Ji Meng stood still as his honor guard put his armor on again. Some time ago, he thought he’d never again experience this feeling. He thought he’d grow fat, like a pig fated for slaughter, unti...
2024-02-13 06:57:11 +0000 UTC View PostWhat did mortals possess that the gods valued?
The ‘why’ of divinity wasn’t always something that could be precisely measured, but by and large, gods like Kirel Qircassia or Erlebnis va...
2024-02-12 06:59:21 +0000 UTC View Post“It took them all a rather uncomfortably long time to reveal that man,” Grand Eunuch Hao complained to an emissary of Erlebnis, the orange-robed man sitting beneath a tree that blossomed in bri...
2024-02-09 07:01:55 +0000 UTC View PostA story spread across the Great Chu—a story spread by tongue and page, delivered to all of the age. The words therein spoke of a victor, a conqueror, a fearless leader of the young and old whose ...
2024-02-08 06:58:34 +0000 UTC View PostThe following days were an incredibly complex dance of interwoven plots. They prepared for Sophia’s business in the background as their machinations over the Great Chu began to take effect. Eleno...
2024-02-07 06:56:06 +0000 UTC View Post“Essentially, the one person you thought as your lifeline was the one with the most comprehensive designs to take your throne,” Argrave told Ji Meng. “He really only had one condition, other ...
2024-02-06 06:53:50 +0000 UTC View Post“What reason have I given you to suspect me of attacking people allied to you?” Governor Zen looked at each of them, eyes narrowed.
“None at all. It’s why we have to ask—because we ...
2024-02-05 06:59:14 +0000 UTC View PostThough most places in the Great Chu remained under the control of the enemy, there was one place that Vasquer could claim complete dominance over—the ocean. They had utterly vanquished the Imperi...
2024-02-04 06:58:25 +0000 UTC View PostArgrave once again stared upon a figure he’d hoped to forget. It was Sophia’s creation, Castro—the dim echo of the man that he’d taken the name from. Even today, he repeated things.
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2024-02-02 06:53:31 +0000 UTC View PostThere was some small respite from the constant necessity of tending to the situation in the Great Chu. Their armies were, for a time, at a stalemate brought about by partial control of the enemy’...
2024-02-01 06:59:35 +0000 UTC View PostEarly chapter in light of the surgery. If there's no chapters tomorrow or the days after, rest assured I'll make it up to you on the weekends, and be caught up in no time.
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“By rights...
It seemed that, whenever Stain found himself gaining a solid foothold, a certain someone would appear and sweep everything away. It was rather troubling that the person in question was a monarch, w...
2024-01-29 06:59:36 +0000 UTC View Post“What makes you think you deserve my help?”
The Stain in Argrave’s memory was a young man that was brown of hair, somewhat good-looking, but beyond that, largely average. Height, bearin...
2024-01-26 07:00:24 +0000 UTC View PostArgrave was higher ranked, and so had access to higher-ranked druidic magic. With it, he could create a temporary bond with a tamed creature only. For this purpose Argrave used a messenger pigeon, ...
2024-01-25 06:56:47 +0000 UTC View PostVolume 3's edited eBook is out on Amazon dot com. Comes with a new map of the Burnt Desert, and a final wordcount of 117...
2024-01-24 08:01:22 +0000 UTC View PostNamed Argrave's ability to teleport [Echo Step] and applied it retroactively to other chapters because it reads better.
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Argrave kneeled beneath a full moon on the deck of the Sea Dragon...
Argrave looked upon Ji Meng, resplendent in silver attire meant for an emperor. He had been groomed, dressed, and outfitted as befit his station. And that was how he was to be treated, henceforth, ...
2024-01-23 06:53:02 +0000 UTC View PostArgrave stood atop the newly-built fortress in the Great Chu and watched the troops labor to repair the ships. Many had been badly hit by the brunt of that great wave of ice that had frozen the coa...
2024-01-22 06:55:32 +0000 UTC View PostWith the Sea Dragon connected to the heart of Vasquer, supply, manpower, and many other limiting factors ceased to be a significant issue in the shore of this distant and cold land. Their spellcast...
2024-01-19 06:59:20 +0000 UTC View PostArgrave stared at the steel docks on the southern shore of the Great Chu at the front of the Sea Dragon. He could see great silos full of the liquid fire that filled their turtle ships. He could se...
2024-01-18 06:59:58 +0000 UTC View PostArgrave stood on the deck of the Sea Dragon, trying to dismiss the memories he’d made with Sophia here as a task of equal import demanded his attention. He could see it now, plain as day: the sie...
2024-01-17 06:58:12 +0000 UTC View PostOne morning, Sophia refused to leave her room. This was rather unusual, as she was never really disobedient. What’s more, she’d locked the door. The knights could certainly have forced it open,...
2024-01-16 06:55:06 +0000 UTC View PostArgrave had never been on a boat for an extended period of time. That didn’t change, really, because Lira had installed a feature to his boat that allowed him to go back to land whenever he wante...
2024-01-15 06:56:48 +0000 UTC View PostArgrave examined the portal of Lira’s making. Raccomen’s was grandiose, yet the goddess of connections merely made one place seem to bleed into another without any pomp. It was a humble door in...
2024-01-12 06:57:15 +0000 UTC View PostThe boundary between B-rank and A-rank was the integration of magic into the body. That encompassed all—the brain, the soul, every part of a person that made them ‘them.’ At the same time, it...
2024-01-11 06:52:52 +0000 UTC View PostThough Argrave had consulted her for advice occasionally throughout this ill-advised trial, after a time, he went deafeningly silent. Elenore contacted him through their connection time and time ag...
2024-01-10 06:54:53 +0000 UTC View PostWhat did it take for a mortal to sit on an even level with the gods themselves? Rook thought that was plainly on display here, today. Argrave had proven his worth long ago. There was not some divin...
2024-01-09 06:55:41 +0000 UTC View PostDespite the fact that Argrave was allegedly ‘on trial,’ when he entered the room where the gods of the Blackgard Union waited the only judgment that he received was curiosity. Only Lira knew th...
2024-01-08 06:57:28 +0000 UTC View PostMany divine realms or places like the Shadowlands had specific rules to them. The realm that was host to the elven gods of the Bloodwoods ensured that all inside its boundaries had bounteous life s...
2024-01-05 06:53:10 +0000 UTC View Post“You’re a rather difficult man to hold something over.” Argrave sat cross-legged before Ji Meng, Anneliese in a similar position just beside him.
“You can certainly hold your victory ...
2024-01-04 06:56:54 +0000 UTC View Post