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Chapter 177: Kids will be Kids

Chapter 177: Kids will be Kids

"How in Void's name did the Nighty Knights manage to find something to kill?" Bee asked in shock. "They're only seven years old at most!"

Both Susan and Tony looked at each other.

"Um. Well, you see," Tony stammered.

Susan eventually cut him off and tried her best to explain. "Well, we've had a bit of a problem with some undead coming at the gates at night, and apparently, a few of the watch trainees had assisted the Knights in climbing...

Chapter 176: Detective Spot

Chapter 176: Detective Spot

Over the next few days, I had a blast. Other than what the soldiers had started calling "The Hot Springs Incident," everything had been rather routine. I followed behind the army, cleaning up the best I could. Sometimes Arthur would ask me to come to spend some time upfront with him, and we would talk.

Well, he would talk. As we moved, I would write by engraving words on a large flat stone with my lamp. After I was done, I would erase the sur...

Chapter 175: Heart of the Matter

Chapter 175: Heart of the Matter

Harold pulled his hood down over his eyes as he made his way beneath the gates of Alexander. Here in Barleona, they spoke the same language as in the kingdom, but the people looked significantly different. His standard brown hair and brown eyes would stand out here amongst the predominantly blonde, blue-eyed people. All around, he could see the standard straw-colored hair and crystal eyes popping out of a dark complexion in bright relief. The shadow of...

Chapter 174: Go and Sin No More

Chapter 174: Go and Sin No More

"So. It sounds like you released a natural hot spring into camp." Arthur leaned back as he summarized my jumbled explanation. I like all my things neat, but language was way harder than I ever thought it would be. Organizing the words before writing them down was an entirely different skill than planning how to clean a room. I would need a lot more practice before I was good at putting words together efficiently. Especially when they all had so many dif...

Chapter 173: Unexpected Showers

Chapter 173:  Unexpected Showers

Getting my domain to work the way I wanted was a bit harder than I had expected. When I had fixed particular parts of the castle before, I just told it to focus on repairing certain areas. Now though, I was trying to get it to do something precise.

Having it simply create a hole clearly wasn't working. So I went back to my original idea of better altering the composition of the rock so that it was more dense, thus giving space for the liquid...

Chapter 172: Liquid Gold

Chapter 172: Liquid Gold

Arthur watched as the god left his tent. Part of him - a part that he was much too afraid to voice - couldn't help but worry about what the little troublemaker would uncover next. Well, maybe it was smart not to voice that. Perhaps calling a deity a "little troublemaker" would get him smited.

It wasn't that he was ungrateful for the embezzling scheme being brought to light. It was good to deal with corruption wherever he could, of course. But the case he...

Chapter 171: Bureaucratic Oath

Chapter 171: Bureaucratic Oath

Bee had seen better days. She had seen worse ones, too, certainly, but not too many. With each step, she could feel her feet squish into her sodden shoes. Every laborious foot of progress seemed to push the mud higher and higher up her boots. She could only imagine how everyone else, without all her advantages, was doing.

It was only a matter of time before it crept past their tops, and she would really start to be uncomfortable. Wiping a soaking s...

Chapter 170: Marching Orders

Chapter 170: Marching Orders

Arthur looked back as he led the army out of the gates. As much as he was excited to be several days ahead of schedule, it wasn't really so simple. Empirically this was the best outcome; they would clear the threat as fast as they could to limit the spread of the undead. But he had hoped to do so much more for the city.

Even though it would objectively be the wrong choice, some part of him wanted to stay for a little bit and help Caleb rebuild. There...

Chapter 169: Heaven’s Gates

Chapter 169: Heaven’s Gates

Bee walked back up the column of refugees. She had been a bit worried about their pace this morning, but things had started out alright. The march yesterday had improved on their previous best by a decent amount. But to her surprise, no one had fallen behind.

Despite Gertrude's assurances, there had been lots of grumbling that made its was to Bee’s ears, but nothing serious. They seemed to understand the urgency of getting to th castle quickly. Ov...

Chapter 168: Forcing The Issue

Chapter 168: Forcing The Issue

The Warden struggled to hide his frown as he left the council meeting. The contents had been fairly standard, and he really didn’t have much to say beyond his usual advice and some extra tidbits of information his position gave him. Still, what he had heard had been concerning enough.

That the city of Caleb was still in one piece was hard to believe. Especially after hearing not only Harold’s report, but the hundreds of eyewitnesses he had brou...

Chapter 167: The Long March

Chapter 167: The Long March

Bee called an early halt the first day. They were little more than a few miles out of sight of Caleb, but most of her charges were grateful for the rest. Apparently, Captain Major's assessment of the pace had been a bit inaccurate.

As she walked through the caravan, she saw many people on the ground, slumped over in exhaustion. They passed water skins around. The soldiers standing guard helped where they could, for the most part, so at least that spok...

Chapter 166: Spot the Builder

Chapter 166:

I watched as Bee led the train of people out of the city gates and crested over the horizon. It wasn't the first time that we had been separated. But it was the first time I had really been on my own. Who knew how large of a commitment I had just made? But I still stood by my decision.

The undead needed to be stopped. And judging from what I had seen here, the humans were going to struggle at it if they were left to themselves.

I turned as Beatrice moved out o...

Chapter 165: God’s Buildin’ A Church

Arthur was poring over the previous night's reports when his aide let in Miss Bee and her… Master? God? He was pretty sure the black disk was some sort of god, and he certainly didn't question its power. But so far, it hadn't acted like what he had expected at all from a deity.

It wasn't until he had slept on his experiences that the oddity occurred to him. The fact that it didn't seem to be able to speak and that it even concerned itself with human matters was odd enough. That it cle...

Chapter 164: The Hero We Need

Chapter 164: The Hero We Need

The four men didn't see me at first. They were too busy bickering to look down into the shadows that pooled around their feet. One of the ones carrying a pry bar pushed one of the ones dressed as a soldier hard in the chest. This sent the man stumbling backward right at me.

His heel connected with my side, and the heavy man went tumbling behind me, landing on his rear end with a vulgar exclamation. "Wat der is tat?"

The nearly incomprehensible...

Chapter 163: The Hero We Deserve

Arthur groaned, rubbing his temples. Calculations for time to the local quarry and  estimated gate repair costs swirled around in his head. He had been hoping to leave in a couple days to follow the remainder of the enemies before the trail went cold, but it wasn't looking like that would be possible considering the state of the city. Without proper defenses, he would have to believe behind a large portion of his troops to make sure it was secure.

Pushing that aside for now, he wen...

Chapter 162: Several Sullied Souls

Chapter 162: Several Sullied Souls

Bee woke up feeling sore all over. Examining the room around her, she found that someone must have moved her into some temporary hospital. The room was small, barely large enough to contain the small cot she was on.

Even the smallest movements pained her as she tried to sit up. The sensation was bad enough that she gave up after just getting her head off of her pillow. She felt her abdominals. Just touching them sent waves of aches all through ...

Chapter 161: Clean up, Everybody Clean Up

Chapter 161: Clean up, Everybody Clean Up

I surveyed the battlefield, running my sensors across the city. It wasn't in great shape, but the place seemed safe enough. At least the few remaining undead inside were being taken care of. Satisfied that the danger had passed and nothing required my intervention, I turned to Beatrice. She was in less than ideal shape. The fight with that ghostly wraith had done significant damage, but I could already tell that her own skills were working on ...

Chapter 160: Avoiding The Problem

Chapter 160: Avoiding The Problem

When I finished mopping up the last of the zombie horde, there were a few irregular things to clean up. There were some more skeletons that acted strangely. Again, instead of attacking me like they had in the catacombs, these skeletons bowed to me. Others got on their knees and pressed their foreheads to the floor.

The last skeletons around here had done this same thing. It also looked remarkably similar to some humans I had seen. I didn't under...

Chapter 159: Specter of Doubt

Bee rushed over to where Arthur trembled on his knees. Leaping, she again tried to spear the tip of her broom through the wraith's chest.

It faded out of existence, releasing Arthur right before she managed to land a blow. Bee whirled around, looking for the opponent but didn't see anything. As she sent furtive glances in all directions, Arthur's ragged breathing stabilized. He stabbed the ground with his sword, forcing himself back up to his feet.

Bee felt a cold hand on the back...

Chapter 158: A Ghost of a Chance

Chapter 158: A Ghost of a Chance

My struggle with the void felt like it took forever. With each nanosecond, it stayed outside of me; I could feel it trying to spread. It wanted to consume. Not in any monstrous malicious way, but more like a cloud of expanding smoke. It was simply its nature. Like how water was wet, the void was hungry.

It was funny that it had taken such an effort to force it out of me, but the second that it got a taste of those weird energy ghosts, it only wan...

Chapter 157: Totally Not A Cult

Chapter 157: Totally Not A Cult

After Bee finally finished her immediately pressing work, she stood upright and stretched. She finally had a minute to check the notification waiting for her.

LEVEL 45 REACHED. CHOOSE A SKILL: SCOURING STRIKE, CULT LEADERSHIP, HERD THE FLOCK

It had been quite a while since she had last gained a skill. Well, by her standards a least. That she had taken less than a decade between level 40 and level 45 would have already been considered fast by...

Chapter 156: A Wholesome and Friendly God

Chapter 156: A Wholesome and Friendly God

Harold was very happy to be on the opposite side of the city when the gates fell. When the attack had started, it was accompanied by a simultaneous assault on the postern gate led by Shades. When the report came in, he had split off from Arthur's men to take care of it.

Technically, most of the mages who came with him could have taken on the task too. But they had all proven themselves to not be the best under pressure. When combat had b...

Chapter 155: The Wheels on the Bus

Chapter 155: The Wheels on the Bus

Arthur faced me, posture tense and blade in hand. In my defense, though, it's not like I could have really told him about the zombies. He had enough trouble understanding me for simple things.

I hovered motionless before him. I didn't want to spook him anymore. But soon after, he glanced back towards the other end of the alleyway. The motionless zombies lay there, clean holes through each of their heads. His eyes narrowed. He seemed to relax sl...

Chapter 154: Stemming the Tide

Chapter 154: Stemming the Tide

/// Slight retcon to chapter 139. The new name of the cult is not followers of the void but The Church of the Cleansing Void

Bee rolled as she hit the ground. A writhing mass of undead surrounded her on all sides. They had already filled the empty archway and completely obscured the fallen gate where it lay, dust still settling from when it fell.

It had only taken her and her master a few quick seconds of conversation mid-flight before they d...

Chapter 153: A Whole New World

Chapter 153: A Whole New World

Getting to the city of Caleb proved a bit more problematic than expected. Not because they lacked options - Void would fly, of course. The question was, how could it bring Beatrice along as well?

The start had been a bit rocky. At first, Void had tried to lift her by her backpack straps, which soon became obviously untenable. The straps were designed to take load onto her shoulders, not lift her up.

The thin straps immediately cut off the blo...

Chapter 152: I Can Fix It

Chapter 152: I Can Fix It

As Beatrice took the injured man inside the castle, I followed behind. I wasn't sure if she would need assistance, but I wanted to be nearby if it was required. Well, even if the man was being led toward a bed. You could never be too careful.

He seemed to regain some of his senses along the way. What he said wasn't quite intelligible, but I did hear something about massive armies and a large siege. That was slightly worrying; it sounded like there would...

Chapter 151: Disease Carrier

Chapter 151: Disease Carrier

Roscoe ran through the forest accompanied by a few of his elite guards. At first, he had been hesitant to leave, but it had become clear that the current siege strategy wasn't going to work anymore. Recruitment was the number one priority. Roscoe was well aware that his strengths did not lie in tactics and strategy. He was certainly improving them with every engagement, but it was clear that he wasn't going to catch up to the enemy commander in time.

Chapter 150: Paladin of Spot

Chapter 150: Paladin of Spot

Bee slowly regained consciousness. She felt groggy like she had just awoken from a long nap, even though it must have only been a few moments after she passed out. The energy the ritual had taken from her was a lot more potent than she had expected. Her head pounded with a constant insistence that she not move or open her eyes. Ignoring her body's warnings, she looked around anyway.

Light seared into the front of her brain as it tried to process the ...

Chapter 149: Welcome to Summoner’s Rift

Chapter 149: Welcome to Summoner’s Rift

Cliff and I navigated through the woods casually as Tanu huffed along behind us. It did seem a bit unfair how much easier this was for me than Tanu, but there wasn't much I could do about the length of his legs. For now, he would just have to bear it.

We had started off at a jog, but Cliff soon figured out that wasn't going to work. Not only was the kid way slower than us, but he wasn't exactly sneaky. Occasionally he would ask Cliff a q...

Chapter 148: Big Game Hunting

Chapter 148: Big Game Hunting

Bee waited at the table as the other members of the council trickled in for their meeting. Susan was the first to come in, and she shot Bee a worried look. The spy was the only one who knew what they would be discussing today. Bee thought she would have been a lot more on board with her idea. But even after an hour of going back and forth about the benefits and risks, she was still only lukewarm.

This didn't give her a lot of hope for the others. St...