M.J. Markgraf

Mana System Chapter 138: Old grudges

Edward Rosewill exited the Bazaar. It had taken time and effort but he had located suitable individuals for his purpose. They would arrive within the month and do what they had been paid to do. The cost had been exorbitant but worth all of the credits he had spent on it. No amount of money would bring back his precious Fayline but this would give him some measure of peace.

At first, his rage had been blinding and he wanted to strike out and kill the people responsible. With the help of ...

Mana System Chapter 137: Around the horn

The night went by quickly and we left early in the morning the next day. Javier and Maria were quiet but studious as I showed them the simple controls to the barge. I let each have a turn with the controls to the horror of the merchants as we plummeted a hundred feet when Javier bumped the height lever.

“Careful,” I said in admonishment. “That lever is very sensitive to height adjustments, and while the barge can’t rise very quickly, it can fall as fast as gravity allows.”

Mana System Chapter 136: Paul’s delivery service

I spent the remaining day practicing with my new staves just to get a feel for them. I was more than happy with the results.

The morning to leave came quickly and I was standing next to the freshly christened barge. Silk Road was the name my employees had decided on for the craft. I thought it was a bit presumptuous but didn’t argue about it. There were certainly worse names they could have gone with.

The barge rested in the same parking lot as the fortress, the ramp extended to...

Mana System Chapter 135: Unfinished Tasks

I found Martin where the Marshall said he would be, but he was in a meeting. I decided to hang out with Fiona until his meeting ended.

“Been a while, how’s everything going?”

“Good, but having to wait around can be tiring. I don’t know how Martin can enjoy politics this much.”

I chuckled, “just another challenge to conquer. Much easier than dealing a fatal blow to another person I imagine.”

“I guess you’re right, at least I still have our evenings t...

Mana System Chapter 134: Merchant-dising

The dry dock was ready and the old barge rested on pillars of stone a few feet above my head. I was examining the bottom to check for any issues I would need to deal with before attaching the plates. There was a thick layer of barnacles that needed to be removed but they proved to be not as strong as I was as I scrapped them away with a wide blade, enhanced with magic.

The creatures were between levels two and eight. I had the mages take care of them, essentially free experience though ...

Mana System Chapter 133: Mission complete

The deal took Martin three weeks to hammer out. Most of that was wasted with that stupid council, mainly just the one woman. She kept trying to control everything and considering her class was called politician, it was no surprise. The fact that her level was only seven, spoke volumes of her talent.

Nothing changed until they brought in someone who had the Identify skill. I didn’t recognize the man and he didn’t recognize me or Martin. But that didn’t stop him from turning pale wh...