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Chapter 204 - We're Leaving

After returning to Fort Hope, Ashton, Carson, and the rest of their City's leadership broke off to resettle the crowd and the people they brought back.

Our talks weren't set to begin right aw...

Chapter 203 - Back to Fort Hope

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Howdy all, 

I thought I should give a little warning for the days I will be taking off for the holiday season. Don't worry, I won't be taking the whole week...

Chapter 202 - Moving Forward

Abigail

"Honey, you need to stop checking that." Jon sighed.

She knew he was right, but she couldn't help herself. The pylon leadership screen was her only way...

Chapter 201 - Demonic Essence

"Do you need anything?"

"Are you Hungry?"

"Do you want me to make you anything?"

"How's that? Are you comfortable?"

The stream of questions was never-ending and while her co...

Chapter 200 - Levels Galore

Chris

My body was still racked with pain and every breath made it flare up. I was unsure of the specifics, but it felt like every bone in my ribcage was broken and s...

Chapter 199 - Grandstanding

Gabriel

Gabriel wasn't sure what he was walking out into. He didn't want to be away from his brother for long but something was obviously going down inside the camp....

Chapter 198 - Crescendo

Gabriel

"Is he getting better?" His mother asked.

His cousin, Ashley, could only shake her head, "I honestly don't know. This is so far beyond regular medicine...

Chapter 197 - Why this Valley?

Rachel

Everyone stood and observed the icy encasement for a while longer but no one said anything. There was nothing they could do.

Some had tears welling up a...

Chapter 196 - The Heart of Magic

Gabriel

He's alive. He had to be. There's no way that he died.

Gabriel's mind spun. Seeing the explosion nearly made his working thoughts crash. Like ...

Chapter 195 - Stream of Essence

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I actually had this chapter done yesterday but decided to release it in a one-two combo with today's. Chapter 196 will be posted shortly following this one for a total of nearly 6k word...

Chapter 194 - Grim Resolution

I wasn't absolutely certain what I was looking at was what I feared, but even with the slightest off chance it was, I needed to stop it now.

When enough Demons got together a...

Chapter 193 - Unwinnable Battle

My hammer came swinging down followed by a sickening crunch. The earth shattered from the blow, causing cracks to spiderweb out from the impact.

I didn't pay any attention to the blood seepin...

Chapter 192 - Warning Intuition

Rachel

"There he goes," Rachel muttered to herself.

She would have to be blind and incapacitated not to notice the veritable blizzard of power taking place ins...

Chapter 191 - Snow in Summer

With a ferocious roar, I slammed into the charging Demons with all I had. With the boost from [Fury] and [Avalanche], even as small as it was at the start, I swung my hammer with over a thousand po...

Chapter 190 - Charge

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Sorry about the no chapter yesterday, my travel plans to get home from Thanksgiving were delayed do to unforeseen weather. Not that the snow was unforeseen, but I thought they were exa...

Chapter 189 - of Death

Plans were drawn up, orders were issued, and people stood ready for the signal.

Everyone had their marching orders and there was no more reason to delay. The decision to attack was finalized ...

No Chapter for Thanksgiving

There isn't going to be a chapter today, but there will be one Sunday to make up for it.

Chapter 188 - The Valley

Chris

"We need to hit them from the West, it gives us the high ground and it will pin them against the opposite valley wall," Ashton said as he ran his...

Chapter 187 - Doom and Gloom

Gabriel

While having his legs back was the single best thing to happen since their return, it didn't stop him from complaining about the aching. After setting off fr...

Chapter 186 - Threads

With our first meeting concluded, it left time for a few awkward encounters. It was obvious that neither I nor the other City Owner knew how to treat one another.

I didn't care much for throw...

Chapter 185 - It Will Have To Be

The trip back to the busy City was just as quick as the trip there. A few hours later I was right back to where I started, staring ahead at what would be my first diplomatic meeting.

It wasn'...

Chapter 184 - Ritual Circle

Chris

Carson fidgeted at being addressed directly and seemed conflicted on how to respond, "Uh, sir, don't you think you should meet with the City Lord first?"

Chapter 183 - Agreement

"That depends on the type of agreement," Austin said while leaning back in his chair. Not enough to prop it up on two legs and be impolite, but enough to show his curiosity on where this was going....

Chapter 182 - Twin Cities

Marcus

Relief flooded his system as the gates closed behind him and yet another Water Run was completed without a single death. That accomplishment marked an entire ...

Chapter 181 - Fighting Bugs

Chris

"Provisions are packed, weapons are ready, spare armor and metal is in wagon 3, is there anything you're forgetting?" Abigail lectured while checking over the ...

Chapter 180 - City Abuzz

Carson

After he was led away from the meeting room, he and his group were made to wait in a sparsely populated room with little decor. They could have done wi...