Malcolm Tent

Call of the Void chapter 13

Wish upon the Stars chapter 1034

It was time to leave. Devon had done a lot of research on this place, and while he had no method of escaping, he did know there was an emergency signal in place. Aside from sequestering trial participants, The Quiet Room had been designed as a fallback shelter in case of a catastrophic attack on the Wishworld. In the event of long term habitation, having a secure channel to signal for aid from inside was integral to proper functionality.

Of course, it wasn’t compulsory or anything. If...

Secret Ending chapter 139

Wish upon the Stars chapter 1033

“You ok?” Callie asked, sitting down beside me and snuggling up to my side. “We restrained the lackeys. And we…we made a makeshift coffin for his body.” She swallowed loudly. “I’m sorry you had to do that.”

“I FELT him die,” I said blankly. “I can’t…I don’t know how to describe it. It’s like I was holding his soul, and it came apart in my hands like sand. We were…connected. And I could feel him. He felt so happy. So relieved. He was trapped. Stuck in a ba...

Secret Ending chapter 138

Wish upon the Stars chapter 1032

Stepping out of the shadow passage, the three of us looked around carefully. Callie had Gossamer drawn, Devon had a pair of familiar demon horns, and I had my wings spread, my body currently inhabited by no less than four demons. Leviathan, Azazel, Sammael, and Mornax.

Sadly, Callie wasn’t able to undergo incarnation easily. There was a recovery time from her last time playing host. According to Azazel, incarnation was a unique ability born of my connection to the Domain. Apart from A...

Call of the Void chapter 12

Wish upon the Stars chapter 1031

Devon was not grateful. Or rather, he was pretty unhappy to see us in general. “You,” he hissed as we approached. “Here to silence me?”

“Oh, if only that were possible,” I said dryly. “Sadly no, I’m here to save your life again. Which I did. What’s with the tone? You can’t possibly not have figured out what’s going on yet? Roland planned this whole thing. You were played. Duped. Bamboozled. Hoodwinked-”

“Honey, he gets it, continuing is probably not produ...

Secret Ending chapter 137

Wish upon the Stars chapter 1030

I groaned in relief as the last of the incredibly dense soul restoration energy was burned off. It felt familiar, like a much denser version of the belt of spiritual calming Benny had made all those years ago. Of course, even the wish wouldn’t have been enough to quickly repair all the soul damage on its own. But luckily, it didn’t need to.

My Ten Demons Tree had originally been a reincarnation tree, a special tree of the soul attribute. Combined with the abilities of Genesis Burst ...

Call of the Void chapter 11

Wish upon the Stars chapter 1029

“Shane!” called a voice from the distance. “Shane, PLEASE wake up! Please, baby I need you to open your eyes! Why the hell isn’t this WORKING? You said this would fix him!” It took me a second to process the words, and before I could work through what they meant, I registered the voice. Callie. She sounded upset. Had something happened? My eyes shot open and I sat up with a guttural, throat tearing roar of agony as my brain caught up to the soulcrushing torment I was feeling from…...

Secret Ending chapter 136

Wish upon the Stars chapter 1028

I was already prepared for an attack as soon as Roland reacted. I didn’t manifest my full Domain, not wanting to give too much away, but I did trigger the staff, and summon an upgraded Mornax in front of me.

The air blurred, and suddenly a colossal man with long black hair, slate grey skin, and a pair of large horns manifested in between me and the slash. Crossing his arms with a growl of challenge, Mornax took the blow easily, glaring at the swordsman with hostility. Roland smiled wa...

Secret Ending chapter 135

Wish upon the Stars chapter 1027

It was a long walk to the council chamber. Or rather, it felt long. Callie was with me, but the others mostly stayed behind. They didn’t want to see me marching off to get locked up for days on end with potential enemies. My parents came with us, and even my dad looked tense. I raised an eyebrow at him as we walked. “Why do you look so morose? We’re the ones who are going to be locked up in a box for the next three days.”

He frowned. “This feels off. Things aren’t proceeding...

Call of the Void chapter 10

Wish upon the Stars chapter 1026

 The process of Azazel divining the future was…complicated. Mostly because it was almost completely new to me. It wasn’t based on Doom Sovereign, or on normal Ascendant divination as I’d heard of it. It was more…abstruse. As Azazel explained it, his skills were entirely synthesized by the Ten Demons Tree. He had an entire lifetime of memories of slowly learning to predict the future through trial and error.

“Basically, my powers work on probability,” he said as he slowl...

Secret Ending chapter 134

Wish upon the Stars chapter 1025

 Once I took my seat on my throne, I called for my cabinet. I had to admit, it was a cool feeling sitting up above the throne room, looking at at the rows of bench seating filled with my subjects. I had Archie fly out to get them, and once he was gone, I couldn’t help but turn to Zeke. “So…how the hell does this work? I’ve been in Bethy’s Domain before, and seen her use it, but like, how much space is this taking up in the real world?”

He waggled a hand. “Complicated....

Call of the Void chapter 9

Wish upon the Stars chapter 1024

I needed to sit down. Luckily, I was standing inside of a massive marble palace with lots of seating. So I found a chair and flopped into it, trying not to wince at the clang of armor on marble. “Remind me to get you guys cushions,” I told Azazel with a grimace. “These chairs can’t possibly be comfortable.”

He shrugged. “Haven’t really used them yet. Things are still settling. I take it you’re still trying to wrap your head around the changes?”

“You mean how my...

Secret Ending chapter 133

Wish upon the Stars chapter 1023

The first thing I felt when I opened my eyes was the sensation of falling. I was, of course, NOT falling. But that didn’t stop me from FEELING like I was. The world spun around me like a vortex, and I pitched over as I stood up, smacking into the ground with a dull thud as my perception was consumed by the whirlwind of…whatever was happening.

I opened the bond, sent a quick cry for help to my wife, and then surrendered to my complete loss of equilibrium. I didn’t puke, or moan, or...

Secret Ending chapter 132

Wish upon the Stars chapter 1022

I found myself alone. No connection to Callie, no friends around to bounce ideas off of, none of my normal distractions. This was, of course, by design. This was an important step. I felt like this was a tipping point, like I was being guided to do this by my Fatewalker Path. Like I had always been being guided. This was my destination, my final step, and also the very first step in a brand new way forward.

Which just left me with the unfortunate issue of not knowing what exactly I was ...

Call of the Void chapter 8

Wish upon the Stars chapter 1021

 We contacted Wulf through Ellie, who had been watching his back during his investigation into Derran’s death. Derran’s death was definitely within the scope of our investigative direction, so we didn’t exactly refocus, but we did have him expand his scope of inquiry a bit. Sadly, he didn’t have anything on hand immediately, so I ended up going to sleep and trying to sleep off my cold, which worked pretty well.

When I woke up the next morning and stocked up on scrolls, I em...

Secret Ending chapter 131

Wish upon the Stars chapter 1020

After adding the fifty four hundred points to Callie’s Creation stat (she paid with ten charges of Adherent Fire, which I couldn’t access through the bond and was VERY interested in researching) and binding her first page, Callie and I decided to take the rest of the night off. It had been a big day, and we were both exhausted. We fell asleep pretty quickly, and the next morning woke up eager to start the day. For some values of eagerness.

“I wish I was dead,” I moaned loudly, b...