Emily Harris
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His arms was leaden, his body coal. Weakness suffused him, but his Indomitable Body pressed on, guided forward like a precise blade. He was only fighting two robots now—one attacking, one buried under his onslaught of strikes. He feinted an attack to the right. The defending robot didn’t fall for it, but the attacking one did, swinging where he pretended to go. He moved the other way, dodging the attack, and kept laying on the defender. His fists erupted with the power of falling meteors, every hit…-
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He burst with power. His frustration became a deep roar, echoing through the stone walls of the cavern. Suddenly, the previously spacious battlefield seemed cramped, not leaving him much room to dodge. There were sixty-four enemies. Even if all of them were weaker than him, how was he supposed to handle them!? But even as the doubts were forming in his mind, Jack lashed out with attacks. A lattice of explosions surrounded him, borne of his own Meteor Punches, filling the air with torn limbs. He was going…
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As the voice finished ringing, the mists receded completely, vanishing back into the nothingness they came from. The cavern was left empty again, stone the shape of an upturned bowl. The thought sent shivers down his spine, excitement that rattled his bones and opened his pores. A blue light in the center of the cavern interrupted his thoughts. A creature now stood there, facing him. It was humanoid, except with green skin, sharp ears, and beady eyes. Similar to a goblin, but with a few key differences:…
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The moment the voice boomed out, ancient and resounding, Jack’s world changed. He felt the familiar lurch of teleportation for an instant before everything stabilized again. He wasn’t in a shrine anymore. He stood alone in the middle of a large, dome-shaped room, like an upturned bowl. Stone surrounded him on all sides, with a single sun mushroom hanging from the top of the ceiling, around fifty feet above his head, showering the room in still, yellow light. Jack looked around with wide eyes,…
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A goblin stood in the middle of the high-tech room. The contrast was almost jarring. Its bare green feet were planted on the immaculate marble floor. It was green, child-sized, and covered in brown rags. Its teeth were sharp, like a dog’s, its eyes were dark beads of hatred, while it rubbed its short claws together, enjoying the prospect of devouring them without the slightest idea of how massive the gap between them was. “Kekekeke,” it laughed, licking its long, clawed fingers. “Humans. I bity!…
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The space behind the door was a deep, thick darkness. At first, Jack’s enhanced senses didn’t pick up the slightest hint of light coming from beyond. Thankfully, they had a torch. Jack waved it before the door, revealing a new corridor, but it was nothing like the tunnels they’d been traversing so far. This one was smooth. Sharp. Carved by tools. There was a slight slope downward but no steps. Jack gulped. “So,” he said, “are you coming?” “We can’t just turn back now… Right?” Nauja…
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The ancient door remained stubbornly shut, its exposed metal glittering in the dwindling torchlight. Jack tried pushing, pulling, even sliding the door. Nothing worked. “Guess I have to break it,” he concluded after a five-second analysis. “Oh, give me a rest,” Nauja intervened. Raising her good hand, she wiped off some of the dust that had alighted on the door, revealing a line on the metal underneath it. “See?” she asked. “It’s engraved.” She then drove her open palm into the middle…
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Jack remembered falling. He tumbled through the air, struggling to control his descent through waves of crippling exhaustion, but it was difficult. His body was malfunctioning. His Dao, in disarray. He accelerated for several seconds. By the end, he thought he was a goner. Then, he crashed into icy water, and all went black. *** Jack awoke with a groan, his eyes fluttering open. The darkness was all-consuming, impenetrable. As he’d already opened his eyes, a hint of panic threatened to consume him,…
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Jack’s feet thundered on solid rock. The light had disappeared by now, letting only his weak darkvision steer him away from walls and outcroppings. Nauja was a step in front, running with large strides as she led him deeper in. Jack really hoped she knew the way—and that she could see. A host of pursuers came after them. The minotaur, Bocor, was at the front, charging on all fours like a bull. Smoke rose from his nostrils, the ground shook and moaned under his hooves and arms, and he boasted enough…
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Four people emerged from the trees; four cultivators led by the Animal Kingdom minotaur. The jungle went quiet as if the animals understood what was about to go down. A breeze came from behind the cultivators, making their long robes flutter, and pulling Jack and Nauja’s hair back. “Can we help you?” Nauja asked coldly. “You can’t, but he will,” the minotaur replied leisurely, seeming in complete control, mouth forming into a triumphant grin. “You caused a lot of waves, Jack…
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