Following the short ceremony with August, Trajan, and the Bronze Paladin, Leon checked in with Lapis and then returned home. He found his HeavenÂ’s Eye beastmaster training with Anzu, getting the young griffin used to wearing a saddle. As soon as Anzu saw Leon, though, the griffin instantly abandoned his training and bounded over to Leon, nuzzling against his human and celebrating that Leon had...
2019-10-23 15:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post“All right, then let’s begin,” Trajan said, and August knelt in the center of the stone floor.
Leon watched in fascination, but so far, he was a little disappointed. It didnÂ’t seem like the same kind of runic glyph that Artorias had used for LeonÂ’s awakening was going to be used for AugustÂ’s. LeonÂ’s hopes for something spectacular were rekindled when Trajan reached into his soul re...
2019-10-21 15:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post“You what?” Leon asked in disbelief and some muted anger as Trajan paused at the door.
Trajan stared at the heavy dark red oak door, enchanted to prevent both any unauthorized entry and to help keep their voices from leaking out into the room on the other side, where several dozen secretaries and assistants to the Prince were working.
If he were going to explain himself b...
2019-10-18 15:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostLeon, Elise, and NaiadÂ’s lives returned to something that resembled normal in the weeks following the attack on the villa. Naiad didnÂ’t coerce them into sleeping with her again, but she refused to leave, so when Leon and EliseÂ’s villa was finished being rebuilt, she ended up moving in with them.
Given how their villa had been destroyed, neither Leon nor Elise said much in protest. They...
2019-10-16 15:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostAfter finally sleeping with Naiad and Elise, Leon spent quite a bit of time working on his defensive enchantments, but after a couple of hours, he had to call it quits. He packed up his things, left EliseÂ’s wing of the estate, and went straight to one of the estateÂ’s private meditation chambers.
These rooms were small, dark, and warm. They werenÂ’t nearly big enough to properly practice...
2019-10-14 15:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostMonths after making his contract with Naiad, Leon began to fulfill it. Naiad had finally convinced him to have sex with her, and it only took having Elise there as well.
Of course, this meant that Leon started first with Elise, which Naiad could understand as she was his first mate. Still, she couldnÂ’t help but feel a bit of impatience since her sanity and continued existence as a river ...
2019-10-11 14:56:50 +0000 UTC View PostNaiad was determined not to let Leon go, and her time was running out. She could feel her magic power slowing, which was why she had decided to call in LeonÂ’s side of the deal rather than wait.
Normally, her magic power flowed through her body like a river, speeding up as she grew more and more powerful. However, she had noticed that that river of power had been slowing down for some tim...
2019-10-09 15:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post“Are you sure you’re ready for this?” Trajan asked as he looked Leon in the eyes.
“I am,” Leon said without hesitation. The two were in Trajan’s office the day after Leon’s villa was attacked discussing what could be done to keep Leon safe. Their conclusion was that there wasn’t much of substance they could do, and Leon had no interest in security theater, so it was simply decided...
2019-10-07 15:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostThere wasnÂ’t much Emilie could do to hide NaiadÂ’s colossal aura, but she did have a charging amulet, a simple gold chain with a clasp that could hold a gem of moderate size. The amulet would then use the mageÂ’s power to charge the gem with magic, reducing the amount of magic power that leaks out of their body and into their aura in the process. Emilie put a sapphire, the highest grade of mag...
2019-10-04 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostWith a few graceful steps, Naiad stepped onto the dock, completely undisturbed at her lack of attire. Her aura was calm, but completely dwarfed everyone elseÂ’s, and even the vampires attacking Leon and the others came to a halt, stunned as they were at NaiadÂ’s arrival.
As she approached Elise, Alix, Valeria, and Asiya, the four ladies quickly switched their attention away from the vampi...
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Leon leaped to his feet, almost pushing Elise to the floor in his haste. However, with armed figures surrounding his and EliseÂ’s new ho...
2019-09-30 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostTwo months had passed since Leon returned to the capital and a couple weeks since his ascension to the sixth-tier. Events in the capital continued to unfold in the same vein that they had been, and Leon was more than happy to remain apart from them. In fact, the more he stayed with Elise filling his days with little else but training, the more he realized that that was what he shouldÂ’ve done i...
2019-09-27 15:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostRoland sighed as he wiped the blood from his sword, his eyes not straying from the young woman at his feet that heÂ’d just killed. Her skin was deathly pale, her canines sharpened to fangs, and while she had been alive, her aura had been polluted by demonic power.
She had been a vampire.
He, a number of his own knights, and a few knights from TrajanÂ’s retinue had been sent out to w...
2019-09-25 15:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post“Did I inherit anything from my mother, like I inherited your lightning from my father?” Leon asked, any joy on his face from testing himself against the Thunderbird quickly fading away.
The Thunderbird’s reply was immediate. “I don’t believe so. I would doubt that your mother could even pass down any kind of power, especially since you have already my power. The chances of two inher...
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Leon swung his blade through the air, putting every ounce of skill and talent he possessed in the ways of the sword on display. Silver-blue lightning flashed along the blade, and LeonÂ’s movements sped up to the po...
2019-09-20 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post“Our clan began with my birth, eons ago in the Primal Age…” the Thunderbird began with a tone of absolute pride and confidence, the impression that she was trying to give Leon only slightly mitigated by the fact that she was physically dead. Still, she got a bit theatrical, waving her tanned arms in the air and letting her wavy brown hair blow in the wind.
“… I was just a normal eagl...
2019-09-18 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostAfter being given a few minutes to process, Leon felt like he understood what the Thunderbird was saying, and it meshed well with XaphanÂ’s much less detailed explanation from years earlier.
There were millions upon millions of planes within the universe, many smaller than the plane of Aeterna, some larger. And yet, all of them ‘faced’ the same direction: toward the Nexus. The Nexus was...
2019-09-16 15:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post[Now, then, I assume you have questions?]
Once those words were spoken, Leon had to fight to not start salivating. This was it, the moment heÂ’d been waiting for, the moment when he would finally get all the answers he wanted. And yet, for all that time he had spent waiting, Leon had no idea where to start. He stood there for several long seconds, staring at the Thunderbi...
2019-09-13 15:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post[Prepare yourself, demon,] Leon said to Xaphan, [for IÂ’m on my wayÂ…]
[Oh noÂ…] Xaphan responded sarcastically, [whatever will I doÂ…? A young human is coming, oh woe is me!]
[Waiting there for my arrival is what youÂ’ll do!] Leon responded, his mouth curving into an excited smile. He could almost hear Xaphan shrug; it wasnÂ’t like the demon could do much else within his soul realm...
2019-09-11 15:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostAfter the opening day of the triumphal games, the capital descended into solemn silence, with many people confused and scared of what might be on the horizon after August and OctaviusÂ’ public disagreement. However, by the end of the games, most people had returned to their usual behavior, though the possibilities of what might happen in the near future remained on everyoneÂ’s mind.
In Le...
2019-09-09 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostJustin sat in his box staring down into the sands of the arena long after just about everyone else in the arena had left. He could think about nothing but LeonÂ’s lightning, and how similar it had felt to him, how startlingly powerful it had seemed compared to other fifth-tier lightning mages that Justin had encountered. On the surface, it had appeared barely different compared to the power of ...
2019-09-06 15:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostThroughout Leon and Antonius AgrippaÂ’s entire fight, Elise gripped the armrests of her seat so hard that they almost deformed. She couldnÂ’t turn away from the sight, though she wanted to. She could do nothing but watch in horror as her lover and a gladiator fought each other with the intent to kill down in the sands of the arena.
Her behavior was mirrored in quite a few of the spectator...
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“My order stands! Bring death to the defeated!” Octavius roared, further stunning the already shocked crowd.
Leon immediately released his magic senses to keep an eye on Antonius Agrippa while h...
2019-09-02 15:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe entire arena descended into an eerie silence. OctaviusÂ’ thumb pointed down, signaling to Antonius Agrippa to kill his defeated opponent in defiance of almost a thousand years of tradition of no gladiators being intentionally killed on the sands of the arena. So shocked was the crowd that no one made so much a noise as they watched and waited for something to happen; this was the first time...
2019-08-30 15:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post“It is time for the games to begin!” the announcer cried, to the ecstatic cheering of the crowd. They were so loud that they just about shook the arena, and Leon in the sealed Royal box thought that the sound could be heard in every corner of the capital.
As the chariots for the opening races began taking the field, the enchanted glass sealing the Royal box retracted, o...
2019-08-28 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe games had yet to begin, and Leon stood around, not really knowing what to do with himself. He wasnÂ’t particularly comfortable being in the Royal box, but it got him away from Valeria and thatÂ’s all that he had wanted when he accepted the invitation. However, now that he was here, and the attention of the five men who arrived before him was on him, the only thing he wanted to do was to lea...
2019-08-26 15:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post“Wow, I never thought I’d be watching the games in a place like this,” Alix said in wonder as she and Elise walked down the extraordinarily well-appointed hallway toward their private box.
“This place caters to a specific crowd, so they have to decorate accordingly,” Elise said, to which Alix nodded in understanding.
“Makes sense if they want to get ready for someone like you ...
2019-08-23 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostFor most of an entire day, Leon desperately tried to think of an excuse that he could use to get out of going to the games with Valeria. When remembering how much fun he used to have when sparring with her, a part of him couldnÂ’t help but want to go with her, but his reason swiftly overpowered that desire, though he had yet to think of any reason he could invoke to excuse his absence.
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2019-08-21 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe Royal box in the capitalÂ’s arena was reserved for the exclusive use of the Royal Family and their personal guests. To be invited to attend the games with a Prince, Princess, or the reigning Monarch meant sitting in that box, where one could be seen in the most public place in the entire Kingdom rubbing shoulders with royalty. Naturally, the Royal Family tended to be quite selective when in...
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Gaius froze as Leon walked into the council chamber. All the hate he held for the other man was still there, though it was now mixed with strange feelings of muted gratitude and guilt after GaiusÂ...
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