“You know, I wasn’t quite expecting this much walking,” said Krivax as he chugged down another stamina potion and recast the ward protecting him and his guards from the desert heat of the Badlands.
“Blame yourself for being too big to ride the rams!” Trixie called out from atop a large pink mechanostrider, the ostrich-shaped machine easily keeping pace with the dwarven rams. “We’d be making better time if you hadn’t brought so many guards.”
“Yeah, well...
2023-04-09 03:16:59 +0000 UTC
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In a conference room that had been prepared by the Kirin Tor, some of the most powerful individuals in Azeroth had gathered to decide what should be done with nearly a million sapient beings. The representatives from each relevant nation or organization sat around a massive circular table. The general mood was solemn as they waited for the delegation from Gnomeregan to arrive. All of them knew that the upcoming discussion would be a contentious one, and would have a significant effect on the ...
2023-04-06 02:17:24 +0000 UTC
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The private audience with King Magni was not nearly as nerve-wracking as Trixie thought it would be. It was mainly just to get Malzie’s and her personal thoughts on Azjol-Nerub and the nerubians as a whole before he publicly met Krivax in front of the Senate and other important dwarves.
Both of them had spoken honestly to the king. They had told King Magni about how the kingdom was powerful and its people a little standoffish but good at heart. Considering the aid they provided the Al...
2023-04-06 02:16:37 +0000 UTC
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Going to take Sect's Elder down from Patreon because I've found that I can't really post consistently for two stories while working full-time.
I thought that I could, but I really can't. I feel that it makes the quality of both stories fall when I feel forced constantly push out timely chapters. If there comes a time that my Patreon is doing well enough for me to write full-time, then I'll reconsider. But for now, Sect's Elder is just going to remain a story that I write for fun when I ...
2023-04-06 02:08:20 +0000 UTC
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It was fortunate that Krivax had already been acting as Azjol-Nerub’s unofficial head diplomat before being assigned to his new role. Otherwise, he would be feeling completely out of his depth.
At least I finally have all of my legs back…
Currently, Krivax was waiting in Dalaran’s main portal hub for the Kirin Tor to finish creating a portal that would connect to Ironforge. The Horde’s warlocks had apparently performed rituals to corrupt the leylines near the dwar...
2023-04-03 02:56:49 +0000 UTC
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Authors Note: I made a few edits in the previous chapter explaining a bit more of what outsiders know about the Verdant Valley Sect's activities. Those changes will be on the live version.
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Once again, Mo Duan’s spiritual sense was proving to be the most useful part of being a high-level cultivator. Even as he was sitting in the waiting room of the Mystic Flora Merchant’s headquarters, he could still watch his disciples within the Ling Clan compound spar against the...
2023-04-01 03:46:02 +0000 UTC
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Krivax listened quietly as High King Anub’arak gave a speech thanking every nerubian who participated in the Dragon Soul mission for their service to Azjol-Nerub. Krivax was truly glad that his second visit to the High King’s ziggurat was significantly less tense than his first.
There was not a large audience for the speech and ceremony. The only ones present were the High King, his council, and the actual participants of the mission, but Krivax could tell from the expressions of th...
2023-03-29 03:51:55 +0000 UTC
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This was mostly written by my beta reader massgamer. It shows a bunch of povs of lore-relevant characters who aren't currently very involved in the story. I think you'll enjoy these perspectives if you're a wow lore nerd.
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Travard and the other remaining members of Tyr’s Guard, their ancient and now much-reduced order, watched as the deepest vault in Bastion of the Silver Hand in Stratholme was closed and tightly locked. Five fien...
2023-03-29 03:51:53 +0000 UTC
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Mo Duan wasn’t quite sure how to feel about his meeting with Ling Jun’s father as he made his way out of their compound by himself. He trusted them enough to know nothing bad would happen to his disciples while he was out handling a few errands.
Ling Gengxin was a hard man to read. Mo Duan was half certain the man had only made him wait for their meeting out of some kind of petty power play, but the meetings had progressed smoothly for the most part.
At least… it did after L...
2023-03-27 02:49:04 +0000 UTC
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Krivax wondered if there had ever been a time in Capital City’s history during which the Cathedral of Lordaeron had been so occupied.
The nerubian delegation had been given prime seating near the front of the cathedral, a testament to how crucial Azjol-Nerub’s efforts were in fighting against the Horde. He was certainly glad for it because there was no chance that Krivax would have been able to get decent seating otherwise.
Every single seat in the massive cathedral had been t...
2023-03-24 02:26:44 +0000 UTC
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I haven't written a .5 chapter in a while, but I decided I wanted one to act as an epilogue for the end of the first major arc. If this was a book series, then chapter 50 would have been the last chapter.
Thank you everyone for your support so far and I hope you enjoy this. Takes care of a few loose ends and sets up a few plot points for the future.
Chapter 51 should be out within next couple of days.
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As Orgrim Doomhammer swung his hammer through the plat...
2023-03-22 03:00:56 +0000 UTC
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AN: The next chapter of A Nerubian's Journey is taking a bit to get out because I took an extra day off to plan for the next arc. I have everything planned now, so there shouldn't be too long of a delay.
In the meantime, I hope some of you enjoy this.
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The flight to Emerald Forest City had at first been much quieter than Mo Duan had expected, but it seemed like his disciples were starting to grow used to his presence.
He couldn’t help but feel a little bit...
2023-03-21 02:12:37 +0000 UTC
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Intending to post this to Royalroad soon, so going to start putting some on Patreon.
If you haven't heard of my other story until now, you can find it at https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/a-sect-elders-journey-xianxia-isekai.1061696/#post-89192453
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With agility gained through a lifetime of training, Ling Jun...
2023-03-17 03:19:04 +0000 UTC
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Made an edit to a previous chapter to bring Malygos down from three hundred feet to eighty feet, which is more in line with canon.
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Malygos hurried to form an arcane shield around his body as he was violently knocked out of the sky and sent hurtling toward the ground. On top of this shield, he quickly layered a heat-resistant ward to protect himself from the molten landscape that had replaced the stretch of land that had once been filled with forests.
Malygos cr...
2023-03-17 03:16:16 +0000 UTC
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Krivax could feel his heart pounding wildly as he waited for the enemy forces to walk down the tunnel. A group of three pale orcs was studying their surroundings carefully, but they suffered from the same failing that many non-nerubians faced.
They never look up.
The moment that they passed under him, Krivax dropped down from the ceiling and landed directly on top of the rearmost orc. While he mainly relied on magic when it came to combat, that didn’t change the fact th...
2023-03-13 02:59:43 +0000 UTC
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This is the longest chapter I've ever written. Hope you guys enjoy it.
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King Terenas Menethil listened carefully as his advisors delivered their report on the current state of the war. Although the topic was grim, he much preferred listening to news about the war rather than hearing about Lordaeron’s impending food shortages.
He dearly hoped that the war would end soon because his kingdom simply wouldn’t be able to feed so many refugees for very much...
2023-03-08 03:41:50 +0000 UTC
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Deathwing found himself lost in memories as he examined the weapon that had recently been hung on the walls of his manor.
The masterfully crafted greatsword was covered in potent elvish enchantments that he was unable to recognize. It was also thoroughly imbued with Void magic, which wasn’t a surprise given where it had been for the past few millennia. Deathwing couldn’t help but wonder how the sword came to be buried in the brain of the being he had been looking for, but he suppose...
2023-03-04 04:25:33 +0000 UTC
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Authors Note: Made some edits to the previous chapter to hopefully make the flow a bit better. Only new information added was that Krivax learned a few geomancy spells from Hadix.
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Krivax could feel his heart racing as he and Masruk made their way as quickly as they could from Capital City to Dalaran. There were several human travelers on the road who screamed and panicked at the sight of two giant spider people running past them, but Krivax ignored them.
Of...
2023-02-27 03:00:09 +0000 UTC
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Author's Note: I changed some of the language in Chapter 44 regarding project Dragonseeker. Rather than having Kel'Thuzad trying to create a spell to divine the location of things being hidden by the Void and deciding it was impossible, he was trying to improve on a ritual given to him by Azjol-Nerub for the same purpose and decided that improving on it was not feasible.
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After successfully mastering a few of the geomancy spells that he’d been learning from Hadix, Kri...
2023-02-23 03:49:24 +0000 UTC
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As Krivax walked through the streets of Dalaran while making his way to the Violet Hold, he couldn’t help but feel a strange sort of… pride. That was perhaps a strange thing to feel while walking toward a magical prison, but Krivax could tell that by looking around him that things were beginning to move in the right direction.
He still remembered the expressions of worry and fear that he had grown used to seeing on the faces of Dalaran’s natives after the start of the war. The All...
2023-02-18 02:04:05 +0000 UTC
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As Krivax began writing the transcript of the meeting between Malygos and the Council of Six, he couldn’t help but feel like things had completely gone off the rails.
Not only was Malygos forcing the Order of Kal’tut to reveal itself to the High King, which was mostly a good thing as far as he was concerned, but the crazy dragon had also been casually dropping world-changing information throughout the entire meeting. Krivax could already picture the room full of Viziers that would b...
2023-02-14 03:43:53 +0000 UTC
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I intend to narrow my definition of x.5 chapters from now on since I don't like having too much time between public releases.
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Anub’rekhan watched in fascination as the charging line of orcs collapsed under a volley of gunfire. Their bodies were quickly trampled over by the orcs that followed behind them as the Horde launched their latest attack against the Alliance forces in Hillsbrad Foothills. This battle, however, was already anticipated to be the largest land...
2023-02-09 02:09:54 +0000 UTC
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Krivax found himself feeling a bit… out of place as he listened to Malygos explain who Deathwing was to the Council of Six.
This wasn’t his first time meeting with important people, but it did feel strange to be literally magically summoned into a meeting by the Aspect of Magic himself. Warcraft lore was ambiguous enough that judging the exact strength of its characters was fairly difficult, but it was undeniable that the Aspects were among the most powerful entities in Azeroth. Whe...
2023-02-05 01:17:37 +0000 UTC
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“Are you ever going to stop fussing, brat?”
“Vizier Hadix, I don’t think bringing you your potions could be considered as ‘fussing,’” Krivax said in exasperation.
“I’m perfectly capable of getting them myself. I could teleport to and from the Queen’s cavern half a dozen times in the time it takes you to walk there.”
“Well, I suppose it’s a good thing that you don’t have to,” Krivax calmly responded while placing the aforementioned potions down o...
2023-01-31 03:35:56 +0000 UTC
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Surprise chapter. Just ended up writing 4.8k words in a single day.
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Krivax could feel his exhaustion grow worse as he read through the reports detailing the ongoing war. More specifically, the exhaustion that had been creeping up on him over the past few months grew worse when he read about the demonstrable effect that his actions were having on the course of history.
Originally, the Horde would have used the red dragons that they had enslaved to push back th...
2023-01-25 04:24:42 +0000 UTC
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From this point on, I think I'm gonna refrain from doing x.5 chapters unless Massgamer decides to write them.
I find that it slows down the updates in the main story too much otherwise. There'll probably be a time skip soon as well so that the plot doesn't start dragging.
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As Anub’rekhan made his way through the small town of Hillsbrad—which had been converted into an Alliance stronghold—he felt a hint of wonder at how little attention the humans ...
2023-01-24 03:02:25 +0000 UTC
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“The Order is already stretching its resources and influence to its limit, Hadix,” said the figure of Seer Ixit being displayed through the scrying crystal. “We have few enough resources and trusted personnel in the Eastern Kingdoms as it is. We can scarcely afford to send someone to go investigate the Horde at this time.”
“If our colleagues cannot afford to offer me support, then they should cease their incessant demands, Ixit,” Hadix said gruffly, more than a little annoye...
2023-01-19 03:00:27 +0000 UTC
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After getting some feedback on spacebattles, I decided to go back and write about what is happening in Capital City during the Naval battle. People seem much more interested in Krivax and the nerubians than anything else.
I renamed the Naval battle to 37.5 and I think I'm gonna keep things related to the war in interludes and post them at the same time as the main chapters.
Not sure if that's the best way to handle things or if I should just have all of it in one big chapter, alth...
2023-01-16 02:26:08 +0000 UTC
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Admiral Daelin Proudmoore listened carefully from the quarterdeck of the Tidemother’s Vengeance as reports came in via the scrying crystal about the Horde’s movements.
Daelin didn’t have much experience working with elves, but he supposed there was no reason to doubt their reports when both they and the scouts from the Second Fleet were telling him the same thing.
The Horde was preparing to launch their invasion.
From what Daelin could tell, it seemed as if th...
2023-01-11 02:45:35 +0000 UTC
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This will be posted alongside Chapter 36.
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“It is a pleasure to have you here, Lady Windrunner,” Lothar greeted the elf in front of him with a smile and a polite handshake.
“Call me Alleria. Lady Windrunner is my mother,” the dubbed Alleria said with a smile. “Thank you for having me and those who Quel’thalas was helpful enough to let aid you.”
Lothar didn’t miss the grimace on the face of the otherwise ...
2023-01-11 02:45:30 +0000 UTC
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