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Chapter 241 - Crimson Counteroffensive - Part 1
“Surge, centuria! Imperator imperat tibi!”Eric roared his favorite words, feeling the fierce sweet surge of Dominion, absolute mastery over those who had fallen to his might in battle, as delicious in its own way as a lover’s kiss as the air rang with the sound of fists against mail and the ec...
Chapter 240 - A Desperate Gamble
Bloody hell! Eric seethed with fury, to find himself so effectively countered and neutralized by his foes, such that he had gone from the dread commander of entire legions to having all access to tools and summonings closed off. The air was now thick with the tainted ichor of curses assuring that Oc...
Chapter 239 - Orcish Retribution
With a hiss, Eric lurched back to his back feet as fears he thought finally put to rest flared to new life, recalling in that moment that there were no less than three orc controlled territories in close proximity to his sister’s final bastion.One was the territory just before Greystone, Pilmsburg...
Chapter 238 - A Savage Ascension
Whatever Eric had expected when he pulled aside the animal skin doorway, it hadn’t been the sight of a dozen musclebound bearded men panting, snarling and hissing in pain on woven grass mats.All of them were naked, save for loincloths. Loose piles of clothing consisting of undyed cloth, supple lea...
Chapter 237 - Every Gardener Prunes The Trees In His Care
Eric gazed down for long moments at the ancient cracked leather tome his trembling hands gently stroked, wincing only momentarily when a flaking piece of cover actually managed to prick his finger.And draw blood.He smirked. “It’s almost as if I don’t have absurd damage resistance, blocking 36 ...
Chapter 236 - Death's Disciple
Eric soon found himself walking silently along mist-shrouded corridors lit only by the brilliant rainbow stars glittering high overhead.No matter which direction he looked in, he saw endless rows of leather-bound books and tightly bound vellum scrolls upon countless rows of obsidian shelves glitteri...
Chapter 235 - A Kingdom Is Forged. Long Live The Queen!
Eric grinned at the sight of thousands of fresh centurai now swelling his forces, forgiving them in death what he never could in life, savoring the boons of fresh troops and titles both, for all that the land itself trembled with the might of a Contender who dared keep an entire realm in a state of ...
Chapter 234 - A Necromancer's Boon
Congratulations!You have achieved Rank 10 in Arcane Weapons (Blaster Rifle!)Arcane Weapons (Blaster Rifle) has achieved Journeyman Tier!You now enjoy +2 to Finesse & +1 to Perception, as mastery over the battlefield means mastery over yourself!For successfully slaying over 100 opponents on the field...
Chapter 233 - Siege Breaker - Part 5
“Are you ready?”Aurelia’s wintry gaze bore into Elonia’s own as she stared in stunned awe upon the crimson battlefield depicted upon the overhead display, littered with countless bodies gazing sightlessly into the void, before blinking eyes wide with death’s promise, lurching back to their...
Chapter 232 - Siege Breaker - Part 4
Eric cursed a storm as his tuskers raced back from the tiny copse of trees his eyes had flickered past so many times that day, now finally getting a clear line of sight on the once magnificent marble wall that had somehow served as the fulcrum for an unbreakable arcane shield. A final masterwork bar...
Chapter 231 - Siege Breaker - Part 3
Eric collapsed to the root-laden muddy ground, gazing at his rapidly budding foot in a daze, both stunned and hyper focused, somehow communing with a foot embracing the essence of Fire, Dominion and Wrath to regrow itself at a rate so fast as to be perfectly visible to the naked eye, while his attun...
Chapter 230 - Siege Breaker - Part 2
“Come, daughter. There is no time to waste. You know the next move we must make.”An exhausted Elonia, shaking from an awful mixture of fatigue, despair, withdrawal, and bone- weary exhaustion, her alchemist’s concoctions the only thing keeping her from being incapacitated with nausea and pain,...
Chapter 229 - Siege Breaker - Part 1
“Nick my man! We’re fucking doing it!” said the sandy haired youth wearing an old aviator uniform and grinning like a fool on his Mark 7 modified naval gun, earning a snort from the older salt and peppered man chomping on his stogie, hard-lined face curled in a perpetual scowl as steely-grey e...
Chapter 228 - Under Siege
“Elonia!” Eric jerked awake with a heaving gasp, dodging artillery shells no more real than dream. He shuddered, taking a deep breath, finding himself half buried in a plush bed covered in soft furs and silken sheets. An odd contrast that felt far too good against his skin.“Elonia?”He shook ...
Chapter 227 - Rest & Restoration
Congratulations! You Undead Legion continues to grow as ever more foes fall before your banner!Current troops under your command include:2350 infantry centurai47 cavalry tuskersCritical Success! You’ve managed to summon one additional Abomination (Undefined) happy to serve!The half dozen bruised a...
Chapter 226 - Unexpected Hero
Note – Different POV, potentially upsetting content.“Do you think they killed him?”Marcia turned to look at the bruised face of the too thin girl in a tattered dress much like her own, fiercely clenching one of the still loaded muskets laying in a neat row on a bed that would haunt her nightma...
Chapter 225 - Hitting Them Where It Hurts
Please note - Intense scenes in the Chapters ahead (Trauma implied)Eric’s savage high, feeling like an avenging god as he brought death to one unsuspecting orc after another, froze to sudden apprehension, the warning in his Interface exquisitely clear.Though why it would even do so was beyond him,...
Chapter 224 - Predator & Prey
Eric, sans his cavalry, just a lone red blip on an enemy’s map, quickly loped off the main road upon catching sight of an actual horse-drawn wagon filled with what looked like bags of root vegetables, the reigns being steered by the oldest goblin Eric had ever seen, while a quartet of board lookin...
Chapter 223 - A Gunner's Regret
“What the hell are you fools going? Pilmsburg fortress is back the way you came!” Roared a 9-foot tall halberd wielding orc, glaring at the near three score musketeers gazing down at their massive four-toed feet, half dragging their muskets behind them.“We came back because it’s a fucking de...
Chapter 222 - There are no game-breaking builds, because this isn't a game.
Bonus Chapter - Thanks for being a patron !!Flights of fancy aside, Eric was pretty certain that both Samuel and Lord Grim would chuckle in bemusement at the thought of Eric actually feeling like an artist as necromantic energies tied so tightly to both life and death caressed the tusker corpses now...
Chapter 221 - A Battlefield's Bane. A Necromancer's Glory.
Eric let the messages flitter across his mind’s eye, his actual senses locked on the battlefield all around him as the gunner leading the charge of roaring reinforcements heading his way somehow managed to fire round after round, hooting and hollering like a mad man as Eric leaped, dodged, and rac...
Chapter 220 - Slaughter & No More Second Chances
Duck!Eric dropped to the ground with a roll as a snarling orc berserker roared and tried to cleave Eric’s head off with a single sweep of his axe, only to find his coldly staring opponent flicking his blade so fast that beast had to squint his eyes to see anything other than the flash of mithril a...
Chapter 219 - Slaughter & Second Chances
“How far is it to Elmsville fort?” said the tired voice of a sandy haired youth wearing tightly fitted rawhide armaments covered in overlapping steel disks with a massive Carthaginian style shield hanging off his shoulder as he glared out at the pitch darkness all around, lit only by intermitten...
Chapter 218 - A Darker Path
Eric abruptly cried out and stumbled to the wet loamy ground, overwhelmed by an awful jolt of piercing clarity, as if only now waking up clean and sober after years of being lost in a comforting haze. Or a man who had always been lost in fog, content to move one step after another, could suddenly se...
Chapter 217 - A realm claimed. A child saved. A rule broken.
A sweet 7,500 word chapter for your enjoyment. - Note, there is a POV shift midway :)It flips back to Eric by Chapter's end. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I did writing it!___________________________________________________________________________________It was only after endless minute...
Chapter 216 - Rise, Soldiers! Your Emperor Commands You.
A dazed Eric gazed up into concerned brown eyes, surprised to feel trembling hands upon his cheeks. “Eric? Are you okay, Eric?”Eric forced a smile as he gazed into the pretty if exhausted features of June. “Can you feel that?”She blinked, gazing at him curiously. “Feel what?”Eric’s gri...
Chapter 215 - Unexpected Devotion
“Ignis iram plures hodie!”A spark of white-hot fury, a surge of his will, and Eric happily embraced the drain to his Mana and Qi both as the central hall’s sigils seemed to warp reality itself as they spasmed like a convict riding old sparky before whispered words and a white-hot blade flicker...
Chapter 214 - Battle
The air rang with the sounds of musket fire, monstrous roars, panicked shouts, and the groans of dying orcs.Eric turned around to note that even the most disorganized and dispirited musketeer patrols were now rapidly closing in.Eric frowned as the ground continued to shake with the pounding stride o...
Chapter 213 - Demolitions & Necromancy
Fortunately, Narri’s wet-work assistants had been thoughtful enough to leave Eric not one but two bullpup blasters. But there was a limit to how fast even a warrior of Eric’s speed could shoot, especially if he wanted to avoid what he feared was overheating the barrel, which he was certain had b...
Chapter 212 - Midnight Assault
Exhilaration gripped his heart as he raced across the windswept plains after condensing a full night’s sleep into little over an hour at the safest and most secure spot he could hope to find pretty much anywhere. Within his own Tier 2 Ascension Facility, impermeable to anyone who didn’t take the...
