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Chapter 2225

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Just one tonight. For those who aren't a Devick fan, this will be the last chapter from her for a bit.



Coughing and sneezing, Devick popped into existence positively twitching with energy. Once the environment registered, once she had escaped the deep shadow of the lifeseal and his low laughter, she went on the d...

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Well I have my glasses, but sometimes I still don't sleep well and then don't like what I write *shrug*.

Hahaha! The vicissitudes of life!

Okay, I'll be back tomorrow.


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Chapter 2224

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Randidly’s mind spun for another thirty seconds as he bumped up against a lot of bad ideas in his search for the correct Path.

Despite the high costs described by the notification, he felt slightly tempted to seek out and damage Enmya while he could. After all, the whole problem with the Stillborn Phoenix had been cause...

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Chapter 2223

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Little bit of a longer note than usual. Nothing important, just some context.

It's been a tough month, writing wise, for two reasons. Part of it is related to plot: there were scenes I knew had to happen, but not exactly what happened in them. The recent few chapters with Devick and today's chapters were like that; they were alway...

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Plot Day

Trying to figure out how to cover a few more plotlines without this arc stretching for too long.

Also, for the record, there will be a payoff for all the developments within the memory. Trying to figure out acceptable parameters for that as well.

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Chapter 2222

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I honestly am conflicted. I really like writing in chunks, so I build up a lot of momentum. But then I get to points, like the end of this chapter, where I imagine a lot of different directions and am not sure of which to choose. But I think this one will be for the best.



The Colonel went first, offering Devick a...

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Chapter 2221

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The scrying surface remained active in front of Cerulean, but he leaned his bulk back and considered the ceiling. Azure aura flickered around the core framework of his body, pulsing with the intensity of his thoughts. His awareness spun and sparked, a thousand ideas swirling around in his mind. For the first time in quite a whi...

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Chapter 2220

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Devick marched back into Homewell after almost two days of constant harrying of the fleeing Nether forces. Her leather armor clung to her body, mortared into place with sweat and dirt. Yet despite the ripe nature of her scent, Devick felt rather cheery as she passed through the gate and dismissed her soldiers.

Word had arrived from ...

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Chapter 2219

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Start with just one! Took me a while to figure out what exactly happens next, so I've been stalling. But finally got into the swing today. Back tomorrow~



Randidly’s eyes widened as Neveah’s image filled the sky in a billowing explosion of sharpened bone. The projection unleashed a baleful roar, a body of dark...

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About to be Thanksgiving in the States! A warm thank you to everyone, for reading and enjoying the story.

I meant to do chapters, but Saturday, Sunday, and Monday's rewriting left me so drained. I'll still get out four for the week, Friday and Saturday, but these few days will be nice to just read and recharge.

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Chapter 2218

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Randidly stood frozen, needing to make a decision within the next split second. Even with his hyperactive nerves, the opposition grew stronger with every moment. Those huge Nether Rituals created by the army around him began to hum with power. Dense Nether continued to fountain up out of Enmya, building itself back up in the ar...

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Chapter 2217

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Neveah had been standing at the edge of the Eastern lands for almost two hours when she felt the horrifying pressure of silence coming from Randidly. Immediately, she broke out in a cold sweat as it spread through her, a sudden winter chill across her existence-- this is what she had feared for years.

The day Randidly had...

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Chapter 2216

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Okay, three chapters to finish off last week! I seriously feel like I've written this fight three times, hahaha.

Programing note: due to Thanksgiving, THIS week will five chapters. The aim is to do three more tomorrow and Wednesday, then the rest Friday/Saturday.




The Prophet sat alone in...

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Apologies for the delay; I changed my mind about how I wanted the Stillborn Phoenix bit to go, so had to do a TON of rewriting. I'll have the three chapters to finish the week out tomorrow~

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Chapter 2215

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Just one tonight.


The black wicker symbols gathered their foul energies, but Randidly just laughed.

With sound restored around him, he felt incredibly light and potent. His body ached from forcing his way forward through the Nether mountain, but he could twitch now and vanish from his current position to another. The ...

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Chapter 2214

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Randidly’s emotional sea rose in response to his need. Emotions flooded through his body, desperation, fear, anger, hatred, and a pure admiration for violence. These spun together in a whirlwind-like form, eventually each emotion settling down and siphoning off to the image it most matched with.

Enmya walked forward, his symbols o...

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Chapter 2213

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Step after step, Randidly devoured the distance on his journey South. Above, the swirl of consequences goaded him forward, hinting at a rapidly approaching event. An event Randidly didn’t quite understand and didn’t quite have a good response to.

He looked up, always up, tracing the bones of what would soon happen. Ye...

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Plot Day

Couple of fights this week I really want to get right. Spent today figuring out everyone's powers.

Hahaha, this gets more difficult the more powers you've used over the course of the series.

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Chapter 2212

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Just one today.


Charlotte Wick had a rough few months that led her to this point, propping herself up with conjured lifemud and bluffing her way through a confrontation with Elhume.

It had come after the most depressed and hollow stretch of her existence, but that didn’t make it any easier.

Only begrudgingly, ...

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Chapter 2211

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Devick’s jaw ached from clenching as she faced off against Elhume and his fists. All her instincts screamed for her to run, but even that seemed impossible with his image clenching down across the street. Every other individual had been repulsed by his image and left the two women alone in some corner of Homewell, a city bott...

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Chapter 2210

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Man I can't escape the 6! I raise my fist and shake it against the sky.



Randidly strode purposefully South, the Cloak of Utter Night wrapped around his body to increase his speed. He felt the slight uptick in efficacy of its space eating as he moved; possessing both the Cloak and the Hollow Needle created a weird...

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Chapter 2209

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If Randidly thought that it was painful to swallow a planet while he had neared his interior spatial limit, he was not prepared to force a needle to go through the imaginary hole in his Nether Core and be absorbed into his body.

A lot of the sensations were the same: the feeling of being filled to bursting, the pressuring...

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Chapter 2208

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After the woven trap of Nether finally faded and a surge of significance joined the roiling disaster that was his Nether Core, Randidly began to prepare to study all three of the important events within the theater of war. Since he and Neveah could only handle one each, he decided to bring in some extra help.

One which re...

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Still actually writing about a chapter a day, but really waffling on Rand's Second Authority. Let me sleep on it one more day.

Should be three chapters tomorrow, but maybe only two if I change my mind on how the scene will go.

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Chapter 2207

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Another one. Maybe I'll just do one chapter a day all week.



“Oh breakfast butler,” Devick called in a sing-song voice. Her playful tone carried even over the chatter of the other soldiers and the rustle of cloth and armor. “Ohhhh breakfast butler~”

Lowanna rolled her eyes and trotted up along the ed...

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Chapter 2206

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Thanks to those who said nice things. I am feeling better. One chapter day, as I finally figure out a piece I've been waiting for.


The Plague Rider’s body rippled and tore as it settled into a combat stance. Its overripe flesh popped and sagged, although it didn’t acknowledge its own body’s steady collapse. Opposite t...

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Chapter 2205

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Just one tonight: Something sad happened in my personal life in the second half of this week and I've just need a bit of time to be sad.

But I've been finding my groove for the past two weeks and I'm done. This week will be filled with excellent, on-time chapters!



Randidly walked out across the rou...

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Chapter 2204

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Only one chapter. A sad day for me, but nothing helps me work through things like writing.

And we are starting to get into the meat of this second half of the arc.




The Prophet sat in front of a piece of paper, watching the characters ripple across the page. Each line buzzed like a honey-...

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Chapter 2203

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Randidly watched and endured, supporting his image as it ground away so much of itself to find its next form. There were points in the long stretch of agony where he felt doubt about both the methods and the possible result. But he suppressed those as quickly as they could arrive.

His emotional sea churned constantly, but...

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Chapter 2202

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Randidly Ghosthound meditated in a storm of Nether. His hair fluttered lightly, almost a flippant dismissal of the potent forces moving within his body.

His Nether Core rattled and growled as it spun, barely maintaining its equilibrium underneath the pressure. Such was its speed as it whipped around and around. His chest ...

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