The Approach of Dawn: Primer for the Apocalypse Book Two by Braided Sky

Author:Braided Sky [Sky, Braided]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-06-25T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 25

“I still think we should have explored the area with Justin and his party,” Bell said with a pout as we prepared to enter the rift outside the Atlas office-turned-store.

Deni sighed. “I know, but I’d rather we level up a bit first, especially if we’re treating this like it’s real. Besides, scavenging isn’t likely to reward us with real weapons.” She held up the long batons I’d fashioned for her. “Not that I don’t appreciate the work you both did, but I’d really prefer a sword or two.”

After obtaining more materials to work with, our party – sans Justin – had returned to the apartment so Bell and I could work on crafting better weapons than the mundane poles and broken pieces of wood we’d been using.

I’d added a [Wind Blade] enchantment to the rough batons I’d crafted for Deni that would amplify the spell if she cast it through the weapons. It wasn’t a strong enchantment, nor was it likely to last very long, but it was the best I could do for her with the materials we had on hand.

I stuck with a set of bone batons similar to the ones I’d made for Deni, though the enchantment I’d added was based on Earth magic. I was glad to see a couple of Earth-affinitied creatures among those that attacked since it was one of the more versatile elements to use.

Bell had taken care of her own weapons, making bone daggers out of some of the larger bones we’d harvested from the beasts during our trip to and from Atlas HQ. We’d sharpened the end of the metal pole Ger had acquired, but I couldn’t get any enchantments to work with it.

Mesmer was holding a large knife we’d found in one of our kitchen drawers, though nobody really expected him to fight since he was a Healer with an additional Mind affinity. He was about as close to a non-combatant as you could get.

“I think it would be way more realistic to explore instead of jumping right into a rift,” Bell grumbled.

“You just want to hang out with your boyfriend,” Deni retorted before glancing around. “Everyone ready?”

I nodded along with the others, and Ger took the lead entering the rift. We found ourselves in a forest clearing surrounded by hardwood trees.

“We should collect some of the wood,” I said, thinking about the weapons and enchantment bases I could create with the mana-infused wood.

“We don’t have anywhere to store something like that,” Deni said quietly as we exited the semi-protected entry area.

The space directly in front of a rift portal wasn’t technically a safe zone, but it often served as such. It was extremely rare for anything to get close to an entry portal unless the rift was breaking.

We slowly made our way through the rift, defeating the dog-like mobs that generally attacked in ones and twos. Our makeshift weapons were barely adequate against the LT1 creatures, but our slow pace and added magic did a lot to compensate for the shortcomings.

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