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(THOB) Chapter 128: A Matter of Truth
The cathedral wasn’t far; a short journey by any means. But it was frustrated by Takan’s mumbled complaints at having to take a carriage for such a distance. Suffice it to say, they didn’t care.Olufemi joined Ezril in taking Shade to the stables at the heels of a priest there to receive them, ...
(THOB) Chapter 127: Apocryphal Not Fallacious
Their reception at the seminary was without ceremony. They cut through the Umunna forest and through the mist as though these were not things that had once called fear upon them. They were ushered in by open gates, and—when they came close enough—raised portcullis.Their rooms now under the comma...
(TLO) Chapter 127: A Solo Adventurer
The room was dark. The only touch of light that stained it came from a bulb of trapped fireflies. These weren’t normal fireflies, not the ones indigenous to this world. They were immigrants strayed from too many cracks in the world. They were like unwanted guests with a desire to stay so strong th...
(TLO) Chapter 126: Support To The Support
“You sent me into a mad house!” Seth growled, discarding his twin swords on Jim’s table.Jim spared him the briefest look, perhaps contemplating an accurate response to his outburst. In the end, he chose calm. “And what exactly do you mean?”Seth ran both hands through his hair then took off...
(TPOR) Chapter 154: My Axe
The ship went down in a manner befitting its size and possible weight. From within what had once been a quite and stable environment turned and turned and turned. Zed’s feet kept him firmly in place. He swayed as a paper boat in a spiraling pool of water but his footing never failed. [Equilibrium]...
(TPOR) Chapter 153: The Second Awakening
General Truman looked back at Tilda and his expression was passive, empty.“Are you angry, Mage Tilda?” He took a step closer so that they stood toe to toe. “Have I drawn your ire? Are you feeling dangerous, now?”Tilda bit down on her anger, any harder and her jaw would break. The general was...
(TLO) Chapter 125: Dock It From My Pay
“That’s not true,” Beth said.She’d approached them not too long ago with a look of curiosity on her face.“And what are you doing?” she added, studying Seth’s expression for a moment. “The adventure guild will deal with it once we report we’ve cleared the nest. There’s no need to ...
(TLO) Chapter 124: Their Hearts
Seth squeezed the trigger of his rifle and it boomed thunderously.Thirty paces away, his bullet struck a beast’s head; slapped it aside. He smirked behind his shawl at the power of the rifle. Even now the recoil hurt his shoulder. He shifted slightly, minutely, and aimed again.Off in the distance ...
(TLO) Chapter 123: Ranged Support
Tao Mei rubbed her hands together. She stepped forward with a bounce in her steps, cracking her neck from one side to the other.When she reached behind her for her butcher knives the hall exploded in a loud boom. It shook the air and halted everything around them.“As fun as it would be to watch yo...
(TLO) Chapter 122: Drew
For four years Drew had been an adventurer, seeking out new nests and predicting fissures for the adventure society. Three years ago, however, for personal reasons he still suspected Jim knew, he had left the direct employ of the adventure society. Now he led his own team with Jim’s support. It wa...
(TLO) Chapter 121: The Role of A Driver
Seth held up an iron card with silver streaks. It was three inches long and two inches wide. Indented onto it was his name. Oden Jabari. Then beneath that was what was apparently his rank.“What’s three stars?” he asked Jim.They had left the guild hall and were in a vehicle driving faster than ...
(THOB) Chapter 126: Bravery not Foolishness
They stayed in the tower for three days before embarking on the journey back to the capital.Of all of Ezril’s brothers, only Darvi seemed truly disturbed by his actions. Takan treated the event as if it was a daily occurrence. Ezril often caught Salem with an expression of guilt, as though he had ...
(THOB) Chapter 125: Urden - Interlude 2
The truth wasn’t pretty, so rather than tell her, Urden gave her an answer she was prone to scolding him for: he grunted something incoherent.They had been traveling for four years. When he’d returned to her village and learned of her foster father’s death, he’d taken her with him. She had m...
(THOB) Chapter 124: Urden - Interlude
“The nerve of you, Priest!” Iyvena snarled. “You will have us break an oath given by ancestors who walked Vayla as early as time began. This is madness, even for you. And thinking we will help you simply for who you are is greater proof that you don’t know what you are asking. If you think i...
(THOB) Chapter 123: Nurnal Isht Afik
“Does he win?”“The prophecy does not say.” Helva shrugged. “Now, where did you hear this?”“In battle,” Ezril said. “I heard a man say it while two men fought.”The old lady regarded him, skeptical, and he fought not to squirm beneath her gaze. “Fine,” she scoffed, “keep your...
(THOB) Chapter 122: The Incarnate
Ezril crossed the expanse of the tribe, by-passing the tents as he moved. Shade’s attention twitched at his movement while a boy watched from a tent far removed from the wolf with a focused intensity. The child was no more than his tenth summer, and though he thought himself hidden, Shade was just...
(TPOR) Chapter 152: Run It Again
Five years ago...California R and D Institute“Run it again.”Tilda held back a frustrated sigh. This was what she’d been hoping against. She was always happy to show off her state of augmented reality generator but the problem with it in this instance was that it worked too well. She’d been h...
(TPOR) Chapter 151: EMP
Something in the air didn’t feel right. He was breathing normally. Air flowed into his lungs and out, mana filled him and left, yet something was off.Zed came to a sudden stop. It took the others a step or two before they stopped too. Since he was no longer the one leading the exodus, they couldn...
(TPOR) Chapter 150: Information
“We have to move. Staying here is suicide, begging for my men to die.”Daniel was growing furious. How he kept his fury from his voice was testament to his control, and logic. Exchanging words with his commanding Officer was one thing, but raising his voice was another. If there was ever a time h...
(TPOR) Chapter 149: Where's Your Shoe
Everyone watched Zed in worry, waiting.They seemed to be hanging on his next words. If he was rarely ever given any attention, he had every attention now. He wasn’t sure how he felt about it. One thing was certain, though, the Berserker liked it.Thoughts flowed through Zed’s mind as he stared at...
(TPOR) Chap 148: Stick To Being A Timer
Daniel ran a hand down his face. In front of him the map was zoomed in on the location of the ship he was currently in. The stealth drones deployed around the forest weren’t given the best feeds at the moment. They were mapping the forest properly but that was all there was to it. however, they we...
(TPOR) Chapter 146: A Greater Cause
Zed found himself standing in a dilemma, stuck amidst a few people. He knew his silence would brew questions. If not in Ash, then certainly in Oliver and Shanine. After all, he wasn’t known for his silence.He watched the last vestige of steam leave his hand, disappear into the dominance of the air...
(TPOR) Chapter 147: Eight—No Seven Hours
Daniel was standing in front of a holographic projection of a map when Zed walked in, throwing the door wide open without a knock. Once he was in, the sound of the roughly opened door done with its crescendo, he closed it gently behind him.The planning room had been a hassle to find. Zed had gone th...
(TLO) Chapter 118: Go Hide Most of Your Skills
Seth cocked a brow at Jim.“Oden?” he asked.Jim smiled innocently. “We very well can’t have them know you as Seth, can we?”“Then why not change the entire name; give me a befitting alias.”“You have nothing befitting, Oden,” Jim teased. “Now go hide most of your skills.”Seth rose...
(TLO) Chapter 120: Sex On A Stick
“Where does he even find them?” Taliser scowled. “It’s as if he has a place, somewhere he grooms them and brings them when they are of age.”“Calm down, T,” Jaqueline said. “It’s not that deep.”He sighed and took a seat on one of the comfortable couches in her room. She was right....
(TLO) Chapter 119: Shield Wall
Seth sucked in a deep breath as he prepared himself for the next attack he knew was coming. “I ask myself the same thing all the time.”When Taliser disappeared again, he was ready. He ducked as the mage appeared. The man lit up within the range of his senses a fraction of a second before he atta...
(THOB) Chapter 121: What It Means To Be A Priest
Ezril turned instantly as Takan moved to land a fatal blow, his grip almost releasing his arrow when he stopped short. The blow fell, heralded by a painful howl, all of which were lost to him. He stood, arrow aimed at nothing as he watched Shade where it sat. Blue eyes watching him.His brothers foug...
(THOB) Chapter 120: Scripture of Truth
It was high noon when they began their return to the tribe. Despite the hunt being ended, the men never broke formation. Always alert with each step, unlike their arrival, they walked with a caution, weapons drawn and arrows notched. It was an almost trained disposition, and Ezril might have been im...
(THOB) Chapter 118: Fate
Ezril stroked Lenaria’s hair where it fell from her head rested on his chest, wondering what she was still doing in bed with him four hours past the crack of dawn. On previous days she would have made her exit three hours earlier only after ensuring his breakfast was ready and he wanted for nothin...
(THOB) Chapter 119: A Man With Pride
They drew closer, slow and alert. Closing the distance, they stood less than a hundred paces when Ezril armed himself with his bow, choosing not to notch an arrow. An unconscious decision, it seemed. As they moved, the women strategically positioned at the center of the group, he wondered what was d...
