Miles English

Book 4 - Chapter 48

Marksi had a horrible gouge on his side, as well as a dozen other nicks and a big bruise across one leg.

“No. What do we do?” Brin checked his pockets for something that could help. Most of the stuff he normally carried in Lumina’s rin...

Book 4 - Chapter 47

Brin found an empty corridor, cast Self-Invisibility, and then came back out to the stairwell where the guard was keeping watch. He didn't notice Brin at all, which meant he didn't have any [Rogue] Skills. So this guy wasn't a problem.

He or...

Book 4 - Chapter 46

The evacuation was news enough, but Brin was more interested in why.

"What do you think?" Cid asked Brin.

"I don't know. There's a lot about this situation that doesn't make any sense."

"You're right." Cid nodded. "We need more i...

Book 4 - Lumina Interlude

Lumina hid her grin behind a cup of tea as Master glared at the door where the [Maid] had recently made her escape. 

"She didn't offer to tuck me in," Master said with a cute little pout.

"It hasn't been in fashion for the staff t...

Book 4 - Chapter 45

Brin looked to Cid for help, but the Prime just nodded at him as if to say, Go on.

Brin cleared his throat. “Where to start? I suppose I’ll start from the beginning. No, let’s go to the end and then wrap around to the beginnin...

Book 4 - Chapter 44

One of the things Brin loved about traveling was seeing new things and new ways of living in a world where everything was still unique and exotic instead of the bland and uniform modern cities of his old world. In that respect, Canibri didn't disa...

Book 4 - Chapter 43

Four months passed. Rather than head straight back to the Order like Caradawg had wanted, Cid had opted to resume their regular patrol. Despite the drama of the previous few days, it didn't take long for the Lance to get back into their regular ro...

Book 4 - Chapter 42.5

I figured it was about time for one of these. Just as a heads up, 42 was the end of part 2, so we'll be moving into Book 4 Part 3 on Friday. Normally I'd have an Interlude here, but I haven't quite nailed down who will be starring in this one, so ...

Book 4 - Chapter 42

As soon as Cid outed his Class to the entire Lance, Brin stopped his horse and turned to face them. All at once, he was again fearful of how they'd all react. Sure, they'd stood up to him in front of Caradawg, but how did they really feel? He coul...

Book 4 - Chapter 41

"Really, Aeron? I thought better of you," said Cid, exasperated.

"Do not seek to order them to surrender, or the Rite of the Crucible is invalid," warned Caradawg.

"I'm not ordering him to surrender, as much as I'd like to," said Cid.<...

Book 4 - Chapter 40

"Brin, no. Just wait," Cid said in dismay. He held his hand up, as if preventing Brin from charging at Caradawg. "I can get you out of this another way. Stand down, please."

"And why should I agree to abide by the results of a Crucible? We'r...

Book 4 - Chapter 39

Brin’s rewards were among the smallest in the Lance. Everyone else gained at least two levels, and the last two holdouts had finally hit [Squire]. Rhun was a level 30 [Protecting Squire], Anwir was a level 25 [Squire of Arrows], Aeron was a leve...

Book 4 - Chapter 38

Brin's horse Nobility knew without needing to be told that now was the time to put every ounce of strength in his body into running as fast as he could.

Even so, Nobility and the other horses were unable to make any ground against the unnatu...

Late Chapter notice

I spent the weekend on a family vacation and didn't get any writing done, so today's chapter will be delayed. I'll post it when it's done and we'll still have two chapters this week, but it will be late in the day or tomorrow.

Book 4 - Chapter 37

Looking at your comments, I think I'm going to go back and change how it happened with the [Great Witch] to something that is less likely to stress plausibility. That won't change this chapter, though. Enjoy

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"Lance, spread out and ...

Book 4 - Chapter 36

"Gather round, men. We have a situation," said Cid.

While everyone moved their horses to huddle up, Brin made a show of looking in every direction with the mostly-fake spyglass. Then he put it away.

"There's a [Witch] in Dustrim, of un...

Book 4 - Chapter 35

Brin darted out of bed and ran. He moved more out of panic than any real plan, but still thankfully had the presence of mind to leave a glass copy in his bed, just in case any of the men woke up in the commotion. As soon as he hit the doorway he t...

Book 4 - Chapter 34

Cid had them dismount and walk their horses in the hopes that the shorter height and the lack of dust kicked up from the hooves would mean that they'd see the band of goblins before the goblins saw them. They approached slowly with Brych guiding t...

Book 4 - Chapter 33

Lucidity came back to Brin slowly, along with pain. His face was aching and throbbing with burns and he couldn't hear or see anything. Without his two primary senses it would be hard to tell that he was even conscious if not for the fact that his ...

Book 4 - Chapter 32

I'm sure many of you are aware, but Book 3 is now available on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Bog-Standard-Isekai-Nightmares-Adv...

Book 4 - Chapter 31

The guards didn’t challenge Galan at the door, or any of the Lance when they followed him in, though one of the guards gave Marksi a hard look before shaking his head, probably deciding that if Galan didn’t care then he didn’t either. Inside...

Book 4 - Chapter 30

The group was pretty ripe when they returned to their bunk room one last time to wash and change for dinner. The smell only got worse as they stripped out of their armor, unleashing smells that had been hiding in wait for three days. The servants ...

Book 4 - Chapter 29

The next morning, the Lance exited the tents with such a quick intensity that Brin was sure most of them had already been awake before the trumpets.

This time, there was no fumbling around looking for supplies and no worrying about who would...

Book 4 - Chapter 28

Apparently the Order had no plans to let Brin and the Lance stay in their comfortable bunk room while the rest of the Lances were spread out in tents, because right after dinner a page entered their rooms and announced, "Order Of the Long Sleep Fi...

Book 4 - Chapter 27

Brin’s coin purse jingled in time with his steps as he ran ahead of the Lance. They’d woken the Lance up right at dawn, just to punish anyone who’d gone too far with their drinking last night. After Brin and Sion had absolutely fleeced the L...

Book 4 - Chapter 26

The small town of Talra was only a half hour walk from the Order's castle, and since Brin actually walked, he was the last to arrive. He'd only been cooped up in that castle for a couple weeks, and he'd only been officially enlisted for a few days...

Book 4 - Chapter 25

The next morning Brin and the rest of the Lance left the keep together to go find the Order’s stables. The stables were an oddly far distance away, nearly a quarter mile. After all, wouldn’t you want your horses to be close in case you needed ...

Book 4 - Chapter 24

I decided to post early this week. Next chapter Thursday. (It'll be pretty late in the afternoon, I have a lot of meetings on Thursdays)

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The sparring grounds were somewhat crowded, and two from Brin’s Lance were already there, A...

Book 4 - Chapter 23

Cid stood staring at him, arms crossed, tapping his fingers against his bicep. Brin waited for him to start.

When the silence started to get awkward, Brin said, “Lay it on me, I’m a big boy.”

“You have no idea how to be a secon...

Book 4 - Chapter 22

It took a surprisingly long time for Hedrek to get back up the hill. That single use of [Knights Charge] had completely exhausted him to the point that he’d barely been able to stand in his armor, much less climb a steep slope.

Cid told Go...