The Snow Lions made one hell of an impression upon their unexpected appearance, but not even five minutes after they placed their banners upon the banner platform, perhaps the only thing that could distract the rest of the trainees from the new arrivals happened: their issued shields had arrived.
From the Administration Building came forty horse-drawn carts on air plateswooden tablets w...
2018-08-10 15:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostAfter having lunch with Valeria and Asiya, Leon made an excuse and left. Asiya tried to get him to stay for a while longer, and even the stoic Valeria seemed disappointed, but Leon truly had to leave. After hearing Valerias name and learning of her connection to Adrianos, he was finding his killing intent to be extremely difficult to restrain.
As Leon walked down the streets of the capi...
2018-08-08 15:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostBefore Leon knew it, Saturday had come. He woke up early and eagerly got ready to meet Valeria when the Snow Lions were dismissed. Every so often, though, he would pause for a moment. A few memories would repeatedly come back to him. The first was Artorias death and burial, the second was Ajax telling him the name of the man who had led the assassins to his homeAdrianos Isynosand the thir...
2018-08-06 15:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostAfter Marcus ambush, the Snow Lions changed their policies a little. They had made it through the event without suffering any casualties, but Castor thought that it would be better to be safe than sorry and stopped allowing those few second-tier mages who were still going to class to continue. Theyd stay at camp in the gorge and train.
Leon was another story, though. Castor had absolu...
2018-08-03 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostLets just jump right in. In the short Prison in the Mountains arc, Leon enters an old demon summoning facility built by the Storm Kings subordinates way back in the day. Those subordinates had managed to summon five demons, two of which they successfully forged contracts with, while the other three were left to rot when the Storm Kings children called the facilitys garriso...
2018-08-01 19:41:24 +0000 UTC View PostAt the same time Marcus and his group were chasing after Leon after their trap failed to catch him, Gaius was nervously pacing in his room. He had been summoned by his brother Nicomedes again, and given how poorly their last meeting had gone, he was understandably anxious.
About half an hour after the Deathbringers Senior Instructor dismissed them for the evening, a runner arrived at th...
2018-08-01 19:36:02 +0000 UTC View PostLeon sprinted through the forest with Alcander and Valeria hot on his heels.
HAHA! THIS IS GREAT! NO GOOD MEAL COMES WITHOUT AN APPETIZER AND NO GOOD FIGHT COMES WITHOUT SOME BUILD UP! bellowed Alcander. Hed been yelling himself hoarse ever since he realized that Marcus and Asiya werent behind him and Valeria, so he had taken it upon himself to almost let the entire Academy know w...
2018-08-01 16:55:24 +0000 UTC View PostThe arrow came out of nowhere and blazed right past Leons leg, barely missing him and another Snow Lion by a hair. The strategy Leon had decided on was to run away if attacked, but one arrow hardly qualified as something they needed to run away from. That being said, as none of the Snow Lions had any ranged weapons of their own, they all immediately sought cover behind trees while trying to s...
2018-08-01 16:36:24 +0000 UTC View PostI said on Monday that I would release the next chapters for the new tier rewards over the next few days, but I had some extra time today to get in the last once-over for a few chapters, so I figured I might as well release them rather than wait. I'm going to try and see if I can get the rest of the chapters out today, too =)
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The weeks passed by quickly for the Snow Lions. The ot...
2018-08-01 16:35:42 +0000 UTC View PostThere will be some changes coming to this Patreon campaign starting this month. If you didn't see the post, you can click here for the details, but the tl;dr is that Patron rewards are increasing!
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Despite Leons attempts to regain his usual stoicism, he couldnt have made ...
2018-08-01 15:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostAfter getting some feedback these past few months about how my Patreon is run - Patron rewards, specifically - I've been putting some thought into making sure everyone feels satisfied with their pledges. To that end, I've decided to do some rebalancing with Patron tiers. Starting August 1st, these will be the new rewards for Patrons:
$1 tier: 1 chapter ahead of my website
$3 tier: 2...
2018-07-31 00:50:47 +0000 UTC View PostThe Alchemist Forum was a paradise for all alchemists within the Bull Kingdom, whether they were mere apprentices or venerable masters. There were dozens of buildings surrounding the forum, awash with color from bright tile murals and exceptionally detailed paintings depicting plants and flowers of all kinds. The forum itself had over two hundred smaller stalls filled with gorgeous flowe...
2018-07-30 15:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostNot long after the Snow Lions were dismissed by their Senior Instructor, Leon pushed open the doors of the Heavens Eye Tower. He had wasted no time making his way over, though this did mean that hed had to cancel getting food with his friends. Hed been looking forward to eating some great foodespecially after everyone else had hyped up their preferred food places.
But, Xaphans p...
2018-07-27 15:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostWhen Saturday morning came, the air in the Snow Lions camp seemed charged. Everyone had woken up early from the excitement of finally heading back into the city for the first time in over a month and were desperately trying to make themselves busy so that time would seem to go faster. Noticing this restlessness, Castor got everyone organized to do some extra training. It wasnt anything part...
2018-07-25 15:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe Master stared hollow-eyed at Leon, lost in the past. He genuinely regretted killing the Storm King back then. He had fallen into something of a rut after the battles with the Thunderbird Clan, and it took him a while to figure out why; those two battles had been the last time he felt alive. Ever since, he had been overcome with boredom more often than not, with hardly anything to break the ...
2018-07-23 15:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe Storm King was lying dead at the Masters feet. There was no doubt in the Masters mind that he was dead. Sometimes a mage might survive their bodys death if their magic body or something similar was able to flee in time, but the Master was far too experienced in these matters for that to have happened here. The Storm King was completely, irrecoverably dead.
Or at least, thats w...
2018-07-20 15:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe Master and disciple pair from the center of the continent stood upon a wall of the gorge and watched as the Snow Lions returned with the two banners in hand. Leading them were Castor, Alphonsus, and most importantly, Leon.
Master, may this disciple ask a question?
No need to be so formal, go right ahead.
The normally stiff and exceptionally formal disciple took a d...
2018-07-18 15:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostAfter eleven days of hard training, the Snow Lions were ready. It had been almost a month of living out in the caves, and though they had no intentions of leaving the gorge and returning to their tower anytime soon, they still wanted their weekends in the capital back.
And they wanted revenge on the Deathbringers. Revenge motivated some of the Snow Lions even more than the prospect of spe...
2018-07-16 15:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostGood luck! Castor said to Leon while giving him a respectful nod, which Leon returned. Castor then led his squad back to the caves to wait for his turn to go on the offense.
Once they had all gone and Leons squad was left alone, Henry couldnt resist saying, Ahhh, that was awesome!
Indeed, that was quite exhilarating, added Alain. No one really disagreed with them, as...
2018-07-13 15:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe second week of Small Unit Tactics started off with a pleasant surprise. When Leons group had gone to get Mondays breakfast, they found a few extra boxes which contained enough bows and training arrows to equip the rest of the Snow Lions!
Leon passed out the new bows with a slight smile on his face as soon as his group returned to the gorge, not even waiting until after breakfast.<...
2018-07-11 15:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostFinally, the day came for the Knight Academy trainees to receive their armor. The other units had to go to the training field for their armor, but the Snow Lions simply returned to their tower, where they found several dozen large boxes waiting for them.
If they hadnt been accompanied by their Instructors, they wouldve swarmed the boxes in excitement, tearing them open in a manner mor...
2018-07-09 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostOn Monday morning, Leon grabbed a dozen trainees and made the trip back to the tower to pick up the Snow Lions breakfast. He kept them moving as quickly and quietly as he could; he didnt think the tower was being watched, but he decided to be cautious anyway.
He left the group a few hundred feet into the tree line and personally scouted out the tower, only calling them to pick up the ...
2018-07-06 15:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostOn the night of the Deathbringers assault on the Snow Lions, the three instructors had arrived at the Snow Lions tower to find it deserted and the banner missing. After tearing through the tower, they confirmed their initial findings and met back in the first-tier common room to discuss the matter.
Couldnt find the third-tier mages, either said one of the flabbergasted instruc...
2018-07-04 15:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe Snow Lions didnt turn up to breakfast on Sunday, either. This put the triumphant Deathbringers in an even better mood. They were in such a great mood, in fact, that their Senior Instructor had to reprimand them for getting too rowdy before dismissing them for the day.
Several of the third-tier nobles who doubted the cowardice of the Snow Lions were even starting to be convinced, lea...
2018-07-02 15:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostHAHA! WE DID IT! shouted Actaeon as soon as he woke up on the way back to the Deathbringers tower. The personal defeat he suffered at Leons hands blunted his celebration somewhat, but in the end, he couldnt help but get swept up in the jubilant mood of the victorious Deathbringers. The entire unit, including those who were incapacitated during the assault and those who were hes...
2018-06-29 15:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostOn the morning of the Deathbringers assault on the Snow Lions tower, Leon was holed up in his room on the top floor, practicing a fairly simple enchantment given to him by Xaphan. The demon himself oversaw Leons work and provided some criticism wherever he saw necessary, as well as few times when he didnt.
No no no no! Leon said in frustration as another sheet of enchantment p...
2018-06-27 15:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostBreakfast the next morning was inexplicably tense. Most of the units were happily talking amongst themselves and making plans for what they would do with their time off.
The Deathbringers were the only exception. They seemed incredibly subdued, even more so than after the ambush Leon carried out on their people.
Tiberias was the only trainee not in the Deathbringers who knew the rea...
2018-06-25 15:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostAre you alright, Young Lord?
Tiberias had grown so furious at seeing Elise and Leon together and acting so intimate that the other nobles at his table couldnt help but say something. Normally if something like this happened, the noble who gets angry will bottle it up until theyre out of the public eye, but Tiberias was so obviously pissed that it compelled his tablemates to...
2018-06-22 15:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostLeon felt a little conflicted when he didnt see Elise in the Heavens Eye Towers lounge when he first entered. He honestly couldnt really tell if he was grateful or disappointed, but Xaphan certainly seemed to think it was the latter.
[Well that girl doesnt seem to be here, isnt that a shame ]
Leon could tell the demon was trying to provoke a reaction, so he didnt resp...
2018-06-20 15:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostElise didnt have any plans for the Saturday following the second week since Leon entered the Knight Academy. She hadnt acted as an official attendant since returning to the capital, so she found that her days could be difficult to fill. Every day, she would wake up relatively late and start her day with a few hours of magical training.
Her training did not include any form of combat t...
2018-06-18 15:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post