Tsaimath

Chapter 40

We continued our way through the second floor, happily hacking apart Draugr as we went and marvelling at the experience we gained. We perfected the tactic we stumbled upon in the first room, Sigmir blocking them for a bit while I liberally threw freezing magic into the room, then Sigmir switching to her Lok'nar and letting me protect her with two shields via Ice Magic. It worked very well even if I was out of Astral Power after each fight. Still, my Astral Meditation got a workout and o...

Chapter 39

After a night in the dungeon, it was time to descend the stairs to explore the rest of the dungeon. Fortunately, my eye-sight had returned after I had used healing for about ten minutes. I guess that's what I get for having a light-sensitive race. After the fight, Sigmir had exchanged her Ice-Axe with the Narrentöter, combining it with the Ice Shield and had taken some time to get used to the combination.

I had placed one attribute point each into Intelligence and Intuition, even...

Chapter 38

After we had cleared the first room of the dungeon, we continued our way further down the corridor. Soon, we reached another side-room, this time with four skeletons, all of them already out of their alcoves, waiting for us. I guess the four we fought before were in this room as it had eight alcoves all in all. This time Sigmir wanted to try the silver-plating on her Lok'nar so she charged in the room and a red glow materialised around her. The silver plating worked like a charm, a few ...

Chapter 37

With dawn, we rose, breaking camp and making our way over to the hill, inspecting the entrance and then opening it. The door was made out of a large, stone wheel, allowing us to roll it into an opening so the entrance was open. The moss that we had seen outside was also inside, shedding green light, bathing the corridor in an eerie glow.

Looking at the narrow corridor, Sigmir asked me if I could create a shield and an one-handed axe for her, worried that she wouldn't be able to us...

Chapter 36

After sleeping better than ever, thanks to the workout with Sigmir, the morning came with a smiling Kallista, waking us up. She took quite the delight in tormenting the two of us, asking if we had heard to howling during the night, her teasing grin making it clear that she was referring to us. Her laughter at our blushing was good natured though and the wistful smile that came over her face afterwards told of love lost but not forgotten. I guess there was a story there, maybe I'd learn ...

Chapter 35

Author's Note The last part, starting with "After Dinner, it was time..." is an 18+ lesbian scene. If you don't like that, skip it ;)

The next morning started with a leisurly breakfast and happy chit-chat with our host. After breakfast, it was time for her to show us the map and explain it. We told her the locations for our tasks, the Barrow Den, Mount Yugid and the Gardens of Tegi.

She got out a scroll of parchement, slightly worn but still easily readable. On...

Chapter 34

After another night camping out, Sigmir, Ylva and I made our way to the south-east, looking for the Fangtrees, while looking for valleys and elk.

We managed to find one elk but no Dreaver so the pack Kallista had given us was rather filled now. The elk had given us a bit of trouble as it had tried to run but I had managed to cripple one of it's legs with my first strike, allowing Ylva to catch up.

The Fangtrees were quite distinctive, as they were a mix of Venus fly-trap, tr...

Chapter 33

After a restful night, Sigmir and I were quite happy with the world in general. Both of us felt that we were safe and there was a clear path forward. At breakfast, we joked around with our host and Kallista even made us some provisions to take with us, as we planned to head to the north first, looking for the boar and if we found it, we'd head south-east, looking for the Fangtrees. As we talked, Kallista lent us a second, large Bag of Holding, this one even having a conservation-enchant...

Chapter 32

Author's Note: The last part, starting with "While I was admiring myself" is an 18+ lesbian scene. If you don't like that, skip it ;)

We walked through the grove, heading for the second house Praxi had pointed out to us. This one was a whitewashed two-story house, not out of place in a modern countryside, with wooden shutters protecting clear glass windows and it had no open workshop, so we knocked. 

A short time later, the door opened, revealing...

Chapter 31

After the Grandmother gave us our tasks, we quickly left her house, not wanting to overstay our welcome. The door instantly vanished after we exited, leaving us standing on the porch, wondering just what had happened. Lenore took that moment to retreat back into her Hallow and to my surprise, Ylva did just the same.

As we walked off, I felt the need to talk with Sigmir, while I was truly happy about her loyalty and protectiveness, I did not want to have her sacrifice herself for m...

Chapter 30

After taking down the Mudfins, we walked for about an hour, not wanting to camp right next to the corpses in case scavengers were drawn to the smell of blood and gore. The night was not comfortable on the cold ground, but we knew that only one more night would take us to our goal.

We slept a couple of hours and then moved on in the starlight.

It is interesting, how fast you become inured to the spectacular if the spectacular becomes common. The first days in the forest, I ha...

Chapter 29

After our night in Yugan, we had an early breakfast. Siranda and I traded a bit, exchanging some trail-bread and produce for the pelts, claws and teeth we had collected from the various game we had killed. The big hit, however, was the quicklime - we traded half our supply of it, getting some good, portable cookware for it. Now we could leave the heavy stoneware behind, making the large, non-magic backpack quite a bit lighter as the pelts and the stone-pots were too large to fit into th...

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