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"Laur! Shields!" Vess cried.
"Already forming!"
She hurled herself from the ship's deck. The windward resisted her for only a moment before she passed it, and then Vess shot into the driving torrent of the Tempest.
"On the Wing!"
Spectral wings formed across her back and flapped, pushing her aloft and scattering air Mana into a whirling s...
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The storm raged around them, the Manaships cutting through it like a sharpened blade. Clouds spilled in their wake as lightning crashed across the bow, shaking them as the Manaships crested and then rode down the trough of storm winds and towering cumulonimbus. Thunder rolled so loudly it vibrated Pit's chest and made his beak ache.
They banked left, their wind ward plowing a chunk out of another cloud....
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"Mana engines are clear!”
“Sails and lines are set!"
Vess stood on the prow of the ship just behind the regal tenku figurehead, and just ahead of Pit himself. He'd shifted into his Dire Hound form so as not to crowd the deck—the other soldiers did a good enough job of that. Dozens of Legion, Dawnguard, and Chanters were on his ship, with their fair share of the Frost Giants as well. The ...
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Lights danced inside the doors as sigaldry ignited along the edges of the room beyond, illuminating a space four times as large as the cove outside. Its size made Pit feel small—a rare occurrence in recent days—and it echoed back the soft lappings of the sea so loudly that it was like another ocean lay within. It was bone dry, however, and perfectly spherical, save for the flat plane of the floor. Upon that floor, among the geometric markings of sig...
Hey folks, I had a death in the family and it's throwing me off my schedule a bit. My great aunt passed at an astounding 101 years---a long life, but it's still rough.
I'll have today's chapter up a little later for Journeyman Tier.
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I hate waiting.
It wasn’t the waiting, really, so much as the boredom. Pit had already counted all the tiles across the chamber twice, watched the storm out the windows, and stared aimlessly through the swirling Shadowgate. Even the mosaic at the back of the chamber—while beautiful and fascinating—could only hold his attention for so long. He'd already noted how few of the tenku looked like him. Most were different co...
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Felix led them down the street, sticking to the edges of the crowded thoroughfare. The roads were busy and loud, but Felix found it strange that there weren't any merchants hawking wares. It wasn't an obvious change, just an awkward silence in place of the thing he'd grown used to in every city he'd visited. People talked and shouted and laughed and argued, but it was a dull roar, unpunctuated by the vibrancy of over-eager merchants.
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As Felix suspected, fixing the Shadowgate was easy. It barely had any damage to it, save for some ineffable internals that he still didn't understand. Once those were repaired, his Unite the Lost cut off, and the shadows at the center of the active gate swirled with a current that was a bit unsettling to watch. Standing so close to it, Felix could even feel a small breeze through the dark. It was faintly scented ...
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As he walked the path back through his Void Sanctuary to Elderthrone, Felix couldn't help but feel a melancholy longing. Leaving Pit and Vess was hard. It wasn’t loneliness, exactly—he could get back to them soon enough.
Lost.
Felix stopped. "Hunger. What was that?”
Yet no matter how he poked, she didn't speak again.
Dammit, Hunger. You can’t dr...
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On his way back through his Void Sanctuary, Felix made a pit stop.
He veered off the shimmering path, leaping across several city streets in a single bound. He soared through the pristine air, landing easily atop an opalescent roof and sliding to a stop before leaping again.
Mid-air, the city shivered beneath him, and a pulse of faint light swept through an entire neighborhood. Felix gritted his teeth as he de...
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They divided into teams.
It wasn't too hard to do, but it required some logistics as supplies were divvied up and people shuffled around. Felix was happy to see that no one flinched from him or ran away now that they knew he was Unbound. If anything, they were more deferential, which was annoying but acceptable.
He couldn't quite keep a smile from his face. Felix had been afraid of the reveal for so long...
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“Calm down,” Alister said, moments after Atar began to panic. He walked out from a curved hall to their right. “I am here.”
Atar hurried over to the man. “Where’ve you been?” He looked closer at him. “Are you alright?"
"Later." Alister planted a kiss on the mage's cheek. "I see we're just about ready to go."
Indeed, they were. Descending the spiral steps were the Henaari, le...
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"Pyreform, huh?" Evie asked, reading the Skill descriptions that hovered in front of her. "So you're an elemental now?"
"It's complicated," Atar said. "Suffice it to say that I am the same as ever, with an occasional radical change."
Felix looked at the Skills himself. It wasn't just one that Atar manifested, but a set of paired Skills that worked in tandem.
Pyreform Revival (Unique), Level...
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Three Days Prior
Gabby sat with her head pillowed by silken sheets and impossibly soft pillows. She stared at a ceiling painted to resemble the evening sky, wondering how she had gotten into this mess. Before she’d regained her Mind. Before Imara.
Her memories of that time were hazy. What stood out was a great deal of training interspersed with exceptional violence that curdled her blood to think ...
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The little gem birds flew around Atlantes with an energy that it found pleasing.
Spirit Trees didn't feel in the same way as mortals did. Their emotions ran deeper. Slower, but stronger. The birds alighted on Atlantes's branch and nibbled at its leaves. The Drake and the Warrior had asked for them to play among its branches quite nicely.
The sun through branches. Dappled leaf shadow. Atlantes liked peo...
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He was adrift.
It was hot.
Felix blinked his eyes open and beheld a swirling typhoon. Flames and broken chunks of razor-sharp obsidian surrounded him, tearing at his visualized Body. He banished the pain. It was nothing. Intent and Will were enough to hold himself together despite the shrapnel tearing phantom blood from his flesh.
“Enough!”
His Master Tier Mind cl...
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Felix literally flew up the stairs, ascending on a tether of crackling lightning until he burst through the doors of the Eye and into the Crafting Hall. As he reached the Crafting Hall, however, apprentices were streaming out of the Glyphworks, hustling away around the Beacon in a panicked stream of robes and discarded styluses. A few clustered near the door, afraid, but all too curious.
"What's happening?" Felix asked.
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"I do not support this decision," Karys said.
“I heard you the first time.”
“It bears repeating.”
They had not traveled far. They now stood before the silver waters of his own special indoor swimming pool, complete with a holographic lifeguard.
"Knowledge, tell him it's totally safe," Felix said.
The illusory robed Geist lifted its lifeless gaze to mee...
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As Felix rushed out of the Shadowgate and into Nagast, it had been a little more than a day since he had left.
That wasn’t why he was running.
"Shut it down!”
His Citadel responded promptly, and the center of the Shadowgate abruptly lost cohesion. Felix stood, eyes straining at the dark for a long pair of minutes before allowing himself a breath of relief. He straightened his jacket and sm...
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Few people noticed Archie.
He was easy to miss. Sure, his skin was dusky and he carried a pair of giant knives, but that described about half the people in the crowd around him. People were covered in armor and bristling with weapons, and that wasn't even counting the patrols of blue-jacketed Legionnaires. The only real thing that set him aside was his height, being more than two thirds shorter than the average citizen, but even tha...
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After clearing out what he could from the Mana Wells, Felix walked back into the central chamber, thinking hard on what he’d found.
He’d seen Urges locked up in Nymean prisons before, of course. He’d experienced them firsthand—they had liked to spout off nonsense too. The Manawarping was an interesting wrinkle, though it didn’t change his tasks much. Far more enlightening was the fact that a Primordial Spawn had been locke...
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Above, at the end of a long, darkened corridor there was a large door set with the same translucent stone as the observation pit below. This, however, was scratched and fogged over until only the vaguest of shapes could be seen through them. There was a plaque above the door, made of mithril and etched deep enough that the grime couldn’t obfuscate its words.
“Tool Storage,” Felix read. He pushed open the door. “Well, that...
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The sun was getting low by the time Felix left Garon's former palace, but he didn't mind. He could see just fine in the dark, and there was little in Gharion that could threaten him now.
Felix had met up with Lavin and the Deepking once more, while the duo were still on their way to the Seat and Seal to fortify the area. They’re paths intersected on a forested island in the middle of a crooked lake. The Knights and Gallants, as well ...
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"Okay, go get it!" Beef said, unable to keep the syrupy sweet tone from his voice as he threw a broken brick across the yard. The Risen Hatchling trundled after it, a tiny shape no bigger than a new kitten and just as awkward. More, considering the amount of times she tripped over her own wings.
Wonder why she won't fly? They were in the courtyard of Beef's house, so there was plenty of room. The Hatchling just preferr...
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Felix soared through the air, clinging tightly to a tether of lightning as the horizon rose to meet him.
After the army had surrendered, Felix had spent some time talking with the Deepking and the newly crowned Princess Lavin. Trixie had been delighted to see Felix, though he was less enthused that the other two princes were still alive—not that he’d say anything. The Abyssal Serpent still considered himself in the doghous...
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Shadows swirled as Felix emerged from the Shadowgate alone.
“That was beautifully uneventful,” he said, smiling at the ornate chamber around him. It looked unchanged since his last visit over four months prior.
The floor was tiled with a repeated star pattern common in Nymean ruins, while the walls were filled with shallow alcoves featuring bronze figures, ...
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"Aren't you going to open it?" Evie asked.
"I will. I'm just…taking it in." Harn gestured to the planters around his door.
His modest home in the Scale District had been fairly nondescript when he'd left. But now it was a riot of color. The lintels were painted white, the door a bright crimson, with golden flowers scrawled across its panels. The first shoots and buds of spring sprouted to either side of his door and alongside his window sills ...
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Sonata of Dominance is level 117!
Standing outside the Sanctum three hours later, Felix could only feel frustration. The Quest was completed…and it judged him.
Quest Complete!
Test Thyself!
You have successfully shaped the Mana types of the common elements, as well as sound, force, lightning, acid, ice, and heat. More remain. You have failed to shape other Mana types.
You have accepted the results.
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Felix accessed his Authority Screen.
The Territories Of Khalheim And Pax'Vrell Have Been Added To Your Authority!
Your Authority Has Grown!
Your Stronghold Is Now Rank V!
Stronghold Rank V Has Become Citadel Rank I!
You Have Upgraded Features!
Tier IV Forge > Tier V Forge!
Tier IV Alchemical Lab > Tier V Alchemical Lab
Tier IV Storage Facility > Tier V Storage Facili...
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Ephemeral Evocation is level 49!
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Ephemeral Evocation is level 62!
Journeyman Tier!
You Gain:
+20 AFI
+20 FEL
+20 RES
The Memories of the final few Sworn rattled around in Felix's Mind, disparate but swiftly congealing into a singular whole. As he landed before the steps of the hospital in Elderthrone, he considered the impressions that flitted across his thoughts. While the first couple dozen Sworn he ...
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