Nilsimus

Chapter 163: The Fall

The cries of an infant leaked through the heavy set door and out into the dark, candle lit hallway. There were voices within the maternity ward, Lucia could make out proud and confident tone...

Chapter 162: Commitment 

The uproar of the arena crowd made continuing the quadriad for the day an unlikely prospect. A hundred voices all yelled questions or stood to run off and find somebody who may have an answer. An a...

Chapter 161: Low Blow

Zane Low closed his eyes and took a long, deep breath. He pictured in his mind's eye the courtyard before him, the fifty wooden training dummies, their limbs bobbing slightly in the wind. He...

Chapter 160: Upwards

The history of the Mekrys empire was an interesting, if highly embellished read. The empire, a collection of provinces bordered large swaths of three, interconnected, seas. The Rien, the largest an...

Chapter 159: Dimid

The seaborn mist was still rolling over the archipelago as Leif stepped through the portal arch, seamlessly teleporting from one hub building to another in less than a breath. Three guards turn...

Chapter 158: Link

Chapter Prescript:

Sorry for the day late chapter, its a revolving door of illness at the moment.

Anyway, here's the chapter, hope you enjoy!

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The living room was...

Chapter 157: Bruises 

Leif stared up at the shadowy ceiling of the underground training chamber, feeling as something inside him snapped back into place. He couldn’t feel pain, it wasn’t something his body was physi...

Chapter 156: Unmasked 

Leif stared up into the grinning face of the eighth Blade, feeling the temperature in the large stone room slowly drop, though not from anything Mouric was doing. Despite the man’s ice pow...

Chapter 155: Hello There

Chapter Prescript:

Sorry about the delay, I've been a bit busy lately.

Enjoy the chapter!

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Leif was about to leave his seat and return to the libr...

Chapter 154: Blizzard

“Mouric Voknar! And his opponent, the seventh Blade: Daniella Low! The inevitability of ice clashes with the fury of steel and flame!” The announcer roared, riling up the crowd much as he had d...

Chapter 153: Consequences

Leif, Hera and Melissa sat in silence within the living room of the apartment turned Blade residence. Night had fallen, bringing with it an sea born mist that rolled over the archipelago like an et...

Chapter 152: Homes

The carriage pulled up a gentle slope, the well greased wheels and stable suspension making the journey comfortable, if slow. Leif found it strange knowing where his occasional buds of insight on t...

Chapter 151: Appointment

Lucia felt cold. Even under the afternoon sun and surrounded by the raucous energy of the arena stadium her limbs felt numb and her skin was clammy. She had witnessed the fight between the t...

Chapter 150: Humanity’s Finest

“It’s starting! It’s starting!” Roy said, bouncing from foot to foot. “We need to get inside!” 

“Patience Roy, we’re at the front of the line.” Lucia ...

Chapter 149: Showmatch

Chapter Prescript:

It is both hilarious, and very frustrating, that the day after I announce that I will be increasing my writing speed I get sick.

Anyway, this was w...

Chapter 148: Sights to See 

“And this is the Pellus public bathhouse. You might be able to tell from the architecture that the building predates the rest of the town by several centuries. Usually the older structures that p...

Chapter 147: Arrival 

Lucia awoke for the first time in what felt like an eternity without the sharp tang of hunger nor the everpresent, bone deep ache that had been a constant tag along for the past year. The rocking o...

Chapter 146: Encounter 

The pervasive dampness in the tight confines of the lower decks made Royce feel as though the world was pressing down on him. His chest tightened and gunk oozed its way into his windpipe. Even ...

Chapter 145: Stowaways 

Lucia put her head down and worked until her knuckles were raw and her fingers ached with exertion. The dishes, plain creations of carved wood kept piling up before her, accumulating faster than sh...

Chapter 144: Core Considerations

The sky skimmer didn’t have individual rooms below deck. Instead it was a wide open space between the reinforced hull and the deck above, the distance between both forced both Leif and the taller...

Chapter 143: The Heart of Ahle-ho

Nikolas sat within his spacious and well decorated office. His boots were kicked up onto the desk before him, his chair tilted back as he read through the last of the day's reports. Acquisition for...

Chapter 142: Interlude: Ram’s Retirement 

Ram didn’t like cities. He didn’t like towns either, or villages for that matter. Sure, he’d spent much of his early, unintelligent life on the outskirts of northern settlements, but he had n...

Full Character Sheet and Ability Recap

This chapter has no content other than a full character sheet overview. I recommend bookmarking it so you can reference Leif’s skills easily.

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Name: Leif Vin<...

Chapter 141: Qualitative Increase 

You have selected [Charisma] as the beneficiary attribute for the +30% bonus! Confirm? Y/N

Leif confirmed the prompt, the space around him seeming to ripple...

Chapter 140: Oversights

Leif stared at the figure made of crimson light, a sketch of a smile stretched across their otherwise undetailed face. “Who- or what are you?” He said, both on guard and alert at the figures' s...

Chapter 139: Dignity 

It didn’t feel real, and perhaps, maybe, that was because it wasn’t. Could the system really know? How accurate were these projected futures? Were they divergent realities somehow split from th...

Chapter 138: Defeated

Leif stared down at the shattered remains of the Noble, the tiny shards of crystal reflecting light that didn’t exist within the empty world of the trial. Was that supposed to happen? ...