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The Throne of a Thousand Swords The Secret Revealed
After spending the day with his friend, Josiah was walking back from the orphanage to his house. But ever since he was together with Lenny, from the start of the day until then… He couldn't help but feeling this strange sensation from his head.'I keep feeling like someone is watching me… First the cabin. Then on the way back… Even now…'He took a detour and went to a large, calm street where the men who created lake fishes lived. It had the advantage that the place was very wide open, with no trees or big walls to hide from the sight.'Now, show me who you really are.' Josiah thought to himself, as he was aiming at the suspicious figure he noticed was tailing him.When he was in the highlight of the road, when there was absolutely nothing around to hide an adult body, he looked back. He saw only one person.It was old man Benson, the farm owner; the one who accepted taking Thomas and him in."B…Benson?""Yo, boy." The old man waved his hand. He waved back.Josiah resumed walking."Was
The Throne of a Thousand Swords Mutual Test
Josiah was mad.He tried not to let it shine through, but he was mad. Perhaps it was because someone has found about his secret he kept within for so long?Or maybe deep down he believed old man Benson's words and got mad because his mother lied to him this whole time? Was he angry because he considered such a possibility?Either way… He tried masking his frustration toward the old man by inviting him to a sparring fight; a test; a proof of resolve by combat. But in the end, he just wanted to beat something up to relieve such frustration.That event led to the beginning of a fight in that wide-open street of Couche. There was nothing there. Nothing but the dirt, the fields, and the smooth breeze.Josiah was wielding his sword in his hands. Even that sword was a gift he received from his deceased mother. If what the old man said was true, it meant the one who gave him that gift would be living, hiding somewhere in the kingdom, waiting for him to join her and overtake Eneris' throne."G
The Throne of a Thousand Swords Old Man's Advice
"Don't you get it? There's something you still lack, young one."Josiah didn't like hearing those words, but after witnessing the difference of power between him and the old man, he couldn't exactly protest."Who are you? How can't I use my sword? What exactly is going on here?""As I said, I am a former employee of Mirild."Josiah was far less suspicious of his words after witnessing him fight.'The form is indeed very similar to Thomas'. The way they both fight is the spitting image of each other, but Thomas never went that hard. Was he holding himself…? I thought I was getting close to beating him on our spars. This all suddenly feels like a big lie.'"You asked why you couldn't manage your sword properly. This should be obvious. Look at the wound on your right shoulder.""What about it? You did that! And it's not like I hadn't faced anything worse before." Josiah always had the potions back home if he ever wanted to heal himself quickly."Yes. I did it on purpose. This kind of woun
The Throne of a Thousand Swords The Magistrate Returns
"My good sir… The government is merciful. We have been providing you all with security and services throughout those whole years. But you must agree that this is not fair. We agreed for a certain amount of cattle and paid in advance. That feels wrong, doesn't it? I'm at disadvantage here…" Even though the phrasing was not to the fun side, The Magistrate spoke those words with a slight smirk on his face."Unfortunately there's nothing we can do about it, Magistrate, o sir. The bad season not only compromised the crops but also the animal's sustain… It's going to take a while before we are ready with the livestock…""And what about me…?""That's why I ask you, o great sir. Could we make this a smaller deal? We give you what we have and return part of the money. Of course, you can keep some as tax for your troubles."The Magistrate was expecting that offer. But he pretended to consider, scratching the back of his head."You see… Lord emperor Eneris sent me here on a mission. And as a side
The Throne of a Thousand Swords Preparations
"This time you really outdid yourself, young master."Thomas was helping Josiah wear his leggings and a cheap piece of armor he bought from his economies which he saved throughout his years.Josiah himself didn't feel very pleased with the situation, but he tried not to let it through:"Outdid myself? why? Weren't you the one saying you were to support me and that it's my choice where to go to?""I did say that. But I didn't know you were to join Eneris' army in a hurried manner like that."Josiah finished wearing his leggings and armor. It all felt a little heavier than he was used to, but he was a strong boy. It was not too heavy for him, even at his age. Thomas continued:"When Heraclis told me your decision I thought you were sure plotting something and that you'd try to pass him behind.""Do you wanted me not to go, Thomas?""I… Naturally I expected to be at your side for a couple more years, but…""Don't say it like that. I'm going to be back whenever I can.""I must say, I am no
The Throne of a Thousand Swords Arriving at the Army
After arriving at the reserve and showing the documents, Josiah was admitted in and was told to look for building 131C.The training headquarters was a big conglomerate of little gray-painted stone tiled buildings. The architecture was similar to the one used in the imperial castle. In a sense, the building seemed themselves like little castles.He quickly learned they were organized in rows and blocks, and none of which had actual names, they were referred to only by the location code."What a huge place…" Josiah contemplated, as he passed over twenty minutes of walking through those little stone buildings. He saw a lot of soldiers carrying a bunch of heavy armor and weaponry but didn't see any more children in the whole way.When he was approaching the place, Josiah sighted The Magistrate, wearing a distinct red-colored armor, heavily contrasting the rest of the soldiers."Oh, there you are! Come here, little one."The Magistrate seemed happy to see Josiah in.He went to the entranc
The Throne of a Thousand Swords The Prodigy Group
"Oh. You were the one charged with the room. You lost some of the explanation but I guess it's nothing you already don't know." The advisor said, looking at how Josiah carried his sword.The advisor was even taller than Koda, though skinnier. In fact, the advisor was so tall and so skinny he almost looked like an alien humanoid. "I'm Tal..."'The name suits you.' Josiah thought."…As a newcomer in the first weeks, you are going to use weapon replicas instead. Put your garbage at the side somewhere. Get a weapon of your preference among the models over the table. We are going to train in pairs now."Advisor Tal whistled loudly and everyone began trying to find a pair to spar with.Albo approached Josiah once again."Hey, dude. You lost all the explanation. Is that okay?""I had no choice…"Albo was holding an exact copy of a morning star. From the ball to the chains and holder… Everything was perfectly made out of wood."Huh… I guess this one looks strong. So I chose this one. Are you
The Throne of a Thousand Swords Odd One Out
The emerging talents. People who are chosen from newly recruited personnel or not fully experienced soldiers who are believed to have a natural potential for combat. They are offered a severe schedule of training and instruction on fighting skills.On that afternoon Josiah was arriving in the middle of the daily paired practice.He was in a large room, together with the other faces, waiting for the instructor to arrive.A few faces inside there were familiar.The teenage boy several years older than him he saw whispering at his back when he first arrived the army was one of them. But his friend wasn't there.That boy who smiled when Koda scolded him in the room was also there.All in all, it seemed none of the faces there were very friendly toward him. And that's probably because of his age.Not many eight-years-olds make it to the selected group in one day just like that. In fact, the teenage boy around his thirteens seemed to be the second youngest. Apart from that, there was also a
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The Throne of a Thousand Swords The Limitations of Magic
"Lenny!" Josiah shouted, seeing her being knocked unconscious on the floor. 'Damn it! Is she all right?' Josiah started getting worried. He had just freed himself from the flaming piece of armor.The whole scenery was now lit on due to the flames of the two balls the magician released out from nowhere, and also the last attack, which was some sort of energy wave."Hah! You kids are no match for this power. Come on. It's only me and you now, little brat."'This is not good,' Josiah thought. 'Lenny is already out and we don't even know everything he can do. Not only that I am also stuck inside this hole and can't seem to be able to climb back. He could finish soldier Ray on his own, which means without Lenny to distract him it's going to be very hard to fight him one-on-one. What should I do…?'The magician seemed to be expecting Josiah to charge in, with a malicious smile on his face. The last attack made his face now clear to be seen. He was an older man, with his pale face full of wr
The Throne of a Thousand Swords Magic
Fingers were snapped.The complete darkness was turned into an enlightened environment. Josiah's eyes went out of focus for a second. He could now catch the barren walls and the surroundings with his eyes. The light source was unclear, but it illuminated everything with a weak, yellow light. Over the ground, there were a lot of unknown objects scattered over. Dolls, metal tools, jewelry, curtains… The purpose of everything was mysterious. And to his left, Josiah could catch the silhouette of the owner of the voice of who directed to them a while ago: a short man on a dark blue robe, covering his head with a hood. The man didn't look very physically strong. He seemed weaker than the people he was used to sparring with inside the army. Josiah couldn't see his face because the light source seemed to come straight from behind him, rendering his face pitch black."You…""Witness the power of magic!"The man extended his hands to Josiah and a huge mass of fire came towards him. A concentra
The Throne of a Thousand Swords Chapter 52: Culprit
"You said what!? Soldier Ray? How? What happened?" Major Clockburn asked holding the messenger on the shoulders."I don't know! One minute he was following me for the interview, then when I called he wasn't there anymore. I searched everywhere, but…""It's the same thing that happened to the villagers..." Clockburn observed. "Change of plans. Everyone! We are going to divide and search for Ray. Each of you… Grab a tracking bracelet inside the vehicles!"A tracking bracelet was made with a bond of blood between two holders. It worked similar to Watt's bloodbound power, two people bonded to use the power: the holder and the vessel. They both cut a small drip on the wrist. The vessel wears the bracelet around his wrist and the blood of the holder reacts whenever he points his wrist in the direction of the vessel.Major Clockburn was the holder of several bracelets inside the carriages. This way he could track the soldiers of his squad.Too bad the soldiers weren't using the bracelet after
The Throne of a Thousand Swords Chapter 51: First Adventure
The experienced soldiers and higher-ranked officers were divided in squads. Each squad had a leader; which needed to be at least a three-star ranked person. The leader gave orders to four commanders which needed to be at least a sergeant, and each commander was in charge of up to a crew of fifteen. Squads were in charge of missions to protect and aid the kingdom. Things that couldn't be done by a crew of recruits. The missions often required dealing with criminals, creatures, or any other thing which required experience in combat.Josiah had spent almost the entire year in the reserve, helping with the affairs, instructing newer teams, improving his sword skills, and getting better on the art of controlling the blood flow. Then, one day on the eleventh month, Josiah's squad was called into the city of Bhule, one of the cities of the kingdom which were located most farther from the capital.The trip took a long day, even if the squad went by carriage instead of marching. After all, th
The Throne of a Thousand Swords Chapter 50: Conclusion
Lenny was crouching with both her arms and legs on the ground. It was the way she moved when she lived in the forest.Josiah saw her using that form only once and then never faced anyone moving like that before. He had no idea what to expect. In his experience moving in such a way is only bad for a human.'An animal also moves on four feet. If she is confident in her speed this means I should expect her speed to match at least that of an animal.'Lenny began crawling around Josiah, trying to find a weak spot. He swung the sword at her, causing her to stay back. They tested each other for a while and then Josiah got accustomed to her speed.Or at least he thought he got.Lenny charged at him with the speed he assumed she would but she dramatically altered the speed midway, causing Josiah's timed to swing to be a little late. 'What!? She can jump almost like a talpig!'Josiah had to switch his swinging to some plan to defend from her leap. He used a cross-blocking stance to protect his
The Throne of a Thousand Swords Chapter 49: The Promised Fight
Everywhere near the low number of buildings was a complete desert, whenever it was close to the dusk. Especially on the abandoned factories near the 40s. The soldiers were under training in the west side, the superiors who didn't work with the soldiers were preparing to move back to the central headquarters, and even the security moved further closer to the gates, as the streets around the 40s were completely devoid of the possibility of being targeted by trespassers since they were in the middle of the complex. At that time the whistling winds were the only visitors in the area. If somebody screamed there, he'd never be heard.Josiah's jacket flapped with the strong wind blowing at his body. He wasn't wearing any armor. He just had his sword; the gift his mother gave him and his dearest weapon. He was holding it pointing the blade down.Tonight was their promised test. They agreed on the rules. In order to prove her worth, Lenny needed to withstand a spar with him for two minutes. Th
The Throne of a Thousand Swords The Power of a Royalblood
The rest of the tournament took place in the afternoon and for Josiah, it was very underwhelming. Reeve didn't ever recover his condition in time so he had to withdraw, thus causing Josiah to be the winner of the tournament for abandonment.The overall results of the tournament were as follows:First Round:A) Josiah vs Greg — Winner: JosiahB) Watt vs Lawrence — Winner: LawrenceC) Ellis vs Douglas — Winner: DouglasD) Teagan vs Daniel — Winner: TeaganE) Quinn vs Reeve — Winner: ReeveF) Brooks vs Dave Johnson — Winner: Dave JohnsonG) Yvonne vs Will — Winner: YvonneH) Kyleigh vs Austin — Winner: AustinSecond Round:1) Josiah vs Lawrence — Winner: Josiah2) Douglas vs Teagan — Winner: Douglas3) Reeve vs Dave Johnson — Winner: Reeve4) Yvonne vs Austin — Winner: YvonneSemifinals:Josiah vs Douglas — Winner: JosiahReeve vs Yvonne — Winner: YvonneAfternoon:Third prize. Reeve vs Douglas — Winner: DouglasFinals. Josiah vs Yvonne — Winner: JosiahJosiah still doesn't know whet
The Throne of a Thousand Swords Unexpected Events
"Lenny?" Josiah almost couldn't keep the low tone as he asked for her, after entering his tent.There was nobody in.'Of course, she wouldn't be here anymore. If anything, she must have left and his somewhere…'Josiah stood silent for a moment so he could hear the instructor and Koda talking to each other outside the tent:"The infiltrator was last seen running to the west.""What's west?""Nothing. The fields proceed to the west up to two thousand miles.""Do you think there's any place to hide?""At this point just running on a random direction is hideout enough.""Do we send a group to…"With the duo walking away, the voices started getting to low to be heard.'Lenny… Where did you go? I hope she doesn't get treated as a deserter or something because of that… I wonder if the team is going to start searching for this so-called infiltrator?'Since there was nothing to do inside the tent, Josiah walked away and went on a quest to finding more information around.'Maybe Watt knows somet
The Throne of a Thousand Swords Prior Knowledge
"Next two!" Koda shouted.Reeve and Dave Johnson stepped up to the circle.Josiah was tired of his own fight, but he also wanted to witness that one. It could be that he'd be matched with the promising son of the lieutenant like they said, after all.The two young men were about the same size and had a pretty underdeveloped physique. Someone who didn't know them wouldn't give much to them. They stood still facing each other and waited until the whistling sound marked the beginning of the fight.And it soon started.Of course, Dave Johson knew all about Reeve's weapon. It caused the pain to be transferred to the attacker. With that prior knowledge, he charged in bare-handed, striking for disarming the opponent before he could draw his. Dave had all of his weapons firmly tied to the back and the hands-free. The whole way he carried his armor around was made for building up speed.They were taught how to disarm a man with a knife on the army. Theoretically, it was no big deal.'That's wh
