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[Voidknight Ascension] Chapter 270 – Enter the Dragon

 

New Quest: Enter the Dragon

You have been tasked with restricting yourself to only the dreadfang style. For the duration of the incursion, you...

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[Voidknight Ascension] Chapter 269 – Dreadfang

 

Sam’s days were filled with blood, sweat, and pain. Zahif was an excellent master. He taught Sam through trial and error. Showing him how to perform the maneuvers first, then ...

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[Voidknight Ascension] Chapter 268 – Sturdier Than Expected

 

Sam returned to the Scarlet Lotus later that day, his inventory stuffed full of new things from the Empire. He could have spent weeks exploring the markets and still not see a t...

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[Voidknight Ascension] Chapter 267 – An Unexpected Reunion II

 

Zahif gave Sam and Komachi a tour of the markets.

They were overwhelmed with choice. Though he had just eaten, Sam found he had the appetite for more. The twinned cities w...

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[Voidknight Ascension] Chapter 266 – An Unexpected Reunion

His cat brandished her brush.

Droplets of blue paint splattered across the floorboards. The paint beaded together and rolled to a stop.

Sam watched, waiting for something to happ...

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[Voidknight Ascension] Chapter 265 – Primordial Painter

 

Sam took Komachi to their room, where he hoped to spend the rest of the day sleeping away the fatigue of the last few days.

It wasn’t every day you fought ghostly pirate...

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[Voidknight Ascension] Chapter 264 – Catdog

 

As Sam looked over the older abilities he had earmarked as being potentially useful, he started to question his earlier decisions.

[Flash]

(...

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[Voidknight Ascension] Chapter 263 – The Wages of War

 

The most obvious thought struck Sam right then. I could tell Zarishna everything. The missing Lumanots, the Dead Echo, all of it.

The chances were slim she would ...

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[Voidknight Ascension] Chapter 262 – Unwavering Resolve

 

Sam looked around for some kind of marker. He had no idea where the Goldgate was. Thankfully, nearly everybody there did. Sam only had to follow the tide of bodies, readying the...

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[Voidknight Ascension] Chapter 261 – Omens

 

An army is attacking the gates!

You are enlisted in the defense of the city. Earn your share of gold and glory by fighting for th...

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[Voidknight Ascension] Chapter 260 – What Could Have Been

 

Sam tumbled to the floor and collapsed in a sprawl. The unsettling sensation that draped across his frame announced his return to the Dead Echo. It was a gripping, numbing feeli...

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[Voidknight Ascension] Chapter 259 – Meat’s Back on the Menu!

 

With the addition of the Food Court to their number, Sil’mara’s population had ballooned to over 300 souls. They routinely fished people out from the Maelstrom’s sweeping ...

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[Voidknight Ascension] Chapter 258 – Catharsis

 

K’thran, the lamia typhoon dancer, watched the lone human drop from the prow of the ship. How easy this would be! The stupid and the brave always were so kind to send out thei...

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[Voidknight Ascension] Chapter 257 – Lady Luck

 

“The bane o’ every sailor,” Galbast told him. “Ye couldn’t ask for a more fearsome enemy to face! The Talmoori scare their children with stories o’ the lamia. Sailor...

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[Voidknight Ascension] Chapter 256 – Ghost Pirates II

 

The fight against the pirates through the night was long and grueling. Despite how much Sam longed for rest, the thrill of battle pushed him on.

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[Voidknight Ascension] Chapter 255 – Ghost Pirates

 

Ghostly skeletons climbed up the side of the Wavedancer. Rusted, barnacle-encrusted weapons clamped in their teeth promised an agonizing end. Mostly broad, curved scimi...

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[Voidknight Ascension] Chapter 254 – Wavedancer II

 

At the end of the first night, Sam went to check on the cargo hold. Most of the crew gave him a slap on the back or a quick smile, but they were too busy still putting everythin...

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[Voidknight Ascension] Chapter 253 – Wavedancer

Komachi rubbing her paws together, then kneading the downed mage with [Healing Biscuits] didn’t do much to calm the ship crew down.

“I know this looks bad,” Sam said, holding his...

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[Voidknight Ascension] Chapter 252 – Stowaway

 

Sam thought that the lurching, disorienting sensation of being thrust back into the flow of time last time was bad. This was on an entirely different level.

The large man ...

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[Voidknight Ascension] Chapter 251 – Mustard of Madness

 

The Skyshard’s barrier flashed above, repelling errant chunks of rock and debris. The storm seemed to be lessening. Green lightning strikes were replaced by chunks of shattere...

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[Voidknight Ascension] Chapter 250 – In the Toxin Hole III

 

Matt rested within the tunnel, safely out of sight of the agitated spiders. There were two distinct groups fighting each other now. Each believed the other was the aggressor, wh...

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[Voidknight Ascension] Chapter 249 – In The Toxin Hole II

 

When Matt awoke again, the Shardscript was still there.

[Toxin]

Few are capable of taming the toxic nature of plants and animals. Most c...

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[Voidknight Ascension] Chapter 248 – In The Toxin Hole

 

Matt was in a dark, damp hole.

Again.

While it wasn’t the typical one, it was pretty much the same deal. At least it wasn’t a hole Raiko dug for him and stuffed ...

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[Voidknight Ascension] Chapter 247 – Paths

 

Matt looked over at Raiko. “Why is he doing that? Is he having a stroke?”

“No,” Raiko said grumpily, “he just got something good. Really good.”

“I got ...

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[Voidknight Ascension] Chapter 246 – Honorbound

 

Your [Heavy Blade] Skill has reached (★☆ Uncommon).

For all the effort he put into that strike, it certainly appeared to pay off. Sam had used [Heavy ...

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[Voidknight Ascension] Chapter 245 – Path of Blood

 

“That was a nice thing you did,” Komachi told Sam as he cut-and-thrust around the parrying blade of an automaton.

It was a testament to how much they had both grown th...

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[Voidknight Ascension] Chapter 244 – Finders Keepers

The first thing that resolved in Sam’s hazy vision was Raiko’s worried face. Her violet eyes drew him in with the promise of safety. The shock of killing another man, the disorientation ...

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[Voidknight Ascension] Chapter 243 – Power Overwhelming

 

The hideous, profane Tower rose out to pierce the veil of Oblivion mana that surged and roiled around the heart of the Maelstrom. Following the edicts of his newfound family, Qu...

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[Voidknight Ascension] Chapter 242 – An Imperial Heist

 

Sam’s next footfall landed on leaf mold. He was immediately assaulted by a dizzying sense of movement. As if he had been plunged into a roaring river.

Komachi licked her...

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[Voidknight Ascension] Chapter 241 – Proof II

 

Sam had never used his Void powers in this way before, and he sorely doubted it would work, but he had to try. There was no way around the dreadnought, no way under or over it.<...

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