Bruce_Sentar

AO 5 Ch 31

Chapter 31

After a night's rest and a morning debriefing with Uncle Valken and my anchors, I set off into the market with Eva in tow.

She held tightly to my arm as we w...

AO 5 Ch 30

Chapter 30

The rest of the trip to Fargo was largely uneventful. Despite traveling in a single carriage, Eva tried to give me a little space, but she did press her advantage....

AO 5 Ch 29

Chapter 29

I was laying in Maribelle’s lap when all of a sudden Eva ran out of the forest. I sat up, readying my magic for something to come roaring out of the forest, but ...

AO 5 Ch 28

Uncle Valken let out a long sigh as the carriage bumped along. I had given him the rundown of what had happened since he had left us and he wasn’t my biggest fan at the moment.

"Let me conf...

AO 5 Chapter 27

Chapter 27

"Missy, it's," I struggled, rubbing my hand against my forehead. "Missy, you're clearly the fucking Hollow Mage. It's not like you've actually tricked me in any of this.” ...

AO 5 Ch 26

Chapter 26

I was on the way back from battle with my anchors, having taken a number of small, high-value items with us. Meanwhile, I had put on a show of taking some larger b...

AO 5 Ch 25

There were a few clangs of metal in the distance and shouts. However, the fighting was being taken care of by the rebels. Only a few hiding soldiers were being discovered in what little remained of...

AO 5 Ch 24

Chapter 24

A giant golem of flesh and steel cast its shadow over the battlefield, still maneuvering itself into place.

The two mages were gone. Guided by my sense of so...

AO 4 Ch 23

Emlyn ripped her sword out of the charred corrupted, only to backhand another. Her hand never connected, as lightning poured out and struck the corrupted for her, causing him to convulse.

Lig...

AO 5 Ch 22

Chapter 22

Clarence knelt in the canoe. It was a makeshift thing carved up in the woods, but it would do.

Ten other men were stuffed into it with him. A few of them wer...

AO 5 Ch 21

Chapter 21

I was out walking with Maribelle after a morning spent trying to sell and buy goods. My carriage was laden with all sorts of new goods, but my mind was mostly a ju...

AO 5 Ch 20

Chapter 20

Eva was relieved when her feet once again touched the ground. They had reached their destination and she no longer needed to be carried by Zuri.

"So, Ard for...

AO 5 Ch 19

Chapter 19

The rest of my anchors took their sweet time waking up.

I must have been brooding for an hour before they trickled down in a small group, immediately spottin...

AO 5 Ch 18

Chapter 18

The next morning, I managed to untangle myself from the pile of limbs that had slowly accumulated throughout the night. True to the words they had given me and Aur...

AO 5 Ch 17

Chapter 17

As I sent the second merchant away, Aurelia glanced at me through her eyelashes. She was beautiful and clearly making an effort to get my attention this...

AO 5 Ch 16

Chapter 16

"I still think sending Ard over there was a terrible mistake," Melida said. "You have no idea how bad his penchant for trouble is. He'll create some disaster."

AO 5 Ch 15

Chapter 15

"All right, here they come," the bandit boss got the crew’s attention, his words echoing down the line of bandits. In our short time waiting, I had learned that ...

AO 5 Ch 14

Chapter 14

I didn't see hide nor hair of Uncle Valken the rest of the night. Thankfully, Emlyn pried two ladies I was trying to charm away from me and shepherded me back to t...

AO 5 Ch 13

Chapter 13

I paused, reassessing my current strategy. Something felt off as I thought about my own time on the other side of the bar.

My mind flashed back to Vivian and...

AO 5 Ch 12

Chapter 12

I waved my hand in front of my face, making my skin ripple. It was incredibly itchy to try to resettle onto a new face. 

"Mage Arden, there is no need t...

AO 5 Ch 11

Chapter 11

"So, what do you think?" I said, trying not to bias my anchors. After explaining the general's plan, I found myself sitting with my four anchors around a fire pit....

AO 5 Ch 10

Chapter 10

I returned to the fort with the caravan, only to find the general and one of his wives waiting for us as we ascended the hill.

“The fort appears to be in g...

AO 5 Ch 9

Chapter 9

The man leading the supply caravan waved at us as Cyam dropped a carriage full of me and the anchors off.

At the front of the caravan the caravan master greet...

AO 5 Ch 8

Chapter 8

After giving Old Man Trevis and Melida an exhaustive explanation of everything that had happened, I found myself finishing up the wall and rebuilding par...

Q&A 10-21-24

What questions do you have for me? Please be aware if you aren't caught up, this might be a spoiler heavy zone!

Any question, I'll come back to this for the next 48 hours and answer all that ...

AO 4 Ch 7

Chapter 7

I woke up, which in itself was a good sign. After everything that had happened, I had not been quite sure that I would see the world again.

I moved my head ba...

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The magic high above spun out of control, a descending tornado of lightning twisting back and forth, continuing to suck on my magic.

"Now would be a good time to do something worth gloating o...

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I glanced over at Maribelle, who had already returned to her body. "Up for one more trip?" I asked, eager to understand what was happening above us. She nodded, and I threw her up, only for her to ...

AO 4 Ch 4

Melida wanted a miracle, and I was in agreement with her.

We likely needed one if we were going to survive the onslaught of soldiers. It had been an absolute fool's errand for us to try and h...

AO 4 Ch 3

Chapter 3

I leaned back against Maribelle, the woman massaging my shoulders amid the ruins of the fort. The Garrish army had been stalled long enough that I had been dismisse...