Elizabeth Williams
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"So, the wards are finally in place," I said as I looked at the tent that was covered with silver runes, one that took a small fortune to handle. Luckily, I had already gathered a bigger fortune. The gambling operation was working even better than I had hoped. I already have thirty employees, split between two shifts, serving the camp — the camp that got only bigger as some smaller caravans decided to join as they struggled under the growing presence of monsters — and after a few lessons about…
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Zolast didn't remember the last time he felt this conflicted… No, that was a bald-faced lie. No, he still remembered his greatest conflict, when he had learned the truth about the System and the Gods, confused about what to do with the truth … not that he had handled it well, ending up with a curse from the god he served, an excommunication from the temple he lived, and an order of death from the comrades he had fought together… He chose poorly, and ended up on the other side of the world, at the…
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When I arrived at the dividing line, I temporarily put aside the mysterious aims of the Greens. It didn't feel comfortable, but life had taught me that trying to handle problems before understanding them was a bad choice. It was doubly so in a world I had yet to understand. Instead, I focused on my more immediate problem. Where to set up my fledgling gambling operation. The general lines were obvious. I had already decided to keep an eye on the Greens, so being close to the border was a necessity. This…
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As we walked back to the camp, we stopped by Jertann and Terma. "Are you feeling fine already, old man?" Terma shouted the moment he noticed our approach, his excitement booming. "Brother, be careful," Jertann called as he rushed forward and slammed his hammer, taking down the beast that was rushing towards Terma. A big mistake, one that Jertann was already admonishing him for, so I let that slide. "How's it going, boys?" I asked. "Excellent," Terma said. "Can you believe I'm almost about to get my…
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Zolast's first response to my declaration was a long, lingering sigh. "You're asking very difficult questions. The kind that will get very dangerous if they spread." "Don't worry. I didn't get to this age by blabbing about things that were best left buried," I answered. "Living as a mercenary taught me a lot more than just fighting." "I can see that," Zolast answered. He paused a bit, looking around. "The question you ask has a complicated answer, one that has to do with the Gods." "I can keep my heresy…
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Killing more beasts away from the camp had a certain amount of temptation, but a literal earthquake and volcanic eruption in response to my leveling showed that it was not a sustainable path. The natives clearly had their own reasons to keep that restricted. Instead, I returned to the camp, using similar tricks to the last time. It was harder to do so without the young noble distracting the camp on the other side, but the stat increase was more than enough to compensate for the increased challenge. A…
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The rest of the day had passed without anything of note ... however it was fascinating just how easily I started referring to another half a day filled with killing dangerous monsters hungry for human blood, all the while experimenting with a magical effect that created some kind of magical command effect as something not noteworthy. Extraordinary became ordinary in quick order. Ultimately, that was life. The assistance of Jertann started to be provided after his promotion and played a significant role…
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"Can't we rest for just five minutes," Jertann gasped as he ran behind me as we rushed forward to cut the path of another beast before they could meet with the second line. For the last four hours, we were continuing our extremely exhausting pace of fighting on the front line of the camp, an elatriss away from the other line, rushing back and forth to kill any large beast that was on the path of meeting with the line of the unaffiliated. I even used Charisma sparingly to occasionally draw the more…
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I decided to make my first showing for the Greens, though that was less about my existing impression of the Blacks, but the appearance of a large beast rushing forward, toward the border between Greens and the unaffiliated. I wasn't the only one who noticed the beast. Both groups already noticed, trying to react to it. The unaffiliated tried to pull back, but the Greens were against that, forcing the group to take the point against the beast. Considering the ragtag nature of the unaffiliated group —…
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As I walked back with two beasts in tow, I expected two things. First, I expected to meet with the caravan midway as the first carts started to move, hurrying up to catch up with the others. Second, I expected to create a spectacle as I dragged two large beasts back with me. Curiously, neither happened. As I moved back, I could see that, rather than piling the tents on the ground, they were establishing those tents again, just in a tighter manner, closer to the huge bonfire. Very interesting, as other…
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