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Bloodsworn ch. 52

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Erak hit the spawn like a wrecking ball, bowling the injured abomination over. Its clumsy swing bounced off his pauldron, and then they were crashing into the floor. It scraped at him with a clawed hand and its teeth snapped helplessly against his armored forearm as Erak rammed the appendage into the creature’s mouth. It thrashed like a wild horse, twisting and lunging with all its might to try to unseat Erak. 

Erak grinned at it from behind his armor as he got his revenge for his spirit bon...

Bk. 3 Ch. 35

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The knight moved in a burst of speed, heading straight toward Duncan before anyone could speak. The wide sword cut the air with a howl and Santi cast a series of [Air Shields] as fast as he could. Each of the shields burst apart in a tempest of wild winds that scoured the platform of any dust or debris on it. Duncan was moving, his shape blurring around the edges as he tried to fade away. 

The knight’s sword passed by where Duncan’s neck had been, but he was quick, s...

Bloodsworn ch. 51

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The first of the monsters looked up with dull gold eyes, maw smeared wetly with crimson stains and it smiled wildly as it rose to its feet. The tattered remnants of the hospital gown clung to its frame in thin scraps of tangled cloth. It lurched forward in a shambling sprint, the ground shaking under its feet as it extended its arms toward Erak, claws outstretched and bloodstained. 

Erak charged to meet it, lifting his shield up high and running into the beast with a bone rattling crash. His s...

Bk. 3 Ch. 34

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“Just me or was that easier than it should have been?” Trevor asked as they all caught their breath in the passage leading to the next zone. Santi wanted to groan at the man jinxing them but managed to keep his displeasure to himself. 

“This dungeon is much more like a game than the world is. Even with that stat screens. This shit is designed and the bosses are designed too. We must have missed something with the first boss, but this one had a power up mechanic that Santi stopped,” Tan...

Bloodsworn Ch. 50

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A/N: First Patreon chapters, lets go. Going to be working on building up my lead on Patreon

“There!” Pomp alerted him, pointing a talon at a piece of wall. Erak lunged in a burst of speed, spear ripping through draconic flesh as the creature roared in agony. Erak put his boot on its chest and pulled the spear free, letting the abomination slump to the ground. He finished it off with a mercy blow, metal meeting eye and then skull. 

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Bk. 3 Ch. 33

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A/N: first off i want to apologize for how slow these chapters have been coming out. Second I'm happy to announce I have mostly finished my edits for the first book of Return of the Wind Mage and that'll be on Amazon on the 20th of December of this month. I've managed to clear most of my plate for the next few weeks and we should be back to 3-5 chapters a week. Thank you for being gracious with my tardiness.

“You good man? You look a little, uhmmm…well, you look like shit,” Tank whispered as they w...

Bloodsworn ch. 49

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“I’m beginning to understand that you have no survival instincts,” Pomp whispered into Erak’s ear as they walked slowly down the hallway. The faint blue light from the Essence created lights gave the hallway a ominous feel, the blood smears turned black. 

The hallways were just as sterile as the atrium had been. Not even a framed picture of the Emperor on the walls. Everything was white tile and the scent of industrial cleaner was ever present. Behind him, Illyria and four of her guard...

Bloodsworn ch. 48

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Erak Bloodsworn lvl. 19 

Strength: 50

Vigor: 30

Durability: 30

Perception: 22

Processing: 21

The rush of power was the same intoxicating mix that he was growing addicted to. Strength and power flooded him until he felt like a demigod. Pomp growled and stretched, growing larger as pieces of Erak’s Essence were converted to the spirit’s. The blue shee...

Bloodsworn Ch. 47

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Erak rushed into the swarm of hands, clenching fingers dragging across his armor as he struck all around himself with his weapons. A corpse struck the side of the wall and crumpled to the ground in a boneless heap as he speared the next in line through the head. His boot crushed a sternum as he front kicked it, sending it sprawling into the crowd and creating more room. 

Pomp leapt off his shoulder and slammed into an undead, teeth ripping a throat free, claws ramming into the wound and rippin...

Bloodsworn Ch. 46

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Erak split the leech in half with a powerful swing, the pale creature burst apart in a shower of gore as the clouds of smoke began to lighten as the sun rose. Corpses were piled high in the alleyway as Erak had stood his guard for hours. The narrow passage had been one of the three entrances onto the street the Red Swan was located at.

Teams had been rotating to guard the other two entrances, but Erak had held strong by himself. He had piled the leech corpses up until the alleyway was thick and blo...

Bloodsworn Ch. 45

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The dragon lay curled in a festive ball of light in the middle of the table as Erak slowly pulled his gauntlets off. He’d been stuck in the armor for most of the day and the thought of breathing freely was too enticing to miss. He sat down the heavy gloves and then pulled the helm free of his head, before getting up to walk behind the polished bar. 

He ignored the gasps and looks of disgust from the patrons wedged into the bar as he found a pitcher of water and began to clean himself off, le...

Bloodsworn ch. 44

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Leeches latched onto people with a suicidal determination, their teeth biting into flesh even as steel tore through them. A madness gripped them, their eyes wide and wild as the stench of blood filled the street in an overwhelming blanket that coated the air. Every leech was in a frenzy, jaws snapping as desperation drove them.

The rush of reinforcements blunted the crazed rush, freezing them in their tracks as battlelines formed. Erak was behind enemy lines. The wedge of armored fighters were fift...

Bloodsworn Ch. 43

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The demon turned and locked eyes with Erak and he felt the cold intensify, shooting down his spine in a frigid blast that could rival the North Pole in the dead of winter. The explosion of heat that ballooned through him met the frost and they interlocked in a monstrous battle in his chest, the pain nearly bowing Erak over. 

It was tall and skeletal with ruby red skin, white scar lines around its cloudy white eyes, as if it had raked its own face with its small claws. It squinted and the pain ...

Bloodsworn ch. 42

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Erak Bloodsworn lvl. 17

Strength: 50

Vigor: 25

Durability: 25

Perception:22

Processing: 21 

Erak gasped as the flood of power staggered him as he walked up the steps. The increase to his strength was a sudden flood that made his mind reel. The smaller boosts to everything else took the slightest edge off of the effects of the fight. 

Erak pus...

Bloodsworn Ch. 41

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Invincibility Active

Duration One Second

Stone burst asunder, turned to dust as the Fury and Erak crashed through a side wall and then through the floorboards and into the next floor. Air whooshed out of him as they slammed to a halt. The demon was groaning into the cracked floor of their impact and Erak slowly pushed himself to his feet. 

Dust clouds filled the air and he sneezed as he staggered backw...

Bloodsworn Ch. 40

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The elevator opened silently and the heavy stench of smoke billowed over him as he walked out across the flat decks of the warship. The pitted and scarred surface of the warship had been cleaned up, metal replaced in a patchwork of armor that looked like a patchwork quilt. Erak searched for where that flying shape would be, but the choking smoke was impossible to see through.

“I can help you, if you approve. I can do a lesser version of what Sword did, for a short period of time,” Pomp said, fi...

Book 3 Ch. 32

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“Trevor, trigger the ambush. Santiago will be right behind and will protect you. Bo, you stick tight with Dexter. This is the only passage through this section, but after this I think  we will be clear of this dungeon. Just don’t accidentally stab each other.” Duncan looked at each of them until he got an acknowledgement. 

Santi was still irritated after their last verbal sparring and having to follow the Apostate’s orders did little to relieve that irritation. He nodded and let t...

Bloodsworn ch. 39

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Power radiated off the spirit as she stared them down, imperious and unfazed by the group. Erak towered over her seated form, but he felt small as her hard eyes swept over them. 

“I am Prince Sammus of House Greenbough. Seventeenth Prince of the Empire,” Sammus said, his voice proud and clear, not bowed at all by the presence of the powerful spirit.

“Greenbough? I remember them. They brought their king here to my decks, mewling and sobbing as he pledged his undying loyalty to the T...

Bloodsworn ch. 38

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Erak woke with a start and was face to snout with the floating spirit. The dragon blinked slowly and then smiled wide. So close to it, Erak could see the exquisite detail of the scales and the mathematical equations written into each one of them. Pomp swished through the air spinning around to face the rest of the group, all of them awake and alert. 

“Erak’s awake and wondering why nobody woke him up!” the overly excited spirit shouted out. Its voice was high pitched as a child’s and i...

Bloodsworn ch. 37

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Their trek back to the bridge was done in silence. Sammus walked next to Erak, his head high, but rage in his eyes. Once they had all seen the remnants of the citizenry that had been piled high, the elation of the easy Essence harvest had faded. Now they walked drenched in the blood of the innocent, their own deaths having been narrowly diverted. 

“That thing was foul and I can only imagine there are more of them. So many of my people have been taken today. The loss, it just can’t be compr...

Bloodsworn Ch. 36

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The creature rose to its feet slowly, limbs trembling as it slipped forward. Blood sluiced off of slick green carapace. Bug-like black eyes glistened wetly as a thick, pointed black tongue lashed out of its wide mouth, whipping back and forth wildly. It lurched awkwardly and trilled loudly, piercing and sharp as it looked about the hangar. 

“Yes…much different. A good first specimen for my Lord’s army. I shall be rewarded…richly,” the demon’s halting speech drove nails down E...

Bloodsworn ch. 35

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A floating light shimmered into existence, blue-white and stark against the blood red lighting, the mote of light slowly expanded outward. Erak watched as the ball of light grew, bones at first until a young dragon’s skeleton was staring at them. Then tendons and muscles, blood and veins, then flesh and scales. A pair of stubby horns emerged from its head, lightning dancing around them as aqualine blue eyes formed. 

An Eastern dragon, with a long sinuous body with a pair of long arms with fl...

Book 3 Ch. 31

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A/N: I'm taking this week off of RR for this story to try to get y'all caught up. Sorry about falling behind.

The platform was silent as they slowly regathered their strength. The boss had been tough, but manageable. Trevor and Bo had been somewhat useful, pulling his attention enough for him to regroup. Duncan sitting there slowly digesting the pieces of shadow he had ripped free from the [Earthshadow Elemental]. There was a certain bravado to being able to willingly risk your life...

Bloodsworn Ch. 34

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Nevia stood with the Engineer, her face stern as Erak came trudging back to them. The high of the fight was fleeting, his limbs heavy once again as exhaustion crept upon him to steal his strength. Lost in the smoke below them, the day’s passage had been long and difficult, with more blood having been shed in a few hours than Erak could honestly comprehend. 

Julius peaked around from Nevia and Rutledge pushed herself off of a wall as the rest of Nevia’s squad had relief wri...

Bloodsworn Ch. 33

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Erak followed the streaks of rusty blood deeper into the docks, moving in a low crouch with the sword in front of him. Every step was careful as he looked over the multitude of entrances and exits that his prey could have taken. The docks were a warren of twisting halls and small rooms. 

He passed a pair of legs, one in the middle of the hall in the bright orange of a construction worker, and the other a deep violet sweatsuit that was propped against a corner. The walls were coated in the stic...

Book 3 Ch. 30

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Santi took in the smooth polished stone, the mirror finish reflecting the light as they got closer to it. A wide platform in the middle of a land bridge across a chasm, forcing the dungeon goers through it to advance. The fact they had taken a small ledge downward to the path they were now on was a hint that finding the secret tunnel wasn’t necessary. Duncan had helped them by shaving time off of their journey. 

Torches ringed the platform, scores of them fighting off the deep darkness of th...

Bloodsworn Ch. 32

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The entryway to the floating docks had a pale yellow light emanating from them now. Several of the smaller energy cores harvested from the flesh golems had been inserted into ports along the doorway and with a pneumatic hiss they parted for Erak as he walked up to them. Its hallway was dim but clean, the steel floor polished to a sheen, protected from the day’s chaos by the heavy locks. 

An Engineer lvl. 7 was working, a heavy toolbox at his feet with several of the energy c...

Bloodsworn Ch. 31

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Erak and Nevia’s squad worked their way back towards the Armory and Erak got to see the devastation wrought by their attack. Corpses piled high as supplementary Imperials pulled and stacked the dead, securing every piece of functional weaponry or armor that the demons had. Their blood sacrifice fueled siege weapons were being drug into the Armory and Erak had to frown at that. 

There was no honor in those foul contraptions. It was better stored inside of the Armory than outside of its ...

Book 3 Ch. 29 In the Dungeon

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[Gust] swept the ledge clear in front of them, shadowy forms full of hate and wrath being plucked and thrown into the void below them without a sound. Kill notifications dinged in his head, but Santi was too busy fighting to pay attention to them. 

Things had been going too well, Duncan leading them through the labyrinth dungeon with few problems. More of the earth elementals, all of them high ranking but easy enough to kill. Traps had been found dismantled or yellow spray paint around activat...

Bloodsworn Ch. 30

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Bones splintered against his steel, showers of off white bone flung into the air as Erak picked up speed. He peeked over the edge of the shield and saw the line of spears facing him, tips steady as the line of Infernal Warriors marched forward. 

Erak felt his core stir as Essence whirled through him, gathering strength as his aura spread out amongst the Imperial Soldiers and began to infect the front lines of demons. He saw the shift in their stances, the fear beginning t...