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Of Arms and Arcane: Chapter 77

I snorted awake as I heard the dinner bell ring and went down to get some dinner before going to my first night class for Languages of Power.

I was the first to get to class, so I got to see the room slowly fill up, and like my Array Architecture class, the first thing I noticed is the age demographic, but this time, besides myself, the youngest person in the class looked to be in his late 40s, and the oldest looked like he was going to kick the bucket at any moment.

As the adults...

Of Arms and Arcane: Chapter 76

As I walked toward Oswald, he was getting ready to charge me again. The moment he took off in my direction, I ready myself. Instead of having my sword in front of me, I had it in a low ready position while my left hand was up at the ready as if I were going to catch the blade, which was not far from the truth.

I already know where he is aiming, so now it is all down to timing. When Oswald closed in and started his swing for my head, I jumped forward into his swing before it had great mo...

Of Arms and Arcane: Chapter 75

Oswald charged me and opened up with a flurry of measured strikes, leaving me little room to counterattack, by the 10th strike that I parried, blocked, or dodged, I had to admit, he was better in swordplay than the goons he threw at me, this Berkeley family did a good job grinding the basics into their kids.

Once I opened some space between us with a hop backward, Oswald looked at me with some confusion on his face, “How are you not tired? Are you using some boosting potions?”

Of Arms and Arcane: Chapter 74

Prior to the exhibition match, Instructor Matthias Greyham was somewhat worried about the other noble kids picking on the new boy, but within the first few opening moves of the match, he realized he had nothing to worry about.

After announcing Luke Ironcrest as the winner and Arnold Baskshield was brought aside to be taken care of by the healing mages, he turned to the other students.

“A commendable performance for the first match, now we will move on to the next part of the spa...

Update

Sorry for the slow release this week, swarmped with work in the office, but tomorrow is Good Friday, so that means long weekend, and that means more Of Arms and Arcane chapters!

Unto the Ages: Chapter 107

When morning came and Grud’s men were rested, they split into 4 teams of 25 men with the objective of ambushing and killing as many enemy patrols as possible, Grud ended the briefing with, “As for those worrying about being found out by the enemy, worry not, there is no need to be discreet. Our objective is to make the enemy wary of us and keep their attention on us until the main forces arrive.”

With all that being said, the men broke off into their hunting groups while Grud acte...

Unto the Ages: Chapter 106

As the day after liberating the Riversong village got started, Grud, various chieftains, and village chief Jorah Riversong convened a meeting to hear the reports on casualty numbers.

Counting Grud’s forces and those who were trapped in the Riversong village coming out to fight, the overall casualty count was a fifth of the total fighting force that was dead or rendered combat ineffective.

As for the enemy’s deaths, the count was around roughly three-quarters of the 2000+ enemi...

Of Arms and Arcane: Chapter 73

On my second day of school, I wake up, do my morning routine, and check my timetable to see what today's classes will be. Besides the mandatory subjects, from today onwards, the elective courses will not happen every day, but they will be twice as long, which is good, there are only so many different things I can learn in one day before I feel burned out.

Let's see… today’s electives are… Enchanting and Advanced Combat & Tactics

The day went on as normal, one lecture aft...

Of Arms and Arcane: Chapter 72

As the lesson started, the curriculum for the course was laid out for us. The first few lessons would be the basics of Array Architecture, which Grandma already taught me. What I was waiting for was the lessons on Custom Rune Scripting to modify or create brand new arrays, and Array Obfuscation.

When Professor Donovan, gave a brief explanation on Array Obfuscation, he noted that that part of the subject will put our Custom Rune Scripting to the test when we try to obfuscate our arrays.<...

Of Arms and Arcane: Chapter 71

As I followed the command to fall in, I followed behind the other kids lining up and fell into line.

When all the students were lined up, the grizzled man bellowed toward us, “Good afternoon students, most of you know who I am. For those of you who do not, I am Matthias Greyham, but you will address me as Sir, Instructor Greyham, or just Instructor. Am I understood?!” 

As one, all the students shouted back, “Yes Instructor!”

This display of regimentation sets th...

Of Arms and Arcane: Chapter 70

For my Blacksmithing course, I was pointed to a more… industrial… section of the school, for lack of a better word.

When I reached the building where the Blacksmithing class was to be held, me and a bunch of students found ourselves standing in front of a warehouse with multiple thick chimneys sprouting from its top.

After entering a room with multiple identical workstations in orderly rows, I looked around to check out my classmates, after a while of looking around, I noticed...

Unto the Ages: Chapter 105

As the enemy warriors were advancing to join the main battle, Grud was harassing them, after taking swipes and killing and maiming dozens of enemy warriors, one of the enemy commanders shouted, “Pass the torches to the side so we can see it coming!”

This easily identified the man as a commander. Grud was about to throw a spear at the commander but decided against it to keep up the guise of this “Shadow Monster” the enemy warriors thought he was.

Instead, Grud pick...

Unto the Ages: Chapter 104

As Grud fought his way to the cages, he met lesser and lesser resistance, and as he looked around, he found out why. While he was only 1 person dragging along a bloodied and broken Borak, the rest of his forces were making a much larger commotion.

When Grud reached the cages, they were guarded by a measly 2 guards, whom he dispatched with ease. There he found men women and children, bloodied, bruised, and naked as the day they were born.

“I am Chieftain Grud, prepare yourselves ...

Of Arms and Arcane: Chapter 69 (Nice)

AN: By the laws of the internet, I will do my duty and be the first to say, Nice.

I made my way to my first elective course of the day, which was Advanced Spell Theory. Instead of a classroom, this course was hosted in a huge lecture theater that could easily seat more than 300 people.

As I overheard the conversations from those around me, I learned that all these students are Year 1 Higher Education, or as others call it, Year 5 students.

Soon afte...

Of Arms and Arcane: Chapter 68

My first day of compulsory subjects went by rather monotonously for most subjects, I was just going through the motions as the different subject teachers did their “first day of school” introductions and a primer on the subject they were teaching.

And all throughout, I received the same reaction from my classmates as the ones I got from my carriage mates after killing those bandits, although to a lesser degree. Depressing, but i am sure they will come around.

Of all the subjec...

Of Arms and Arcane: Chapter 67

Professor Theodore Fairfax was walking down the hall to begin the first day of lessons for his class of students. As usual, he was proud to be recognized as one of the best teachers to be put in charge of a class of A-class students for the past 4 years, 5 if everything went well this year.

The A-class students were counted as the cream of the crop for the school, and he would do his best to make sure it stayed that way.

As his footsteps reverberated down the hallway, he reminisce...

Of Arms and Arcane: Chapter 66

The days flew by as I spent my time exploring the campus’ amenities and the establishments in the capital a short distance from campus. And frankly, I am blown away by the sheer variety of the products available.

If I were to compare the disparity between the capital and back home, I would say, from weapons, armor, magical tools, and alchemic products, all the way to clothing, furniture, and household items, the variety and quality on display in the capital is like comparing a high-en...

Of Arms and Arcane: Chapter 65

After half an hour of walking around and getting lost, I finally found the guidance counselor’s office, when I walked in, there was a secretary at her desk, and behind that desk was a door with a name plaque with the name “Frieda”, followed by some other titles on the door. I pass my partially filled-out course application form and my new student pass to the secretary and was asked to take a seat and wait for a bit.

After a few minutes of twiddling my thumbs, a student exits the c...

Unto the Ages: Chapter 103

Deep into the night, a few hours before sunrise, Tufic and Nuba of the Swiftfeather village were hanging out in a tree as sentries to guard the outer perimeter of the force sieging the Riversong village.

They had been up for a few hours having idle conversations to keep each other awake until the next shift came to relieve them.

“So, how long do you think we going to be stuck here?” Tufic asked.

“No idea. Depends on how long the Riversong village can last,...