Daniel Thompson
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My feet are more sore than they’ve ever been by the time we’re approaching the second outpost on the route south of Vizeda. It’s been a super long walk, and I’m glad to see the end in sight. My friends look exhausted too. Even Felix, who's the lightest and most fit of us, isn’t walking with her usual happy bounce and is trudging along as if she’s having a hard time carrying herself. The worst part of it is glancing at the boys. They’re a bit tired, sure, and dusty from the road, but not one…-
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It doesn’t take too much effort with all of us working together to get Inigo outside. Esteban insisted that we bring him over to the carts right away, so that’s what we do, Felix and I carrying his legs and Esteban holding his torso up. Inigo mutters and seems a little out of it the entire time we move him. I can’t make out more than one word in three, but I think he’s praying again? “A devoted worshipper of Luto might be able to obtain Luto’s blessing to resist a poison, right?” Esme…
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“It’s clear!” Teo says as he steps out of the outpost. Esteban isn’t with him, but I figure that just means he’s still exploring the place. “Anyone home?” Ran calls out. Teo shakes his head. “No one.” “That’s not normal, is it?” I ask the obvious question. A guard outpost that’s entirely deserted, and a glance at the walls around it shows no signs of forced entry. There are some monsters that could wipe out a group that stealthily. But Teo’s not acting like he’s just seen a…
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Esme woke up with a deep intake of breath. She was alive! She was alive? Her eyes fluttered open, then squeezed shut. It was too bright. The ceiling above was made of some white stone that practically glowed in the sunlight pouring in from a floor-to-ceiling window to one side of the room. The glimpse she’d gotten did reveal some things. Esme was in a bedroom, a very nice one. It took her a moment to place it. This was the guest bedroom that Valeria had given her. She was alive, and not…
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I don’t know why, but I keep expecting something to happen as we’re walking along. For all that Teo’s talked up monster attacks and such, there really isn't much going on. I guess that’s to be expected. It only took me a couple of minutes to send out some of my little friends to warn off any local monsters so that they’ll stay safe. Remove the monsters, and there’s not much that we can run into as we walk along. Maybe bandits, I guess. “This is a bit boring,” Felix says what I’m…
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“We’ll join,” I say as I walk up to Teo and his crew. The Big Hill Lions, as far as I can tell, have five more members other than Teo. Only one of them has the sort of gear and equipment I’d expect from a leader-sort. A hat with a big feather sticking out of the top of it, and armour that’s a bit fancier than the more serviceable greaves and vambraces and mail skirts the others are wearing. He steps up next to Teo and looks the four of us up and down. “This is what we’re getting for four…
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After our showdown in the arena, things settle down. The announcer tells people to come back in ten minutes after they’ve had time to arrange a few things and when they can continue with the selection matches. I give him time to get off his box before I approach the announcer and the mercenary captains around his end of the makeshift arena. “So,” I say as I come closer. I’m happy that I’m growing taller, soon I won’t even have to look up to stare these guys in the face. “Was that good…
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It was a big important day. I knew this because mom had literally told me that it was going to be a big and important day that morning. Well, no, Luciana didn’t exactly use those words, but she did tell us that there would be no training that day and that we should all bathe and make ourselves presentable because there would be (more) guests at the castle for a week or two. I took that to mean that it was a big important day. “I hate this,” Felix said. “No, you look cute,” Esme said. I…
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Nillo is, obviously, an experienced Joy mage. I guess he has to be if he’s reached a higher rank in the Swinging Saber’s hierarchy. It probably shouldn’t surprise me that he cuts the distance between us in a blink. His face is twisted in a rictus grin, teeth showing even as his brows are drawn together. His fist shoots forwards with all the strength and speed lent to him by a powerful burst of wind magic. He’s not holding back at all, and his fist will hit before my spells touch him. It’s…
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Felix sails straight for her opponent, but while she’s very fast, that doesn’t mean that the man she’s fighting is slow. He shifts and swings his mallet around, on a direct course to swat her out of the air. She slaps at the air, and with a loud ‘oomph’ shoots to the side, rolls, and lands a couple of paces past the man. The size of the arena’s making it harder for her to fight. It’s also working against her opponent. He can’t exactly start flinging boulders around without risking hitting…
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