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Bk 2 Ch. 10 Backyard Training

10.

Santi dodged under the swing, Bianca’s homemade macahuitl screaming over his head. Bianca put too much effort into the swing, staggering by him as she failed to connect. Santi kicked her in the thigh, careful to restrain his strength. There was no point in shattering bone during a spar. 

Santi transformed the morph blade into a flat, dull blade, and twitched his wrist to hit her across the shoulder. A golden pane of energy snapped into being,...

Bk 2 Ch. 9

9.

A/N Not going to lie, this chapter was a struggle to write. Not thrilled with the way it came out either and it will be getting worked on.

It took two full days to work their way back to Homebase. Santi was in no hurry, enjoying the time with his family in the relatively peaceful countryside. There were no monsters or beasts or curses. Just the wilting vegetation across the countryside, the smell of rot beginning to suffuse the area. 

His family�...

Bk 2 Ch. 8 Table Talk

8.

Someone set a cup of hot tea in his hand. The camp was much better supplied than Santi had thought it would be. Someone had done serious planning when they had set out. Three single axle trailers had been repurposed to be pulled by people and were loaded down. Camping gears, long term food, water, sanitary supplies, and a dozen other things Santi hadn’t thought about when he was getting his own base set up. 

The tea was a nice touch, even if t...

Bk 2 Ch. 7 Family

7. 

A/N: Be warned this chapter is a bit more emotional that I normally do. You've been warned.

“They’re six miles down the road in an old farmhouse. Big group of them, about fifty or so. They’ve taken over a couple of barns and have tents and camping gear everywhere. Lots of wounded,” Daniel gave his report in the early morning. The sun had barely crested the horizon when Daniel had trotted into camp. 

Santi hadn’t managed to ...

Bk 2 Ch. 6 Infernal

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Hana came back into the bar an hour after the sunset, quietly saying that Daniel had taken off to start his scouting. Everyone settled down, Hana, Chloe, and Penelope all flopped on the queen sized mattress while the boys grabbed floor around them. Santi just wandered off to stare out the broken windows of the bar and into the night. 

A full moon was rising through the sky, illuminating the world in pale light. Santi couldn’t take his eyes off...

Bk 2 Ch. 5 The Crossroads

5.

There was a small dilapidated bar on the side of the road that they decided to use. It was built right on the cross roads of Road 96 and the country road they had been traveling on. A single story with peeling paint and sun bleached letters on the front spelling out Red’s. The name of the bar had been painted in a vivid red that now was a pale pink. A few cars had been abandoned in its cracked asphalt parking lot. A gravel side yard held...

Bk 2 Ch. 4 Winds of Destruction

4.

Santi had the morph blade turn into its thin whip form, thin as a string and sharp as a razor. It pooled around his feet as it stretched out, its recent growth giving it the mass needed to reach over twelve feet long. He didn’t hesitate, snapping his wrist around and sending the silvery death whip through the dry crops at waist height. From the time he had seen the wilted corps move to cutting everything around him in half was two seconds. 

He...

Bk2 Ch. 3 Leaving Town

3.

The predawn morning had the crispness of a late spring day. Hints of fog clung to the edges of the ground, already rapidly burning away as the sun began its ascent through the sky. The rest of the team was beginning to file in, their faces haggard and sleep deprived as they trickled to the meeting place. Santi couldn’t help but look at his stat sheet and spells while he waited patiently. 

Santiago V. Silva 

Bk2 Ch. 2 Politics

2.

“This list is unbelievable. You would strip us of our greatest fighters while you go out on a lark!” Abraham’s voice boomed in the small room, rebounding and assaulting them all as he continued on his tirade. Santi fought to keep from rolling his eyes at the man's over-the-top theatrics. He wanted them gone, so why was he fighting so hard about it? 

“It’s not a lark. We don’t know what is in our surroundings past a few blocks from ou...

Bk2 Ch. 1 Spoiled for Choices

1.

Santi had some choices to make. He stared at the list of spells available, having two free slots now. If he waited, he’d be able to slot in Air Manipulation, but in the meantime he’d be going without the advantages two more spell forms would give him. With the morph blade he was kicking-ass, but he still needed to find materials for it to evolve with him. He could feel its hunger. Within a day of the goblin nest raid it had begun to gr...

Ch. 59 Old Friends

59. 

Golden hour. The setting sun sank behind the mountains and cast golden light across the lake. Hundreds of people worked tirelessly, desperate to finish their work before darkness set. Timber walls formed a ten foot outer wall and four fifteen foot towers anchored the corners of the fort. 

Naomi watched it all with a pleased expression, content for the moment with their labors. Having had the money necessary to prepare equipment for when t...

Ch. 58 Acknowledgment

58. 

“You’re all still alive.” 

“Don’t need to sound so shocked, Santi, they were weak,” Chloe said, waving an arm at the field of dead around her. She was right of course, but she was starting to sound a little cocky. 

“I killed another Acolyte monster,” Santi stated. 

“Like the hag?” 

“Yeah, except it was a goblin that melded into a spider,” Santi supplied. 

“Pass, I don�...

Ch. 57 Sweep the Leg

57. 

Gust diverted the truck bed by inches as he threw himself away from the falling truck bed. It crashed on the bare ground in a spray of dirt and metal as it rolled over and over. Santi was getting tired of rolling around in the dirt. 

He had to change his plan on how to deal with it, as standing back and luring it wasn’t going to work. There were enough trucks, cars, and small pieces of construction equipment to lev...

Ch. 56 Impromptu BBQ

56. 

As plans went, Santi had to admit it wasn’t super inspiring. At the same time, if it’s not broke, why fix it? Lure the chimera into a house and light said house on fire after it got stuck again. It was intelligent enough to talk but seemed to have the tactical intelligence of a caffeinated toddler. Use Gust to spread and contain the fire and just wait for the barbeque to end. Nice and simple. 

He got most of the ...

Ch. 55 Run

55. 

Gust kicked up a large cloud of dust, blowing it into the chimera’s face as it wheeled backward from the sudden onslaught. He cut the distance with a few bounding steps, stabbing at where the goblin was conjoined with the spider. The deadly point hit chiseled flesh and dug a thin furrow across its stomach. 

Screaming in rage, the chimera scuttled away, long legs grabbing at the wall and letting it scuttle upward. T...

Ch. 54 What Lies Beneath.

 54. 

Santi knew he had to kill the sorcerer as fast as possible. A battle of attrition was what the goblin wanted as its life stealing tendrils would slowly tilt the battle in its favor. His weapon shaped into a long spear, trying to give himself the most distance possible while retaining some control of it. 

Cutting the distance was hard though, the room was cavernous and the goblin worked its way to the sides, always moving in a way to...

Ch. 53 Sorcerous Games

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The Sorcerer was wearing a cloak of human skins stitched together with black thread. Its hobgoblin protectors were all armored head to foot in the burnished bronze armor with spears and short swords. Not a single thing moved as the two sides stared at each other. 

That weight that had been pushing down on Santi dissipated in the face of his rage as he stared at that human cloak. The goblin sorcerer was a stand-in for everything wrong with...

Ch. 52 Hidden Treasures

 52. 

The three stunned hounds didn’t have time to react as he charged them. The long handled axe was light enough he swung it with one hand, the paper thin blade splitting the closest hounds skull. The kill notification dinged, but Santi was throwing himself backwards to avoid snapping teeth. He brought his feet up and caught the hounds chest with the balls of his feet. 

Santi exerted every ounce of his strength and he continued to rol...

Ch. 51 Goblin's Nest

51. 

“That’s ominous as fuck,” Chloe hissed as she saw the goblin nest for the first time. Greg had died in the fighting with the Acolyte Night Hag, but Beverly had survived and volunteered to go with them. Chad was walking quietly with Rayleigh while the last two members of the team were a pair of the college track and field team members. Both of them were carrying javelins that they had somehow sharpened to killing points. <...

Ch. 50 Weapons Testing

50. 

The goblins came in the dead of the night. It was predictable, unimaginative, and lacked creativity. There was no War Chief to lead them and even their hobgoblins were low-leveled. They came as a screaming swarm while they raced over the piles of junk around the hospital. Santi still had a smile on his lips as the morph weapons rolled down his arm and pooled into his hand. 

He watched as the saber formed. The blade was razor thin and lacked the heft...

Ch. 49 Loot Boxes for Everyone

49. 

He had to scroll through all the kill notifications before he got to what he wanted to see. He had been credited for more kills than he had thought he deserved, either being in the general vicinity where the fight was or doing minimal damage to them. The experience was still good and he was sure there was going to be a level waiting for him at the end, if not two. 

You’ve Destroyed a Monster Nest (Minor)  2024-06-24 02:17:29 +0000 UTC View Post