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FLTL Ch 194. Designs

A/N: Hey folks. Sorry for the delay in the chapter. Patreon has a new bug (or feature?) where the whole chapter was getting converted into bold font, and it took me a while to figure out a way around it.

Also, I have attached an image and a link at the bottom, to make a few new concepts easier to understand. Enjoy!

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"The outer structure of the second block was already finished up a few days ago," Duvas explained. "Since Taniok and his apprentices had s...

FLTL Ch 193. New Ideas

A/N: Here is the regional map for reference:

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Hudan interrupted, "I don't think there is any harm in checking, but I am pretty sure you aren't going to find a big iron deposit here. The frequent skirmishes and wars over Tolasi hills aren't just to control more land. It's because those hills contain the largest iron ore deposits that have ever been seen in Cilaria. If there was another big iron deposit in these fore...

FLTL Ch 192. Prospecting

A/N: Here is the regional map for reference:

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"That's true," Duvas commented. "Even if we had just three crossbows ready, it would have made us a lot more secure..."

"That's why Yufim and Nurobo - our best archers - will also be on duty," Hudan reported, "one of them at each of the other gaps in the village walls."

"That's better than nothing, I guess..." Kivamus muttered. He looked at Duvas. "St...

FLTL Ch 191. Vigilance

A/N: You can read the short notes at the end of the chapter in case you need help in remembering the beasts' descriptions.

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He didn't know how long they kept waiting, but it couldn't have been more than five minutes. Before long, there was another sound of a howl, but this time it felt like it was coming from farther away. Hudan seemed to be listening carefully as well, then he nodded to himself, and ordered loudly to everyone, "We have to ride fast now. Let's go!" 2025-03-18 14:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post

FLTL Ch 190. Turbulence

A/N: I wanted to give a better idea of how the stream looks in winter, so you can use the below two images as a reference (the copyright of the images are owned by their respective owners, I don't own them).

The size of the stream Kivamus is visiting is somewhere between that in these two streams in the images.

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FLTL Ch 189. Tiranat's Coal Mines

Hudan nodded and ordered the guards to tie their horses to a nearby tree. Once that was done, they started trudging towards the entrance of the closest mine shaft. Reaching at the entrance, Kivamus stopped for a moment, waiting for someone to bring a light source. Tesyb and another guard didn't take long to light a candle using a flint and an iron knife. 

Seeing that it was ready, Kivamus began to walk inside but his arm was held back by Tesyb. 

"You can't go inside yet,...

FLTL Ch 188. Traveling

Darora nodded, "I have, milord. There are a lot of them on the Kal river in Ulriga, as well as a few even in Cinran."

"That's great. I'll need you to make something similar at a high priority, before you craft anything else. It will work in the opposite way of those water wheels you have seen, but it has the same concept, so you should be able to do it easily enough."

Darora looked confused. "But you just told me to start working on the second crossbow from tomorrow..."

"Yea...

FLTL Ch 187. Priorities

They had returned to the manor hall, with Duvas sitting near the fireplace along with him. Gorsazo had just returned as well and Hudan was animatedly telling him about the evening while pointing out various parts of the crossbow in his hands, while Feroy seemed to be lost in his thoughts. Cedoron had returned to his workshop, but Kivamus had told Darora to stay back for a while. 

Kivamus gestured to an empty chair near the fireplace. "Darora, take a seat."

The young carpenter...

FLTL Ch 186. Target Practice

The carpenter nodded, and pulled out a bunch of bolts, some of them simply being made of sharpened fedarus wood, while the others also had an iron tip - some of which were pointed, others being broadheads. The fletcher had also attached feathers on the sides to stabilize its trajectory. 

Kivamus picked up a simple wooden bolt without an iron tip and laid it on the top of the crossbow stock in the required groove. Before shooting it, he glanced around him and saw everyone loo...

FLTL Ch 185. Profiting Or Profiteering

A/N: Below the chapter I have given two links for youtube videos which will make some new terms a lot easier to understand, assuming you aren't already familiar with the terminology. Make sure to watch them after (or even before) reading the second part of the chapter.

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The majordomo added with a shrug, "I don't think you need to worry too much about it. Even though we all have heard the process, I think that maybe excluding you, no one else other than Syryne has any...

FLTL Ch 184. Precautions

Syryne took a deep breath before she started explaining. "I had divided that twelfth batch of Losuvil leaves into four different parts once I had seen that it had lasted the longest so that I could try a different new method with each of them to make it last even longer - including repeating the process of preserving the ninth batch with all of them. I didn't achieve a good result with three of those smaller batches, so I will skip them for now."  

She pointed at t...

FLTL Ch 183. Experiments

A/N: It's a super long chapter today. Enjoy!

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The majordomo continued, "While the snow is helping to prevent the meat from going bad for now, but with the amount of meat coming in being more than what we consume these days, it would be better to smoke it and store it for the future."

"That's true," Kivamus agreed. "But do we have anyone here who can smoke the meat properly?

"That won't be a problem," Duvas replied. "Once in a while we did get some extra m...

FLTL Ch 182. Coal And Wood

A/N: From this chapter onwards, the Dukes and the Kings will start getting further ahead of Royalroad with every bonus chapter on Wednesday. Now you are 31 chapters ahead!

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Duvas explained, "Before you had provided braziers to so many places in the village, I was quite sure that even without restarting coal mining in the winter, our two coal barns would easily last us for the whole season, maybe even with some coal still left over to sell after the snow melts....

FLTL Ch 181. Vendetta

Kivamus frowned. "I don't know who is lying and who's not, so why don't you tell me your side too? Are you purposely giving her more tasks, perhaps because she used to be a slave in the past? And if you are damaging our limited supply of clothing just for a vendetta, I won't be pleased. It's not like we have a hoard of coins to buy new clothing whenever we want."

Madam Nerida shook her head furiously, her short graying hair moving behind her. "No, milord, I'd never do that! I always do ...

FLTL Ch 180. Midwinter

A/N: And it's finally the middle of winter! Enjoy!

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~ Kivamus ~

Kivamus tightened his fur coat around him. Again. Damn, it was so cold today! He should never have left the warmth of the manor hall!

He was standing near the edge on the roof of the manor house with his hands on the wooden guardrails while looking around his domain. Consistent snowfall over the last month had made this place look like a winter wonderland, even though the snow gathered...

FLTL Ch 179. Darora

Hyola looked so surprised that it took a while for her to respond. "I can do that? I can really become a guard just like Calubo?" She quickly asked with a confused face, "You are really recruiting women as guards?"

Hudan gave the reply, "We certainly are. We already have five women who are working as guards here. They will be getting the same wages as the male guards, as well as free food and lodging here, like all our workers in the manor. There is a catch though - we are going to star...

FLTL Ch 178. Skills

Madam Helga shook her head. "I'm not sure, but he is very busy managing a lot of things in the village, so I don't think Lord Kivamus will be visiting the block unless there is an emergency."

Hyola thought quickly. "In that case, can I come with you all as well? I was blaming the baron for wanting to keep us in jail or to execute us earlier, so I really want to apologise for that!"

Madam Helga seemed to be thinking about it for a moment. "Sure, I guess. But we won't be returning b...

FLTL Ch 177. Not A Dream

Madam Helga smiled. "You don't have to pay for that. At least for this winter, the supply of coal for heating will be free of cost."

What? Could that really be true? Hyola couldn't believe those words. There would be enough coal here for them to use around the clock? That meant nobody would freeze to death this winter! While at the quarry, she had been worried about which of the slaves wouldn't survive the coming winter, but here, that wouldn't be a concern at all. She wouldn't have to ...

FLTL Ch 176. A Place Just For Herself

Feroy and the other guard immediately stepped closer to him, but it didn't take long for them to realise that it was Hudan and a few other guards. 

Climbing down from his horse, the guard captain - who looked nearly as tired and exhausted as the stonecutters - walked closer to him. "Milord, so this is where you are. I thought you would be at the manor so I went to report there, but someone told me that you had gone to the north." 

Shivering a little, Kivamus rubbed his h...

FLTL Ch 175. Mistrust

If that silver haired bastard even tried to ask something like that from her or the other women, or even if his eyes strayed where they shouldn't, she would directly go for his throat.

She looked at the young baron with steely eyes, judging how long it would take her to cross that distance between them if it came to that. He was standing maybe six or seven feet away from her. Would she be able to get there before the guards got to her? She wasn't sure, but she would certainly try...

FLTL Ch 174. Dread

After he found it out, Kivamus had immediately told Helga to talk with the supervisor of the block so they could prepare a warm meal for around two dozen people, since the guards would be eating in the manor anyway. Once she had become busy arranging that, he decided to take Duvas, Feroy and another guard with him to see the conditions inside the longhouse since he was here anyway and they had some free time.

Once he entered the inner doors from the courtyard, the villagers who had been...

FLTL Ch 173. Arrival

A/N: It's an extra long chapter today! Enjoy!

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Immediately, there was a loud cheer from everyone. Some of the stonecutters even began to whoop and clap, being enthusiastic about reaching the place for which they had been travelling for so long now. 

The guard captain ordered the wagons to start moving faster, saying that he wanted to reach before nightfall if possible, although the sun must already have set by now - but it was difficult to tell in the cons...

FLTL Ch 172. Journey

A/N: It's a super long chapter today! Enjoy!

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~ Maisy ~

~ Going back to her new family! ~

It was fully dark now, but Maisy had nearly reached her home. Yes, her home! She was returning from the school - which was a new word for her, before papa told her that it was a place where nobles sent their kids to get educated. Immediately, Timmy had asked whether it meant that they were nobles now, but sadly papa had told them that the Lord ba...

FLTL Ch 171. A Good Haul

A/N: It's a super long chapter today. Enjoy!

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"In warmer weather, certainly," Syryne explained. "And if it's the middle of summer, those leaves won't be of any use after only a few hours of plucking them. But it's winter right now and it's snowing heavily near those hills, and that cold weather will preserve those leaves for much longer. We can easily use them for four or five days if we keep them packed with snow, and maybe even for a whole week."

"That makes ...

FLTL Ch 170. Discovery

It had been three days since he had made the compasses, and their two hunting groups had taken it with them the next morning. And this time the hunters' plan was to keep looking for bigger animals to hunt before they returned, which could take a few days to even a week. 

He had also allowed each group to take a horse if needed, based on the path they wanted to follow on their next trip, so that it would be helpful for them to carry their gear more easily, not to mention the horse w...

FLTL Ch 169. Compass

A/N: It's a longer chapter today. Enjoy!

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Kivamus sighed and shook his head. "No, it's not. Let me explain it fully." He pointed at the compass. "Okay. So what I have done here is to allow the rhombus shaped needle to freely rotate on its stand, which is made from another needle. And since the rhombus shaped needle is magnetised now, it starts to rotate because of the planet's magnetic field, until it aligns itself in a north-south direction." 

He c...

FLTL Ch 168. Witchcraft

Cedoron grinned and reached into another side pocket of his apron. "Of course. What kind of a blacksmith would I be if I reported to the baron without any of my tools on me?"

Kivamus chuckled and told him to move closer to the long table. Feroy had kept the spear in a corner of the hall, and was watching them from the side, along with others. Madam Helga's family and Clarisa had also gathered there in curiosity.

Exhaling once, Kivamus carefully spread the needles from that ...

FLTL Ch 167. Parchment Print

A/N: Enjoy the long chapter!

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Kivamus laughed. "Don't worry, you didn't break anything. I knew it wasn't gonna last too long and you dropping it would certainly have removed any magnetism it had left. But we can hit it again with a hammer, and it should start to work once more."

"Really?" Lucem asked with wonder.

Kivamus smiled and nodded at him.

"I didn't know you could even perform magic, my Lord," Syryne said with a chuckle.

Kivamus snorted...

FLTL Ch 166. A Hammer, A Rod and A Nail

Kivamus snorted, "I don't know that for sure. It's not like I have any experience in making real crossbows, even though I know the basic concept of how they are supposed to work. So it will certainly need some trial and error. But the earlier I start discussing it with the blacksmith, the sooner we can begin making them here after figuring out any problems in the design."

"Of course, that makes sense," Duvas replied before he gave a chuckle. "I can't wait to see the day when our ...

FLTL Ch 165. Divine-Stone

"Not on my life, milord!" Feroy exclaimed with a grin. He seemed to be thinking for a moment before he added, "But you know, maybe I'll visit that school, after all. Just to keep an eye on everyone there, you know? I want to make sure nobody causes any trouble for our only teacher."

"Of course," Kivamus smirked, easily guessing the real reason. 

At that moment, the outer door of the hall opened and a guard walked inside. "Milord, the two guards we had sent to escort Pydaso to...