Draith

Chapter 42 - One With The Nets

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Chapter 41 - By a Thread

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...Mage Lord Isekai...

"Morning sunshine," I said, sitting on the edge of the desk....

Chapter 40 - Hush

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The nice thing about being a mage with a grimoire literally packed to the gills with first order spells was the versatility. With a little ...

Chapter 39 - The Village

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The walk from the watchtower to the village ...

Chapter 38 - Giving Candy

"So, you're a soul killer, huh?" Tresla said first thing when we walked down from the top of the watchtower. Her shadowed form stood out stark against the tower wall, the setting sun failing to pai...

Chapter 37 - Lying In Ruins

Despite being right on the border of my domain, we decided to set camp early, planning to resume our journey in the morning.

It was a quiet but productive night. While Calbern fussed over Fan...

Chapter 36 - Stealing Sheep

The early morning sun managed to catch Vaserra's hair at just the right angle for it to seem like it was fashioned of blood. Though that impression likely had more to do with my shock at her referr...

Chapter 35 - Flowery Language

It took me a few minutes to pull myself back together.

Seeing the car again had broken me in some ways. Reminded me of my loss. When I’d first built it, the car had been a reminder that it ...

Chapter 34 - Hobby Projects

The initial trip up the far side of the valley from the hot springs was a slog. Easily the most difficult since we'd built Fang. There was rarely a stretch longer than a hundred feet of even terrai...

Chapter 33 - Inferno Drakes

While Inertia's fight and subjugation of the Inferno drake pack had been impressive, it did lead to new challenges.

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Chapter 32 - Like Summer Ice

I panicked at first, when Vaserra called me an outworlder. Then I realized she'd used an old Elinder word. One that meant people from outside their home country, which for many was their world.

Chapter 31 - Frost Reavers

As we passed through the gates, a tension settled on my shoulders. One I hadn't felt in my entire time on Ro'an.

It's one I was familiar with though. Of being locked in a small space with a ...

Chapter 30 - Fangs Out

"Brake, brake!" I screamed at Calbern.

"It is fine, master Perth. Everything is under control," Calbern replied, his hand working the heavy shifter with deceptive ease. Before I could object,...

Chapter 29 - Magically Metal

The problem with planning to have a relaxing day while trekking through wild mountains is the ‘wild’ part.

When we arrived at the mountain lake, it was postcard perfect. Like I'd stepped ...

Chapter 28 - High Road

The lessons continued, and while I listened, the fact that Forge Theory required a secret I couldn't touch unless I traveled nearly a quarter of the way across the continent, caused it to lose a li...

Chapter 27 - Forge Theory

Nexxa and I exchanged a quick hug in the morning, and then we were off. Hash had left before we were even awake, running back on foot ‘to get meet land with better,’ as he’d put it the night ...

Chapter 26 - Parting Gifts

Thankfully I was able to steal Nexxa's grimoire for the rest of the day as she and Hash reviewed the most common monsters she could expect in the region. I listened in at first before finding out m...

Chapter 25 - Big Mistake

Nexxa came back riding a bolt of lightning shortly before dinner. It was as loud as it was quick, and she immediately set off to find Hash.

Making my way into the cabin, I cast Memory palace ...

Chapter 24 - It's just... Mana

There's a special sort of nostalgia I've only ever felt when returning to a place I once knew intimately that has changed while I’ve been gone. It elicits a sense of comfort and loss at the same ...

Chapter 23 - Memory Palace

By the end of the day, I was surprised at how fluent I'd become. I'd been right about having the pieces, and working with Tresla had helped me sort through them. I still wasn't a master, but when T...

Chapter 22 - A Prodigy

Nexxa had won the bet, much to my chagrin. It hadn’t taken me the full two hours, but it had been close.

The rest of the night was spent with the captain and Hash trying to one up each othe...

Chapter 21 - Astral Ascension

It didn't take long for Calbern and the sailors to erect a sturdy wooden building in the shelter of the outcropping, with only a little help from Nexxa to seal it tight. I had a spell that could’...

Chapter 20 - Inertia

Grinding out my affinities was a matter of tedium more than anything else we'd done. It proved to be enough of a challenge that we hadn't finished by the time we bid farewell to Books.

His do...

Chapter 19 - To Be An Archmage

Explaining I was approaching my ascension to Books, and that I wanted to spend my time preparing, Nexxa and I spent the evening working together as she explained how her own core formation had gone...

Chapter 18 - The Grind

Despite gaining access to Nexxa's spellbook, that didn't mean we slowed down on my spell cycling. In fact, with three impression slots, I was casting more spells than ever.

It was to the poin...

Chapter 17 - Never Kick The Monster

The next morning, we introduced a new element to our routine. Or, more accurately, we reintroduced one. It was time to get back to practicing with our blasting rods.

It was a great day for it...

Chapter 16 - Fair 'nuff

After I finished scribing my last spell from the grimoire, Nexxa stuck to her word, having me cast Access Storage repeatedly while refilling my mana with her own.

It was even more useful than...

Chapter 15 - Secrets of Telthen

When Nexxa and I made our way out past the throne room, we found the snake back in the throne in its human form. I couldn't help but chastise myself for falling for the obvious setup. Of course a t...

Chapter 14 - A Real Wizard

The next morning we were summoned to a private audience with Althon.

We arrived much like the day before, even down to the announcement.

But this time, there was no audience. Calbern h...

Chapter 13 - City On The Water

True to Althon's word, he held a citywide celebration.

Water was the theme of the day. There were races in the channels in our honor, followed by water dancers.

I had to fight to keep f...