David Thompson
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As the waves of men and barely disguised demons crashed against the shattered wall, Bee dove forward into the breach. She dipped to the left, trying to give the dragon's companion space to continue his one-man stand without getting in his way, but her approach still distracted him. He snapped his head over to glance at her, though his sword never stopped moving, quickly assessing the newcomer and deciding whether she was a threat. His evaluating gaze quickly turned to shock as he actually registered…-
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The ramp curved ever upward. Archibald had just passed the second massive chamber above him, and after hours of walking, he was starting to get bored. In the beginning, he hadn't exactly been in a hurry. But this was just starting to get ridiculous. Who even made a ramp this long? If he ever met the architect of this nonsensical structure, he'd give them a piece of his mind. Archibald had plenty of water to last him several hours, which was fine, but honestly, his body was getting tired. His full…
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A whopping 59.34 hours later, Thucydides and I finally spotted a change in the monotonous landscape. Over the next snow field, we spotted a large shadowy shape looming a quarter mile away from our most recent checkpoint. My advanced sensors couldn't pierce the unnatural darkness that seemed to surround it. Luckily, my Spiritual Cleanse sense had increased its range significantly in the past few months. My front touch sensors were nearly triggered as we got closer. The energy was so much more intense…
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Arthur bent his knees as he landed on the hard-packed ground in between the walls. Before him, the four demons carrying the battle ram paused, earthen faces expressionless. He took half a second to draw in a breath and center himself before charging forward. But in that half second, his mind flitted through a thousand different details. He considered the hundreds of people on the wall behind him. He went through his skills and picked out the ones that he would need. With a commander-based class, he didn't…
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Thucydides and I spent several hours searching for clues about the demon Lieutenant's location. We eventually found a few markings that looked like something big had come through this area about a quarter mile away from the cave entrance. How would it have gotten here? I had no idea, but Thucydides was certain. The way he explained it sounded quite interesting as he produced all sorts of equipment from some hidden space and measured magical output. While he was doing that, I worked under the assumption…
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Arthur felt the blood drain from his face as Tony carried Bee's limp body through the gate. "Mr. Arthur, the enemy is-" He immediately motioned for Felix to silence the constant stream of information he was recounting and dashed toward the girl. This needed his full attention. However, the people weren't reacting as though Bee had been severely hurt. Instead, they were cheering as Tony kept walking on. When Arthur reached for Tony's side, he laid his hand on Bee's brow. She was feverish but clearly…
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The retreat from the first wall went almost as smoothly as expected. Right about when the castle's forces ran out of arrows, the enemy soldiers had begun seriously making progress on scaling the wall. Bee heard the signal from Arthur's command position to fall back. The archers retreated first, making it most of the way back to the second wall. From there, they took their last remaining three arrows each. As the pike wielders fell back, they started to pick off anyone who made it to the top of the wall,…
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I wanted to interrupt and ask how Daedalus planned on talking to the “spirit” that was in the mountain. But before I could, he just opened his mouth and let out a rumbling roar. It was different than his usual ones - this sounded like rocks grinding on each other. Thucydides and I exchanged confused glances as we hung there, waiting. The only sign that something had happened was that the stone golems down below had paused mid-stride. 29.7 seconds later, the golems shifted back into an organized…
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Bee and Tony sat across from each other on a grassy knoll, munching contentedly on a plate of sandwiches. They were having lunch together in a rare, quiet moment in between their otherwise frantic schedules. She only had half an hour's break, but she had been convinced very politely by Mary and a few others that she needed some time for herself. So when Mary had sent her son her way with a serving basket of lunch, they had gone on a little impromptu picnic. Tony was his usual charming self, doing an…
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Bee nodded in return at Arthur's suggestion, "I think we can do better than having the Nighty Knights run messages. But yes, I agree. Something along those lines would be great. It should help to get them involved, but keep them safe. I don't know if you're aware, but their commander, Felix, has the ability to talk to anyone in his command over a large distance. I think we can use them to send almost instantaneous messages across the castle and maybe even the whole valley." Arthur's eyebrows shot up in…
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