An hour later I found myself reflecting that this, finally, must be what it truly meant to be the Dark Lord.
All this time I’d been mostly working with my own two hands, facing my enemies h...
2021-09-14 03:24:08 +0000 UTC View Post“Wait!” Auldmaer rose abruptly from his chair, holding out a hand to forestall me as I started to turn toward the door. “This doesn’t add up. There’s always time to thin...
2021-09-10 00:28:25 +0000 UTC View PostI handed my new minions off to my older minions while accepting Junko’s customary exuberant greeting. Minifrit, as usual, was up and about and in control bright and early; she smoothly swep...
2021-09-07 02:35:12 +0000 UTC View PostOf course, it couldn’t be that simple.
Time was dragging on and the hike back to North Watch wasn’t insignificant, so after a relatively short exchange of words in which I figured out tha...
2021-09-03 03:44:48 +0000 UTC View Post“My…tale.” The bandit boss’s eyebrows drew together in confusion.
“Not many people are born bandits, I imagine,” I said in a genial tone. “Even fewer aspire to it. &...
2021-08-31 01:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostThe thing about vengeance is the “best served cold” part; there’s a lot of fiddly, detail-oriented and frankly boring prep work before you can get to the grand catharsis of seeing your enemie...
2021-08-27 02:09:23 +0000 UTC View PostI watched the slime sail away into the sky, arcing down into the khora forest, and frowned.
Holding out my hand, I cast Slimeshot several more times, sending more of them flying into the wild...
2021-08-24 01:41:45 +0000 UTC View Post“All right, everyone’s tired, so let’s make this quick.”
I had always wondered why my fortress, a former military outpost built on what had been the frontier of civilization and was n...
2021-08-20 00:43:25 +0000 UTC View PostSo, as you all just saw, this month's voted bonus chapter is 12 days late. Coming as it did during my much-needed break, which I just barely managed to limp to in a state of burnout without h...
2021-08-12 23:08:06 +0000 UTC View Post“Are you sure this goblin is trustworthy?” Flaethwyn stage whispered for the third time in those exact words in the last fifteen minutes. This was the better version; the other t...
2021-08-12 23:01:09 +0000 UTC View PostIt was easily my best landing so far, which wasn’t much to brag about considering how many shingles I’d crashed into and through in the last few minutes. Thanks to the Surestep Boots I hi...
2021-07-20 01:41:36 +0000 UTC View PostLady Gray did not have the courtesy to acknowledge or react to my catchphrase. Her face was half in shadow due to the night’s darkness and most of the illumination being from the blue and o...
2021-07-16 01:17:14 +0000 UTC View PostFor once, I didn’t waste time shooting off my mouth, not when I had better things to shoot.
Slimeshot!
I was focused right on Lady Gray’s grinning face with my hand...
2021-07-13 02:29:56 +0000 UTC View PostI got no end of grief from Sakin and Aster and even Gilder for putting it that way. Quietly, while we were on the move, and only once we were out of earshot, because none of them were idiots....
2021-07-09 01:17:53 +0000 UTC View PostIn a story, the thing that makes the protagonist snap always seems to be a thing. Some deeply personal trauma, readily identifiable as a tipping point and sufficiently over-the-top t...
2021-07-06 01:40:49 +0000 UTC View PostAfter all my recent frustrations, it felt good to finally be kicking down doors. Literally.
The latch was already loose; it wrenched free of its moorings under the impact of my boot, tu...
2021-07-02 00:48:23 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: This was already posted on RR, but apparently some folks only read Patreon notifications and I'd hate for you to miss it. Sorry the chapter wasn't early for patrons this month, I...
2021-07-01 22:44:07 +0000 UTC View PostNeedless to say, we did not make good time on the return trip. Having the kids along slowed us considerably, especially once their energy ran out and we had to carry them. I was in much...
2021-06-28 23:24:52 +0000 UTC View Post“It’s pretty bad, m’lord.” Olyc didn’t beat around the bush. “Seems like Lady Gray’s pulled almost her whole organization to focus on Cat Alley. Gotta be near every ...
2021-06-25 00:59:45 +0000 UTC View PostCaptain Norovena wasn’t best pleased to return to his guard post and find I’d turned it into happy hour, but that was what he got for not being there when I came calling. Surely a guard c...
2021-06-22 02:55:23 +0000 UTC View Post“Good morning, ladies!”
Though it was early for breakfast, still before dawn, everyone had gathered in the mess hall and they all looked a lot more chipper than upon arrival, which was re...
2021-06-18 01:10:43 +0000 UTC View Post“All right, all right, I hear you!” Maugro emerged from the darkness of the tunnel into my kitchen, wearing a sour expression and followed by one of his omnipresent goblin bounce...
2021-06-15 01:58:13 +0000 UTC View PostIt was hard to say how impressed they were with North Watch. The place looked a lot better than it did when I’d arrived—internally, anyway. Cleaning out the dust and clutter we coul...
2021-06-11 01:11:11 +0000 UTC View Post“D-did you just say...” one of the street soldiers stammered.
“Fuckin’ lunatic,” muttered another.
Cauth pivoted to face me fully, his battleaxe braced in both hands, ready to...
2021-06-08 03:44:47 +0000 UTC View PostI knew, though,I’d be following whatever advice he came up with, purely because I had no other options here.
“Get to the guitar,” Biribo whispered in my ear, “and sing. 2021-06-01 03:14:43 +0000 UTC View Post
“Thanks for comin’ in early, Nagoun.”
“No sweat, boss. Specially since you always make it worth my while. And speaking of…”
“Yeah, yeah. There’s a whol...
2021-05-31 09:22:11 +0000 UTC View Post“Oh, it is sparking off,”Gilder said with all the ghoulish relish of a young boy describing violence and chaos. “Everybody’s talking about how Lady Gray’s over a barrel now...
2021-05-28 00:54:31 +0000 UTC View Post“So, the Void can refer to two things: shapeless magic, and the realm it comes from.”
“Shapeless magic?”
Sakin nodded, and I couldn’t help noticing how unusually focu...
2021-05-25 01:07:32 +0000 UTC View PostSo obviously, I made magic my project of the week.
I was at it again the next morning, immediately following a solid night’s sleep and a hearty breakfast of crawn stew. Because, oh ye...
2021-05-21 01:21:33 +0000 UTC View PostAfter that performance, someone tried to follow us home again. I assumed Lady Gray’s people, but depending on how big a stir the Healer had just kicked up, the possibilities were innumerabl...
2021-05-18 02:46:46 +0000 UTC View Post