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BT II - Epilogue

Baron Hurden’s body opened its eyes.  It sloshed slightly in the brass bathtub, pulling itself up from the red liquid that it had been soaking in until its chest was free.

“Disappoin...

BT II - Chapter 37

Eryk’s eyes bugged out in surprise.  Trevor was to his left, spear at ready while Drekt stood to his right, cleaver in a two fisted grip.

“Strike!”  Drekt’s shout broke the ...

BT II - Chapter 36

Micah crested the staircase, spear over his left shoulder.  A massive pair of stone double doors stood before him, partially ajar.  He reached out with this left hand, pressing it against...

BT II - Chapter 35

The third floor of the tower consisted of a series of testing rooms and laboratories.  An hour of searching only turned up the dregs of abandoned experiments, broken crockery, and general detr...

BT II - Chapter 34

After the battle to secure the gate, actually entering the tower was anticlimactic. The fence posts still spat death,filling Micah’s nose with the smell of burnt ozone as he approached, but the g...

BT II - Chapter 33

Two days.  From start to finish, Micah was trapped in the dark, fumbling from cave to cave for two days and two nights.

He had no idea how far his group traveled.  He lost count of ...

BT II - Chapter 32

“Dodge!” Micah yelled, his Arcana sense screaming danger as the four-armed giant hewn from blue stone lifted its top two hands above its head.  Its eyes, gems set into the smooth stone of ...

BT II - Chapter 31

Micah sighed with relief as their group stepped out of the grass and into the afternoon light.  He reached up, wiping sweat from his face before bringing his hand to his neck to touch the ench...

BT II - Chapter 30

Micah wiped the blood from the point of his spear, surveying the room full of dead grass monitors.  Eris was in the corner, nursing an injured arm as regeneration slowly repaired the ...

BT II - Chapter 29

Micah sat cross-legged before the old man, Drekt to his right and Leeka to his left.  Somewhere in the corner of the dark hut, Garrat bounced back and forth excitedly, barely able to hold hims...

BT II - Chapter 28

Unending grass swayed back and forth.  Micah couldn’t see more than an arm’s length in front of him, his vision terminating in chutes of vegetation as thick as his thumb that rose high abo...

BT II - Chapter 27

Micah trudged through the forest next to Leeka while Jakaw sat perched on her shoulder, chattering at the two of them amiably.  The noon light filtered through the foliage as they made their w...

BT II - Chapter 26

Micah dodged backward, avoiding a line of rainbow light a half second before a Luoca’s tail slashed through the air, shattering rocks of the dungeon floor.  He darted in, spear leading the w...

BT II - Chapter 25

“How are we looking out there?”  Micah called out, glancing from the trembling woman that had been the Bishop toward the entrance to the cave.  “The ritual is done, do you need any ...

BT II - Chapter 24

“But I’m boooooored,” Esther’s voice echoed into the cave.  “Micah’s been in there for days poking that sleeping lady, and only Ravi and Leeka are allowed to go hunting.”

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BT II - Chapter 23

Micah appeared in a forest clearing, the chill of Elsewhere still clinging to his armor after teleporting.  Leeka stumbled past him, falling to her hands and knees as she struggled with the di...

BT II - Chapter 22

“Hey Micah,” Trevor’s voice called out from one of the hooded and bound figures.  “I know you’re probably super busy right now, but if you could get around to untying us, that would ...