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Duskbound 2- Chapter 69

Torwin put on a glib act to keep spirits up, but the truth was that he was appalled to see the state of everyone. Little shards of guilt stabbed at his stomach every time he glanced at the hunters sprawled out on the ground. I should have gone with them, he thought to himself again....

Duskbound 2- Chapter 68

It was a well-documented fact that the more potions a person used in a short period of time, the less effective they became. Worse, too many at once could make a person sick, as could mixing different types. Velik had never been forced to experience that himself before today.

He limped back...

Duskbound 2- Chapter 67

The most powerful enchantment on Velik’s spear was called [Mana Drinker], and its effects were both subtle and understated. It did exactly what any reasonable person would expect: it stole mana from its victims. That drained them of resources, which didn’t have an immediate i...

Duskbound 2- Chapter 66

Velik could vividly remember how fast Emberson was. He hadn’t seen the man move the first time he’d encountered him. But back then, Velik hadn’t been prepared for a fight. He’d been attacked suddenly, with no forewarning. Now, he knew what to look for. More than that, he’d spent some ti...

Duskbound 2- Chapter 65

Either of the hunters individually would have been easy prey. Maybe not easy, but certainly not impossible, Velik mentally corrected himself. Both of them together made things difficult. If his goal had been simply to kill them, he was confident he could have managed. Subdu...

Duskbound 2- chapter 64

Velik had originally been planning on waiting until Yugon was cleansed of the monster infesting him, but when Sildra had informed him that it might take as much as an hour to kill the creature, and then another hour or two for Yugon to recover enough to really answer questions, he’d changed his...

Duskbound 2- Chapter 63

Though Velik no longer possessed [Stealth], remnants of the skill lived on in [Apex Hunter]. It had changed, of course. All skills did when they merged into something greater. Now it was focused on hunting, on seeking prey, unseen and unnoticed, until it was time...

Duskbound 2- Chapter 62

If anything, Aria had understated the extent of Phun’s injuries. The man had lost an arm at the shoulder, and his other one was so badly mangled that Velik doubted he could so much as remove his shirt without help. Chunks of bone stuck out in two different places, and muscle had been sliced awa...

Duskbound 2- Chapter 61

Jensen’s life had taken a strange turn, and he wasn’t sure exactly where it was going or how he’d gotten here anymore. When he’d taken [Vault Seeker], he’d gained a few skills—[Find Object] and [Appraise]—and mixed them with 2025-03-25 12:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post

Duskbound 2- Chapter 60

Things went about how Velik had expected them to go. Giller didn’t argue about leaving the inn, and neither did Jensen. Sildra wasn’t thrilled with the idea, but she didn’t put up a fight either. Aria, on the other hand, was a problem.

“Look, this is simple,” Velik told her once h...

Duskbound 2- Chapter 59

There was one major drawback that Velik hadn’t considered to his new skill. Enhanced hearing was fantastic. Sharper vision was wonderful. Even his new nose was fine, all things considered. He considered his honed senses to be a win in every regard.

But spears didn’t have taste buds, and...

Duskbound 2- Chapter 58

Velik slotted [True Form] into his final skill slot. The skill was so much more than he’d imagined it could be when he’d thought about it. Though he’d taken the time to consider what he wanted it to do, the system had gone above and beyond that, and what he’d gained ...

Duskbound 2- Chapter 57

The class orb was still sitting at the bottom of Velik’s bag. He’d been too afraid of the consequences to mess around with it, not that he’d shared that with Aria. That conversation with the guild archivist was probably off the table now, but following the trail of the corruption was more i...

Duskbound 2- Chapter 56

Velik was honestly surprised that he hadn’t seen it coming. In retrospect, of course this would happen. He couldn’t really think of another way Sildra could easily get her hands on a horse, at least not without some money and time.

“Okay,” he said. “I get why Jensen is here. But s...

Duskbound 2- Chapter 55

Granite Peak.

The name wasn’t familiar to Velik, but that was hardly surprising. His knowledge of the country was limited to broadly defined regions and major cities. It didn’t matter. He could get directions easily enough. The problem wasn’t finding it or even getting there,...

Duskbound 2- Chapter 54

He’d had to promise a few favors he’d rather not have, but Pevril was on the mend. It wasn’t the kind of care he could have afforded if that monster hadn’t taken over his life nearly six years ago and wasted his funds progressing its horrendous agenda of rotting the guild from the inside ...

Duskbound 2- Chapter 53

It was just after noon when they entered town, much to Velik’s annoyance. They’d made abysmal time getting to Dansworth, entirely on account of how the hunter Velik had saved was too weak to do more than walk at a sedate pace after his ordeal trapped in the cave and climbing up the cliff. Vel...

Duskbound 2- Chapter 52

It was a good thing Velik was already in the water, because he was covered in a film of scalewark ichor with chunks of meat stuck to it. He’d been bitten probably a thousand times, especially after the water had been chummed so thoroughly that he couldn’t see anything at all, but the end resu...

Duskbound 2- Chapter 51

Velik sat at the front of a rowboat and stifled a sigh of impatience. He’d chanced by a local fisherman just after sunup who was about to shove his small boat off the sand and into a sheltered cove. A few questions and a trio of decarmas later, the man was showing him to the tidal caves he clai...

Duskbound 2- Chapter 50

As part of his attempts at obtaining some semblance of the education he’d missed out on growing up in the woods, Velik had attended a lecture on what people called ‘system theory,’ which was pretty much exactly what it sounded like. People wanted to know how the system worked, and it didn�...

Duskbound 2- Chapter 49

Not everyone made it back that night. While Velik’s team was ultimately successful despite the complication of Pevril’s presence, four other teams failed to subdue their targets and took casualties in the attempt. Not only was the number of golds working to cleanse the monster infestation fro...

Duskbound 2- Chapter 48

The skill merger was an unexpected surprise. After how many months he’d spent trying to push those two together with no luck, Velik had given up and hoped to revisit the issue once one or both of them were a higher rank. Whether it was the strength of his opponent that had made the difference o...

Duskbound 2- Chapter 47

Hellfire was a known quantity, observed and documented from encounters with demons by hundreds of monster hunters over the years. The color varied, but was usually two-toned and never the standard orange-red of a normal fire. Its properties seemed to be linked to the variety of demon conjuring it...

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Duskbound 2- Chapter 46

 Upon seeing that he’d failed to escape, Pevril spun in place and put a sneer on his face. “Ah, my little failure of an iron,” he said. “So full of himself, so indignant that anyone might refuse to bow down to his supposed greatness. How much money have you wasted persuading your bet...