Even as his heart pounded in his chest and his mind whirled to remember the plan for this eventuality, Tercius stood silent and stoic. Here is the moment to perform, so you better have you...
2022-05-22 20:48:20 +0000 UTC View PostTercius shifted in the saddle. Below, the lake he made was already full and the water was rushing over the landbridge to restore the flow it had.
“That went well…”
Lucky bleated.<...
2022-03-09 21:44:57 +0000 UTC View PostTercius' Skills at the end of Chapter 16:
For long and boring hours, Tercius and Lucky kept going east at a trot, sticking close to the canyon, and still they remained on the southern side of it. As no narrow point in the canyon came, Terc...
2022-03-03 21:02:49 +0000 UTC View PostTercius tried to stay as still as possible. “It feels like a snake or something. What should I… do?”
“Snake? Oh, snakes. No snakes in forest. But—”
“What? What is...
2022-03-01 21:38:16 +0000 UTC View PostHis wrapped head was on fire, but a strange calm existed below his pumping heart.
“Lucky, down!” Tercius commanded and felt his {Teaching Bond} with the ram snap into pla...
2022-02-28 21:23:12 +0000 UTC View PostTercius heard them before he saw them.
First came a short, high-pitched screech, a sound wave that gave both him and Lucky the shudders. Then, barely a breath later, came a series of fast, ho...
2022-02-27 19:41:16 +0000 UTC View PostJust as the world itself was waking with the arrival of the sun, their golden bubble landed and the solid spherical surface dispersed into golden motes of magia. The land was flat here, the dry gra...
2022-02-27 10:25:02 +0000 UTC View PostAN: Chapter 2/2. Make sure to catch the one below first.
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By morning, Tercius was as good as new. He resumed his trainin...
2022-02-24 22:34:32 +0000 UTC View PostAN: Sorry for tardiness. Chapter 1/2. Next one is after this one.
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Day or night, Tercius spent the hours being instructed by the magi or giving instruc...
2022-02-24 22:34:11 +0000 UTC View Post“That one,” Tercius’ beast of choice was a shaggy gray mountain of a ram, easily tall enough for a grown horse to hide under it.
Upon hearing his words, Mistress Kalina's eyes narrowed ...
2022-02-19 20:55:29 +0000 UTC View PostTercius read through the books that his Mentor gave him well before the last of his candles melted entirely.
The books were written like a survivalist guide, with clear guidelines as to what ...
2022-02-12 12:19:17 +0000 UTC View PostThe brainstorming session ended with a successful conclusion and Tercius was completely agreeable to the choice of the two elder Mistresses.
Still, the accumulation of so many things that hap...
2022-02-12 12:18:17 +0000 UTC View PostTercius roamed the old city’s districts, with no discernable pattern to his path. He chose the turns and twists at random, provided that he moved west.
Skill {Magia Touch} developed...
2022-02-12 12:17:25 +0000 UTC View PostSkill {Magia Touch} developed. Obtain Yes/No?
Tercius just blinked at the notification. As his lids fell to cover his eyes, the words turned from black to white, as if to ref...
2022-02-12 12:14:49 +0000 UTC View PostIsidorus didn’t make Tercius wait for long.
The temple was on the other side of the old city and the walk to their destination promised to take at least half an hour, if not more. One small...
2022-02-12 12:13:02 +0000 UTC View PostSitting back to back on the dry grass, Tercius and his brother-in-craft Neiran spent their time shaping raw stone, taking large gravel, chipped stone, or those stones that were too small and to...
2022-02-12 12:12:45 +0000 UTC View PostThe innkeeper of the inn they chose to settle in was a friendly man, for they were paying guests after all, but the smile on his chubby cheeks didn’t reach his suspicious eyes. He served them din...
2022-02-12 12:12:34 +0000 UTC View PostTercius swallowed heavily, his fingers digging into his sweaty palms. He had experienced this once before and he was not looking forward to the repeat. And yet, despite what awaited in the immediat...
2022-02-12 12:12:23 +0000 UTC View PostFirst of all, I owe you all an apology for the week-long gap without chapters.
As you all know, I've been ill in late January and even though my health is all good now, my days now are still ...
2022-02-12 12:10:08 +0000 UTC View PostWord of a young shaman spread through the forest village like a summer wildfire through dry leaves.
Tales told by the trainee hunters that Leawarra and Murrayn had taken under thei...
2022-02-04 14:55:23 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 166 is down below.
Some of you might have gone and read the revised version that's up on RR. You likely noticed he changes I've done there, but let me make some short notes for those ...
2022-01-30 12:30:18 +0000 UTC View PostDespite their best efforts, the night had fallen on them before they reached Leavara’s settlement, but at least they had made it past the boundary of safety.
Tercius carried a torch in one ...
2022-01-30 12:28:02 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone,
So, I've been with a fever and a headache for the past two days. Nothing major in both cases. I have no idea if it's Covid, as our local hospital is swamped. They are advi...
2022-01-22 18:36:07 +0000 UTC View Post“I understand,” one of the girls said.
Her words were spoken softly and with hesitation, coming out strangely accented. She couldn't have been much older than he was, at least biologicall...
2022-01-17 22:58:24 +0000 UTC View PostThere was a moment of silence, a quiet peace where Tercius counted eight new arrivals, fast-moving, slender and long, white-scaled and gilded with a colorful crown of feathers. Three of them were b...
2022-01-13 21:38:21 +0000 UTC View PostTercius heard them before he saw them.
First came a short, high-pitched screech, a sound wave that gave both him and Lucky the shudders. Then, barely a breath later, came a series of fast, ho...
2022-01-10 21:57:06 +0000 UTC View PostWhere the dry grasslands of the Empire met the gray rocky foothills of Izmittor, Tercius, his mount, and his Mentor arrived in the early morning hours. The seal on his Well was tightened...
2022-01-05 14:31:21 +0000 UTC View PostAN: Chapter 3/3
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By morning, Tercius' ankle, torso, and head were as good as new, but the late-night had left a mark on him. Mistress Kalina boosted him with a potion ...
2021-12-30 12:42:06 +0000 UTC View Post