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We all flew along high over the trees at an impressive pace. Beatrice was the limiting factor of our traveling speed, as carpets could only move so fast. As much as I enjoyed a good carpet, I considered that they might not have been the best method transportation. I could fly circles around it. Though I could also do the same around Daedalus if I tried. So maybe it wasnt so bad after all. We continued pretty much straight in the direction that the illusion Lieutenant had been going as Archibald and…-
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As I got closer to Daedalus's form on the ground, my sensors made out Archibald sliding off of his back and stretching his legs. The human champion walked around, bending over a few times to limber himself up. "Hello, my friend!" Daedalus called up to me as I hovered toward the ground. I returned the greeting excitedly with a beep and a projected message. "It's good to see you. How have you been?" "Oh, you know. Busy. Archibald and I have been working nonstop, though most of it's been flying over…
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I watched as the massive red-scaled form of Daedalus appeared above the trees. With my sensors, I could see him before the humans did; even so, I was slightly surprised when they had such a violent reaction to my friend's arrival. Of course, Beatrice had already seen Daedalus before and was not so surprised. However, she certainly seemed a little bit more concerned at first than I thought she should be. I wondered why that was. But Harold Well, Harold had never met the dragon and, understandably,…
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It took Susan nearly 20 minutes to show up in the throne room. Bee wasn't exactly surprised, though. Susan was a very busy woman, and she felt bad about pulling her away from whatever important task she was taking care of. But this was pretty dang important. In the meantime, she had called for refreshments. Some of the palace servants who had returned to work after the invasion pulled out a small table and served tea. Harold and the Warden sipped in slightly awkward silence, occasionally broken as one…
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Chapter 285: Secrets Dusted Off Daedalus soared high in the, his draconic silhouette blotting out the sun, before diving down low to skim over the mountaintops. He angled his wings to maintain flight, slowing down as much as possible without falling out of the sky. His vision wasn't quite sharp enough to pick out every flake of snow that littered the ground. Still, he was more than able to see the melted patch from the fiery Lieutenant that his little brother and godling friend had fought some time…
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The next day, after I had managed to put the city into some kind of reasonable shape, I put a temporary pause on further renovations. Handling the rest of the city was still a top priority but had shifted down on the list. We needed to track down the Lieutenant who fled. After a quick chat with Beatrice, I started following its trail. But it was a struggle. The illusions it used to cover itself lingered long enough to obscure the trail it left. There were still motes of energy that I could follow.…
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Bee just stared at her former headmaster and the Dean of Demonology, a man about whom she had very mixed feelings. Her Scan gave her a new result, which was cool but not very useful in this case. Name: Sir Loyd Farlow, Level: 42, Race: Human, Class: Administrator, Titles: The Warden, Age: 73, Highest Stat: Wisdom, Lowest Stat: Constitution, Status: Nervous, Weakness: Freshly-baked Donuts. "Yeah. We've met." Her words were short and not delivered in the most friendly tone. Harold drummed his…
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"I can't believe it. How did you manage to do all that?" Beatrix's eyes shone with a mixture of astonishment and pride as Bee finished speaking. The more detailed recounting of her recent exploits seemed too fantastical to be real, even to Bee herself. "Well, I didn't do it alone..." Bee demurred. "I've had plenty of help along the way." "Yes, but still..." Beatrix leaned back in her seat. "Wow. Why didn't you tell me?" "I didn't want to blow my cover before the city was... settled. I'm sorry…
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When Beatrice had declared that the city was Void's, she'd expected a lot of changes. This wasn't one of them. Later, on the same day they took the city, she groaned, stretching in her chair as the latest petitioner left. It was a relatively nice one that had been taken from elsewhere in the castle to set below the throne. She used her brief break to glance around the space. Most of the damage had already been repaired thanks to her master's intervention. However, there was still a conspicuous lack…
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By the time Susan and I got Tony outside, he had mostly figured out his floating and was able to move around at a brisk walk. Luckily, he didn't need to move any faster than that, as most of the demons ran away screaming when they saw him. We avoided running into anything super powerful, or perhaps it was more accurate to say that they avoided us. However, once we were outside, more of the actual conflict appeared. Our soldiers had taken up most of the courtyard and were almost to the palace buildings.…
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