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Changing into a new set of clothes was fast, but when Serenity asked what restaurant they should visit, the Silver Blades were remarkably unwilling to commit. Gabrie...
2023-03-06 00:53:28 +0000 UTC
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Serenity wasn’t the only one who thought he needed to change things up; Daryl was no longer chasing Serenity. It was obvious he’d decided that if he couldn’t ca...
2023-03-05 00:03:41 +0000 UTC
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Serenity swapped his Crystal Hilt into his left hand and used his right to pull his new Severing Wand out of his storage harness. He wasn’t as good left-handed, bu...
2023-03-03 23:59:51 +0000 UTC
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“All three?” The Tier Nine spokesman snorted. “You’re Tier Eight. You couldn’t take us on one at a time, much less in a three on one.”
Serenity took a...
2023-03-03 00:23:14 +0000 UTC
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The next day, Serenity had a choice to make. He was supposed to meet the Silver Blades at the Mercenaries’ Guild “near sunset”, but he also wanted to try and fig...
2023-03-02 00:34:47 +0000 UTC
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Serenity’s time reading and talking to the Broken Mirror kept him up late and he didn’t wake the next morning until the first attack hit the Library. It was a goo...
2023-03-01 00:16:34 +0000 UTC
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Serenity read through the rest of the thesis, but the opening section really covered most of the information in it. There were a number more references and quite a fe...
2023-02-28 00:19:35 +0000 UTC
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By the time Serenity walked out of the store, it was close to sunset; he’d spent longer shopping than he’d realized. Well, if he was going to go shopping, this wa...
2023-02-27 00:00:09 +0000 UTC
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As far as Serenity was concerned, the pair of sheaths and replacements for his belt and boots were the big items of his stopping trip, but that didn’t mean he was done...
2023-02-25 23:40:13 +0000 UTC
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Lorenzo’s Magic Shoppe was only a few hundred feet from the Mercenary Guild storefront. Somehow, Serenity had the feeling that location was deliberate; it seemed to ...
2023-02-25 00:01:56 +0000 UTC
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Takinat’s Mercenary Guild headquarters was deserted when Serenity walked in other than a single employee behind a counter, who seemed to have been awakened by the ...
2023-02-24 00:01:33 +0000 UTC
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Russ waved some of the smoke away from his face and examined the basement. The raid went well; almost too well, considering the level of resistance. No one on his side ...
2023-02-23 00:16:06 +0000 UTC
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Rissa’s vision did indeed let her find a book that held the style used in the runic formation on the underside of the biplane. While that meant that Serenity didn’t...
2023-02-22 00:01:16 +0000 UTC
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Old Man Rinsetti took his time looking over the sketch. When he looked up, he was already smiling. “Did you draw this?”
Serenity nodded. “I thought it w...
2023-02-20 23:50:27 +0000 UTC
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Death watched his Incarnate and felt yet another new emotion: contentment. His decision to push Serenity into Incarnation was an impulse he’d decided he was pleased wi...
2023-02-19 23:31:12 +0000 UTC
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“Only the names of the planets,” the Mirror replied. “The actual locations were only recorded in the true Repository of Secrets on Earth.”
The last word...
2023-02-18 23:43:18 +0000 UTC
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Serenity said the first thing that came to mind. “Why is a Hand of the Order allowed in here when the Head Librarian isn’t?”
It almost certainly wasn’t t...
2023-02-18 00:07:48 +0000 UTC
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I probably should have mentioned this yesterday, but I've decided to change the name of the Runecrafters' Guild to Runeworkers' Guild. That was literally as generic as I could come up with; a lot o...
2023-02-16 23:56:59 +0000 UTC
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On the way back to the Library from the Runeworkers’ Guild, Serenity pulled up his messages. There was nothing to watch out for, not this close to the Library. He’d...
2023-02-16 00:05:35 +0000 UTC
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All of the information on Takinat was gathered in a collection of drawings, charts, and maps at a central location. Other cities and regions were there, as well, ...
2023-02-15 00:09:29 +0000 UTC
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The Runecrafters’ Guild building in Takinat was indeed sky blue with forest green trim on the wall facing the street. The mana gathering array on the roof was damaged...
2023-02-14 00:21:05 +0000 UTC
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Like the buildings around it, the shop was essentially undamaged.
It didn’t have the shelving of a modern store. Instead, there was a shelving unit, probably ...
2023-02-12 23:45:52 +0000 UTC
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Honoria paused and frowned. “I’m not sure what to do with you next. Normally, I set new Librarians to cataloging, with periodic breaks to practice shelving. Cata...
2023-02-11 23:04:48 +0000 UTC
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Serenity knew what a librarian was, a person working for a library that helped get information or otherwise interface with the patrons. That probably wasn’t a perfe...
2023-02-11 00:02:18 +0000 UTC
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Honoria didn’t meet them at the door. Serenity hadn’t expected her to, with the attack they’d just witnessed, but what that really meant was that Serenity didn...
2023-02-10 00:02:05 +0000 UTC
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Today's slightly-late chapter has been brought to you by Wednesday....
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Ranar was slightly closer to several portals that led to Asihanya than it was...
2023-02-09 00:27:01 +0000 UTC
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Not late!
....it's sad when that's an achievement. Here's hoping I manage it tomorrow.
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Serenity pushed away a moment’s regret at not knowing how he was ...
2023-02-08 00:07:19 +0000 UTC
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The call with Lancaster went better than Serenity expected. With luck, everything else was handled for now.
Serenity glanced at the door. He was happy to have som...
2023-02-07 01:55:29 +0000 UTC
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So, I was wrong yesterday about being late not affecting today's chapter.
I am farther along, at least, so today's shouldn't be too much longer.
At this point I'm not willing to predict...
2023-02-07 00:10:52 +0000 UTC
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“Guildmaster Tirmanak wants me to go back to Earth, since it would be easier for me to fit in than someone else. I don’t think I want to, at least not to do the jo...
2023-02-06 04:32:47 +0000 UTC
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