William Anderson
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His question left me wondering. Should I accept his offer? I mean, he had the power I needed to kill the five kings. Then why was I hesitating? It was because I didn't know him. Why should I believe someone I'd barely met an hour ago? Why should I put my trust in him? What reasons were there? Should I do it because he was able to see my soul? Or was it because of something else? My mom would have told me to get away from this stranger as fast as I can. "Okay. Give me the sword then," I said, raising my…
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"Were you the one who killed it?" I asked, a sense of caution in my voice as I unconsciously took a step back. It was horrifying to believe that a human can kill a klauth; the dragons the whole world feared, whom even the five kings did not dare to attack. To be able to kill such a thing… was a terrifying thought. I was scared, as a kid should be from such a person. "Did I kill it, I wonder" Reshi said while still looking at the skeleton. "Well, a cave this big can't be formed naturally—not even by…
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"It seems you don't have an answer," the man said while he moved to a corner of the cave where a set of clay utensils were kept. "... Where is this place?" I asked, trying to change the subject to more important matters rather than philosophical ones. "Have you heard of the Devil's Mountains?" the man inquired as he cut the mushrooms into pieces with a knife. "I have. Who doesn't know about them?" "These are exceptions to everything. You'd be surprised to know how much you don't know about this world,"…
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I opened my eyes, and for the first time in my life, it had been so hard to just lift my eyelids. They felt heavy as stones. But when I'd finally opened them and my vision got a bit clear, I was surprised to find myself alive. On top of that, I was no longer hanging from the tail of the klauth, I was lying on solid ground. Above I could see the dark, but it was not the sky. Most probably rock…was I in a cave? I tried to reach the ceiling above with my hand and stretched it out, although when I saw my…
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I turned my head around quickly, her eyes were still closed; she was not awake, yet she was in the middle of the air with nothing to hold her. This was bad, as bad as it could get. Before even knowing about it, I was holding the klauth's scales with my right hand while I stretched out my left one to grab hold of Roe. It was then that I saw that my left hand was lacking a thumb and a little finger. I didn't know whether I could grab her with only three fingers or not, but I had no other option. I pushed…
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Although the klauth did not make me wait much longer as it was in front of me in no time. Its height from the ground was low too…low enough for me to grab hold. The klauth circled around before it was flying above the ground in a lane and headed straight toward me. I held the sword in a way you would hold a knife before stabbing someone, and then I ran forward, toward the klauth. It was just a few meters away from me, or I should say its legs and tail were a few meters away from me. The dragon's rest…
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I moved carefully, not intending to catch the attention of the man. Though I'm sure he wouldn't have noticed me even if I was a bit hasty—I mean, that guy didn't flinch when the whole outside was burning and his men were screaming. I stepped inside carefully as I raised the sword. Just to be sure, I scanned the tent's inside and searched for something I could use, but…there was nothing that could be used as a weapon. As I thought, I had no way but to attack him directly with the sword. It was a…
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I hurriedly picked up my clothes from the ground and wrapped them around my body. They were torn previously by the bastard, but enough fabric was left to keep me from being naked. After that I turned toward the man, he was struggling on the ground as the fire burned his skin, he tried to scream but every time he opened his mouth all that came out were gulps of blood. I wandered a bit close but kept enough distance, so he could not attack me. After all, reaching him was not my target. I bent down and…
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The table lamp's flame inside the tent flickered as the winter's wind rustled the leaves outside. The light cast the shadow of the man in front of me on the cloth walls as he unfastened his pants after having removed his armor and the rest of his clothes. The naked man stood before me and looked down at me with a piercing stare. Multiple things were going on in my mind but at that time all I could feel was the state of numbness my body had entered. He moved forward and then bent down on his knees,…
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My head was heavy as if I had been struck with a rock the size of a bucket. I opened my eyes slowly as I regained my consciousness. This feeling was strange, since I was sure that I would've been killed after getting knocked out. However, I was still somehow alive. My vision was blurry but I was able to see a bright light claiming my field of vision. I rubbed my eyes to get a better view but before I could see, the weight of my hands and the clang of the metal told me that I was chained. After I was…
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