The Explorer's Quest
andonJay
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  • Reads 79
  • Votes 6
  • Parts 19
  • Time 2h 17m
andonJay
Complete, First published Jul 27, 2020
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When a mysterious journal is thrown into the hands of Hugo Anderson, and he notices that it's the journal of famed explorer Marco Polo, he gathers 3 colleagues, Johnny Thunder, Grant Maximus, and Vanessa Lambert to join him on a quest across the Orient to find Marco Polo's Lost Fleet: four thousand dollars in Byzantine gold coins.

However, their quest is not going to be easy, as they come face-to-face with CLOVER, a large mercenary group hellbent on finding powerful artifacts in an attempt to seize control over the world, and they soon realize that there is something more sinister about the treasure that they wish to pursue...
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Hidden Royalty [WorTri]

7 parts Ongoing

A nation named Kirzakorx are interested in a sword named 'Vermilion Electre' and will go in great lengths to take it from a planet nation named 'Tropoi.' Thus, a war came to be, with the other nations fighting for the same thing. All of them withdrew once they heard the Prince of Tropoi fled away with the sword. Furious, the King of Kirzakorx is determined to take it, so he ordered his army to go to each and every nation to find the Prince and take the sword. Meanwhile a border agent is stressing on how his secret is in danger. Cover: by me MIND THE TAGS BTW!!!

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