright and lively from the ad...
PW Chapter 18: Meeting Strangers
Unsurprisingly, it’d been Tobias that’d managed to piss off the Dungeoneer and their party. Though Astrid wanted to learn more about what was about to happen and why, she needed to step forward between Tobias and his impending death or dismemberment.“I apologize for this Healer’s idiocy.” ...
AR Chapter 399
***“Hello, Tar.” I replied as I looked down at the rat. He stood on his back legs and was fastidiously grooming his whiskers in that unmistakably rodentlike way. “I’m sure there’s a reason that you’re approaching us today. Would you accompany me to my meeting room while my counsel assemb...
SoK Chapter 154
“You’re damn lucky that we’re letting you in, looking like a fucking creep, Stinky. You’re not getting a fucking apology for calling a damn“You’re damn lucky that we’re letting you in, looking like a fucking creep, Stinky. You’re not getting a fucking apology for calling a damn spade...
PW Chapter 17: Different perspectives
Twelve years before“You’ll get right up and you’ll kill the bastard that challenged you, that’s what you’ll do! Victory before death and blood before affection!”“Victory before death and blood before affection!”The echoing voices of the little ones brought a fierce smile to Hrackthan...
PW Chapter 16: A New Normal
Days passed, and Astrid spent as much time as she possibly could in the Dungeon. No party had decided to fully abandon the post and their futures as delvers, so it wasn’t hard for her to find someone to delve with. Even so, it wasn’t long before she could see the difference. The parties she hadn...
PW Chapter 15: How Quickly Times Change
Just a week. And she was already level 2. Astrid leaned against her hammer as she placed it on the ground. After the days she’d spent delving so far, she knew enough to never let her guard down while in the Dungeon. Even when Grom was nearby to make sure that she never drew too many wargs to her a...
PW Chapter 14: Seeing Schteldt
As soon as they were within the bounds of the city, Astrid’s minders split off without a goodbye. She wanted to say something, do something, but… she was alone. The few delvers nearby nodded at her but kept their distance. Her excitement about being a quarter of the way to level 2 was pushed bac...
PW Chapter 13: A New Normal
In the morning, Astrid did much the same as she had the day before. After she was fully outfitted in her armor, she made her way down the stairs. To her surprise, an unarmored Petr was eating, and she had to respectfully stay back in the hallway while he continued. After a short while, though, he st...
AR Chapter 398
***Though I’d made my people go to make the preparations necessary to ensure that the Misti Hawar didn’t take us all by surprise, I was far from idle myself. Discounting my daily visits to the nursery to tend to our eggs and bolster the rest of the young that lived there, there was something tha...
PW Chapter 12: Tipping the Scales
“You wouldn’t… I mean, could you? It… I just… But…” Astrid’s trail of thoughts trickled off as the possibility of a life incarcerated filled her mind.“Go ahead and show me your Status, Astrid.” Grom spoke gently. She didn’t say anything as she willed it to appear in front of he...
PW Chapter 11: Fallout
Though she tried to protest, Svana obviously was on Tobias’s side, and Petr quickly chose his party over her. Astrid didn’t know what to do except to collect the warg ears and place them in her pouch. When she stood up, done with collecting the ears, Svana held out her hand.“Why would I give y...
PW Chapter 10: A Good Day?
It took the better part of an hour for Tobias to be ready. Petr had quickly changed and sat beside her in what Astrid could only assume was solidarity. His armor was layers of overlapping leather covering his chest, shoulders, and thighs. Heavy boots and a helmet completed his armor, but a stee-wrap...
PW Chapter 9 Real Delving. Finally. Please?
As soon as it refreshed, Astrid activated Quick Recovery. The wound that continued to ooze blood down her leg and into her boot mostly scabbed over at that, though she could tell that the wound was far from healed. Even so, she didn’t make a sound or any indication that she’d gotten a little bet...
PW Chapter 8: Learning Lessons
The second engagement went much like the first, a single warg attempting to ambush them and being summarily slain without difficulty. Seeing another level 1 monster just rush them and get killed, Astrid couldn’t help but ask, “I was told that monsters are stupid, even if they’re smart. Is this...
AR Chapter 397
***[Cupun POV]He followed a scent, the faintest memory of a crushed acorn on a paw. He hopped through the undergrowth, his nose leading him to the planned place for the meeting. Cultulut had commanded that the entirety of the Corps gather in one place and they would listen to the command. As soon as...
SoK Chapter 153
Hey! I'm glad to have had a break, but I'm equally glad to be back! Hope you enjoy! 154 should be out in the next day or so.As they trailed through Mesa and into Tempe, TJ wanted to rush forward, to just push them all to getting to campus as soon as possible. After all, he had gained some le...
The Pinnacle Warrior chapters 1-7 and cover!
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AR Chapter 396
***[Shraal POV]“No, the Altar cannot be such a limited item. It will be filigreed and we are waiting until Her divine alloy is prepared to decorate it. The Sanctum is coming along nicely, but it lacks the trophies necessary to capture Her will. I suspect that once our victory is gained over the Mi...
AR Chapter 395
***Sorry, I forgot to schedule this yesterday. Another one coming in 10 hours!“I would guess that there are materials that are needed for their continued sustenance on the surface.” Sybil agreed with my general idea. “Even so, it isn’t something that is needed to be seen or done by each indi...
AR Chapter 394
***Surprisingly, as the “royal” ant disappeared back into the depths of the hole, all the ants scurrying around me also pulled back into the hole. It wasn’t more than two minutes before the only movement around the hole came from my people. No ants ventured out, and while I looked down into th...
AR Chapter 393
***As soon as I arrived at the hole where we accessed the ants, I could see the changes. Instead of lethargic and reticent, the ants were more alert, and whenever one of my people came near, they snapped at them. There was no threat of further violence, but the insects were obviously being helped to...
