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Nero Walker, Book 3 Ch.60 (175)

Lord Mason Quincy hurriedly made his way through the halls of the massive teleportation hall in Hennings. Aside from some hidden military and royal astra-platforms, this was the one location where all the inter-city teleportations happened. As Hennings was the capital of the kingdom, it was understandably rather large.

He knew he was running late, but the meeting he’d just come from had required his presence. Everyone involved preferred their clandestine plans to be gone ...

Artwork and stuff

I goofed around with Canva a bit and made some more book covers. I was going for the whole 'embrace the cliche'. Let me know what you all think.

1 - Nero reading a book and smirking.

2 - Nero being all 'I'm an anime warrior' and stuff

If you think I should use any of ...

Nero Walker, Book 3 Ch.59 (174)

Mike leaned back against the earthen wall, taking a moment to try and regain his mental equilibrium. Sliding down the wall, he took a seat and closed his eyes. The overwhelming stench of dirt and blood was enough to make him want to avoid breathing through his nose. He wasn’t sure if it was due to overcycling his center or just due to the constant activity, but everything ached.

Tipping his head forward, he opened his eyes to stare blankly at the ground between his legs. ...

Nero Walker, Book 3 Ch.58 (173)

When Victoria Blackwood became aware of Lord Walker’s recent change in status, she’d gone out of her way to ensure that she was one of the nobles invited to the reception for the Royal Academy’s Evaluation Team. Luckily, despite House Blackwood’s recent loss of reputation, she had been able to leverage what little was left to ensure her a place at the proverbial table.

After what her father had done, she’d worried that House Blackwood would fall to the status of m...

Nero Walker, Book 3 Ch.57 (172)

Director Weatherby was sitting in his office, thoroughly displeased with what he was hearing.

Leaning back in his high-backed chair, he drummed his fingers on his desk and glared at the man standing on the other side of his desk. He could see the man’s team standing behind him, all of them currently cowering in fear, their heads lowered and their shoulders slouched as if they feared bringing any attention onto themselves.

“23 cities. All at once! And no one knew about it befor...

Nero Walker, Book 3 Ch.56 (171)

Mage-adept Newbanks stood off to the side of the astra-platform, watching the Dorchester council of leadership say goodbye to the majority of the evaluation team. Only three members were being left behind in Dorchester, primarily because someone had to stay and maintain the monitoring link with Lord Walker.

‘What a complete and utter disaster. Not to mention a colossal waste of time,’ she thought to herself.

When she’d learned about Lo...

Nero Walker, Book 3 Ch.55 (170)

Vera looked at her reflection, unhappy with the accusation she could see in the mirror-woman’s eyes.

Looking past her shoulder, she could see Nick easing himself into their bed with a sigh. ‘Poor man really isn’t cut out for life outside of the lab,’ she thought with a smile.

Her mind went over the hectic day she’d had. The stress of having to rush to the keep, trying and failing to come to terms with the fact that Nero had been pu...

Nero Walker, Book 3 Ch.54 (169)

Arch-mage Jennings was sitting at his desk, his shoulders slumped in defeat. In front of him were printouts of correspondence he had to deal with concerning his life-time of connections. All of which were being called upon to aid in the Tower of Magic’s efforts to publicize and demystify the science around fate prediction.

As it was technically his plan, he couldn’t very well tell them that he was too busy to participate. So, here he was, up to his elbows in paperwork, ...

Nero Walker, Book 3 Ch.53 (168)

While the commanders at the table debated whether the assault force was sufficiently prepared for the push into the mountain, the general looked over the most recent casualty numbers coming in from the battle currently going on outside the walls. It wasn’t nearly as bad as it could have been. Without any support from a summoning portal, the kobalds were solely reliant on what few reinforcements they could bring up from the mountain city through their singular tunnel.

As h...

Nero Walker, Book 3 Ch.52 (167)

Although this was not their first meeting, it was their first attempt at emulating the secret societies they’d all heard about.

The five of them sat around the small table in the dimly lit room, a singular essence spell providing the only source of light. Each of them were still a little uncomfortable in their new robes and hoods. They hadn’t had a chance to enchant them yet, so they were forced to cut holes in the hood so that they could see what...

Nero Walker, Book 3 Ch.51 (166)

Mike hid behind his shield as the dirt, mud, and blood exploded in front of him, killing the group of kobalds that had been assaulting his position. The lull in combat allowed him to get better look at what was going on around him.

To his left and right he saw other members of his unit holding up their shields and cutting down kobalds in numbers that boggled his mind. The number of bodies on the ground was staggering.

Above him, towering magical shields k...

Nero Walker, Book 3 Ch.50 (165)

General Branson watched as Lord Walker and his group left the reception, not liking the fact that Rose was going along with them.

Turning around, he looked at Sergeant Wesker and adopted an air of command, ordering the man, “You’re to head back to Gate 15 command and report in. File a final summary of your time with the team, then wait for reassignment. Rest assured, there is nothing you need to withhold from your report. We violated no laws, and you should not concern ...

Nero Walker, Book 3 Ch.49 (164)

General Branson sat down at the table with Sergeant Wesker and Rose Vikander. He could see that they were both waiting to hear what he had to say. Between them, there seemed to be an unspoken agreement that any orders they were previously operating under were now no long valid. It was one thing to monitor an unusual but promising young noble, but it was quite another to spy on a unique.

Breaking the silence, the general kept his voice low when he said, “Obviously, this si...

Nero Walker, Book 3 Ch.48 (163)

Vera rushed through the halls of the keep, her mind racing to come up with plots and plans along with their expected counters. She refused to let her feelings about Nero being a potential unique distract her from preparing for what she would soon be facing. It had been a long time since she’d played a game with opponents from the capital, and it would require all her skills to not be outplayed in the coming confrontation.

The problem was, she just didn’t know enough. It...

Something I couldn't get out of my head.

I had this thought earlier today when I saw a magazine, figured I'd play with the idea. You all think it's worth using as a book cover? Or is it even worth a chuckle to anyone other than me?

If there isn't a poll option for ya, feel free to leave a comment.

Nero Walker, Book 3 Ch.47 (162)

With her arms folded under her more than modest bust, City-Lord Cosgrave stood off to the side of the room, ignoring the over-active nobles trying and failing to arrange themselves according to their rank. The room wasn’t large enough for their aides to be allowed in, so the nobles were forced to figure it out themselves.

 

She glanced at the technicians, each and every one of them focused solely on their assigned tasks. Despite several of them being related to one or two...

Nero Walker, Book 3 Ch.46 (161)

The past few days felt like the ending to a long and drawn out nightmare for Sergeant Wesker. But, now, by the grace of whatever deities happened to be paying attention to him at the moment, he was finally going to be able to leave this cursed team and return to his regularly scheduled life.

As he walked along the streets of Gate 23’s central district, he mentally reviewed the numerous interactions he’d had with Lord Walker which had caused him no end of grief. Whether ...

Nero Walker, Book 3 Ch.45 (160)

Arch-mage Jennings mentally flicked through the various research papers and historical accounts that caught his eye in the local archives. Their contents were infinitely more interesting to him than having to listen to the useless prattle going on in the council of mages’ hall of magic. They’d been at this for days and he didn’t feel like hearing them once again argue pointlessly over the best way to combat the Tower of Fate’s influence throughout the kingdom.

Since...

Nero Walker, Book 3 Ch.44 (159)

Mage Adept Newbanks stood near the back of the mage tower’s central control room, monitoring the disciplined chaos with a practiced eye. Her domineering presence ensured that the thirty mage team currently managing the tower’s scrying control system would do their job to the best of their ability. She had made it clear that she would no longer tolerate the mages of Dorchester’s poor performance ruining the reputation of the Tower of Magic.

Although she knew most low-t...

Nero Walker, Book 3 Ch.43 (158)

Mike scratched the skin surrounding the link currently fused to his temple. The damned thing itched terribly, and served as a constant reminder of what he’d gotten himself into.

Since joining the 39th Search and Clear team as a ‘rehabilitative recruit’, Mike had finally gotten a chance to see how the criminal element of Dorchester lived. Though, it wasn’t like he’d never had scrapes with the wrong side of the law before, it had just never been to this extent. Befo...

Nero Walker, Book 3 Ch.42 (157)

Lord Sarah Bennings has been the Director of Dorchester’s Central Tower of Law for almost 65 years. Yet, for her that was only a recent development. As a 356 year old woman, she’s been through many phases of her life, and this was only the most recent.

After coming from the city of Bennings, where her family still ruled, she sought to find her own way, and develop her own branch out in the wider world of Oglivarch. While working her way up through the Tower of Law, star...

Nero Walker, Book 3 Ch.41 (156)

General Branson sat comfortably in his chair at the war room’s conference room table, ignoring all the bustling soldiers attending to their duties in the background. With his brow furrowed in concentration, his hands folded in his lap, he carefully studied the holographic screens in front of him.

He had brought up recordings of every confrontation between his forces and the kobalds since the beginning of their conflict. Several screens displayed the events that had occurr...

Nero Walker, Book 3 Ch.40 (155)

Specialist Howard rubbed his chin in thought while he replied, “Yeah, I managed to get a pretty good look at their tunnel. It didn’t look good.”

Nick looked over at the man and asked, “You were able to regulate your perception field well enough to see through the essence disturbances? That’s impressive.”

Even as a researcher with little to no combat experience, he was well aware that during engagements of any significant size the ether tended ...

April '24 Situation Report

Hello there friends,

I'm glad to see people enjoying the story and looking forward to see what Nero will do to further incite confusion and misunderstanding among the locals of Dorchester. But that's not what we're here to talk about today.

No, today is about this month's situation update.

I'll be brief, because although you hopefully like my writing, this probably isn't the topic you signed up to read about.

First, even though I'm struggling a little with the pace I'...

Nero Walker, Book 3 Ch.39 (154)

After quickly locating the captain using his perception field, Nick took off like a shot. Not knowing how long he had, he recklessly ducked under the firing arc of one of the archers as he headed toward the front of the formation.

Seeing the Captain on the front lines, he hesitated only a moment before shouting, “Captain Angelton! We need to destroy that array!”

While distracting someone during a fight was usually a terrible idea, Nick really didn’t...

Nero Walker, Book 3 Ch.38 (153)

General Branson strode into the conference room with a grim look on his face. The situation was rapidly becoming more than they could handle. ‘How are they already prepared with invasion rifts? How long have they been planning this?’ he wondered.

Taking his place at the head of the table, he glared at the commanders re-taking their seats. Normally, the respectful atmosphere was appreciated, but wasn’t currently in the mood for it. As a result of his poor...

Nero Walker, Book 3 Ch.37 (152)

Nick jogged forward, moving with the team to join the rest of the elites. He kept one eye on the kobalds, hoping they stayed preoccupied with the portal. The entire field full of immobile enemies reminded him of some of the open-air lectures he’d attended, hundreds of students just waiting for the guest speaker to arrive.

Specialist Howard caught his attention with a mental push against his essence field, and he turned to see the man waving him over. The thought didn’t ...

Nero Walker, Book 3 Ch.36 (151)

“It’s a summoning! They’re opening a planar connection just past the tree-line!” screamed Specialist Howard.

Captain Angelton could feel the essence in the ether shifting. The battlefield suddenly felt like it was holding its breath. The charging horde of kobalds halted their assault, and were now just standing there, looking back toward the tree-line, waiting to see what their leaders had called forth.

The captain turned to Specialist Howard and ...

Nero Walker, Book 3 Ch.35 (150)

While Nero and the elites were fighting for their lives in Dorchester, the council of mages was embroiled in a heated debate in the Tower of Magic’s council hall in Hennings.

Archmage Mathers rubbed his temples with his palms, his eyes were closed tightly in pain. The argument going on around him was just too stupid for his mind to process. As usual, his fellow arch-mages were wasting time pointlessly debating a topic that was, at best, academic.

“I�...

Nero Walker, Book 3 Ch.34 (149)

Captain Angelton ran a critical eye over his troops preparations. He knew most of these men and women were hunters, having spent years honing their skills to primarily kill monsters and beasts. Their only experience fighting in a battle of any significant size would be if they were actually facing a beast tide. Unfortunately, even those battles were fought at distance and under the relative safety of the city’s walls. These elites just didn’t have the background to deal with the sentient ...