volume 1 - Chapter 34 (1/2)

TL: It turns out all the a.s.signments are given till the end of the year for polis.h.i.+ng (and a relief cause I totally did not manage to finish perspective drawing at all). On Friday, I’ll be on two weeks break and I’ll back to school for another 4 months worth of intensive stuff.

Anyways, good news for you guys, cause I’ll be taking at least 1 full day (probably this Friday) to do nothing but just TL so you guys and myself can gorge on some Christmas reading, and no more of that d.a.m.nable cliffhangers. This will be exclusive from the donations.

Regarding the schedule of donated chapters, it kind of depends on how crazy my schedule is. I probably can’t do 1 ch per day if I get 4-5 a.s.signments per week because it takes at least 3 hours to do 1 chapter of The Amber Sword, and I spend an unG.o.dly amount of time researching on my a.s.signments while leaving almost no time for drawing from that schedule.

I don’t even have the b.l.o.o.d.y time to read the books that I bought (grrrrr), while my coffee intake has increased dramatically to the point I’m going to take a look at my budget again during my term break.

So it’s probably going to be 1-1.5 hrs/day for donated chapters, while the regular translations will hopefully continue as per normal.

I haven’t check this chapter for mistakes too >_>.

If anyone has any tips/video links on digital drawing for perspective it will be greatly appreciated, because this s.h.i.+t takes up so much time it’s not even funny (and this affects my TL schedule the most). My fastest method currently is to duplicate lots of rectangles and transform it to the perspective line, while figuring out how to make it 3D later on (still researching on it).

I need a good texture + color tutorial on painting walls too, so I can be ahead of my cla.s.s schedule (which will be 2/3 points VP and some recreation of 2D vehicles into perspective, and finally it will probably be some environments + texture).

End announcement break.

Chapter 34 – Golden Demonic Tree

Three people made their way down to the valley silently and waited in ambush. Brendel made it look like time was frozen, as his movements were so delicate and subtle, and one would find it impossible to discover anything out of the ordinary if they were to survey the surroundings.

He had walked on this path more than a hundred times. He had failed before in his attempts and got discovered when he was still unfamiliar, but he would not fail here now. Even though the Demonic Trees had exceptional strength, these naturally blind creatures were not effective in investigating their surroundings.

The tense Brendel heard the faint rustling of pebbles rubbing against boots. He turned his back and saw Freya anxiously looking back at him. The youth furrowed his brows.

[Freya, you’re still too tense.]

He stopped to allow Romaine to pa.s.s him. The merchant girl had very well by lowering her body and breathing evenly. Her strides were not overly large and she did not move too slowly too, and she was as elegant as a cat. Her current mentality was filled with dexterous cautiousness from the excitement, and her heart which was as taut as a string strangely pushed out her potential. She was like a natural adventurer.

“Romaine, you’re doing really well, keep on doing this.” Brendel encouraged her by mouthing the words out.

She quickly nodded in response, her actions were really small, but she could not suppress the pride in her heart.

As Romaine pa.s.sed by Brendel, he looked back at Freya. She seemed to know her own problems, and she lowered her head involuntarily. He sighed in silence when he saw this scene. No matter how one looked at her, it was clear that she did not possess outstanding wisdom, judgment, mentality, physique, and one would have thought she would become nothing more than an ordinary person.

But Brendel knew there had to be something that allowed her to hold the legendary name of ‘The G.o.ddess of War’.

He narrowed his eyes into a line and looked thoughtfully at her. Her light orange colored hair was on full display when she lowered her head, reasonably dense and soft looking, and it looked like she had taken much care on it. She did not comb it skilfully, but it was meticulously done.

At this moment she was crouching her body and progressing past him. The girl did not utter any sound, and only her long ponytail followed her bobbing action, almost as if it to display her will in her heart. Brendel knew that it was her unbending will.

His heart skipped a beat.

“Freya.”

She paused for a moment.

“You’re too tense, relax a little.”

“Sorry, I……”

“It’s fine. Do you see the boulder in front? We should split up here from now onwards. Hide yourself behind there until the patrol team pa.s.ses by. You must attract the attention of the last two Demonic Trees at the first moment we launch an attack.”

She nodded.

“Go ahead, I’ll wait here to watch over you. Freya, I’m sure you can do it well.” He turned his body and laid beside a field of broken rocks and gestured to her.

She showed off shock as this was different from the initial plan. But she was not stupid to not know that he stayed behind to boost her confidence. She felt slightly moved, but she could only press her lips firmly together and nodded gravely at this moment.

He noticed that her actions a little more steady than before as she progressed forward, and he felt relieved.

This was a very normal reaction to situations like this, and someone like Romaine who was calm and bold was rare. When he turned his head the other way, he noticed that she had stopped moving and was looking curiously at him. He gave an exasperated sigh and gestured at her to keep on moving forward.

It was unfortunate that her mind was steady but her thoughts were beyond common sense. On the other hand, it was Freya who was more reliable and he looked forward to see her grow into the G.o.ddess of War in the future.

She quickly reached the proposed position. The patrol team had just crossed half of the mountain valley, and it was pretty much impossible for them to do something out of the ordinary. It was just she was too nervous. Brendel had a little trouble as encouraging her took precious time away, and they were already in their ambush range.

At this distance he might be discovered.

But he was still that veteran warrior in the game, forcefully willing himself to gauge the best timing and the enemies’ pathing to the best moment without any errors. When he finally was beside Romaine, he had to wipe the cold perspiration on his forehead. It was too close for comfort, but his actions were flawless and did not let his emotions affect his abilities.

Romaine noticed the perspiration and quickly handed a checkered handkerchief to him. He noted the handkerchief and faintly remembered that it was a handicraft from the northern region Vieiro. It was difficult to find something like this in Bucce, and was one of the merchant girl’s favorite items.

“Thanks.” He mouthed the word.

“I should be the one thanking you, Brendel.” She hugged her bag and answered earnestly: “It might be very dangerous in a while, and there might not be such a chance later right? So I want to tell you that I am thankful, Brendel.”

Brendel was taken aback slightly, but he gave a faint smile.