Andrew Thompson
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No one but Vend witnessed the agony that Dallion went through. The wave of pain felt as if lasted for hours, while in reality only seconds had gone by. During that brief moment of his lurching in pain on the floor, the rest of the group was preoccupied with an entirely different event—the rectangle announcing the guardian’s defeat. All of a sudden, the pain stopped, leaving nothing but a lingering memory. Time remained distorted for several seconds longer. When Dallion had regained a good enough grasp…-
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“Done resting?” Bel asked, arms crossed. “Just a few more minutes longer,” Dallion replied with a smile. “Okay.” The girl gave him a concerned look. “Better increase your body first chance you get. It’s not healthy being so fragile.” “Will do.” Leaning against the cold cave wall, Dallion took a deep breath. Everyone had agreed to his plan, which was good—with luck there would be less chaos and general disorganization during the next battle. Dallion’s main concern, though,…
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“Don’t let them form a group behind us!” Dallion shouted, shooting at the creatures flying towards them. The last wave of amphibions had turned out far more imaginative than the ones before. Initially seventy in number, they had quickly merged into two monstrous entities blocking the tunnel entirely. In itself that was not too bad—it gave Falkner and Cellano a chance to take out one each. What made things more difficult, or “interesting” as Veil would say, was the fact that each of the…
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The first level of the dagger’s realm had the appearance of a cave, with one major difference—all the passages were brightly lit up by an invisible source of light. While the effect was beneficial, it also felt unnaturally strange—nothing in the cave had any shadows, including the members of the group. It took Dallion several steps to get partially used to the notion. Not seeing a dark spot beneath his feet upon lifting them from the ground was just too creepy. “Does anyone have a high…
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Dallion was placed in group four. According to his ring echo, the group number was selected completely at random. However, based on the conversations of people who’d gone through the process before, there was a certain logic involved in the process. If the rumors were to be believed, the members of a group were selected in such a fashion so as to be complementary. There were fourteen groups with five members each. The single exception was the fourteenth group, which was composed only of three. Based on…
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“Libraries are generally not used for sleeping,” Nil grumbled. “If you need to, do that in your own room.” “Sorry,” Dallion yawned. The night had been intense, and once again Dallion had exerted himself more than he should have. Thankfully, there had been no mysterious finger bleeding, although three customers had requested items to be improved, and Dallion had obliged. Hannah had initially been against it, but given the amount of money offered, she had become more flexible… up to a point.…
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The place that Jiroh’s friend was at was several neighborhoods away in the direction of the city center. While not one of the incredibly opulent areas, the people living there seemed pretty well off. The houses were larger, each flawless, with its own gate and garden. When Jiroh had said that Dallion didn’t have enough money, she wasn’t joking. The boy’s pouch suddenly didn't seem so full. The two continued for a fair while, then took a turn towards the city lake. Within moments the houses changed…
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Music acting as a means to freeze people and objects… that was one option Dallion had never considered. He’d always assumed that it might allow him to manipulate people, similar to echoes, though not in such fashion, and he didn’t dream it might affect objects as well. Back when Dallion was learning the basics of awakening, his mother had told him that different people had different connections to objects. At the time, he thought of it as a metaphor. Now, he understood what she really meant: for an…
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Returning to the inn with the very same clothes he had left, while bringing in a massive sword, wasn’t the way to create a good impression. The closer Dallion got to The Gremlin’s Timepiece, the more he had visions of Hanna yelling his head off. The woman had been very specific: he had to get some adequate clothes of his own, and instead Dallion had done this. “What do you think, Nox?” Dallion whispered. “Think she’ll be very mad?” The top button of Dallion’s shirt split in two and fell…
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A world in which space wasn’t an issue—that’s what this place was for the awakened. Back on Earth Dallion took for granted he had all the knowledge of humanity. All that seemed like a child’s toy here. The library that Captain Adzorg had given him was in fact a very real library, full with more tomes and scrolls than Dallion could count. Knowledge that he couldn’t imagine was held in the awakening realm of a simple ring. Of course, there was a catch. The librarian echo that oversaw the library,…
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