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Chapter 127. Into the Depths

Ian stared down at Zilverna’s body, the young man’s chest slowly rising and falling. Judith’s corpse lay next to him, her eyes still open.

With a sigh, Ian closed her eyes and stood up....

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Chapter 126. Life and Death

[ another chapter with colored text; PDF attached, but colored text also rendered in bold for reading in the patreon app. ]

Ian gritted his teeth as he dodged a dozen different wind barriers ...

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Chapter 125. Desert Escape

Soolemar hoisted Ian up by the arm, gripping onto his forearm and inspecting his face as though looking for something.

“Soolemar?” Ian muttered, pulling away. He noticed that the green or...

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Chapter 124. The Second Gift

[ This chapter is a bit trippy and has colored text. Patreon is trash and does not support colored text, so I attached a PDF. It should still be readable here, I just made all the colored text bold...

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Chapter 123. The Crowned Prime

Euryphel knew that they had nothing to leverage against the terms of surrender. The SPU couldn’t use Ian as a counter threat: If the decemancer returned to take his own Selejan hostages, he’d o...

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Chapter 122. Terms of Surrender

“Euryphel, you must not tell anyone of your scar. Do you understand?”

He nodded earnestly, eyes alight with curiosity. “Why?”

His mother pulled him in clos...

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Chapter 121. Vote of Confidence

“You’ve been studying under me for the past two weeks,” Soolemar stated. “I’m not ignorant that you’re running out of time before your ascension.”

Ian looked up from the mannequ...

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120. Ethereal Touch

The necromancer continued to scratch Divian’s ears as he considered Ian’s question. “Why does it matter how I know him?”

“I want to confirm that you’re the necromancer Achemiss kn...

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Chapter 119. Convenient Distractions

That night, Ian slept like the dead.

Ian couldn’t remember the last time that he’d gotten more than five hours of sleep. The never-ending stress and constant meetings, not to mention comm...

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Chapter 118. Interlude – Endgame

[ long chapter. ]

“Zilverna.”

Zilverna whipped around and winced, clutching at his tightly-bandaged chest. His eyes widened in concern. “Mother...what are you doing here!?”

<...

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Chapter 117. The Essence of the Soul

[ Long chappy today. I'm thinking about doing a live reading of Thursday's chapter for fun since I'll have the day off for Thanksgiving, maybe around noon EST (GMT -5)? Lmk what you think in the co...

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Chapter 116. Assessment

Ian recoiled in instinct as Soolemar stepped in close. He swallowed as the necromancer held up his arm and ran fingers along its length, paying the thick outer layer of the jacket no mind. The necr...

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Chapter 115. Soul Sight

Ian’s lips pressed into a line as he contemplated the man’s brazen request. It was one thing to say he was Ian Dunai and another to prove the veracity of his words by using his practice.

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Wallpaper version!!!

Sorry for another post guys, I'm just excited...bear with me while I fawn over this instead of editing the chapter...heh. (I promise it's coming tonight lol!)

I have this as my wallpaper rn a...

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Cover!

Finally the cover is done! Chapter is coming soon as well...thanks for being patient :D
Artist is Jeff Brown 🙌

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Chapter 114. Yurusi Canyon

Ian froze for a moment at the question. Tell them about myself. Before he left, he’d briefly practiced answering similarly basic questions with two of the SPU’s Beginning intelligence ...

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Chapter 113. Going Off-Track

The more Euryphel ran Ian through scenarios, the more he realized it was probably for the best that he wasn’t there in person. Ian was generally good at hiding when he was in pain–he rarely com...

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Chapter 112. The Morinapol Loop

[ the title on this chapter is trying to be cute :3 lol ]

Euryphel sighed and rubbed his jaw. “We can try it again, but this time I want you to test the city’s southern entrance.” View Post

Chapter 111. Morinapol

The door swung open to reveal a frail-looking woman with large, gray eyes and white hair. “Hello; can I help you?”

“The code phrase is, ‘just a traveler passing through.’” View Post

Chapter 110. Gnoste

Ian woke at the crack of dawn feeling exhausted. After giving himself a small vitality infusion, he prepared to leave the Dunai estate for what would probably be the first and final time.

As ...

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Chapter 109. Demetrius

Ian sat across from Mercy in her private balcony. The courtyard below was empty save for a servant sweeping the stone pathways, his gaze fixed on the floor.

“It’s more beautiful in the su...

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Chapter 108. Feather

[ thanks for reading, guys! ]

Everyone stepped forward into the mandala. Aunt Julia looked unfazed, likely having already used the array before. Germaine was nearly bouncing with anticipation...

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Chapter 107. Lighthouse

Ian and Germaine encountered no difficulties as they exited the SPU and soared over the open waters of the Illyrian Ocean. The further North they flew, the colder it became until Ian pulled out two...

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Chapter 106. Departure

[ Due to my wild schedule, I'll try to post these chaps around 11:30 am (the normal RR release time), but if it's not up by 11:30 am I'll at least make sure that they're uploaded by the end of the ...

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Chapter 105. Siege

“Ian,” Euryphel called out, closing the distance from a door leading into the outer grounds. The decemancer turned around, his eyes widening.

Germaine hopped out from the wyrm and landed ...

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Chapter 104. The Armada

Why...am I awake?

Ian groaned and rolled over in bed, accidentally falling off the edge and onto the ground with a thud. He lay sprawled among the bedsheets, too exhausted to move. H...

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Chapter 103. Respite

Eury turned around for what felt like the hundredth time, sensing Urstes’ gaze. “Sorry to disappoint, Guardian, but I’m going to be awake a while longer.”

The guardian scratched at hi...

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Chapter 102. War

Although Corvid wasn’t located on the beach, the ocean was only a short flight away. As Ian approached, he spotted a shipyard sprawling across the shore, devoid of life save a small prowling cat....

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Chapter 101. Weak Link

[ i spent way too long trying to name this chapter. suggestions requested in the comments thanks guys! ]

The holding room was a civilian bunker built of brick and iron, its floor covered in p...

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Chapter 100. Opening Fire

[update: met with my cover artist yesterday and got a first draft of the cover for book 1. looks incredible and i'm super excited to see the final version when it's ready in about a month. thanks t...

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