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Of Arms and Arcane: Chapter 143

Eventually, the argument devolved into the Duke pleading with his daughter not to get the Dutchess involved in this matter. While that was happening, one of the knights who looked to be on the older side took the initiative and escorted me out to rejoin my class in the stands.

As I walked back to rejoin my class, I was still confused about what the fuck was going on, if I followed the Duke’s train of logic, I think he would have had no issue marrying off his daughter to me if I racked...

Of Arms and Arcane: Chapter 142

After my victory was declared, Lavinia was led off the stage while I was instructed to stay by the referee. That was when the announcer said, “Now, please welcome to the stage, our king, King Argus IV, to present the champion’s sword to our winner!”

At the Pit’s wall below the balcony where the royals were sitting, the huge stone slab recessed into the wall to make an opening big enough for a large carriage to pass through.

From that opening, marched out two rows of royal ...

Of Arms and Arcane: Chapter 141

At this point, as we were facing each other while Lavinia was giving me crazy eyes as we circled one another, changed our stances as we went along.

As Lavinia changed her stance high, I made my move and lunged forward, aiming for her “injured” shoulder, and threw in a few more probing strikes, but all of them were parried off easily enough with just her off-hand dagger.

So I once again started flicking my spear, making it bend while striking at Lavinia. This forced her on the ...

Of Arms and Arcane: Chapter 140

“So, you this Luke Ironcrest I have been hearing so much about, nice to finally meet you while we are alone.” Lavinia Castilene said to me as offered her hand.

So as formalities dictate regarding our families’ respective ranks in the hierarchy of nobles, hers being from a Duke house while mine being just a Baron house, I reciprocate the gesture and kiss the back of her hand.

I do not know if she is trying to pull rank on me by initiating such a formal greeting in such an i...

Unto the Ages: Chapter 125

When they made it to Adana’s room, Grud laid her naked body on the bed and spread her legs, and plunged tongue first into Adana’s sopping wet pussy to lap up her pussy juices, making her cry out in surprise.

As Grud’s tongue explored her hole, he came into contact with a membrane he was familiar with, and would soon destroy.

This action surprised Adana as she looked down at the head between her legs.

“What are you doing? That is dirty! Ahhh!” she screamed out as h...

Of Arms and Arcane: Chapter 139

Toman knew and was taught to keep an eye on the opponent’s body movement, for that dictates the movement and trajectory of the weapon, but at this moment, he was finding his attention split between Luke Ironcrest’s hand movements and his spearhead which seems to lag slightly behind his movement due to his weird bending and warping spear.

After a few spins of the spearhead in front of his face, Toman caught a different movement from Luke’s elbow but did not catch the rest of the mo...

Of Arms and Arcane: Chapter 138

After cleaning off my plate and going for seconds and polishing that off too, I decided to get something soothing and went with that Imperial Garden White Tea the bartender recommended.

As I was sipping my tea, the last of the first-round elimination winners were making their way into the waiting room, I looked up to the tournament board that was constantly being updated.

Out of the more than a hundred and twenty contestants, was now cut down to more than sixty. Now I just needed ...

Of Arms and Arcane: Chapter 137

As Luke walked off the stage, King Argus IV leaned back into his chair, his eyes locked on Luke’s back. “Is that the Ironcrest lad that your men mentioned?” the king asked his Lord Chamberlain, Lord Aldric Valemont.

“Yes, Your Majesty. Luke, of the recently appointed baron house, Ironcrest, from close to a decade ago.” said the Lord Chamberlain.

“Ah, yes that guy that saved me from assassins, what was his name again? Aiden?”

“It’s Baron Alden, Your Majesty....

Of Arms and Arcane: Chapter 136

Donson Hazat looked at his opponent with some hope, unlike all the times he had seen Luke Ironcrest training, he had been using a sword like he had wielded it while still in the cradle, but what could possess him to switch weapons at such a public and high profile event? Donson did not know, but he hoped it was pure hubris, only then did he think he may stand a chance of winning and not be illuminated in the first round.

But all that aside, he was not going to underestimate this opponen...

Of Arms and Arcane: Chapter 135

The day of the tournament came around and I, along with every student from the academy was sitting with my class in the stands while the general populace was filing into The Arena, but when compared to the number of seats available in The Arena, it was but a small fraction.

The only other time I have seen this many people packed into one location was in my old world when one of my work colleagues had extra tickets and invited me to a football game, but The Arena was smaller than full-on...

Unto the Ages: Chapter 124

“In exchange, you will be my woman from now on.” The Monster, Grud, told Adana. She had hoped that it would not come to this, but as far as she knew, she was the last living member of the ruling family and saw it as her final duty to sacrifice herself for the safety of what was left of her people.

Instead of despairing, Adana decided to look at it from a positive point of view, ‘I guess it could be worse, I could have been taken by some no-name warrior instead of The Mons- I mean ...

Unto the Ages: Chapter 123

As the only remaining daughter of the village chief, Adana naturally fell into the role of caretaker for the non-combatants hiding behind the inner wall, and ever since the gates were shut a few hours ago, the sounds of battle seemed to be drawing ever closer to their position, which was very worrying indeed, and she was starting to have troubles keeping everyone calm, in fact, she was finding it hard to keep herself calm.

The breaking point of everyone going into a state of panic was w...

Of Arms and Arcane: Chapter 134

“Danm, these are good, they are also generous with the filling” I commented after swallowing a mouth full of a meat-filled bun.

When no reply came, I looked up to see Dave and Sam too busy stuffing their face holes to dignify my comment with a reply.

When they were done stuffing their faces, they did not even have the decency to look embarrassed at the ferocity they displayed as they demolished the meat buns. “You said something Luke?” Sam asked as he wiped his mouth with ...

Of Arms and Arcane: Chapter 133

Honor, glory, and prestige. Such ephemeral and intangible concepts, yet, it has great effects in this society. Those with great potential get showered in money and power, in the hopes that their investment grows and brings them higher.

But it is not just a tool for growth, in some way, it is also protection from those who would aim to do me and my loved ones harm, and god knows I have made enough enemies already.

So, in order to get honor, glory, and prestige, I need to put myself...

Of Arms and Arcane: Chapter 132

After my slight altercation with Osawald and the other boys in the hallway, turns out, from what I heard, my brief scrap almost filled up the clinic, and the healers and nurses on duty were none too pleased with me, or the whiny brats they were treating.

Other than that, reports were filled, parents were called for those who had them in the capital, and as expected, those parents kicked up a fuss about their house’s honor being sullied, or demanding satisfaction.

N...

Unto the Ages: Chapter 122

Grud yanked his spear out of the wall it was embedded in, and in his other hand was the severed head of who he thought was most likely Tovak, Village Chief of the Blazebringer village, still in its decorated copper helmet. “At least I hope I am right, it would sure be embarrassing if I held this head up and they told me it was the chief of some smaller village.”

As for the elite warriors, most of them seemed to have obeyed the last instructions given to them and dispersed...

Unto the Ages: Chapter 121

No longer burdened by the hex, Grud decided to take it easy on his way to backstab the Blazebringer’s battle line as he once again felt his mana flow freely through his body, not to mention giving his body some time to shrug off the effects of the other hexes cast upon him at the last moment, even now, through sheer will, he was keeping the bile from rising up his gullet from whatever hex caused his stomach to feel like it flipped upside down.

As Grud got a few huts away fr...

Of Arms and Arcane: Chapter 131

I kept kneeling as Instructor Greyham’s aura weighed down on my being like there was a pile of sandbags on my shoulders.

A few minutes later, a bunch of Royal Guards that I usually see around the academy came marching up to us, and Greyham pointed out my assailant to be detained.

As one of the Royal Guards came up behind me to apprehend me, Instructor Greyham raised his hand to stop the royal guard, “I will take this one.” he said as I felt the weight of his aura lift from ...

Of Arms and Arcane: Chapter 130

It was that time of the month again, and Greyham was dreading what was most likely to be more than two hours of briefing, updates, and addendums to school policy, 90% or more of which would most likely have nothing to do with him or his department.

And all of that was not even mentioning the politics that go on during that meeting, but being in the institute he was in, it was unavoidable when nobles got involved, especially when some of the teachers themselves were nobles, and extra esp...

Of Arms and Arcane: Chapter 129

Me and the group of boys who attacked me stared at each other, waiting for each other to make the first move. While we were waiting, my “weapon” was groaning and trying to sit up, so I whipped his whole body against the ground, eliciting a groan from him, but surprisingly still managed to maintain his aura.

Not wanting to let my opponents have the initiative, I charged first, covered my eyes with an arm, and cast a flash spell that made those caught by the blinding light scream in s...

Of Arms and Arcane: Chapter 128

Being called out on his own call out in front of commoners and nobles alike, regardless of being involved in this confrontation, did not leave Oswald much choice but to square up and follow through with the implied threat that was bringing together so many people just to confront Luke Ironcrest to knock him down a few pegs.

He knew what he was doing was borderline disgraceful even if things did not come to blows, but now he was left to choose between a bad or worse choice, so he was goi...

Of Arms and Arcane: Chapter 127

Before I knew it, the school break was over and I was back at classes, as for all the ruckus caused by my attempted kidnapping, it turns out the king’s shakedown of the criminal world revealed more than he was asking for.

Turns out that quite a number of high-profile people were implicated in some really bad shit, and from what I hear, the Crown Prosecutor is having a field day with all the sentences he is slinging out, the result of said sentences have resulted in imprisonment for th...

Unto the Ages: Chapter 120

As Grud engaged in a contest of strength with the many warriors on the other side of the gate trying to fully close the gate to re-barr it, Grud and his men were fending off spears that were stabbing at them from the slightly ajar gate.

Fortunately, Grud did not have to wait long as his main force joined the push, almost crushing him against the gate itself.

The moment the gate was wide enough, Grud swung down his axe, killing a warrior pushing the gate, and ...

Unto the Ages: Chapter 119

Days passed, and Grud’s forces strengthened their hold on the surroundings of the Blazebringer’s village, and now it has turned into a true siege.

Day and night, Grud’s forces would launch probing attacks, shooting flaming arrows on and over the walls in an attempt to catch something on fire. This approach was met with limited success, yet they continued anyway due to the pressure it put on the Blazebringer forces and their morale.

And speaking of moral...

Of Arms and Arcane: Chapter 126

The next day, at 4am in the morning, before people usually woke up to start the day, at each garrison station throughout the whole capital city, a Royal Guard pretty much kicked in the door of each garrison’s commanding officer’s sleeping quarters and shoved royal orders in their face.

Within half an hour, troops were flooding out of their garrisons into the dark morning. They positioned themselves on the different layers of the city walls that separated different districts, the mai...

Of Arms and Arcane: Chapter 125

After I took everything I could find on the two lizardmen’s bodies, I could hear the sounds of armored boots so close now, that if I were to take down the wall I created, I think they would be just outside of it.

So before they decided on what to do with the unknown wall in their way, I hopped to the top of the dead-end wall and peeked to my left and right to see if the coast was clear, and when I confirmed it was, I jumped down and bolted for the nearest main road to get lost in the ...

Of Arms and Arcane: Chapter 124

I started the fight once again with a one-two push that sent paving stones on either side of me flying at the lizardmen, but in response, I hit nothing as the two of them disappeared almost instantly, leaving behind two webs of cracks on the ground where they once stood.

My eyes went wide as I remembered enough anime to know what was going to happen next, and I threw myself forward into a roll and swiftly turned around to see the two lizardmen with four sickles dug into the ground where...

Of Arms and Arcane: Chapter 123

With the first lizardman lying on the ground and the second lizardman crawling out of the dirt trap, I decided to take inspiration from my previous life, with all the cartoons and anime I watched, and also put all those martial arts lessons I learned to some use.

I started slow, going through the different forms I could remember, infusing every strike with instinctive magic being slung out. I continued with wind instinctive magic for a while but soon decided to switch things up.

I...