After their visit to Milinia proper, the group had gone back to Oda’s clearing with Dionil to continue their training. Four days passed when Dionil collected everyone on a rainy day and asked them to each show their progress to the rest, as a way to make everyone see what the others were working on. … Continue reading Chapter Twenty-Five – Steady Progress →

This wasn’t Cobal’s first time in a smithy, but the ones he used to visit in the capital catered to the rich and always looked very well kept. This place was an utter and absolute mess. There were unfinished and finished weapons strewn about the floor and occupying several tables. There was a barrel with … Continue reading Chapter Twenty-Four – The Elven Blacksmith →

Come morning, all four of them took a break from their training for a day to go and visit the town. Mana and Cobal hadn’t returned to the village since they originally stayed there overnight. Now they were going there to talk to the council and maybe visit some of the shops in town. With … Continue reading Chapter Twenty-Three – The council of Milinia →

Several days went by and Mana quickly got the hang of the assignment that Dionil set for them. After the third day she could lift the book up and open it to a random page. More precision than that was still beyond her, but it was a lot more than Cobal could say. He’d been … Continue reading Chapter Twenty-two – Diplomatic Immunity →

“Adjust your stance to what I’m showing you. You don’t have to completely abandon what you’ve learned, but try to adjust, okay? If you move your hips slightly lower and keep the knees bent you have way more flexibility. Move with the strike of the sword as you parry it as opposed to forcing yourself … Continue reading Chapter Twenty-one – The sage’s lessons →

“I don’t understand.” Cobal’s mind was racing but he couldn’t understand what he had just heard. “You don’t mean they killed him themselves right? Did he get sent out on a mission he didn’t survive, did he get poisoned or something?”Mana shook her head. “When I was sent to this world, I learned two things. … Continue reading Chapter Twenty – All cards on the table →

Cobal woke up fairly early, but after he got dressed he could already hear movement coming from the other room. There he found Mana who was just headed outside to eat breakfast there. After going to the kitchen and getting some food for himself he joined her outside the small house they were staying at.“We’ve … Continue reading Chapter Nineteen – Dionil, the woodland sage →

As they walked across several wooden bridges that connected different treehomes and walkways it became more and more clear that this village was on a far larger scale than they initially realized. Towards the entrance of the village was a sort of clearing that looked like it was made by the elves themselves and didn’t … Continue reading Chapter Eighteen – Milinia →

“So these strange symbols are a language in your world? Why would they use completely different symbols?”“That’s just how things developed. It’s quite cool actually, that different people approached written language from such a different angle. We all came to the conclusion that a written language is needed, but how we went about it was … Continue reading Chapter Seventeen – Trust Issues →

“So the Blueyerd Kingdom included roughly half of this forest?”“Correct.”“And you’re of the royal family of the Blueyerd Kingdom?”“Correct.”“So it would be fairly safe to assume that you know your kingdom?”“Correct.”Cassandra nodded. “So we’ve now established that this is part of your lands and that you should be aware of the things that are going … Continue reading Chapter Sixteen – Lost and Found →