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Chapter 207: Game of Throw Rugs

Chapter 207: Game of Throw Rugs

Bee sat quietly in the tent as she felt an oppressive silence fall over the conversation. Arthur was right; he really didn't have any good options. It was one thing for herself and a few others to consider themselves outside of the kingdom. They weren't really a threat, after all. The King and the adventurers would treat them as they might any territorial monster. As long as they didn't endanger more people, removing them wasn't worth the resources.

Chapter 206: Wanted Men

Chapter 206: Wanted Men

Pushing any doubts about her god out of her head, she considered the best way to handle the situation. Guards patrolled around the edges of the camp regularly, and she didn't really fancy herself a stealthy type. Especially given her current state.

Bee looked down at the party dress she was wearing. She hadn't changed after the day's celebrations, and the white, frilly thing wasn't really suited for fighting or sneaking.

So, instead of darting betwe...

Chapter 205: Spirited Away

Chapter 205: Spirited Away

"General! A spirit has bewitched one of the guards. She's standing in front of the tent!"

The call from outside the tent made Arthur look up from his desk, where yet another letter from a supposed ally demanded his attention.

He sighed tiredly. If a spirit had really charmed its way into his camp, then he should probably go see what it wanted. Spirits weren't malicious by default, but if angered, they could be problematic. Maybe it wanted them to...

Chapter 204: Whole New World

Chapter 204: Whole New World

Bee still felt surprisingly awake when the party finally ended. Despite having one of the most full days she'd experienced in a while, her levels kept her up when everyone else was looking for their beds.

She sat atop the castle wall with a small smile, watching over the castle grounds. Honestly, with everything going on, she had forgotten that today was even her birthday. A few months ago, it was all she could think about. But when it actually came?...

Chapter 203: Seek and Ye Shall Find

Chapter 203: Seek and Ye Shall Find

Bee mixed with the rest of the crowd as they milled around, waiting for the next event to start. As she glanced around, she started taking note of what people were doing. Presumably, the last couple of hide-and-seek finalists were hiding among the people, using them as cover.

Trent was back at the pie table, getting his umpteenth plate. Gertrude knitted with a few of the other ladies as the children ran around. Many of the small children nappe...

Chapter 202: All Seeing Eye

Chapter 202: All Seeing Eye

With a decent amount of confusion, I handed off the prize to Bradley's mother rather than the champion himself. Honestly, I understood that this was a dangerous weapon, and I well remembered the universal desire of kids to injure themselves at every opportunity. But at the same time, had she not watched the same display that I had?

Bradley was perfectly capable of wielding The Holy Sword of Draconic Flame and Justice without hurting himself. I had spe...

Chapter 201: Ready to Rumble

Chapter 201: Ready to Rumble

As the first two combatants clashed, Bee realized that neither of them was older than five. But from how they moved, one would be forgiven for not realizing it. Their little fingers gripped the narrow hilts of their wooden swords with sureness, and each step was fluid enough to look choreographed.

The two combatants circled each other for several seconds, their feet never crossing, and the distance between them stayed remarkably consistent. With no w...

Chapter 200: Covert Operations

Chapter 200: Covert Operations

Bee trudged through the forest with Tony on her heels. She wasn't sure why he had insisted on training in the deep woods today, but she was already quite over it, not just because of the creepy crawlies either.

While Tony had been making great strides in his fighting ability, he wasn't anywhere near the level that would allow him to keep up with her all day. That meant he needed to rest.

Usually, it wasn't a problem. She'd just finish up a qu...

Chapter 199: Dragon Rider

Chapter 199: Dragon Rider

Name: Archibald Smith, Level: 69, Race: Human, Class: Companion of Daedalus, Titles: Dragon Rider, Hero of Legend, Bravehearted, Warden of Nazareth’gak, Age: Unknown, Highest Stat: Strength, Lowest Stat: Wisdom, Status: Awakening, 80%

Bee read off the line aloud. She was pretty sure that Void knew all this, but Tony didn't. "Level 69. Wow. Master, last time we were down here Scan barely gave me any info.. Also, the added detail on his awakening progre...

Chapter 198: Prophetic Vision

Chapter 198: Prophetic Vision

It was dark by the time Tony finally begged for a halt to their training. Bee wasn't even winded, but he looked like he would find sleeping comfortably in the dirt at their feet. Everyone else had long since gone to bed, so it was just the two of them as they slowly walked back to the castle.

Typically, Tony wouldn't have let them walk in silence. He was both too good at conversation and too talkative. Yet now he was breathing so hard that mustering...

Chapter 197: A Deal is a Deal

Chapter 197: A Deal is a Deal

Bee batted aside the tentative thrust that Tony opened their latest exchange with. As the bristles knocked his stick to the side, she rotated and tapped his shoulder with the wooden handle of her own practice broom. If it had been the broom that Void had made for her, he would have lost the arm at the least.

"You need to commit. That thrust was slow and weak, but still more exposing than a feint." Bee commented as she followed up her attack, demonst...

Chapter 196: Let’s Make A Deal

Chapter 196: Let’s Make A Deal

"Well, little one. The real question is, what do you have to offer in trade?"

I was slightly taken aback. Trade was something I had heard discussed, but it wasn't something that I had any real experience in. I was lucky to have some context from past overheard conversations, but even in the castle, the concept of trade was completely foreign. Things were pretty much collected and distributed as Mary and Trent saw fit.

In our place, everyone...

Chapter 195: Lazy Sundays

Chapter 195: Lazy Sundays

The cave was silent except for the soft sound of clinking gold as I continued to neatly organize the contents of the dragon's lair. It was the least I could do after I so rudely interrupted its morning. Once I ensured that the entryway was clear and clean, though, I felt that it was starting to get slightly awkward. Beatrice would never have let the silence stretch on for this long without at least some further attempt at conversation.

I studied my host...

Chapter 194: Here There Be Dragons

Chapter 194: Here There Be Dragons

I held off throwing the next vial while I tried to identify the source of the new sound. Before I could though, it identified itself.

With a sudden cracking of rocks, something exploded out of the cave entrance, sending plumes of smoke exploding outward. Before my vision cleared of the debris, a booming voice yelled out so loud that my mic started peaking. "CAN YOU NOT?"

As the air cleared, I saw a scaly red lizard head retract b...

Chapter 193: Cause for Celebration

Chapter 193: Cause for Celebration

I followed Tony into the small room off to the side of the hallway, though I couldn't help but wonder what he wanted. This dark closet was a bit ominous. If I didn't know better, I might've been afraid.

Shutting the door, he stopped and turned around to face me with a slight bow. "So Lord Void… You know how Bee is always saying she's 'almost fourteen'?"

Yeah, I did recall that coming up a few times; in fact, it had been going on for lon...

Chapter 192: A Lot of Trouble

Chapter 192: A Lot of Trouble

Bee had only made it a few feet away from Mary's office when she made her choice. New awareness flooded into her mind, and she staggered into a wall, clutching her head. She sank to the ground, head between her knees as she tried to make sense of the sudden influx of sensation.

She could feel a new presence in her mind. Or rather, many of them. Almost like threads, each connected to one of the hundreds of people within the castle. Some connections w...

Chapter 191: Teas and Treason

Chapter 191: Teas and Treason

"Dear. I think you’re overthinking this."

Mary eyed Bee with concern from across her desk. The words made Bee flinch. Had she been overthinking this? Maybe, maybe not. It seemed like something worth putting thought into though. This was a huge decision.

She looked away from the motherly woman sitting across from her and scanned the barren storage closet that she was now using as an office. Bee couldn't help but feel slightly silly bothering ...

Chapter 190: Moonlight Sontata

Chapter 190: Moonlight Sontata

After spending an hour of tossing and turning, Bee eventually gave up on sleeping. Her mind kept returning to what had happened earlier that day, when she had welcomed Void home.

The festivities had lasted well into the night, but Void hadn't seen fit to attend. Bee couldn't really blame it. The station of a deity probably required some aloofness, if only to maintain its image. Plus, the party had been a pretty raucous one. Still, she felt a pang o...

Chapter 189: Pets and Pats

Chapter 189: Pets and Pats

Bee couldn't wait for her master to return. With how busy she was, it was a couple more days before she had time to return to the library. She hadn't forgotten about her class options, of course. They had stuck with her in the back of her mind, distracting her during other essential tasks. But with everything going on, she simply had no time for herself to really research or consider them any further.

As time went on, the influx of new castle inhabitan...

Chapter 188: Home Sweet Home

Chapter 188: Home Sweet Home

Arthur watched as the receding black speck of the godling disappeared on the horizon. He still wasn't quite sure what to think, but his time with the godling had been interesting, to say the least. He was only really sure of a couple of things. One was that Void was a being of immense power, something that no human he had ever met could hope to match. And the second was that, while Void, might be very powerful, Void was certainly not all-knowing.

Tha...

Chapter 187: Finishing the Job

Chapter 187: Finishing the Job

It didn't take long for Arthur to reach the defending soldiers. Once I had given him a brief description of the situation, he simply nodded, and the pace of the army picked up a little bit. I had left him to it as he seemed pretty busy giving orders to his staff.

Riders were sent out. Plans were drawn on pieces of paper placed over saddles and discussed on horseback as they moved. I floated in the air above the battlefield, watching it all. I could...

Chapter 186: Better Judgment

Chapter 186: Better Judgment

They were a few hundred paces outside of the Lieutenant’s prison when Harold and Amy stopped to catch their breath. Amazingly, nothing had happened. The two of them locked eyes as they panted, adrenaline spiked.

"What was that?" Amy demanded as she pulled hair from her face.

Harold frowned as he looked down at his fingers. He touched a small knife at his hip. "The cage held no power."

The blood drained from Amy's face. "You mean…"

Chapter 185: Deus Ex Machina

Chapter 185: Deus Ex Machina

Harold had a bad feeling. It was there when he woke up, and he couldn't shake it the entire day. His dour mood even affected the normally unflappable Amy, who had proven to be an amiable traveling companion so far. At least, after the first couple of days, when she had finally let the professionalism slip a little bit.

That it was her first real field assignment didn’t bother Harold. No, that wasn't unexpected. From her age and where she was statio...

Chapter 184: Military Discipline

Chapter 184: Military Discipline

Bee watched everyone file into the castle. The line seemed endless, yet they continued disappearing through the entrance without slowing. She knew that the castle was a massive, ancient structure, but sometimes it was easy to forget. Though the place was used as a mage’s college, she had read somewhere that it had existed for far longer. Between the carvings in the catacombs and the strange construction of the place, she could believe it. The castle�...

Chapter 183: Escort Quest

Chapter 183: Escort Quest

The city was not as desperate as we feared. Compared to the sea of undead we faced before, this scattered group was nothing. Only a handful of guards manned the walls, occasionally firing arrows or throwing spears down at the zombies. There were so few of the things that they were not even able to pile up close to the walls. It seemed the only thing they were really doing was preventing the city from easily reinforcing the rest of the province.

All in a...

Chapter 182: A Clean War

Chapter 182: A Clean War

“Gentlemen.” Arthur addressed the assembly. “We have no choice but to split up our forces. There is no single target that the undead will have to solidify their hold on this province. Not until we pass over to the far side, at least,  to their capital. But even that is not a large city. While this province is extremely wealthy, it's also quite sparse.

“The weather has been seen to grow good crops and it’s often used as a vacation area. But...

Chapter 181: Busy Bees

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Chapter 181: Busy Bees

Bee stood in the upstairs alchemy room, surveying the changes as Maranda explained what she had been up to. Unfortunately, it was hard to focus much after the revelation of how strong the Nighty Knights had become. Her head was so wrapped up in thoughts of the children all the implications that brought that she missed Maranda's question. "I'm sorry, what?"

Luckily, Maran...

Chapter 180: Organized Chaos

Chapter 180: Organized Chaos

Arthur stared at the two terrified men lying in the dirt in front of him. He recognized both of them. One was a minor noble from an annoying house that he was forced to bring along in the campaign. The other was one of his servants who joined the army to protect his young master.

The large man seemed to know exactly how much trouble he was in, but the lord was an arrogant fop. Accordingly, he was all up in arms about being treated this way.

"Do...

Chapter 179: Trust the System

Chapter 179: Trust the System

Arthur nearly jumped out of his skin as Void zipped down from the skies, two men held aloft with it. The men were immobilized as though by invisible bonds and plopped down face down in the dirt behind the god. Arthur was still gaping when Void gave its customary wave to him. Arthur, in a slight state of shock, actually returned the wave before he realized what he was doing and then gave a slight bow of greeting. "Lord Void. I-"

He cut off, glancing ...

Chapter 178: Death From Above

Chapter 178: Death From Above

When Bee reached the castle, she was greeted by an odd sight. Thankfully it was one that Susan had prepared her for, if only slightly. On top of the wall, a pair of guards stood watch. The one to the right was one of the men that had come as a refugee, one of Susan's personal trainees. To the left, top of his head barely visible above the crenellations, was one of the children.

This wasn't a child she had particularly interacted with before, but if ...