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V2Ch40 - Swamp Trek

By the time my first scout checked in, Alexis had killed five more alligators.

“They’re coming more quickly now,” Shiro noted after stomping a sixth’s skull in. “They’re not dange...

V2Ch39 - The First Trial

We’d been looking over the dragon’s corpse, searching for a  hint that might take us in the right direction, when I heard a snap and  a crash, and Shiro yelling in shock.

I turn...

V2Ch38 - Arrival

As soon as I stepped into the darkness, my vision failed me—and the rest of my senses followed shortly after.

The kids should have followed—would have followed—but there was no...

V2Ch37 - Departure

I sat behind my desk with my clasped hands in front of me. On the other side sat Etin, who wore an air of uncertainty around him.

It felt wrong to send him out on his own, given his relative ...

V2Ch36 - At the Gate

Foreword:
First of all, I need to apologize for dropping off the face of the earth as I did. I should have given a heads up or taken a proper hiatus, but I didn't, and I'm sorry.

What happ...

V2Ch35 - Goals

What was I to do?

My head swam with the evening’s revelations, and Miranavisr’s question still echoed within. A pertinent question — with all the new information, it made sense that I c...

V2Ch34 - The Moment of Truth

Soothing Presence — A mother knows best, and may her brood never forget that.

Class Skill — Active (Status: Off) — Level 20

An ...

V2Ch33 - Miranavisr

Al’vathazen led us down a series of corridors, each ever so slightly narrower than the last. For me and the children, it made little difference, but the same couldn’t be said about our guide. B...

V2Ch32 - Squee!

A glorious dragon led a group of humans — along with a bear and a strange-looking skeleton — through the rocky outcrops of the Dragon’s Eye.

At nearly twenty feet of height, he dwarfed ...

V2Ch31 - A Pride of Dragons

Days passed, and Etin and Winnie surely and steadily integrated themselves with the group. Etin more so than Winnie, who had decided that lazing in the sun — preferably alongside Sarah — was th...

V2Ch30 - How the Turntables

If Sarah and Cam had been confusing enough, meeting the rest of the gang was a terrifying experience for Etin.

Sarah had loudly called the group together, thrusting Etin into the spotlight wi...

V2Ch29 - Sibling Rivalry

The most troublesome part about parenting a newborn artificial mind was that I was blundering alone into uncharted territory—

No, that wasn’t quite right. I’d had my fair share of blund...

V2Ch28 - Parenthood

I had shooed Sarah and Cameron out of the hold as I prepared to attempt the same processes Winnie had gone through on the other Wights, with promises to Sarah that I would not mistreat her beloved ...

V2Ch27 - The Fate of Bears

That misbegotten arrogant buffoon just had to have the last word!

I seethed quietly after Renaris left — for all I knew, he could still have been spying on me through the ...

V2Ch26 - Renaris

A makeshift magical circle had been set on the floor, down in the hold. It was a spell I had never used before — a mix of Fate and Dimension, with a framework drawn in chalk and mana, creating a ...

V2Ch25 - Mistakes and Consequences

A crowd was gathered in the Temple Square, though the name was a misnomer. There were six temples, not simply one — arranged in a semicircle, facing the so-called Temple Square. It was a gatherin...

V2Ch24 - Dark Crusade

Alexis ran — not for her life, but for other people’s. Probably not her team’s, they could handle themselves. But they were going to do something really stupid, and she didn’t want...

V2Ch23 - Reunion

Gods.

Yain, Saira, Oleth, Thelth were just a few of the dozen or so deities that ruled our world. The best known ones, at least — the last to ascend.

I’d had many talks with the chi...

V2Ch22 - Class Dismissed

The first punch caught him in the eye before he even realized the fight had started.

Shiro cursed under his breath. He’d forgotten just how fast David could move. And worst of all… his ey...

V2Ch21 - Class Is in Session

The day had started normal enough. The mages had gone to the library, because of course they did, while the girls had gone out shopping, because that was what girls did, right? At least, that’s w...

V2Ch20 - Caged Bird

The silence stretched endlessly between the two girls. Sarah’s glare was boring holes in Alexis’s neck, and Alexis wasn’t sure if the heavy atmosphere was Sarah’s doing or merely her own im...

V2Ch19 - Historical Accuracy

In the city of Alasvir, there was a library.

It wasn’t any grander than all the other libraries across the globe. As looks went, it was just about the same. And yet, it differed from its ki...

V2Ch18 - Third Time's the Charm

Sarah rushed through the rows upon rows of stalls that made up the Floating City’s Grand Bazaar, with Alexis following just half a step behind her. Sarah stopped, taking a long look around her, a...

V2Ch17 - Emergency Meeting

Alasvir, or the Floating City as it was popularly known, did not believe in the superiority of one person above all others. Or rather, that was what its staunchest supporters would say. The reality...

V2Ch16 - The Cranky Kraken

“Aves has nothing on this,” Cameron said as he stared wide-eyed at the buildings rising around us.

We were walking along one of the bigger avenues, on our way to find lodgings for our sta...

V2Ch15 - Bureaucratic Nightmare

“I’m sorry, sir, but I’m afraid we cannot allow you to leave your boat until the port authority gives their say-so,” the guardsman said mechanically — and to his credit, he hid his annoya...

V2Ch14 - Land Ahoy

A few hours later, we were back on the ship along with a sizable haul of ironwood and assorted gems — the mana-filled kind, too. I already had some ideas on how to enchant them. Sarah had been le...

V2Ch13 - Roll for Intelligence

“So, that was pretty anti-climatic,” Alexis said once we’d made our way through the shattered window. Sarah had run ahead to check on her bear, while the rest of us remained a good distance a...

V2Ch12 - Classroom of the Dead

Of all things David had expected of his first real dungeon dive, boredom was not one of them.

He had to admit, using the bear to make the elementals charge single-file into traps was an effec...

V2Ch11 - Wind Farm

Doors flew open, slamming against the walls with a thunderous echo as the bear charged through the hall, unmindful of the storm that brewed in his wake. Both as a metaphor, and in a more literal se...