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EA Chapter 45 - Aftermath

“You have a brother?” Syri asked, blinking in shock.

“Two, actually,” said Luna. “This big lummox here, and an annoying crybaby little brother back home,” she clarified.

“...

EA Chapter 44 - The Eldest Alcett

Luna was slow to rouse from her slumber. The smell of burning herbs hit her nose first, joined soon after by a faint iron tang of blood and a chemical stink of alchemy reagents. Soft padding embrac...

EA Chapter 43 - The Powers That Be

Opening her eyes, Luna once more found herself in the confines of Thulpa’s office. The place had not changed a bit since she had last been. But Luna knew well enough that that meant little when i...

Mimic Chapter 30 - Festival of Death

The Goddess Festival, as it turned out, truly was the massive event Velasco had made it out to be. From where he stood, a balcony on the Obelisk that overlooked a swathe of the city, he could see t...

EA Interlude - Memories of Conquest

The great ringed city of Calmexia stood as a vast and many-spired beacon of civilization. The bow of the Calese ran into a great gate on one side, and emerged on the opposite end. A great source of...

EA Chapter 42 - Claim Victory

Luna took to the air, guided again by magically manipulated currents of wind. Old Scratch chose a markedly less elegant form of movement: Leaping across vast stretches of the city in a series of sw...

Mimic Chapter 29 - New Business Opportunities

Cricket stared in stunned silence at the chestful of coins that had been set before her. In the spartan confines of the shabby, rundown room, the coins glittered with an even greater radiance. “Y...

EA Chapter 41 - Descent of the Gargoyle

Luna flew back swiftly through the air as the gargoyle took chase toward her, heating its massive wings. Each movement was like a clap of thunder, and the beast trailed black fog from its jaws. All...

EA Chapter 40 - The Iudex

Luna took to the air in a sudden rushing whirlwind, ignoring the gasps of shock and alarm from those around her. “L-Luna?!” Syri shouted. “Where are you going?!”

“Hey!” Kiharu roa...

Mimic Chapter 28 - Love and Comfort

“Another smart mimic,” Domajor murmured, stroking his chin with one hand. “I never would have believed it, if I wasn’t seeing her with my own eyes.”

Colony had taken a seat in the d...

EA Chapter 39 - The Cadets Unite

Bit by bit, Luna led the charge through the streets of Vyrham. There seemed no real end to the number of ashen beasts to block their path, but the young Arcanist was undaunted. If anything, the who...

EA Chapter 38 - A Chance at Heroism

With the ogre distracted, it gave the soldiers enough of an opening to drag their wounded to safety. The guards had done their best, but their lance light had struggled to do anything worse than sc...

EA Chapter 37 - The War Unfurls

The central market had quickly become a warzone, with more and more Ashborn drawn to the sound of fleeing humans. Gnolls and hellcats at first, but soon small scuttling imps and winged sprites join...

Mimic Chapter 27 - Colony in Sentinel

Coin flung himself to one side, avoiding a slew of arrows and crossbow bolts. As quick as he was, the bolts came within a hair’s breadth of hitting him. Again he had to marvel at the skill of his...

EA Chapter 36 - War in the Capital

“A monster attack,” Syri murmured in disbelief. “Right here in the capital.”

Luna nodded, her grim and unblinking gaze watching as plumes of smoke and ash began to rise from various p...

EA Chapter 35 - Fire in the Skies

“As you can see from the model above, imps and gnolls are known to attack in groups. While all ashborn are allied in their mutual hatred of humanity, these two are the only ones seen to regularly...

Mimic Chapter 26 - On Familiar Ground

Once they drew near to the coast of Arcadia, Coin made a point to pull in toward an isolated dock just a short distance from the seaside town of Kwart, and only did so under the cover of night. Tha...

EA Chapter 34 - A New Rivalry

Luna was rather surprised. Back in her old world, there was no such thing as a form of magic tied exclusively to a bloodline. Nor were their ‘Ways’ that limited the forms of magic a person coul...

EA Chapter 33 - Power in the Blood

As Luna had expected, Kane was going through a steady kata on one of the training platforms. His weights had been left stacked off to one side, allowing his movements to flow with uncanny swiftness...

Mimic Chapter 25 - Sailing for Home

“It’s an interesting boat,” Colony said, staring at the sunlit frame of the steamboat as the waves gently lapped at it. “I’ve seen a few over the years, but none quite like this.”

Mimic Chapter 24 - Colony's New Look

The two walked together along the rolling grassy hills and groves of trees that dotted the surface of Colony’s mass, talking as they went. Coin would give credit where it was due, the illusion wa...

EA Chapter 32 - Letters From Home

The sun was starting to dip by the time the Hawks made it back to the Citadel. Luna had not bought anything more than her books and scrolls, but she had still taken the time to join the others for ...

EA Chapter 31 - Shopping in the Capital

In the days that followed, life returned to relative normalcy around the Citadel. The students resumed their daily lessons and drills, The Hawks were, however, regarded with greater respect than wh...

EA Chapter 30 - Tournament Victory

Yifang’s office was a large oblong chamber with stark white walls and spotlessly clean hard wood floors. The furnishings consisted mainly of a large desk, and rounded bookshelves which covered th...

EA Chapter 29 - End of the Match

The prince’s screams echoed around the arena, and he staggered away from Luna with his arm dangling limp at his side. It was a clean dislocation, the Clerics could easily mend it. But it would hu...

EA Chapter 28 - Luna Knows Hunger

If the bout between Kiharu and Gravide had excited the cadets then he brawl between Luna and Aryn had been enough to send waves of rapture racing through the crowd.

The two duelled back and f...

EA Chapter 27 - The Ironclad Prince

When the time came for Syri’s bout, it fast became clear that she would win without much issue. Having seen Luna and Kiharu in action earlier, here was much to be said for how people saw the Red ...

EA Chapter 26 - No Love Lost

“You’re a bastard,” Luna noted.

Kane sucked a breath in through his teeth. “Not... my preferred term, but yes.”

With this information in mind, she could tell that Kane was bei...

EA Chapter 25 - Family Ties

The infirmary was just a short distance from the training arena. A pragmatic choice, given how easily a training session could lead to some kind of violent accident. It was led by a contingent of v...

EA Chapter 24 - Down to the Wire

Kiharu and Gravide came at each other with relentless ferocity, their punches and kicks shattering chunks of the arena and sending great tremors racing through the arena. With her weights removed, ...