Sarah Davis
Stories
10
Chapters
3,751
Words
1.8 M
Comments
0
Reading
6 d, 3 h
-
The ring glittered silver on Kai's right hand. He twisted his wrist again, staring into that shimmering metal and trying to find the hidden dimension he knew lay inside. Unlike bags and similar spatial items, he couldn't just reach inside to get items. Instead he needed to gain a sense for the ring's connection to its pocket dimension and how to access it. There were several ways, he just needed to... Abruptly it worked: when Kai moved his wrist he was suddenly holding the elvish sword that he'd placed…-
1.9 K •
-
-
For a while they all just stood there in the endless sand. After the intense battle, hearing nothing but the sound of wind should have been relaxing. Yet the fact that they were in the middle of nowhere didn't bode well. "These are the Elven Wilds," Omilaena said eventually. "Probably somewhere on the western side, which is heavily sandy due to the rain shadow and the rest of the continent. Other than that, I'm not sure." "Didn't you inspect the totem beforehand?" Zae Zin Nim took the stone fragments,…
-
1.9 K •
-
-
No matter how Kai struggled, he couldn't find an edge against the onslaught. When he tried to attack, the demon impaled his arm with another bone spike, and when he tried to move away, the next spike hit his leg. Behemoth's Heart was desperately just trying to stop all of the shards of bone inside his body as they tried to tear him apart. Strength and determination wouldn't be enough to get him out of this one. He couldn't think of a plan, either. It was hard to think of anything through the pain. In his…
-
1.9 K •
-
-
The demon lunged straight at Kai, so damn fast that there wasn't even time to fully manifest a Tyrant's Claw. Instead he dodged to the side, buying just enough time to form one. He'd planned to swing it horizontally to catch his opponent, but the demon had already broken away. He attacked Zae Zin Nim next and she desperately turned aside his swift blows. The demon thrust his hands forward in knife position, confident as if he expected them to pierce any barrier, so her smooth martial arts were a better…
-
1.9 K •
-
-
After the early agreement there were negotiations, arguments, and briefings, but the core of their decision had been made in the jungle. As far as Kai understood, they were going to strike at a pass between the Commonwealth and the Elven Wilds, taking down a small fortress and capturing the strange anti-glamour technology. That task would almost certainly put them up against a true demon. So far the others didn't seem overly concerned, despite how much caution they'd expressed around demons. Well,…
-
1.9 K •
-
-
As much as Kai was interested in Ceryyn's offer, he wasn't about to stumble into Rosemount politics when he was still an outsider. So after getting the basics, he signaled to the others to meet in the jungle. Thankfully, Zae Zin Nim said there was no sign of her pursuers and Omilaena seemed ready to move on. They waited together on the southern edge of the jungle for Ceryyn to contact them. It hadn't been all that long since they'd been separated, but as soon as they were reunited, Kai realized how much…
-
1.9 K •
-
-
This had to be the time. The Banchlain had been a threat for weeks, but now unless he killed it, many of the elves were going to die. No matter if luck went against him or the monster revealed new abilities, he needed to finish the fight. Kai treated it as his first serious monster hunt on the continent. Since the previous pit traps had been inadequate, he dug a substantially larger one with some different stakes based on what he'd seen the elven hunters try. He kept the river to his west so he could…
-
1.9 K •
-
-
Kai sat in the middle of the deadly jungle, no longer fearing its threats. His strength hadn't advanced massively, but his knowledge of the region had improved so much that he was comfortable there now. Only the Banchlain, still harassing the elves, could actually threaten him, and it was nowhere to be found. After eating so many new monsters, his soul felt painfully full. Still hungry, just also full. He intended to eliminate a lot of that essence by experimenting with feeding monsters to one another,…
-
1.9 K •
-
-
Omilaena realized that she was a hypocrite. Oh, she gleefully accepted her hypocrisy in many contexts, but this one had sneaked up on her and it rankled just a bit. She had been persuading the other two that they needed to diversify their strength and take on new avenues, only to fail to do so herself. She still relied on Heart of Poison and Lethal Artisan, both skills she'd learned on her home continent. For all the poisons and reagents that she'd gained on Deadwaste, she still wasn't using mana or qi as…
-
1.9 K •
-
-
After another week, neither Kai nor the elves had successfully killed the Banchlain. The process made them increasingly frustrated, but he was a little more optimistic every day. It was a strange feeling. Every day he was getting better, both due to his own training and observing the elven hunters. He still felt nauseous at times and the chakra wine still overwhelmed him, but he thought he was making some headway. It was like instead of having a natural dantian, he needed to build the capacity with…
-
1.9 K •
-
- Previous 1 … 350 351 352 … 376 Next
