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[COMIC BTS] Episode 152

Despite what the sneak peek suggests, I swear there’s more to tomorrow’s episode than Arthur just getting beaten up over and over.

Chapter 388: Defending Vildorial

VARAY AURAE

The shifting earth of the battle map rotated around under the careful control of three dwarven mages working in concert. The three-dimensional blueprint showed the tunnels and egress points in and around Vildorial in detail, the image of it held in the dwarven tacticians’ minds. In the short time since our arrival and ouster of the Alacryan forces, most of t...

[Comic BTS] Episode 151

It kind of feels like Arthur is walking down the road to decide his fate…

Chapter 387: Long-Worn Shackles

ARTHUR LEYWIN

The violet markings of Realmheart burned hot against my skin as I focused on the godrune. Now that I could once again see and sense mana, I felt connected to the physical space around me in a way I hadn’t since waking in the Relictombs.

The smell of sweat and ozone, the sight of mana particles rolling and tumbling out of Mica’s core, the sound of B...

[COMIC BTS] Episode 150

After tomorrow’s episode, it’ll be a while until we see the Leywin family again. But something tells me they will be okay…

Chapter 386: Surfaced Enmity

ALDIR

Lord Indrath’s great hall was as full and loud as I remember it ever being. Representatives of all the great clans were present, but Lord Thyestes had brought an unusually large entourage, rivaling even the Indraths in number. The other clans mingled between the dragons and pantheons, but not freely. One only had to open their eyes to see how the political turmoil...

[ COMIC BTS ] Ep149

Our artists did a great job at conveying the heavy emotions in tomorrow’s episode. I mean, I don’t suspect it’s easy to picture what it’ll be like if your son says he’s been reborn…

Chapter 385: Purity

ARTHUR

‘Ugh, spending five hours listening to these dwarves play the blame game is making me miss passing through a mana beast’s colon,’ Regis grumbled.

These meetings may not be exciting, but they are important. Just…try to enjoy the view or something, I thought tiredly.

The Hall of Lords within Vildorial’s Royal Palace was an asto...

Chapter 384: Winds of Change

CAERA DENOIR

The sun was setting behind roiling storm clouds over Central Dominion, the sky’s mood mirroring my own. It had been a tense and dull few days since the Victoriad’s incomprehensible finale.

Highblood Denoir had, expectedly, gone on full alert after the Victoriad. They had immediately withdrawn me from my post at Central Academy and arranged for the e...

Chapter 383: Moving On

ARTHUR

There was too much to do after the Alacryan attack. With the djinn sanctuary exposed, it was no longer safe. Somehow, we had to move several hundred people across the Darvish desert, keeping them safe both from the elements and the Alacryans.

As people continued to pour out of the tunnels, the leadership gathered across the stream near where I’d fought the ...

Chapter 382: Just Out of Reach

ELEANOR LEYWIN

My heart gave a painful squeeze as I saw my brother holding Feyrith’s body. Pressure built uncomfortably behind my eyes, but I didn’t have any tears left.

Albold, Feyrith, Rinia…and how many others, people whose names I don’t even know?

The shock of so many conflicting emotions scraped at me, making me feel raw, brittle. From ce...

[COMIC BTS] Episode 145

Another look at how panels can change during the storyboard → sketch → lineart process!

Sometimes it’s a small detail, and other times, it’s a whole change in the camera angle.

Chapter 381: A Savior’s Burden

ARTHUR

A cascade of cracked stones and rubble tumbled from the cave roof just over Ellie and me. With her in my arms, I turned and took a small step, letting the stones rain harmlessly on the dais behind me.

Ellie winced. “Oh, ouch.”

Her eyes were red-rimmed from crying, her jaw tight with pain. I prodded at the hole in her clothes just below her ribs. The...

Discord Q&A

Hellooo, in case you missed it, I hosted a Q&A on my Discord back in February for TBATE’s 5 year anniversary on Tapas.

We avoided moooooost many spoilers, but still be wary of them. I had fun, so I’ll try to do more of these ^^

[POLL] Time for New Novel Art

DISCLAIMER: THIS POLL CONTAINS SPOILERS FROM THE LAST CHAPTERS OF VOLUME 9.

Hello!

Thanks to my asuras for submitting all of their ideas on art they want to make happen! I took some of the more popular character and scene requests and manage to condense them into five options.

Deadline for the poll will be on Friday 5/6 at 10 A...

Vol 10: Prologue

A/N:  Hi, hey, hello, it’s TurtleMe. Many of you have been waiting patiently and eagerly for the arrival of Volume 10. During these past two weeks of writing the first few chapters, I really had to think about how I wanted to start this volume and where I wanted to pick up. It took some deliberation but I decided that it will sta...

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