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B3 | Chapter 32 - Downtime
< Previous| ToC|Next >B3 | Chapter 32 - DowntimeThe sewers were done. It had taken months, but they were done. Small victories.The people had stopped looking at him like he was completely insane, which was nice. He'd been busy. Well, his clone had been busy. Theodore himself had been splitting time between the capital and Holden, mostly just existing and occasionally doing things that mattered. The refrigerators were coming along nicely under the Enchanters' Guild. They'd taken his b...
B3 | Chapter 31 - Some Freya Time
< Previous| ToC|Next >B3 | Chapter 31 - Some Freya TimeThe door flew open and a body came flying through. Senna, specifically. The usually composed woman hit the floor, rolled once, and came up in a crouch with murder in her eyes. Her usual perfect hair was singed at the edges. Her dress had scorch marks. And was that a black eye forming?Freya walked in, looking way too pleased with herself.Her clothes were singed, there was a cut on her cheek, and she was breathing hard, but she was grinning li...
B3 | Chapter 30 - Epic New Spells & Numbers Go Up
AN: Guess who got Bell's palsy randomly yesterday. I panicked thinking I was having a stroke.< Previous| ToC|Next >B3 | Chapter 30 - Epic New Spells & Numbers Go UpTheodore sat on top of the ant queen's corpse, panting. Well, not really panting since he didn't need to breathe, but the motion felt right. Natural. Something to do while his mana center settled from nearly exploding.The queen was ridiculously massive. Big enough that sitting on its thorax felt like sitting on a small hil...
Important Announcement + Notice
Industrial Mage book 1's pre-order is up on Amazon! The launch date is March 10th next year, so people that aren't caught up yet will have plenty of time.https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FQQHRQWPAny support will be appreciated! Even if you can't, thank you so much for being with me throughout everything, being a patron, free or paid, and just being awesome all around.Anyhow, about the notice. It's about my disappearance:Sorry about lack of upload last week. Stuff's been happening ...
B3 | Chapter 29 - Hyperbolic Time Chamber?!
< Previous| ToC|Next >B3 | Chapter 29 - Hyperbolic Time Chamber?!Theodore POVThe smack stung his neck and Theodore stumbled forward, more from surprise than force, his hand instinctively going to his stinging neck. He turned to glare at Seraphina."What was that for?" he demanded."You were thinking too hard," she said simply. "It was disrupting your mana flow.""So you hit me?""Would you have preferred I let you implode?"Theodore opened his mouth, then close...
B3 | Chapter 28 - Training and Thoughts
< Previous| ToC|Next >B3 | Chapter 28 - Training and ThoughtsFreya POV"Again," Freya said, watching Leona's form with critical eyes.The girl—and she was a girl, no matter how much she protested about being a "proper young lady"—fired off another [Mana Bolt].It was perfect form, honestly, and nearly perfect execution. She was a cute little academy-trained puppet going through the motions like she was reading from a textbook.Boring as hell."Stop," Freya said.Leona i...
B3 | Chapter 27 - Try Not to Die
< Previous| ToC|Next >B3 | Chapter 27 - Try Not to DieCongratulations! You have gained skill: [Basic Dimensional Magic]!Basic Dimensional MagicType: ActiveEffect: Manipulate space. Fold, stretch, or puncture reality in minor ways. Drains mana heavily.Current Spells: NoneSlots: [0/5]...Okay.Theodore stared at the notification.That was... huh. He didn't really know what to think about this skill.On one hand, dimensional magic sounded incredibly powerful. On the other hand, 'basic' was ...
B3 | Chapter 26 - Cracking the Rune
< Previous| ToC|Next >B3 | Chapter 26 - Cracking the Rune"Come back when you've cracked open the rune I carved into your soul."That's what Seraphina told him, and then she slammed the door right in his face. Theodore hadn't even gotten a word out. Not a hello, not a 'I've thought about your offer,' nothing. Just bam, door closed, conversation over. It was almost like she'd known exactly when he was going to show up and had been waiting just to deliver that one...
B3 | Chapter 25 - Answers
< Previous| ToC|Next >B3 | Chapter 25 - Answers"Yeah, sure, she'd be a good teacher for you."Theodore blinked. That was... not the reaction he'd expected. He'd just finished explaining the whole situation to his grandfather—the shop, the time-stopping, the casual obliteration of a monster horde, the equally casual time reversal to fix the landscape, and his grandfather's response was basically 'yeah, sounds good'?"That's it?" Theodore asked. "No ...
B3 | Chapter 24 - Questions
< Previous| ToC|Next >B3 | Chapter 24 - QuestionsTheodore's brain had officially given up trying to process what just happened. Complete geographical annihilation followed by a casual time reversal?Yeah, sure, why not.What Rank even was she?Had to be what, Rank 6? Rank 7? Or was she even higher than that? Did Ranks even go higher than that? Theodore wasn't entirely sure anymore.The woman was still watching him with that same mild expression, like she hadn't just broken several laws o...
B3 | Chapter 23 - One of the Strongest in the World
< Previous| ToC|Next >B3 | Chapter 23 - One of the Strongest in the WorldThe woman in black looked at Theodore, apparently unconcerned about the tall barbarian princess currently looking at her with violent intent. "Tell your little phoenix to calm down, I'm not fighting her. Then come inside. We have much to discuss."She turned and walked through the shop door, which opened without her touching it.Freya took a step forward, flames already starting to flicker around her fingers again...
B3 | Chapter 22 - Following the Bookmark
< Previous| ToC|Next >B3 | Chapter 22 - Following the BookmarkTheodore POV"You're dropping your guard again."Theodore ducked under Freya's fist, the air whistling where his head had been a second ago. She was pulling her punches. She had to be, or his skull would've been paste. That didn't mean getting clipped wouldn't hurt like hell though."I'm not dropping anything," he shot back, weaving around another strike. His body dissolved partially into slime, he...
B3 | Chapter 21 - Rank 4 Trouble?
< Previous| ToC|Next >B3 | Chapter 21 - Rank 4 Trouble?William POV"And then I'll personally drag that bastard prince out by his hair. Show him what happens when you mess with the Guild's authority." Samson was saying, gesturing wildly with his wine glass with a haughty smirk on his lips.William watched the Rank 4 pace around the private room they'd rented at Holden's finest inn. The irony wasn't lost on him. They were literally a street away from Theodore's plans,...
B3 | Chapter 20 - Tower Master
< Previous| ToC|Next >B3 | Chapter 20 - Tower MasterTheodore ignored her hostile look and sat down on a bench near her, overlooking the small area designated for testing or fighting or something like that. It seemed that way, at least. The woman stood there, eyeing him, but Theodore paid her no heed.The sparring that the two were engaged in was interesting. It was a battle of magic, and one of them was clearly superior to the other. The blonde was faster, stronger, and more precise than the blac...
B3 | Chapter 19 - Enchanters' Guild
< Previous| ToC|Next >B3 | Chapter 19 - Enchanters' GuildYour class, [Runic Mage], has leveled up – Lvl 11 > Lvl 12![Arcane Awareness] has leveled up! – Lvl 14 > Lvl 15![Mana Control] has leveled up! – Lvl 20 > Lvl 21![Cloning] has leveled up! – Lvl 11 > Lvl 12![Parallel Processing] has leveled up! – Lvl 4 > Lvl 5!With [Parallel Processing] having leveled up to 5, Theodore had enough bandwidth for a second clone. He'd been running a single clone so far back in Holden, but a sec...
B3 | Chapter 18 - The Truth
< Previous| ToC|Next >B3 | Chapter 18 - The TruthWhen Theodore returned to the capital, he had imagined fighting in the tournament, having difficulties with his family, meeting that mysterious woman he'd encountered on the sandship, and maybe learning about the origins of his purple fire. But nowhere had he ever considered the possibility that he'd be met with such a big revelation.Theodore stared at his grandfather, his mind racing. How much did the old man know?More importantly, what w...
B3 | Chapter 17 - Ducks
< Previous| ToC|Next >B3 | Chapter 17 - DucksTheodore POVWell. That had gone... terribly.He'd been genuinely impressed with her, honestly. The girl had serious talent. More mana than most adults he'd met, and her control was actually pretty damn good for her age. She had natural instincts for magic that most people spent years trying to develop. He'd been about to tell her that, too. He had been planning to explain that she was already better than half the mages at the Academy, that ...
B3 | Chapter 16 - Little Sister's POV
AN: Okay, I have handled everything I needed to IRL, so I will be uploading 5 times a week again (fingers crossed).< Previous| ToC|Next >B3 | Chapter 16 - Little Sister's POVLeona POVLeona Lockheart was not a child anymore. She was not stupid. She knew exactly what she was—the daughter of a concubine, the youngest, the one who didn't quite belong at the main table but sat there anyway because Father insisted on keeping all his children close. She knew her place in the hierarchy, oh yes...
B3 | Chapter 15 - Family Dinner
< Previous| ToC|Next >B3 | Chapter 15 - Family DinnerTheodore stood outside his room like an idiot.Just go. Simple as that. Walk to dinner, sit down, eat food, make small talk. Normal people did this every day.But here he was, frozen, until someone walked up to him."What's wrong?" Freya asked."Nothing's wrong.""You've been standing here for quite some time.""And you've been what, observing me?""Mhmm. I was given the room right beside if you wer...
B3 | Chapter 14 - Return to Astra Lucis
< Previous| ToC|Next >B3 | Chapter 14 - Return to Astra LucisThe rest of the trip was, thankfully, boring as hell.They docked at Kerth two days later, some mid-sized sandport city Theodore had never bothered learning about. Place was busy though. Ships coming and going every hour. The nobles from their ship scattered immediately, still eyeing each other like one wrong move would start a blood feud.Good riddance, honestly.Theodore booked them passage on a smaller vessel heading to Valence. From t...
Update
I disappeared for 5 days or so after i returned, sorry! It was an emergency, and as they tend to be, it was sudden. I hated to do that just after i returned from hiatus but i had no choice. now i am back.
B3 | Chapter 13 - The Relic
< Previous| ToC|Next >Theodore found her in the most obvious place, really. The observation deck. Empty now that the storm had passed and everyone could go back to their rooms without feeling like death was pressing against the windows. She was leaning against the railing, watching the desert roll by, looking way too relaxed for someone who'd just pulled off a heist.Freya and Juliana flanked him as they approached. Not threatening, exactly. They'd just be very present in the upcoming con...
B3 | Chapter 12 - Levels
< Previous| ToC|Next >B3 | Chapter 12 - LevelsTheodore POVYour class, [Runic Mage], has leveled up – Lvl 10 > Lvl 11![Rune Inscription] has leveled up! – Lvl 10 > Lvl 11![Arcane Awareness] has leveled up! – Lvl 13 > Lvl 14![Mana Control] has leveled up! – Lvl 18 > Lvl 20![Mana Convergence] has leveled up! – Lvl 10 > Lvl 14![Cloning] has leveled up! – Lvl 10 > Lvl 11![Parallel Processing] has leveled up! – Lvl 3 > Lvl 4!He'd been working on this stuff for days now, stuck on this...
B3 | Chapter 11 - Sparring & Cement
< Previous| ToC|Next >B3 | Chapter 11 - Sparring & CementTheodore POVWhile Hayden got busy back in Holden, Theodore himself finally rested. Both his clone in Holden and his main body on the sandship. He hadn't properly rested for quite some time now, and honestly, his body was starting to complain about it. The bed in his quarters wasn't bad, in fact it was better than most places he'd slept recently. Outside, the manastorm raged on, but in here, it might as well have been a calm eve...
back from hiatus + some thoughts
Okay I'm back from the mini-hiatus, thank you so much for your patience! Expect the old schedule again. Mon-Fri updates, weekends off. 5 times a week basically. Enjoy!Book 2 ended and I'm happy with it.I have a lot of thoughts on this book, but I don't plan on boring you with that. I enjoyed writing book 2 far more than I did book 1, and I think it was, one, because of the hiatus (after book 1, which was admittedly way too long) and two, me figuring out what I like to write (which I&...
B3 | Chapter 10 - Storm & New Project Back In Holden
< Previous| ToC|Next >B3 | Chapter 10 - Storm & New Project Back In HoldenSurprisingly enough, the nobles kept to their corners, sometimes looking over at Theodore's table with anxious expressions and suspicious glances. The man and the woman went back to observing like always as well. As far as Theodore was concerned, it was all precariously poised, yet holding. So he found himself getting drowsy. He had his clone up and running for a while. He continued to let his eyelids shut. Perhaps a b...
B3 | Chapter 9 - Here We Go Again
AN: Sorry for the slow updates, but yeah, as I said I am on kinda-sorta hiatus until August 11th lol. I'm writing and will continue posting every other day but consistent updates will only resume Aug11th.< Previous| ToC|Next >B3 | Chapter 9 - Here We Go AgainMartha, the baker, POVAlthough kneading dough was making Martha's hands pruney, at least the task prevented her from dwelling too much on the smell."That much for a loaf?" Glancing at the price board she had chalked up the da...
B3 | Chapter 8 - Bringing Karstein to His Knees
< Previous| ToC|Next >B3 | Chapter 8 - Bringing Karstein to His KneesTwo days passed without hassle, and Theodore managed to level up his skills in that time. Not bad, considering he'd been splitting his attention between two bodies for most of it.[Mana Control] has leveled up! – Lvl 17 > Lvl 18![Mana Convergence] has leveled up! – Lvl 9 > Lvl 10![Cloning] has leveled up! – Lvl 8 > Lvl 10![Cloning] especially had shot up. Made sense, given how much he'd been pushing it since he lef...
B3 | Chapter 7 - The Woman in Black
< Previous| ToC|Next >B3 | Chapter 7 - The Woman in BlackThe seats here were stupidly soft, the kind with too much cushioning that made you sink in whether you wanted to or not. Been a few hours since the sandship had taken off. The initial excitement of watching the desert roll by had worn off pretty quick. Turns out magical death-desert looked pretty much the same whether you were looking at mile one or mile fifty.Sand. More sand. Occasional weird rock formation. More sand. Oh, wow, more sand!...
B3 | Chapter 6 - The Sandship
< Previous| ToC|Next >B3 | Chapter 6 - The SandshipTheodore stood at the boarding dock, watching the massive sandship and trying not to look too impressed. The thing was huge. Like, seriously massive. Made the ships back on Earth look like toys. Though to be fair, ships back home didn't have to traverse patches of magical desert that could melt your face off.Workers scrambled around them, hauling crates up ramps, shouting at each other about manifests and cargo holds."This is incredible!...
