Claudia had led Nick straight back to her father. She hadn’t even given him time to re-equip himself or even read Julie’s letter.
Nick didn’t have to think very hard as to the reason why. Claudia likely wanted to go straight to her father to talk about the situation. Chances were the count already suspected something but wouldn’t be quite sure.
Unfortunately, Nick felt like ...
2021-10-21 03:50:22 +0000 UTC View Post“Wake up,” came the command.
Taking in a deep shuddering breath, Nick reawakened to the world.
Letting it out nearly as quickly as he’d inhaled, he started coughing. Somehow he managed to get his eyes to open at the same time and looked about himself.
It looked to be the interior of a simple tent.
There was no furniture other than a small camp chair, a section of a...
2021-10-18 17:12:41 +0000 UTC View PostStanding outside the duke of Fash’s tent, Nick felt somewhat odd. From what he could tell, the duke had gone to the kings command pavilion, received his orders, than came back here.
Now he was in the middle of dispersing his orders to his own vassals. Which of course included count Distis though Claudia was brought in as well.
All around Nick were people who were clearly in their ...
2021-10-14 04:54:02 +0000 UTC View PostWarner flapped his wings several times and much harder than normal as they came down. Landing in front of the Fed building without too much issue, he was glad. If he was being honest with himself, he wasn’t quite sure how they’d manage to fly a police squad car.
Setting down the front end of the vehicle Warner made sure Dayine was alright with her end. Though it was obvious he didn’...
2021-10-13 04:14:40 +0000 UTC View PostWatching over the troops as they started to push into the space they’d been ordered, Nick found he was oddly detached from the whole thing. People were dying not far from him and he seemed to care not at all.
“They’re soldiers doing their jobs, Sire,” offered Lucian. “To pity them would be to dishonor them. They were not drafted or called up to do a duty they didn’t ask for. 2021-10-12 04:47:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Nick had spent the last seven days riding endlessly next to Claudia’s coach.
While he didn’t get the chance often to speak with her privately, she did find time to talk to him at least once every day. Each time she had questions about the life of a villager or peasant. Trying to take in from him as much as she could as quickly as she could.
Her questions were blunt and direct. W...
2021-10-09 16:19:43 +0000 UTC View PostRiding along quietly on Table, Nick kept his eyes moving across his surroundings. They were still a long ways out from the area they were expected to marshal at, but that didn’t mean enemies couldn’t be present.
All it would take is a few dedicated and determined ranged classes to cause quite a bit of havoc in an ambush. Or even a caster that had some ranged spells in their repertoire...
2021-10-07 05:25:13 +0000 UTC View PostFollowing the count Nick was surprised.
The nobleman didn’t lead him into the house, but around to the backside of it. Out onto a wide open clearing beyond a wall. There were a great many men with wooden weapons moving about the field.
Some were in formation training, some in combat maneuvers, and others looked to be just barely figuring out how to hold a weapon. From what Nick co...
2021-09-28 03:52:07 +0000 UTC View PostWith a clatter the magically enhanced chain mail slammed into the ground at Nick’s feet. The gauntlets, boots, greaves, buckler, and helmet clattered down next to it. All of it one grade higher than it normally would be through magical means.
“Holy shit!” he said, practically jumping out of the chair.
Several seconds later and a large outer-world Ash haft slammed into the grou...
2021-09-25 03:57:26 +0000 UTC View PostLetting go of the hand-cart, Nick sighed and then moved over to the side of his cabin.
“That was way more work than I thought it would be,” he complained, putting his back to the log wall. Then he slowly sank down to his bottom in the shade, his feet flat to the ground and his knees bent upward.
It’d take him an extra six hours to get back here due simply to the effort it took...
2021-09-23 03:30:22 +0000 UTC View PostSo, we're moving along chapter wise.
Thoughts so far?
Keep going? Cut it?
I'm trying to keep it hard game world, LitRPG, without wasting words and time.
Nick wandered down the main boulevard toward the general store.
Everything seemed to be exactly as it had been the last time he’d visited. People going about their own business, giving him a side-eyed glance, then ignoring him.
People in arms and armor weren’t exactly terribly common in Dayton it seemed. That or everyone else had the sense to not be wandering around in their gea...
2021-09-21 05:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostNick decided to take a break and get his just rewards. In a flash he took out a small wooden chair that could fold up from his backpack.
Unfolding it he set it down to the ground and dropped into it. All around him was the gear he’d just spread out and would have to organize shortly.
“So, what’d we get?” he asked.
“Ah, yes, accepting the first reward,” said Lucian....
2021-09-18 05:01:27 +0000 UTC View PostSitting behind an office desk with a monitor on it was who Warner assumed was director Ames.
Blonde hair, blue eyes, dressed in a suit that was equal to Mark’s, he gave off a similar air that Mark did. He was typing away at the keyboard on the desk and seemed quite intent on the screen in front of him.
“Welcome, director Ehrich,” said the man without looking up. “This’ll o...
2021-09-18 04:58:20 +0000 UTC View PostNick had spent the better part of the trip back casting Minor Heal on his arm. Over and over until his Mana was depleted and needed to refill.
Once it had mana enough to cast Minor Heal, he did so again.
Endlessly casting the spell, he slowly brought down the timer.
When it finally vanished, it was replaced with another status ailment that merely said “Damaged bone” and wo...
2021-09-16 04:19:51 +0000 UTC View PostWarner felt weird.
Looking to the ground he idly kicked a rock out of the way and toward the wall. It bounced and clattered about before vanishing over the curb.
Right now he was standing in front of a coffee shop that wasn’t that far away from the local Fed building. One that was full of people that were more than likely looking for him in one way or another.
And my dum...
2021-09-15 03:40:47 +0000 UTC View PostSlowly, keeping himself low in the tall grass, Nick crept along. His pole-axe secured in his dimensional pack and strapped to his belly rather than his back.
He’d rather have left it behind, but then he’d be dragging along his pole-axe. That sounded worse to him than bringing along the pack as he was.
“To be sure, Sire. Crawling along the ground isn’t quite dignified for roy...
2021-09-14 03:31:22 +0000 UTC View PostOver the last three weeks, Nick had done a great deal, yet also very little.
Waking up every morning he went to the guild, picked up quests for his party, then met them at the entrance to the dungeon. Went down into its depths, killed hordes of monsters and dungeon animals, then came back out.
Only to repeat the process the next day, and the next day, and the next day. Until Sandy h...
2021-09-09 03:13:51 +0000 UTC View PostStanding outside the adventurers guild Nick was feeling rather pleased.
He’d turned in his first quests the day previous, been rewarded, has a nice meal, and slept soundly.
Safely.
In a place that didn’t regard him as the end all, be all, worst existence in the village. A family member to the executioner and ostracized by all.
In fact, he’d even possibly made some ...
2021-09-08 04:37:05 +0000 UTC View PostWhoop!
Honor of Duty just got the official "Approved" from me on ACX (Audible distributor).
It's on them now when it gets released.
Let us hope for a swift release of Phillip.
2021-09-02 21:32:04 +0000 UTC View PostWarner was quietly working through the seemingly endless number of Chinese food containers. In the end, that’d been what the group had settled on.
Gus’ friend, Mark, wasn’t going to be able to make it as he was apparently being watched by the Fed and the PID. They were extremely interested in him right now as he’d already reached out to both agencies.
His offer had been simp...
2021-09-02 14:14:59 +0000 UTC View PostThere was a whoosh as the Firebolt slipped through the air like a snake in the water and then connected with the giant cave-bat. It let out a shriek before it dropped to the ground with a thump.
A window popped up almost immediately.
Battle won!
Calculating experience!
Experience earned!
Gained 3 experience...
2021-09-02 14:11:20 +0000 UTC View PostNick stood before the entrance to the city-dungeon.
A location that had once upon a time been a true dungeon. Cleared in the long past to the point that the dungeon heart was captured.
Captured bound in magical constraints and put back into place. Where only a certain number of monsters could be brought to life in the dungeon. Only so many traps, mini-bosses, and floor bosses.
Walking in through the open door, Nick was surprised to find that there were a number of people inside. Adventurers talking to one another in small groups, several people that looked like they were holding a heated discussion, and another section of people waiting casually in chairs and at tables.
Reaching up to his neck, Nick tugged at the collar of the plated leather armor he was wearin...
2021-08-31 06:09:22 +0000 UTC View PostDominic wasn’t sure how long it’d been since he’d really slept.
Nor was he sure how long ago he’d fled the only life he’d ever known. After a while, all of the running, hiding, and resting blended together like death itself was waiting for him.
Staring out across the open field in front of him, he felt like a man gazing at what he suspected was a mirage. That or he was dre...
2021-08-28 03:51:49 +0000 UTC View PostWarner pulled at the front of his light-coat.
It felt weird on him.
Odd.
As if it just didn’t fit him anymore. That where it had felt quite comfortably only a week ago, it now felt like it sat differently. Especially in the neck and shoulders.
Then again… I died. This body isn’t… the same.
It’s one that Warin made for me and crammed me into.<...
2021-08-27 05:19:09 +0000 UTC View PostTwo
“Sire, we have a problem,” came Lucian’s voice. “Do not speak, or make any loud noises. We have company. It would seem some people from your village have caught up to us.
“Well, they could be people from elsewhere and entirely unrelated to you. But… that seems unlikely considering they are following the trail you made. It’s a good thing we doubled back to find a sp...
2021-08-26 03:24:05 +0000 UTC View PostKneeling on the ground, with her wide white angelic wings covering her, the woman continued to sob loudly.
Warner didn’t really know what to say or how to continue. His mind had already gone through a great deal in the last day and this was too much for him.
The wings slowly parted and Warner once against saw the woman who had appeared on the plane of Retribution.
She had bl...
2021-08-25 04:21:53 +0000 UTC View Post<<Please note. This is a LitRPG story and it is not a Harem story.>>
“Good evening, Sire,” said a cool and calm voice.
“Uh, who did what now?” Dominic asked, looking around the room.
He half-expected to see his uncle and father standing at the door with a stranger.
Yet no one was there.
He was alone in the small home he shared with his fath...
2021-08-23 20:25:50 +0000 UTC View Post