1086 - First Test II
Who were these people? Why were they attacking his ark? Was there a reason why they weren’t breaking off their attack after so long, or why they were refusing all communications?
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1085 - First Test I
The fleet of attacking arks was still thousands of miles away, leaving Leon’s forces with ample time to assemble. Despite that glut of time, Artorion was a hive of activity as everyone rush...
2024-06-24 15:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post1084 - Doubt and Creation
Blades met, filling the air with the song of clashing steel. The combatants grappled, exerting their strength against each other, trying to gain an advantage.
A grin spread across Leon...
2024-06-21 15:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post1083 - Contact
“An old thing,” Nestor mused as his metal hands lightly brushed against the unblemished silver mask. “A very archaic style.”
“Old enough that you know where it c...
2024-06-19 15:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post1082 - Autopsy
“What fine work…” Nestor murmured as he set about his grisly business. “Whoever did this is a master without compare…”
“High praise coming from you,” Leon observed.
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The creature moved quickly, but Leon was initially unable to do anything about it since the creature’s third wail tore through his Ulta suit and hit his ears like ice picks. The magic in hi...
2024-06-14 15:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post1080 - Wailing Dirge II
Our Home, a Field of Aesus
Sought in dreams, Found in need
Tested and Pursued, We built our Home
Foundations of blood and bones, Cast aside were our...
2024-06-12 15:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post1079 - Wailing Dirge I
Nighttime in the Nexus was a surreal thing. The sky darkened as it did on Aeterna, with the Origin Spark itself dimming from the luminescence of a sun to only that of a moon. Leon thoug...
2024-06-10 15:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post1078 - A New Danger
After arriving in the new land that Leon named Artorion, Leon’s attention was taken almost entirely by coordinating clearance and construction efforts with scouting and mapping endeavors. I...
2024-06-07 15:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post1077 - Arrival II
No signs of life surrounded the ingress point. Everywhere around it was wild and untamed, without so much as a shack to reveal the presence of human life.
To Leon’s eyes, it was perfe...
2024-06-05 15:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post1076 - Arrival I
I accidentally forgot to mention Justin and Clear Day over the past couple of chapters. I've since gone back to the previous few chapters and added a few mentions of both where it seemed appropriat...
2024-06-03 15:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post1075 - Launching the Expedition
Gazing out into the Void left Leon speechless. The sheer enormity of empty space could leave anyone feeling dizzy, but his focus wasn’t on the Void itself, but on his assembled fleet of Voi...
2024-05-31 15:00:24 +0000 UTC View Post1074 - Last of the Last Days
“When you called this a ‘city ark’, this wasn’t what I was expecting,” Anastasios stated good-naturedly as he stared at the enormous ark in front of him.
Beside him stood Leon, Eva...
2024-05-29 15:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post1073 - One Month Remaining
A large grin spread across Leon’s face as he stared at his reflection. As a King, he had a certain appearance to maintain in public, meaning that he often wore more elaborate costumes than ...
2024-05-27 15:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post1072 - Reconciliations
The sun was out, the air was warm, and a gentle breeze blew through Leon’s hair. By most standards, it was perfect weather, and being outside should’ve brought a smile to anyone’s lips....
2024-05-24 15:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post1071 - Rising Readiness
Silence. Despite being separated from the Void only by relatively thin armor plating, all Leon could hear was silence. Given the stresses of the Void, it spoke to his Kingdom’s fine d...
2024-05-22 15:00:19 +0000 UTC View Post1070 - Thunderbird's Offered Strategy
“Keep it under control…” Nestor whispered, his artificial head pointed in at the blob of silver-blue lightning that Leon had summoned. “Make it do what you want to do…...
2024-05-20 15:00:15 +0000 UTC View Post1069 - New Toy
After more than two months touring Aeterna, Leon returned to the Thunder Kingdom. For the most part, he thought the tour went well, but it had filled him with melancholy and determination in ...
2024-05-17 15:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post1068 - Arranging Successions
On the journey north, Bolt in Shadow had struck a more leisurely pace, allowing Leon and his companions to take in the sights and reminisce about their journey together.
In star...
2024-05-15 15:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post1067 - The Lion and the Bull's Parting
Processing his encounter with Fain took Leon some time. His mother was now an actual person in his head, and her face and her voice had carved themselves into his mind from the moment he’d ...
2024-05-13 15:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post1066 - Motivation
When Artorias described Leon’s mother, there had been some part of Leon that thought that Artorias’ love was clouding his memories or perceptions, but now that he could see her with his own eye...
2024-05-10 15:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post1065 - Interrupted Tour
‘Who was here?’ Leon furiously wondered. ‘Who trespassed here? One of the Valemen? No, they wouldn’t venture into this vale at all…’
Leon ...
2024-05-08 15:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post1064 - Last Tour VI
While he hadn’t planned on staying so long, Leon and his party wound up remaining in Vale Town for two weeks. They feasted with the Valemen, visited their temples to the Sky Mother, Mountai...
2024-05-06 15:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post1063 - Last Tour V
There was no recourse to the passage of time. The Primal Gods and Devils were subject to it, the strongest Divine Beasts were slaves to time, and even the strongest humans who’d achieved th...
2024-05-03 15:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post1062 - Last Tour IV
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2024-05-01 15:00:17 +0000 UTC View Post1061 - Last Tour III
For two days Leon stayed in Ariminium, wandering around the city and visiting the sites that were important to him. The guild district had long since been rebuilt, as had the square where he ...
2024-04-29 15:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post1060 - Last Tour II
From Occulara, Bolt in Shadow bore Leon’s people westward, taking a more circuitous route than he usually took when undertaking this journey. Normally, with an ark, he could m...
2024-04-26 15:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post1059 - Last Tour I
So, on Monday, after a discrepancy was reported to me on Discord, I went back to the previous chapter&nb...
2024-04-24 15:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post1058 - Justin's Advice
It was inevitable, Leon supposed, that this meeting would come. If his Kingdom were to prepare to venture into the Nexus, then he’d have to consult with the only man in his Kingdom who had ...
2024-04-22 15:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post1057 - First of the Last Days
It took Leon several months to get the hang of making wisps. Nestor was hardly impressed with what he’d made, but he at least conceded that the wisps were ‘workable’. So, a consid...
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