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The Tiger and the Dragon: Act 13, Chapter 5

“Report! The Undead have renewed their assault!”

“Show us.”

The Gao runner stepped forward at Rana Kizurra’s command, looking down at the map on the table. After a moment, he ...

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The Tiger and the Dragon: Act 13, Chapter 4

“Squads Four and Five, push to meet with Raul’s advance. Squad Six, advance one kilometre straight ahead.”

Ludmila observed silently as Olga directed her forces to isolate the salient f...

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The Tiger and the Dragon: Act 13, Chapter 3

In the darkness before dawn, Saraca opened his eyes. A knock at his door came a moment later. He sat up from his litter, untangling himself from the mess of limbs that had developed overnight.

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The Tiger and the Dragon: Act 13, Chapter 2

29th Day, Middle Wind Month, 1 CE




“Khorstaq? Hey! How big of a shit are you taking?”

Ludmila wasn’t sure how badly Khorstaq had to go, bu...

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The Tiger and the Dragon: Act 13, Chapter 1

“Just run away please…”

The Beastmen couldn’t hear her, nor would they probably oblige her even if they could. High above the Royal Army’s front north of Eastwatch, Olga scowled dow...

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The Tiger and the Dragon: Act 12, Chapter 10

『Stop doing that.』

『Doing what?』

『Looking worried. If you look worried, how do you think that makes us feel?』

Ludmila frowned across the corner of th...

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The Tiger and the Dragon: Act 12, Chapter 9

“So tired…carry me…”

“I swear, if Rana Renatha hadn’t asked me to accompany you, I would have left you for the Undead.”

“You…you wouldn’t have done that, would you?...

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The Tiger and the Dragon: Act 12, Chapter 8

28th Day, Middle Wind Month, 1 CE



“I had really hoped to return here under better circumstances.”

“Y’know, every other time you say something like...

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The Tiger and the Dragon: Act 12, Chapter 7

“Mhh…so young. Hopefully, they do not spoil themselves.”

“Spoil themselves, Your Majesty?”

“Umu,” Queen Oriculus nodded. “The way they run off on their own like that is ...

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The Tiger and the Dragon: Act 12, Chapter 6

『Do you smell anything?』

『No.』

『I think I smell something.』

『Do you want to smell something?』

Liane was pretty sure it smelled like something. After...

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The Tiger and the Dragon: Act 12, Chapter 5

“Captain, data collected by our high-altitude observers report a potential lull in the current weather conditions.”

“It’s not going to stop raining,” Ludmila replied absently as she...

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The Tiger and the Dragon: Act 12, Chapter 4


24th Day, Middle Wind Month, 1 CE



“Thirty more warbands just arrived from the south,” a runner ...

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The Tiger and the Dragon: Act 12, Chapter 3

Through the rains of the deluge, a swarm of dots slowly made over the highway east along the Oriculon. They were quarry of a different sort, and Ludmila idly mused over how things had turned out. View Post

The Tiger and the Dragon: Act 12, Chapter 2

“This is all steel, ain’t it? Won’t it rust up?”

“We have models that won’t rust, but the suite of enchantments that they come with increase the price of the frame and whatever at...

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The Tiger and the Dragon: Act 12, Chapter 1

23rd Day, Middle Wind Month, 1 CE



Il-Enoweli con He’leyia made his way through the mist along the broad stone road that followed the river to the sea. The riv...

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The Tiger and the Dragon: Act 11, Chapter 11


22nd Day, Middle Wind Month, 1 CE



“Captain, squads ni...

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The Tiger and the Dragon: Act 11, Chapter 10

“Hey, Kskel.”

Kskel’s eyes opened. He sucked in a deep breath.

“I’m up. What’s going on?”

“Nothing,” Fensis said. “They’re getting ready to move.”

Ks...

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The Tiger and the Dragon: Act 11, Chapter 9

Rivulets of rain ran off of Ludmila’s cowl and mantle as she silently watched the assault on Rivergarden unfold from high above. Saiko floated beside her, uncaring of the water seeping through it...

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The Tiger and the Dragon: Act 11, Chapter 8

20th Day, Middle Wind Month, 1 CE



Kskel lup Inui squinted as a gust of wind drove the rain under the roof of the hoarding straight into his face. After the wind...

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The Tiger and the Dragon: Act 11, Chapter 7

19th Day, Middle Wind Month, 1 CE



“Squads one through ten have assumed the positions defined in the updated schedule.”

“How much time do we have lef...

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The Tiger and the Dragon: Act 11, Chapter 6

Haaah…it’s finally over.

A grouchy feeling settled over Clara as she departed Phelegia’s central keep. It wasn’t over the fact that she had been forced to sit outside the gre...

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The Tiger and the Dragon: Act 11, Chapter 5

“Can the corruption be fixed, papapapa?”

The Brightness Dragon Lord’s movements paused for a moment before he continued his work.

“I don’t know, Draudillon. None of the hardes...

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The Tiger and the Dragon: Act 11, Chapter 4

17th Day, Middle Wind Month, 1 CE



“What’s a ‘breeder’?”

Tira nearly spat out the straw in her mouth.

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The Tiger and the Dragon: Act 11, Chapter 3

16th Day, Middle Wind Month, 1 CE



This is impossible. Just how do we…

With an exasperated sigh, Emmad Zorlu tossed his quill on the desk. He le...

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Two More...

Two more Lianes, this time in a different art style. Since the AI emulates anime/ln/manga-style characters, creating images in a workshop setting seems to result in Atelier-series looking stuff. View Post

The Tiger and the Dragon: Act 11, Chapter 2

Have you seen the man from Eastwatch; the man so tall and brave?

Defender e’er defiant, ‘fore hell’s own steaming gate!

Cloaked in his rugged mantle, so bold...

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The Tiger and the Dragon: Act 11, Chapter 1

15th Day, Middle Wind Month, 1 CE


“I must say these past few days have been remarkably fruitful.”

A wisp of breath rose from behind the Goblin Strategist’s whi...

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Two Lianes~

Two Lianes with two expressions. The second one feels more upper-class merchant-y, but the first I think has the personality that most attribute to her.

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The Tiger and the Dragon: Act 10, Chapter 11

15th Day, Middle Wind Month, 1 CE



“…you broke your promise.”

“I’m sooooo sorry!”

Mitra ran up to Winter Moon and rubbed her che...

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The Tiger and the Dragon: Act 10, Chapter 10

“They’re back.”

Saraca looked up from where several Humans were installing a simple crane. The parts to the device were recently manufactured by the artisans working for Xoc, and the fi...

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