Elizabeth Williams
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"… are you sure you want to open the place so soon? Maybe we should keep it closed for a week or so. We certainly don't need the money it generates with the dungeon officially open," Zolast suggested as he put the finishing touches to the new magical defenses on the casino. Not only would it prevent any external attacks and sabotages — like the one I had faked — but it would also help the employees to catch the cheaters with greater ease. Magic was certainly convenient. I looked outside from the…
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While my employees dealt with the aftermath of our self-inflicted explosion, I left the casino behind and rushed out. First, I followed the Night Blades — from a great distance — making sure that they were going back to their headquarters. However, even at a distance, I could see that the headquarters were being renovated, with multiple mages adding magical wards. Doubling down rather than pulling back. Not exactly good news, especially since they seemed to be striking at us. Meaning, I needed a…
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I had to struggle with many activities I found distasteful during my tenure as a godfather. Unfortunately, some of those incredibly distasteful tasks had managed to follow me to a new world. "… tell me that was the last visitor," I begged as I looked at Dahmut, who had been attending to me while Mahruss was busy with his own tasks. "Unfortunately, not even close, boss," he said, not bothering to hide his amusement at my whining. "Who's next?" I asked with a sigh. "An important merchant that wants to…
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After the victory, the baron and his forces retreated quickly, frustrated with their defeat. The three guilds that silently declared for him also went with them. The Night Blades and another guild that decided to stay uninvolved continued to linger, but they were not particularly happy. They had missed an incredible opportunity to make a statement. "Push with the plan of opening smaller casinos and shops across the outer town," I ordered Mahruss, activating one of the contingency scenarios. Unlike when…
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As Artmiss stood at the center of the clearing, everyone else retreated, including Zolast, stumbling as he faked exhaustion. I gestured for Mahruss to go and help. Surprisingly, before he could do so, the young duke actually supported Zolast, and I didn't need to see people's shocked gazes to know that it was some kind of important political declaration. Though, the young duke seemed unaware of it, paying attention to the potential battle that was about to happen. The baron appeared dissatisfied with…
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As Zolast stood at the right side of the Duke while Artmiss took the left, silence ruled. I gestured for Mahruss and the rest to move away from the military, not willing to make them easy targets in case things had devolved into violence. It was better to retreat while the opponents were paying attention to other things. We still stayed at the edge, between the ducal guards and the rest of the guilds, but I much preferred that to just being surrounded. Especially when I had many ways of extracting them…
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After the decision, two days passed quickly, and we were about to witness the dungeon opening – the official one. And, it meant that everyone in the town was still rushing around to make some last-minute adjustments in their operations. The chaos was considerable. The impact of the dungeon about to start operation was hard to overstate, especially where the economy of the town was concerned. With the dungeon able to operate, four new guilds had been established, each with their own slots for dungeon…
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It was already midday when I arrived at Town Yoentia, and I was eight Ability Stones richer. In addition, I was weighed down by some select cuts from the last Lord Beast I had slain, which was the only way to avoid Zolast's anger. Pity that even in the sea, where there were many more of such beasts, finding new Lord Beasts took longer than actually killing them. Even worse, I had to just abandon their flesh. I couldn't just drag them halfway. Maybe I should establish a small shop at the port to enable…
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"Run boy run," I murmured as I got out of the town once more, leaving Zolast alone to deal with the mess in town. We had a quick talk once he was finished with the dungeon … and it turned out, there wasn't much I could do back in town. Zolast would be talking with the Duke and arranging for the dungeon to operate officially. I didn't know the exact date. While we technically have the initiative to delay it as much as we wished, that wasn't exactly the best play. Artmiss' visit made it clear that he was…
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After I had arranged the movement of Takis and his enthusiastic group of over-skilled farmers, I was feeling the satisfaction of a job well done. The group had worked well enough against the waves of beasts considering their disadvantages, and I was expecting them to fight even better once I slipped them some more skills and they built a proper outpost. A third source of experience In addition to the outpost and Zolast, who was working surprisingly hard for an old man. … The additional…
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