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The Axe Falls -Ch21-

Claudia had led Nick straight back to her father. She hadn’t even given him time to re-equip himself or even read Julie’s letter.

Nick didn’t have to think very hard as to the reason why. Claudia likely wanted to go straight to her father to talk about the situation. Chances were the count already suspected something but wouldn’t be quite sure.

Unfortunately, Nick felt like this wasn’t an ideal situation. This was entirely predicated on what he’d been told by an enemy ...

The Axe Falls -Ch20-

“Wake up,” came the command.

Taking in a deep shuddering breath, Nick reawakened to the world.

Letting it out nearly as quickly as he’d inhaled, he started coughing. Somehow he managed to get his eyes to open at the same time and looked about himself.

It looked to be the interior of a simple tent.

There was no furniture other than a small camp chair, a section of a log that was upended to be likely used as a table, and a sleeping bag in the corner. Nick was curre...

The Axe Falls -CH19-

Standing outside the duke of Fash’s tent, Nick felt somewhat odd. From what he could tell, the duke had gone to the kings command pavilion, received his orders, than came back here.

Now he was in the middle of dispersing his orders to his own vassals. Which of course included count Distis though Claudia was brought in as well.

All around Nick were people who were clearly in their second promotion. Men and women who were primarily in their thirties who were very well versed in wh...

Right of Retribution 3 -Ch6-

Warner flapped his wings several times and much harder than normal as they came down. Landing in front of the Fed building without too much issue, he was glad. If he was being honest with himself, he wasn’t quite sure how they’d manage to fly a police squad car.

Setting down the front end of the vehicle Warner made sure Dayine was alright with her end. Though it was obvious he didn’t have to worry about her.

She dropped the back end of the vehicle without a care at all. Lett...

The Axe Falls -CH18-

Watching over the troops as they started to push into the space they’d been ordered, Nick found he was oddly detached from the whole thing. People were dying not far from him and he seemed to care not at all.

“They’re soldiers doing their jobs, Sire,” offered Lucian. “To pity them would be to dishonor them. They were not drafted or called up to do a duty they didn’t ask for.

“Only pity them that they must give their all and leave none behind. This is their calling, c...

The Axe Falls -Ch17-

Nick had spent the last seven days riding endlessly next to Claudia’s coach.

While he didn’t get the chance often to speak with her privately, she did find time to talk to him at least once every day. Each time she had questions about the life of a villager or peasant. Trying to take in from him as much as she could as quickly as she could.

Her questions were blunt and direct. Without tact or care in any way. Nick found that her style of questioning was great. It also made her...

The Axe Falls -CH16-

Riding along quietly on Table, Nick kept his eyes moving across his surroundings. They were still a long ways out from the area they were expected to marshal at, but that didn’t mean enemies couldn’t be present.

All it would take is a few dedicated and determined ranged classes to cause quite a bit of havoc in an ambush. Or even a caster that had some ranged spells in their repertoire.

When dealing with high-levels and elite classes, one could never truly be safe. They were si...

The Axe Falls -Ch15-

Following the count Nick was surprised.

The nobleman didn’t lead him into the house, but around to the backside of it. Out onto a wide open clearing beyond a wall. There were a great many men with wooden weapons moving about the field.

Some were in formation training, some in combat maneuvers, and others looked to be just barely figuring out how to hold a weapon. From what Nick could see, it was very much an “assembled in a hurry” type of situation.

Suddenly he was fee...

The Axe Falls -Ch14-

With a clatter the magically enhanced chain mail slammed into the ground at Nick’s feet. The gauntlets, boots, greaves, buckler, and helmet clattered down next to it. All of it one grade higher than it normally would be through magical means.

“Holy shit!” he said, practically jumping out of the chair.

Several seconds later and a large outer-world Ash haft slammed into the ground not far away. It tipped to one side and slapped into the chain mail with a clunk.

“Ah, it...

The Axe Falls -CH13-

Letting go of the hand-cart, Nick sighed and then moved over to the side of his cabin.

“That was way more work than I thought it would be,” he complained, putting his back to the log wall. Then he slowly sank down to his bottom in the shade, his feet flat to the ground and his knees bent upward.

It’d take him an extra six hours to get back here due simply to the effort it took to push the hand-cart.

“Well, it’s done. And we never have to move it back to town,” Lu...

The Axe Falls

So, we're moving along chapter wise.

Thoughts so far?

Keep going? Cut it?

I'm trying to keep it hard game world, LitRPG, without wasting words and time. 

The Axe Falls -Ch12-

Nick wandered down the main boulevard toward the general store.

Everything seemed to be exactly as it had been the last time he’d visited. People going about their own business, giving him a side-eyed glance, then ignoring him.

People in arms and armor weren’t exactly terribly common in Dayton it seemed. That or everyone else had the sense to not be wandering around in their gear.

Huh. Given that I’m kind of a stupid bastard I’d bet that it’s the later, isn’t...