Cale held his breath as the Gift did its work. He'd been a little wary about evolving [Taunt] for obvious reasons—he couldn't imagine many evolutions of the spell that wouldn't i...
2025-12-09 15:00:23 +0000 UTC View PostThe name [Ten Tongues of Vesuvius], Cale quickly learned, was a bit of an understatement. Which made sense for a tenth-tier spell, although he would still have been more than satis...
2025-12-06 15:00:23 +0000 UTC View PostCale was thankful for a particular quirk of shared visions, which was that he didn't actually need to process everything he'd seen immediately. They hadn't all been sucked into the memories Flia ha...
2025-12-04 15:00:28 +0000 UTC View PostAngus had no real idea how much time passed between then and now. He only knew that at one moment, he was in the temple, having accomplished his life's work; he stood at the preci...
2025-12-02 15:00:19 +0000 UTC View PostMany years ago, there lived a young lizardfolk named Angus of the Golden Sands.
He was, by all accounts, a relatively normal mage of his clan. He had an equally normal mana core and a natural...
2025-11-29 15:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostCale was aware, technically speaking, that a sufficiently powerful magical phenomenon had the potential to create a sort of pocket realm within itself. It was a phenomenon roughly similar to how du...
2025-11-27 15:00:22 +0000 UTC View PostIt took almost an hour for them to figure out all the intricacies of the new plan, but it was a good hour. Cale had forgotten what it felt like to blaze with this kind of energy, to work f...
2025-11-25 15:00:20 +0000 UTC View PostCale stood before the storm, drawing out his power.
It took time, for something like this. The strike had to be precise and efficient, controlled enough he wouldn't take a chunk of the realm ...
2025-11-22 15:00:18 +0000 UTC View PostThere was a bit of a downside to this method of transportation, and that downside was the fact that it was pretty much impossible to miss the giant sandstorm and castle soaring through the air. Not...
2025-11-20 15:00:20 +0000 UTC View PostDamien was a little surprised by how much he enjoyed talking to Izzik.
It took some time for them to open up to one another, of course. Damien had no idea what to even say, at first, and Izzi...
2025-11-18 15:00:19 +0000 UTC View PostCale generally tried not to be angry too much of the time. Mostly because it was unhealthy, and he had it on good authority that it was bad for his heart. At the time, he'd pointed out that he woul...
2025-11-15 15:00:18 +0000 UTC View PostAkkau had to admit, he was surprised by how much the Orstrahl delegation changed as soon as Kazza left the room. Their vapid expressions vanished, replaced by sharp, calculating ones that wouldn't ...
2025-11-13 15:00:21 +0000 UTC View PostKazza was clenching his claws so tightly into the armrests of his chair that he was pretty sure it would leave a visible mark.
Not that he cared. What was happening on that spell projection w...
2025-11-11 15:00:20 +0000 UTC View PostCale watched with amusement as Professor Tarbloom practically vibrated in enthusiasm. In fact, the professor ended up having to stop and calm themselves so they could make a few needed modification...
2025-11-09 15:00:18 +0000 UTC View PostCale thought in retrospect that the class specifically using the word critters—as opposed to beasts, creatures, monsters, or any of the other words more commonly used to describe the man...
2025-11-08 15:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostThe so-called exchange program with Haelforge Academy ended with little fanfare. Sort of, anyway. Cale wisely decided not to ask what the Haelforge students had done with Dekora and the rest ...
2025-11-06 15:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note: I ended up rewriting this chapter so the next one will be a little delayed - sorry! Gonna try to get it out ASAP tomorrow. Chapter 15 itself is now significantly lo...
2025-11-04 15:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note: This chapter is deprecated! Please see the rewrite....
2025-11-01 14:00:22 +0000 UTC View PostCombining two spells, it turned out, was a little more complicated than simply attempting to cast them both at once. Cale listened carefully as Leo explained everything he knew, which unfortunately...
2025-10-30 14:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostCale went straight for what he knew to be the classroom where Professor Aurs held his Household Magic class. Interestingly enough, there was a rather strong intersection of mana right in the center...
2025-10-28 14:00:17 +0000 UTC View Post"I'm afraid you have the wrong person," Professor Aurs said as politely as he could, trying to hide the fact that his heart was pounding. He folded his hands delicately behind his back in the way h...
2025-10-25 14:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostObserver #28 was being forced to make decisions.
He hated making decisions. He wasn't built for decisions. His purpose was simple: he was to observe the Red Hunters under his care, w...
2025-10-23 14:00:18 +0000 UTC View PostCale sat in the so-called grass of the Inverted Spires, humming quietly to himself.
Sternkessel sat across from him. The Greater Indictment still wasn't whole, but he was a lot better than he...
2025-10-21 14:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostQuick Note: Just a heads up that I added the Next Chapter link on Chapter 7 a little late, so if you're new you might want to check if you missed the last chapter. 2025-10-18 14:00:17 +0000 UTC View Post
The good news was that Professor Rinkle was entirely for the plan to experiment with the Orstrahl Kingdom's mystery ingredients. The bad news was that she was unwilling to allow this until the end ...
2025-10-16 14:00:18 +0000 UTC View PostCale's relationship with alchemy as a practice was... complicated.
He considered himself decent, he supposed. He'd dabbled with it more than a few times across several lives, in large part be...
2025-10-14 14:00:16 +0000 UTC View Post"You know," Cale said. "I can't help but feel like having the alchemy class inside a cauldron is a little over the top."
"Nonsense," Professor Rinkle said. "How else can we come to t...
2025-10-11 14:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostThe stench struck them long before they arrived at the chamber Sternkessel was apparently rampaging in, and if there had been any doubt about Serof's claims before, those doubts vanished as soon as...
2025-10-09 14:00:47 +0000 UTC View PostInstructor Solsburn had discovered rather early in his new career that the best way to teach swordsmanship to a group of mages—who were really only interested in the sorcery part of his ...
2025-10-07 14:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostSyphus was having the time of its life.
For one thing, it finally had a sword. A sword! For some reason the academy's professors had refused to allow it to wield a sword until it received off...
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