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The Exalt - Act 4: Fallen Heaven - Chapter 688: Adam And Kais

Oscar walked the dirt-ridden path, newly dug on the ancient streets no longer plagued by overgrown grass with old bricks sparsely laid out to outline the edges. Apparently, Serit started the process of restoring the ruins to a defensible state, preparing for the first true night in the eleventh land later today. Many of the old unused buildings had vanished overnight, and new walls had propped up out of nowhere, reaching five feet tall, not the tallest, but suitable enough. At least there was...

The Exalt - Act 4: Fallen Heaven - Chapter 687: Gathering Together

It didn't come as a shock that Gilbert had also entered Fallen Heaven since he was a key figure in his generation. But what truly surprised Oscar was that Gilbert broke off from the Primal Council and created his own base of power, opposing both the council and the forces of Shattirma. Oscar lightly clenched his teeth, recalling Avril's retelling of her journey to find him in the Brilliant Drake Empire. The bastard dared to court his wife, a most repulsive offense. Veins pushed against the sk...

The Exalt - Act 4: Fallen Heaven - Chapter 686: Emerging Powers

Oscar felt heavy, his sweat-drenched robes pressing on his trembling skin like a tunic of hefty steel. He thought back to the encounter with the supposed new Saul and rubbed his neck, somehow feeling a hand gripping it tightly, his breath running short and pained. He took a deep breath as he stumbled to a moss-ridden wall, leaning on the old stones for support. A pair of Exalts strode past, not noticing his presence as they chatted on. Good, he couldn't show this state to anyone.

He rea...

The Exalt - Act 4: Fallen Heaven - Chapter 685: The Wanderer Reveals Himself

'This feeling…' Oscar rose and let go of Avril's hand, his palm sweaty. The summer breeze of the grasslands, filled with the fresh earthy scent, failed to soothe the unsettling discomfort itching his chest. Something was amiss. Glancing down, he stroked Avril's sleeping face and apologized as he got off the fur pelts and exited the barely intact lodgings, leaving her alone. Everyone passing by regarded him with looks of respect, a slight bow or nod here and there. Some hurried towa...

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The Exalt - Act 4: Fallen Heaven - Chapter 684: One More Year

"Your legs! Your legs!" Her crisp voice made his ears shiver as she fidgeted in his arms. Her look of shock was understandable, considering she had cared for him in his despondent state for several decades, and yet he never recovered. Oscar heard Avril clamoring and shouting all manners of delight, mostly joy at his recovery, tears marking her fair cheeks. It had been several years, yet she hadn't changed a bit, even behaving like they had never parted. He liked that as she beamed a sunny smi...

The Exalt - Act 4: Fallen Heaven - Chapter 683: Reunion In Eleventh Land

Oscar let out an irritated sigh as he gripped his trembling legs while watching his group clean up the remains of a battlefield. These past years had been very productive since he found others from Haven Academy, all loyal warriors to his banner. Currently, his group of seventy people consisted of the Togros Family, Azure Sea Company, Gnar's pack, Serit's agents, and Haven Academy. Gazing at the warriors covered in snow, Oscar couldn't help but envision them in gauzes of red, blood drenching ...

The Exalt - Act 4: Fallen Heaven - Chapter 682: Rallying An Army

Gnar leaped over a wide chasm, the bottom full of sharp ice that protruded from the ground like blades. A simple misstep would have plunged them into a death by a thousand blades. The great wolf howled from his side to the others currently striding up, and one by one, the pack jumped across, carrying the weight of at least two people on each of their backs. Oscar jumped off Gnar and landed on the snow, the soft ground sinking under his feet. He turned back and saw Astrid walking on a bridge o...

The Exalt - Act 4: Fallen Heaven - Chapter 681: Adventi and Golems

Serit blinked once, clearly in shock. "An eternal core? That's–"

"Impossible?" Oscar finished Serit's sentence. The disbelief was understandable, considering the implications. Seeing Serit speechless and wide-eyed, Oscar recalled how he reacted the same way when Gol-4 told him. He could hear the golem's mechanical laughter echoing in his mind as if enjoying one final prank. The cold breeze swept over, diminishing the fires into a faint light. Oscar built up heat in his palms and burst...

The Exalt - Act 4: Fallen Heaven - Chapter 680: Serit's Past

A century and more ago.

The clouds were dark on that day. Serit clung to the base of a broken pillar, biting his lips until they bled and dripped down his small chin. Screams and shouts failed to escape his lungs as fear clamped his breathing shut, his heart pounding against his chest. Black fumes ascended from the great fire around him that had consumed his home. The vast castle was ablaze. One of the walls cracked and collapsed, clattering in a rush of rubble, burying the fine carpets...

The Exalt - Act 4: Fallen Heaven - Chapter 679: Brother In Laws

Sitting across, Oscar eyed his so-called brother-in-law, who sat directly on the other side of the burning flame with a stern look as if scrutinizing him back. To be frank, he didn't trust him. Though Avila, Avril's sister, chose him, Oscar knew nothing about him, while Serit knew almost everything in Oscar's life except for his relationship with Avril, which unsettled him. There was no way the Defiants didn't need Isaac's brilliant inventions hidden in his memories. Ollanar seemed plenty con...

The Exalt - Act 4: Fallen Heaven - Chapter 678: Fallen Heaven's Tendencies

The rusted arms rose like great pillars, shaking slightly to brush off the rubble and dust. A piece of its armor plating cracked off and stabbed down, plunging deep into the ground. Time hadn't been kind to it. The arms lowered and gripped the shores of the basin, pushing the rest of its body out of the fallen palace. The remains of the palace clattered in a landslide, tumbling off the surfacing monstrosity like water as its head peeked out first. It didn't have two glowing red eyes but six, ...

The Exalt - Act 4: Fallen Heaven - Chapter 677: A Rusted Trap

The air ran thin, barely a wisp of white breath escaping his lungs as he drew in what little precious air lingered in the snowy peak. The mountains were deceptively taller than they appeared from the ground, the statues reaching two hundred feet high. Shaking off the bits of snow on his helmet, Oscar reached out and scraped the snow off the base of the statue, unveiling a toe. Like Volten's treasury, the stone appeared stuck in time with no blemish or crack, as if freshly carved rather than s...

The Exalt - Act 4: Fallen Heaven - Chapter 676: Renn's Decision

On the oasis's shores, as the blazing orb's light oppressed his back, Renn knelt and dipped his head down, sinking deep while the cool waters rose past his ears and up his neck. Thirsty, he took several big gulps, unable to believe water could taste so sweet, sweeter than the honey his mother fed him when he was a child. His parched throat trembled in satisfaction. The refreshing touch of water he had not had for so long massaged his face, refilling the dry cracks along his brow. Raising his ...

The Exalt - Act 4: Fallen Heaven - Chapter 675: Let's Destroy Them

Astrid sunk to the ground, knees dipping into the cold snow as it nearly covered up to her waist. Oscar looked at her and closed his eyes, feeling pity for the estranged last member of Demon's wayward group. He learned all about her as his memories swept through the past interactions and the records kept by the New Dawn on her history and experimentation. Indeed, anyone would have been lost and resentful in her position, especially in her position. She was the odd one out.

When it came ...

The Exalt - Act 4: Fallen Heaven - Chapter 674: A Trail Of Snow And Death

'I smell humans ahead. Rend them apart! Rip their flesh off their bones!' Gnar drooled, the wolf's eyes bloodshot as a ravenous growl escaped its clenched fangs, already slick from saliva. While the wolf's readiness was to be admired, Oscar dared not cause a commotion so close to their destination where others certainly waited. He retrieved a beast core from his dimensional cube and dangled it before Gnar, who stopped growling and fixated on it, gulping from the sweet scent that even...

The Exalt - Act 4: Fallen Heaven - Chapter 673: More Allies Gather

Oscar woke up and coughed into his hand, splotches of blood pooling on his palm. The taste of blood couldn't mask the foul bitterness he tasted. Another night and another nightmarish hell in his dreams, the horrid visions haunting him in every sleeping moment. Lying down was more uncomfortable. After fidgeting for a few moments, he decided to get out for some fresh air. Rustling out of the fur bed, Oscar stepped on the ice and immediately felt weak, his legs shaking as they fell to his knees....

The Exalt - Act 4: Fallen Heaven - Chapter 672: Azure Sea Company Again

It had been many years since he last saw them, so he had almost forgotten they existed—the Azure Sea Company he formed several decades ago, the Ashwolf Clan, the marauders, Old Yule, the ten commanders, and the rest. Oscar glanced over the younger Fenu from head to toe, astonished by the rejuvenating effect of advancing to the next major realm. The old wolf who tried to marry off his granddaughter to him was no longer marred by wrinkles, his arms of steely sinew and shining skin. Struggling...

The Exalt - Act 4: Fallen Heaven - Chapter 671: Cel's True Power

'The Ancestral Mark.' Wary, Oscar backed away several feet, still contained within the shifting confines of the cubes as they zipped by, their previously distinct cubic form now streaks of blurs, near vanishing in the air. The speed appeared to have doubled or tripled past its norm, beyond his expectations, mere trails of powdery snow reminding him the cubes existed. Several shrieks of twisted metal forced him to act. He slid on the snow and spun in the air as threads whistled past, ...

The Exalt - Act 4: Fallen Heaven - Chapter 670: Cel, The Divine Enforcer

"How exactly did someone like you become a person of interest that even the Primal Council believes you to be a threat?" Cel Standavish fiddled with his mask, seemingly tightening it, and put down his hood, long black hair draping down.

"It's just my life." Oscar peered at Cel curiously. The Divine Enforcer's gaze bore into him as he didn't move an inch, the breeze swaying his dark cloak and brushing his hair to the side.

"True," Cel said with a nod, pointing at Oscar, "your life ...

The Exalt - Act 4: Fallen Heaven - Chapter 669: Treasures, A New Land

Volten mentioned the exit led to some treasures, but from the leisurely tone of his voice, it didn't sound too impressive. Oscar mentally noted how a person such as Volten might indeed regard this sight as a mere pittance, like a wealthy ruler tossing a gold coin into the crowd. At first, it was extremely dark, then patches of light flickered into a beaming glow, showering radiance upon the stacks and piles of treasures. Squinting his eyes, Oscar peered far. The room was wide and long, enough...

The Exalt - Act 4: Fallen Heaven - Chapter 668: The Same Kind

Without warning, Volten entered the Guise, not a fanciful one like Oscar's that boasted a pair of antlers. It was simple and clear, a veil of Eirin surging on Volten's skin like the ocean swirling around his figure. Sweat beaded down Oscar's brow. Out of all the Reis users he had fought, none came close to the might shown by the progenitor, the ebbs and flows of the Eirin shuddering the air in great ripples strong enough to knock down a small child. He heaved a heavy sigh and gripped his shie...

The Exalt - Act 4: Fallen Heaven - Chapter 667: Walk Again

"Where are we now?" Oscar glanced up at Volten, who picked up the pace and hastened down the ruined path, the remnants of a paved road now mere trails of rubble. He looked around. No corpses littered the ground like before, and the stench wasn't that of a battlefield; he knew for certain it wasn't. Volten hadn't said a word since arriving in this place, but Oscar could guess they were in another one of Volten's memories. He called out again, but Volten remained silent, continuing his trek for...

The Exalt - Act 4: Fallen Heaven - Chapter 666: In Dream And Reality

The ground quaked as Volten charged, reaching out a fierce kick. Oscar watched in shock, failing to rouse his Ein or flare his Prinstyct. Volten closed in and snapped his leg, driving the heel into Oscar's waist, an incredibly heavy blow that launched him off the ground and flung him to the side. His jaw clenched hard, gritting past the pain. Oscar rammed into a hard surface, a groan echoing from the impact as it rattled his bones and shook his organs. It was a memory or a world in the mind, ...

The Exalt - Act 4: Fallen Heaven - Chapter 665: Beyond The Memory

Oscar reluctantly closed his eyes, skeptical of Volten's motives. As seconds passed, Volten's exaggerated breaths resounded, and Oscar's lungs mimicked the rhythm of the draws and releases, starting and ending as one breath. Strangely, he heard every trickle of water plopping into the moat, every minute droplet pitter-pattering on the edges of the arena. He didn't realize it before, but now, he could hear a faint groan, a low tone, calling out from the platform underneath, and a sonorous hum ...

The Exalt - Act 4: Fallen Heaven - Chapter 664: Volten

Resting on Demon's shoulder, Oscar eyed Volten, the first Reis user and the only other Perfect Reis body. He inhaled sharply and turned slightly to look behind. If he ran, the chains might drag him back, so he followed. Beyond the gate was a smooth path, clearly paved with intent and design, and the walls arched toward the ceiling where light crystals hung down. As Volten passed each one, they lit up as if responding to his presence, illuminating just enough for them to reach the next light c...

The Exalt - Act 4: Fallen Heaven - Chapter 663: Light In The Deep

Avril jolted awake as a loud snap burst nearby, her eyes snapping wide. Muddled, her vision started to clear, blurs spinning and overlapping into a singular view. Cold, she shivered and hugged her arms, wandering her gaze around the forest resting in bright daylight. Its beauty was comparable to the fiery forest near the Beak of Ra, the leaves and grass flaming green, not red. The wind blew in great gales, glowing in the colors of the forest and sunlight as leaves descended in a lazy rain of ...

The Exalt - Act 4: Fallen Heaven - Chapter 662: Failed Diplomacy

'Why?' Oscar asked himself as he gnashed his teeth. 'Why the hell is this happening?' Staring at the unwanted Sirsi, he recalled the wanderers' words on fate and the intertwining of destinies in Fallen Heaven. From the wanderer, then to the stragglers of Shattirma who attacked him, and to this horrid woman–they were all concerns, enemies, and absolute fanatics out to get him. Fate seemed desperate, pushing him onward a path he had abandoned, a path of war and conflict. Osc...

The Exalt - Act 4: Fallen Heaven - Chapter 661: Fated Meetings

"Take off your hood." Oscar narrowed his eyes underneath his helmet as he stared at the wanderer. A space pocket hung from the wanderer's waist, far from his lifted hands that held nothing, not even an armament, presumably stored in the space pocket.

"Lift your helmet first, then I shall remove my hood." The wanderer smirked and walked around Demon, keeping a safe distance. He reached into his space pocket, prompting Demon to inch closer for potential retaliation, but the wanderer pulle...

Apologies

Having a really bad stomachache. Can't get out of bed to write. Apologies for no chapter.