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Unto the Ages: Chapter 136

Grud and his wives had tucked their children into bed and were now in their room, but instead of having sweaty womb-stretching sex, they were all fully clothed, and in a rather serious mood.

Mita had shared her findings with Grud, and after a bit of contemplation, decided to keep the information on the pending crisis between Mita and himself until he gathered his harem for a plan of action, which led to Grud and his harem sitting in a circle on their bed.

“Tell the rest of what ...

Of Arms and Arcane: Chapter 165

I spent the next minute or two dancing in and out of the ogre’s melee strike range in an effort to keep its hands busy to prevent it from further digging its own legs out of the ground and also to attempt to get some hits in while looking for any vulnerable spots I can target.

By now, I have delivered a strike to almost every part of its body except the head and groin which it fiercely protects, which is kind of a hint that the ogre is a he, as for my findings on weak spots on the bod...

Of Arms and Arcane: Chapter 164

This time, as I looked up to the royal’s booth, there was no wheel to spin, and no choice of my last opponent.

“Ladies and gentlemen! Our young contestant has just accomplished something rarely seen in the history of our kingdom for his age!” the announcer proclaimed. I am guessing that he is not privy to my actual age, otherwise, I may have set some kind of record, but I will keep that to myself.

The announcer then took on an exaggerated look of regret, “But unfortunately...

Of Arms and Arcane: Chapter 163

I readied myself with my sword as I had yet to extract my spear from the lesser chimera’s… rear end… and I was not about to wield that shit-covered weapon until I gave it a thorough scrubbing.

After standing at the ready and staring at the pillar for more than a minute, I started to feel like something was amiss. I then recalled what the announcer said, this Marage Spider had nearly transparent webs.

I conjured a gust of wind to pick up the sand on the ground and scatter it ...

Of Arms and Arcane: Chapter 162

The lesser chimera and I were now locked in a staring contest, as we re-evaluated each other, every time I repositioned my arms or footing, the lesser chimera would twitch and lash its tail about as it dug its claws into the dirt, ready to move at a moment’s notice.

Seeing that this was a powerful and agile opponent that had excellent reaction speed, an idea came to me, and I started weaving some spells to replace the ones I cast.

Within a few seconds, I was ready, so I made the...

Unto the Ages: Chapter 135

Ayla’s marriage was not the only happy union that took place, not exactly. Grud’s firstborn from his other wives who were going to come of age next year, found their fiancés as well, but had to wait until next year to wed, no point waiting for another meet-up when there were so many choices here now.

By the end of the meetup, Reta’s daughter, Elka, Oso’s daughter, Ursa, and Uchi’s son, Vorg, were engaged to people from outside the tribe, while Ida’s son, Drum, Slime’s son...

Unto the Ages: Chapter 134

It took almost a year for all the tribes and villages to hoard enough copper to start producing enough coins to barely keep up with the products being produced and traded, and it was still far from enough.

Due to this, the demand for copper, and thus miners, skyrocketed almost overnight, and it was at that time that all kinds of other metals that were previously unknown or just not commonly used came into the market too. Ida did not know what these metals were, but on the off chance the...

Of Arms and Arcane: Chapter 161

As the Ghoul’s maw got closer to biting my head, I took advantage of my smaller size, brought both my legs under its belly, and kicked off, flipping the Ghoul above me and onto its back.

I took this opportunity to draw my dagger and swing it above my head, plunging the blade into the Ghoul’s head. Once I felt the hilt of my dagger hit the skull, I yanked out my dagger and leaped to my feet to turn to the last Ghoul.

After I laid eyes on it, I relaxed my guard. The last Ghoul t...

Of Arms and Arcane: Chapter 160

I readied myself as I observed the clawed hand rake the sand in front of the box before it retreated into the darkness of the metal box.

After that, it was silent for seconds, but I could almost feel some form of feral and menacing killing intent coming from those metal boxes, elevating the suspense of when the Ghouls would attack.

Suddenly, I felt a spike of that feral and wild menacing killing intent, and the rightmost Ghoul leaped out of its box and started running at me in bou...

Of Arms and Arcane: Chapter 159

The next day after having tea with Elise, I was once again in the Pit, this time taking part in the Monster Hunts event, and looking at the portcullis on the other side of The Pit.

As for who, or more correctly, what, I was about to face, it was apparently up to chance. I turned my attention from the gate to the royal’s booth, where next to the king, there was a spinning wheel with monster names written on the wheel and a sign on top of the wheel that said “Round 1”

And as e...

Of Arms and Arcane: Chapter 158

AN: Sorry for not uploading yesterday, Monster Hunter Wilds beta was out for free, and I can't say no to a Monster Hunter game.

After the boss golem was out of the picture, the rest of the other golems were not a problem to deal with, I did not even need to maintain the sandstorm to take them down, it had already done its job gunking up all their joints, by then the golems had more trouble moving around than a drunk man with full body arthritis.

When the ...

Of Arms and Arcane: Chapter 157

When I entered the next trial, The Arena of Strength, I saw that it lived up to its name. It was a scaled-down arena to fit the size of a large room they had been using for these trials.

In the benches were the same man-sized golems that chased me around in the first trial, but they were all holding different weapons, and down in the “arena” set against the far wall, was a stone throne with an up-armored humanoid golem that stood twice as tall as a normal man.

The moment the g...

Unto the Ages: Chapter 133

When Grud finally woke up, he found himself resting on Mita’s lap pillow and suckling from one of her teats.

“Good Afternoon Dear, glad to see you are awake” Mita said as she stroked his hair.

Grud tried to get up, but Mita gently pushed him back down on her lap to rest and forced her other teat in his mouth.

Grud did not resist and kept feeding from Mita. After a while, Grud released Mita's teat and asked, “What time is it?”

“It is late afternoon. When ...

Unto the Ages: Chapter 132

When Grud was done with his second dinner, he exited the pool and entered the same door his wives went into.

There he saw his wives lounging on the humongous bed, talking with each other while snuggling and playing with each other’s hair, but when they saw Grud enter the room, all of their faces brightened up more than they already were.

As they started crawling out of bed, Grud noticed that they were no longer naked, or at least close to not naked. What they were wearing barely...

Unto the Ages: Chapter 131

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Grud went to the building he administered the rest of the tribe from and entered his room to hear two men raising their voices at each other.

“No way are the pelts you gave me worth the tools I custom-made for you, at least not in their condition!” the first man shouted.

“I will have you know, those are fine pelts that have been well cut and tanned, you are just tryi...

Of Arms and Arcane: Chapter 156

I stayed on guard for a while, at least until the man-sized golems walked back into the hidden doors they were deployed from, and the tentacles melded back seamlessly into the pillars, the only signs of them being anything but pillar designs being the nicks and gouges that they received upon me smacking them around.

When the coast was clear, I brought the three keys to the door to the next trial, matched the corresponding symbols on the keys to the locks, and opened the door to find ano...

Of Arms and Arcane: Chapter 154

As the crowd went wild at my victory, Alistair Arundel clambered up the broken part of the stage to me and reached out his hand. In the spirit of good sportsmanship, I accepted the handshake.

“Well played. To be honest, I thought I had this event in the bag from the start.” Alistar said to me as we shook hands.

“Oh? What of the Greycloak guy? He no threat to you?” I asked.

He just shrugged and replied, “Our families meet at gatherings from time to time, and I have ...

Of Arms and Arcane: Chapter 153

After our little talk, we lapsed into awkward silence while sipping our drinks, awkward for me at least, Alistair looked as cool as a cucumber.

After some time, I could hear the sounds of the performance that was supposed to buy me some rest time, ending as the audience gave them their closing applause, and when the door opened, we knew it was time.

I looked at Alistair and said, “Shall we?”

***

After the formalities were over and done with, we were on a stage faci...

Unto the Ages: Chapter 130

When they arrived in the crafter’s district, they were surrounded by the sounds and smells of early civilization’s industry. All around, there were groups of people working, be it pottery and ceramics, blacksmithing of tools and weapons, crafting of jewelry, or their current focus, the place that was producing textiles.

Uchi brought Grud to a building the size of a small warehouse, and she opened the door to show its insides with pride, “This, is the textile house I own with one o...

Unto the Ages: Chapter 129

Nita held Grud's hand as she led him into their new house which was a fusion of wood, stone, and copper, but mostly wood. The first thing that greeted them were two stone steps that led to double doors wide enough for a cart to be pulled through. 

When they stepped into the house, or more accurately, a mansion, Grud noticed that the floor was not the usual dirt or stone floor, but smooth sanded wood that had some kind of resin or oil coating it. Grud knew this took fine craftsmansh...

Unto the Ages: Chapter 128 (Reuploaded)

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Of Arms and Arcane: Chapter 152

The next few matches were a walk in the park when compared to facing Elise. While I took them down with relative ease, with the different opponents I faced, I noticed the clear disparity in performance between nobles and commoners. Elise excluded, of course, I count her as a freak of nature.

While the commoner students stuck to the spells and practices ingrained into them by the academy, which had nothing wrong with it of course, I noticed that most of the noble students were capable of...

Of Arms and Arcane: Chapter 151

After we got a feel for each other’s abilities, Elise and I decided to take the dual to the next level.

It first started with me replying to her firebolt with my modified Earth Bullet, it took me a few seconds of dancing around the stage as Elise shot firebolts at me, but I used that time to get my Earth Bullet up to a satisfactory rotation speed before sending it at where Elise should be behind her cover.

The moment Elise saw the earthen projectile shoot toward her, she ducked ...

Of Arms and Arcane: Chapter 150

The tournament staff walked up on stage and with the help of a mage threw up a projection, then with the aid of a magic tool to amplify his voice, he spoke, “Ladies and gentlemen, if I may have your attention please.” 

When all eyes were on him, he proceeded, “As per Argus kingdom’s ordonnance on magic, I am required by law to inform you on the rules to abide by when using magic in this dual. First and foremost, Mages, before we begin this contest of arcane skill, heed well...

Of Arms and Arcane: Chapter 149

The next day, I went with Dave and Sam to watch their Archery event. While I went to the stands to watch, they were ushered to a holding area.

Before the contestants came out, the announcer explained the challenges the contestants had to take part in.

First, was the stationary targets where there would be different targets at 10, 25, and 50 meters, the contestants would be given one minute to shoot as many arrows as they could, and depending on the target they hit, they would be ...

Of Arms and Arcane: Chapter 148

I woke up the next day feeling like shit, I suspect it was something me and the boys ate at the food bazaar where we decided to be adventurous with the different foods available. It was only after I got home and hit the sack that my tummy started rumbling in a bad way, which caused me to be stuck squatting over the shitter for half the night.

With these food safety standards, I may need to push forward my plans to create a proper toilet bowl for the sake of comfort if I spend another th...

Of Arms and Arcane: Chapter 147

After the umpire disabled the mana shield holding me in place, I was brought to a holding area where there were refreshments set for those who got eliminated, there was even the same bartender who served me in the lounge between my bouts for the Swordsmanship Duels. And seeing that I have been constantly running and fighting for hours, I am hungry and thirsty.

I immediately went to the buffet table, piled a plate high with food, and went straight to the bar to eat. “Ah, Young Master I...

Of Arms and Arcane: Chapter 146

I slumped down in a hidden corner of the simulated ruin as I breathed heavily, things were not going as well as I hoped. As far as I can tell, there are no more teams with less than four people, and it was obvious that all the chaff has been sifted away, only leaving the truly competent to hunt each other down.

The evidence of that is the rather big ‘gash’ on my side as marked by the thin mana shield meant to indicate damage before the real mana shield deploys if I get ‘killed’....

Of Arms and Arcane: Chapter 144

As if some silent signal was given, around five groups and almost as many solo contestants converge on my location, and as much as I am tempted to find a narrow chokepoint with a wall to my back so nobody can backstab me, I know it is better to be on the move when being assaulted and have a good chance of being trapped and overwhelmed, especially in such terrain with easily climbable walls.

A quick look around told me that all the pathways were being filled in with people and I would be...

Unto the Ages: Chapter 126

Grud followed the runner to this Head Warrior who was “Demanding on their honor” to speak with him.

Soon they arrived at a cage with a bound man who was stripped down to his loincloth and spotted an impressive array of scars and markings that denoted his status and accomplishments.

“This so-called, ‘Head Warrior’, along with his men, was the first group that tried to break through the encirclement.” the runner reported, “Later reports said that bigger groups followed...