Sarah Davis
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When Tusquo took them seriously and began assembling a brigade of Irunians, at first Kai thought he was completely unprepared. He was good at hunting monsters and fighting, not actually training anyone. And yet... that might be his younger self speaking. The truth was that he'd actually spent a lot of time training people in Krysal, taking the mine workers from slaves to a force that could fight crystalliers. True, they'd brought their enhanced Physique to the table, but the Irunians weren't weak either.…-
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After years of training, Tusquo Agyama was a man with a sober awareness of his own limits. He was reasonably adept at the Path of Steel, not the best. Competent in Physique, not extraordinary. One of the more successful attempts to learn a Goralian Class, not a revolution. Well above the average warrior in Irun but well below the strongest on the continent. Going out to confront a predatory mercenary group completely alone seemed essentially suicidal. He actually wondered if they were overplaying their…
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Zae Zin Nim gave Kai a strange look. "You don't recognize them? I thought you knew every group on Deadwaste." "Most of the continent borders the Frontier, but not every part." Kai shook his head, still watching the red-caped fighters. "I honestly don't know. Foreign mercenaries, maybe? I'm surprised Irun lets them operate here." "It's strange to know more than you about Deadwaste." Omilaena cast him a glance and then shrugged. "Birtaegal is a smaller nation on the east of the continent. Their ships…
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Kai had known many Irunians, and Irunian steel had played a major role in his life, but this was his first time actually visiting the country. As they headed southeast his first thought was that it wasn't so different, which was mainly due to the exposure to the Frontier. There was allegedly a stretch of wasteland that served as a partial boundary between the Elemental Nations and Irun. At least the emptiness was itself a good sign that nothing bad was happening with the border, at least not visibly. They…
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Technically these were some of the least important duels of Zae Zin Nim's entire life, yet she found herself filled with tension. Yes, nothing in her life was at stake and the Frontier elites would probably keep training them even if they failed. But if she came back to Deadwaste after gaining so much power and couldn't overcome a challenge like this... she wasn't sure she could ever live that down. They conducted the duels in one of the nicest gardens, one with a smooth earthen slab prepared for fights.…
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Technically Kai was supposed to be thinking about how to kill the immortal slime, but mostly he sat at the edge of the abandoned town and ruminated. It was unusual to run into a monster that so totally resisted brute force - instead of being frustrated, he was more intrigued than anything. What captured his attention was the way that monsters at the Frontier were subtly different from others in a manner that seemed to stand outside the normal hierarchy. They distorted the world, twisting out of the way of…
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Their task in the Earth Union was taking longer than expected, but Kai didn't mind at all. While he tried to figure out the mystery of the blob-like monster he had plenty of time for training, both his normal work and the new Frontier compression exercises. Even after half a month he was still making great progress. The only thing that worried him was that politics might be getting worse on Rosemount in his absence. There was no way to contact them across continents, so the Elven Wilds might be invaded or…
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Originally, Zae Zin Nim hadn't cared about what happened to the Frontier nations at all, and even now she struggled to get excited about Earth Union politics. But over the course of time, as she became more entrenched, she started to think about it differently. Kai was willing to travel across the world in order to help her face her father, because their goals were united now. She could help him defend his home from the monster incursions. "Again!" Inafay called. "Faster!" The other woman used her…
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When Inafay heard they were going to meet at the Adobe Retreat, she had hoped for a quick peaceful resolution and feared extended negotiations. Instead, the challenges had been nothing like she expected. The Prince of Pebbles had thrown out a list of random demands that ranged from "build a bridge" to "carry large stones in a circle." She had no idea what to make of any of them and they were mostly still hanging in the air. His only sensible request had been for someone to defeat a stubborn incursion…
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After the initial demonstration, the group spent only another week at the outpost before moving down to the Frontier wall and continuing their training. Despite everything he'd seen, Kai was still left with a sense of awe when he saw the enormous defensive wall that encircled the abyss. The eerie twisting sensation on the inside hadn't been reduced at all either, despite all the auras and glamours and other powers he'd faced. The training itself felt like being broken back to the basics, relearning the…
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