Leon felt incredible. The expansion of his soul realm didnt directly immediately lead to new powerhed still have to generate enough to fill that space from his bone marrowbut the reinforced connection his soul realm now possessed with his physical body meant that he could call upon more of his stored power than before. Even with his consciousness in his magic body, Leon could feel the m...
2020-06-17 15:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostLeon dreamed of fire. Hed known several kinds in his short life, from the normal fires that he used to make back in the Northern Vales to cook with when he and Artorias spent the night away from their compound, to magical fires made with runes or spells, and even the demonfire that hed gained access to from his contract with Xaphan.
But he dreamt of none of these. Instead, his mind wa...
2020-06-15 15:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThese two I didn't think needed as much touching up as the previous ones, but be sure to let me know what you think in the comments below! Since I didn't change as much, I'm also, strangely enough, not as confident in these chapters as I am in the changes I made for the previous few.
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Ch. 49 - His Name --- 2020-06-15 00:18:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Duronius lunged forward, his lance rocketing towards Leon. Leon dodged with a swift side-step, then sprang toward the Duke. His lightning magic allowed him to close the distance, but his blade slid off the Dukes armor. That wasnt enough to make Leon give up, though, and instead of pulling back to make another strike, he kept moving forward and threw his shoulder into the older man.
Du...
2020-06-12 15:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostKeeps was a fairly long game, especially when played as seriously as Leon and Gaius were playing. Hours passed as they slowly whittled each others pieces down until, not long after the sun set and the sky grew dark, both had less than a dozen pieces remaining. Neither were anywhere close to taking the others keep, so it seemed they were going to have go for a complete killtaking all of th...
2020-06-10 15:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostSir Leon! called out a voice from behind as Leon left Rolands tent. Just the man I was looking for!
Leon couldnt help but roll his eyes and wonder, What now?!
Turning, he saw Gaius swiftly walking towards him, a look of purpose in his eyes that caught Leon off guard. He wasnt sure why the young nobleman would be calling out to him, but his talk with Roland...
2020-06-08 15:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe original Ch. 48 for comparison
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Tell me, little Butterfly, what is your impression of this young man who brought in this card?
The Tower Lord could easily see with his magic senses what was happening in the other room, how the young man was nerv...
2020-06-07 18:40:04 +0000 UTC View PostSir Leon! Roland called out as the meeting wrapped up and everyone departed the command tent to see to their parts in getting everything organized.
Leon paused for a moment, nodding to the others in his party to continue without him. Valeria stuck around for a moment giving him a questioning look, but Marcus, Alcander, and Alix all left, though not without giving Leon and Valeria some...
2020-06-05 15:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostLeon could barely believe what was happening. When hed finally confronted Valeria and started getting some real answers about his mother and his familys enemies, Roland had to show up days early and interrupt.
Or, more specifically, have Gaius interrupt. There were few things Leon wanted to do more at that moment than walk outside and wring Gaius neck.
As things were,...
2020-06-03 15:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostAnd what questions do you have Leon Raime?
Valerias voice wavered, a pained smile on her face with Leons boot pressing her back into the floor and her wounds continuing to bleed. She didnt feel at all bad about this situation, though. This confrontation had been a long time coming, and there was no getting out of it now. Better to roll with it, and as she admitted to Leon th...
2020-06-01 15:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostQuick announcement: I've reduced the next goal for bonus chapters to $4.5k, since my Patreon has dropped enough after this whole Corona thing started locking places down that leaving the goal at $5k seemed a bit ridiculous.
Other than that, please read and enjoy this revised chapter, and be sure to tell me what you think in the comments below! As with Ch. 46, there's plenty of time for me...
2020-05-31 19:15:23 +0000 UTC View PostLeon felt like an invisible weight around his shoulders had been lifted as he returned his mind to the physical world. Scrapping his Mind Palace had been the best decision hed made in a while, and was the sole reason he had a light smile on his face.
That the Thunderbird was impressed with his lack of sentimentality was another source of pride for him; she had said that the reason many ...
2020-05-29 15:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostLeon stood before Gaius, Arellius, and the unknown woman for what seemed like an eternity as he stared at each in turn. Their combined forces had just rescued what few individuals remained of his unit from the Octavian forces that had nearly annihilated them, but Leon was still reeling from the loss of Lapis, the power hed sensed from the forest only minutes before, and Valerias ascension t...
2020-05-27 15:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostIn case you missed it, yesterday I announced my plans to heavily revise Chapters 46-93. You can read the announcement and a revised version of Chapter 46 here!
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All of the giants were gone, including, most painfully for Leon, Lapis. His unit was down to a few dozen who had formed a defe...
2020-05-25 15:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostSo, it's no secret that a lot of the early stuff in this story is... rough, to say the least. A lot of the latter stuff, too, if I'm honest, but that's a problem for another day. What I'm making this post about is to announce an endeavor I've started to rewrite a lot of what I consider to be the absolute worst parts of this story that I've written, some of the cringiest, most cliche shit that I...
2020-05-24 23:22:46 +0000 UTC View PostCalerus leered at Ursus unit on the hill like a predator that had just about run its prey to exhaustion. His retinue was formed up and ready to charge, as were those of his fellow nobles in this Octavian detachment. With the advancing Legion finally coming into visual range to the north of the hill, they were finally ready to bring an end to Ursus, who had caused them no small amount of grief...
2020-05-22 15:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostLeons unit was cornered, they had been separated from the stone giants, and they had taken heavy casualties. As a result, when Leon gave the order to charge, only a few hundred of the thousand or so that remained joined him.
It was a dismal showing, one that wouldve had Leon face-palming in shame if he werent so preoccupied. At the very least, none of the people that Leon interacted...
2020-05-20 15:01:04 +0000 UTC View PostGET DOWN!!! Leon shouted as more fireballs came roaring out from the trees.
He and those closest to him hit the dirt. Even Anzu dropped down to the ground. The giants, on the other hand, stood their ground. Led by Lapis, the giants created huge earthen walls between themselves and the fireballs, reinforcing them in certain places with stone.
The fireballs hit this wall and deton...
2020-05-18 15:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostLeons meeting with Roland and Marquis Aeneas went quickly. There wasnt much for them to say, for Aeneas had been planning their next moves for days, hed only been waiting on the go-ahead from August.
First, Leon was to return to his unit outside the walls and harass the Octavian forces laying siege to the Augustine camp. No more large-scale battles or ambushes as hed led several d...
2020-05-15 15:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostThis is Leon Ursus, the Thunder Knight! The White Griffin! Roland shouted to the guards, and immediately, nearly all of their expressions turned to surprise and almost panicked regret.
Leon, however, was so stunned at what Roland had just said that he reeled back a bit as if he had just been struck across the face.
W-What the did you just ? he sputtered, looking at Rola...
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Three days.
Leon scowled as he stared out into the dark forests of the Southern Territories. It had been three days since their ambush, and theyd not heard a word from August.
E...
2020-05-11 15:01:14 +0000 UTC View PostWith the issue of what to do with the Octavian prisoners dealt with, Leon focused on getting his people back on the move. He passed out a few healing spells to those who needed them, earning him a few grateful looks, but they didnt move quickly enough.
FIRE! boomed one of the giants on watch, its warning quickly spreading across the entire line of alert giants.
Leons head sw...
2020-05-08 15:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostThings went poorly for Calerus people from the instant that Ursus ambush was set off. For all their caution, they were still taken almost completely by surprise, and it cost them dearly. The giants alone ripped hundreds of Calerus knights, men-at-arms, and levies apartespecially the levies, for they werent trained all that well.
To many, it made a lot of sense why the tho...
2020-05-06 15:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostLeon had to stifle laughter as he and his people got into position. The levies had reached their ambush point first, and the giants had helped them into their assigned boulders. Once Leon and the rest of the leadership followed suit, the giants submerged themselves into the wet earth of the forest and waited.
There were some concerns that what they were doing could be seen by the mages fo...
2020-05-04 15:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostArrows flew through the trees, occasionally accompanied by blasts of elemental magic. Ursus people continued to fall back, with their most powerful mages moving in a far more orderly fashion, while their weaker and less disciplined troops left them behind.
The situation on Calerus side wasnt too dissimilar, though, which kept him from feeling too superior. His retinue marched with i...
2020-05-01 15:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe area where Leons people emerged from the forest wasnt in front of the areas that Duronius had seen fit to fortify with walls, but that wasnt to say that it hadnt been fortified. Before them were anti-cavalry spikes and ditches, not to mention quite a few guard towers.
Leon could see quite a bit of mad scrambling in the tents just beyond those fortifications as the noble...
2020-04-29 15:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostLeon stared out at the broken plain before him, surrounded by dead knights and shattered giants, so far from safety. At his back were the paltry remains of his unit, barely two hundred left, and only a dozen giants. Before him were at least ten thousand knights and men-at-armsprobably moreand a mile behind was an advancing Legion. There was no escape, no way o...
2020-04-27 15:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostYou want to defect to Prince August ? Leon asked as he narrowed his golden eyes in confusion.
Thats a rather strong way to put it but I suppose it isnt inaccurate Gratian said with a look of general distaste followed by one of reluctant acceptance.
Why? Leon asked with more than a hint of suspicion in his tone.
Ive never much liked Octavius,...
2020-04-24 15:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostLeons unit got ready with little complaint. It seemed that his display with the duels had cowed the nobles well enough that they didnt question it when Leon informed them of the mission that August had tasked them with. The giants, as always, were rather silent and followed Leon unfailingly.
It gave Leon no small amount of pride to see his unit moving so quickly and without so much as...
2020-04-22 15:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostAugust calmly regarded Leon as the younger man entered the command tent and gave the Prince a short, almost curt bow. Leon was usually a rather reserved and quiet individual, but now he was moving with a confidence that August hadnt ever seen in him.
Sir Leon, I hear you ought to be congratulated on your victories, August said as a smile broke out across his thin face.
Thank...
2020-04-20 15:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post