Sarah Davis
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For once, Zae Zin Nim shouldn't have been cultivating. She could get closer to the peak of Nascent Foundation any time she had adequate qi, so she should have been pursuing more urgent goals. Yet they slipped away from her so often that she ended up back here, focused on her dantian. Despite Omilaena's occasional taunting implications, Zae Zin Nim had a clear plan that would take her beyond being a traditional Brightwind cultivator. She had learned that other practices, from acid cultivation to…-
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For several seconds Kai just stared at the family of elves as they stared back at him. He realized that, even though he'd just saved their lives, they might not react positively to a strange man grabbing their kid. The child was still squirming in his arms and for an irrational moment he considered throwing the child over to the boat. Of course that was a bad idea; even here on Rosemount, children were fragile. Kai set the kid down - he really wasn't sure if the young elf was a boy or girl - and backed…
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It took Kai three full days just to get a general sense for part of the jungle, which didn't come close to fully exploring it. There was a den surrounded by bones that he chose to avoid until later, as well as a large field of plants that seemed to be carnivorous. A river fed into a lake, which he avoided temporarily just in case it held anything particularly nasty. What he stayed farthest away from, however, was the signs of civilization to the northeast. As near as he could tell, there was some kind of…
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"It's definitely not ideal," Omilaena said. "The thugs weren't wearing any kind of insignia?" Kai shook his head. "If you don't see anything on the items I have here, it was eaten." "Probably just a gang, not a more significant group. This isn't catastrophic, just... not ideal." He'd waited outside the city, going through his familiar exercise routine while alert for an attack. Omilaena had been the first one to arrive, wondering what had gone wrong when he didn't come back on time. Apparently Zae Zin…
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There were thugs blocking both sides of the alley and no one else in sight. It looked like two on each side... no, there was a fifth standing on top of the buildings. Kai had expected the gang to have either made their bid or attacked already, but they seemed to be moving oddly sluggishly. He used the time to examine them properly. Name: ??? Total Power: 215 Fighter Class: 150 (160) Physique Level: F-8 (46) Soul Level: 3 (9) > For the first time in years, his eyes blurred and he struggled to…
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Since they would be staying in Roseport for at least a short time, they needed to find suitable lodging. After the chaos of the ocean voyage, both women insisted that they could afford some luxury and Kai wasn't going to argue with them. They went to an inn that seemed to be reasonably nice, and perhaps more importantly, had very high security. They hadn't discussed their exact room arrangements, which he hadn't realized could be a problem. When Omilaena requested a single room, the woman running the inn…
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Once they got a safe distance away, Omilaena immediately went to talk to some locals without much explanation. Since it seemed to be important, Kai didn't object, but he was getting tired of being pulled around not understanding. While they waited, he glanced over to Zae Zin Nim. "Do you know what that was about?" "Not the politics, but the man..." She frowned and he thought he could see real anxiety behind her expression. "He was a demon. Not a user of demonic arts, the actual thing." "I'm not sure…
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Kai was used to being called a barbarian and didn't think anything about it - the nations of the Frontier had to respect Goralia, and Zae Zin Nim meant it affectionately. When the sailors had used the same term, it hadn't really registered. But now, as they finally stood on Rosemount, he actually felt like one. The port was huge, even larger than Yulthens, but that wasn't what floored him. There were people everywhere and less than half of them were human, instead a vast sea of different species from…
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Despite Kai's fears that something would go wrong and prevent their arrival, it looked like nothing else would stand in their way. Rosemount covered the horizon now and there were ships moving all around them. Everyone had acted like the continent was a constant lethal threat, but the sailors just seemed to be going about their work, no matter what species they were. He didn't see how any new disasters could stop them, even with his terrible luck. They could actually have arrived already by docking at…
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Once they escaped the Blood Current and all its unnatural threats, they sailed from red-tinged waters, to empty ocean, to a region where they actually saw other ships passing from time to time. They spotted a single ship built with what looked like Krysali crystals, as well as a flying galleon he thought was from the Elemental Nations. But the majority were entirely unfamiliar to him. Sleek ships with many triangular sails, filled with equally lithe crew leaping through the rigging. Vast ships shaped like…
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