Classes began again the next morning. The Senior Instructor took the Snow Lions to the training field and separated them again into the usual groups. The trainees of the first two tiers began warming up for their morning training, while the Senior Instructor escorted Leon, Alphonsus, and Castor to the third-tiers dueling area.
The Snow Lions were the second-to-last to arrive and they drew...
2018-06-15 15:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post[Well ] Xaphan started hesitantly.
Leon staggered to his feet. He was still in the artificial mountains in the western third of the training grounds. His body was filled to the brim with magic power, but the wonderful and energetic feeling that brought was dampened from Xaphan seeming refusal to speak with him during the storm.
[Well, what?] asked a livid Leon when Xaphan pause...
2018-06-13 15:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe Thunderbirds brilliant golden eyes glared down at Xaphan, shocking the demon to his core with mere eye contact.
Xaphan found himself completely overwhelmed in the Thunderbirds presence, with its turbulent aura pressing down on him like a hundred mountains. There was no way Xaphan could withstand this crushing pressure, not in his current weakened state. He doubted he could even st...
2018-06-11 15:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe Snow Lions didnt stay long after ambushing the Deathbringers. All told, the entire fight lasted barely ten minutes, and thats counting the few minutes the Snow Lions spent taking their revenge after the Deathbringers had already been beaten.
It mightve gone on longer, but Leon heard a few more Deathbringers walking down the road who would soon come into sight of the ambush point...
2018-06-08 15:05:26 +0000 UTC View PostThose peasants should just do what theyre told. Who do they think they are to question our decisions?! ranted Alphonsus in the third-tier common room.
Theyre angry. Some of them were assaulted today, responded a much calmer Castor.
And you said youd take care of it! What more do they want?! Alphonsus was almost shouting now, only kept in check by how compo...
2018-06-06 15:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostLeon made his way back to the tower fairly early, only an hour or two after midday. During his time at the pool, he had thought hed heard a whistling sound coming from just beyond the corner of the cliff, but when hed investigated hed found nothing. He started thinking that hed just imagined the whistle, but he kept glancing back to the edge of the recess and couldnt relax again. In t...
2018-06-04 15:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostThat Saturday was a bright and beautiful day, perfect for exploring the city and seeing the sights. The weather in the capital was perfect and the forums, pools, and bathhouses were crowded with the citys occupants. The many parks, bars, and restaurants were just as packed.
Most of the third-tier trainees who had taken their time off to venture into the city didnt see any of this, tho...
2018-06-01 15:00:59 +0000 UTC View Post
You all voted for it, so here it is! A rather crudely drawn map of the Forest of Black and White, plus a bonus 1st draft of the Bull Kingdom. I'm not that happy with the latter, but everything's roughly in the right place.
I'm also going to add some download links at the bottom just in case the images don't show up that well here.
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The events of the first two days in the Academy set the precedent for the next few days. In the morning, Leon would wake early and meditate to mentally prepare himself for the day. Following that, he would meet up with his three friends Charles, Henry, and Alain.
He wasnt quite sure if he should use the term friend, but he decided to go with it for now as he lacked a better word...
2018-05-30 15:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostLeons schedule the next morning was largely the same as the day before. He spent fifteen minutes simply enjoying how comfortable the bed was before he got up. Then, he spent another twenty minutes in the bathroom washing up and getting ready. He then meditated for an additional half hour, so he could mentally prepare himself to be around people all day.
Over the past couple months, Leon...
2018-05-28 15:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostOn the day that classes started for Leon and the other trainees, a man entered the capital on a small private yacht. This manNicomedes was his namehad extremely eye-catching golden hair and features that strongly resembled Gaius. He was dressed in the dark green uniform of an officer in the Royal Legions. The golden insignia that decorated his shoulder indicated that he was a Tribune, a s...
2018-05-25 15:00:59 +0000 UTC View PostThe first class was over two and half hours after it had begun.
Leon and Valeria had spent the entire class working quietly on their runes. They knew the rune was correctly drawn when they could channel their magic into it and create a magical effect. The spell paper they were using was very cheap, so the effects wouldnt be particularly dramatic. An air rune might create a slight gust o...
2018-05-23 15:00:59 +0000 UTC View PostThe first Basic Combat class was over several hours after it had started. All the third-tier nobles had fought at least once. Asiya won her duel, as did Tiberias, though their opponents werent particularly strong fighters. Combat training wasnt necessary to advance through the tiers of magic and perhaps half of the third-tier nobles were not nearly as proficient in combat as the other half....
2018-05-21 15:00:59 +0000 UTC View PostI would like to challenge you.
Leons words were shocking to everyone present. Gaius, who had been about to step forward to face Leon again, froze. Alcander stared in amazement of Leons boldness; even he wouldnt challenge such an ice queen in front of so many other nobles.
Slowly, all eyes turned to Valeria. Her cold exterior had cracked a little. Her eyes were wide, and sh...
2018-05-18 15:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostLeon woke early the next day. The sun had barely started to rise when his eyes opened, and he estimated he still had at least two hours before he needed to head downstairs.
It had been nearly two months since his father had been killed. Hed come a long way in that time and experienced a great many things, but he still found himself starting to miss the smell of his father cooking bacon ...
2018-05-16 15:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostSeveral minutes after the Steel CenturyMarcus and Alcanders unitarrived at the dining hall, a number of servants entered from the serving area with heavenly looking food. Every cut of steak was cooked and seasoned to perfection, every leaf of lettuce was crisp and cool, every potato baked to beautiful golden brown. No matter what the food was, whether it was a salad or just plain fries, e...
2018-05-14 15:01:04 +0000 UTC View PostWith the exception of the top floor, which only had four bedrooms reserved for the third-tier mages, the other four floors each had eight bedrooms. This left the seventy-six first-tier commoners to have five or six trainees per bedroom, while the twenty-five second-tier nobles only had to have two at most per bedroom. Some of the second-tier trainees were the direct followers of the third-tier ...
2018-05-11 15:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostAfter half an hour of waiting in their groups and watching the last few stragglers arrive, the Legate of the Knight Academy exited the main administration building and walked over to the new trainees. He brought an entourage of over fifty knights, and silence descended over the field upon his arrival.
Welcome, everyone, to His Majestys Knight Academy! the Legates booming voice eas...
2018-05-09 15:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostElise and Leon parted ways at the door of the Tower. As Leon walked away, he glanced backward and saw Elise still standing there, watching him leave. She dropped her seductive air and gave him a beautiful genuine smile, which Leon found himself quite captivated by. His cheeks went bright red, and he smiled back at her as best as he could in his embarrassment. Then, he turned and kept walking. 2018-05-07 15:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Leon left the inn after greatly enjoying a light breakfast. He absolutely couldnt get enough of the food in the south. Even the plain eggs, bacon, and bread in a place as cheap as that inn were far superior to most anything hed ever eaten back north.
He left at the same time as Charles, who intended to run down to the park theyd been training at recently. He didnt really know what...
2018-05-04 15:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostEveryones eyes flit between Leon and the unconscious Gaius. Their looks were complex when they turned to Leon. Some were disapproving, stemming from attacking Gaius when he was on the ground. Others were slightly fearful, and understandably so, given the implication of Leon having such an overwhelming killing intent. Even some of the fifth-tier knights present didnt have a killing aura that...
2018-05-02 15:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostLeon and Gaius stared each other down. All the other nobles in the room watched, some in fascination, others in sadistic glee. Everyone expected Leon was about to get his ass handed to him by Gaius.
Everyone, that is, save for a thin and unassuming man who had been meditating until just now. He had dark brown hair and sharp blue eyes. He maintained a stoic expression, and in contrast to m...
2018-04-30 15:00:59 +0000 UTC View PostCharles was meditating as he waited for the combat test to start. In his building, only about seven hundred applicants had passed, out of more than ten thousand. The building was plenty large enough for him to find a secluded place to ready himself, and he was helping himself to all the rest he could. He had passed the power test despite his fears, but he had even less confidence in the combat ...
2018-04-27 15:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostFail. The stern examiner glared at the young man, and he withdrew his hand from the crystal. The young man looked like he wanted to say something for a moment, to try and argue with the examiner, but the crystal had only flickered with an incredibly faint red light. He was only sixteen, young enough that he still had at least four more tries to enter the Knight Academy, so he shut his mouth...
2018-04-25 15:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostFifteen days passed quickly, and it was time for the Knight Academys enrollment test. Leon had given Charles some very basic instruction in handling a sword and dodging attacks, and he was certain it would be more than enough to see the first-tier mage through to a good score. Every day when they returned to the inn after training, Charles would meditate and perform breathing exercises for se...
2018-04-23 15:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe Knight Academy encompassed a great deal of land and many buildings. There were dorms for recruits, libraries, lecture halls, training fields, and sparring platforms. Everything that was needed to quarter and train the recruits was found in abundance at the Knight Academy.
The building that Leon and Charles stepped into was the Central Administration building, where most of the ...
2018-04-20 15:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostFor three weeks, Leon and Charles walked along the Julian Road. They passed quite a few towns and cities, but they only stopped long enough to fill up on food. They slept outdoors and occasionally stopped by a river to wash up a little.
Every night, Charles would perform the breathing exercises that Leon taught him, and he could really feel the difference. Every day when he woke up, he fe...
2018-04-18 15:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostLeon and Charles met up at dinner. Their conversation was dominated by their plans to go south. Charles had wanted to head west, then take a barge down the Naga river all the way to the capital. Leon shot that idea down just by bringing up the price of such an endeavor, making Charles pat his own coin pouch in dejection. Leon suggested that they simply follow the Julian Road all the way there. ...
2018-04-18 14:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostWhat was that?
Keep alert! You three, investigate these ruins! Everyone else, sweep through this entire area!
Leon heard the guards arrive at the training courtyard and kept going as fast as he could. He was far enough in the nearby forest that they wouldnt be able to see him, but he still had to limit his speed to not make too much noise, either.
He did have an adva...
2018-04-18 14:58:01 +0000 UTC View PostWell, we've done it! The next goal has been reached! 2 bonus chapters coming up on Wednesday in addition to the 1 already scheduled!
Thank you to everyone who has donated to this Patreon campaign and helped to get us this far! You're the best =D
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