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DD5 ~ Chapter 7!

  

Manny the Manticore growled a deep, satisfied purr that didn’t at all match his gruesome visage. He looked at his paw, where a C-ranked adventurer was weakly struggling to push himself off of the foot-long claws that were impa...

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DD5 ~ Chapter 6!


“Cal, I’m so proud of your negotiation!” Dani was zipping around the Silverwood tree with Grace, playing a game of touch and go while talking. “Not only did you secure a huge supply of free Essence and Mana generators, but they ...

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DD5 ~ Chapter five!!

  

Hours of negotiation had finally concluded, and luckily, I had Dani and the Bobs to help me think things through, or I would have been steamrolled and shafted by this deal. 

<So, here is the final proposal from my ...

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DD5 ~ Chapter 4!

  

<I feel like something bad is about to happen.> I was getting odd chills, and talking to Dani always helped.

“How many did you make, and are they loose in the dungeon?” She zipped around and tried to pretend she ...

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DD5 ~ Chapter 3!

  

While it had been interesting to see the effect of a top tier Mana type interacting with lower types, it was a huge power investment. I couldn’t make those and still expect to have enough strength to work on other iss...

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DD5 ~ Chapter 2!

  

An unexpected explosion knocked one of the Mages off his feet, and he slipped over the edge of the pit on the seventh floor. His screams were cut off quickly as the gravity distorted and compacted his body. The Boss-style infern...

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DD5 ~ Chapter 1!

  

While he knew that the delegates of the various races hadn’t exactly been on good terms, walking in on a full brawl wasn’t what Dale had been expecting. He opened the door to the council chambers just in time for a spray of ...

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DD5 ~ prologue!

  

The Master stared at Dale with a troubled expression. “You… you are in the B-Ranks. You, a Mage! I… I don’t understand how.”

Dale moved his hand through the air, marveling at the incredible powe...

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Advanced copy sent out!

Email sent out from BookFunnel with your copy of Rexus!! Please let me know if you have any issues downloading it otherwise I'd love if you would do me the favor of reviewing it on release day, the 1st!

Thank you for your continual support a...

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Rexus ~ Chapter 25!

 

As the sun rose over the Wolfman outpost, Jess and Jaxon stumbled back into town with a heavy load of bloody pelts and raw meat being dragged behind them. Jaxon smiled up at the Wolfmen on the wall who were looking down with amusement...

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Rexus ~ Chapter 24!

 

Jaxon and Jess stumbled into the Wolfman outpost a little over a day later, getting under a lean-to that was used to dry wood and falling into a deep sleep. They woke up to the sound of chuffing laughter, Wolfmen Warriors surrounding ...

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Rexus ~ Chapter 23!

Merry Christmas Everyone! As my present to you, one chapter a day til Friday, when the book will be sent to you!  <3


Jess and Jaxon were making good time through the forest. Now that they knew the general direction they sh...

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Rexus ~ Chapter 22!

 

“Whoa, there! Bad lefty! Down!” Jaxon forcefully pulled his hand away from his face as it snapped at him, saliva splashing on his cheek. He looked over at Jess as he ran out of mana and his hands returned to their normal state. ...

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Rexus ~ Chapter 21!

 

“So we have to choose something to share between us?” Jess’s voice caused Jaxon to scream, a long and shrill sound that only slowly petered off.

He caught his breath, turning and looking at the incorporeal form of the woma...

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Rexus ~ Chapter 20!

 

When Jaxon stepped through the door and saw what was waiting for them, he instantly tried to turn around and go back. That didn’t work; the dark film over the door preventing retreating. Jess stepped through and grimaced at their fo...

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Rexus ~ Chapter 19!

 

“Before we go in, we should really go over a few things.” Jaxon let go of Jess’s hand and sat down. “Should I be concerned about those people? Are they going to come back? How can we work best as a team?”

“They got w...

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Rexus ~ Chapter 18!

 

The options were very straightforward, but Jaxon read through them very carefully to ensure that there was no tricky word play at work.

Ten free skill points

Five free characteristic points

10,000 expe...

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Rexus ~ Chapter 17!

 

Jaxon coughed and sprayed a mix of blood and phlegm onto the floor. He was down to three opponents, but each of them was moving so quickly that he was having a hard time keeping up with dodging their attacks, let alone making any of his own....

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Rexus ~ Chapter 16!

 

“This is where the trail went dark. I don't know what is going through her mind, but Jess is going to pay for trying to run off on us.” The leather-clad Rogue stood back up, reaching his full height at just over six feet tall. His mouth ...

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Rexus ~ Chapter 15!

 

Kneeling down, Jaxon sifted through the bones of a hundred defeated skeletons and tried to separate them into full figures. Pulling over an intact skull, he connected it to a spine and stepped back. The skeleton smoothly stood and began comi...

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Rexus ~ Chapter 14!

  

“We made it.” Jess flopped directly to the ground as she came over the ledge. She wanted to move, but she was far too exhausted to make the effort. “The… the monkeys?”

Jaxon crawled to the edge and looked over. “They ...

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Rexus ~ Chapter 13!

 

“I don’t know how mush longer I can go on, ‘axon.” Jess’s words were slurring, and she was swaying on her feet. “I’m… I’m so tired. And thirsty. An’ I could really go for a nap.”

“We’ve only been awake for two...

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Rexus ~ Chapter 12 :D

 

Unable to protect himself by having a tree situated behind him, Jaxon was taken to the ground as a monkey jumped silently at his back. Since he had been focused on the ones attacking from his front, and Jess hadn’t been able to call out a ...

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Rexus ~ Chapter 11!

Oh dang! It's time to see a little backstory! 

 

Jess and Jaxon had decided to keep moving, hoping to find a more defensible location than an open clearing. As the light faded further, their pace began to slow. Jaxon looked over at ...

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Rexus ~ Chapter 10!

I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday weekend, or regular weekend outside the states! You deserve it!


  

“So, I just wanted to say thank you once more for your hospitality!” Jaxon was standing at the back o...

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Rexus ~ Chapter 9!

Good morning all! Just wanted to mention that ch 1-6 are going to get heavy rewrites. I was trying to settle on Jaxon's personality, and it took a bit to get into a good groove with him. On to the story!


 

“Skipping freak, v...

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Rexus ~ Chapter 8!

“That man is insane.” Jessamyn disarmed yet another trap in the road, this one basically a landmine that would first shatter the armor of anyone standing on it, then explode. Her progress in tailing him had slowed significantly ...

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Rexus ~ Chapter 7!


At least they left him on a path and pointed him in the right direction. It would have been rather difficult to traverse the forest in an unknown area and find where Jaxon should have been going. A temple behind enemy lines… this sounded lik...

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Rexus ~ Chapter 6!

 

“You speak the human language very well for someone with a flat tongue!” Jaxon complimented the ancient lady walking toward him. He smiled at her, and she bared her teeth at him in return. “You have a lovely smile!”

“A what? ...

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Rexus ~ Chapter five!

 

Stop right there!” Jaxon shouted with all the force he could muster, pumping so much intimidation into his voice that he actually burned through fifty points of stamina. Jaxon had no idea that he could enhance intimidation like...

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