The Power of Ten

[Be Gone] Ch 38 – Final Report

« Chapter 37 | Index | Chapter 39 »

            “The outsider’s range with his magic is at least one thousand paces. His sens...

[Be Gone] Ch 37 – Stone by Stone

« Chapter 36 | Index | Chapter 38 »

            I drove a road of white fire west, into the Shadowlands, and crested a hill just to ...

[Be Gone] Ch 36 – Dark and Burning Roads

« Chapter 35 | Index | Chapter 37 »

            The Watunzusji Fortress was the edifice that the Panda daimyo had decided I could...

[Be Gone] Ch 35 – Spiritual Support

« Chapter 34 | Index | Chapter 36 »

            “It cannot be returned to what it once was, can it?” the Earth Dragon finally si...

[Be Gone] Ch 34 – Dealing with a Dragon

« Chapter 33 | Index | Chapter 35 »

            “This is true. His lineage comes from... elsewhere.” The way the word lingered w...

[Be Gone] Ch 33 – Political Lines

« Chapter 32 | Index | Chapter 34 »

            The House and Clan lords were all looking at me and my bland delivery. It truly wasn...

Be Gone Ch 32 – Plots About Lines

« Chapter 31 | Index | Chapter 33 »

            I had said I wouldn’t be meeting with any daimyos not involved in this fighting. S...

[Be Gone] Ch 31 – Spiritual Influences

« Chapter 30 | Index | Chapter 32 »

            Of course, that incredible showing generated all the buzz anyone could hope for.<...

[Be Gone] Ch 30 – The Dark of Fear III

« Chapter 29 | Index | Chapter 31 »

            What was the Onisu no Jagakagi to the teeming hordes of tireless devourers on Ver...

[Be Gone] Ch 29 – The Dark of Fear II

« Chapter 28 | Index | Chapter 30 »

            At last, the demons broke and scattered, flying away desperately from the seek...

[Be Gone] Ch 28 – Know the Dark of Fear

« Chapter 27 | Index | Chapter 29 »

            It was a big demonic army... or rather, a Shadowlands army.

  &nb...

[Be Gone] Ch 27 – Fear Beckons

« Chapter 26 | Index | Chapter 28 »

“What have you been doing all day up here, Ael?” Korbald asked, taking the Scroll handed to him and looking it over.

    &n...

[Be Gone] Ch 26 – Adding some Energy

« Chapter 25 | Index | Chapter 27 »

Energizing stuff was the bread and basket way for a Caster to make money. Energized stuff was worth more goldweight magically...

[Be Gone] Ch 25 – Hope of Final Victory

« Chapter 24 | Index | Chapter 26 »

I’d changed Mortus Dius’ Cantrips at Renewal, adding in Holo so I could make better presentations. The korobokru didn’t seem un...

[Be Gone] Ch 24 – Discussions III

« Chapter 23 | Index | Chapter 25 »

“Creating one big interplanetary community?” Korbald wasn’t dumb, and the benefits were obvious.

       &n...

[Be Gone] Ch 23 – Further Discussions

« Chapter 22 | Index | Chapter 24 »

I smirked at nothing. “My Young Monarch and lieutenants are probably in a tizzy right now, having to deal with all the stuff I normally do.” I took anot...

[Be Gone] Ch 22 – More Words making Power

« Chapter 21 | Index | Chapter 23 »

“We need it in Arcane, Divine, and Heartsong variants,” Mother Bea spoke up urgently.

          ...

[Be Gone] Ch 21 – Entitled Characters

« Chapter 20 | Index | Chapter 22 »

Breaths hissed out all around. “Your Titles, Master Aelryinth?” Korbald asked formally.

         &nbs...

[Be Gone] Ch 20 - Sitting Down with Old Heroes from a Past that Never Was

« Chapter 19 | Index | Chapter 21 »

“So you saw the moon come down on us. We thought the Great Seal would protect us from a pre-emptive strike...” Mother Bea shook her head sadly.

&n...

[Be Gone] Ch 19 – Honor Cuts

« Chapter 18 | Index | Chapter 20 »

Once the shell made it to shore, ropes and many hands were happy to help pull it onto the dark and lifeless sands of the beach there, and (completely disreg...

[Be Gone] Ch 18 – Bad News Tigers

« Chapter 17 | Index | Chapter 19 »

I inclined my head slightly at the news. “That sounds like a big hint that we’re in a place with different Rules at play. Let me make a guess...” I ti...

[Be Gone] Ch 17 – The Great Tiger

« Chapter 16 | Index | Chapter 18 »

The remaining oni didn’t have a chance, and couldn’t even run away, since they couldn’t fly and were far too slow on the ground.

  &...

[Be Gone] Ch 16 – You call Demons, I Call Tigers

« Chapter 15 | Index | Chapter 17 »

That did put us in spell range of them, of course, but the flaming Wall of Wrath was burning twenty feet high, was not semi-transparent fro...

[Be Gone] Ch 15 – A Game of Fox and Hounds

« Chapter 14 | Index | Chapter 16 »

There was no more nonsense about me sacrificing hapless and unsuspecting soldiers to guarantee my own safety. Sure, it was the safer play, but my job w...

[Be Gone] Ch 14 – The Battle Comes to Me

« Chapter 13 | Index | Chapter 15 »

“It’s not considered wondrous from their side, but yes. What you are calling white is Sin being reduced to raw energy, purifying the...

[Be Gone] Ch 13 – Oh, Them Humans

« Chapter 12 | Index | Chapter 14 »

Perhaps most scandalously, the newly arriving humans had no problems reproducing with any of the native races, a fact which had shocked all of them. 2025-03-29 01:46:15 +0000 UTC View Post

[Be Gone] Ch 12 – What the Hell is Actually Going On?

« Chapter 11 | Index | Chapter 13 »

The hairy native soldier looked ahead of us, the landscape sliding by with breathtaking speed, yet passing with a flowing grace over the ground that no h...

[Be Gone] Ch 11 – A Raid Gone Black

« Chapter 10 | Index | Chapter 12 »

There was only a mile to go, and the shattered landscape with jutting mounds of stone broke up lines of sight. All-in-all, not too many creatures had see...

[Be Gone] Ch 10 – Lighting a Big Torch

« Chapter 9 | Index | Chapter 11 »

“It’s made of grass. Light it up,” I told Feature, who hissed a Word.

            ...

[Be Gone] Ch 9 – It’s Alive, It’s Alive!

« Chapter 8 | Index | Chapter 10 »

            “Magnus, fetch me its pincers.”

      &nbs...