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Atar shuddered as weakness ran amok through his chest and limbs. He was thankful he’d taken a seat at his workbench when the notification had arrived, because he wasn’t entirely sure he could stand. Power had fled him, leaving him momentarily bereft and lesser somehow, but the sensation passed quickly. “Essence and something else…lost. Just like that.”
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All around them, Hierocratic soldiers fell.
Paladins and Priests alike screamed and clawed at their chests, as if something had latched onto them and was chewing its way in. Several that still wore golden Mana armor had it flicker and fade. Not gone, but visibly weakened. The rebel army pounced upon their weakness, unquestioning a...
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Hands of molten gold closed around Felix’s throat, and no amount of stat flaring could deny the Hierei’s impossible Strength. Scales rose up beneath the priest’s touch, but it could not stop the incredible heat from searing into him. His Health plummeted by thousands in seconds.
For a brief moment, a man with the face and body of the shining sun appeared behind the Hierei, and he swiped his gleaming hand in Felix’s direc...
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System energy roared through Felix’s core space, fed to him thanks to the Title benefit he was using. It poured into his Stone Shaping Skill, which now had unfolded into a complicated nest of writhing geometry. Harmony itself seemed to alter as the evolution began, and that would have been fine as his other Skills had been, had he not kept Astrum Asce...
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The Oathbound Dragoon was a captain by the marks on his uniform, as well as a veteran of many skirmishes. His chin was grizzled with gray hairs that he rubbed worriedly as the two of them stood in the cleared circle between their two forces.
"Are you sure about this, Lady Vess? You could name any of your people to stand in as champion in this duel."
"So could you, captain. Would any suffice?"
"No. Even if they did, I wo...
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Still unmoving from his throne, the Hierei smiled. "Waste no time! Kill the Unbound!"
Wind and flame ignited beneath the High Guard, launching all eight of them forward, their respective weapons blazing with crystalline Mana.
“Kill me?” Felix said, sounding the Skills within his chest. “It’s been tried.”
He’d fought a team of High Guard tha...
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The rebel army swept through the middle halls of the Citadel like a cleansing wave. Though Felix’s Abyssal Skein had faded, that did not stop them now. Priests and Paladins emerged from adjoining chambers and were instantly mowed down by spear, chain, or axe.
“Cut them off!” Patrim commanded, jabbing his swords at a distant clutch of Paladins. Before the army could attack, however, they took off.
“Go...
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Felix trapped the two surviving Paladins in a room of his own making, five foot by five foot composed entirely of opalescent Fiendstone. He bound their hands too, just to be safe, though neither had much of a chance of escaping. But they would live, just as Felix had promised.
"So the Priests are doing what to an altar?" Pit asked.
"I'm not sure I understand eith...
2024-02-05 13:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostYou heard right folks!
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“Oh no, the Duke’s final order was to seal up all entrances to the tunnels…unless a member of his House wished for access,” the caretaker, Devaal, said as he led Felix through the bowels of Pax’Vrell.
Felix frowned, more than a little annoyed. He could have avoided all that if he'd had Verona or Patrim come with him. It was pointless to worry about n...
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Evie caught a Paladin in the throat with two throwing daggers, severing their spine and dropping them instantly. The second and third Paladin died messier, but just as silently when Harn's burning axes met their crimson armor.
They didn’t stand a chance.
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The Daynes lead the largest group of the three, featuring all of the conscripted soldiers and nearly all of the Dragoons. Laur and Tzfell were with them as well, though they stuck by the Daynes' side at Felix's orders. Harn agreed with the tactic; they needed clear leadership, and the Daynes offered that. If push came to shove, the Chanters would be able to keep the...
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Felix was sweating as they approached the gates of Pax’Vrell. A crowd of people waited in line at the massive gates, slowly being waved through by annoyed-looking Dragoons mounted on Avum. They looked the same as any other Dragoon Felix had met: sleek armor covered in draconic designs and a spear secured in their saddles. They were clean and uninjured as opposed to his own...
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"That's the last of them," Bellar said, flicking blood from the end of his fullered blade.
No more Dwarves descended the mountain after them, and Imara let her awareness spread outward until it encompassed the bulk of her forces. There had been more than a few deaths among the weaker Inquisitors, but otherwise their strength was unmarred. She also...
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By noon the next day, the army was passing through the Territory at a rapid pace. Ruined towns passed by in the periphery, far enough away to avoid any unnecessary encounters. With Abyssal Skein activated, the redcloaks were unsuspecting; none spotted them, even in the broad daylight. Their plan to evade detection until they reached the city seemed to be working.
Spring was in full bloom in Pax Vrel, considerably warmer than bac...
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A short time later, they were gone.
There was no fanfare, no waving widows or children, just silence as the gates of Fortress Fenwald sealed behind them and their army slipped into the swamp. Traveling under the cloak of night, they moved through the swamp and then the forested foothills of the Rimefangs with hurried steps, descending all the while toward the flat expanse of Pax’Vrell’s farmlands. For Felix, it wa...
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Darkness gathered around Fortress Fenwald as an army mobilized to leave.
Vess stood at the head of the force, which measured three hundred strong. It was a bit of controlled chaos as the last supplies were loaded up and Dragoons and conscripted soldiers alike all bid farewell to the family they were leaving behind. The refugees would remain, ...
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Ouranic Dominion!
Felix borrowed Pit's Skill to hover atop the wind currents high above Fortress Fenwald. It was a clever Skill, though it didn't quite work without wings. Felix was forced to utilize Storm Shaping to balance himself on tufts of air, which gave him the interesting side effect of gathering a small bank of clouds around him like a cloak.
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“So the mouse I saw was real?" Felix asked.
"Very much so, I am afraid,” Vess said. The two of them sat together on an overturned stone atop the destroyed walls of Fortress Fenwald. Almost every structure, aside from the central keep, was half-collapsed. In the past twelve hours, they had done little except recover. Felix eyed the broken masonry, thinking about h...
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Alister considered the knife in his hand. It promised escape and death all at once. The first was as compelling as the shine of the southern sun upon its length, and the second... Alister pressed the tip of the knife down and cut, stabbing his fork through the tender roasted loin before popping the lot of it in his mouth. He was surrounded...
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The two of them slipped out of the drafty side door leading onto a rooftop patio. It was why they'd rented the cramped apartment in the first place.
"Who are they?" Atar asked as they stepped into the chill winds.
Isla raised a finger to her lips and shook her head.
Bah.
The patio was level with the next building, a...
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Atar stared through the slats of a window, holding his cloak tight around his body as snow swirled just beyond a pane of glass. Isla was behind him, seated on the room's only bed, scratching notes into a book. The sound of her quill was dry and incessant, a scratch-squeaking that made his teeth ache. He had heard for the last glass, and all he had to distra...
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Archie parried the piercing attack of a Rootclone, his Fanblade whirling with molten light as it chopped away at its flesh. Not flesh, he corrected, feeling his head swim. It’s a plant…thing.
The thing came at him repeatedly, forcing him to phase through its Body over and over. Each time a pain within his core space intensifi...
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"You cannot have my power," it declared.
Vess tightened the crux of her two Spears. The blades dimpled the spirit's fur. "Why?" she asked.
"It will be twisted, abused. The skies will blacken, the seas will boil." The Grim stared at her with its dark, empty eyes. "The Divine are bad enough. I would rather my power vanish when the Rui...
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Legendary Essence Detected During Formation!
[Essence Draught of Atlantes (Pure)]
Broken Path and Fatebreaker Titles Found!
Master Tier Bonus Added!
Unbound Nature Resonates With [Essence Draught of Atlantes (Pure)]!
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2024-01-08 13:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostIn preparation for Book 9 to release in March, I'll be dropping chapters a bit faster the next two months!
So starting tomorrow (Monday 1/8) and all through January and February, I will be doing 4x a week releases, on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.
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Vess and Yin fought fast, their Bodies and Skills made for aerial combat, and they all but bristled with attacks; Spear, claw, and beguiling movement. The Essence of air, metal, light, and water flowed through them, guiding them as they brought all they had against the Grim Nightshade.
None of it was enough.
The spirit moved like the wind itself, escaping th...
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The Janus Hydra flung swamp muck in every direction as it undulated across the terrain like a serpent on stilts. Every time its hundreds of legs slammed into the earth, small geysers of water shot up in its wake while its arms formed into three sets of deadly weapons. Massive clubs of vines wrapped around stone blocks, each bigger than Felix's entire body, and more scythe-like blades that slashed in wild whipping arcs as it rushed to close...
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Archie leaned against the wall, utterly spent.
The fortress shook around him as roars echoed from the field—or was it the sky? He couldn’t tell. The world had gone insane. And yet…he looked up. He stood inside the keep, among a crowd of trembling refugees protected by ranks of armored soldiers. He was safe, and so was every last villager.
I…I did that. They were safe because of him. Even now, grandmas and mothers were gr...
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Pit dove under the body of the monstrosity, but the thing moved faster than before. It burst free of the Lurkwood Crawler’s tendrils and rippled across the field, it’s every undulation trailing that liquid magic. A bulbous club caught him across the side, and Pit felt the dull explosion of ribs snapping well before the pain settled in. He shrieked and rushed forward...