Sarah Davis
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The side of the wall flashed past him faster than Kai had anticipated, and he briefly wondered if he had made a mistake, but the armored monster was already almost in his face. He assumed that its shell could deflect all normal attacks, so he straightened his hand and thrust a claw directly between its jaws. It pierced deep and the creature let out a hiss, but it only staggered a short distance down the wall. Several of the foremost legs began reaching up, trying to cut into his legs. Before it could…-
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There wasn't enough time. As Kai desperately tried to push his Physique to the limit, he began to accept that he wouldn't make it to E-0. Occasionally he began to feel a strange twinging in his muscles, like when he had reached F-0, but it always felt wrong. The twinges were painful and, instead of developing his body to a new stage, he felt like he was crippling himself. Eventually he let out a growl and slammed his fists into the flagstones of the training yard. The monster incursion would be arriving…
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It seemed like the two elites were going to push him aside, like he was another helpless civilian. Kai might have been humbled by the incredible powers on display, but he couldn't let that happen. After so long being forced to watch as others fought for the fate of his homeland, he needed to do something. "Don't send me with the others. Please." He knew they could teleport him with a flick of a finger, so his only hope was convincing them. "I know I can't help you fight here, but I've been training for…
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As the achromatic point of light approached him, Kai knew that it would obliterate everything he was. Now that it was facing him, he understood it in some terrible sense: the non-light was the opposite of soul, a power that simply removed the existence of whatever it touched. He was helpless to move, so he could only watch as it drew closer... Koleiman struck the gray man from the side, flicking a paintbrush across his arm. The gray man grimaced in pain as his arm began to dissolve, the destruction…
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The hole in reality yawned wider and wider as they approached, but there was nothing Kai could do. While they walked within the rainbow aura they were protected and everything outside was certain death. Even if he picked up Zae Zin Nim and tried to flee, there was nowhere to escape. More monsters were crawling out of the pit at a nearly constant rate, both the slow masses and the faster ones that targeted the strongest warriors. He saw a few of the soldiers in crimson armor go down under monster hordes,…
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No matter how Kai strained, he couldn't stop his legs from moving forward. On some level, he didn't want to. Some of the others didn't seem to even notice, just strolling alongside the strange man as if this was perfectly ordinary. When he exchanged glances with Zae Zin Nim, she looked downright miserable. He felt her try to use her qi to escape, then surround herself with her corona, but neither had any effect. There wasn't going to be any easy way out of this. If his brief glimpse had been right, the…
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Gunjin Granfian rarely cursed, even when he was truly angry, but he cursed then. He turned back to the ground and spat out a few words. "Stay put. I need to contact someone. Fight to stop them, if it comes to that." Then he stepped into the portal and was gone, leaving Kai and everyone else atop the Frontier wall. The others started to realize that they were leagues from the city, holding a doomed position just before a monster incursion. Kai was more concerned about where Gunjin had gone; clearly he had…
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At last they came into sight of Monskon City. Kai had skipped his training for the first time in ages because he had a feeling he would need every drop of strength. The problem was how to deal with his return. During an incursion some rules were relaxed in favor of survival, but he wasn't sure how much the locals actually knew. If they had obeyed the evacuation order, there should already have been crowds streaming southward... "Class potion." Zae Zin Nim poked him in the side and he realized that he was…
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There was still quite some distance to Monskon City, but Kai was beginning to find the environment familiar. That actually made him even less motivated to hurry, especially since he couldn't enter the city. Since they still had over a week until the Hunter Trials, he decided to use their time for a little more training. The most enjoyable part of that was hunting monsters with Zae Zin Nim. The average local monsters didn't really stand much of a chance, especially with her hunting mercilessly beside him.…
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Traveling and training made great companions in Kai's view. Maybe it would have been more efficient if they'd had a self-propelled method of transportation like Zae Zin Nim wanted, but he enjoyed the walking. If they didn't talk, he could always work on mana exercises, test things internally, or try very basic cultivation. The wasteland environment left a lot to be desired, admittedly, but he didn't mind the company. After several days of focusing on nothing but training, Zae Zin Nim resumed an old…
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