Stratothrax

Chapter 112

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The black furred rabbit person paced past the hole in the wall where the still form of Rain lay, his body unmoving. The rabbit was clearly wary, one paw resting on...

Chapter 111

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Lyra squinted at the magical map, studying the small mark that represented the town of Silvara, a few scratchy lines of ink describing a wall with triangular roofs...

Chapter 110

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“She who lays with monsters should look to it that she herself does not become one, for if you fornicate with the dark, the dark also fornicates with you,” mur...

Chapter 109

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“This shouldn't take long.”

Without pause he turned and grabbed hold of a squawking Lyra, his paw wrapping around her waist. In one motion he slipped ove...

Chapter 108

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CRUNCH, SNAP, CRASH, RUSTLE.

The forest was disturbed from its peaceful slumber by the sound of innumerable twigs and tree branches being snapped and ripped ...

Chapter 107

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Hesitantly Rain took hold of the tent flap and pushed his head through.

The interior was large, as was to be expected, less unexpected was that it was full o...

Chapter 106

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Rain was no stranger to eating a lot. He’d certainly had more than his fair share in the dungeon, in Lynthia, and in the woods coming to the Orc camp. He’d dev...

Chapter 105

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Rain shook his head, trying to clear his tired mind. He needed, he needed to get up and… search for Opal.

Placing one paw on the back of an Orc he helped l...

Chapter 104

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Rain stared at the spot Opal had just been, his body unmoving, uncomprehending. It had only taken a moment, she was there and then she was just gone, struck down, ...

Chapter 103

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The Harpy Queen was a beautiful creature, that was undeniable.

Even in this dark shadowy version of herself the clean swooping curves of her body showed through, her fo...

Chapter 102

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The ringing sound wasn't going away no matter how many times Opal put her fingers in her ears and twisted them around.

Making a sour face she flicked the collection of ...

Chapter 101

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After recovering for a moment Rain crawled to his feet, a paw moving to his broken ribs as the motion sent slivers of agony across his body.

He looked around.

The...

Chapter 100

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Rain had meant to antagonise the Orcs enough that another would step up and fight him, better that than simply being executed, helpless to prevent it while the girls were hel...

Chapter 99

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They made their way through the camp until they came to what appeared to be for all the world an arena. That is, a wide circular sandy area with rising stands set o...

Chapter 98

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“We will fight to be the one to kill you.”

Rain considered his options. One option was the shadowy centipede stealthily crawling through the long grass he...

Chapter 97

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Lyra blinked in surprise and searched for her. No Opal. Concerned now, she stepped from between the tents and into a main thoroughfare. This time she found the Gobl...

Chapter 96

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The small bearded Orc stared at the bag on Lyra’s hip and then at the fistful of gold clutched in Opal’s fingers. He shifted his center of balance, his body lan...

Chapter 95

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Rain slunk into the trees and bushes as Lyra and Opal and the Orc descended down the rise into the valley. He watched them carefully from between the leaves, follow...

Chapter 94

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“Huh. Well that explains why we haven't seen many monsters around, the Orcs killed them all.”

Opal was standing with her hands on her hips looking down at...

Chapter 93

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Rain eased his paw down, shadow slipping from his fur, extending, black scythe claws sliding out of nothingness, the leaves of the bush curling away as they brushed...

Chapter 92

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The crackle of the fire was comforting and doing at least a little to ease her nerves, or at least it would have if her nerves had not been completely shot and pass...

Chapter 91

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Lyra screamed in surprise, her hooves slipped, and with a splash she fell over, sinking into the pool with a glug. Water rushed into her open mouth as her legs kick...

Chapter 90

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Layers of lathered soap rolled across the top of Rain’s black fur, white on black, until it was wiped away with a splash of water. Clean, so satisfyingly clean. 2021-05-08 01:06:34 +0000 UTC View Post

Chapter 89

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Rain watched the red-scaled Kobold and the fluffy wooled sheep girl as they pushed branches and leaves aside and emerged from the forest.

Red was definitely s...

Chapter 88

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Deep deep in the forest, far away from any town or sign of civilization, Rain sat on a grassy hill overlooking an ocean of trees.

He watched carefully as a bl...

Chapter 87

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Consciousness returned slowly.

Rain blinked the crust from his eyes and gradually drifted from a murky half-remembered dream of his mother and father. The mem...

Chapter 86

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Rain gradually opened his eyes. The world was a blur, a mess of indiscernible colours and shapes. He squinted trying to make sense of it, or trying to make somethin...

Chapter 85

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He slumped against the cleaver, breathing ragged, blood flowing from his lips in a waterfall. He raised a shaking paw to his neck, that hadn't come without a cost, it felt lik...

Chapter 84

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The Ranker seemed to hesitate, then he muttered, “Worth the cost.”

A gauntleted fist came up and his index and thumb moved toward his face, or more specifically the ...

Chapter 83

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Rain was eight years old and pushing open the door to his father’s bedroom. His father was there, sitting at his mother’s dresser. The dresser was awash with blood, he slu...