Chapter 95 - It Helps
Nar whipped his head around, and found Kur staring down at them both.
“Kur! I… This…”
Kur gave him a half smile and patted his shoulder. “Relax. It’s fine. You’re doing so...
2024-11-28 19:33:43 +0000 UTC View Post
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Chapter 94 - No Idea How This Works
The corridor they had walked in from, and which had initially served as their directional aid, was gone, lost even to his enhanced [Sight], when they woke up
Nar was sure it had been there wh...
2024-11-28 19:31:49 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 93 - Floor Kids
Tuk’s muffled laughter escaped through his fingers.
Rel, similarly, was having a hard time containing herself.
“My mom slapped me so hard, her hand was marked on my face for days!...
2024-11-27 06:57:41 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 92 - Amidst The Columns
“We’re going to walk straight forward from here,” Kur said.
He pointed at the final yellow arrow at their feet, and then raised his hand straight at the room ahead of them.
“Eve...
2024-11-27 06:55:01 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 91 - Making The Change
Nar watched Cen take Mul into the Pressure, and turned back to Jul.
The rogue stood before him. She stared nervously at the floor and she fidgeted with her hands.
He repressed a sigh. P...
2024-11-26 00:52:28 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 90 - The Power Of Aura
Nar came to slowly. Peacefully even.
His mind had none of the heaviness and graininess of the last few days, and as he lifted his hand to his face, he rejoiced in the simple lightness of the ...
2024-11-26 00:51:30 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 89 - Change
Someone shook him.
He heard his name.
He heard crying.
But it was so quiet. So comfortable there…
He wanted to stay. He wanted to stay forever.
When was the last tim...
2024-11-25 14:09:54 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 88 - Facing Fate
He was awake and alone when he heard the footsteps approaching him.
Kur appeared above his face, and sat next to him.
Nar didn’t even need to look at his face to know what it looked l...
2024-11-25 14:05:37 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 87 - To Speak And Hear The Truth
A conflict raged.
Bright and dark orange clashed.
They rose to heights of immensity and crashed onto each other with such force, that Nar’s very soul quaked and quivered from the reve...
2024-11-24 10:48:31 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 86 - Uncontrolled Power
Nar woke to chaos.
The metallic battle cries of guardians competed with the shouts and [Aura] explosions from the Climbers.
Nar sat up and blearily looked around him.
“You’re ...
2024-11-24 10:48:10 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 85 - The Only Way Forward
“I’m not setting myself on fire, Mul! Relax!” Cen yelled at her brother.
She tried to pry her hand from Mul’s, but the brawler held steadfast.
“I don’t want you to burn your...
2024-11-24 10:47:55 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 84 - The Yearning
Kur nodded at Nar and Jul as they took a seat in the circle. The orange light tinted everything, and made the shadows in their faces appear deeper than they were. It gave them all a grim, grave loo...
2024-11-23 09:42:12 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 83 - The Light At The End Of The Corridor
Nar was jolted awake by a pinging sound.
Four more pings followed after it, and Nar’s drowsy mind slowly put their meaning together.
Jul found something, and she wants us to go to...
2024-11-23 09:40:44 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 82 - Injury
“You alright, man?” Tuk asked.
Nar lifted his eyes and saw Tuk approaching him. He held Cen in his arms, their caster still fast asleep.
A quick, and by now automatic and effortless...
2024-11-22 10:15:08 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 81 - Things Get Harder
Part 3 - The Upper Levels
“... and that was it. We thought the worst was behind us. We should’ve known better…” - Anonymous delver human DPS, ex-Climber, The Lusty Quam, S894SDAF7...
2024-11-22 10:13:03 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 80 - We Go On, Till The End
Two days later, rested and healed, Kur asked out loud, for the party to be let out of the safe room.
An exit revealed itself, and Gad stepped cautiously outside.
The yellow arrows await...
2024-11-21 15:07:00 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 79 - Rewards from Not Getting Eaten
The day was spent in laughter and relaxation. In the small confines of the warm, softly lit room, everyone felt at ease. Safe.
The events of the past few days almost seemed far. In Nar’s me...
2024-11-21 15:05:34 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 78 - Decision To Be Brave
Nar sat down next to Jul, once things quieted down, and everyone had dispersed.
“Hey, you okay?” he asked her.
“I deserved that,” Jul said.
Nar chuckled. “Yeah, you did....
2024-11-20 14:16:18 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 77 - Growing Ever Closer
Half an hour later, Nar stepped out of the blaster.
His whole body stung, and his skin protested against his new set of clothes. He had blasted himself until his skin had taken on an angry re...
2024-11-20 14:14:55 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 76 - Safe Room 2.0
Nar came to in a dimly lit room.
He heard the others breathing, peacefully asleep around him.
A window popped up, and Nar read the message.
-[ You have entered a sa...
2024-11-19 12:09:10 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 75 - To The Barrier!
Nar carried Viy away from the frenzy of wet sounds. They walked past Rel and Cen, who looked pale at the scene unfolding behind them.
“Cen!” Nar called.
“I-On it!” she stammered...
2024-11-19 12:07:15 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 74 - Ugly Ending
“Come to me, Viy!” Wik shouted. “I know you want it too!”
Viy yelled in reply.
The two spears twirled and spun in dizzyingly fast arcs and sweeps, meeting each other in the midd...
2024-11-18 14:21:15 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 73 - Sneaking Out
The little flap shifted and Gad poked her head outside.
“We’re ready,” she said.
“And Viy?” Kur asked.
“She’ll be okay,” Gad said. “I’ll keep an eye on her.”...
2024-11-18 14:19:52 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 72 - You Need Me
“What are you doing here?” Nar hissed. “I told you to run!”
“I’m not running!” she shot back at him.
“My Crystal! Is that Jul?” Tuk asked, sitting up.
“Everyon...
2024-11-17 09:50:34 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 71 - Courage
“No…” Tuk said, in the silence that fell upon them. “No!”
“Yes… Yes! There. Is. No. Magic!” Wik roared. “There has never been! And there never will be! We didn’t start fro...
2024-11-17 09:47:54 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 70 - Prisioners
Conversations.
Hunger.
Madness.
Screams.
The splitting pain in his head brought him in and out of it. From senseless to delirium, and into senselessness again.
At some...
2024-11-17 09:46:10 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 69 - Hunted
Slowly, with his heart in his mouth, Nar guided Jul back towards the stairwell.
Damn. Why did we walk so far?
An injured, hurting Climber. The cannibals had tricked them good.<...
2024-11-16 10:07:05 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 68 - Searching In The Dark
The temperature slowly dropped as they left the strange, sweltering corridor behind. And in the tight corridor they now found themselves in, Nar thought that the warmth was almost pleasant.
I...
2024-11-16 10:06:02 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 67 - More Victims
It was painful to watch Jul stumbling forward.
After three sleepless nights, and three days of barely sleeping while Nar carried her, the scout was unsteady on her feet, as she supported the ...
2024-11-15 11:39:35 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 66 - Waking Up
He swore he heard something. Something dragging across the floor. Or falling. Or a breath.
Was he imagining things?
“Nar,” Tas called. “Come on, don’t fall…”
“Shut u...
2024-11-15 11:38:16 +0000 UTC View Post