Ascending the stairs coming from the first layer of the Dungeon, an odd pair of a tired and trodden down wolf crawling along the stone with the minimal amount of effort required and an elf in high spirits decked out in leather gear but unarmed emerged.
Onlookers curious gazes were drawn...
2017-10-07 16:59:20 +0000 UTC View PostCharging headfirst at the [Goblin] earned Accalia her first lesson. The green skinned monster did not panic and carefully stepped back as the wolf rushed at it. Holding its wooden club in front of its chest, the scrawny creature blocked the mindless claw swing aimed at it with comparable ease...
2017-09-14 22:12:11 +0000 UTC View PostNisha barely had any recollection of the following discussion, beside the agreement to her proposal to cooperate with the [Thieves Guild] and excusing herself soon afterward.
The elf wandered through the sewers on her own and returned to the noble district, shocking the guards at the ga...
2017-09-14 22:11:46 +0000 UTC View Post“How curious. This should not be possible.”
Appraising the elf like an especially interesting specimen, his hands twitching to step closer and put her under a closer investigation.
Carmen, on the other hand, took down her hands and eyed the girl with an incredulous expression. She had be...
2017-08-25 20:46:19 +0000 UTC View PostWithout a guide to show her the exact location, Nisha might have passed this place a hundred times without figuring out the secret it hid. Under the pressure from Carmen’s hand, a rock slid aside first and then revealed a mechanism, made purely from cleverly hidden and balanced metal threads. Not ...
2017-08-23 13:14:16 +0000 UTC View Post“Let’s not get ourselves into an irrevocable alteration, it is bad for business.
How about it, Miss Nisha, we will start the negotiations anew.”
Unfazed by the bellicose declaration, the mediator with the soothing voice still tried to get both parties to head towards a mutua...
2017-08-22 19:50:27 +0000 UTC View PostPlaying with the twisted wood of her makeshift throne, Nisha beamed at the Seven Seats, although only five of them actually attended the meeting. Unseen by everyone the [Thorns of the Night] already formed a new bracelet on the elf’s wrist, their role fulfilled.
To her surprise the wood radiated...
2017-08-02 20:43:25 +0000 UTC View PostBlazing a trail straight into the middle of the chamber, Nisha had Alestar stumble after her with a swift pace. Situated in a circle around the room, several stone thrones rose straight from the ground without any seams. Due to the broken rubble in between several of them, there must have bee...
2017-07-31 21:20:26 +0000 UTC View PostAs soon as the class ended, Weston stormed out of the room followed by his underlings. Most of them had a miserable expression as well; they originally attached themselves to a noble in the hope of obtaining a better social standing as well as better cultivation resources, however the current...
2017-07-28 10:25:22 +0000 UTC View PostWeston felt unreconciled. He had it all planned out. First he planted evidence on the elf’s body, then he gathered an audience and brought the scheme to the final stages.
Notwithstanding the painstaking preparation, his current situation reflected none of that! How was this possible?
With ...
2017-07-22 20:55:03 +0000 UTC View PostShaking off the residual wetness with a powerful shake Nisha entered the magician tower. The dragon did not fear ice and snow in the first place, a warm summer rain failed to affect her even slightly. Now that she thought about it, Nisha realized she never experienced even a single cold or an...
2017-07-15 22:51:39 +0000 UTC View PostThrowing the mass of scraps back in the fire, Nisha sighed and prepared the formation to reheat the iron.
At this point Conner appeared next to the smithy, which occupied the furthest spot away from the dwarf teaching the class. Out of breath and sweating slightly, he gazed at the tools...
2017-07-07 16:32:03 +0000 UTC View Post“Can anyone really just claim a piece of land and start a sect?”
Having just spent a large amount of gold - and by all means, Nisha really did not feel attached to worldly possessions - she still felt quite ridiculous to have just thrown it away if anyone was allowed to take it as t...
2017-06-29 23:33:05 +0000 UTC View PostIn her excitement to play with her new companion, Nisha had missed the knocking on the door, leaving Galan no choice but to come in and awaken her with a slight shake.
Sitting up and looking around, the elf wondered what situation could force the otherwise professional butler to come se...
2017-06-19 20:03:46 +0000 UTC View PostSitting in her room, the day almost ended for Nisha. Aside from a few minor exercises and curious stares sent by her classmates, nothing out of the ordinary happened when she left the Craft District. Dueling Alexander three times and beating him on each of those occasions, their teacher, Miss...
2017-06-04 17:35:25 +0000 UTC View PostIt's been a while since I made a post, but here's the deal.
If anyone has a question regarding the story so far, wants to know more about a character or a specific setting, you can ask me here and I will try to answer your questions as good as possible wihtout spoiling the story to come.
And...
2017-05-28 19:27:51 +0000 UTC View PostAfter the instructor made his announcement, the majority of students continued to pester him for more details, swarming around him and chattering away instead of practicing.
Hence, not many of them registered when Nisha and subsequently Unico used their weapons to break the requirement ...
2017-05-28 19:25:49 +0000 UTC View PostTurning in to sleep early, the elf convinced herself to do so in order to wake up early for her second day at the academy - and definitely not because Annabelle and Lydia refused to inform her about the progress with naming their merchant house, although she could tell from their behaviour th...
2017-05-21 14:46:25 +0000 UTC View Post“Excuse me, I don’t think I heard you correctly right now. Do you mind repeating what you said?”
Slightly dazed at the elf’s declaration, Alestar shook his head in an unbelieving manner. He could not make heads or tails out of her wish to ‘take them all’.
“While we are currentl...
2017-05-13 17:59:34 +0000 UTC View Post
“Is there a problem?”
Looking at Alestar, who seemed apologetic, Nisha inquired about the availability of her request.
Thanks to her previous encounter with the pickpockets, the dragon knew the freshly promoted baron had been the one in charge of protection fees...
2017-05-04 20:39:00 +0000 UTC View Post“Then how about the two of you decide on a name and a signboard for the company and I will go and see if I can do something about the location. I know someone who might be able to help with securing one.”
Realizing their negotiations came to an end and the three girls reached an agr...
2017-05-02 21:01:05 +0000 UTC View Post
“How can that be? Even more so, because the staff is a precious weapon, you shouldn’t sell it. Some things cannot be bought even when you have the money to pay for it, where would you get a rank six weapon easily? Just keep it, it belongs to you originally.”
Faced w...
2017-04-30 18:28:02 +0000 UTC View Post“Guess I’ve won. Thanks for going easy on me.”
It would have been fine to take a step back at this point, but Nisha would not allow anyone to take advantage of her for free. Seeing that the young noble tried to cheat, she naturally would also give him another hit while he’s alre...
2017-04-28 14:53:05 +0000 UTC View Post
From a regular magician’s point of view, Nisha should really lose when her opponent brought out the mana gem storing the power of a fourth ranker.
On all accounts, her current power fell short compared to the amount needed to win.
But Weston was not the only one t...
2017-04-25 10:48:21 +0000 UTC View Post
In the face of Weston’s attempt to wrest control to his side again Nisha did not bother to fight against him. The purpose of her mana stayed the same, fixating the red stone in the middle of the board. After all, she wouldn’t let him off easy.
Leaning back in the old ...
2017-04-20 21:28:42 +0000 UTC View PostWith the sudden declaration, all eyes focused on the elf. Surprised but not intimidated, Nisha calmly held eye contact with the current occupant of the king’s seat. Alexander’s sudden attempt to make her public enemy number one seemed to stem from an aversion towards nobles rather than pa...
2017-04-20 00:02:09 +0000 UTC View Post
“As practitioners following the spiritual path, just cultivating all day long in a tower won’t get you far. In order to improve, competition and rivalries are a valuable source of driving force, allowing you to easily break through the bottlenecks between ranks to strive fo...
2017-04-15 12:55:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Having learnt from their previous ruckus, the crowd quieted down extremely quickly after each person found an opponent. And it turned out they were right as well, since Miss Anet kept to her quiet tone without bothering to check whether the class could hear her or not.
...
2017-04-13 14:10:05 +0000 UTC View Post
In the end, the dwarf did not return from his study to advise them. Most of the students finished familiarising themselves with the forges and left for other classes earlier. When they left those youths threw a particular gaze towards the forge with the elf and the chubby boy, ...
2017-04-13 14:09:43 +0000 UTC View Post
With the smithing hammer in her hand, Nisha hesitated for a moment, observing the rectangular piece of iron on the anvil.
During this period, the students were encouraged to get familiar with the forge, tools and procedure; no one had imparted any smithing techniques on t...
2017-04-06 18:18:26 +0000 UTC View Post