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Chapter 543

Sylvanthal Capital

“Thank you for reaching out.” King Gryndor’s voice sounded from the communication device set up on the table. “I want to apologise about the Empire just dropping by. I also wanted to thank you for Aranor’s help with the assault on our Duke. I haven’t yet figured out all I can about that attack which is why I was waiting to contact you.” 

“Don’t worry about it.” King Sylvian answered. “Information about that ambush is actually why I am ...

Chapter 542

Ajax had already made preparations for his departure but the appearance of twelve very young nobles and their caretakers was not something h

Ajax had already made preparations for his departure but the appearance of twelve very young nobles and their caretakers was not something he expected. He did greet all of them and ensured they had accommodations, there were plenty spare now that the nobles here for the elves departed.

“How do they expect this to just work?” Ajax huffed i...

Chapter 541

Patrick P.O.V. “You could have brought your own supplies.” Jeff complains as Quinn continues to sample his food. “We did bring our own.” Fra

Patrick P.O.V.

“You could have brought your own supplies.” Jeff complains as Quinn continues to sample his food.

“We did bring our own.” Frank jumps in unhelpfully, “But those are emergency rations, all nutrition no taste. These are much better.” 

I could see the vein in Jeff’s forehead was getting ready...

Book 3 is out!

Ajax’s life in the capital takes a new twist as he joins the Academy.

Everyday interactions with the most talented members of his own generation. The chance to delve the dungeons present in the capital with some regularity, testing himself against the strongest challenges the kingdom has to offer. Experiments with alchemy?

As his family prepares to move to the capital. Will everything continue smoothly? Or will he face difficulties in his climb through society?

Bo...

Chapter 540

“So you want to build an entire city on the edge of the lake?” Elija was pretty much ready for the meeting with the royal representative but

“So you want to build an entire city on the edge of the lake?” Elija was pretty much ready for the meeting with the royal representative but he didn’t quite understand one of Ajax’s requests. “Any specific location?” 

“As close to the point where the Dune river flows into the lake.” Ajax answered, he hadn’t gotten t...

Chapter 539

Watching over his nephew’s training Ajax decided that it would probably be best to let most of his training up to the teachers. They had ple

Watching over his nephew’s training Ajax decided that it would probably be best to let most of his training up to the teachers. They had plenty of experience teaching young nobles whereas all the experience Ajax had was from training himself and he was self aware enough to know that it wouldn’t apply to his nephew.

Instead of going over...

Chapter 538

That night Ajax had trouble going to sleep. It wasn’t out of fear for himself however, he just couldn’t stop going over the fight in his min

That night Ajax had trouble going to sleep. It wasn’t out of fear for himself however, he just couldn’t stop going over the fight in his mind. He managed to fall asleep about halfway through the night, the exhaustion of his body finally overcoming his active mind. 

When he woke up the next day Ajax found that he felt both better ...

Book 3 coming July 10th

Book 3 is coming on July 10th with the Audio book also releasing on the same date.

Ajax’s life in the capital takes a new twist as he joins the Academy.

Everyday interactions with the most talented members of his own generation. The chance to delve the dungeons present in the capital with some regularity, testing himself against the strongest challenges the kingdom has to offer. Experiments with alchemy?

As his family prepares to move to the capital. Will e...

Chapter 537

Ajax’s body felt like it was on fire, the little that remained of the poison had spread quickly even as it was slowly being destroyed by his

Ajax’s body felt like it was on fire, the little that remained of the poison had spread quickly even as it was slowly being destroyed by his body. This left Ajax’s body in a horrible state, his knee jerk reaction to attack Lacel worked off of muscle memory, something that failed him as he lost the grip on the axe once the pain registered.&nbs...

Chapter 536

“Aranor!” Rex shouted as they were almost to the carriage, drawing the mage’s attention to him where he stopped in the middle of the road wi

“Aranor!” Rex shouted as they were almost to the carriage, drawing the mage’s attention to him where he stopped in the middle of the road with a concerned look at Ajax. 

“What’s wrong?” Aranor asked as he flew down. Aranor hadn’t sensed anyone following them but he was still keeping his eye out from the sky. 

Chapter 535

Aranor Starfury P.O.V. The visit turned out as well as I could have hoped, with the Empire being so close even the neutrality shown by Grynd

Aranor Starfury P.O.V.

The visit turned out as well as I could have hoped, with the Empire being so close even the neutrality shown by Gryndor in their dealings inspired more faith from Emeris and Fealin. That was without mentioning how much their stance on Ajax changed after the duel he had with Helmeth Septimus. 

“What did Hous...

Chapter 534

Ajax P.O.V. Why did he take so long to chase me? Why didn’t I think about it before? All of the guards with me are probably dead and it woul

Ajax P.O.V.

Why did he take so long to chase me? Why didn’t I think about it before? All of the guards with me are probably dead and it wouldn’t have taken him more than a few seconds to kill all of them. Most of them had kids. What did they do wrong? How do they deserve this? And for what? The calm that comes over me lets me know I gai...

Chapter 533

Ajax decided not to take Fluffy with him despite his brother’s encouragement. Both of his parents as well as his grandfather assured him tha

Ajax decided not to take Fluffy with him despite his brother’s encouragement. Both of his parents as well as his grandfather assured him that following the visit of so many nobles it would be much better to simply focus his time on the guards and not playing with his brother’s bond while he is watching over them in the dungeon.

Ajax had...

Chapter 532

“My House is very much interested in buying access to your cement recipe.” Leandra Deeprrot approached Ajax as the final duels were getting

“My House is very much interested in buying access to your cement recipe.” Leandra Deeprrot approached Ajax as the final duels were getting started.

Ajax was glad that none of his friends were taking part in the duels marking the final day as a clear match between Sylvanthal and the Empire. Emeris was naturally happy to fight, he was l...

Chapter 531

The entire Hearthbound House was celebrating Fluffy’s success before breakfast was over. The feline herself was one of the proudest as she p

The entire Hearthbound House was celebrating Fluffy’s success before breakfast was over. The feline herself was one of the proudest as she purred in satisfaction despite not managing to call upon the Void Mana a second time yet. 

“You’ll get there.” Tom reassured his bond. “But you’ll just have to work at it. I know you’v...

Chapter 530

A/N : Book 3 launch date is July 10th, will look to have the PDF posted a week in advance before the chapters come down. “What do you think?

A/N : Book 3 launch date is July 10th, will look to have the PDF posted a week in advance before the chapters come down.

“What do you think?” Ajax asked his friends after his grandfather had explained the situation to him and he in turn explained it to his friends.

“Either choice is viable as far as Gryndor is c...

Chapter 529

Elija waited with his wife and daughter as well as Alana for the nobles to return from the arena to welcome them with another lavish dinner. Unlike Tom and Ajax this visit was almost the perfect scenario that Elija could have wished for. 

“How good has this been for you?” Aurora asked. 

“Better than anything I have experienced before.” Elija answered. “In the past three days I have leveled each of my Skills at least once. I gained almost half a level!” <...

Chapter 528

Ajax knew that Fluffy was intelligent and while she picked up on the meaning of what people mostly spoke to her he wasn’t sure just how well she understood. Teaching her something like Void was going to be done more in the same way he learned new Mana affinities. 

“I developed Void from Shadow.” Ajax explained as he used his [Manipulate Mana] to show Fluffy the process as he turned Shadow Mana into Void Mana. “Where Shadow Mana hides an attack, Void instead moves it to a di...

Chapter 527

Ajax was very glad for how well his family adapted to their new noble status, not the least of the reasons for his appreciation was that despite dropping the news of twenty thousand possible extra people coming to the city Elija and Alana both stopped themselves from cursing him out in front of all their guests. Despite the calm response Ajax knew the discussion wasn’t over, merely delayed. 

While Ajax was bringing his family up to date with everything that happened today the res...

Chapter 526

“Now that the duels have finished you all have an invitation to join me for dinner at my manor.” Ajax wasted no time taking advantage of the shocked looks so many of the nobles had.

Both Clark and Aranor are surprised at the political move Ajax just pulled off. Aranor had even been somewhat aware of what Anna could do but he hadn’t expected Ajax to use her quick and dominating victory to establish order with the nobles present in his lands.

“Don’t look too impressed.” ...

Chapter 525

“That was some power.” Clark said as Lexi returned from the arena with Emeris in tow. The young elf wasn’t injured but he was much more subdued after watching Ajax fight and losing his own duel to Lexi compared to how he was yesterday. “How did your grandfather get a sound spell to do that?” 

Ajax was shocked and the surprise was clear on his face for a moment before he got himself under control. Despite being on the weaker and younger side Clark was still a champion and ...

Chapter 524

Ajax could practically feel how everyone was now keeping a wary eye on him. It wasn’t even like he could blame them, he would do the same thing if there was someone around that could kill him without moving a muscle at a moment's notice, and that’s exactly the threat [Telekinesis] posed. 

He actually felt a little more comfortable when Xavier and Arianwyn returned. A big part of that was that Rex was one of the few people who wasn’t wary of his newly revealed Skill. The physi...

Chapter 523

Aranor Starfury P.O.V.

It took a lot for me to remain calm. [Telekinesis] is among the most dangerous Skills ever encountered. At the high end of dungeon delving it alone is suspected of being responsible for one third of dungeon breaks simply because of how powerless casters are against it. Even knowing that I would have no problem killing Ajax as he is now it unsettles me to know the reverse is also true if I stand close enough to him and he takes me by surprise.

Most dangerous ...

Chapter 522

“M-Mage killer.” Clark said in a whisper nobody heard even in the silence that gripped the entire arena.

The commoners who were watching the match were the first to break the silence. They had been cheering for their new Lord as he started launching massive attacks, calling for him to hit his opponent but they had gotten progressively quieter as none of the attacks hit. Ajax’s gruesome display of power left the entire arena silenced with the exception of Helmeth who had experience...

Chapter 521

Word spread through Lessis like wildfire. The challenge had been seen by lots of kids who all ran home to share the news. This in turn meant that the arena was being swarmed even before Ajax got to it. 

Ajax and Tom both took a short detour to the mayor’s office to ensure that the rest of the convoy knew where the Empire nobles would be staying as well as Tom and Ajax welcoming the Imperial royal family.

“This is so awkward.” Jake muttered as he stood in one corner of t...

Chapter 520

Ajax and Tom were both in the city waiting to welcome the Empire nobles as well as to ensure that nothing would go wrong with the elves. 

“My Lords.” A guard entered the room with a perfect salute. “They’ve arrived.” 

Tom thanked the guard as both he and Ajax stood up and exited his public office. “They sure have timing, school just ended.” Tom chuckled. 

Despite being close to the center of the city you could already tell where the Empire’s co...

Chapter 519

Jake P.O.V.

“Do you think they’ll get used to it?” I asked Nashara. 

It was easy to see the distinction in how everybody treated me. There were only a few dozen children our age but I was the only noble and even the teachers treated me differently, almost afraid of how I would react if they were correcting me in front of the rest of the class. 

“They’ll get better about it but it won’t be by the time you graduate.” Nashara answered. It was easy to see...

Chapter 518

“That could have gone better.” Xavier muttered as Arianwyn and Levy both rejoined the group before they returned to the manor for dinner.

“I don’t think so.” Ajax said. “Arianwyn, and Elara for that matter, could have beaten any of the three of them.” 

“Yeah they would have, that’s not what I meant.” Xavier said. 

“The elves won all the duels.” Lexi said. “It doesn’t look good for us, and how things look is what matters about this.” 2025-05-20 03:29:12 +0000 UTC View Post

Chapter 517

As exciting as the start of the duel had been it had quickly devolved into a predictable battle of endurance that the elf was bound to win. The simple reason for this was that the elf was mostly only using his Mana to attack and float where as the earth mage was forced to not only use large amounts of Mana for his attacks to even get close to hitting the elf but he was also forced to use the earth around him defensively.

“This is why certain items are usually not allowed in tournament...

Chapter 516

The arena stands were empty. Nobody in Lessis had really known that they were to expect some duels and even if they had known few people would be willing to wait in the biting cold long enough before even the first one started. 

“This will be a simple duel.” Lancel explained as he stood between Lady Deeproot and Lord Berrymore. “Each of you has three pieces of protective enchantments, should the third one break or should an attack I deem to break through all your defenses and...