Elizabeth Williams
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"Yes, this should be the cove. Follow me," I said as I looked toward the workers behind me. Eight empty carts, made of Vitality-reinforced wood, were able to carry several tons easily. "Yes, sir," one of the workers said in a respectful tone, and the workers moved toward a cave not too far away from the shore, one that had been hidden under a conveniently thick layer of tree branches to make sure it wouldn't be noticed by a flying military patrol, filled with huge sacks. The workers loaded the goods into…
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"Is it time?" I asked as I arrived at the secret dungeon entrance in order to level up once more, only to see Mahruss was still in the room, looking both excited and stressed. It had been a week since Artmiss' successful raid on the Maell secret outpost, which led to another calm break. That might have been surprising for me when I was younger, but after years of experience, I knew that even the most intense confrontations had such breathers. Of course, I also knew that such calm breaks were too…
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I wanted to stay at the casino to make sure the escape plan would go without a hitch. A part of me was repeating that it was better safe than sorry, and that I should stay near to make sure everything went well. Unfortunately, I still had to address the next stage of the plan, which was far trickier than arranging the escape of a prisoner. I had to trust Mahruss. In the end, there was no such thing as a safe life, and sometimes, danger was inevitable. At least, the situation was still under control,…
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As I looked into the interrogation room through the window and examined the situation. Mahruss was sitting silently, facing our supposed cheater, radiating a perfect mixture of control and monotony. Just like I taught. I took a mental note to reward him. Maybe another ability stone. It was a tricky choice to call me the moment he faced a problem. It would have been easier if he was one of those people who was happy to be a follower, but Mahruss wanted to prove himself to me. I doubted he truly realized…
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Mahruss was exhausted. Watching people gamble and have fun below him hardly helped him ignore that sensation. The contrast only made him feel wrose. He felt old, and he wasn't even thirty. He wondered just how Euon and Zolast managed it. Yes, their levels were higher — much higher than he initially assumed, as he realized during the dungeon runs — but that clearly didn't help as much. He had already reached level fifty, yet he was still tired. His exhaustion was not exactly an unexpected phenomenon.…
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I didn't spend too much time working on my new company. After acquiring another batch of hires — my lifetime of experience helping me to test them quickly when combined with Perception and some subtle Charisma manipulations — and getting other necessary purchases done, the trade caravan departed. Their first task was to visit the port city of Oniphia — which was the only proper city in this forsaken corner of the planet — buy enough ore to fill their carts, and dump it back to the warehouse. Rinse…
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"I really need to find a better way to transport this stuff," I murmured even as I put another sealed crate into the secret storage room under our headquarters that only me and Zolast could use. It was already evening, and I had traveled almost thirty times, which was barely enough to match the size of an ordinary Lord Beast. A great loss considering I had managed to hunt six more in the process. The pieces I had brought were the best cuts from those six beasts, but that still didn't change the wasteful…
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"Zolast, this is the young man who helped me discover the trick behind Heroic Party," I said as I stood next to Limenta, introducing him to Zolast. "P-pleasure to meet you, sir," Limenta said, tense as I introduced him to another old man. Not a surprise considering the nature of my identity. Especially since he knew that Zolast was aware of my identity as a hero, yet treated me casually. Implying that his own identity was nowhere near simple. "Okay, I'll leave you two alone to talk about the general…
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While the guildmasters and their entourage moved, I refilled the hole I had created. Luckily, I had cut the stone carefully in the first place during the initial digging, so putting it back worked as a temporary solution, especially once I slid the bedside table back in place. Yet, I didn't move away. I had already decided to stay, waiting for my prey. There was no guarantee that the room was assigned to one the guildmasters, but I was willing to take that bet. My thought process was based on the…
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With my Concealment making it even harder for the guards to notice me, I rushed through the short street rapidly. However, my target was not the manor. I knew for a fact that Concealment didn't work on wards any better than it worked on the beasts, and had no intention of relying on it to pass the barrier. Not when I had a much better way. My first destination was the servant's quarters, which, unlike the main residence, was much easier to enter. There were still some wards in the way, but they were much…
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