Andrew Thompson
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Dallion felt the hand that was about to shake his shoulder long before it touched him. Instinct made him split into the instances the moment he did. It didn’t make any difference—Eury’s arm split into instances as well, always finding its way onto his shoulder. “Try to break the habit,” she said calmly. “There are creatures that react to it.” “I’ll keep it in mind,” Dallion said, ignoring the echo. “Anything happen while I slept?” “Nothing,” the gorgon replied, with an…-
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Dallion woke up well into the night. This was the first time he had slept so well in quite a while. Back on Earth, or even the first days in Nerosal, he would have stretched, then turned to the other side to sleep some more. Ever since he’d started training to be a hunter, his attitude had changed. Dallion closed his eyes, then slowly counted to ten. Once that was over, he briskly stood up and started his quick training routine. As Vend had told him, it was always wise to go through a quick regimen of…
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Dallion struck the cloud in the side. His Mind trait was high enough to let him see a flash of target markers an instant after he did. It had been a while since he’d relied on those, but this was a turning point. Each successful hit caused the white figure to pause for a split second, until after five successes, Dallion was able to burst into a multi-attack, doing the equivalent of a dozen strikes in the course of one. Any other creature would have been devastated by such an attack, sadly fighting a…
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Dallion didn’t respond. He had been laying in bed for the last few hours, and yet he couldn’t sleep a wink. Just thinking about this trip caused him physical pain. This was the last trip the hunters would have. It would see Jiroh’s departure—to her own world or a distant part of this one—as well as the destruction of a cloud citadel at the hands of Dallion himself. Banishing the thought from his mind, Dallion turned to the other side of the bed. This was one time he was grateful that Eury…
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“Dal,” Jiroh smiled as he approached. Looking at her one couldn’t tell that anything out of the ordinary had happened. The dark-skinned fury was sitting calmly on one of the rocks in the Stone Garden. The barely noticeable faint green glow of the rocks reminded Dallion of the time he had repaired and improved the area. Technically, it was lady Marigold who had done that. Dallion, along with Vend, veil, and Gloria, had only been hired to kill all the cracklings and weaken the area guardian to the…
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Despite the city becoming the second capital, the overseer’s house remained the same. It was as if she deliberately kept it in such a miserable state to reduce the number of people who would visit her. Whether that was the case, Dallion couldn’t tell. “They’re waiting for you,” the captain on the first floor said, looking up from his scroll. Based on what his items told Dallion, their owner’s level was slightly higher, though the difference in abilities wasn’t that much…
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The way back to Nerosal seemed much slower. Possibly because he was eager to tell Eury the news, Dallion felt like it took him three times as long. Skipping the mage’s village, he left the forest, only briefly stopping at Vadle to tell the people there he had dealt with the crackling problem. There was much gratitude and disappointment, and quite a few attempts to get him to spend even a single night there. Alas for the villagers, Dallion declined and moved on. There was nothing for him in this part of…
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The gem felt cool to touch. Based on its size alone, Dallion could probably get a mansion in Nerosal’s noble neighborhood, possibly even two. That, however, paled in comparison to what he would get if anyone found out that the jewel contained an actual skill. “A natural skill gem,” Dallion said. The only time he’d seen anything of the sort was back in the realm of the Aura Sword, back when he was part of the Icepicker guild. Even back then, the skill gem was considered something exceptionally…
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Knowing that the dragon wouldn’t die from one hit would have been nice. However, Dallion couldn’t blade Nil for the lack of foresight. For that matter, he couldn’t blame the bestiary, either. While it contained information about a vast number of creatures, shadows weren’t on the list. The greater concern, however, was the nature of the creature itself. It was supposed to be a crackling, and yet it had survived both a line and a point attack, both infused with a spark. In one case, it could have…
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The bestiary claimed that Armalion was a creature of vast intellect. If that had been the case, turning into a crackling must have diminished considerably. The creature had made an attempt to hide itself, which was smart, but done so in such a way that made its hiding place obvious. One look at the entire mountain was enough to show anyone that the whole thing was one hollow crust that was about to collapse on itself at any moment. Uprooted trees were everywhere, along with dark, brittle rocks. Whatever…
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