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Pallesia: Chapter 110 - Time to Share.

Lee sat down on an overturned log coated with one of his furs to eat his slightly charred, overdone steak. While he wasn’t expecting this steak to be any ‘fine-dining,’ he at least expected not to be taking a bite out of rubber.

Looking around their camp, he noticed everyone else was struggling to eat their plated tire. Well, all except Em. She eviscerated her steak with glee, looking like a feral dog as she savagely tore chunks of meat and swallowed. Lee watched with a blank face...

Chapter 109 - Diplomatic.

[Authors notes] - I am unsure about how this chapter came out, I didn't want it to be several chapters of back and forth, detailing each of their reactions and moves etc etc. So, I tried my best to compound it into points. When this goes live on RR, it might be changed. Let me know what you think. Also, Lethal Weapon 2. 

Lee gazed at the reddish-orange sky as the sun was inching down over the horizon. He had sent his message and was patiently waiting for the r...

Pallesia: Chapter 108 - Time to talk.

As Lee strode back into their campsite with Em, he got a good look at the squad. Jeremy sat down next to a slowly gathering fire—hands clasped together as he thought deeply. His uniform had some minor damage, and his eyes were hollow. Lee felt he understood Jeremy the best, but maybe he was wrong.

Kendri looked worse for wear, a large bruise was slowly developing on his exposed forearms. He held his spear across his lap, slowly running a whetstone across the tip. An empty bottle was l...

Pallesia Poll: Emotion.

Just a quick poll regarding some of the more recent chapters. As I am ever growing in my writing, I wanted to ask your opinions on how you feel emotion is being portrayed in the story.

Feel free to comment if the choices don't match what you want. 

Pallesia: Chapter 107 - Numb.

In the surrounding forest of Lopus, Lee sat in a small secluded grove, ‘training.’ He wasn’t sure if it was because of shame, the blood, or secrecy for his class quest, but he didn’t want others to see him in the act—Stabbing himself over and over again, only for it to heal in seconds.

When he woke up this afternoon, Jeremy and the others had left for their delve. Doubts and ‘what if’s’ wracked his brain as he went through the monotonous motions of his training. He could...

Pallesia: Chapter 106 - Outburst.

Jeremy checked his HP as he stood. He peered into the darkness surrounding them with wild eyes, looking for any signs of Belgrate.

HP: 153/160

He saw no signs of him. Since Belgrate was watching their left side, not their rear, someone should have seen him leave or be attacked. The rocky cavern floor was poorly suited to tell the tale of his disappearance. Where Belgrate should have been was, for lack of a better word, clean. No blood trails, no ...

Pallesia: Chapter 105 - Battle in the Depths.

“Two to go?” Jeremy questioned. He had said they were aiming for five.

Em snapped her head around toward him as her serious, piercing, blood-red eyes fixed on his form—obvious disappointment radiating outwards. “Do not watch me. Watch your surroundings.”

Jeremy swiveled his head as he dropped into a long-forgotten trained guard position. On the outskirts of a thrown-away torch, Jeremy instantly saw two faint silhouettes. Both were similar to the tall and slend...

Pallesia: Chapter 104 - The deep dark.

“So, first off, we need to watch around us at all points in time. The darkness down here is a detriment to our vision. If we can’t see the statues, they will be able to move.” Jeremy stated, holding the torch up high to illuminate the entrance to the cave.

The rest of the squad nodded along. Jermey was glad that they were functioning as a unit for once. In the past, they had done some small training excursions together as military training, but they never actually went that well. ...

Pallesia: Chapter - 103 - To the depths.

In the dead of night, Lee tossed yet another failed attempt to the side as he reached for something else to practice with. When he placed his hand down, he felt around, trying to find whatever was next. After a few seconds of fruitless searching, he gazed down and saw that he had gone through all his items.

Looking toward the discard pile, Lee saw it was piled high and slightly toppled over. The casualties of his experiments were most of Em’s ‘precious’ items—basically, her junk...

Pallesia: Chapter 102 - A hand at Enchanting.

The sun was setting as Lee stared at Neia’s bloody knife in his grasp. His first test was successful, but he couldn’t abuse his Healer’s Touch ability right now, or people would have questions. Without a tent, he was out in the open. While he could use his mana to heal his wounds, he also needed his mana to cast Anesthesilosurge. Without an easy way to hide himself from others, he put his leveling on hold.

Lee stored Neia’s kni...

Pallesia: Chapter 101 - Self harm.

WARNING: THIS CHAPTER CONTAINS DEPICTIONS OF SELF-HARM. 

WARNING: THIS CHAPTER CONTAINS DEPICTIONS OF SELF-HARM.

Lee drifted in and out of slumber, wracked with guilt and grief. He should have known that not all healing was… good. There would be times in which to save a patient's life, he would have to do things most people couldn’t fathom.

Lee flinched, remembering the final strike of the battle axe and the view of the inside of a man's chest—the pouring...

Pallesia: Chapter 100 - Barbaric.

(GRAPHIC WARNING)

This chapter has scenes depicting the healing of an individual who becomes mutilated. Blood, gore, and trauma warning.

(GRAPHIC WARNING)

Lee ran to follow the departing Annalise. When she moved, she took giant leaping strides that carried her several paces—almost floating and skimming the ground. They were headed toward the village hall, and all noticed their quick travel. Heads turned, and other adventurers followed after, sensing the emergency.

An...

Pallesia: Chapter 99 - Mana Infusion.

“I knew this would happen, Em. That’s why I don’t use Identify willy nilly.” Lee said nervously as they both made their way toward their wagon-camp.

Em waved off all of his complaints. She was nonplussed about being caught snooping. “How was I supposed to know that someone of that level bothered to come here? It’s not my fault. Actually, you should be thanking me for the information.”

Lee couldn’t believe this woman. The audacity of that s...

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Pallesia: Chapter 98 - Annalise.

Lee walked through the village of Lopus toward the village hall. Em skittered by his side along the way as she was accompanying him today.

He wanted to show her what he did and how it impacted the lives of others. It was one thing to explain his healing, which he had done before, but it was different to experience the life-changing qualities it could bring. Even something as minor as healing a stuffy nose caused by a cold could significantly improve someone's quality of life.

The ...

Pallesia: Chapter 97 - Spells and War.

Lee jerked awake after feeling pokes, prods, and nudges. With eyes wide, he looked around for the source of his morning scare. Only to find Kooco attempting to stuff an egg between the crook of his arm and body.

Lee looked to the sky and saw that it was early. He must have slept at most four or five hours. Everyone was still asleep in their tents, and some of the more rambunctious adventures were passed out around dwindling bonfires. Some less enthusiastic adventures stood watc...

Pallesia: Chapter 96 - Bonfire.

Lee sat in front of a roaring bonfire on the outskirts of Lopus. Wisps of smoke trailed off the towering flames, and the comforting smell of smoke eased his tensions.

Multiple bonfires were set about the outskirts of the village, creating a lightened barrier of vision to all those near. Multiple adventures stood watch, but even more were huddled in small groups, laughing jovially and drinking with one another.

Kendri had left their fire and was in the company of a different party....

Pallesia: Chapter 95 - Meeting a patient.

Lee sat at a table inside the village of Lopus, surrounded by his group and over a dozen armed adventuers. They were inside their ‘village hall.’ Which, to Lee, confirmed that this was a town, not a village. He had never heard of a village hall in his life, but he had heard about a town hall.

Em was the only person currently not with him, as she couldn’t fit inside the building. She reassured Lee that she would be fine by herself, but Lee had a nagging feeling in his mind about le...

Pallesia: Chapter 94 - Lopus.

That night, everybody was restless. The worry about more statues was still present in everyone's mind. After some light conversation, they all decided to keep watch in pairs. Lee and Em would take the first watch. Kooco, Meriah, and Jeremy would take the second, and Kendri and Belgrate would take the last. They would leave later than usual, but nobody seemed to mind an extra few hours or days added to their already long trip.

Thankfully, nothing happened on Lee and Em’s nightwatch. It...

Pallesia: Chapter 93 -

It took several seconds for the last remaining shards of stone to stop falling from the effects of Lee’s new devastating spell. While he was glad the spell was capable of destroying the statues, he was now, once again, afraid of his own power.

That spell was absurd.

He had witnessed Neia fighting to the death back in Neldam during the monster siege, and he saw the raw power of the magic she had under her control. She had combined spells with skills to achieve her power—Seamles...