The drakes were faster than the helicopters, and both were rapidly fading into the distance as the clergy did their work, saving one attacker and most of their guards. Then they waited. And waited some more until the special forces team gave up the chase and returned a half hour later. From the look on [...]
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For a few tense moments, everyone waited for something to happen. Then, the cause for the alarm became clear. There was a flight of drakes inbound, with riders on their backs. "One full wing of Drake Riders, 140 degrees low on the horizon." The guard Sergeant reported. That was nearly behind Karl, but the guards [...]
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Karl waved to the cleric as he got the team moving. "False alarm. It is probably the students. We had an encounter with a Holy Relic, remember? They've grown much more than expected in the last few days." "They're from our school. Those two are professors, not High Priests, but strong with Holy Magic. I [...]
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Karl tried to focus on Hawk's memories of the people at the railroad tracks, but he couldn't get a clear image. Their communication was more verbal than imagery, and Hawk had described them as being in various forms of white clothes. That sounded like clergy, but he couldn't be certain. "Alright everyone, the clergy group [...]
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Once everyone had their loot safely stowed away in one of the many pockets of their packs, Karl ordered Hawk to find them a good route back to the train tracks. They had a long journey ahead of them, since they had gotten so off track, but they could likely make it to the tracks [...]
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The group headed out toward the next likely spot that Hawk had discovered, which turned out to be on the far side of a swampy riverbed. The river itself was shallow and slow moving, but the marsh didn't look like a pleasant place to cross, and it would be the home to at least a [...]
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Thor looked out of his space and popped into reality to run across the field and splash in the pond. "Well, we can say that the water is safe. Go ahead, everyone, and try not to let Thor splash you too much if you're not going to strip down to swimwear." Karl laughed. After splashing [...]
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The Clerics returned a minute later with concerned looks. "The end of the tunnel is gone. Everything past the first chamber looks like solid rock, the whole tunnel is hidden. We marked it as the entrance of a Holy Relic, but I'm not sure that anyone will believe us if they can't see the crystals." [...]
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The quality of the reward was also directly linked to the quality of the package. Not that any of them were useless, or anything less than a priceless treasure, but there was definitely bias being shown in the rewarding process. The items that came from the bronze wrapping paper were mostly trinkets and pieces of [...]
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Karl looked around the camp site and realized that it was mid-afternoon. Over six hours had passed since he left, though it only felt like a few minutes in his mind. He went to move toward the fire, where there should be some fresh skewers to cook meat for lunch, and nearly tripped over a [...]
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