Darkness gripped Yua. Five days after General Dedrick's arrival on the island, it had finally stopped raining. However, the clouds still remained and cut off all contact between the people on the e...
2020-11-21 16:26:07 +0000 UTC
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Several days after he had made his decision on Rapra Castle's balcony, Dedrick arrived near Yua Island together with a new batch of ships. Because of the complex terrain and low visibility around t...
2020-11-21 16:25:29 +0000 UTC
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Several days had passed between the first time they had spotted the wall on Yua Island and the landing on the beach. During that time, their enemies hadn't been idle and continued their building pr...
2020-11-21 16:24:53 +0000 UTC
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At sea, the most important factor that decides victory is information. To some extent, this may also be true on land, but Atau wasn't an expert in that regard. At the very least, an army was less r...
2020-11-21 16:22:39 +0000 UTC
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After a meeting with the newly crowned queen of the Green Island, the captains of the Green Fleet came together in a Rasacopa mansion. Ostensibly, they were here to drink and be merry, but everyone...
2020-11-21 16:21:48 +0000 UTC
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A sharp cry woke the drinker from his shallow, bumpy sleep. As usual, the first thing he noticed in the morning was a buzzing and ringing in his ears. With a groan, he tried to rise, but only manag...
2020-11-21 16:20:14 +0000 UTC
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By now, Corco was well-acquainted with the sea route between Saniya and Rasacopa. Although he had traveled back and forth several times over the past few years, the scenery hadn't changed much in b...
2020-11-21 16:18:56 +0000 UTC
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Yes, it's that time again. Time to catch up on all the things I failed to do before. Honestly, keeping to a set schedule has been pretty tough these months, as is blatantly obvious from my long abs...
2020-08-01 12:41:07 +0000 UTC
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Through the gaps in the Palanquin's curtain, Llamka observed the nervous crowds of Rasacopa. When they were carried past, all the people in the streets stopped in their tracks and stared at t...
2020-07-31 23:33:16 +0000 UTC
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Hermit's Notes: Similar to that earlier series of chapters... Again, too long for two, so I'm bundling them together like this.
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Meanwhile, as Corco...
2020-07-31 23:30:08 +0000 UTC
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Just as the last sunlight left the king's study in Rapra Castle, a single oil lamp was ignited to extend the day for a while longer.
After successive visits to the ship...
2020-07-31 23:21:00 +0000 UTC
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“In fact, the workers here were able to extract the artemisinin almost as soon as this physician returned from Arguna,” Itzali explained while they walked over to a corner of the room tha...
2020-07-31 23:20:10 +0000 UTC
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Once their inspection at the military shipyard was done, Corco and Fadelio split up. While the advisor went back to the castle to pen down the new privateering laws they had just come up with...
2020-07-31 23:18:18 +0000 UTC
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Out in the distance, the high walls of Rapra Castle stretched over the horizon and greeted the return of its fleet. As soon as he saw the familiar roof of the beacon room that capped the cast...
2020-07-31 20:56:57 +0000 UTC
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Once again, the mood in the Grand Hall had changed a lot since the previous session. Before, an entire half of the room had been reserved for Tayali and his allies, all huddled together and r...
2020-07-31 20:53:49 +0000 UTC
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Spread out across the table were all the treasures of the Green Island's woods and waters. All kinds of nuts and fruits as well as unusual meats sat within bowls of exotic wood. Next to them ...
2020-07-31 20:51:26 +0000 UTC
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The kings of Rasacopa had always loved to consider their Green Island a unified kingdom, and themselves the absolute rulers of all of its lands. However, only a short walk beyond the city lim...
2020-07-31 20:48:35 +0000 UTC
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These chapters sorta ended up too long for just two chapters, but I don't know how to break them into three... so I'll just post them as a package. Enjoy.
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Once again, the memb...
2020-07-31 20:46:36 +0000 UTC
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While the war had already begun on the Mullu Atoll, the mood in the Green Court was still one of tense anticipation. However, not even that could be felt in the fresh breeze that blew through...
2020-07-31 20:00:48 +0000 UTC
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One by one, Ivo watched his men climb up the rope ladder onto the Homeward's maindeck. Even the unconscious man he had carried with him since had been pulled up in a rope harness. At last, as...
2020-07-31 19:57:25 +0000 UTC
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Heavy weighs the crown. Only now that he wore one was Ivo aware that this phrase was more than hot air from the privileged and powerful.
Back in Saniya, Ivo had felt that the life ...
2020-07-31 19:55:05 +0000 UTC
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As the Verduic war began in earnest, Phuyu looked on in shock. In the distance, the cannon fire still continued, but apart from him, no one on the Medalan flagship seemed concerned.
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2020-07-31 19:52:46 +0000 UTC
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Today, the waves of the Verduic Sea were rough. To protect himself from their influence, Phuyu had hidden below deck. Otherwise, he would have been singled out for his sea sickness again, lik...
2020-07-31 19:50:15 +0000 UTC
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In a bright and open room within the Green Court, Tayali sat and stared out of the large, open window, onto the distant sea. He really wasn't made for the land. Instead, he would much rather ...
2020-07-31 19:45:17 +0000 UTC
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After the court session had been dissolved, Corco and Sumaci had a long discussion in private. In the end, they realized that they had to adjust their plans, by a lot. With the local warriors...
2020-07-31 19:42:37 +0000 UTC
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Within the Green Court's Grand Hall, Corco sat in a quiet corner to the side, as he observed the mess of an argument that was happening in the room. Much of the bad mood came from the warrior...
2020-07-31 17:22:44 +0000 UTC
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Back in the Lady of Green's private quarters, mother and daughter sat together for the first time in over a year. Between them, the lady's servant had placed a full pot of tea, before she and...
2020-07-31 17:18:22 +0000 UTC
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Once they were done with introductions, Corco, Sumaci, and Lady Sisa took their seats atop the elevation at the head of the room. As the host of today's event, the lady sat in the middle, wit...
2020-07-31 17:14:44 +0000 UTC
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While the two fleets were having a standoff outside of Rascaopa's harbor, Tayali sat deep in thought within the Grand Hall of the Green Court. He watched the backs of Corco's messengers, who ...
2020-07-31 17:12:45 +0000 UTC
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High above the green waves of the Verduic Sea, two flags were swinging next to each other atop the same mast. One depicted the silver triquetra on purple, the new flag of the Kingdom of Southern Me...
2020-07-31 17:10:42 +0000 UTC
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