The time had come. The Ten Tribes were waiting for him, and though Leon knew that the longer he waited, the more his research teams could bring him to strengthen his position, but he couldn’t wai...
2022-12-23 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe weeks following Leon’s marriage to Cassandra were packed, his attention pulled in many directions. Anastasios and the Grand Druid were busy finalizing their alliances with him, with Leon pass...
2022-12-21 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostLeon smiled as he awoke. He hadn’t been sleeping long, perhaps only an hour or two, but the exertions he’d gone through had warranted the rest. As he returned to awareness, he heard the breathi...
2022-12-19 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe time had come. Leon shifted uneasily as he pulled at his collar, the fine material digging into his skin far more than it should have.
Or perhaps that was just his imagination, he couldn...
2022-12-16 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostLightning raged around Leon as the storm reached its peak, his power the only thing keeping it from striking his crucible filled with metal. He had his extracted blood ready, but this wasn’t quit...
2022-12-14 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostLeon quietly regarded his retainers as they trained. Magic training was over, so they were mostly brushing up on their martial skills, having largely paired up to spar. Tikos and Helen were the onl...
2022-12-12 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostQuick note: I mentioned Origin Sparks back in chapter 836, but I called them 'creation sparks' then. This was a mistake. They're called Origin Sparks, which was established way back in ...
2022-12-09 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostLeon’s concentration was absolute. He manipulated his magic slowly and carefully, only enough to cause his object of study to slowly twirl in the air. It responded well to his power—to his will...
2022-12-07 16:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post“That was fast,” Valeria observed as Leon and his family returned to the more private wing of his villa. Only Elise, Maia, Valeria, himself, and now Cassandra were here; everyone else was busy ...
2022-12-05 16:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post“I’m surprised you went with the morality option,” the Director said. “I would’ve thought that you realized by now that any words they might have about peace, justice, and morality were e...
2022-12-02 16:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post“Are you ready for this, husband?” Elise asked as she straightened Leon’s collar with a gentle touch.
“I don’t think I’m every ready for anything when it comes to them,” Leon r...
Leon stared at the document in his hand, his eyes not taking in a word that was written upon it. Despite the fact that it was a report from his researchers that promised to help him fix the problem...
2022-11-28 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostWaiting for Leon in one of his private sitting rooms was Anshu and a man with strange features. Leon smiled upon entering, though his alarm was immediately raised, having had no idea that Anshu was...
2022-11-25 16:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostAnshu sighed in relief as he and the group he’d been running with reached the relative safety of their underground base, buried deep in a forest within one of the coastal Pegasi States. Though th...
2022-11-23 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostLeon stared in awe at the scene around him. Points of light all hovering in stasis around one central point, brighter than all the rest. Millions upon millions of them, so many that he couldn’t e...
2022-11-21 16:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post“What’s wrong, Leon?” Cassandra asked teasingly, smiling rather smugly at Leon as they waited in the bridge for the Grand Druid to arrive. With Leon in control of the ark, they’d gotten the...
2022-11-18 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostCassandra spun around, Sunlight appearing in her hand in a flash of light. Leon, Valeria, and Maia did likewise, the former two drawing their weapons while the latter summoned a relatively small wa...
2022-11-16 16:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostThe opening torn into the hull of the supercarrier was small relative to the size of the vessel, but quite large on a human scale. Leon and his party had no trouble getting inside through it, findi...
2022-11-14 16:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostLeon hesitated a moment before knocking on Helen and Anna’s door. Neither had given much actual reason to worry, but it had been a while since Anna had killed Casimir, and Leon needed to make sur...
2022-11-11 16:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostLeon sighed as he left the small group of messengers in his suite’s main room. They’d just arrived to escort him and his retainers down to dinner with the Grand Druid, Sacred Golden Empress, Pr...
2022-11-09 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostThough he was surprised by the Princess’ presence, Leon wore a pleasant smile as he followed the Grand Druid out of the ark.
The Grand Druid rushed about as fast as decorum would allow to h...
2022-11-07 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostThough he had not been in a while, Leon’s appreciation for the aesthetics of the Sacred Golden Empire hadn’t dimmed at all. Their cities, and especially their capital of Evergold, lay sprawling...
2022-11-04 15:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post“Leon,” the Director stated, his tone neutral, but coming with the subtlest undercurrent of surprise as Leon walked into his office. The elder man was sitting behind his desk, but as Leon enter...
2022-11-02 15:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post“… and it’s becoming clearer and clearer that we can’t continue on like this for too much longer,” Leon finished as he stared at his family around him, his golden eyes narrowed with inten...
2022-10-31 15:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post“Storm Herald,” Nestor said. “That was the name of my father’s personal ark.”
The man’s voice, spoken with mechanical resonance from his golem body, was colored in deep sad...
It took several hours for Leon, Penelope, and the Director to explore most of the remaining arks. For the most part, they simply explored, looking for anything of much value. However, it seemed tha...
2022-10-26 15:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post“It’s good that you’re back, Leon,” the Director said as Leon joined him and Penelope in his office.
“It’s good to be back,” Leon replied with a professional smile plastered ac...
Adamant. The very word, after his conversation with Nestor, had Leon practically rubbing his hands in greed. The metal was mana-infused steel, in its simplest form at least, and that meant that any...
2022-10-21 15:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostLeon’s family, retinue, and much of his household were there to greet him and Anzu upon their return to the villa. Elise, Maia, and Valeria all gave them both plenty of attention, and Alix and Al...
2022-10-19 15:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostLeon sighed as he waited for Anzu to return from flying around the Border Mountains. The griffin was taking his time, and as far as Leon was concerned, he could take all the time he needed to explo...
2022-10-17 15:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post