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Kernstalion 2 - 18: Two for the price of one

"It didn't really resist," I muttered as I kicked the head of the Sarcouzia away from the spindly body.

It had taken me a few hours to trace down the final one, and the battle was more than a...

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Kernstalion 2 - 17: Cleanup duty

Authors note: So, I did it again. Somehow I posted the wrong chapter previously. I fixed it by putting the CORRECT chapter 16 over the previous one. You can find it by following this link. View Post

A short status update

I decided to put out a short update on what's been going on and what will happen in the next few months.

First, a bit about the writing:

I'm working on something called a chapbook for N...

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Kernstalion 2 - 16: Trouble in the library

"I wonder who she killed," Bastian whispered as he clenched his fists. "I want to be the one that puts an end to that firefucker's life!"

Bastian had been muttering the same thing for a while...

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NBB - A sphere's tale - Chapter 11 Made to last forever

GD18s mind spun quickly, scanning around. He sensed nothing, but he didn't believe Mutar would just make this up. Although he had no map of the city, he did have a road map of the area. Through the...

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Kernstalion 2 - 15: Hunting and hunted

"How is he not dead yet…"

Bastian's confused mutters were the first I heard as I slowly came back to. My head was pounding like crazy, and I felt an infernal itch on my shoulder. It was so ...

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Kernstalion 2 - 14: Killing things?

Bastian stepped through the rubble, kicking at some books. He was wearing a massive backpack stuffed with rations and other things needed to stay here for a while.

"You two made a mess of thi...

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NBB - A sphere's tale - Chapter 10 Entry disallowed

TD18 moved towards a passage between two buildings. A four-story building had collapsed against the one beside it, which was only still standing thanks to being stuck against the collapsed side of ...

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Kernstalion 2 - 13: Karma

I woke to feel refreshed and fit and stretched until my joints popped. Voices came from the main temple room, but I ignored them and crossed my arms behind my head. I kept my eyes closed and took d...

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NBB - A sphere's tale - Chapter 9 Evolution one

As soon as Mutar was out of sight, GD18 started preparations. The longer he was here, the more dangerous it could be, and he still needed to choose his upcoming evolution. He summoned his modified ...

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Kernstalion 2 - 12: Temple guard

Before Laurel could vocalize the shock on her face, low rumbling laughter filled the room. The three of us turned to the door, where Ulderion was shaking his head, still with his back towards us. View Post

NBB - A sphere's tale - Chapter 8 Going up

When GD18 finished inscribing the vocal pattern, Mutar still wasn't back. GD18 wasn't worried. He had seen how fast the undead had gotten used to his body during the battle. If anything happened, h...

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Kernstalion2 - 11: Grounded

I closed the door, my eyes on Laurel, who was still pleading in front of the statue with a voice close to breaking. The pleading in her voice reminded me of something I'd rather forget. A moment wh...

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NBB - A sphere's tale - Chapter 7 Tunnel crawlers

An hour later, they found themselves at another crossroads, and this time the choice was easy. GD18 turned right into a much wider tunnel from which came a thick, pungent smell. Sickly and sweet, h...

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Kernstalion2 - 10: Temple three

"You're joking, right?" I said, staring in disbelief at the small, dusty, and doorless room. It was carved out of the rock of the eastern cliff.

Haltir and I stood in a dirty alley after walk...

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NBB - A sphere's tale - Chapter 6 Planning for the future

Dammit! GD18 cursed as he pulled in as much data from the next database as he could. The connection kept destabilizing like some archaic over the air network. The second it finished, he se...

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NBB - A sphere's tale - Chapter 5 Carving out a path

GD18 scrutinized the skeleton. It was different from the ones it found in its databases, reminding him more of humans. Scanning through the plans he had laid out for after he had taken over the Wyr...

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Kernstalion2 - 9: Planning ahead

"It has to be a demon," Laurel said as she stared across the table laden with plates of food.

I shrugged, gnawing at what looked like a haunch of meat, but what Laurel told me was actually a ...

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Kernstalion2 - 8: Fight or flight

With my gaze firmly locked on the hallway through which Ellis and Richal were, I began cooking up a plan to get rid of them.

I felt something inside me struggle as different ways of killing t...

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NBB - A sphere's tale - Chapter 4 Bonewarper

A stunned silence hung in the stomach as GD18 stared wordlessly at the chessboard in front of him. That was almost at the level of a grandmaster, he thought as he analyzed the forty-one ga...

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Kernstalion2 - 7: Unexpected surprises

The guard just looked at us for a while, his eyes seemingly glued on our mounts. The muted sounds of festivities came from the door behind him. After a moment, he beckoned us forward, and Laurel di...

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NBB - A sphere's tale - Chapter 3 Mutar

"I'm bored," Mutar said, sitting motionless on the rock and staring into the slowly bubbling white liquid that was the stomach acid.

"So you've told me forty-seven times already in the past w...

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Kernstalion2 - 6: Civilisation

Ten minutes after we had begun fleeing from the Inrel Demon, I couldn't hear the Torpels anymore, and a cursory glance had shown there was nothing following us. Haltir didn't show any signs of stop...

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Kernstalion2 - 5: Towards the border

We walked our goats through long, four-meter high, six-meter wide paths that led straight through the mountain. A dim light came from smaller corridors to our right.

Taking a look at the one ...

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NBB - A sphere's tale - Chapter 2: A leg up

For the next few weeks, GD18 paid close attention to anything the Wyrm swallowed, quickly coming to the conclusion that there was far too much sand, stone, and debris for it to be normal. That mean...

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Kernstalion2 - 4: A tight spot, a perfect fit

We searched around the mountains for three days, trying to locate a good spot for a city, resting either near Torpel Trees or close to the coast. We didn't find any other food, and the fish didn't ...

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NBB - A sphere's tale - Chapter 1: Do AI wakeup or switch on?

A bright blue light suddenly snapped on in a moist and dark chamber with soft and contracting walls, and a crisp female voice began speaking.

~ Massive influx of ambient undead energy radiati...

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Kernstalion2 - 3: Fishing frenzy

I stared at the group of four Vengeful Sprayers as I had dubbed them. A fifth one was en route to the sea to get his first load. It was becoming light, and although I was tired, I was also incredib...

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Kernstalion2 - 2: Dangerous and creepy

"You're sure we can't remove it?" I asked, staring at the beautiful vista behind a massive fungal growth.

"Impossible. The seeds will be deep in the ground, and it will regrow, infecting ever...

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Kernstalion2 - 1: A new goal

** Note from the author **

My proofreader hasn't had the chance to read this yet, so you might find some errors. I'll put  up the edited version as soon as I get it. 

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