Elizabeth Jones
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The new arrivals were the four young men that took care of the carriage. They came carrying the luggage. Aldrich and company went upstairs and Ayemon gave Aldrich, Orven and Norge each a key. The four young men came in behind them and distributed the luggage and went down. "We didn't get anything out of her." Aldrich mentioned to Ayemon. "We did get something. Now we know the news might not have spread here yet or it might have been blocked." "I guess that's true" but Aldrich wasn't convinced, "when…-
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"The strangers?" "Strangers visited your village that barely gets any visitors and coincidentally left before the attack. Now doesn't that smell fishy to you?" Suddenly Aldrich remembered the notebook he happened to read that day, he snatched it from the sleeping guard. It had information about the village situation about weapons, number of guards and their shifts. How could he have been that stupid? The clues were right in his face. The owner of the notebook was a bodyguard named Keld Adash. He was…
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"How is he?" The grey-eyed man asked Caldera. "He's fine, much better than expected really." The woman named Caldera answered with some surprise. "Great. Really great." The man looked around at the mess caused by the fight here. The archer, Orven, stepped forward. "So, I hate to ask this now... but is he the one?" He was asking Caldera. "No, I said we should look in Ado'merin." Caldera replied, annoyed. "When have any of your revelations been accurate?" Orven asked but it was clear he wasn't waiting…
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"Alright, That was good rest. I feel much better. Tarzin let's make haste." Tarzin looked at him in disbelief. "You're joking right?" "Surely not." Aldrich answered flatly. "You barely closed your eyes and now you're fine?" Aldrich remembered that time flows differently in the real world than the nightmare realm. Since it was not sleep he was actually still tired. He was just excited for a moment. "Hahhaha I just thought it might be nice to lighten the mood. Look at your face." Aldrich laughed…
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Aldrich opened his eyes in the now familiar couch. He got up and stretched his naked body. Then he picked up the spare short sword he left here. Aldrich kept a close watch on the door leading to the staircase and listened closely. Silence. Aldrich had no plans to confront the armored husk now. After the last confrontation he understood that the difference between them was not only in skill alone. There was a difference in the armor and the quality of their respective weapons. The armored husk's armor…
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Aldrich hunched down and took off the keychain. There were many keys around twenty or so all in a state of disrepair. Aldrich looked around and saw a wooden cart covered with ropes. He untied the ropes and saw many bags and even clothes piled together in what could only be called a mess. He started searching but it was too dark. Aldrich picked up the torch and brought it closer to the messy cart. With better light Aldrich finally found his bag and most importantly the sword that Isger gave him. Aldrich…
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"Goblins?" Aldrich had never seen goblins before and yet today he's been kidnapped by them. A commotion broke out far up ahead. It sounded like shouts and someone banging pots and pans together. "Ho? This might be our chance," said the woman. "If only…" A goblin Aldrich hadn't noticed went sprinting by. He couldn't see it clearly, it was more like a very short shadow from where he was standing.He must have been hiding between the cages. "There we go. I figured there was one watching just in case."…
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Aldrich looked over at his attributes. He figured out how the panel worked it would appear and disappear whenever he thought about it. As he had expected the plus sings appeared after all the attributes that didn't less than two. Aldrich wanted to increase his spirit attribute so he didn't increase anything else for now. There are still two husks left in that room. Aldrich took a short break to get back in top form. Now that he tried a few things he got familiar with the speed of the husks. He took a…
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Aldrich's head shot up and violently hit the roof of the hollow log he was in. The impact rocked the log on the river. 'Shit!' Aldrich looked around for a moment and became certain that not much time passed since he had initially fallen asleep. The sun had just risen. From his past experiences he came to the conclusion that time stopped in the real world when he was in the nightmare realm or perhaps it slowed down significantly. By all accounts, he spent several hours at the least in the nightmare…
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Aldrich screamed in pain, he weeped and his limbs flailed around erratically. He clutched his stomach but couldn't find the gash that should have been there. The was was a very real sword through him and yet there was not even a scratch to prove it. Aldrich found himself completely naked and laying on a dusty wooden floor. Aldrich looked right above him and saw the seal of Tindalor shining. He stood up after the pain subsided he examined himself carefully. He was not dead and he was not in the real world…
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