Chapter 121
We continued on our way for a few hours, when Lenore returned and went straight into her Hallow. She reported that she had been unable to get a good idea how many wolves there were, bu...
2019-03-22 17:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
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Chapter 120
Over the next few days we continued our travels east, using the mounts with Sigmir and me running alternately. I still wanted to make Adra give me a ride, but the glare she had given m...
2019-03-20 17:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 119
My lesson with Rai continued for a while longer, touching upon a few ideas I wanted to impart into him. A big one was that anything could be used in combat. If I threw a pretty flower ...
2019-03-18 17:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 118
As I watched Rai take off towards the cursed hunters, I wondered if he would pass my impromptu test.
“You want him to kill those four, don’t you? Even if they ar...
2019-03-15 17:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostInterlude: End of an Era
AN: This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious mann...
2019-03-13 17:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 117
Our time in Adernas was heading towards its end. Yuka had finished the blades for Rai and Giro was done with the leather armour for Sigmir and me. I had watched Kallik and Tulak, to ma...
2019-03-11 17:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 116
A few days after we had returned to Adrenas, the moon was once again full, shining high up in the sky. To me, that meant my Ice-Magic was greatly strengthened and I planned to remake m...
2019-03-08 17:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 115
The next few days, we stayed in Adernas and made plans to go forward. But not all plans were well-received, the evening after the demonstration for Giro, he had formally asked me to ta...
2019-03-06 17:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 114
After Rai had his outburst, Giro was looking pensive. I hoped that he would accept his son’s decision, so everything remained in harmony because, if he rejected it, I would still let...
2019-03-04 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 113
At my question, Giro looked as if someone had punched him into the gut and heavily sat down. Yuka was scowling in distaste but joined us nonetheless.
“It’s old business. I th...
2019-03-01 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 112
Rai let his mother continue her fussing for a few minutes, before he realised that she was not winding down and broke in.
“Mother, you are being rude. Let me introduce th...
2019-02-27 17:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 111
We reached Adernas around midday but did not enter until late afternoon. My paranoia was acting up, so only Adra and I entered the town proper, while the others stayed back, due to a b...
2019-02-25 17:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 110
Over the next couple of days, we made our way back towards Adernas, actively looking for groups of nymphs and dryads on the way and happening upon two more groups. Both were small and ...
2019-02-22 17:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 109
As we moved on, after the fight, I was considered the relative trouble we had with the fight against a clearly weaker group. Only one of them had crossed the first divide, compared to ...
2019-02-20 17:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 108
The group we had decided to ambush was consisting of five nymphs and a dryad, the nymphs were all equipped with their standard garb of soft, bark-like armour and a long spear, the drya...
2019-02-18 17:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 107
We spent the rest of the night below the same tree we had used before, relying on its position and the previous measures to keep us safe. Adra asked to be exempt from keeping watch, as...
2019-02-15 17:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 106
With the fight over and the remaining nymphs scattered in the winds, I took a moment to look at the notifications I had ignored since entering the valley and there were a lot of them.&...
2019-02-13 17:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 105
My mind went into overdrive as the blade was whistling towards me, activating bullet time, but there was little I could do to stop it. Even the vines of the Eisblumen-accessory wouldnâ...
2019-02-11 17:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 104
Following Sigmir through the short stretch of trapped forest was rather easy, even with most of my mind focused on the crystals I had placed within. There were five crystals, roughly e...
2019-02-08 17:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 103
We had spent the day after Rai and I had scouted the dryad’s defenses resting and experimenting, I wanted to make sure my idea would work, I believed it would, but finding out that i...
2019-02-06 17:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 102
Rai and I spent the night and most of the next morning watching the mouth of the valley harbouring the dryads, taking note of their movements and trying to figure out how their magic-d...
2019-02-04 17:01:21 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 101
AN: No dalmatians were harmed in the making of this chapter.
Once I had seen the fight, I was quite sure that we had managed to achieve our goal. Both sides were po...
2019-02-01 17:01:05 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 100
AN: Chapter 100. Well, kinda. Wooohooooow!
Adra and Sigmir quickly woke up, once I started shaking them, Rai needed a moment to realise just where he was. As soon as...
2019-01-30 17:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 99
During dinner, Rai was rather quiet but both Adra and SIgmir told their own stories, trying to help his mood. Especially Adra’s story was similar in some ways, she had made mistakes ...
2019-01-28 17:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 98
I almost wanted to ask who he was and what he had done to Rai, I was that surprised. After we had saved him for the first time, he had acted as if he was entitled to it and the world r...
2019-01-25 17:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostDifferent Points of View
As most of you probably have realised, I write Jaded Life exclusivly in first-person, from Samantha's Point-Of-View, with the sole exception the Interludes which are watched by her, as it is descri...
2019-01-24 23:33:08 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 97
With the defeat of the hunter that was rushing in, I had a little extra time to make sure that Rai would not die in the next minutes. It would be a shame to lose out on the quest...
2019-01-23 17:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 96
Seeing Jongarn in the dim torchlight, I tried to meld deeper into the shadows, hiding myself from him. Luckily, his gaze had been fixed on Rai, ignoring the entrance so I had not been ...
2019-01-21 17:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 95
There was a strange lightness to my steps, as I moved through the forest, sneaking up on the two guards at the entrance of the gorge we had left Rai in. It was as if my legs did not ha...
2019-01-18 17:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 94
After waking up Adra, it was time to break camp. We discussed to change the spell we used to evade tracking, as I was now awake again, but decided that it might attract suspicion if we...
2019-01-16 17:35:25 +0000 UTC View Post