Elizabeth Jones
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Having finally reached their destination, the party let out a collective sigh of relief, five days of continuous travel did that to you. Aldrich was especially glad that he was off the damn bridge. Not too far from the shores of Ebrict one could also see the silhouette of an island in the distance. "That's the Umbra island, where the Umbra monastery was supposedly established. In the the legends it's said the high scholars made pilgrimage to it even in the age of Dread making it their home even in…-
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Aldrich stared at where the banshee was just a moment ago in disbelief. He had a hard time understanding what happened. Everything happened too fast it seems that this woman saved him. Aldrich felt the tension leave him and fell on his knees, breathing hard. This body was truly useless. "Are you alright?" The priestess quickly came running over to him and knelt beside him as she asked with concern. "Yeah, I'm fine," Aldrich said as he weighted his options, he did just get saved by her but she was still…
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For a moment Aldrich was struck with uncontrollable fear, he almost believed her. After all she knew that he was from Wakefield which very few people knew, and the way she talked about his mother… it sounded so believable. She also took away all his powers somehow. But she didn't seem to know about the nightmare realm. That was strange, if she knew so much about him then how could she not know about the source of his power? Only that she couldn't hear his thoughts about the nightmare realm for some…
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"Why are you so angry with me?" The woman asked and hearing the hurt in her voice caused anguish in his own heart, "did I displease you?" "Uh," Aldrich swallowed down feeling suffocated, why was he angry? How could he be angry with her? The most beautiful woman in the world? "No-no, I am not angry… I was just…" Aldrich didn't know what to say. "Aldrich don't you love me?" The woman asked and his heart beat quickened. "Yes, of course I love you with all my being." Aldrich said and a moment later he…
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Aldrich and the party celebrated but not too much, after all they still had a quest ahead of them. So it wouldn't be suitable to go all out until they have passed the whole exam. Aldrich meditated before going to bed and spent some time reading in the nightmare realm. **** The next day, on a speeding carriage the party of six journeyed to Rathoa. From there they had to advance to the ancient land bridge to make it and have enough time to complete the quest. Two days later they arrived at Rathoa, it was…
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Aldrich pushed the bandit down the pit which triggered the alarm, this was done intentionally to attract the Ravenfolk here where they can ambush them at ease. He had hoped that only one would come here so that they can deal with him easily. But he was not unprepared for the two of them to come. That's when he threw the bomb and it landed beautifully killing one of the demi-humans at once and injuring the other. The Ravenfolk tried to get up as quickly as possible to escape. He had always believed that…
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Lost Ones could absorb essence from any recently dead creature, it didn't matter what it was, that power made no distinctions between humans or otherwise. This left a bad taste in his mouth but it was even worse was knowing how that hunger took over his senses and made him absorb that essence even when he didn't want to. They were now following the bandit leader to the nest that was not too far from the camp apparently. The bandit was gagged so that he wouldn't suddenly shout to reveal their location to…
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Aldrich hurriedly stopped the bleeding of the bandit with bandages. He could not allow him to die before guiding them to the nest to get rid of the remaining two Ravenfolk. The others were checking up on Emma and Aldrich was join them after he finished tying the bandit properly when he was suddenly assaulted with a familiar feeling of hunger. 'Wha?… no' But before he could stop himself he put his hand on one of the dead bandits and absorbed two red essence orbs. "No, no, what??" Aldrich was so…
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Aldrich felt his foe's power in that one exchange and narrowed his eyes, the demi-human was indeed strong, he was truly a level three creature. Aldrich needed to finish it off as soon as possible, the others had the upper hand now but as time passes more bandits would regain their composure. The demi-human attacked in a barrage it didn't slow down even when it's attacks were deflected one after another, in fact his attacks got even faster. Aldrich used the Waves stance to negate the distance…
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Aldrich brought the cloak before they set off from Voryhrm, it was very light so it cost him 10 orbs. He thought that it might come in handy and it did. "We have to deal with the errand boy sent to check up on Bodger." Aldrich said. "Why don't we deal with him later? He won't find Bodger anyway meanwhile we can get to attacking the main camp I reckon we will be done in fifteen minutes or less." Nathan said. "That makes sense, but what if he returns sooner than expected? Or what if he was alerted by the…
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