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Chapter 429 - Fog of War
"You're Alcer, are ya!?"Again. Why is everyone staking out in front of my house?By now, Alcer felt like he was back in the jungle, with enemies in waiting all along his hunting paths at all times, in search of a moment of weakness. Every time he thought he was safe, with his home in view, someone would jump...
Excerpts From the Constitution of Medala
Hello there.No new chapter today. Instead, here's some extended excerpts from Medala's new constitution, the one introduced in Chapter 371 - Miracle.I've been going back and forth on most of this several times, so I'm sorta text blind to it all right now. So there's a good chance that this thing is ...
Chapter 428 - The Other Side
When Alcer left the promenade for the side road that led back to his familiar neighborhood again, he breathed a deep sigh of relief. Finally, he was back home. At once, he felt the pressure in his head and chest ease. However, he was still troubled by the meeting in the ale house.What to do?Even after he had spent his ...
Chapter 427 - Worker Cooperatives
As Kyunya's story continued, the atmosphere around the table became heavier and heavier. Just in time, the flippant blacksmith chimed in again."Well, we handled the war just fine in the end, even without you," he joked."Wait, you were in the army as well, Mallku?" a surprised Alcer asked. Before, wh...
Chapter 426 - Kyunya's Story
Inside the 'Tipsy Tradesmen', Alcer was shocked by Mallku's sudden invitation towards the man in the corner.Wait, the drunkard?Before Alcer could rue his decision, the aforementioned drunkard, who had been slumped in the corner of the ale house up until now, had already stood up and staggered up to his and ...
Chapter 425 - Partner in Crime
"Killari! How good to see you!" Alcer shouted, happy to meet his friend again after more than half a year.Back in the day, the two of them had been comrades, who had fought together during the war against the central kingdom. However, ever since Killari had his leg injured in the war, he had been forced to reti...
Chapter 424 - Dreams
The sharp smell of gunpowder covered his nose, like a snowy blanket over his surroundings. A constant, steady noise filled his ears, like endless waves made by humans and machines. The brown mud of the trenches and the light gray of the insurmountable walls in the distance drew in his eyes, like an inescapable whirlpoo...
Chapter 423 - Budget Proposal and Short-Term Plans
As the budgetary meeting continued, Corco got increasingly upset by their weak financial situation. Why had he spent so many years improving his country's income when they still ran out as soon as he wanted to spend a little. Annoyed, he questioned Brym. Surely, his money-hungry ward was exaggerating their problems...
Chapter 422 - Fiscal Summary and Medium-Term Plans
Inside Rapra Castle, the year-end summary of the southern kingdom's government continued. Once Fadelio had organized his thoughts, Brym was given the floor once again, to continue his account of the accounts."As previously stated, crop yields are up by 7%, mostly due to an increase in the total area of farmland...
Chapter 421 - Year-End Summary and Long-Term Plans
A familiar pillow pressed against Corco's back. At last, the King of the South could sink back into his familiar seat, with the familiar desk of his familiar study in front of him. As far as he was concerned, he would have loved to just close his eyes and enjoy the long-lost sensation in quiet for a bit. However, t...
Chapter 420 - Funerary Festival (Part 2)
As Corco's wife stared back at him through her own mirror across the room, with her enticing eyes, Corco felt impulsive again. Though just as he turned around to continue their previous activities, Sumaci seemed to notice his plans and tried to change the topic."Right, let's go over the itinerary one more t...
Chapter 419 - Funerary Festival (Part 1 - Start of Book 7)
Unlike other rituals for the dead from around the world, Medala's Funerary Rites were not only about dealing with loss, or about remembrance. Rather than treating the dead like they were lost, Medala's funerals treated them like warriors going into battle. After all, their beliefs told them that the dead would ...
Political Map of Yakuallpa and Surroundings (Spoilers for the end of Book 6)
Hello, hermit here.Here's the updated political map for the epilogue of book 6.I may have to zoom the map out in the next iteration, since more and more outside forces are getting involved, though for now, this one still seems sufficient.Colors are the same as before:Light blue are areas directly controlled by Corc...
Chapter 418 - Present and Future (End of Book 6)
With the signature of the Antila Agreement, ripples of peace spread throughout Medala.After half a year of unrest, Sachay was the first to escape the clutches of war. Once Antila was taken and the Arcavians had surrendered, the King of the South continued to travel to the estates of each rebellious lord to force the ol...
Chapter 417 - Winners, Losers, DNF
On the Forty-Seventh Day of Spring, in the sixth year of the Era of Strife, the civil war within the Southern Kingdom of Medala ended with the signing of the Peace of Antila.In the final peace agreement, the two arcavian kingdoms of Cahlia and Borna gave up control over Port Ulta, their only possession on medalan terri...
More Book0 Previews - Too Much at Once Edition
Hey there, Hermit here. After a lot of e
Chapter 416 - Survivors
The medical tent at the back of the southern army's main camp smelled of sweat and blood. Row upon row, soldiers lay on their straw mats and silently told of the war that had just come to an end. Among them lay two whose status was quite unusual, though they also couldn't have been more different.One was a form...
Chapter 415 - What Remains of Our Past
After a long march through Antila, Corco and his two subordinates finally arrived at the goal of their journey.In comparison to Antila's ruins in the outer city, Lord Sucopia's luxurious manor looked like it had just been renovated. Although there were some traces of combat left from the previous day, they were...
Chapter 414 - Cleaning up the Rubble
A day after the charge that broke Anitla, the fires in and around the city had finally died down. By now, the former battlefield was largely pacified, and safe enough for the king to inspect his new holdings, with protection of course.Thus, Corco — together with Fadelio and General Scolo, and surrounded by a hundred ...
Some extra content for the holidays.
Hello, and happy holidays.Hermit Here.Here's a special treat for christmas, or whatever you happen to celebrate this time of year. I've been working on Book0 for a while, and I think I can finally show a bit of it on here.The following excerpt picks up after the current Chapter 5 - Their Respective Plans.Compar...
Chapter 411 Illustration (Spoilers obviously)
Heyho, here's some image to better visualize what's happening in chapter 411. Hope that's useful. There's also gonna be a new map on the new borders soon-ish, once the epilogue for book 6 is done.Oh, and I may as well use this post for some minor updates:1. rewrite of Book 0 is going okay, I may post a ...
Chapter 413 - Cotton
Finally, it was time for Herak to enjoy his revenge. However, when he pulled on the axe to retrieve it from the recently slain soldier, he could feel the weapon brush against bone. The axe was stuck. He had never liked using axes, and this was the reason.Time is of the essence.Rather than try for the axe again, he inst...
Chapter 412 - Humans against Monster
Herak was falling towards his certain death. Even if he could somehow survive the spike pit below, he would surely be dealt with by the soldiers waiting for him beyond the spikes. Yet only for the smallest fraction of a second, Herak resigned to his fate.Not here!He would be damned if he gave up like this! He hadn'...
Chapter 411 - Returning the Favor
"Charge!" At the same time as Herak's command sounded across the battlefield, he himself stopped and pulled out his bow again. While the four hundred native warriors charged ahead towards the camp, his own knights formed around Herak. At the same time, twenty of his knights began to ignite torches, just how...
Chapter 410 - Final Counterattack
Three days had already passed since the collapse of Antila's outer walls. By now, Saniya's troops had taken full control overevery portion of the newly built star fortress that surrounded the old city walls. Atop these outer walls, they had already built reinforced positions, which they had even managed to defe...
Chapter 409 - An End to the War
The earth itself trembled and threw every single man on the battlefield to the ground. When they rose to their feet, they saw a plume of muddy dirt rise in the air, together with an eardrum-shattering boom. The primitive and violent fireworks signaled, in essence, the end of the southern kingdom's civil war.Once th...
Chapter 408 - Instinct
As if a giant hand was sweeping through the tunnel, Chalco was pulled off his feet and fell backwards. He heard a boom, and then only ringing in his ears.When he looked back up, he saw that his men were lying on the floor as well, their life or death unknown. Chalco wanted to run back and save them immediately, but jus...
Chapter 407 - Order Into Chaos
As if he was stuck in a bog, Chalco was felt like he was slowly drowning in his desperation. At first, he had thought that his task would be easy enough: Just collapse the tunnel their enemies were trying to dig. The day they had succeeded in destroying the first tunnel, he had celebrated for the first time since the s...
Antila Siege Diagram
Hey, hermit's here.Here's some images that should make visualizing the siege in the most recent chapters a bit easier. As I was making these, I realized that I can't actually post the most useful one yet, since the relevant chapter hasn't been written yet, so I will update this post with a fourth, more ...
Chapter 406 - Termites
Drip------Bang----Drip---------Aaah!------Boom-----Crash-------Charge!-------Grrr-------Boom-------Drip---Nooo!------Splash---Aaah!-----Drip----Bang-----Hold!------Woof-Did I hear a dog?No that couldn't be right. Making out any sounds within this mess was impossible. A vile cacophony of noise was already assaulting...
