Chapter 101
The heavy, thick rain was also loud. We all pulled out oil cloaks and wrapped ourselves tight. Even under the cloak, my metal helmet echoed a constant cadence of thunks as we pressed on. My immediate thought was remembering our raft trip from the capital. This ...
2023-11-16 22:05:46 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 100 Reunion
In the dreamscape, Xavier and Konstantin had some good fights. Xavier won almost every time, though. Whether this was a subconscious effort to put Konstantin in his place, I did not know. After watching for a good hour, I joined them. I would fight one while the other wa...
2023-11-16 03:43:17 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 96 Decimus
The red-skinned alchemist looked ridiculous. His skin looked like red paint, with a slight glisten to it, but this being a magical world, I doubted it was actual paint. He waited patiently for us to ask for our pleasure. I had asked Adrian if perhaps it ...
2023-11-15 23:18:08 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 99
We rode through the gates of the city just before sunset. I had tempered my healing so my aches and pains would not need to be faked. Adrian registered our travel with the gate guards, and then we moved into the city. Adrian handed out orders. “Lucien and Blaz...
2023-11-15 22:50:40 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 95 Unravelling the Dreamscape
I lost to Adrian twice before I defeated him during our third fight. The dreamscape creation mimicked the real-world Adrian so well that even his facial expressions and mannerisms reminded me of him. I was wondering if this was perhaps somet...
2023-11-15 16:36:18 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 155
Rincewind was getting too old for this crap. He had retired to Earth a few thousand years ago. It was a nice out-of-the-way planet on the twenty-third layer. It was meaningless in the larger scheme of things. Just a grain of sand at the bottom of an ocean...
2023-11-14 13:20:29 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 146
I returned to the Maelstrom to find an elated Lorae. Her father had told her they were already going to Skyholme, and she had a thousand questions. What was the food like? How big were the islands? What made them float? Would she be allowed in the b...
2023-11-13 22:52:06 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 145
In the middle of the flight to Llorth, the cats woke me because they decided it was past time to eat. I fed them and did their reward training. Kiara, the white displacer beast, showed her ability for the first time. Her body blurred, and she projected a false ...
2023-11-12 22:24:50 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 173 Escape with a Cost
The Brotherhood had us trapped unless we could micro-jump away. The Sunheart met the same fate as us. A battleship and one of the carriers appeared in their escape vector. The Brotherhood battleships initiated subspace disruption again before...
2023-11-11 22:58:01 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 144
“Why is the Princess here, Isla?” I sounded calm and probably should have predicted this.
The color from Isla’s face drained a little, “She…Loriel…I…they said you said…I…”
I held up my communication stone, “You have one. Ask me...
2023-11-11 03:10:02 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 172
With the Brotherhood massing outside the Bradbury system in deep space, we immediately split the Fateweaver crew into three, sending a third to the Nero and another third to the Sunheart. We pulled in unqualified pilots from the extended asteroid training stations to fly t...
2023-11-10 05:05:13 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 6 Creating Eve
The sixth term started with a bang. Asher and his crew ambushed me again the second week. Apparently, he had learned Gwen had warned most female students away from him in retribution for his attack on me. Well, it didn’t quite go as planned for the...
2023-11-09 20:25:17 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 5 Naval Academy: Term 5
My advisor meeting for the fifth term went well. I had a new advisor who didn’t care, which was a good thing for me. I was just 89 hours from reaching Grade 2 in life support systems, and that was all he focused on during the meeting. I do...
2023-11-09 19:37:24 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 98 Renna’s Path
Renna walked the halls of the Mage College. She really could not believe she was here and, truth be known, didn’t want to be here. She had recently arrived and was left on her own to acclimate, as High Mage Livian had said. The school was curren...
2023-11-09 18:56:47 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 97 Another Giant
The blue light of the moon lit the road below us, maybe a quarter mile away. Creatures started scurrying across, fleeing the destruction behind them. “No glowstones!” Adrian warned us unnecessarily.
Two deer and then two large boars crossed the...
2023-11-09 01:30:29 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 94
“Wake up legionnaire. Lucien wants you down in the stables,” A gruff voice said, standing over my bed.
It was still dark, but the voice was familiar. I asked, “Adrian, why didn’t you knock?”
“Tace wood door. And I got a set of keys to all the l...
2023-11-09 00:59:30 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 93 Duchess' Library
My combat senses awakened me as the bathroom door opened with a creak. The water was still warm, so I had not slept too long. My eyes spotted my maid attendant in the archway. Lareen was in her heavy green dress, “You are back.” ...
2023-11-09 00:29:36 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 154 Orc Instinct
The orc library was not large, and the books all had thick leather bindings. I was hoping to be left alone to peruse the books, but two female dark gray-skinned servants flanked the door, ready to respond to any request. They refused to leave, and maybe ...
2023-11-08 03:26:22 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 157
While I slept, Aurora hugged me from behind, and Iris lay in front of me. Bedelia stayed awake using some alertness pills to use her abilities to spy on the Whispering Rock Clan. I retreated into my mind space to see if my constructs had learned anything from all the...
2023-11-08 02:49:00 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 96
The red-skinned alchemist looked ridiculous. His skin looked like red paint, with a slight glisten to it, but this being a magical world, I doubted it was actual paint. He waited patiently for us to ask for our pleasure. I had asked Adrian if perhaps it would be...
2023-11-07 18:34:27 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 153 The Whispering Rock Clan
The steam-powered car was large, and a dozen men exited from the back. Vida was next to me, “Honor guard. Twelve means they hold you in the highest regard.” I just nodded, but it felt like they sent enough orc soldiers, so I could n...
2023-11-06 21:39:31 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 143 Not Enough Hours in the Day
“Storme, I already bought my first spell! Talia said she would help me learn it once I awakened, but she was with you. Now that you are back, can you help me imprint my first spell?” Freya had gone from crying to being excited and talk...
2023-11-06 02:50:15 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 61 Loyalty
We fell in behind the horses. I thought they would try to lose us by increasing their pace, but the horses only moved steadily, causing us to move at regular march to keep up. I was happy Kolm had repaired the sole of my boot. I was in the back row of ou...
2023-11-05 16:04:21 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 60 Recovery
My legs were unsteady for a few steps, and my boots were still damp from wearing them through the reservoir. All I wanted to do was sleep, but the army and small encampments of legion companies were waking and packing. I feared I would not have that opportuni...
2023-11-05 16:01:24 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 59 Politics of the Empire
Cornelius’ men moved out to serve as a screen as we moved into the woodlands. I moved close enough to overhear Cornelius and Konstantin talking at the rear. “…can not seriously think this failure is the fault of Castile. The Duke’s...
2023-11-05 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 142 Homecoming
The islands approached, and a Harbinger and Wasp skyship veered up and out of the silhouette of the island. Leda had the right flag flying on our ships, so we would unlikely be attacked by mistake. The Wasp circled our five ships and came up behind our sma...
2023-11-05 03:35:06 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 95 Practice
I lost to Adrian twice before I defeated him during our third fight. The dreamscape creation mimicked the real-world Adrian so well that even his facial expressions and mannerisms reminded me of him. I was wondering if this was perhaps something more than an ...
2023-11-04 02:40:56 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 171
With the Brotherhood moving, we needed to help our allies. The Human Federation was still young and had just invested a lot of resources in resettling the prisoners we freed from the quadrupeds. I was sitting with my military advisory board, eleven men and women, aro...
2023-11-03 16:42:54 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 4 Naval Academy, Terms Three and Four
I didn’t get a break from my marine training during the break. But my Marine friends did surprise me with a field trip to the planet during the break on a Marine shuttle. We spent the first day sparing against other drill sergeants...
2023-11-02 22:50:02 +0000 UTC View Post