Chapter 98 - 93 Draft
Draft for the new chapter.
2021-07-04 17:08:13 +0000 UTC View Post
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IDWTBTHQ Chapter 92 - Head Start
“Are you absolutely certain about this, sir Marcus?” Eisen's ethereal head asked.
“Well... yes.” Marcus replied, trying his best to stay serious. Despite the current situation, the sight of the marquis' floating head was just hilarious. “I saw the orcs killing the Broodmothers with my own... ehr... with their eyes, actually. But I saw it nonetheless.”
After he had explained what had happened to Felix and Hoggs, the telemancer had immediately contacted Brettholz, report...
2021-06-30 21:58:58 +0000 UTC View Post
IDWTBTHQ Chapter 91 - Hardcore Pawn
Marcus watched the Wyvern drone approaching from the sky north-west.
Despite the fact that he knew pretty much exactly when the drone would arrive —it was his own consciousness that was driving it, after all— he had been waiting for it for the past hour, sitting on a bench under a tree and enjoying the breeze and the sun. After all he didn’t have anything urgent to do, and the day was lovely, so he didn’t see the trouble in just chilling outside for a while. Hoggs and Felix were...
2021-06-23 20:01:28 +0000 UTC View Post
IDWTBTHQ Chapter 90 - Don't look at an angry dragon in the mouth
By the time Blueskin reached the ruins, his pursuer had almost reached him. He had been slowed down considerably when he had ended up in a patch of particularly nasty brambles with huge thorns who had tried to tie him up as he passed through them. The Oni had taken quite a while to free himself, and when he had finally emerged from the forest he was covered in bruises and small cuts, with dozens of thorny branches still coiled around his legs. However he had made it, and there were no more pl...
2021-06-13 17:35:27 +0000 UTC View PostLittle Announcement
Hello everyone! I wanted to say sorry for taking to long to post the lastest chapter (and for the fact it's pretty short), but I had an emergency last week that prevented me from writing at all. Rest assured, I'll double the effort to provide you with more content, hoping that the future doesnt' have another emergency awaiting for me behind the corner.
2021-06-02 16:42:38 +0000 UTC View PostIDWTBTHQ Chapter 89 - The Wild Chase
With a sigh of relief, Arag sat on the ground, completely exhausted but still deeply satisfied.
He was severely wounded, missing an arm and a leg and being covered head to toe in scratches and small cuts, but he wasn't really worried about it. He had survived worse, and he had the ability to regenerate his missing limbs, though it'd take a while. Besides, that was a small price to pay to survive a brush with the King of the Ashwood Hills.
It had taken all of his skill, ingenuity, ...
2021-06-02 16:38:27 +0000 UTC View PostIDWTBTHQ Chapter 88 - A Trip Down Memory Lane
Had he been any less of a professional, Arag would have started to silently curse in his mind. However he knew all too well that even feeling too hard would make him slightly less stealthy, as some beings were somehow capable of picking up hostility, fear and anger, so he just took a deep breath and tried to keep his emotions as neutral as possible.
The Blue Terror was on the move.
The Oni was coming to the north, bringing a large host of at least five hundred orcs and se...
2021-05-21 23:33:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Sorry for the slight delay. New chapter incoming.
Hello everyone! Sorry for the delay, but I've had a very busy week. Rest assured, the new chapter is going to be out soon, and I'll try to write the next one super fast to make up for missing the schedule.
Stay awesome!
2021-05-19 22:16:07 +0000 UTC View PostIDWTBTHQ Chapter 87 - Talking Tactics
“This is ridiculous!” Felix snarled. “Not only Marcus has let that little gray bastard into our house, but he told us to make him tea! Tea! As if we are his servants and the little puke is some kind of important guest!”
“Keep it down, Felix!” Klara admonished him, with the peculiar voice of someone trying to scream while simultaneously keeping their voice down. “First off, we technically are Marcus's servants, in case you forgot. And goblin or not, Trakk is an imp...
2021-05-09 22:58:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Map of the Brettholz Province
Here is a map of the Brettholz Province that I drew, since it's kind of necessary to understand the next chapter.
2021-05-05 15:20:07 +0000 UTC View PostIDWTBTHQ Chapter 86 - Grating Greetings
It was a beautiful spring morning. The sun was shining brightly in the sky, without a single cloud in sight, and the chill of winter had finally disappeared. It was a perfect day for a picnic, or pretty much any outdoor activity.
Sadly, Marcus was a tad too worried to really enjoy the weather.
He was standing right outside of Stonebarrow, on the road that led to Brettholz, surrounded by several hundred Warrior drones, while many Flyer drones patrolled the sky, searching for any po...
2021-04-27 22:55:11 +0000 UTC View Post
IDWTBTHQ Chapter 85 - A Beer, a Broad and a Bonfire
The telemancy tower of Brettholz was usually the most tranquil part of the Marquis's palace, as the telemancers needed every bit of peace and quiet they could get to better concentrate on their job.
Right now, however, incredibly loud angry screams came from the tower.
“WHAT DO YOU MEAN WE HAVE TO STAY HERE?” Jones shouted over the twinstone, making the marquis flinch and cover his ears, while the telemancers in the room frantically tried to turn down the volume.
As soon...
2021-04-16 22:42:07 +0000 UTC View PostSlight Delay for chapter 85... but you'll get a longer chapter.
Hello everyone! As you've noticed, there has been a slight delay in the release of chapter 85... this is because, for plot purposes, I've decided to roll up both the original chapter 85 and chapter 86 into a single chapter. I'll also try to post a new chapter 86 (originally chapter 87) by the end of this week in order to keep the schedule. So, in the end, you should get the equivalent of 3 chapters in 2 weeks.
Gold Patreon members can already read the original chapter 85 draft AND...
2021-04-14 22:27:20 +0000 UTC View Post
IDWTBTHQ Chapter 84 - First Contact
For the thousandth time, Jones the telemancer wished he had found a better excuse to avoid the current mission. He had thought that drinking a whole bottle of snakevine oil would have been enough, but sadly Father Hiram, the marquis's chaplain, had proven to be a better healer than he had thought, and Jones had been quickly cured of his “accidental” poisoning and sent to liaison with the rest of the guards in the new Ashwood Hills outpost, which happened to be located within the ruins of ...
2021-04-03 13:59:23 +0000 UTC View Post
IDWTBTHQ Chapter 83 - Hand Holding
Felix and Klara arrived at Oakfell late in the afternoon.
A weird mix of emotions surged in Klara's chest as soon as she saw the village. Nostalgia, regret, pain, restlessness and yet others that she couldn't even name. It wasn't really pleasant, but at the same time it felt necessary, like changing the bandages on an old wound.
Luckily, she was in a rather good mood at the moment. The trip with Felix had been very pleasant, as they had spent hours discussing with each other, remi...
2021-04-01 23:53:16 +0000 UTC View PostIDWTBTHQ Chapter 82 - Wakey Wakey
It was pretty early in the morning when Marcus woke up. He lazily sat up in his bed and stretched his arms while letting out a long yawn before clicking his tongue and looking around. His room was pretty bare, with just a big armoire and a chest where he kept his clothes and belongings, and Cooper, his pet Hunter Drone, who was sleeping on the floor. Thick, dark curtains covered the only window, but through the eyes of his drones the Vex Queen could see that the sun was already high in the sk...
2021-03-23 00:15:19 +0000 UTC View PostSlight Delay Announcement
Hello everyone! I wanted to inform you that the next chapter will be published tomorrow, since I had to rewrite it in order to accomodate some changes to the plot. Sorry for the wait, I'll try to give you all something extra this week to make up for it.
2021-03-21 23:08:55 +0000 UTC View Post
IDWTBTHQ Chapter 81 - Naked Socializing
The sun was about to set when Klara arrived in Stonebarrow.
The girl was in a terrible mood. Not only was she tired and dirty, but she had also failed to catch anything during her hunting expedition. And to make things worse, she doubted that she'd have any more luck in the future, since the border of the forest was basically empty of any possible prey, as most animals had fled deeper inside of the forest due to the presence of the Vex.
She sighed and shook her head. As annoying a...
2021-03-14 15:14:26 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 86 Draft
Draft for chapter 86. It's not complete, but you can read it as I'm writing it.
2021-03-07 23:53:26 +0000 UTC View PostIDWTBTHQ Chapter 80 - Full Metal Jacket
“C-can’t we… go back t-to the… the meditation exercises?” Marcus asked in a small voice while simultaneously gasping for air.
“Absolutely not!” Hoggs replied adamantly. “And if you have enough energy left to ask that, then you have enough energy to keep going! Give me another run! Go!”
The Vex Queen groaned and rolled his eyes, but a crackling sound and a few sparks coming from a wand that the telemancer was holding in his hands was enough to make him run away wi...
2021-03-03 18:32:04 +0000 UTC View Post
IDWTBTHQ Chapter 79 - Be Careful Who You Call Ugly In Middle School
The village of Stonebarrow was a lone island of green in the middle of a gray sea of mold-wax. Marcus had decided to keep the place as he had found it and surrounded by a few trees for the sake of his friends, who may have otherwise found the landscape unsettling.
That said, there had been a few modifications here and there.
First of all, there was a huge stable built near the central square, in which Marcus kept his Wyvern Drones, and a few other houses had also been converted fr...
2021-02-25 22:22:05 +0000 UTC View Post