You are reading the series:
Chapter 472: Some Time
Chapter 471: Raising Questions
Chapter 470: Looking to the Future
Chapter 469: A Zuccat Returns
Chapter 468: Time with Her Siblings
Chapter 467: Of Course, Tala
Chapter 466: Blindsided
Chapter 465: For Now
Chapter 464: What Do You Seek?
Chapter 463: This Gateless Paradise
Chapter 462: Your Bargain
Chapter 461: The Plate Itself
Chapter 460: Immortal Elk
Chapter 459: The Curse of Intelligence
Chapter 458: Crazy Enough to Work
Chapter 457: Return to Fully Active Duty
Chapter 456: Growth and Improvement
August Skip Day && Ironbound – Book 8 Cover Reveal!
Chapter 455: Not Ever Again
Chapter 454: Need
Chapter 453: Honest and Open
Chapter 452: Final Goodbye
Chapter 451: Isn’t the Worst
Chapter 450: It Simply Was
Chapter 449: Clad in an Illusion
Chapter 448: A Brutal Way
Chapter 447: To Study the Invisible
Chapter 446: Facing Perspectives
Chapter 445: Gateless Paragon?
Chapter 444: Sunset Date
Chapter 443: Family Visits
Chapter 442: Unknown Quantity
Chapter 441: A Matter of Priority
Chapter 440: Prepare for the Days to Come
Chapter 439: The First Time
Chapter 438: Modular Defenses
Chapter 437: Reality and Regularity
Chapter 436: Just Five More Minutes
Chapter 435: Looking Forward
Chapter 434: Brand’s Restaurant
Chapter 433: Purposeful Silence
Chapter 432: Four Dimensional Construction
Chapter 431: Friends
Chapter 430: Next Steps
Chapter 429: Wrap-up
Chapter 428: Current Loadout (2)
Chapter 427: Current Loadout
Chapter 426: Rebirth
Chapter 425: New Resident
Chapter 424: False Copies
Chapter 423: Copies
Chapter 422: An Absolutely Lovely Idea
Chapter 421: More Important Things
Chapter 420: Let’s Get to It
Chapter 419: I’m Sure
Chapter 418: The End of a Story
Chapter 417: Arrivals
Book 7 – Eskau is fully live!!!
Chapter 416: Mission Accomplished
Continue the Story [Book 7 – Eskau]
Chapter 415: Void of Magic
[Not a Chapter] Book 7 Release – My Error
Chapter 414: Rejection
Chapter 413: Facing Reality
Chapter 412: Reality Nodes and Prison
Chapter 411: Let’s Do This
Chapter 410: The Truth of Choice
Chapter 409: We Will, I Will, I Won’t
Chapter 408: Marriage
Chapter 407: Birthday Breakfast
Chapter 406: Happy to Be Alive
Chapter 405: Soon Enough
Chapter 404: Considering Our Future
Chapter 403: Let Hope Begin
[Cover Reveal!] Millennial Mage Book 7 – Eskau
Chapter 402: Session Two
Chapter 401: Thanks for the Hand
Chapter 400: Eternity
Chapter 399: True Love
Chapter 398: Resources to Reforge
Chapter 397: Tests and Discussions
Chapter 396: Void and Kinetics
Chapter 395: Decent
Chapter 394: A Misunderstanding
Chapter 393: Divided into Two
Chapter 392: Cell-Core?
New Covers and Deals!
Chapter 391: Behind
Chapter 390: Be Clear
Chapter 389: A Big Step
Chapter 388: Tales and Tallies
Chapter 387: Prospects in Retrospect
Chapter 386: Her?
Chapter 385: Durability
Chapter 384: Natural Magics
Chapter 383: No Point
Chapter 382: Conversations
Chapter 381: Teleportation
Chapter 380: Not Yet
Chapter 379: Choices that Shape the Future
I’m Full-Time Writing!
Chapter 378: Specifically Notorious
Chapter 377: My Fault
Chapter 376: See the Magic
Chapter 375: Alone
Chapter 374: Issue with Translation
Chapter 373: The Most Advanced Mage Involved
Chapter 372: Magics Consumed
Chapter 371: The Familiar White Void
Chapter 370: Before We Proceed
Chapter 369: Dependable, Reliable, and Useful
Chapter 368: Threefold Sight
Ko-fi is Live! [Free Advanced Chapter for You!]
Chapter 367: We Are Undone
Chapter 366: Often… Frustrating
Chapter 365: Wolves and Bears
Chapter 364: Whirlwind
Chapter 363: You Never Asked
Chapter 362: A Fun Evening with Friends
Chapter 361: Contemplative Silence
Winter Update
Chapter 360: Let It Go
Chapter 359: Without Issue or Fanfare
Chapter 358: Something Crazy
Chapter 357: See the World
Chapter 356: Contemplations and Suggestions
Chapter 356: Contemplations and Suggestions
Chapter 355: The Pack
Chapter 354: Charcoal and Ash
Chapter 353: Break
Chapter 352: They See
Chapter 351: Aye, Eye
Chapter 350: Zuccat, Feshua, and Deas
Chapter 349: A Lot
Chapter 348: Buckets
Chapter 347: Advancement Toward Paragon
Chapter 346: City Stone
Chapter 345: Always Welcome
Chapter 344: Oh R—
Chapter 343: Needles
Chapter 342: Sole
Chapter 341: Aura Supremacy
Chapter 340: Safety is Gone
Chapter 339: Some Well-Acquired Information
Continue the Story [Book 6 – Fused]
Chapter 338: Not Quite a Montage
Chapter 337: Mage’s Bane
Chapter 336: This Method
Chapter 335: Protocol
Chapter 334: Khesed
Chapter 333: His Story
Chapter 332: A Cliff
Chapter 331: A Different Ruleset
Chapter 330: After-Battle
Chapter 329: Normal
Chapter 328: Settling In
Chapter 327: Meet the Unit
Chapter 326: Gravity
Chapter 325: Dissolution Breath
Chapter 324: Companions for the Waning
Chapter 323: Your Own Path
Chapter 322: An Immortal
Chapter 321: Welcome to Alefast
Chapter 320: A Temporary Goodbye
Chapter 319: Fight!
Chapter 318: Questions and Departure
Chapter 317: Family
Continue the Story [Book 5 – Fusing]
Chapter 316: Her Next Moves
Chapter 315: Terry?
Chapter 314: A Pleasant Morning
Chapter 313: Catching Up
Chapter 312: Baby Steps
Chapter 311: Master Coinin
Chapter 310: Her Choices
Chapter 309: Void It Is!
Chapter 308: Tea at the End of a World
Chapter 307: Let’s See for Ourselves
Chapter 306: Goodbyes
Chapter 305: Finally!
Chapter 304: Dimensional Storage, Recovery Artifact
Chapter 303: Counter-Spell
Chapter 302: Arrangements
Chapter 301: How to Host
Chapter 300: Expensive Food
Chapter 299: I Do Try
Chapter 298: Anti-Magical
Chapter 297: Considering
Chapter 296: Assessment and Consideration
Chapter 295: Quite a Few
Chapter 294: To Learn the Results
Chapter 293: Not too Stereotypical
Chapter 292: Don’t Change Your Body
Chapter 291: Sacks of Iron
Continue the Story [Book 4 – Bound]
Chapter 290: Until Next Time
Chapter 289: Reality Shifted
Chapter 288: A Fragile Peace
Chapter 287: Alternates
Chapter 286: No Place for Deception
Chapter 285: I’m Listening
Chapter 284: That is The Plan
Chapter 283: Payoff
Chapter 282: Goodwill and Favors
Chapter 281: To Grow and Improve
Chapter 280: Mine is Secure
Chapter 279: Dimensional Stability
Chapter 278: Breakfast
Chapter 277: Tests of All Types
Chapter 276: The Tour
Chapter 275: Into the Weeds
Continue the Story [Book 3 – Binding]
Chapter 274: Hit the Highlights
Chapter 273: This Time
Chapter 272: Sapphire Disc
Chapter 271: Priceless
Chapter 270: Lunch
Chapter 269: Ownership
Chapter 268: Ravenous
Chapter 267: Entrance
Chapter 266: Small Note
Chapter 265: Decay
Chapter 264: Ours?
Chapter 263: Howlton
Chapter 262: Building Some Good Will
Chapter 261: I Need Some Answers
Chapter 260: Sleep?
Chapter 259: Parting
Continue the Story [Book 2 – Mage]
Chapter 258: Voidsight
Chapter 257: Sight
Chapter 256: Hole
Chapter 255: Unpleasantness
Non-MM, Silly and Fun Chapter: Tek and the Wizard’s Cat
Chapter 254: Wonderful
Chapter 253: Acidic Tide
Chapter 252: Down, Boy
Chapter 251: That Girl
Chapter 250: In the House of the Rising Sun
Chapter 249: Risks and Liabilities
Chapter 248: Return to Platoiri
Chapter 247: No Power in Zeme
Chapter 246: Grueling, If Profitable
Chapter 245: Despair
Chapter 244: Attrition
Chapter 243: Ask an Expert
Chapter 242: A Fragment
The Publishing Plan (Books 1 – 6)
Chapter 241: Croi
Continue the Story [Book 1 – Mageling]
Chapter 240: Not the Best Plan
Chapter 239: An Excellent Plan
Chapter 238: Preparations for Departure
Chapter 237: House of Ravens
Chapter 236: Tests
Chapter 235: Faith
Chapter 234: Negotiations
Chapter 233: That Depends
Chapter 232: Armored Units
Chapter 231: Guild Hold
Chapter 230: City Lord
Chapter 229: Future Duties
Chapter 228: The Manipulation of Concepts
Chapter 227: Understanding
Chapter 226: The One to Seize
Chapter 225: Internal Monologue
Chapter 224: Questioning
Chapter 223: Villain
Sick
Chapter 222: Not-Gravy
Chapter 221: The House’s Sword
Chapter 220: One Simple Question
Chapter 219: Knowing Her Role
Chapter 218: Combat Ready
Chapter 217: Gate-Breaking
Chapter 216: Service to the House of Blood
Chapter 215: First Raid
Chapter 214: Sanctum
Chapter 213: Naturally Lesser
Chapter 212: Buy Yourself Something Nice
Chapter 211: If You Command
Chapter 210: Objections
Chapter 209: Clash
Chapter 208: Begin
Chapter 207: The End of the Night
Chapter 206: The Feast Hall
Chapter 205: Gag Me Now
Chapter 204: Shift in Focus
Chapter 203: A Bit Concerned
Chapter 202: Blood
Chapter 201: Found You
Chapter 200: The Reason
Chapter 199: A Wonderfully Peaceful Time
Chapter 198: A Fun Idea
Chapter 197: The Marliweather Constructionist Guild
Chapter 196: Exceptions Aside
Chapter 195: A Tea House
Chapter 194: I’ll Be Fine
Chapter 193: Family Claims
Chapter 192: You’ll Never Guess
Chapter 191: Uneventful
Chapter 190: Alat, Ignored
Chapter 189: Dissolution
Chapter 188: Explain Everything
Chapter 187: Genuinely Shocked
Chapter 186: I Really Want To
Chapter 185: Not Surprised in the Least
Chapter 184: Surprisingly Reasonable
Chapter 183: Embarrassing for Everyone
Chapter 182: That Unleashed a Flood
Chapter ?? – Blessings Never Cease
Chapter 181: Just a Minor Change
Chapter 180: Master Avian
Chapter 179: Adjusting Your Senses
Chapter 178: Crazy
Chapter 177: Memories
Chapter 176: Through-Spike
Chapter 175: A Long Night
Chapter 174: Draining Her Reserves
Chapter 173: Tight Spaces
Chapter 172: Vestiges
Chapter 171: Not Pregnant
Chapter 170: Black, Please
Chapter 169: The Normal Rate
Chapter 168: Siphon Fascia
Chapter 167: It All Started with Some Chicken Soup
Chapter 166: Brutal
Chapter 165: Finally Time
Chapter 164: By Design
Chapter 163: Syphon
Chapter 162: Alternate Interface
Chapter 161: Challenges
Chapter 160: Mage Hunters
Chapter 159: One More Thing to Practice
Chapter 158: The Right Call
No Chapter today
Chapter 157: Five Percent
Chapter 156: Aproa
Chapter 155: Back in Bandfast
Chapter 154: You Earned It
Chapter 153: In the Ground
Chapter 152: Restraining Crush
Chapter 151: Particularly Pernicious
Chapter 150: A Long, Long Day
Chapter 149: Another Screech
Chapter 148: An Entirely Different Train of Thought
Chapter 147: Hallucinogens
Chapter 146: Drop the Mistress
Chapter 145: Abstract Guide
Chapter 144: Archon Star Separation
Chapter 143: A Hunter
Chapter 142: Departing Makinaven
Chapter 141: Decadent
Chapter 140: Bloodstars
Chapter 139: A Lot to Take in
Chapter 138: Questions and Requests
Chapter 137: Humanity
Chapter 136: Underpinning Aura
Chapter 135: Foundational Understandings
Image Gallery
Chapter 134: What Is Happening to You?
Chapter 133: Great…
Chapter 132: Together
Chapter 131: Choose Wisdom
Chapter 130: Murder Dell
Chapter 129: A Mild Combat Application
Chapter 128: Happy to Assist
Chapter 127: Reactions
Chapter 126: Kit Was Full
Chapter 125: That Seems Wise
Chapter 124: A Lot of New Things to Test Out
Chapter 123: Shift
Chapter 122: As Expected
Chapter 121: Crocheting
Chapter 120: Venturing Food
Chapter 119: Jevin
Chapter 118: Into the Constructionist Guild
Chapter 117: Espresso?
Chapter 116: Higher in Makinaven
Chapter 115: Needed Support
Chapter 114: Less Than Ideal
Chapter 113: Welcome to Makinaven
Chapter 112: On Overwatch
Chapter 111: Outside the Defenses
Chapter 110: One Way to Protect the Caravan
Chapter 109: Leshkin
Chapter 108: Nightshift
Chapter 107: The Dark, Cold Forest
Chapter 106: Potent Creature
Chapter 105: Practice
Chapter 104: That Seems Bad
Chapter 103: A Start
Chapter 102: I’m Hardly Standard
Chapter 101: A Calm, Uneventful Evening
Chapter ?? – Fool’s Folly
Chapter 100: Crystal
Chapter 99: Only a Mage Protector
Chapter 98: Mistress Odera
Chapter 97: More Questions
Chapter 96: Progress is Progress
Chapter 95: To End a Very Long Day
Chapter 94: That’s A Bit Embarrassing
Chapter 93: In Ancient Times
Chapter 92: The Crux of The Matter at Hand
Chapter 91: Plentiful and Free
Chapter 90: False Choices
Chapter 89: What the Rust?
Chapter 88: The Real Work
Chapter 87: Wish Me Luck?
Chapter 86: A Taste of Human Blood
Chapter 85: About Time You Finished
Chapter 84: Watching for a Trap
Chapter 83: She’s a Scary Lady
Chapter 82: Fleeing the Madness of Reality
Chapter 81: A Hodgepodge Foundation
Chapter 80: That Has Merit
Chapter 79: Mana
Chapter 78: Group Breakfast Deal
Chapter 77: Already Lost to the World
Chapter 76: Yay, Me…
Chapter 75: This Won’t Kill You, Directly
Chapter 74: Worth Every Copper
Chapter 73: Flow
Chapter 72: Are You Heavier?
Chapter 71: I’m Going to Become an Archon
Chapter 70: Understatement
Chapter 69: Not Nice
Chapter 68: More Dangerous Than We Realize
Chapter 67: I Might Need to Be Attacked More Often
Chapter 66: A Foolish Form of Immortality
Chapter 65: Smell Like Blood and Death
Chapter 64: One Thousand Ounces, Gold
Chapter 63: Crush
Chapter 62: A Silly Accusation
Chapter 61: It Should Be Fun
Chapter 60: Set on Unconventionality
Chapter 59: A Cow a Day?
Chapter 58: Undiminished Intensity
Chapter 57: Right! The Hammer
Chapter 56: A Talented Teacher
Chapter 55: Interruptions and Progress
Chapter 54: Back to Basics
Chapter 53: Worst Proposal Ever
Chapter 52: Through the Pass, Again
Chapter 51: Settling in
Chapter 50: Back on the Road
Chapter 49: Cyclops and Conversation
Chapter 48: Potential Conflict
Chapter 47: A Day of Departure
Chapter 46: Bad Birdy?
Chapter 45: So Much More to Learn
Chapter 44: Food and Inquiry
Chapter 43: Unexpected Results
Chapter 42: Well… That’s New
Chapter 41: To the Ending Grove
Chapter 40: The Beginning of True Magehood
Chapter 39: The Wandering Magician
Chapter 38: Little Shop of Wonders
Chapter 37: A Spinner of Tales
Chapter 36: Through the Gatehouse
Chapter 35: Power Aplenty
Chapter 34: Aftermath
Chapter 33: Creature of Magic
Chapter 32: Terribly Wrong
Chapter 31: The Foundation of Any Fighting Art
Chapter 30: A Morning to Decide - Reading
Chapter 29: You’re a Mage, Figure It Out
Chapter 28: Messy Work
Chapter 27: That’s…a Big Bull
Chapter 26: Please Don’t Kill Us
Chapter 25: A Blood Star
Chapter 24: There Would Be a Next Time
Chapter 23: Around the Dinner Table
Chapter 22: A Frustratingly Fitting Name
Chapter 21: Berries and Jerky
Chapter 20: Around the ‘Death’ Tree
Chapter 19: Not Soon Enough
Chapter 18: The Wilds Are My Workout
Chapter 17: The Evening Encampment
Chapter 16: Arcanous Beasts
Chapter 15: The Journey Begins
Chapter 14: An Auspicious Start
Chapter 13: Late Night Meetings
Chapter 12: One Has to Dream
Chapter 11: Mysteries and Chowder
Chapter 10: Don’t Let Them Poach You
Chapter 9: It’s Just Glue
Chapter 8: Delivery and New Sight
Chapter 7: The Old Made New
Chapter 6: In Holly’s Workshop
Chapter 5: A Day of Preparation
Chapter 4: A Simple Home
Chapter 3: Dinner
Chapter 2: The Caravanner’s Guild
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Chapter 30: A Morning to Decide
Tala snorted a laugh at Brands words as he passed over the jug full of coffee. Brand then seemed to notice Renix for the first time. He straightened, brushing off his apron, and put on a diplomats smile. Mageling Renix. He bowed slightly. How can I serve?
Renix shook his head. Nothing for me, thank you. I am simply walking with Mistress Tala.
Very good. Mageling, Mistress. He bowed to each of them in turn, then shut the door.
As they walked back out from between the moving wagons, Renix gestured back towards the closed door. Like that!
Tala frowned. What?
The cook! He anticipates your needs and works to meet them.
We havean understanding. He tried to kill me and doesnt want me to seek vengeance Was that all it was? No, weve come to an amicable understanding in truth.
Yes, but you seem to reach those with everyone you talk to. Your driver lets you spend most of the day on top of his wagon.
My wagon. But she didnt interrupt.
The guards lend you shields whenever you want.
Well, only at night. Id love one for shadeMaybe I should buy one in Alefast? Or a parasol? No, the hat is plenty.
The cooks, Ive already mentioned.
Stabbed, threatened, understanding reached, yes. She had uncorked the coffee and was beginning to drink. It was lukewarm and deliciously dark. Exactly what she needed.
Master Trent and Mistress Atrexia let you do as you wish. They dont like it, but they dont stop you.
Theyd have a hard time, if they tried. Well, her iron salve was a bit haphazard, at the moment. I should fix that.
And the passengers see you as a walking legend.
That was news to her. Oh?
Of course! How could they not? You fought a terror bird, driving it away without any harm coming to the caravan. You harvested from an ending tree. You punched out a thunder bull; what do you expect them to think?
Well, that last is a bit of a mischaracterization She sighed. I see your point. Do you want my answer, or do you wish to keep singing my virtues?
Renix blushed deeply and cleared his throat. Your answer, if youre willingMistress.
Talas lips quirked up in a wry smile. Be you.
He turned to her, frowning. I cant really be anyone else.”
She shook her head. I mean, be true to what you want, how you want to act, what you want to do, who you want to be. That will require you to make sacrifices, as you cant expect the world to hand you anything, but every sacrifice to become more of who you are is easy to make, and you will never regret it. She paused, then her shoulders drooped just slightly, and she sighed. It can be lonely, Renix, being who you wish to be. You wont make as many friends, if you dont twist yourself into knots to please people, but those you do make will like you for you, not for who you are pretending to be. She smiled up at him, then took another long pull of coffee.
Renix didnt respond for a long while, as they continued to walk alongside the caravan.
Does that help?
Renix laughed briefly. Maybe? I dont know who I want to be, though How do I figure that out?
She smiled. Find one thing that you want and figure out what you need to achieve that. That is who you want to be.
What do you mean?
She shrugged. If you want to be a famous historian, you need to study history. Thus, even if you dont think that you want to read, you actually do, because reading widely and retaining in great detail is what will allow you to become a famous historian. As an example. I mean, even if you go explore ruins, you will need to be able to read and articulate what you find there.
Huh. He pondered, again, and Tala downed more of the coffee. I think I think I understand what you mean. I want to be strong, so even if I dont like exercising, I do want to exercise, because it will make me stronger.
She pointed at him firmly, her gaze intense. That! That is a better example.
He grinned back at her. I do think I understand.
Good. Let me know what you discover, yeah?
He nodded. I will. Thank you, Mistress Tala.
You are most welcome.
He turned, striding back towards his own wagon, and she picked up her pace to return to the wagon at the front. I hope that was the right thing to tell him It shouldnt hurt him, at the very least. As long as he doesnt expect everyone to immediately accept him for who he wants to be, he should be fine. You cant force that.
Sadly, the coffee didnt last for even the trip back to the cargo wagon, and she was left to shepherd an empty jug, at least until lunch.
* * *
Coffee gone, but well imbibed, Tala felt much more awake, though slightly saddened for the loss.
Its just coffee, Tala. There will be more, tomorrow. She didnt allow herself to dwell on it further.
Instead, she took out her magic detector and began sweeping herself to check how her iron salve was doing.
Not good.
She took the next hour to slowly, covertly, re-salve herself until the magic detector didnt register her at all.
After another sweep of the terrain, Adam turned to face her fully. I can teach you, some, if you wish, but Im not going to argue with you.
Thats fair.
You do what I say, when I say it. No arguing.
She shrugged. I suppose so.
Shirt off.
She grabbed the base of her shirt and started to lift. Adams eyes widened, and he spun around, clearly blushing deeply.
Stop! Stop.
Tala started to laugh, letting her shirt fall back over her stomach. That was a test, yes? You were trying to find an excuse to refuse?
Adam scratched the back of his neck, still not looking at her. Is your shirt on?
It is.
He turned back slowly, checking first. Not preciselyWe do something similar with new recruits, though for men its Drop your pants. Youd be surprised how few follow instructions.
So, you dont have to see pants-less men that often?
Or women, we do get some of those as recruits. He quirked a smile. Strangely, they seem more willing to comply with random commands than the men. Maybe something about proving their worth or justifying their being there. I should have remembered and expected you to act similarly.
So whats the point of the lesson? Or do you just like seeing who you can get pants-less?
He reddened, again, but less so this time. No, its to drive home a notion: No one should be obeyed absolutely. Sometimes your commanders are wrong. Now, we also go out of our way to build trust in those commanders, but we dont want blind obedience. That gets people killed.
Huh. Not what Id have expected from the Guardsman Guild.
He shrugged. We want our people to survive, same as any.
Fair enough. She waited for a long moment, as he continued to keep an eye on the surroundings. Soyoull teach me?
He smiled, again. I said I would, didnt I?
How do we begin?
We fix how you walk.
Tala frowned. Whats wrong with how I walk?
You move like a Mage.
and?
And you dont want to fight like one, so you shouldnt move like one. I want you to walk up and down the caravan and keep your center of balance inside your planted foot at all times.
Say again?
He smiled. You should be able to stop and be balanced almost instantly, no matter where in your stride you choose to stop. He thought of a moment, then nodded. Imagine your center of balance as a dot on the ground and keep it inside the foot that is on the ground, at all times. When you step, it will obviously move between the feet, but thats fine, while they are both down. Understand?
Somewhat She nodded. Ill see what I can do. What next?
Master that, then well talk.
She crossed her arms. Walking. You want to teach me walking.
Lets be clear. I gave you a direction, you will be teaching you how to walk. He grinned.
Tala rolled her eyes. Fine. She swung down onto the ladder and paused, looking back up towards Adam. Ill be back shortly.
He snorted. Well see.
She climbed down quickly and began walking. As she did, she bent her focus towards her balance, and began stopping herself at random intervals, noticing how unsteady she was much of the time. Im basically falling from one foot to the other, simply relying on my continued movement to catch me. Adam had been right.
Well, lets do this. And the real work began.
As it turned out, changing how she walked was hard.
Her body was used to moving certain ways, and it took active effort to change that. Worse, it didnt actually take all her effort. So, she was left having to focus, while not truly being distracted by what she was focusing on.
It
Was
Tedious
In order to distract the petulant part of her mind, while she was kinesthetically focused on her walking, she created and focused upon the Archon star spell-form.
Soon, she was walking, mind bent towards maintaining constant balance. She tested her progress by stopping and staying in place every so often, always aiming to be in a slightly different phase of her stride. In addition, she was locking the Archon star spell-form into place and slowly running power through it.
As she had no intention of expending a monumental amount of energy and having to sleep for hours, she also wasnt planning on cutting her finger and expelling the drop of blood containing the star. Thus, she formed it in her center, just behind her sternum. Even so, she did not put it in her heart. She knew better than that.
Chapter 472: Some Time
Chapter 471: Raising Questions
Chapter 470: Looking to the Future
Chapter 469: A Zuccat Returns
Chapter 468: Time with Her Siblings
Chapter 467: Of Course, Tala
Chapter 466: Blindsided
Chapter 465: For Now
Chapter 464: What Do You Seek?
Chapter 463: This Gateless Paradise
Chapter 462: Your Bargain
Chapter 461: The Plate Itself
Chapter 460: Immortal Elk
Chapter 459: The Curse of Intelligence
Chapter 458: Crazy Enough to Work
Chapter 457: Return to Fully Active Duty
Chapter 456: Growth and Improvement
August Skip Day && Ironbound – Book 8 Cover Reveal!
Chapter 455: Not Ever Again
Chapter 454: Need
Chapter 453: Honest and Open
Chapter 452: Final Goodbye
Chapter 451: Isn’t the Worst
Chapter 450: It Simply Was
Chapter 449: Clad in an Illusion
Chapter 448: A Brutal Way
Chapter 447: To Study the Invisible
Chapter 446: Facing Perspectives
Chapter 445: Gateless Paragon?
Chapter 444: Sunset Date
Chapter 443: Family Visits
Chapter 442: Unknown Quantity
Chapter 441: A Matter of Priority
Chapter 440: Prepare for the Days to Come
Chapter 439: The First Time
Chapter 438: Modular Defenses
Chapter 437: Reality and Regularity
Chapter 436: Just Five More Minutes
Chapter 435: Looking Forward
Chapter 434: Brand’s Restaurant
Chapter 433: Purposeful Silence
Chapter 432: Four Dimensional Construction
Chapter 431: Friends
Chapter 430: Next Steps
Chapter 429: Wrap-up
Chapter 428: Current Loadout (2)
Chapter 427: Current Loadout
Chapter 426: Rebirth
Chapter 425: New Resident
Chapter 424: False Copies
Chapter 423: Copies
Chapter 422: An Absolutely Lovely Idea
Chapter 421: More Important Things
Chapter 420: Let’s Get to It
Chapter 419: I’m Sure
Chapter 418: The End of a Story
Chapter 417: Arrivals
Book 7 – Eskau is fully live!!!
Chapter 416: Mission Accomplished
Continue the Story [Book 7 – Eskau]
Chapter 415: Void of Magic
[Not a Chapter] Book 7 Release – My Error
Chapter 414: Rejection
Chapter 413: Facing Reality
Chapter 412: Reality Nodes and Prison
Chapter 411: Let’s Do This
Chapter 410: The Truth of Choice
Chapter 409: We Will, I Will, I Won’t
Chapter 408: Marriage
Chapter 407: Birthday Breakfast
Chapter 406: Happy to Be Alive
Chapter 405: Soon Enough
Chapter 404: Considering Our Future
Chapter 403: Let Hope Begin
[Cover Reveal!] Millennial Mage Book 7 – Eskau
Chapter 402: Session Two
Chapter 401: Thanks for the Hand
Chapter 400: Eternity
Chapter 399: True Love
Chapter 398: Resources to Reforge
Chapter 397: Tests and Discussions
Chapter 396: Void and Kinetics
Chapter 395: Decent
Chapter 394: A Misunderstanding
Chapter 393: Divided into Two
Chapter 392: Cell-Core?
New Covers and Deals!
Chapter 391: Behind
Chapter 390: Be Clear
Chapter 389: A Big Step
Chapter 388: Tales and Tallies
Chapter 387: Prospects in Retrospect
Chapter 386: Her?
Chapter 385: Durability
Chapter 384: Natural Magics
Chapter 383: No Point
Chapter 382: Conversations
Chapter 381: Teleportation
Chapter 380: Not Yet
Chapter 379: Choices that Shape the Future
I’m Full-Time Writing!
Chapter 378: Specifically Notorious
Chapter 377: My Fault
Chapter 376: See the Magic
Chapter 375: Alone
Chapter 374: Issue with Translation
Chapter 373: The Most Advanced Mage Involved
Chapter 372: Magics Consumed
Chapter 371: The Familiar White Void
Chapter 370: Before We Proceed
Chapter 369: Dependable, Reliable, and Useful
Chapter 368: Threefold Sight
Ko-fi is Live! [Free Advanced Chapter for You!]
Chapter 367: We Are Undone
Chapter 366: Often… Frustrating
Chapter 365: Wolves and Bears
Chapter 364: Whirlwind
Chapter 363: You Never Asked
Chapter 362: A Fun Evening with Friends
Chapter 361: Contemplative Silence
Winter Update
Chapter 360: Let It Go
Chapter 359: Without Issue or Fanfare
Chapter 358: Something Crazy
Chapter 357: See the World
Chapter 356: Contemplations and Suggestions
Chapter 356: Contemplations and Suggestions
Chapter 355: The Pack
Chapter 354: Charcoal and Ash
Chapter 353: Break
Chapter 352: They See
Chapter 351: Aye, Eye
Chapter 350: Zuccat, Feshua, and Deas
Chapter 349: A Lot
Chapter 348: Buckets
Chapter 347: Advancement Toward Paragon
Chapter 346: City Stone
Chapter 345: Always Welcome
Chapter 344: Oh R—
Chapter 343: Needles
Chapter 342: Sole
Chapter 341: Aura Supremacy
Chapter 340: Safety is Gone
Chapter 339: Some Well-Acquired Information
Continue the Story [Book 6 – Fused]
Chapter 338: Not Quite a Montage
Chapter 337: Mage’s Bane
Chapter 336: This Method
Chapter 335: Protocol
Chapter 334: Khesed
Chapter 333: His Story
Chapter 332: A Cliff
Chapter 331: A Different Ruleset
Chapter 330: After-Battle
Chapter 329: Normal
Chapter 328: Settling In
Chapter 327: Meet the Unit
Chapter 326: Gravity
Chapter 325: Dissolution Breath
Chapter 324: Companions for the Waning
Chapter 323: Your Own Path
Chapter 322: An Immortal
Chapter 321: Welcome to Alefast
Chapter 320: A Temporary Goodbye
Chapter 319: Fight!
Chapter 318: Questions and Departure
Chapter 317: Family
Continue the Story [Book 5 – Fusing]
Chapter 316: Her Next Moves
Chapter 315: Terry?
Chapter 314: A Pleasant Morning
Chapter 313: Catching Up
Chapter 312: Baby Steps
Chapter 311: Master Coinin
Chapter 310: Her Choices
Chapter 309: Void It Is!
Chapter 308: Tea at the End of a World
Chapter 307: Let’s See for Ourselves
Chapter 306: Goodbyes
Chapter 305: Finally!
Chapter 304: Dimensional Storage, Recovery Artifact
Chapter 303: Counter-Spell
Chapter 302: Arrangements
Chapter 301: How to Host
Chapter 300: Expensive Food
Chapter 299: I Do Try
Chapter 298: Anti-Magical
Chapter 297: Considering
Chapter 296: Assessment and Consideration
Chapter 295: Quite a Few
Chapter 294: To Learn the Results
Chapter 293: Not too Stereotypical
Chapter 292: Don’t Change Your Body
Chapter 291: Sacks of Iron
Continue the Story [Book 4 – Bound]
Chapter 290: Until Next Time
Chapter 289: Reality Shifted
Chapter 288: A Fragile Peace
Chapter 287: Alternates
Chapter 286: No Place for Deception
Chapter 285: I’m Listening
Chapter 284: That is The Plan
Chapter 283: Payoff
Chapter 282: Goodwill and Favors
Chapter 281: To Grow and Improve
Chapter 280: Mine is Secure
Chapter 279: Dimensional Stability
Chapter 278: Breakfast
Chapter 277: Tests of All Types
Chapter 276: The Tour
Chapter 275: Into the Weeds
Continue the Story [Book 3 – Binding]
Chapter 274: Hit the Highlights
Chapter 273: This Time
Chapter 272: Sapphire Disc
Chapter 271: Priceless
Chapter 270: Lunch
Chapter 269: Ownership
Chapter 268: Ravenous
Chapter 267: Entrance
Chapter 266: Small Note
Chapter 265: Decay
Chapter 264: Ours?
Chapter 263: Howlton
Chapter 262: Building Some Good Will
Chapter 261: I Need Some Answers
Chapter 260: Sleep?
Chapter 259: Parting
Continue the Story [Book 2 – Mage]
Chapter 258: Voidsight
Chapter 257: Sight
Chapter 256: Hole
Chapter 255: Unpleasantness
Non-MM, Silly and Fun Chapter: Tek and the Wizard’s Cat
Chapter 254: Wonderful
Chapter 253: Acidic Tide
Chapter 252: Down, Boy
Chapter 251: That Girl
Chapter 250: In the House of the Rising Sun
Chapter 249: Risks and Liabilities
Chapter 248: Return to Platoiri
Chapter 247: No Power in Zeme
Chapter 246: Grueling, If Profitable
Chapter 245: Despair
Chapter 244: Attrition
Chapter 243: Ask an Expert
Chapter 242: A Fragment
The Publishing Plan (Books 1 – 6)
Chapter 241: Croi
Continue the Story [Book 1 – Mageling]
Chapter 240: Not the Best Plan
Chapter 239: An Excellent Plan
Chapter 238: Preparations for Departure
Chapter 237: House of Ravens
Chapter 236: Tests
Chapter 235: Faith
Chapter 234: Negotiations
Chapter 233: That Depends
Chapter 232: Armored Units
Chapter 231: Guild Hold
Chapter 230: City Lord
Chapter 229: Future Duties
Chapter 228: The Manipulation of Concepts
Chapter 227: Understanding
Chapter 226: The One to Seize
Chapter 225: Internal Monologue
Chapter 224: Questioning
Chapter 223: Villain
Sick
Chapter 222: Not-Gravy
Chapter 221: The House’s Sword
Chapter 220: One Simple Question
Chapter 219: Knowing Her Role
Chapter 218: Combat Ready
Chapter 217: Gate-Breaking
Chapter 216: Service to the House of Blood
Chapter 215: First Raid
Chapter 214: Sanctum
Chapter 213: Naturally Lesser
Chapter 212: Buy Yourself Something Nice
Chapter 211: If You Command
Chapter 210: Objections
Chapter 209: Clash
Chapter 208: Begin
Chapter 207: The End of the Night
Chapter 206: The Feast Hall
Chapter 205: Gag Me Now
Chapter 204: Shift in Focus
Chapter 203: A Bit Concerned
Chapter 202: Blood
Chapter 201: Found You
Chapter 200: The Reason
Chapter 199: A Wonderfully Peaceful Time
Chapter 198: A Fun Idea
Chapter 197: The Marliweather Constructionist Guild
Chapter 196: Exceptions Aside
Chapter 195: A Tea House
Chapter 194: I’ll Be Fine
Chapter 193: Family Claims
Chapter 192: You’ll Never Guess
Chapter 191: Uneventful
Chapter 190: Alat, Ignored
Chapter 189: Dissolution
Chapter 188: Explain Everything
Chapter 187: Genuinely Shocked
Chapter 186: I Really Want To
Chapter 185: Not Surprised in the Least
Chapter 184: Surprisingly Reasonable
Chapter 183: Embarrassing for Everyone
Chapter 182: That Unleashed a Flood
Chapter ?? – Blessings Never Cease
Chapter 181: Just a Minor Change
Chapter 180: Master Avian
Chapter 179: Adjusting Your Senses
Chapter 178: Crazy
Chapter 177: Memories
Chapter 176: Through-Spike
Chapter 175: A Long Night
Chapter 174: Draining Her Reserves
Chapter 173: Tight Spaces
Chapter 172: Vestiges
Chapter 171: Not Pregnant
Chapter 170: Black, Please
Chapter 169: The Normal Rate
Chapter 168: Siphon Fascia
Chapter 167: It All Started with Some Chicken Soup
Chapter 166: Brutal
Chapter 165: Finally Time
Chapter 164: By Design
Chapter 163: Syphon
Chapter 162: Alternate Interface
Chapter 161: Challenges
Chapter 160: Mage Hunters
Chapter 159: One More Thing to Practice
Chapter 158: The Right Call
No Chapter today
Chapter 157: Five Percent
Chapter 156: Aproa
Chapter 155: Back in Bandfast
Chapter 154: You Earned It
Chapter 153: In the Ground
Chapter 152: Restraining Crush
Chapter 151: Particularly Pernicious
Chapter 150: A Long, Long Day
Chapter 149: Another Screech
Chapter 148: An Entirely Different Train of Thought
Chapter 147: Hallucinogens
Chapter 146: Drop the Mistress
Chapter 145: Abstract Guide
Chapter 144: Archon Star Separation
Chapter 143: A Hunter
Chapter 142: Departing Makinaven
Chapter 141: Decadent
Chapter 140: Bloodstars
Chapter 139: A Lot to Take in
Chapter 138: Questions and Requests
Chapter 137: Humanity
Chapter 136: Underpinning Aura
Chapter 135: Foundational Understandings
Image Gallery
Chapter 134: What Is Happening to You?
Chapter 133: Great…
Chapter 132: Together
Chapter 131: Choose Wisdom
Chapter 130: Murder Dell
Chapter 129: A Mild Combat Application
Chapter 128: Happy to Assist
Chapter 127: Reactions
Chapter 126: Kit Was Full
Chapter 125: That Seems Wise
Chapter 124: A Lot of New Things to Test Out
Chapter 123: Shift
Chapter 122: As Expected
Chapter 121: Crocheting
Chapter 120: Venturing Food
Chapter 119: Jevin
Chapter 118: Into the Constructionist Guild
Chapter 117: Espresso?
Chapter 116: Higher in Makinaven
Chapter 115: Needed Support
Chapter 114: Less Than Ideal
Chapter 113: Welcome to Makinaven
Chapter 112: On Overwatch
Chapter 111: Outside the Defenses
Chapter 110: One Way to Protect the Caravan
Chapter 109: Leshkin
Chapter 108: Nightshift
Chapter 107: The Dark, Cold Forest
Chapter 106: Potent Creature
Chapter 105: Practice
Chapter 104: That Seems Bad
Chapter 103: A Start
Chapter 102: I’m Hardly Standard
Chapter 101: A Calm, Uneventful Evening
Chapter ?? – Fool’s Folly
Chapter 100: Crystal
Chapter 99: Only a Mage Protector
Chapter 98: Mistress Odera
Chapter 97: More Questions
Chapter 96: Progress is Progress
Chapter 95: To End a Very Long Day
Chapter 94: That’s A Bit Embarrassing
Chapter 93: In Ancient Times
Chapter 92: The Crux of The Matter at Hand
Chapter 91: Plentiful and Free
Chapter 90: False Choices
Chapter 89: What the Rust?
Chapter 88: The Real Work
Chapter 87: Wish Me Luck?
Chapter 86: A Taste of Human Blood
Chapter 85: About Time You Finished
Chapter 84: Watching for a Trap
Chapter 83: She’s a Scary Lady
Chapter 82: Fleeing the Madness of Reality
Chapter 81: A Hodgepodge Foundation
Chapter 80: That Has Merit
Chapter 79: Mana
Chapter 78: Group Breakfast Deal
Chapter 77: Already Lost to the World
Chapter 76: Yay, Me…
Chapter 75: This Won’t Kill You, Directly
Chapter 74: Worth Every Copper
Chapter 73: Flow
Chapter 72: Are You Heavier?
Chapter 71: I’m Going to Become an Archon
Chapter 70: Understatement
Chapter 69: Not Nice
Chapter 68: More Dangerous Than We Realize
Chapter 67: I Might Need to Be Attacked More Often
Chapter 66: A Foolish Form of Immortality
Chapter 65: Smell Like Blood and Death
Chapter 64: One Thousand Ounces, Gold
Chapter 63: Crush
Chapter 62: A Silly Accusation
Chapter 61: It Should Be Fun
Chapter 60: Set on Unconventionality
Chapter 59: A Cow a Day?
Chapter 58: Undiminished Intensity
Chapter 57: Right! The Hammer
Chapter 56: A Talented Teacher
Chapter 55: Interruptions and Progress
Chapter 54: Back to Basics
Chapter 53: Worst Proposal Ever
Chapter 52: Through the Pass, Again
Chapter 51: Settling in
Chapter 50: Back on the Road
Chapter 49: Cyclops and Conversation
Chapter 48: Potential Conflict
Chapter 47: A Day of Departure
Chapter 46: Bad Birdy?
Chapter 45: So Much More to Learn
Chapter 44: Food and Inquiry
Chapter 43: Unexpected Results
Chapter 42: Well… That’s New
Chapter 41: To the Ending Grove
Chapter 40: The Beginning of True Magehood
Chapter 39: The Wandering Magician
Chapter 38: Little Shop of Wonders
Chapter 37: A Spinner of Tales
Chapter 36: Through the Gatehouse
Chapter 35: Power Aplenty
Chapter 34: Aftermath
Chapter 33: Creature of Magic
Chapter 32: Terribly Wrong
Chapter 31: The Foundation of Any Fighting Art
Chapter 30: A Morning to Decide - Reading
Chapter 29: You’re a Mage, Figure It Out
Chapter 28: Messy Work
Chapter 27: That’s…a Big Bull
Chapter 26: Please Don’t Kill Us
Chapter 25: A Blood Star
Chapter 24: There Would Be a Next Time
Chapter 23: Around the Dinner Table
Chapter 22: A Frustratingly Fitting Name
Chapter 21: Berries and Jerky
Chapter 20: Around the ‘Death’ Tree
Chapter 19: Not Soon Enough
Chapter 18: The Wilds Are My Workout
Chapter 17: The Evening Encampment
Chapter 16: Arcanous Beasts
Chapter 15: The Journey Begins
Chapter 14: An Auspicious Start
Chapter 13: Late Night Meetings
Chapter 12: One Has to Dream
Chapter 11: Mysteries and Chowder
Chapter 10: Don’t Let Them Poach You
Chapter 9: It’s Just Glue
Chapter 8: Delivery and New Sight
Chapter 7: The Old Made New
Chapter 6: In Holly’s Workshop
Chapter 5: A Day of Preparation
Chapter 4: A Simple Home
Chapter 3: Dinner
Chapter 2: The Caravanner’s Guild
Chapter 1: New Beginnings
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