The Hallowed World: Volume I by Magius Swiftscale

Author:Magius Swiftscale [Swiftscale, Magius]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2025-06-04T00:00:00+00:00

Ch. 27: Resource Reconnaissance

“So, everything’s set?” Claire asked casually, tying her hair back and removing her necklace. She'd already dressed in a light set of the ballistic armor that the garrison had stashed.

“Ammo, healing supplies, Etteria potions, you name it. But we’re not bringing heavy armaments.” Garrett spoke with resolve after he finished the brief with the team assembled at the garrison. Everyone else focused on gearing up in armor and armaments. The early morning sun shone in the large meeting room, with the large wooden table stacked with various supplies. Everyone packed their bags and secured their weapons with care.

And as an added bonus: the one special weapon that Shawn had finally finished late last night, along with Varrick.

The shotgun.

Or rather, a heavily modified rifle with a new smoothbore barrel that he and the grizzled smith had worked on. Combining Claire’s efforts on the alchemical gel, modifications to the alchemical casing, which was already close enough to a shotgun shell, they'd had a busy day finishing it. He also knew this was just flat-out not the right way to do this, but he had been surprised at the test results.

The shredded test targets suggested it was a deadly weapon, along with their upgraded ammo. In theory, it should make short work of anything they might run into.

Shawn was skeptical that even this boost in firepower would be enough. “Okay, so why don’t we bring the whole militia?”

“Who guards the town while we’re gone?” Regia asked with a raised feathered brow. “You saw it yourself, monster attacks happen. We are little morsels to them, and that’s why people on the outskirts are typically those with powerful gestalts, or effective defensive abilities. With Telga still trying to get people rallied here from across the continent, and elsewhere, it’s slow going. We have to make do with this. Plus, we’re a pretty tight team so far,” she smirked.

“Fair enough.” He understood the risk but also had more confidence in his gestalts. Even now, he stowed his dagger away and grabbed the warhammer Varrick had lying around in his smithy. Varrick had described it as a keepsake from a prior occupation…though he didn’t say what.

Shawn also noted the weapon seemed too sleek and gave off a strange aura around it that caused his fingers to spark. It was almost as if it were reacting to his gestalt or the Etteria in his body. Varrick stated he didn’t fully know what the weapon did, and weapons like this were plentiful in the world, to greater and lesser extents.

At least he had a backup weapon at close range, now. One that he was proficient in.

Garrett laid out a schematic and a map of the mine, but because it was years out of date, this was at best a rough recollection from anyone who might have worked there at one point. The mine pre-dated Vea’lant, so there was no telling what the full extent tunnel network might look like.

Garret cleared his throat. “This is a simple recon task.

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