We rode silently through the night as I mulled over our next course of action. The deer were the wrong approach. A useful test, to be sure, one which would be quite useful once I finally started transforming the dogs, but I did not need control now, not truly. I would return to my original idea. Something big to rampage through enemy ranks, and ...
2025-05-28 11:57:35 +0000 UTC View PostThe sorcerer, Wenceslaus, wiped his runny nose on his star-adorned robe. Garrik did his best to ignore the old man as he rode alongside him while the infantry slowly marched. King Severin had to part with a very nice sum of gold to get the geriatric to help them, something which did not sit well with Garrik. To serve one's country was the highes...
2025-05-28 11:56:35 +0000 UTC View Post“Let’s move this somewhere more private, Faoiltiarna,” I responded.
We quickly made our way back to my tent. Both the elf and my Guard Captain entered after me. For his part, Isengrim barely raised an eyebrow when he saw the dismembered leshen.
I barely noticed his reaction.
“The other army,” I stated calmly, ...
2025-05-28 11:55:06 +0000 UTC View Post“What the fuck!” Exclaimed the nobleman, before an icicle the size of a fist hit him in the chest, throwing him off his feet.
Cyril gave him a sympathetic look.
With the addition of five hundred new soldiers, their leader had decided that they should return to their roots, so to speak.
So they were digging holes...
2025-05-28 11:52:48 +0000 UTC View PostI'll be implementing some changes to my Patreon:
1. Discord - There is now a Discord, with Patreon membership granting you access to exclusive channels (if I've set up everything properly). The bot likely ...
2025-05-28 11:50:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Small Patreon update: There is now a Discord with Patreon-exclusive channels (I would appreciate feedback on this. I've set it up using the Patreon guide, so hopefully it works) and a new tier with more chapters. Details in a separate, p...
2025-05-28 11:49:31 +0000 UTC View Post“How long are we going to rot in this place, Isengrim? Can’t we at least check out the castle?” A female voice spoke smoothly, though Isengrim wasn’t fooled.
Turning his head towards the woman sitting on a fallen tree, he mustered up his best glare.
Aevinne’s posture radiated relaxation as she played with her bl...
2025-05-17 10:59:59 +0000 UTC View PostShortly before we passed Hochebuz, I judged the purpose of my first set of training exercises complete. The men were reforged, if not in ability, then in trust of their fellows. Standouts were picked out for leadership roles, basic experience with the wagon fort and general camp order was learned. Perhaps more importantly, I doubted any of the s...
2025-05-05 17:34:41 +0000 UTC View PostApple charges a brutal 43% fee for purchases made through their store, so if you subscribe through the IOS patreon app, you will end up paying more (6 USD vs 4 USD - which is the actual price - if I understand correctly). Apple pockets the difference. On top of that, Apple keeps the money you send for a whopping 75 days before sending it onwards...
2025-04-26 11:16:37 +0000 UTC View PostI sat on a black horse a few hundred meters outside of Cintra's walls in my new armour. My shoulder still twinged, but the crossbow bolt had been removed and the armour patched up. Djikstra's own assassin had been a stroke of luck. I couldn't use Grealghane on my own assailants, considering the commotion I had caused, so the other assas...
2025-04-22 20:51:18 +0000 UTC View Post“Sigi” POV:
Sigismund Dijkstra calmly wiped his dagger, staring at the crumpled corpse of the ‘servant. ’
He had known something was fishy about the invitation. The Duke of Attre approaching a lowly ‘ambassador’, even if through a servant, had not sat right with him. Still, the opportunity had been enticing, especia...
2025-04-11 08:39:46 +0000 UTC View PostMy eyes were closed, my focus fully on fastening my armour. It had taken me a while to get the hang of it, but with the occasional use of telekinesis, I managed well enough.
Once it was on, I stretched just to refresh the range of motion in my mind. It would have been more prudent to train in it more before leaving, alas, there had n...
2025-04-01 11:43:59 +0000 UTC View Post“Viktoriya, heel,” the young wolfdog obeyed, following beside me. I had quickly started taking turns when it came to taking the dogs around, as walking around with the full group of five barely trained puppies was an ordeal. The kennel master was helping me with their training, but the matter still took a chunk of my time.
On the...
2025-03-19 18:52:36 +0000 UTC View Post“You missed,” Ashwood commented as Jane entered the repurposed shuttle. The Fira Class shuttle was hidden inside a forest, a whole hill away from the Temple. As it was currently serving as the center their field headquarters, Ashwood wasn’t taking any chances.
Normally, it’d be both safer and more convenient for the Colonel t...
2025-03-18 20:56:14 +0000 UTC View Post“So, Sigi, was it?” I spoke, my eyes not leaving the witcher as he readied his weapons, a simple manipulation of air keeping my words from reaching the witcher’s ears.
I had put the rat to sleep beforehand, so he had some time to prepare.
Of course, that’d skew the results somewhat, but frankly, I didn’t care to...
2025-03-07 19:55:47 +0000 UTC View PostThe Custodian watched as her soldiers streamed to the First Temple from the surrounding forts, sitting on the top of her still-damaged tower.
There just wasn’t much point in wasting manpower defending those when the effectiveness of their defense would rise tenfold thanks to her presence. The Temple itself, though it possessed a barracks...
2025-03-04 20:28:08 +0000 UTC View PostA knight stood in the middle of a snow-covered forest, her armour battered and bloodied, a Terran rifle slung over her shoulder. As she thought of what to do next, pieces of paper started falling from the sky like snow.
Finlay’s armoured hand grabbed a descending flier, her deep blue eyes quickly scanning over it.
‘Do you rea...
2025-03-02 18:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostLieutenant Moira Jane did not sigh, for even such an action required mental effort for a being like her, but she certainly would have, were she still fully human.
Adjusting the sack on her shoulders, she resumed her track towards the nearest town. Well, the locals called it a city, but calling a tiny settlement like that a city did n...
2025-03-01 18:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostNavarro’s eyes widened as he beheld the shining, blood-stained figure. Their armour was dented all over and the blood made it seem as if the engraved eyes were crying. One arm hung limply, while the other clutched a longsword.
The figure’s head turned towards him, the knight’s blazing silver eyes meeting Navarro’s own. His ey...
2025-02-27 18:40:00 +0000 UTC View PostCoen played with his griffin medallion as he read the notice on the board.
‘Witcher wanted
TASK: Extermination of a mutated rat the size of a small cow, contained
REWARD: 100 Ducats
Healing of any sustained injuries will be provided free of charge
For details, see the Court ...
2025-02-26 18:51:53 +0000 UTC View PostI frowned, looking at the litter of yipping Wolfdog puppies stuffed into a basket. I was outside of Cintra’s castle, having just purchased the creatures and I could already tell that they would be more trouble than I had expected.
Though my experimentation with the Double Cross had yet to bear fruit, my hypothesis required dogs as ...
2025-02-15 21:04:24 +0000 UTC View Post“Do you remember Ithline’s prophecy, Isengrim Faoiltiarna?” Ida Emean asked the elven warrior as she approached the heart of Shaerrawedd’s ruins. The destroyed city sat deep in the forests of Kaedwen and the two were in its heart, in the middle of a once grand marble palace.
Isengrim ignored her, carefully placing a white rose at t...
2025-02-02 09:34:21 +0000 UTC View PostI had worked my way up to rat seventeen before I decided to call it a day. Only rat thirteen had exploded and that had been a deliberate test on my part. I was confident I now understood the issue there and could account for it in the future.
It was a mistake in the part of the spell which should have helped adapt the creature to a s...
2025-01-22 17:24:53 +0000 UTC View PostThe Baron nodded, “See, young maiden, things are like this,” he raised a hand, palm up, “This is royal influence,” he explained, before raising his other hand, balled into a fist, “This is the aristocracy. Now, let’s see what’d happen if the influence of her Ever-Incandescent Royal Majesty rose even closer to the sun.”
<... 2025-01-13 20:36:43 +0000 UTC View PostCalanthé POV
The Queen looked at her new Court Sorceress, one of her fake smiles plastered on her face.
Tanya von Degurechaff gazed back with a cold gaze, completely indifferent.
Calanthé wondered again how she had miscalculated so badly when she requested her from Aretuza. Her own mother...
2025-01-02 09:21:27 +0000 UTC View PostThe next few days passed quickly. I had decided to look into the matter of Sources more on my own before bothering Tissaia again, but both the Cintran library and my own modest collection proved less than helpful.
While I was able to glean some new insights from my copy of Ard Aercane, one of the oldest books about magic, what I r...
2025-01-02 09:21:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe next day, Haxo came to collect me early, “The Queen would like you to meet and examine the Princess,” the Castellan explained.
He looked me up and down, “And you should really get more formal clothes fitted soon, Lady Sorceress. I can recommend a few tailors.”
I looked down at my travelling clothes and conceded his ...
2025-01-02 09:20:51 +0000 UTC View Post“The name Coehoorn sounds familiar, give me a moment, dear,” Tissaia said, her steam image dissolving.
A few minutes later she came back, holding a book.
“This is an armorial of the southern kingdoms, though it covers genealogy too,” she explained, rapidly flicking through the book.
“Coehoorn, Coehoo...
2025-01-02 09:20:32 +0000 UTC View PostSometime later, I found myself kneeling in a chamber alone with the Queen who lounged on her throne. The second throne was conspicuously empty.
Seeing my glance, the ashen-haired Queen broke her silence, “Kingly duties do not suit my husband, except the one,” she winked at me, “You will meet Roegnar once he comes back from his ...
2025-01-02 09:18:41 +0000 UTC View PostFrederick’s head snapped upwards as another explosion shook the sky, a shimmering shield intercepting the strike a safe distance away. Luckily, the Custodian had not abandoned them. The young knight had no idea how his meagre power would contend with such powerful weaponry, but he didn’t have high hopes.
He wasn’t doubting Eternity...
2024-11-27 22:05:29 +0000 UTC View Post