Matthew White
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“Let me go first, to make sure wards are working properly,” I said, even though I was able to feel the wards working perfectly. I wanted to prepare the room for someone in her ‘noble’ stature. Her identity as a dragon clearly didn’t prevent her from enjoying luxury, and greeting her with something better than dirt floors might be the better idea. Luckily, the wards around my hideout allowed me to cast much stronger spells in the process, allowing me to make some radical home improvement at the…
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“Maybe I shouldn’t be too critical,” she murmured, unable to hide her frustration. “After all, even for … someone … like you, you have worked hard.” I was amused by her sense of entitlement, assuming herself to be my clear superior even after I had saved her life twice. “As you wish, your dragoness,” I said as I gestured the tunnel. “Please, ladies first.” But before she stepped in, she gave me a suspicious look. “Shouldn’t you go first, you’re the one that knows the…
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However, how to progress to the next step depended on the fate of the battle on the surface. I turned my attention to the detection wards even as I continued to heal her, trying to understand the changes. The battle was still ongoing, but with a lower intensity. The group of three tried to retreat, the group of five followed after them, and the berserk one split his attention between the two groups. With that, they moved away, leaving the fake body on the ground without even bothering to check closer,…
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I was curious about the sudden and unbidden transformation in one of my opponents. It wasn’t the first time I noticed that transformation, but the other times, I was only able to observe it through the passive detection ward, making me miss the details. It was the first time I watched the process directly, not that it made the mystery any easier to solve. There were no spells targeting him, no great trap, nothing. One moment, he was fighting together with his allies. A second later, they lost all…
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The magical presence of my target was nearby. Unfortunately, my preferred method of flying mount was not an option. Not with the detection ward ready to catch the moment I stepped out of the little web of protection I had created under the shadow of its defensive counterpart. So, I continued to move the slow way. Creating a complicated set of tunnels. And even worse, I had to create some of them much larger, just in case I had an opportunity to save my scaly acquaintance. Saving her was a target despite…
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Under the difficult circumstances I found myself in — again — what I needed more than anything was information. And to do that, in such a large field, with mist thick enough to block anything outside a fifty-feet radius, the only reliable method to do was establishing a detection ward of my own. A detection ward, under normal circumstances, was not exactly challenging, especially when done from an already secured base. Unfortunately, the situation was far from normal. Most detection wards worked in…
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Three hundred miles between Silver Spires and Mount Dread was quite a distance for most people. Luckily, I had long lost the right to be considered in the same category as most people. For me, it was nothing that I couldn’t handle in several minutes. But I didn’t rush out immediately, and first visited the Hall of Crafting, to see my favorite blacksmith. Unfortunately, not have some fun activities — as I lacked time — but ask her help to forge some new weapons. After the teleportation mishap, my…
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My entrance to the headmistress’ office was less spectacular than the previous time. One difference was I wasn’t sneaking in but asked to be there, but also I didn’t come face to face with a thief in the midst of burglarizing some of her most precious documents. Pity, as unlike the last time, I would have been free to react. And I would have loved the excuse to capture one of the princess’ secret agents for some pointed interrogation. Instead, I sat down on the nearest chair, letting my gaze…
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As one of the loyal servants of the headmistress — a miracle I didn’t burst into laughter as I thought that particular nugget — I stood in front of her door obediently, not making any sound, waiting for the exact time of the meeting to arrive. Like the previous meeting, the door opened on its own in the prearranged meeting time, accurate to the second, revealing the dark stairs adorned with silver runes, inviting me to climb. The more I learned about her, the more I realized just how inflexible she…
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When I finally woke up, half an hour before the dawn, I was exhausted, and my mouth was dry as a desert. Though, considering four naked women was snuggling against my body, spent after a very long night where we had gone through all the interesting permutations five people achieve without any scrap of clothing between us. The perfect way to relax after a close call with the disaster, and certainly well-earned. Though, I decided even as I stretched my agility to the limits as I tried to slide out of…
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