The Northern Noble is a Grinder (Volume 2: Chapter 4).
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Commissioned by Sivantic
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Anisette and Lord Trelawney disappeared in the evenings, only for Lord Trelawney to dump Anisette onto us in the morning.
Each time, frighteningly, she was somehow awake, if a bit...
2025-09-12 17:18:03 +0000 UTC
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V12: Chapter 3
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Interlude: Riegert
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I expended all the ammunition I was given and that led to the destruction of the Ascendant’s chassis.
That gave me a few minutes to meet with the Guardian’s Champions.
They recognized me, which was a boon.
“...
2025-09-08 15:25:46 +0000 UTC
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Giant Robots? Say no more. I’m in.
Volume 2: Chapter 4
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Free Chapter: Word count: 2500
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The one good thing that came out of being in the spotlight, was that it got a lot of other people interested in knocking me out of it for themselves.
It kept things ...
2025-09-02 00:34:45 +0000 UTC
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V12: Chapter 2
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Interlude: Riegert
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I never expected a messenger to arrive with news from the back home, especially as we were making our way back from instigating a conflict between the Stymphalians and Ascendant.
Thankfully, we never found the Guardian’s ex...
2025-09-01 19:45:27 +0000 UTC
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Apocalypse Reborn: Demon Lord 23
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There isn’t much that can stop a fully leveled, geared-up Champion in the early game. The only thing that came to mind was having enough money to buy out every single mercenary Champion possible and throwing them at the enemy. If you were lucky, ...
2025-08-29 02:21:06 +0000 UTC
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V12: Chapter 1
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The Merchants tanks were worse than I expected, so I gave the majority of them over to the Guardians while keeping a couple for testing.
If I had to describe them, they were basically WW1-era tanks. Barely mobile bricks with tracks and a cannon at the front. W...
2025-08-26 01:40:38 +0000 UTC
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The Northern Noble is a Grinder (Volume 2: Chapter 3).
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Commissioned by Sivantic
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“Alice?”
“Yes, my lady?”
“Am I dreaming, or am I seeing Anisette treat Lord Trelawney like he’s a child?”
“You are not dreaming.”
Yet, I wished...
2025-08-25 03:13:39 +0000 UTC
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The Northern Noble is a Grinder (Volume 2: Chapter 2). … Commissioned by Sivantic … “Sup.” One word, and I froze immediately as I realized L
The Northern Noble is a Grinder (Volume 2: Chapter 2).
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Commissioned by Sivantic
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“Sup.”
One word, and...
2025-08-23 01:26:21 +0000 UTC
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My Weekly Gag Villain Job is Pretty Fulfilling: Chapter 12
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Commissioned by Arksoul
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Rather than deciding on what I wanted, I instead decided to see who was willing to take up either role.
Unfortunately, given the state of the world, there were a lot of people ...
2025-08-21 23:20:34 +0000 UTC
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My Weekly Gag Villain Job is Pretty Fulfilling: Chapter 11
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Commissioned by Arksoul
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Interlude: Chroma Scarlet: Aine Campbell
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I had to give my predecessors some credit.
They fought a losing battle against the Legion, popped out tykes, and then h...
2025-08-19 13:26:35 +0000 UTC
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The Northern Noble is a Grinder (Volume 2).
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Commissioned by Ichypa
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Time to kill.
It was a turn of phrase that I had simply accepted while under Lord Trelawney’s tutelage.
When faced with this ‘threat,’ how long will it take you to kill it?
T...
2025-08-18 14:59:58 +0000 UTC
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V11: Epilogue
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Interlude: Grimnar
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The Trueborn called for us to battle against our diminished cousins, and we answered.
Henrick was our first casualty.
“They are strong.” He recovered swiftly. His arm had been set aflame by a fiery strike from the ai...
2025-08-18 14:58:17 +0000 UTC
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V11: Chapter 14
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2000 words added by Chaosbrain
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Interlude: Khanrow
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I sought out the young Champion and his fellows and found them.
They left behind trails for those who sought them out.
A somewhat foolish move, if not for the fact that we...
2025-08-11 16:04:58 +0000 UTC
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The Northern Noble is a Grinder (Volume 1: Epilogue).
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When Lord Trelawney bid us farewell, he gave us a letter for the Adventurer’s Guild.
He told us that he contacted those who he knew there so that we would be informed if there were any populations of monsters that could...
2025-08-09 01:27:53 +0000 UTC
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V11: Chapter 13
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Interlude: Khanrow
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Watching the Guardians work with our forces to take on the Merchants was an interesting affair.
It was the first time our forces faced a foe also focused on using ranged weapons.
The average Merchant rifle was an entir...
2025-08-05 23:09:42 +0000 UTC
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As a Househusband, Fiscal Responsibility Is Imperative (2.4)
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In most Murim-adjacent media, divine pills and rare plants were methods for people to gain power. Years worth of Qi was stored in them, or they had some special property that made reaching the next realm easier or enhanc...
2025-08-01 21:01:23 +0000 UTC
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Apocalypse Reborn: Demon Lord 22
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The Forgers and their possible futures hung in the back of my mind, so I investigated them first.
I was glad that I didn’t send a delegation to meet with them first.
They would’ve been forewarned and acted differently.
The out...
2025-07-31 16:10:24 +0000 UTC
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Apocalypse Reborn: Demon Lord 21
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With seven of the eight Citadels under my control and with the Forger’s movements being tracked, I had a choice.
Wait for them to find the Citadel, or assault them and get the Citadel Ring before they can raise it, and then take it for myse...
2025-07-30 17:59:49 +0000 UTC
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Apocalypse Reborn: Demon Lord 20
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Some people try to play the ‘Merchants’ as a clean faction, but everyone agrees they’re absolute dogshit when they’re not being a bunch of crazed anarcho-capitalists.
The majority of your population isn’t under wage slavery and trap...
2025-07-30 05:38:18 +0000 UTC
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V11: Chapter 12
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Interlude: Celia
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The death of the King of Wisdom.
The meeting where he threatened his own life lingered in my mind unceasingly.
Such a move should’ve been craven. It should have been a sign of weakness. After witnessing that moment, I ...
2025-07-28 15:22:48 +0000 UTC
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The Northern Noble is a Grinder (Chapter 15).
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Commissioned by Sivantic
Word count: 2500
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The days blended into one another under Lord Trelawney’s tutelage.
Mornings were spent eating and training the body.
Days were spent hunting and killing powe...
2025-07-25 04:25:50 +0000 UTC
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Giant Robots? Say no more. I’m in.
Volume 2: Chapter 3
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Free Chapter: Word count: 2500
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While piloting a giant robot was still my raison d’être, having other things to do made it better.
Cina-140 and a bunch of other gynoids took care of the...
2025-07-23 19:54:17 +0000 UTC
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The Northern Noble is a Grinder (Chapter 14).
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Commissioned by Sivantic
Word count: 2500
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“Your teacher is fighting the shadow of a god. I aim to regain his favor by safeguarding his people and his students.” The words were unhoneyed and lacking in respect....
2025-07-23 03:59:16 +0000 UTC
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V11: Chapter 11
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Interlude: Conquest
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“Hah, and in the end, she joins forces with us anyway. Celia should just learn to give up.” Morgan let loose a sigh and pushed the letter with the king’s seal my way. I suspected what lay within, but reading it settled my n...
2025-07-21 15:09:48 +0000 UTC
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My Weekly Gag Villain Job Is Pretty Fulfilling: Chapter 10
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Commissioned by Arksoul
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Unfortunately, all good things eventually come to an end.
Between all the surveillance systems in the world, along with how proactive the world is at identifying and dealing wi...
2025-07-19 02:27:16 +0000 UTC
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As a Househusband, Fiscal Responsibility Is Imperative (2.3)
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Commissioned by Ichypa
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I’m sure Jun of the Tang Clan had many thoughts and beliefs regarding how things were going to turn out.
Maybe, he thought he’d intimidate me into just leaving and dying t...
2025-07-16 23:13:23 +0000 UTC
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My Weekly Gag Villain Job Is Pretty Fulfilling: Chapter 9
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Commissioned by Arksoul
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I kept an eye on a few places around the world that didn’t receive much attention.
Lots of studies showed that humanity progressed far enough to be noticeable to interstellar ...
2025-07-15 13:32:23 +0000 UTC
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V11: Chapter 10
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Bright Grass and Adamant Trees were the first two luxury and strategic resources unlocked by Pin.
Bright Grass, as I expected, was a massive game changer economically. With the resource being exploited, tons of it were allocated across my nation, and the resu...
2025-07-14 15:28:11 +0000 UTC
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V11: Chapter 9
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I’ll really need to apologize to Ayah and the others later, but with Celia and Harper both present, I couldn’t clue them into my plan/threat.
The enclosed prototype of Red Mist wasn’t in easily breakable glass. It was in a transparent metal that I would ...
2025-07-07 17:41:01 +0000 UTC
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As a Househusband, Fiscal Responsibility Is Imperative (2.2)
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I half-expected to go searching for a blacksmith on my own, but the Namgoong clan recognized the worth of what I offered and prepared accordingly.
Meaning that I got the matriarch’s escort for the duration.
2025-07-06 04:58:35 +0000 UTC
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