“Are you mocking us, girl?”
“I assure you that my request is entirely genuine, Master Falagrim.”
This damn Human…
She was undoubtedly mocking them.
Just before dawn, Falagrim’s Deepwardens reported that the Undead were sweeping the area around his camp...
2023-04-25 10:38:51 +0000 UTC View PostThey followed Iliky’ie up a small river that joined with the Abelion after carving its way through the hills on its eastern flank. The bottom of its gulley was wooded and steep, bringing them past many sets of tumbling rapids and stepstone falls. Florine scanned the surrounding vegetation, tryi...
2023-04-23 11:05:13 +0000 UTC View Post“Lady Albedo has replied to your correspondence.”
Florine eased her Soul Eater to a halt. She looked over her shoulder to stare into the night. The Dark Dwarves had long parted ways with her, and she was already on her way back to the local administration’s ‘central office’.
23rd Day, Lower Wind Month, 1 CE
“I thought I would be helping to keep unruly tribes in line, but this is…”
Boobeebee lifted a box filled with documents, carrying it over to a tent next to the main pavilion. It probably wasn’t the best use of a h...
2023-04-19 15:02:11 +0000 UTC View Post21st Day, Lower Wind Month, 1 CE
Florine spent the next few days with the Zern, learning what she could about the Abelion Hills, its people, their relationships, and the region’s recent history. For the most part, the venture had proven more fruitful than sh...
2023-04-17 17:08:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Pip!”
“Pip!”
“Pip!”
Liolio’s calls drifted through the trees as Florine and her entourage made their way through the sparse woodland of the northern Abelion Hills. According to the avian Demihuman, the calls were ‘normal’ – an instinctive behaviour that comm...
2023-04-15 19:24:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe following morning, Florine woke up to find the Vampire Bride kneeling beside her cot.
“Good morning,” Florine yawned.
“Good Morning, Lady Gagnier,” the Vampire Bride replied.
“You didn’t have to be here all night.”
“Our mistress ordered me to keep you f...
2023-04-13 23:31:47 +0000 UTC View PostAre we lost? I hope we’re not lost…
One set of trees didn’t look much different from another. Once in a while, they would cross a brook, but those mostly looked the same as well. Florine gripped her reins tightly as the Soul Eaters trotted along, hoping that they knew where t...
2023-04-11 23:56:17 +0000 UTC View Post16th Day, Lower Wind Month, 1 CE
Extirpated.
Extirpated.
Extirpated.
Extirpated...
Florine released a sad sigh. Over the past week, she spent her time studying the materials that Lady Albedo had provi...
2023-04-10 03:46:53 +0000 UTC View Post“I’ve been wondering for a while now,” Florine said. “That stockpile we pass by every time we go back and forth from the Upper Reaches…what is it?”
Ludmila glanced over her shoulder at the stockpile in question, which was rapidly receding from view as their wagon made its way So...
2023-04-08 09:38:53 +0000 UTC View Post“Yo, Baroness. I heard that you just got back yest…”
The imposing figure of Chief Esses filled the doorframe and froze. His gaze went down to the Orc on the floor of Ludmila’s hall.
“Oh, good,” Ludmila said. “I was just starting to go over the basic laws and regulations ...
2023-04-06 05:33:39 +0000 UTC View PostLudmila and Florine lingered for a while longer, taking the time to familiarise themselves with the Orc elders before heading back to Warden’s Vale. Nobles normally took the time to memorise those that they recognised as local leaders and promising talents as their itinerant court made its roun...
2023-04-04 07:13:48 +0000 UTC View PostFlorine shivered, and it wasn’t because of the chill. She always chided herself for doing so, yet it happened anyway.
Several Orcs scrutinised her as they made their way deeper into the forest. She steeled her nerves, resisting the urge to shrink away. Her thoughts turned to Ludmila’s l...
2023-04-02 13:30:13 +0000 UTC View PostAs Florine declined to take a break for dinner, their wagon followed the road north to the farming villages, going through the citadel area and over the dam. Ludmila informed the manor staff of their plans along the way. When they entered the shadow of the valley’s western wall, she glanced at ...
2023-03-31 23:08:01 +0000 UTC View Post『That’s an amazing expression you have there…』
Ludmila glanced to the side at Florine, who was riding beside her on the front bench of the wagon. Through the cabin windows, the mountains ringing the Upper Reach peeked over the crowns of the conifers lining the road as they ...
2023-03-29 13:11:40 +0000 UTC View PostLudmila stepped through the threshold of Lady Shalltear’s Gate, taking a deep breath as the heat and heavy odours of the city were replaced with the crisp, cool air of Warden’s Vale. Florine came through behind her, followed by their lady’s maids. Behind them, dozens of other visit...
2023-03-27 15:08:01 +0000 UTC View PostOn silent footsteps, a lone hunter stalked through the undergrowth. Her quarry, a buck over twice her mass, picked his way through the woods ahead of her. It stopped on occasion, checking its surroundings before lowering its head to graze. The buck was one she had been keeping an eye on for the p...
2023-03-25 17:08:00 +0000 UTC View PostMuch to Florine’s relief, the argument didn’t continue into dinner and things reverted to how they usually were between everyone. As expected, most of their discussion revolved around the upcoming meetings with the Empire’s aristocrats…at least it seemed like it did, at first.
“Do...
2023-03-23 19:10:40 +0000 UTC View Post“My lady,” Tierre lowered her head before Florine at the entrance of the Royal Villa.
“I’m sorry,” Florine said. “I didn’t get a chance to ask how long we would be. How are things at home?”
“In one piece,” her lady’s maid replied, “for now. Lady Wagner came cal...
2023-03-21 21:12:07 +0000 UTC View Post“This is bad, boss.”
“I know.”
“Seriously, this is–”
“Shut up!”
The grey robe fell silent. Falagrim crossed his arms silently, glowering at the evening shadows. They were in the middle of a forest, yet not a bird could be heard. He glanced over his should...
2023-03-19 23:10:36 +0000 UTC View Post6th Day, Lower Wind Month, 1 CE
I don’t get it.
Ainz kept a straight face as Albedo rolled out a seemingly endless parade of reports before him. Those reports were accompanied by arrays of projections and, worst of all, questions – ...
2023-03-18 01:10:14 +0000 UTC View PostA layer of disturbed dust swirled into the air, rising as if stirred from an ageless tomb. Ludmila stared up at the unknown ceiling of a chamber shrouded by eternal night.
She shifted where she lay, sending more dust into the air as she turned her head to look around. It was a luxurious sui...
2023-03-16 06:57:06 +0000 UTC View PostIf you're seeing this post, I am still somewhere en route to home. Weather has been causing delays with my 14 hour flight back overseas -.-
The chapter will be posted when I finally get back and can sit down to post it, though it shouldn't be long...
2023-03-16 03:11:02 +0000 UTC View PostHoh…the Royal Army has become so good at waging war that enemy armies just fall over all at once after a bit of fighting.
High above the Azerlisian Arsenal, in the headquarters of the Northern Army Group of the Royal Army of the Sorcerous Kingdom, Ainz Ooal Gown, the Sorcerer Kin...
2023-03-14 05:08:01 +0000 UTC View Post『Gladestalkers, fan out. Keep enemy eyes off of us.』
Saraca’s brief pursuit of the Undead Commander ended not with closure, but with an ever-increasing sense of unease. He gazed down at his bloodstained claws, thoughts racing to make sense of the outcome. Mitra stood beside him; not a...
2023-03-12 08:08:00 +0000 UTC View PostMistress!
Ilyshn’ish bolted upright from her litter, eyes wide with shock. At the same time, an indescribably horrible sense of wrongness suffused her entire being. Something beyond loss. Her anxiety rose a hundredfold. It almost felt as if the world itself was shrie...
2023-03-10 10:08:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe grass alongside the highway streaked by after Ludmila was blasted back by the Beastman Lord’s attack. Her world was a haze of blinding pain before she distanced herself from the sensations of her body.
Even with Invulnerable Fortress…
Her arms were shattered from her ...
2023-03-08 12:02:21 +0000 UTC View PostA grim expression graced Ludmila’s features as she silently watched the advance of her forces. It was true that they were rapidly gaining ground, yes, but the manner in which they did so was more displeasing than anything else.
Across the ten-kilometre-long section of her front, the membe...
2023-03-06 14:24:03 +0000 UTC View PostAnother Death Knight crumbled to pieces amidst the cheers of Rol’en’gorek’s warriors. Mitra moved with the growing number of freed-up guards to dispatch the next. Several defenders from clan Ki’ra filled the space that they left, cautiously examining the remains of the Undead warrior as t...
2023-03-04 16:08:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Well,” Girika said, “that escalated quickly.”
“That’s just a bit of an understatement,” Saraca replied.
“Nothing we’ve heard about the Undead since their appearance spoke of any behaviour like this,” Rana Kizurra said.
“It’s entirely unprecedent...
2023-03-02 18:08:01 +0000 UTC View Post