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Ruthless V3Ch34-Duel Part 1

James led his mixed team of humans and monsters over the border into the swamp.

Dave and Damien took up the leads to his left and right.

There was an immediately noticeable shift in the...

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Ruthless V3Ch33-The Home Front

After the wolves had calmed and ceased their howling, after James had sent an announcement explaining that the wolves’ howling was good news rather than some kind of monster attack, and after he ...

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Ruthless V3Ch32-Preparations for Battle Part 2

After he had announced the establishment of the Fisher Kingdom’s first dungeon, James returned to the apartment through the same route by which he’d left it.

“So that was what you neede...

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Re: Butterfly 57. Stay at Home

Adon walked the long and lonely path through the darkness that had daunted him last time.

It was quieter than he remembered here. Adon’s inner voice wasn’t taunting him now. The success o...

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Ruthless V3Ch31-Fisher Kingdom Business

In the morning, James got up early and made his family a hearty breakfast.

He used a frying pan that someone had recovered from one of the old apartments, flames that he could generate from h...

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Re: Butterfly 56. Nesting Phase

You laid your eggs? Adon’s tone was colored by a mixture of nervousness and excitement.

I did, Goldie replied. Her inner voice carried that same weariness Adon had already...

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Ruthless V3Ch30-Preparations for Battle Part 1

“When you say, ‘two neighbors we might need to go to war with,’ I guess the first thing I should ask is why,” James said. “But honestly, what I really want to know is whether they’re hu...

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Re: Butterfly 55. Leaving Home

Should I have told him that I feel a connection to my past life too? Rosslyn asked herself for the fourth time since her meeting with the caterpillar Adon. And again, she shook her head an...

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Ruthless V3Ch29-Home At Last

James led his new followers across the vast landscape that separated the old law office building from the Fisher Kingdom. He led them through the latter part of the day and after the darkness faded...

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Re: Butterfly 54. Crow

Adon’s energy ball shot forward from between his mandibles, straight toward the fascinated crow.

As he watched, it struck the crow between the eyes. The projectile kept moving after hitting...

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Ruthless V3Ch28-Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

“James will be back home early tomorrow, then?” Mina confirmed.

“Correct,” the Artificial Spider said.

“He had better be,” she muttered. “James is not going to leave me st...

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Re: Butterfly 53. The Law of Nature

Edited to reflect that two eggs survived Adon's previous attack, not one. Thanks, carebear!

After Adon and the Princess said their goodbyes, he hopped up onto the side of the box of scraps th...

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Re: Butterfly 52. Inter-Species Dialogue

Edited to clarify some end of chapter decisions!

Magic? Adon thought. I guess I do have magic now. A little bit. Just healing, though. It’s not exactly useful for killing enemi...

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V3Ch27-Hallucination

James stared into the space where he imagined the Goblin King’s eyes were.

He still couldn’t see the figure, but since he held the Goblin King’s throat in his hand, he had a pretty good...

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V3Ch26-The Goblin Battle Part 3

As the next group of Goblin Knights prepared to charge, Duncan used his power to cast a low energy, but highly effective, illusion on the human.

This was a trick he had played on more than a ...

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Re: Butterfly 51. Vendetta

Goldie gestured with her forelimbs to mimic a mouth opening and closing. She obviously wanted to know what had happened. She could tell that something important had taken place.

Adon activate...

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Ruthless V3Ch25-The Goblin Battle Part 2

Well, there are a lot more of these things than I was expecting, James thought. My quality definitely beats theirs. Who was it that said quantity has a quality all its own, though? View Post

Re: Butterfly 50. Magic Breakthrough

Adon found himself in a field of darkness that was qualitatively different than it had ever been before.

On previous visits, he had found himself in a black infinity that seemed simultaneousl...

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Re: Butterfly 49. Communication and Miscommunication

Adon opened his Status back up, and he accessed the Evolution Store.

There was no aimless wandering this time. He had clear ideas of the things he wanted, and he looked for them efficiently, ...

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Re: Butterfly 47. Magic Training Part 2

Adon moved dozens of sparks of Mana from his antennae to his Silk Spinner. Back and forth. Under his belly and over his back. A repeated pattern that only increased in complexity as he kept adding ...

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Re: Butterfly 48. Mana Manipulation II

Yes! Yes!!! I feel great. I’ve done it!

Adon still didn’t know quite what he’d done, but the feeling of accomplishment nevertheless filled him with boundless energy an...

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V3Ch24-The Goblin Battle Part 1

As the shapes of the approaching enemies became clear, James raised an eyebrow. The image that presented itself before his eyes only created further questions.

Four Mole People moved forward...

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V3Ch23-Into the Labyrinth

“So we need to make up our minds,” Mitzi summed up.

“I would say so,” Alan agreed.

“I still think we made the right decision back at the Fisher Kingdom,” she said gently. Lo...

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Re: Butterfly 46. Mission

Princess Rosslyn stepped into the palace chapel and looked around carefully.

Celeste said he called for me. Am I early?

No, there he was, seated in a darkened nook. He held a c...

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Re: Butterfly 45. Awakening

Munch munch. Chomp chomp. Gobble gobble. Gulp.

Adon woke to find himself nom nom nomming on a hefty piece of vegetation. He only vaguely recognized the taste. Cucumber? He had never ...

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Re: Butterfly 44. Food for a Friend

Rosslyn had passed a restless night, tossing and turning in her sleep, after her second encounter with Matilda.

She had found herself dreading dinner with her father all morning as well. He h...

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Ruthless V3Ch22-Underground

James turned and began walking toward the front doors.

“Well—hey, wait! Are-are you gonna do it or what?” Dean’s voice came through the air behind him.

I’m so profoundly d...

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Re: Butterfly 43. Lost

Thank Goddess, we are saved!

That was Goldie’s first thought. But she also had no idea where the sparrow was flying. As she dangled beneath the bird by the slender muscle of the li...

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Re: Butterfly 42. A Spider in the Wild

Goldie fed morsel after morsel of food into the black hole that was Adon’s mouth.

There were moments when she wanted to laugh. Her little friend had such a voracious appetite. Typical c...

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41. Sick Day

Darkness and light cycled back and forth in Adon’s vision.

He had sunk into a diminished state of awareness, but he didn’t think the changes in levels of light were because days were pass...

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