Elizabeth Williams
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The journey went without any trouble. Soon, I was back at the outskirts of Town Yoentia. I wanted to go and visit the hunting outpost to start gathering Experience once more. Once again, I needed it, and the pittance I gathered on the way was hardly worth anything. The fact that I avoided anything big enough to get the attention of any potential observer didn't help any. Unfortunately, the state of the town was far more important. As it was on the way, I stopped by the Casino first. I snuck inside…
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At first, the darkness was silent. I swam alone, red and blue mana dancing around me, filling what could only be my soul while I floated. The sensation was familiar … though with one exception. Unlike the previous time, when I found myself floating in a black emptiness, I was in control. I didn't know the reason for the difference. Maybe it was my budding magical talent, or maybe it was the fact that I wasn't forcibly dragged here by a god. Either way, I used silence to focus on the flow of…
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After revealing the assault of the Greens, I vanished into the background, leaving the task of protecting the dungeon to the ducal guards. They were nowhere near as competent to satisfy me. They had the direct combat capability, but not the necessary discipline. Too confident in their new status. Still, they were competent enough to be trusted with the task once they were alerted to the possibility of an imminent attack. Naturally, my trust had limits. Even from a distance, I observed the situation,…
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After leaving Zolast and the youngsters alone in the basement of the headquarters, I decided to stick around the inner town, despite several clear signs of skirmish at the outer town. Ordinarily, I was planning on going around the outer town to poke around a bit more to reveal a couple of extra safe houses for the Night Blades, but at the meeting I listened to, they had been talking about Zolast's ability to set up a dungeon as a great problem. Which means, they were about to lose quite a number of assets…
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"Are you ready?" Zolast asked. "Yes," Jertann answered,loud as ever, while Terma was bouncing up and down his feet. Silas was silent as always, her fingers still caressing her newest axe, one that was brought by Euon. "And, how about you, Karak?" Zolast asked as he turned to him. "Do you need some more time to adapt to your new skill?" Karak shook his head, and raised his spear — his new, magical spear — to the air, signaling his readiness. "Are you sure?" Zolast asked. Karak nodded again, more…
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Sneaking my haul back to the town was even easier than I expected. The fight at the safe house was enough to alert the Night Blades to the existence of our organization. Moreover, the death of an inner town commander gave the Night Blades all the justification they needed to start poking around all around the outer town. The irony that the Greens were being blamed for the death of one of their members was far too amusing. The chaos had already lessened the number of people at the walls, and several that…
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A potential blockade was a scenario we were prepared for. The employees went to the storage, rapidly pulled the premade palisade walls, and started to turn our territory into a small fortress. I had already made them run drills for this exact purpose, and it would only take fifteen minutes to complete. However, I didn't stay to watch them, but changed my disguise before slipping away. What I had just done was a declaration of war. Even though I hadn't killed anyone, I had disrespected the Night Blades,…
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Even as I sneaked the sneaky assassin from behind, I couldn't help but criticize his technique. He moved through the roof carelessly, relying more on his Agility than care to keep himself from making some noise. He clearly had Perception as well, but he was over-reliant on it, just glancing to the roof once before he moved to the edge, trusting his Perception to handle it. Which was a big mistake, as even without using Concealment or Speed, I avoided his gaze. Worse, I couldn't even assume he was an…
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After the meeting with Zolast, I went back to my room, wanting to catch some sleep. Technically, I could have pushed myself more without sleep, but it was not a good idea to push myself needlessly. I needed to be fresh to meet a potential emergency. Going to sleep was easy. Living the life I had, going to sleep as needed was a life skill I had gained long ago, one that helped me greatly many times. What surprised me was what followed. I had found myself floating in space … watching a great battle…
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It was already noon when I managed to return back to the Town Yoentia, physically and mentally exhausted. After that encounter with the cultists, not only I had to stay for a while to make sure the traitors in the military didn't ruin my efforts, but also I visited several other refugee groups that were struggling to defend against the constant monster attacks, distributing the rest of the Advanced Skills to the young men that looked idealistic enough to defend their group. At least, until their…
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