Author Artemis

Chapter 022 - Output

“Are you alright?” James asked.

“Do I look like I’m alright?” The injured boy replied, putting on a tough front but clearly on the verge of tears. He looked like he was going to say...

Chapter 21 - Accident

It was just after breakfast when this all happened, so after the tools were handed out James and the rest of the slaves entered the mines for a full day of work. James was pacing himself, as normal...

Chapter 20 - A New Face

After lunch, James rejoined the other slave boys to work in the mines, but before they got back to work Coin had them line up and handed each of them a shovel to go with the pick-axe they had been ...

Chapter 19 - Order Fulfilled

By the next morning his new hammers had finished cooling. After clearing out rubble with the rest of the boys, mainly from the tunnel expansion he had been working on yesterday, he prepared his for...

Chapter 18 - Finally Forging

With that, dinner proceeded as usual after handing in their tools. Brian sat as far as he could away from James, but James didn’t exactly want to be close to Brian either. After dinner, James ret...

Chapter 17 - Order Restored

After the usual lunch of thin soup and stale bread, James joined the rest of the slaves in the mine. He was worried about the boy he’d punched earlier, but that boy kept his head down and avoidin...

Chapter 16 - Pecking Order

With a dull crack, the poor boy fell like a sack of potatoes. He lay there unmoving on the recently cleared dirt floor of the tunnel. The grey-eyed boy swiftly crouched down, confirmed he was still...

Chapter 15 - Tensions Rising

The Merchant whistled. “Phew, Smith. You gotta lotta work piled up, doncha? Heheheh.”

The other slaver, the one who wielded a spear and usually just watched the slaves and the ...

Chapter 14 - A Faint Hope

“Hey.” the other boy said softly. “How do you think this ends, for us?”

James’ eyes widened. Would they just all die, eventually? Despite their best efforts? Even if they behaved? 2025-01-31 19:01:56 +0000 UTC View Post

Chapter 13 - Changes

“Smith.” he whispered. James sat up hurriedly from his pile of old leaves. There were, of course, no blankets in the lean-to. The slaves would periodically gather fresh leaves for themselves fr...

Chapter 12 - Pride

The next day James woke with the other slaves and headed into the mine. He was stopped by the grey-eyed boy. “You’re not supposed to mine for five days.” he said.

“I need iron to make...

Chapter 11 - New Tasking

The next morning, the slaves woke up as normal, James included. However, as James headed towards the smelter, he felt a hand grip his shoulder. “Where do you think you’re going.” the older bo...

Chapter 10 - Introduction to Slave Life

After this painful and traumatic experience, James lost his courage. For the next few months James settled in to life as a slave. At first he was put to work in a mine dug into the side of the moun...

Chapter 09 - Enslaved [Mature]

A month later, James was brought to a camp on the side of a mountain deep into no-man’s-land between two kingdoms. He was wearing the filthy, tattered remains of the clothes he’d been wearing w...

Chapter 08 - The End of the Beginning

Basic Fire Enchantment: Heated Blade memorized.

James twitched. What was that? He looked at the top sheet of paper and saw that it indeed was the basic fire enchan...

Chapter 07 - What Happens Next

They didn’t take it well.

James’ mother was inconsolable. She wailed louder than James had ever heard in his entire life before she ran out of the kitchen and back to his paren...

Chapter 06 - Class Selection

Class System unlocked. 0/2 Classes chosen. Please select a Class.

James’ eyes flew open. He sat up in bed and looked out the window. It was that moment where the...

Chapter 05 - Temptation

“D-did the enchantment work?”

“Yes, it did, but…”

“But what? What did you mean by ‘ten percent’?”

“Ehh, it’s technical, but it’s the trouble with Enchantin...

Chapter 04 - The Enchanter Meridox

Meridox led James around the left wing of the manor, revealing several smaller buildings. Then they entered one that wasn’t the largest, but also wasn’t the smallest. Inside was a single large ...

Chapter 03 - Meeting the Baron

James, having heard the wisdom of his parents, ate his dinner with his younger sister and his parents.

“Oh, that’s right.” His father said. “You’ve been invited to the Lord’s mano...

Chapter 02 - The Talk

The smith laughed. “What, did ye think ye were keeping it a secret? Ye’ve been down here days and days lad, most young’ns get fed up with the heat and noise in under an hour, of course ye wan...

Chapter 01 - Out to the Forge

Editor’s Note:

Andrew of Longthorn, better known as Andrew the Chronicler, had a brother who made the mistake of not taking a combat class. The brother, whose name has been lost to time, is...

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Chapter 01 - Out to the Forge

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