Lancel watched with apprehension as Ajax and Lexi welcomed the elves to the party. For the first time the Hearthbound manor was home to a true noble party filled with some of the best of the youngest generation Gryndor had to offer.
“Rex, are you sure this is fine?” Lancel asked the oth...
2025-05-13 04:03:54 +0000 UTC View PostArianwyn P.O.V.
“So, what did you find out?” Leandra asked as we all gathered together for breakfast.
Unlike the others Leandra’s family didn’t send any retainers that were skilled spies to look out for her, instead trusting in my family as well as Gryndor’s good intentions ...
2025-05-10 04:19:58 +0000 UTC View PostWe hit the big 500! Thank you all so very much for joining me so far. Your support is very much appreciated and I hope you'll continue to read Ajax's Ascension in the future.
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Over the last few months I have found myself with a bit more inspiration and have s...
2025-05-08 03:38:15 +0000 UTC View PostThe cold winds and low temperatures didn’t bother the elves or any of the other people who joined them. They all had enchanted items that would help with temperature control so long as Mana wasn’t involved.
“What is that?” one of the retainers outside the carriage asked. ...
2025-05-08 03:28:24 +0000 UTC View PostArianwyn P.O.V.
Leaving the capital of Gryndor felt liberating in a way I hadn’t expected it to when we had first arrived. My interest in the way humans lived was still there but it was stifling when compared the political mayhem that took place as nobles from three kingdoms met daily at ...
2025-05-08 03:27:54 +0000 UTC View PostThe first thing House Hearthbound did when they got the news was send word to the capital about what they just found out. Including the time it would take for the message to arrive they knew there was no chance even the royal family could stop the visit from happening but they should be able to s...
2025-05-08 03:27:28 +0000 UTC View PostBreakfast the following morning was just as charged as dinner was last night in House Hearthbound’s manor. While everyone might have done a lot to process everything that Ajax had revealed to them hours before they now had questions.
“How come you only have a little over one hundred Ski...
2025-05-08 03:27:05 +0000 UTC View PostLexi P.O.V.
I can barely hear the words Sam says as I try to process what Ajax just said. What the Trait he has gives him, more than anything what the Trait he has means. Divine Witness, even if we don’t look at all the gains this means he at one moment or another interacted with one of t...
2025-05-08 03:26:41 +0000 UTC View Post“Still… not good… enough.” Ajax took greedy gulps of air as he took a break from his training.
All around him were numerous broken rocks, wooden boards, wooden weapons and even a few broken eggs. The retainers in the training grounds mostly watched him with admiration but a fe...
2025-05-08 03:26:13 +0000 UTC View PostXandor Gryndor Crown Prince P.O.V.
The number of visiting nobles is higher than we expected, the Republic seems to have attached a few of their own people as the elves passed through, all this to join five elves who are to delve our dungeons.
“Why did they only send five people?” ...
2025-05-08 03:25:48 +0000 UTC View PostAranor Starfury P.O.V.
My dislike for the dwellings of humans and dwarves still hasn’t gone away. They both build far better homes than the beastkin but that is a low bar to clear considering they only make various sizes of tents. My former teacher always said I would get used to them eve...
2025-05-08 03:25:22 +0000 UTC View PostPlanting the fortress tree seed wasn’t all that exciting, the one thing that the mages had been looking forward to was Ajax’s use of Life Mana to ensure the seed would at least have a good start. From there it would be the royal family’s duty to ensure it would grow healthy.
“...
2025-05-08 03:24:52 +0000 UTC View PostThe small lake looked completely different from how Ajax remembered it. All around the bank of the river the forest was cleared out to make room for what looked to be the start of a small village but Ajax knew it was housing for the people the crown sent to watch over the natural treasure.
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2025-05-08 03:24:09 +0000 UTC View PostTom P.O.V.
“Did you know?” Warden Grievous asks me as he sits in front of my desk. It’s been barely two weeks since the schools have started practical teaching in craftsmen professions and the results were shocking.
“Not a clue.” I answer honestly. “Ajax was sure it would ...
2025-05-08 03:23:50 +0000 UTC View PostAjax decided that his family was right. He was pushing himself a little too hard, and there was no reason for it. If there was a close timeline he needed to follow then maybe it would have been worth it but as things stood Ajax could take his time.
His decision for this was to split h...
2025-05-08 03:23:21 +0000 UTC View PostSchool started off rather boring for Jake. It was an issue they everyone had anticipated but there was simply nothing they could do about it. It would take at least a week before any of the classes could start with something new for Jake to do, until then they had to get everybody else to the sta...
2025-05-08 03:22:53 +0000 UTC View Post“It was nice of you to ensure the Nestor family got some rewards from House Berrymore.” Ajax whispered to Lexi as he waited among his family for the event to begin.
“They deserve it.” Lexi said. “We can’t have it look like we don’t give people recognition for their effor...
2025-05-08 03:09:58 +0000 UTC View PostAjax, Lexi and Aurora could do nothing but stare at the parchment. They knew now why despite everything the former noble had struggled until the end, thinking there was a way out. Because he had made a move none of them had expected. Before Ajax had returned from the capital with a decree removin...
2025-05-06 03:35:37 +0000 UTC View PostThe execution platform was surrounded on all sides by people looking to see it. The crowd was mostly people who had lived in the city for a long time but Ajax was a bit surprised to see young children there as well. He supposed he’d have to add age restrictions to certain activities later after...
2025-05-03 03:47:45 +0000 UTC View PostAs Ajax and Xavier returned both of their mood soured a little. They had been putting it off in their minds but the reason they didn’t have long to spend in the dungeon was because the execution would be happening soon and that was not something either of them could skip out on.
“...
2025-05-01 03:36:24 +0000 UTC View PostThe guards were waiting with baited breath as they finished their preparations. All of them had taken part in repelling the salamander beast wave years ago and they had only grown since then but there were now much fewer people manning some much smaller and less secure walls. Most importantly how...
2025-04-29 03:31:56 +0000 UTC View PostAjax was proven right. After the group moved on to the next floor the guards did actually improve. Their new location was a mountainside with a sparse tree presence instead of a thick forest, this allowed them to maintain a better visual field and once they set up a defensible position their trai...
2025-04-26 03:33:22 +0000 UTC View PostMost of the group entering the dungeon looked nervous. It wasn’t just the guards, some of whom were entering the dungeon for the first time in their lives, it was the crafting focused members of House Hearthbound as well. Only two people were relaxed as they stood before the arch.
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2025-04-24 03:25:48 +0000 UTC View PostA/N : Last chapter has been updated. Sorry for the confusion, yes Jake is currently Tom's and Kate's sole child and while he already has [Sense Mana] he hasn't had much luck using his mana in any way.
Slowly but surely things started to settle into a new normal for Lessis. ...
2025-04-22 03:15:57 +0000 UTC View PostWith the perspective brought by Lexi, Ajax was more than ready to focus on refining his recent gains and pushing himself further. At least as much as his time would allow.
“Your recent show of strength was a really good move.” Tom praised Ajax. “It helps even more that you didn’t up...
2025-04-19 03:34:54 +0000 UTC View PostUnlike Ajax, Lexi went for a much slower and more refined approach when it came to increasing the size of the quarry. Despite taking longer by an order of magnitude she managed to make just as much progress as Ajax had despite the large difference in their power.
Ajax gave Lexi a smile befo...
2025-04-17 03:36:00 +0000 UTC View PostJonathan P.O.V.
Joining the city guards was one of the best choices I made. Ever since my wife and I had made the decision to move to Lessis four months ago I knew I would need a job and there was no place for farmers in the city. News of the lizard beast wave scared us into moving to the c...
2025-04-15 03:35:36 +0000 UTC View PostEveryone looked in surprise towards Lancel. It was easy to forget because the man physically looked just past his prime, looking just like a man in his late forties back on Earth but the man was over four hundred years old and had lived through multiple wars. If his reaction was any indication th...
2025-04-12 03:39:32 +0000 UTC View Post“Why is there a need for something like weaving?” A brash alchemist exploded in the middle of the meeting. “You’ll be lucky if one in fifty people will use that in the future at all.”
There had already been some disgruntled muttering from the crafters and Tom was starting to...
2025-04-10 03:35:04 +0000 UTC View Post“So you went with execution after all.” Warden Grievous said as talked with Tom.
“He deserves it.” Tom said with finality, his eyes cold as he remembered how the refugees who made it to Lessis all those years ago looked.
“Violence in a brothel does not have execution as a pe...
2025-04-08 03:29:46 +0000 UTC View Post