The_Red_Lands

Chapter 332- Who is fishing who?

Apocalypse Notebook

A short story on the side that I was trying to push forward. It's slow work, but it will be out for the Readers to share their thoughts.

For those who like that genre.

Do note it will be like one chapter a week and only a thousand wor...

A showdown

Do you wait for trouble, or walk out to confront it?

It sucks to be bankrupt!

Poor Patriarch Gofart.

Everything was proceeding as planned until the brat threw a curveball.

Where was he going to get a backer to swallow all this wealth?

A decade of wealth might not suffice.

Because the brat chose clam Willow, according to their agreement, they had to prove they could cover the unlikely win.

The...

Chapter 331- Coins? No we deal in something else

Elder Gofart's Dream

A Dandy of a Young Master in a City far from home. An avid lecher by rumor, and a chronic gambler.

Who better to fund his broke treasury and shove gold down the clamoring debtors.

To string this little chick long was no trouble at all, it's just. It's just, can this guy do something about those abysmal teeth?

Lord, I hate that ...

Chapter 330- Gambling Dens

A normal day in the Great Western Forest

Everything was going just fine,

Now I have to lug this fellow back, debone him, make potions, sell skin, concoct pills, all while butchering this guy myself.

Why couldn't he just let me stroll in the woods alone!

Chapter 329- Powerful Backers

A Guild Token

Chapter 328- The Longevity Potion

The planning of a young Chu

From the bench outside the barn, Chu plans his future.

Chapter 327- Potion X

Elder Kruss slapped another flying dagger away before launching three of his own. Cornered, the raven-haired beauty could only be forced to use her skill to dodge.

"How did you do it?"

She asked while speeding over. Somewhere along the way she filled a mug of water for him.

Elder Kruss walked to a nearby rock and rested his leg...

Chapter 326- Baiting Alchemists

Chu eyeballed the end of the bimetallic strip as it hovered horizontally. Directly behind it was a cut of parchment paper stuck to a rectangular block.

"The water is boiling. The bubbles are now floating up and popping at the surface from all around."

"Nice, just where we want it."

Chu replied to the freckled girl while marking...

Chapter 325- Plots and deception

Water trickled down the slimy wall, as the four pairs of boots plodded in single line through the low man-made tunnel.

"Damm that horse-faced Dermal! Couldn't he have found a better hideout than the sewers under the stables? I'm getting nauseous remembering the days of mapping under here."

Hans complained while holding a torch.

Chapter 324- Torturing out a Confession

"You disgusting fatty. I knew I should have chained you back then. How dare you use my Society as a stepping stone for your personal ambitions!"

Lord Arash wobbled around on his knees to face the bound coughing elder.

"Why don't you just die you old fart! If it wasn't for you and your bag of bones cronies, our plan could have been co...

Main street in Karst

Note the tent where Pick and the others were rescued.

Working art

Just one of the images I created to try to match the scene.

Chapter 323- Bloodletting

A mighty Jaga curled in the corner of the open hall. The thick smell of blood, and the scattered bodies of the freshly slaughtered, did little to entice the carnivore.

Presently, if possible it would have burrowed through the slit-like shu...

A birthday

A development of the farm and environs. Windmill, workshops on the side of the road. The east-west road passes in the background with the field expansion and small cottages built as planned by Chu and Clod.

An Alchemist

Sue holding a training session in the Guild

An Alchemist

Running amok

Chapter 322- A planned ambush

Within the vaulted hall of the villa, a silence so thick as to feel the moans of the sprawled beastmaster ensued.

Seated from the height of the dais, the usually quick spinning cogs in the mind of Lord Arash momentarily stalled.

As the gears creaked, a slew of unrelated thoughts painted a puzzled look on his face.

By implementi...

The Red Lands- Third Arc illustrations

These are pictures I generated along the way to find a good fit.

Enjoy

Chapter 321- Meeting of Leaders

If the keep and walls to the north fail to stymie the demon beasts, Frost City served as the first line of defense. Similarly, the city acted as the central base for the military to sortie against any hordes that penetrated across the treacherous mountain paths.

As such, villas dotting the landscape to its east, west, and south, bore the i...

The Red Lands

The forest beyond the Nord Pass offers dangers beyond imagination.

An evil creature

I have been out of touch for so long it has been a shame. I sat down to have a quick lunch the other day and like most of us with bad habits, switched on the TV.

Surfing the channels, I did pause for a moment to listen to the news concerning AI.

As the average joe, I sought greener pastures since I didn't believe it concerned me.

Chapter 320- A Night Prowl

The full moon cast its rays from above the clear night sky. A breeze puffed across the undulating fields rustling the sparse patches of maize. With the rocky soil, most of the lands on the outskirts of the city lay abandoned or overgrown with Indigo vines.

A cloaked figure strides across an open field, keeping away from the view of the roa...

The Red Lands- Second Arc

For Readers supporting me, this is a little extra for you guys.

This post is only available to high-tier members and to those who enjoyed the novel so much that they purchased this collection.

I had begun adding the pictures to the posts themselves but after some thought placed them here.

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