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MiP B2 Chapter 44: Multithreading Life
<< First| < Previous| Next >Carlos snuck as quietly as he could manage through the endless jungle, every scrap of attention focused on watching for and avoiding any sticks his feet might break, any branches his clothes or — especially — skin might snag on, and any dry leaves that might crackle underfoot.He also deftly managed a suite of spells at the same time. He lifted himself just enough with Levitation to avoid crunching a patch of leaves he couldn't easily step around. He bent a pai...
MiP B2 Chapter 43: Loose String
<< First| < Previous| Next >High Lord Recindril Tostral slowly read through the instructions from the mystery package for the 8th time, reassuring himself once again that they did indeed say what he had already memorized. This implies some disturbing and alarming things. Even the Enchanters Guild themselves should not be capable of creating something like this – assuming that it works as claimed, but they have already proven highly capable, and I cannot think of any motive for them to lie abou...
MiP B2 Chapter 42: Dangerous Territory
<< First| < Previous| Next >"So, how did they do?" Carlos sat back in a remarkably comfortable camping chair and nodded at Major Ordens.The junior royal guard officer nodded back. "Their performance was acceptable overall, but still with substantial room for improvement."Kindar stood quietly, his hands motionless at his sides and his face calmly neutral. Beside him, a miniature humanoid figure in steel plate armor sat atop an armored miniature pegasus, the pair standing 2 feet ta...
MiP B2 Chapter 41: Unexpected Enemies
<< First| < Previous| Next >Jamar Tostral, fourth scion of her house, shook off her momentary confusion and charged. "Reserve squad, with me!" Her two elites were already engaging the lone royal guard, their speed, strength, and coordination forcing the Crown's lackey to defend. The 24 regular soldiers that were supposed to provide the edge of numbers, however, were mired in the strangest fight she had ever seen.At first, all she could see of this bizarre swarm was a carpet of shiny ...
MiP B2 Chapter 40: Expected Confrontation
<< First| < Previous| Next >Jamar Tostral stalked through the forest, for once not pulling in ambient mana as fast as her soul could bear. It wouldn't do to tip off her unsuspecting targets, who were mages and thus undoubtedly had mana sense, with such an obvious sign as the large vortex her active absorption rate would cause. Speaking of absorption vortexes… She called out to the officer a few feet in front of her. "You're sure that this is the right direction? I don't sense t...
MiP B2 Chapter 39: Plans and Tracks
<< First| < Previous| Next >King Elston Kalor was still staring at the hole where a secondary vault had formerly resided when a column of two dozen royal guards raced into the vault, running two abreast with spears held ready. The entire column stopped in perfect unison with the lead guards a respectful ten feet away from him. The officer in command took a half-step forward and bowed. "Your Majesty, apologies for our tardiness."King Elston glanced at the commander briefly, then resumed s...
MiP B2 Chapter 38: Fraying Strings
<< First| < Previous| Next >Carlos looked up as his pondering of their new discoveries was interrupted by a polite tapping on the tent's entry flap. He recognized the feel of Ressara and diverted one of his minds to whatever she was here about. He frowned as he noticed a feeling of hesitance and tension in how her mana flowed. "Come in, Ressara. What's going on with you? You realize you can call on us from anywhere through Purple, right?"Ressara closed the tent flap behind her an...
MiP B2 Chapter 37: Advanced Documentation
<< First| < Previous| Next >"You called, boss?"Carlos looked up and gestured for Trinlen to join him and Amber inside the tent. "Close and seal the door behind you, please.""Sure thing." Trinlen triggered the locking and privacy enchantments on the tent with expert finesse and took a seat, resting his chin on his hands. "What's this about?"[Secret house business.] Carlos smoothly switched to telepathy. [You've seen all the progress we've made in deciph...
MiP B2 Chapter 36: More Strings
<< First| < Previous| Next >Carlos joined the gathering of his house for their by-now-routine flight to a new area with even higher-level aether, feeling rather cheerful. He nodded to Amber, who was already there and waiting for him. He looked around, mentally checking off the roster of people, and was unsurprised to find he was the last to arrive. No one's looking impatient or annoyed, at least. He shrugged, then rolled his shoulders and theatrically stretched. "Ready for our first time...
MiP B2 Chapter 35: Gathering Clouds
<< First| < Previous| Next >"Five days. Five days so far of putting up with this nonsense." Jamar Tostral, fourth scion of her house, growled to herself as she slashed both of her swords at once, venting her annoyance on the vegetation in front of her. She swung twice more, and the wall of greenery in her way finally collapsed, clearing an opening for her to advance a few more steps before another tangle of vines and brambles drew her ire for inconveniencing her."Your palanquin is av...
MiP B2 Chapter 34: A String Grasped
<< First| < Previous| Next >"A new move? They have supplied a new item for you?"Captain Granlan shook his head, not considering that the person on the other end of the communication talisman couldn't see him. "They have arranged for its delivery tomorrow morning. The job is to break into House Hadral in force, prove their defenses inadequate, and plant an item the client provided for Hadral to discover afterward. It seems our mysterious supplier wants to magnify the degree of vul...
MiP B2 Chapter 33: Finding Paths
<< First| < Previous| Next >Kindar breathed deeply, acutely aware of the wolf-like monsters spreading out to flank him on either side. He raised his sword and held his shield ready. Against this many, he wouldn't be able to focus on any one of them for long, and ignoring an opponent was inviting that opponent to strike him. That lesson had been driven into him mercilessly over the last several days, with the strangely cooperative dungeon spawning an endless succession of sparring opponents t...
MiP Characters
Requested by my temporary adamantium patron, Duckytheclaw. Incidentally, I aim to resume chapter posts for everyone this coming week, though likely later than Tuesday.Protagonists:Carlos: Full formal name High Lord Carlos Founder. The main character. Transmigrated from modern Earth. Formerly a software engineer. 23 years old man. Tall and thin, with brown hair and eyes, and light skin color.Amber: Full formal name High Lady Amber Carlos. Secondary protagonist. Obsessed with magic and spellcastin...
MiP B2 Chapter 32: Hunting
<< First| < Previous| Next >Trinlen stalked quietly through the tall grass, crouching low to stay hidden beneath the surface of the grass. Carlos kept pace with him on his right, and Amber was barely visible through the grass on the other side of Carlos. They all took another step forward, closing the distance toward their prey.[No, no, you're disturbing the grass far too much. Here, I'll show you again.] Sconter, the veteran adventurer scout, almost seemed to materialize from thin air r...
MiP B2 Chapter 31: Noble Reaction
<< First| < Previous| Next >High Lord Recindril Tostral took a moment to get his bearings after respawning, but once the memory of how he died came back, he was unsurprised to find himself not in his normal bedroom at Castle Tostral. Lornera said she would make an example of us; she would not have stopped at just making me respawn. Losing a level is a significant penalty, since I am beyond the level where wellsprings could restore it quickly, but hardly enough to give other noble houses pause.He...
MiP B2 Chapter 30: Royal Action
<< First| < Previous| Next >As the day faded into twilight, Carlos and Amber settled in their shared tent and got out Sandaras's spellbook for another look, now that their structures for perception and analysis were complete. Carlos cocked his head as he examined the lock spell again. "You know, I really have to stand by my initial assessment: that is a monstrous tangleof a spell. So many parts all interacting with each other in a hugely complex pattern."Amber laughed and shook her h...
MiP B2 Chapter 29: Research Progress
<< First| < Previous| Next >The next morning, Crown Mage Felton showed his growing impatience by packing up the whole camp with a wave of his hand and an outpouring of mana the moment everyone was out of their tents. He nodded to Esmorana as he telekinetically deposited her wind-driven passenger-carrier in front of her, with assorted baggage arranged beside it, ready for everyone to just pick up their stuff, take a seat, and fly.With that done, he marched up to Carlos and gave the bare minimum b...
MiP Definitely tomorrow
The next chapter is very close to done, but not quite close enough to finish before I go to sleep tonight. Sorry for missing my predicted finish time on this one.
MiP next chapter by Thursday for all tiers
Tomorrow might be possible, but we'll see.
MiP B2 Chapter 28: Matters of Nobility
<< First| < Previous| Next >Kindar paced back and forth impatiently, as if his number of steps would end his wait sooner. He scowled at the older man who was simply watching him calmly. "You're certain this is where Mayor Stelras said to wait?"Gevin, his flawlessly-formal advisor and escort - Kindar refusedto think of him as a babysitter - just nodded and answered. "This is the Dramos teleport beacon house, as the mayor specified. Perhaps you should ask about incorporating a memo...
MiP Tomorrow
I'm on track to finish and post chapter 28 for Platinum tier tomorrow, and writing is getting faster.
MiP Tuesday
While I didn't finish the chapter in a week after my cold, I am making progress on it. I aim to post on Tuesday, and then hopefully go back to the original planned weekly schedule.
MiP I got sick
It turns out that a plain old common cold brutally murdered my hopes of writing a whole chapter this week.I'm mostly recovered now, but it cost me 5 days of writing time.
MiP Update
I'm sorry for the unplanned hiatus, and for the total lack of communication about it. Some of what has been happening was out of my control, but I absolutely should have posted to inform people, and that's 100% on me. I'm sorry, and I will try to post about such things more promptly, and without waiting for when I can finally also post a chapter.What happened:As I have posted about before, I have ADHD, and I am sensitive to the differences between manufacturers of Adderall. Well, Add...
MiP B2 Chapter 27: Contemplation of Lessons
<< First| < Previous| Next >Carlos panted and leaned on his knees for a moment after conceding yet another defeat to Trinlen. He looked up at the sound of clapping, coming from the side of the arena opposite Lorvan.Sconter met his gaze and called out to him. "Good show, you almost had him that time!"Carlos took a deep breath, then settled to the ground and shook his head. He took a few more breaths to rest before answering the adventurer. "Maybe, but only because I have more mana tha...
MiP B2 Chapter 26: Educational Experience
<< First| < Previous| Next >Felton watched, fascinated, as his three students pored over the expanded runes that spelled out the details of a few of the enchantments in a suit of royal guard armor. Carlos keeps muttering under his breath, and both he and Amber are clearly examining various sections of it with purpose guided by understanding. Either they've been secretly learning magecraft for a long time, or they've devoted a number of soul structures to speed of learning magery that any...
MiP B2 Chapter 25: A New Language
<< First| < Previous| Next >Amber yawned, but shook her head and determinedly held on to wakefulness. She straightened her back and rubbed a little sand out of her eyes, then turned to face Carlos, who was sitting crosslegged next to her in their tent. She reached out to him mentally, through their shared bond with Purple. [Alright, we've both finished building your "integrated development environment" idea. Now show me what's so amazing about it.]Carlos shook off a yawn of his o...
MiP B2 Chapter 24: Integrated Development Environment
<< First| < Previous| Next >Amber woke early despite how late she'd stayed up the night before, eager to learn the different way of designing spells that Carlos was so excited about. She quickly dressed for the day, woke up Carlos with a stern shake, and left their tent to enjoy the dawning light as the forest woke up all around them with the rising of the sun. The adventurers were quickly packing up their own gear, though they couldn't match the quickness the mayor's tent's self...
MiP B2 Chapter 23: Pulling At Strings
<< First| < Previous| Next >Carlos paid very little attention to his surroundings, or even his actions, during the move. He mechanically packed up his tent, which was a rather abbreviated job with the auto-packing enchantment on it, took his seat on Esmorana's flying transport, and set up in the new Level 17 campsite, and almost didn't even remember any of it. He was too absorbed in thinking about his new discovery and what to do with it.We brainstormed, discussed, and agreed on a list o...
MiP B2 Chapter 22: Breaking Limits
<< First| < Previous| Next >"So… This feels awkward, but we would… rather not have you watching us while we continue examining these." Carlos managed not to chuckle nervously, but his hesitations and strained smile still showed his apprehension clearly.Crown Mage Felton gazed calmly at the recently-ennobled high lord in front of him as he considered the request. "You engaged in considerable antics in my presence already without a care, so I doubt you ask merely to hide embarrassm...
