Wizardly Dude

[TEA] (81) 2.32. Have You Heard the News?

After spending the last few weeks actively avoiding the truthseekers the best he could, it felt strange for Asher to actually be seeking them out for a change. Thankfully, unlike Eight and his slippery assassins, he had a pretty good idea of where he could find them.

The entire ordeal with ...

[TEA] (80) 2.31. Sleeping with the Fishes

“This has got to be one of the stupidest things I’ve ever seen. Easily in the top three at the very least.”

Asher rolled his eyes and ignored Thunder as they continued waiting for the assassin to wake up. They’d stripped the man of everything on him but his underclothes and dripped ...

[EOE] (210) 3.75. Decisions, Decisions

As much as Vin wanted to dive straight into working on his newest spell, there was one more thing he needed to take care of. Something that had gotten put briefly to the wayside with the reveal of Golrim having been responsible for founding the Red Dawn and the following ambush they’d had to pr...

[TEA] (79) 2.30. Thunderstruck

“This… this might not work quite as well as I thought it would,” Thunder admitted, shooting him a weak grin up from the floor.

Asher stared down at Draken’s head of internal security, who was currently stuck about halfway under Crush’s bed. After they’d agreed to let he...

[EOE] (209) 3.74. A Bold Proposition

Debriefing Spur on the events of the battle took up the rest of the morning, and Vin decided afterward that he needed some time to unwind. While Spur got started screening Trod with the truth-gem, Vin grabbed two lunches from the now infrequently-used mess hall and made his way over to the dungeo...

[EOE] (208) 3.73. Four Month Reunion

Despite Golrim having explained everything and Vin knowing Curash was essentially an undercover agent, he couldn’t help but flinch back and mentally prepare a mana-empowered Stone Shot the moment Curash appeared before them. The hunter looked no real worse for wear, but the sam...

[TEA] (78) 2.29. Between A Shock and a Dream

Asher blinked, staring up at the large man as his words finally registered. “Wait, you are you reason he’s wasted? What the hell did you give him?”

“A liquor he normally saves for very special occasions,” Crush admitted, grabbing his chair and spinning it around to face h...

[EOE] (207) 3.72. The Blood Red Dawn

Vin hid within the canopy of the forest alongside his team and the hundred and fifty combat classes that had volunteered to take part in the surprise attack. Most of the fifty Earthers looked a bit out of their comfort zone, balancing up high on the branches and shooting frequent glances at the n...

[TEA] (77) 2.28. Elemental Advancement

“…The what?” Asher responded, blinking dumbly at an exasperated Draken.

“The various stages people progress through as they unlock and develop their skills and elements?” Draken asked, pursing his lips as Asher remained silent. “This doesn’t ring even the smallest of bells for...

[EOE] (206) 3.71. Eyes of the Hunter

“Boss… Are you sure about this?”

Curash sighed, quickly checking his surroundings to ensure none of the Red Dawn members were listening in. Even with his high focus and passives, one could never be too careful.

He hadn’t survived all these months leaving things to fate, after ...

[TEA] (76) 2.27. Spring Cleaning

After a quick apology to Rosh for scaring the living hell out of him yet again, and a promise that he would try and figure out if there was a way of warning his marks before he suddenly appeared next to them, Asher took off into the night. Before he went to run his plan by Draken and Cru...

[EOE] (205) 3.70. Prepare for Battle

The next day was perhaps the busiest Vin had ever seen from the newly built town.

The goal was for the Earthers to take down the entirety of the Red Dawn in one fell swoop. Not only without letting a single one of them escape to wreak havoc elsewhere, but without losing a single Earther on ...

[TEA] (75) 2.26. Think Like a Hunter

Asher had only intended to sleep for a few hours, which meant he was more than a little surprised to wake up to find that the sun had already set and he’d slept the entire day away. He’d known his body was tired from the combination of barely any sleep and running out of skill energy twice in...

[TEA] (74) 2.25. What’s the Plan?

Asher let out a breath of relief as the world twisted around him and he suddenly found himself standing in the middle of the Lavash Forest. Having used the last dregs of his energy to get here, he almost fell to his knees, stumbling and barely managing to catch himself on Samantha’s outstretche...

[EOE] (204) 3.69. Not So Crafty After All

As it turned out, it took more than just a bold declaration and rallying the troops to prepare for wiping the Red Dawn from the face of Edregon. After Golrim admitted to having formed and controlled the band of marauders from afar via his soul-bond with Curash, there were a number of things that ...

[TEA] (73) 2.24. I Want My Phone Call

To Asher’s surprise, only seconds after he’d launched into his explanation about how the Head of the Guild was personally testing him, Bordan silenced him with a gauntlet-clad hand.

“Not here,” he said, changing his mind as his eyes scanned the alleyway as if searching for eavesdrop...

[EOE] (203) 3.68. Behind the Scenes

The last time Vin had paid Gorlim a visit with the intention of pulling answers from the cunning man, Golrim had thrown him for a loop by revealing his entire skeleton had been turned into a conglomeration of runic objects, allowing him to bypass their truth-gem among other things. This time, Vin...

[TEA] (72) 2.23. The Chains That Bind Us

Asher simply stood there for a few moments, trying to get his racing heartbeat under control as he thought over everything Owl had told him. The fact that Samantha and Brian had been put at risk simply because the Head of the Guild wanted to test him largely diminished any sort of pride ...

[EOE] (202) 3.67. Salutations and Stipulations

After getting his journal back and thanking Vin for his contribution, Sean had personally entered Kym’s apartment to fetch the Advisor. Apparently, Kym had been deep in one of his books and hadn’t even heard Vin’s knock. Vin thanked Sean for his help and wished him good luck with getting th...

[TEA] (71) 2.22. Predator and Prey

Asher’s victory was short lived, as despite the fact that he’d taken down his target, her body was still flying at him with all the speed of an out of control skier. Her corpse slammed into his chest, knocking the wind out of him as he and the body were sent tumbling to the ground and skiddin...

[EOE] (201) 3.66. A Piece of History

Despite every fiber in his being warring against his decision and telling him he’d regret what he was about to do, Vin raised a fist and knocked on Kym’s door. The former king’s advisor was one of the very few exceptions who had been given a smaller apartment entirely to themselves. Provide...

[TEA] (70) 2.21. Ice To Meet You

The moment time sped back up, a few things happened in quick succession. Asher was already low on energy and didn’t want to burn through even more by activating his Personal Rift while he was in the astral realm. Instead, he used one hand to keep his neck as firmly attached to his shoulder as p...

[EOE] (200) 3.65. Points on Points on Points

It had been a few weeks since Vin had picked up his last skill, and he hadn’t once regretted his decision to go with Drawing. The ability to keep a journal with accurate pictures of the different people and monsters he encountered in each fragment was critical to his goal of teaching others abo...

[TEA] (69) 2.20. Baited and Outsmarted

“You know you could warn me when you plan on sleeping over,” Rosh said, staring down at him with a raised eyebrow. “I’d have the tavernkeep bring in some extra blankets or something. There’s no way that’s comfortable.”

“Didn’t know I’d be spending the night myself,” As...

[EOE] (199) 3.64. One Thing After Another

The rest of the day was spent taking care of things on Vin’s to-do list. First, he tracked down Theodore once again and finally gave him his new artifact. The Spy agreed it was probably best to wait until he’d actually prestiged before risking sneaking past the dungeon monsters and into the U...

[EOE] (198) 3.63. New Decisions, Same People

For the first time ever, Vin was the first one to arrive at the council meeting. After waving hello at Linda and leaving her to help a crafter put in what sounded like an application for some sort of pickling shop within town, Vin entered the newly built council room and grabbed one of the open c...

[TEA] (68) 2.19. Laugh, I Dare You

Asher and Samantha waited until Brian was asleep, tucked up within a bedroll out under the high up canopies before sneaking away. They didn’t have to go too far to prevent him from hearing their conversation thanks to his Spatial Lock, and after making sure sound wouldn’t escape the barrier, ...

[TEA] (67) 2.18. Into The Woods

“Asher?” Samantha yawned, giving him a bleary-eyed look as he popped into the room with Recall and she was woken up from her slumber. The hunter was in light sleep clothes to help ward away the chill in the night air, and she squinted as she tried to examine him in the darkened room. She’d ...

[EOE] (197) 3.62. We’ll Call You

Vin was surprised to be greeted by an unfamiliar face when he entered the town hall. And not just because he didn’t recognize them, but by the black bracelets wrapped around her wrists as well. Unlike many of the former prisoners, the only indication that she’d lived a rough life before now w...

[EOE] (196) 3.61. It’s All Coming Together

Once Vin finished chatting with Lumel, he stepped out of the dungeon and calmly made his way over to what was finally looking like a real town. In fact, Vin actually had to stop as soon as he left the dungeon treeline, because he was caught off guard by what he found.

At this point, it had ...