Andrew Thompson
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“One more!” someone yelled through the room. With a mock sigh, Veil made his way past the crowd and took the wooden bracelet he was handed. A split second later, the material of the bracelet had changed to birch. A day ago Dallion would never have imagined Veil could be this popular; a day ago he wouldn’t even have thought it possible that the blond would agree to work at an inn doing upgrades for random strangers. However, here he was, and the crowd was wild. For one thing, the female composition…-
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“Gloria,” Dallion said for the fifth time. “It’s fine. You don’t have to.” The objection was promptly ignored as the girl continued examining the musical instruments. After her outstanding victory in the plaza—and after the gathered people had dispersed, getting back to their daily chores—it had turned out that Hagel didn’t really have the money to pay her bet. Rather, she didn’t have it in gold. As such a compromise was offered—Gloria could choose any instrument within reason from…
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There were many mistakes a person could do in life: hang around the wrong crowd, do something stupid to impress someone, gamble on something without any knowledge of what’s involved… Dallion’s mistake was to ask “so what do you want to do now” to a pair of people who’d never seen a city and were only going to remain there for a month. If Dallion thought that taking them from the inn to the guild was bad, he wasn’t mentally prepared for what followed. Soon enough he found himself pushing…
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The training realm was much more structured than that of Dallion’s entrance test. A large stone pyramid rose within a field of columns surrounded by dense jungle. Looking closer, Dallion could see certain architectural similarities. If he didn’t know better, he would almost say that someone had done a copy and paste from his own testing realm. Moments later, it became obvious why. “Hello to you all,” an echo emerged. It had the appearance of captain Adzorg. “I’m the training echo of the exam…
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“This place is really gigantic,” Veil said as they walked through the streets to the point that Dallion felt like a tourist just by being with him. “You must have gone crazy with such crowds all the time.” “You get used to it,” Dallion said. Due to pressure from Hannah, he had agreed to give them a tour of the city. On his part, Dallion was hoping to get their help on his current guild task. “I still can’t believe you decided to come all the way here. What changed your mind?” “The…
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Food was always an event for the awakened. Economies were centered around it, guilds celebrated it, events were based around it. Everything an awakened did in the realms led to a vast need for food—something that non-awakened and merchants alike could focus on without fear of awakened competition. Dallion always looked forward to the occasion, even when he had to use his pay to get Aspan to make him an extra dish or two. Now that Hannah had offered to cover an entire feast for him and his friends from…
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That was two levels cleared without any health loss. Dallion waved the rectangle away, then sat on the chamber floor. His progress couldn’t be called fast, but then again, Dallion didn’t care. All he was focusing on was clearing the entire item without losing any health in the hopes he’d earn an achievement. At least that’s what some of the guild members had said. When he had tried doing it in a group nothing had happened, leading to further clarifications that he had to do it on his own.…
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Back on Earth it was said that sometimes a second was enough to completely change a person. In the world of the awakened, that was especially true. Standing in the trial selection room felt like returning to a class reunion. It wasn’t only the time that had passed in that single instant Dallion had touched the dagger, it was the experiences he’d gone through. In terms of his awakened nature, that was the journey that had transformed him into a man. Awakening wasn’t just a cool ability or superhero…
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“Harp?” Dallion shouted. “Nox! Lux! Nil!” There was no answer. Stranger still, there was no sign of them. While having Nox be invisible in complete darkness, Lux should have been clearly visible, not to mention that the harpsisword should have been able to respond. Dallion was still clutching to the weapon, or at least he thought he was. Just to be on the safe side, he checked, feeling the blade and strings of the harpsisword with his free hand. It was undoubtedly there, as was the…
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“Shield!” Dallion shouted, leaping back. The piece of gear extended to the size of a semi-sphere right on time to protect his left side from the flow of daggers flying his way. Even so, two of them managed to twirl past the edges, causing two moderate wounds. So far, the fight wasn’t going at all well. While the firebird acted as a constant source of health, healing Dallion every five seconds, Arthurows’ attacks had intensified to the point that they were draining more of his life. Initially,…
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