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Chapter 470 - The Decision

Iona’s request had briefly stunned me, but one thing I prided myself on was rapid decision making. It had been trained into me for years, and I’d honed the skill to a high degree.

“Go!” I shouted, wanting to be loud enough that Iona could hear me. Then I dashed off at top speed to where Katerina was waiting, my mind working furious...

Chapter 469 - The Question

The winter weeks flew swiftly by, and a false spring was raising everyone's hopes. It wouldn’t be long before winter’s cold jaws clamped down on its neck, reminding us all that it was winter, but I was enjoying the nice day and the fine company.

By ‘The Sixth Legion is leaving in the spring’ Arachne and the rest of Command...

Chapter 468 - The Extinguisher of Legends

The old year had ended, the new year was in. Night and Arachne were busy, busy people, and while I’d gotten a number of invitations to fancy functions and various parties, without Iona to push me and provide a strong incentive to go, I’d declined almost all of them. The only one I’d accepted was a party the War Sentinels were thro...

Chapter 467 - Nike

AN: Sorry this is short, victim of trying a new thing out with writing. I’m probably going to axe the new thing I’m trying out, but for now… sorry this is so short, I’m not going to make a habit out of it. The next few chapters are 3500+ words

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The r...

I goofed - The details

Hey all!

I goofed! Small goof!

Two chapters today! 

I tend to keep my chapters in order of posting on my computer. Got up this morning, dragged myself over, sleepily edited the 'next' chapter in the list, went copy-paste-post, and while I was updating the TOC went 'oh shit'.

Better than ...

Chapter 465: Friends come, friends go

AN: I goofed, sorry! My files got out of order and I posted without double checking. Double chapter today! No chapter Friday! (You're getting it early...)

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I’d made the connection, and I was starting to feel out of place. Artemis, Julius, and Night all had their own relationship with each ...

Chapter 466 - The Saturnalia

Being a War Sentinel wasn’t all fun and games. I felt the crushing responsibility of the lives of the [Legionnaires] in my hands, and the stress and pressure was steadily growing as the fated day to leave approached.

The Legion was divided into eight cohorts, each headed by a [Tribune]. Generally, most i...

Chapter 464 - Old Friends

I leisurely flew back home. I didn’t want flying to become perfunctory. I didn’t want it to become just a way of getting from A to B. I had a bit of time to simply enjoy it, to revel in the absolute freedom of unconstrained motion, knowing that I could simply pick a direction and fly for hours if I wanted to.

I did want to see Iona, sp...

Chapter 463 - Springtime is wartime

AN: Thanks to feedback and a brilliant idea from a reader, the ending of last chapter has been modified, along with some tiny edits to the chapter itself to better foreshadow the ending. To spare you all going back and finding it, I've posted it here:

“Home.” She [Iona] agreed.

Red - the catkin - whirled on us, and I expected a ...

Chapter 462 - Adventures in Nippon-Koku

AN: This chapter is me trying to dip my toes into comedy/satire a bit, and I'm not sure how well I succeeded. I feel it's so-so, and as a result, it's just a single mega chapter instead of being split into 2 or 3 smaller chapters. So enjoy the mega chapter, and I don't intend to be taking BTDEM in a radically different direction. Just thought th...

Chapter 461 - Interlude - Nina - Communication

Nina finished waving Iona off. On one hand, she was sad to see the Valkyrie go, but on the other, it was almost a relief. A break from the constant training. A moment to rest.

Nina had spent years on the streets, often alone. Having other people constantly near her grated on her in a way that was hard to properly define. She didn�...

Chapter 460 - To Nippon-Koku!

It took two more days for them to finish everything up. The bulk of the work was done the first day, and everything after was the fine details. Installing doors, getting the windows just right, planting grass in the inner courtyard, sanding the wood, and the thousand and one other little details. It was stunning to watch the whole thing come tog...

Announcement - Dead Tired, Mango Media, and the future

Hey all!

FIRST - No changes to BTDEM's schedule, post frequency, etc. Everything remains the same there.

SECOND - This post has nothing to do with BTDEM. Just me as the author. If you're not interested, feel free to bail now!

THIRD - This will probably be the only time I mention Mango Media here on Patreon, apart from maybe an...

Chapter 459 - There’s no place like home

I saluted Arachne.

“Forgive me, I haven’t been sent on a mission before. Just, the entire situation feels a little unusual. A message through Night, instead of a courier? Directly to me, and not something with the Sixth?”

Arachne gave me a small smile.

“Good, you did notice. Yes, this one is unusual, even by Sentinel st...

July EOM announcements, August, September Schedule

Hey all!

The Void Month is just about nearing its completion. I'm like 50% moved in, but moved in enough that I can get back to posting. Yay!

Posting will resume on August 2nd as scheduled.

Now, I hate this timing.

Life has taken a baseball bat to my kneecaps. My basement flooded twice (Two differe...

July Incentive for Iona+ tier Patrons!

By Nort! Creator of Tara and Beverly! Find their stuff here (Slightly NSFW) https://nortverse.com/comic/overconfidence/

Okay, Imgur really dislikes the artwork, hang tight while I figure something out...

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Chapter 458 - Seize the Day, Mug the Night

I closed on the house! Yay!
Thank you all for making my dreams a reality! I can't thank you all enough!
This is the third and final chapter in July. The next chapter will be August 2nd, and normal posting 3x a week will resume. The time isn't quite going to be stable for a while as I sort out when's best in my day to post....

Three ideas rattling around in my head.

Hey all!

First off - BTDEM is my first, largest priority, and no matter what other side projects I've got cooking or other interests I've got going on, BTDEM is my primary focus.

With that said, I've got the start of three different books rattling around in my head, and I was curious what people would want to see, IF I ever decided...

Chapter 457 - The Dragon Triad II

AN: Second post of the month! Artwork relevant to this chapter. It's also the projected book 12 cover, although who knows if it'll actually materialize.

Third post is hopefully next week, possibly early. Lots of stuff happening very fast on my end. Glad I took the month off, because holy I massively underestimated how much work this all wa...

Chapter 456 - The Dragon Triad I

Hey all!

First of the promised three chapters for July!

I'm in Norway at last, still settling into my temporary accommodations. We all made it safely, with only minimal loss of items and the like. Gotta do a million 'new place' and 'new country' things, but I had a few minutes to edit and pos...