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August Intruder- Chapter 47- Rings of Saturn

Melmarc stared at the notification in front of him as he ran.

During the duration of the effect of [Knowledge is Power] a good number of the bugs had fallen from his leg. They were enough that he could now count the ones that remained as the pin-pricks started again with each step. But he did not.

He’d told himself he would pick [Rings of Saturn] because he’d realized how badly he needed an offensive skill, and he’d gotten [Rings of Saturn] as an alternate skill for his skil...

(TPOR) Chapter 190: Power Runes

“What do you mean you’re not coming with us?” Zed asked.

Festus looked at him like an old man arguing with a petulant child.

“I don’t know what part of those words are confusing you,” he said. “I will meet you there, but I will not be following you,”

Daniel walked up to them.

It was bright and early in the morning. The sun was out and the sky was still the simple blue that was known in the mornings. The heat of the sun had not begun to bear down on the ...

(TLO) Chapter 163: Good Instincts

“You’ve got to be fucking kidding me,” Triton spat.

Something in the way he said the words tickled Seth the wrong way and he asked with solemnity, hoping for the best but expecting the worst: “How many golds?”

“Three,” Triton mumbled.

Seth sucked in a sharp breath. There was only one way to survive. He shook his head with a frown, fighting against his decision. They were outnumbered and outmaged. He knew it was likely the only way.

“Alright then,” Fin...

August Intruder- Chapter 46- Damned

Melmarc looked behind him and there was no portal.

That was his first touch of panic.

All portals remained. They were stationary, waiting until whatever quest completion requirements were met. From the little he knew, Delver teams always had a way to keep the track of the portal. Sometimes they would leave someone behind to protect the portal, other times they would tag it somehow before embarking on the quest.

His current situation of having no portal was not unheard of, it...

(TLO) Chapter 162: Silver Priests

What in the fuck is that?

Seth shrugged in response to his minds. They knew just as well as he did; whatever it was, no one knew. His hand was held out to his side in a calming motion, palm faced down. The gesture was involuntary. Even now, he had no idea when he had made it.

All that was unimportant, however. What he needed was to not move. So he remained calm, silent, staring back at five eyes. There was no place for hope. Whatever the thing on the pink beast’s back w...

(TPOR) Chapter 189: A Runner

Daniel watched Zed. His countenance had changed, taken a dive into the realms of seriousness.

It was an odd sight to see.

“Talk about what?”

“California,” Zed answered.

Jennifer adjusted on her place at the window. “What about California?”

“How long before we get there?” Zed asked.

“A few more hours,” Daniel answered.

“Four?”

Daniel thought about it, then nodded. “Give or take. Maybe five.”

“And what are the p...

August Intruder- Chapter 45- Void-Beast

Avram Boteza stood in a tunnel of swirling blue.

The ground was solid under his feet. Straight and even. Yet to his eyes it was as though he was standing in a tunnel of sea blue clouds, the walls and floor and ceiling encircling him in a spiral twirl.

It was discomfiting to the eyes.

What was I thinking? He panicked, staring wide eyed at everything.

He’d never been in a portal before. All his life as a Gifted had been spent in a Romanian lab. Even this parti...

August Intruder- Chapter 44- Better To Play With A Portal

Melmarc ducked as Tod swung. The action was simple. With nothing occupying his hands, it was a clean duck and the plank whizzed past his head.

He stepped in easily, weighed how much force he was putting into it and punched Tod in the stomach. He felt the weight of the boy, the packed muscles in his stomach. They weren’t like concrete but they were strong. Melmarc knew even as he ducked away that there hadn’t been enough force in the blow.

Tod frowned at him Melmarc then beat h...

(TPOR) Chapter 188: Flow

It was bright and sunny the next morning when Zed knocked on the door.

The door was old and shaky, weak at the hinges. Since the motel had not been chosen for its defensive properties, the Berserker in Zed didn’t fret over it too much. Still, sleeping in a room with a door that could be ripped off its hinges so easily was a problem.

But I’m sure we could rip the hinges off a normal door, though, Zed thought, trying to imagine how the door would look if it had not suff...

(TLO) Chapter 161: Five Eyes

Seth thought about Barnabas’ words for the briefest second and agreed. Perhaps he wouldn’t let Timi hurt Barnabas.

Maybe not, one of his minds piped up. But we definitely will. And can you tell us why you keep letting Barnabas hit on us? And you…

Seth pressed his lips in a thin line to keep himself from answering and his minds alerted him to Dozie’s approaching figure. He didn’t look back at the Reverend. Instead, he imitated Barnabas’ unawareness of ...

(TLO) Chapter 160: Skirmishes

Skirmishes. That was what all this was. Skirmishes that could still cost him his life.

In the beginning he had wondered why they’d needed so many priests charging the crack. Now he knew. They had been in the crack for over a week now, intercepting soul beasts and claiming as many soul fragments as time allowed. At least four priests had a pocket marble and they slipped every fragment into it. As for the corpses, they left them there, stripping them of the fewest parts considered edibl...

(TPOR) Chapter 187: I Care?

Everyone spent their day doing their individual things. The Olympians spent it strategizing in their room, making plans and cancelling plans. At least Zed suspected it was what they were doing.

Ash and Oliver spent theirs in their room with Chris. Whatever conversation they had was lost to Zed since he didn’t spend very long with them. The main subject of the little he was present for was still wrapped around the concept of being smuggled into the city. Chris remained of the opinion t...

August Intruder- Chapter 43- Malice and Terrible Determinations

The evening air wasn’t so bad as Melmarc walked with package in hand. He’d selected [World of Insight] once more, strolling through the streets. Eight minutes were yet to be up so the effects of [Knowledge is Power] were still working.

However, he was already reaching the edge of how far the skill had reached. Melmarc was walking into uncharted territory.

He knew it the moment he stepped out of the radius the skill had mapped. It was like coming out from a thoughtful process a...

(TLO) Chapter 159: Observer Objective

So this was a world crack. It was nothing like what it had shown on the other side. It made Seth wonder from whence what they had seen had come. Where was all the luscious green? Where was the grass and the trees?

Seth took in a tentative breath and almost choked on it. It was heavier than the path Gregory had led them on through the mountain. And the world around him tried to weigh him down, pressing him and forcing the hair on his arms to stand on end. The ground beneath his feet was ...

(TPOR) Chapter 186: Hypersensitivity

Zed was slowly becoming self conscious.

There was a knock on the door before it opened and Shanine walked in. Behind her Oliver and Ash followed.

Oliver took one look at him and turned his eyes away as if they had been burned.

“What the hell, Zed?!” he exclaimed. “Are you trying to fry my brain.”

As for Ash, her reaction was different. She simply staggered and fell. She tilted forward like a felled tree, slow, almost intentional, then fell. She hit the ground h...

(TLO) Chapter 158: A Crack To Seal

The cold chill of the dew soaked grass sipped slowly through his cassock, though, at Iron he felt very little of it. Seth had since been given his position somewhere atop a hill so that he looked down on events and he’d laid here for minutes stretching on end. He was a sniper and his stillness had become as much a part of him as the skills he’d garnered over the years.

He was here when the sky was dark and remained even now that the sky was broken. Surprisingly, his minds stilled th...

(TPOR) Chapter 185: A Dollar For Everytime

The air was heavy and stale, which was odd.

It was like walking in a mist so thick you could feel it on your skin, yet to your nostrils it felt like there was too little air in the atmosphere.

James was what he liked to call an aspiring Olympian. But if he was being honest, he wasn’t even one at all. He’d applied for the test a year ago. Success would’ve meant joining the VHF training school to become a cadet. And only specific cadets would successfully become Olympians.

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(TLO) Chapter 157: The Black Mountain

Long before first light, they were risen from their incomplete slumber. It was Ulrich that came for them, instead of John. He woke them with gentle taps and easy words, rousing them as a father would a favorite infant. With an early rise already instilled in them, they woke and prepared in quick time.

Ready, they gathered on the same grounds where the Monsignor had informed them of their part in the world crack.

“Two weeks ago, we got confirmation of a crack in Asia and Africa,�...

(TPOR) Chapter 184: Some Kind of Child

“Alright. All in all, I’d say that went well.’

Zed opened the door to the room he shared with Festus but didn’t step in. He stood at the entrance, the door barely half-open.

Instead of walking inside, he raised his palm and drew [Force]. The rune came to life in the blink of an eye. At least that was how it looked. But Zed could feel the delay. His casting was getting faster and faster every time he advanced, but despite how fast it was, he knew there was still room for im...

August Intruder- Chapter 42- More Questions Than Answers

They did not all come out of the precinct together. Instead, David followed the front door, rough-handled by one of the officers—for dramatic effect—and was shoved out into the street.

As for Melmarc and Pelumi, a random officer led them to an underground parking lot. The place was filled with cars occupying almost every parking space. Melmarc was sure he counted at least thirty cars.

Looking at each car, only one thought came to mind. Being a Gifted detective must pay wel...