“He’s awake,” Umbra said, f a shadow over the near unscious Half Elf.

  Adam coughed as he awoke, his blurry eyes taking in Umbra’s form, before he looked to the side to see the teen Iyrmen and Vonda. “Is everyone okay?”

  “They should be, I carried them all on my back,” Umbra said, reag over to poke his cheek. “Seems like you’re fioo.”

  Health: 78

  “Yeah, somehow.”

  Umbra gowards Bell as Adam stared at the blue baby’s stomach, but saw only blurred text.

  Adam stood, drying himself off with his trick, before his eyes crossed across the nd, spotting Lud Mara fished nearby. “Where are the others?”

  “With Lord Biggu, elsewhere.”

  “Where?”

  “We were split apart.”

  “Of course we were.” Adam sighed. “Just my luck.”

  “You seem to have a high opinion about yourself.”

  “It’s not that, it’s just… you’ll uand once you hear my story.”

  “I’ve got time.”

  “No, we don’t,” Adam said, walking past her to the rest of the group. “You guys alright?”

  “We are well,” Nirot replied.

  Adam looked across the teen Iyrmen, his Cousins. “How are you guys enjoying your first real adveside?”

  “It is good,” Nirot said.

  “I did not expect us to fall into another realm, o ected to our own,” Naqokan admitted.

  “You should have, since Adam is Adam,” Laygak said.

  “I tell you’re Jaygak’s cousin.” Adam chuckled, patting Laygak’s shoulder. “Do you guys remember the first rule?”

  “Lanarot is the Cutest In The Whole World,” the Iyrmen replied.

  “That was the first rule?”

  “Yes.”

  “Oh. Sed rule?”

  “Ne,” the Iyrmen stated.

  “…” Adam cleared his throat. “Third rule?”

  “Make sure you all listen.”

  “Are you guys messing with me?”

  “The fourth rule is that we ot die without your permission,” Nirot said.

  Adam snapped his fingers. “That’s it! Remember, rules three and four, otherwise whe back, I’ll leave you in the Iyr and you won’t be able to fall through worlds and find yourself fighting a Dragon.”

  The Iyrmen nodded, and Laygak spoke up. “The fifth rule is to be kind to one another.”

  “I sure as hell ’t hings, but man, do I e up with the best rules.” Adam smiled to himself.

  Umbra exged a look with Lucy, who nodded her head. ‘Should I go back to suffering Dragon Fall?’

  “The group has split in about half, and an equal half at that too,” Adam said, eyeing up the group. “No, hold on. There’s way more of them, and they’ve got the wolves. Damn. We should be careful.”

  “I fly us from isnd to isnd, but I will o rest often,” Umbra said. “If you don’t mind me calling down lightning, I travel further, but I will still o rest often.”

  “Will it hurt everyone?”

  “A little.”

  “I just heal everyone, but how do you guys feel about getting zapped?”

  “If it means we travel, I will undergo it,” Vonda said.

  The teen Iyrmen seemed far more eager, fshing wide smiles, and nodded with excitement.

  “Seriously…” Lucy grumbled quietly. “Fine.”

  The water nearby shifted, and emerging from the water was a rge octopus, ohat was rger than even Lord Biggu.

  “Porbo?” Umbra called. “No, you must be Bylyi.”

  The octopus shook about its tentacles affirmatively.

  “What are you doing here?”

  The octopus shook about its tentacles.

  “We were forced that far away?” Umbra asked. She hadn’t felt the magic around them, and had assumed the current had forced her along to a nearby isnd, though she hadn’t reised the isnd. “So we’re he Daggers…”

  “Is that good?” Adam asked.

  “It’s awkward.” Umbra remained silent as she thought. “Bylyi, you send word to keep a for Lord Biggu and my panions.”

  The giant octopus shifted about its tentacles, waited for a moment, before sinking away.

  “Lots of docile rge water creatures,” Adam mused.

  “Porbo isn’t quite so docile.”

  “Oh yeah?”

  “Porbo is a terrifying young woman, not as terrifying as me, but people usually avoid the Daggers because of her.”

  “What are the Daggers exactly?”

  “A of isnds, a few thousand of them, whi an archipego.”

  “We’re here?”

  “Near, but not quite there,” Umbra firmed. “Bylyi probably was able to e here thanks his safety bubble, but it only affects him, and won’t st for a few more days.”

  “Holy, the more you talk about this pce, the more, and less, I uand.”

  “We should be careful,” Umbra said. “Let’s stay the few days here. Porbo might e and pick us up.”

  “If she doesn’t?”

  “I’ll carry everyone.”

  “Thanks.”

  The group ventured into the isnd slightly. Adam caught Nirot’s eyes, aioned a hand to her, and then poio Vonda, before nodding towards her expetly. Nirot looked towards Vonda, then back to Adam, nodding, and she began to walk he priest, whose goddess did not reach this world. Naqokan raised her brows towards Adam, and Adam nodded, motioning to Vonda once more. Naqokaurned a nod.

  ‘With Nirot and Naqokan, Vonda should be safe.’

  As the group made camp, Adam spotted something nearby. He blinked, rubbed his eyes, and then gnced around to everyone else, who seemed not to spot what he was looking at. He approached the ke, where an arm stuck out of from it, with a golden sword.

  “Hello?” Adam called, but as there was no response, he reached over towards the sword.

  Wisdom SaveD20 + 4 = 17 (13)Success!

  Adam noted Bell fsh red for a moment, before he turned back to blue. “You alright?”

  “Yes.”

  “You sure?”

  “Yes.”

  “Alright.” Adam stepped back from the ke, only to find the ke had disappeared. “What the…”

  “Adam?” Vonda called, her eyes staring at him curiously. “You found a sword?”

  “Yeah.” Adam walked over to the rest of the group, who hadn’t noticed him step aside.

  Umbra stared at him curiously, having not felt any shifts of magic herself, nor had she felt the presence of such a great bde until Vonda had called out to the Half Elf.

  “Feels… good.” Adam could feel the magic within the bde, which tickled his palm. “Feels really strong.”

  “ you identify its magic?”

  “I think so.”

  Spell: Identify

  Adam spent a few minutes with the bde, admiring it. As he did, its features began to stand out. At first, it was a vague golden bde, but as he studied it, it seemed to almost beore real within his hands. It was entirely golden, from the pommel, to the hilt, to the bde. It was engraved with all manner of patterns, like golden waves, and the bde itself also held pattern of waves, with a thousand different golds across its bde. It was heavy too, but it felt fortable in hand.

  Golden WhisperRequires AttuYou gain a +6 bonus to attad damage rolls made with this on.Deals 4D6 sshing damage.The bde whispers to all those who are worthy.

  “Damn! It’s amazing! It’s not a Greater bde, but… three times as good? Twice as good as a Legendary bde? No, twice as good as a Legendary Enhanced bde. It hits twice as hard as a greatsword too. There’s something about it whispering to all those who are worthy, but I guess I’m not worthy?”

  “It’s must be the on of one of the Dead Gods,” Umbra said. “We should cast it away. Who knows what kind of curse it holds.”

  “It doesn’t say it has a curse,” Adam said. “I should have been able to spot it, and I don’t feel any different.”

  “Then hand the sword over,” Umbra said, holding out her hand.

  “Sure,” Adam replied, holding out the bde to her.

  “Since you pass it with ease, then it must be fine,” Umbra replied, withdrawing her hand.

  “Then I have it?” Lucy asked.

  “No,” Adam said. “If it’s a sword, then I should give it to Jaygak.”

  “Why do you always give her great ons? First Stormdrake, and now this on?”

  “Golden Whisper, and yes, so?” Adam shrugged his shoulders. “You use greataxes, she uses longswords. If nothing else, I’ll give it to little Tavgak, or Kavgak.”

  “You ’t just give great magical ons to babies.”

  “Why not?”

  “Because…” Lucy stifled her tongue. “No, nothing.” Lucy was still trying to ingratiate herself to the children.

  “You gifted away Stormdrake?” Umbra asked, the curiosity having gotten the best of her. She had seen the bde at Jaygak’s side, but had made ion of it. It was, as far as she was aware, made from one of her uncles, and had been fed by her father. It was a Legendary Enhanced bde whieeded to aowledge the wielder before it allowed them to use it to its full potential.

  “Yeah.”

  “Why?”

  Adam held up Wraith. “I’m a Nephew of the Rot family, I don’t use swords.”

  “…” Umbra blinked, before looking to Lucy, who nodded her head. “You gave away Stormdrake, even after knowing what it does?”

  “Well, no, but I would have given it away regardless. I don’t use swords, my brother doesn’t, my sister won’t, so I gave it to Jaygak.”

  “You… you’re a fool!” Umbra finally snapped, uo trol herself.

  “Oh, why, thank you,” Adam replied, smiling towards the woman, who fell still, stunned by Adam’s ridiculousness.

  Adam's not that fusing, is he?

  He doesn't use swords. The Gak family does. So the swoes to the Gak family.

  That makes sense, right?