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Chapter 42: Nightmares

Leland woke up with a shock. He sat straight up, his vision going wide. A groan escaped his lips, pain still drifting around his mind.

“Ah, you’re awake.”

Turning, Leland found Al...

Chapter 41: Cabin in the Woods

The Huntress sat with her elbows on a table and slowly thumped herself in the forehead. How did it come to this, she wondered, eyeing her most recent capture.

More specifica...

Chapter 40: Praise Be

Leland took one final look at the shivering form of his best friend and accepted his summon’s gift. He touched the soul of the Damned, pulling the lost soul it held into his body. He breathed in,...

Chapter 39: Invasion

“Guys,” Glenny muttered with a shiver. “I’m hearing whispers again.”

Both parties looked at each other, or rather, facedeach other. From the amount of crimson liquid pourin...

Chapter 38: Hidden Threats

The group didn’t stick around the Smuggler’s Guild for long. With Poppy’s information freshly on their minds, they quickly found an exit. Boor led them to an elevator, one the four of them ha...

Chapter 37: Information

The Huntress was annoyed. It wasn’t the fact that there was a “city” below the city of Shoutwell, one that decisively dealt with crime. Nor the fact that it had remained hidden even ...

Chapter 36: Circle of Souls

“Kneel before me!”

Creeping groans marked the start of the curse, the start of damnation. They came from underground, like tiny flower stems poking out of the soil. Jagged nails ...

Chapter 35: Ambush

As the blade of Boor’s rapier clashed against a short sword pulsating isolated gales of wind, the boys readied themselves. Glenny was first to move, slipping invisible and rushing forward. He ign...

Chapter 34: Smugglers Guild

Through the sea water rusted door, the group came eye to eye with the mountain of a man who opened it for them. The man was dirty with grease and sweat, long dark streaks crossed his stubble where ...

Chapter 33: Decent Down

Dinner was fish and potato.

“So how did the meeting go?” Leland asked the now returned Lady Onryo and her daughter Lady Mavi.

The younger of the two sighed deeply scrapping at her p...

Chapter 32: Suspicion

Jude didn’t notice Leland was “awake” until a purple grimoire appeared out of nowhere and flopped open.

“How’d it go?” he asked.

Leland stopped and suddenly found his eyes f...

Chapter 31: Deals

“Alright, I don’t know how long I’ll be gone… or if I’ll be gone for that matter,” Leland said, laying on a soft bed. “It’s probably going to be like the Dream Ceremonies, ...

Chapter 30: Sigil

Jude didn’t release his grip until Glenny stopped struggling, and even then he was cautious. He laid the unconscious young man on the couch, making sure to prop his head up with a pillow. Meanwhi...

Chapter 29: Red Eyes

“What was that, Leals?” Jude asked, on the walk back to Onryo mansion.

“What do you mean?”

“Have you never talked to a stranger before? Why’d you talk without any subtlety?�...

Chapter 28: A Mug

After a full night’s rest in warm and soft beds, Leland, Jude, and Glenny made their way through the quiet streets. They ignored the hastened pitter-patter of civilians feeling as they n...

Chapter 27: Quest

“You have a cult problem, yes. The Sightless, if you want to be specific, ” Leland corrected, receiving four frowns from the four people in the study.

Lady Onryo pursed her lips....

Chapter 26: Call for Help

A glint pulled Leland’s eyes to his slung hand. The crow tattoo craned its neck, staring back at him with its rounded emerald eyes. It opened and closed its mouth like a repeating silent alarm. 2023-03-06 21:51:46 +0000 UTC View Post

Chapter 25: Shoutwell

Deep within the sewers of Shoutwell, likeminded people were gathering. Most wore red robes and obscuring hoods, carried ritual serrated knives, and hummed muted chants. They walked in pairs, should...

Chapter 24: The Long Road

Travel to Shoutwell was decently eventful. There, of course, were monster attacks, often leaving them a hair away from death. They came from the trees or hid within the streams, often surprising th...

Chapter 23: Devil is in the Details

Leland was the first on guard duty after the boys reached their inn. They didn’t believe thieves would be so bold as to attack them in their room but who knew at this point. With all the absurd t...

Chapter 22: Tail

“Thank you for the appraisals,” Leland said, paying Joy for her services. “If we decide to auction any of the items, we will be back.”

Joy nodded and pocketed the coin. She held open ...

Chapter 21: Profit

“I think they are too tight.”

Jude hesitated a step, reaching down and smudging his new boot laces. He then stomped and caught up with the others. A few steps later he repeated t...

Chapter 20: Witchhunter

Deep within the town of Liontrunk, well past the market square and alchemy laboratories, was a unique building. A constant flow of traffic entered and exited the armored doors,  sporting weapo...

Chapter 19: Spoils

The monster’s hulking size left plenty of things to remove. Hide, scale, leather, eyes, teeth, organs, even its tail for proof of kill. Leland watched Glenny skin the most usable parts of the lio...

Chapter 18: Boss

They ran, a house sized lion-toad floating after them. Leland only managed to cast Fracture twice before the beast noticed. When it did, it turned right to Leland and Jude and crouched down. A mome...

Chapter 17: Plans

“How do you even know there is another boss?” Onryo cried. “What if we are already at the end, there’s no reason to not head back to the entrance.”

Leland spared him a glan...

Chapter 16: Respite

Leland was the first to awaken. He sat up, his body feeling like mush that had been ground in a mortar and pestle. Slowly he looked around, feeling the wind in his hair, smelling the iron of blood....

Chapter 15: Contracts

Leland’s eyes opened to a dull and dour, naked forest. Spindly trees made up the landscape, petrified, white and lifeless. There was not a hint of green, no leaves, no grass, only muted brows and...

Chapter 14: Berserker

Glenny took the opportunity of the Mana Lion attacking to move. Despite being nearly invisible, Icewillow had followed his movements since his initial reveal. He cursed at himself for failing to ki...

Chapter 13: Witch

“Kill or capture?” Leland asked, pulling hesitant gazes from the others.

“I don’t think we can capture. Look at how he’s fighting the thing.” Jude replied, pointing.

Icewill...