The march back to Haluville was uneventful. Reivyn was back on his own two feet, and he marched alongside Teilon with the rest of the levies. Sergeant Mok led a small detail consisting a few corporals, the drummers, and a supply wagon. The levies kept their gambeson's and spears, Reivyn included....
2022-05-09 15:46:05 +0000 UTC View PostReivyn looked at the silver and copper coins in his hand. He had just received his pay for the conscription and the bonuses. On top of getting a combat pay bonus, his squad also received two additions to their pay from the requisition of the silver ore on their two Dungeon delves. He looked up at...
2022-05-08 05:00:34 +0000 UTC View PostThe trees lining the road offered shade in the mid-summer heat as the troops made their return trip to Magron. Reivyn marvelled at the sights and sounds all around him, his head constantly twisting and turning about. He was surprised that the change in perspective from riding a horse compared to ...
2022-05-07 09:09:52 +0000 UTC View PostReivyn concentrated his willpower as he controlled his mana. It was getting easier to quickly and accurately form the desired shapes he conjured with his mana. He was staring at an arrow held in his left hand while he mimicked its shape and balance to the best of his ability with water-attuned ma...
2022-05-06 05:54:28 +0000 UTC View Post[Enemy Defeated.]
[Exp +380]
[Combat Resolved. Calculating...]
[Exp +1520]
[Level Up!]
[Level Up!]
[Experience 596/1000]
[New Class Skill Slot Unlocked!]
[Achievement! Stare into the Abyss and retain your rationality]
[Mental Stats +1]
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2022-05-05 05:28:28 +0000 UTC View PostThe Sun was setting in the horizon, casting the landscape in shades of orange, as Reivyn and his squad mates finally exited the dungeon and returned to the pallisade. The daylight in dungeon had never shifted, and the incongruence was disorienting for a moment before he got his bearings. 2022-05-04 03:00:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Reivyn's heart pounded in his chest as his squad approached the Dungeon in the center of the compound. The entrance to the Dungeon was a cave set into a butte. Reivyn had only glanced at it in passing, before a small barricade had gone up around the entrance, and he had seen that it wasn't dark i...
2022-05-03 09:00:47 +0000 UTC View PostI got some great advice, and decided to just get rid of the $12.50 and $20.00 Tiers. The $5 Tier is bumped up to 5 early chapters, and $10 is now 50 early chapters. The $30.00 Tier remains, as that is the "gratuity" Tier.
2022-05-03 04:43:22 +0000 UTC View PostRead 1 free chapter ahead. Villager Tier gets 1 additional Chapter beyond the first free chapter. Champion gets 5, and Sword Saint gets 50.
2022-05-02 21:08:47 +0000 UTC View PostReivyn stood in formation once again. The men had been told during morning chow that there was an all hands formation where Knight-Captain Reifold would be addressing everyone. As was the case with every military formation called in the history of ever, the men were formed up early and had to wai...
2022-05-02 20:45:16 +0000 UTC View PostReivyn looked down at the blade that was pressing into his stomach. It didn't penetrate, as the momentum of the thrust had been interrupted by another man appearing and grabbing the blade, holding it steadily in place. The newcomer had casually slashed the assassin's throat as he appeared like th...
2022-05-02 20:44:11 +0000 UTC View PostReivyn sat up in an unfamiliar tent. People were rushing about tending to a steady stream of wounded people brought into the tent in various levels of distress. Some were being supported by their comrades as they limped in under their own strength, and some were being carrie...
2022-05-02 20:43:14 +0000 UTC View PostMonthly Experience
Calculating...
Relevant Skills Training: +300 Exp
Physical Exercise: +115 Exp
Sparring: +115 Exp
Knowledge and Understanding: +40 Exp
Life Experience: +600 Exp
Total Monthly Exp: 1,170
Level Up!
Level Up!
Experie...
2022-05-02 20:42:04 +0000 UTC View PostReivyn woke up to his skin itching something fierce. He had attempted to mimic his mother's use of mana to heal herself that he had witnessed both during his birth and that of his twin sisters, but there was some element of the operation that he was lacking. He didn't know if it was a Skill that ...
2022-05-02 20:41:06 +0000 UTC View PostExp + 30
Exp +30
Exp +30
Exp +30
Exp +20
Exp +20
Exp +20
Combat Resolved. Calculating...
Exp +350
Level Up! Fighter Lvl 3
Level Up! Fighter Lvl 4
Experience 40/400
Skills Levelled Up!
Balance (34 ->35)
... 2022-05-02 20:40:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe countryside slowly, but steadily passed by as the soldiers and conscripts marched down the road. Reivyn was much more comfortable in his new, form fitting armor, as even though they had cinched the slightly too big set before, such a stopgap measure was never perfect, and he had to constantly...
2022-05-02 20:38:06 +0000 UTC View Post"C'mon, sir, it's gonna be great. We're going to have bar-b-q, beer, women, the game, we have a swimming pool, there's gonna be women there."
Marc sat at his desk attired in his utilities. There was a constant stream of paperwork and e-mails to be addressed while in garrison. He ...
2022-05-02 20:37:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe troops finally made it to the city without further incident after the short battle against the goblins. Reivyn was able to see the tops of the walls looming in the distance over the heads of those marching in front of him long before they were anywhere close to arriving at the destination. Th...
2022-05-02 20:36:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe sun bore down on him as Reivyn trudged along. The heat of the early summer was causing him to sweat, even if the physical assertion wasn't too demanding. The trees to the sides of the road could be seen swaying with the wind, and a cool breeze was a welcome comfort.
Or, at le...
2022-05-02 20:35:10 +0000 UTC View PostReivyn was startled awake to the sound of a horn. He was momentarily confused at the unfamiliar surroundings. The fog of sleep impeded his ability to think about his situation as he sat up and rubbed the sleep from his eyes. After a moment, the scenery triggered his memories of the previous day.<...
2022-05-02 20:34:08 +0000 UTC View Post"Left, right, left, right..."
The uninspired marching cadence washed over him as Reivyn trudged along, lost in a sea of youths. Despite how incredibly easy it was to simply match the foot fall to the call of left and right, only about half of the conscripts were consistently mana...
2022-05-02 20:33:14 +0000 UTC View Post"Are you sure you'll be alright?" Refix asked his wife. They were having a family conversation at the dinner table.
"Yes, yes. I'll be fine. We'll all be fine," Ameliyn reassured her husband.
"I know. It's just that I worry," Refix clasped Ameliyn's hand in his o...
2022-05-02 20:32:09 +0000 UTC View PostCLACK!
CLACK clack CLACK!
Sounds of wooden one-handed swords smashing together could be heard reverberating across the backyard of a certain abode in Haluville. An older male was pressing a much younger male with a striking resemblance to him in a clash of wooden...
2022-05-02 20:31:05 +0000 UTC View PostReivyn looked over the open fan at his father. His father stood across from him, wielding the rod he used for correction, as if it was a sword. His father moved slowly, but deliberately in a thrust towards his midsection. Reivyn snapped the fan closed, and used it to guide the trajectory of the t...
2022-05-02 20:29:36 +0000 UTC View PostThe smell of blood and soot was suffocating. The clash of battle could be heard all around her as she huddled in her room. Refix, like a bulwark in his gleaming armor, stood as a bastion of safety in the doorway. Anything that got close was quickly dispatched, but he was already covered in blood,...
2022-05-02 20:22:27 +0000 UTC View PostIt had been three months since his mother had first explained the System to him, and he had just surpassed one of the first milestones in his life. He had turned one year old. Or, in accordance to his new standard, 16 months. Nothing really noteworthy happened on his birthday. There was no celebr...
2022-05-02 20:19:35 +0000 UTC View PostAmeliyn laid back and relaxed against the hastened together cushions. There wasn't a lot of furnishing available in the caravan for a woman going through labor, so they had to cobble together whatever they could. She was almost Healed back to full strength and stamina after giving birth to her so...
2022-05-02 20:17:27 +0000 UTC View PostHe had never been more comfortable in his life. A warm embrace encompassed his entire body as he lazily stretched and shifted about. He was in that strange state between sleep and awake. He was vaguely aware of his environment and the fact that he was dreaming, but he wasn't experiencing a lucid ...
2022-05-02 20:15:54 +0000 UTC View PostThere was nothing. It wasn't black. It wasn't white. It wasn't even blank. There was literally nothing.
Eons passed in instantaneous points of time. There was no flow of time. One moment of eternity was simply, suddenly another moment of eternity.
Then there was something....
2022-05-02 20:05:57 +0000 UTC View Post