Creating a knight in the Bull Kingdom was surprisingly regulated; to knight someone was a privilege reserved for those of a certain level of importance. When he was a Tribune, Leon was high-ranking enough to hold that honor, but now that Trajan had stripped him of that rank in punishment for his ...
2019-06-14 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostUughh, Justin Isynos sighed in displeasure as he sank into his armchair. He closed his sapphire-blue eyes in fatigue and his body stretched out until he almost slid off the chair.
Well, dont you just look chipper, said one of the other three mages in the room, a youthful-seeming m...
2019-06-12 15:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe city of Calabria was much like Florentia, to Leons eyes. Most of the residential buildings were on the eastern side of the Naga River, while the commercial buildings were on the western side, and a number of tall bridges connected both halves without interfering with the ships traveling up ...
2019-06-10 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostWhen it came time for Trajan and August to depart from Ariminium, they were accompanied by only nine thousand knights and men-at-armsseven thousand from the Paladins own retinues, and two thousand from Trajans. The two Legions that accompanied August to Ariminium left at the same time, but ...
2019-06-07 15:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostPicked up a couple shiny new 0.5 star ratings on Royal Road recently, soooo if you haven't left a rating or review yet, I would be extremely appreciative if you could take a few seconds and do so =)
... 2019-06-05 15:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostAndraste followed through with her statement to begin negotiations as soon as possible. She only took an hour to settle into the chambers at the top of the Diplomatic building before arranging for the negotiations to begin.
The room selected for these proceedings was a simple conference roo...
2019-06-03 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post and I just felt it, you know? I just felt strong, and like the warriors I was fighting against were suddenly no match, Henry narrated. It took a few moments for me to register what was happening to me in the heat of battle, but I realized I was ascending to the third-ti...
2019-06-01 15:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostAriminium and both Horns were lit up in celebration of a swift and relatively decisive victory over the Talfar invaders. The citys citizens partied in the streets and many of the off-duty soldiers joined them. Even those Legion soldiers who were on duty were brought food and allowed to grow a b...
2019-06-01 14:59:02 +0000 UTC View PostMy subordinates in Pretani have finally made contact with the Elder Council, their offer of peace was genuine. Or at least, it is now, Fonteius stated. He, and most of the others in the meeting room, had heavy doubts about whether Gwens offer was legitimate, but in the wake of Owains surr...
2019-06-01 14:58:01 +0000 UTC View PostFor two days, Owain had lain in a field hospital unconscious. After Arthwyns disastrous second assault, the Talfar army was in such disarray that it took that long for a healer to actually examine the Princes injuries and determine that he no longer needed to be sedatedand, in fact, never n...
2019-06-01 14:57:02 +0000 UTC View PostLeon fought against the instinct to charge at Roland with all the power he had available and attack the Paladin. Roland was vulnerable, surprised and unprepared, Leon knew that with his speed, he could get in one or two good hits before Roland could react.
But he resisted this temptation. H...
2019-06-01 14:57:00 +0000 UTC View PostAugust, let me introduce you to someone Trajan said as he gestured to Leon to step forward.
Leon, for his part, wanted nothing less than to be introduced to Prince August after the latters reveal of his acquaintance with Roland. But Trajan called him out, and there was no helping it...
2019-06-01 14:56:00 +0000 UTC View PostTwo short blasts followed by one long blast; the horn signal for Legion reinforcements. Seven thousand Legion cavalrymen barreled down the Gold Road toward the Bulls Horns. In the lead were four men: August, Roland, and the Bronze and Brimstone Paladins.
Get to the gate! August shoute...
2019-06-01 14:54:01 +0000 UTC View PostXaphan sat in the center of a raging maelstrom of power. The Mists of Chaos that surrounded the island in Leons soul realm swirled around him in great clouds, while the enchantment he created siphoned off a few wisps, purified the magical power, and channeled it into the demons body where it ...
2019-06-01 14:53:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe earth shook beneath the feet of the Talfar battle formations as they marched out of the camp and toward the walls of the Horns, miles away. The formations of the infantry were perfect, the cataphract armor glittered in the afternoon sun, and the charioteers looked heroic as they drove behind ...
2019-06-01 14:53:01 +0000 UTC View PostAs with last month, with ten chapters released all at once, I didn't have the time to go through them as thoroughly as I would've liked. So, if you see any mistakes like spelling errors, missing words, canon errors, etc... please don't hesitate to let me know in the comments! I hope you enjoy the...
2019-06-01 14:51:59 +0000 UTC View PostLeon, Alix, and an ecstatic Anzu returned to their room and immediately began preparations to train. Or at least, Leon and Alix did, Anzu just followed Leon around so closely that Leon almost tripped over him several times. Alix changed into loose clothes and grabbed a training sword while Leon m...
2019-05-31 15:01:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe morning after Leon returned to the Horns, he and Elise woke up in each others arms just as the sun was beginning to rise over the horizon, still dressed in their clothes from the previous night. They were intimately entwined with each other, with their legs tangled, Leons arms snugly wrap...
2019-05-29 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostLeon led Elise back to his and Alixs barracks room, though it wasnt entirely necessary as Elise had been there before to drop off Leons diamond and sapphires. The main room was fairly dark, but it must not have been that long since Alix went to bed, as she immediately came out into the main...
2019-05-27 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostAs announced last month, the rewards for just about all the patron tiers are increasing again 7 days from now to bring them all up to the standard of $1 = 2 chapters. This increase won't be quite as big as last time for most of the tiers, but that was just because I front loaded a lot of the incr...
2019-05-25 16:15:40 +0000 UTC View PostLeon hauled himself out of the Tyrrhenian River with some difficulty; he was extremely tired from the running and fighting hed done over the past weekand this day in particular. It was nearly midnight, and hed been going strong for more than six hours, and this was after a day spent hunting...
2019-05-24 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostLeon made it back to the southern side of the chasm, but he wasnt particularly subtle about it. The remaining warriors guarding the bridge saw him, and as he vanished into the forest, he heard the rumble of a horn as the warriors alerted the camp to his presence. Unfortunately for them, the fif...
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Four days had passed since the bridge was completed, and Emrys had nearly all of his two-t...
2019-05-20 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostLeon gasped for air as he surfaced in a small pond in the middle of a forest on the north side of the chasm. Naiad giggled beside him as he pulled himself out of the water and onto dry ground. There had been no places for him to breathe between the lake and the exit pond, a distance that took Leo...
2019-05-17 15:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostFrom his Magmic Steel cuirass down to his Skyflax padding, all of Leons armor was carefully removed by the nymph, and she took her time, obviously savoring the removal of every piece.
For his part, Leon desperately tried to think of a way out of this, but he couldnt even move, let alone...
2019-05-15 15:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe nymph hadnt left, of that Leon was certain. He could still feel her killing intent letting him know that she was still there, probably just waiting for a chance to eat him.
Leon flooded his body with as much magic as he could pull from his soul realm and readied himself for a brutal f...
2019-05-13 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostIt was a chilly day, with an overcast sky and light rain, and the Talfar warriors who were sweeping through the forest that Leon had disappeared into were not happy. They had suffered a defeat when they assaulted the Bulls Horns, and now they were stuck wandering through a mountain forest searc...
2019-05-10 15:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostStill no sign of Leon? Trajan asked.
No, Your Highness, Minerva replied.
The two were in one of Trajans small sitting rooms that had a good view of the east. The Talfar army had pulled out and the Legion was tallying the dead and reinforcing their position. The Talfar warrio...
2019-05-08 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostLeon hit the tree line and kept on running as fast as his lightning-enhanced legs could carry him. With what he assumed was a sixth-tier mage hot on his heels and his invisibility ring not holding magic as it should, panic slithered into his mind and muddied his thoughts.
However, as the ta...
2019-05-06 15:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostArthwyn stared at the walls with an ugly expression. Half of his siege towers were destroyed, but his forces had managed to seize about half of the towers on the first wall. Still, they were taking heavy casualties, and the Talfar army wasnt advancing as fast as he wouldve liked. But progress...
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