Ch. 39 The Second Nest
39.
“Are you sure there’s hostages?” Justin’s deep voice cut across the sudden hubbub as Santi finished giving his report. They had left right as the...
2024-06-17 20:55:22 +0000 UTC View Post
39.
“Are you sure there’s hostages?” Justin’s deep voice cut across the sudden hubbub as Santi finished giving his report. They had left right as the...
2024-06-17 20:55:22 +0000 UTC View Post38.
They came out of the hospital in a clutch of huddled forms. Bloodstained clothes were stitched together in a gristly motley that covered their misshapen ...
2024-06-16 22:08:04 +0000 UTC View Post37.
The cityscape slowly morphed away from the tight packed older homes and into more sprawling buildings. Strip malls, wide parking lots, and abandoned box ...
2024-06-16 20:50:52 +0000 UTC View Post36.
“What do you think caused that?” Daniel whispered as he and Santi stood staring at the hole in the side of the building. Scattered boards, pink insul...
2024-06-15 03:56:52 +0000 UTC View Post35.
It was in the early afternoon that they began to organize the counter-attack. There had simply been too much death and chaos for anyone to begin planning...
2024-06-14 21:54:24 +0000 UTC View Post34.
Santi was staring at the charred metal and scorched flesh in front of him. A heap of armor that still radiated heat, it had been th...
2024-06-13 20:19:32 +0000 UTC View Post33.
The hobs raced in front of the War Chief with their spears leading the way, bloodlust filling their eyes. The War Chief kept coming forward with sl...
2024-06-13 19:27:09 +0000 UTC View Post33.
The hobs raced in front of the War Chief with their spears leading the way, bloodlust filling their eyes. The War Chief kept coming forward with sl...
2024-06-12 22:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post32.
The twisting flames and weak starlight were the only light that Santi had to navigate by. The streets had been cleaned to a decent degree, but there was ...
2024-06-11 21:40:34 +0000 UTC View Post31.
It took a lot longer to convince them to listen to him. Even with the strangeness of the world changing, the adults in the room were nervous to take any type of bac...
2024-06-10 21:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post30.
Santi eventually ended up taking that nap. As the lethargic afternoon wore on his eyes grew heavy and he found a shadowy room to close his eyes for a few...
2024-06-09 21:16:15 +0000 UTC View Post29.
Santi didn’t go to sleep, it was only the middle of the afternoon after all. He went and gave himself a wet wipe bath, trying to remove the worst of the offending...
2024-06-08 22:19:04 +0000 UTC View Post28.
“Lot of people here, Tank,” Santi immediately moved to settle his questions. The larger young man didn’t even look up from his work. They were work...
2024-06-07 21:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post27.
The stone was wrapped up carefully in the shredded remnants of several shirts, then cocooned in a wad of tape. The moment the cursed stone was completely...
2024-06-07 00:21:03 +0000 UTC View Post26.
The anchor for the curse was two men welded together in a fitful mockery of life. Four uneven legs had it tottering as it moved, four arms emerged from d...
2024-06-05 21:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post25.
The back door swung on silent hinges, letting them enter the pitch black back room. Santi cursed as both Daniel and Hana grabbed and cracked glowsticks, ...
2024-06-04 01:40:19 +0000 UTC View Post24.
“The store, it’s fucking haunted. Don’t go in there,” the leader of the small band hissed as Santi and his team got closer. Broken glass crunched...
2024-06-04 01:36:40 +0000 UTC View Post23.
It took several hours to organize and find volunteers. The shock of the world’s ending hadn’t worn off at all yet. The boost in stats had helped some...
2024-06-04 01:33:33 +0000 UTC View Post22.
Santi awoke quietly, his eyes darting around the dark room. The only illumination was the faint flicker of candles in the corner of the room. Bodie...
2024-06-04 01:29:02 +0000 UTC View Post21.
Naomi Weaver spun into her attack, the longsword nothing more than a blur as it beheaded the lizardman. The kill notification dinged but sh...
2024-06-04 01:25:15 +0000 UTC View Post20.
“There’s a tarp in the way!” Someone yelled as they got to the corner of the brick wall. It was the only way to enter the premises of the hideout, ...
2024-06-04 01:21:18 +0000 UTC View Post19.
Santi slashed down, the curved saber slicing skin as the goblin screamed as its flesh split. The saber was sharp, tearing through the paper thin skin lik...
2024-06-04 01:15:18 +0000 UTC View Post18.
Most everyone was already gathered downstairs in the common room. The numbers had swelled to well over forty people, most of whom Santi couldn’t recogn...
2024-06-04 01:06:56 +0000 UTC View Post17.
Santi watched as the slew of kill notifications scrolled by. The single kobold he had killed, the shamans, warriors, the chief, and finally the ent. Noth...
2024-06-04 01:00:28 +0000 UTC View Post16.
Santi woke with a start, bolting upright, skin peeling away from the leather couch loudly. Light filtered through the broken glass doors, but the common ...
2024-06-04 00:57:26 +0000 UTC View Post15.
Santi spun around to look at the creature that had just yelled in his ear. His frayed nerves snapped, a scream of fright and rage boiling out of him, and...
2024-06-04 00:46:51 +0000 UTC View Post14.
After retrieving his pack, stashing his spoils in the process, Santi started to work his way out of the temple. He was out of water and was desperately t...
2024-06-04 00:40:46 +0000 UTC View Post13.
The ent was on him faster than Santi thought something that large could move. Its arms swinging down in a brutal chop meant to pulverize him. Santi dove ...
2024-06-04 00:33:28 +0000 UTC View Post12.
The guardian’s chamber was hewed of rough stone. Stairs led him further down, through the floor of the temple and into a natural cave. Luminescent moss...
2024-06-04 00:16:25 +0000 UTC View Post11.
His fury carried him to the Chief’s hall. Santi threw the glowstick into the corner and then snapped open another road flare that he tossed into the opposite corn...
2024-06-04 00:06:34 +0000 UTC View Post