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[Severed Divinity] 82. Void Lightning

Isen was lightheaded as he walked down the final twist of corridor. What had the queen been thinking, making her palace like this? Allezin mentioned a magic experiment as the reason, but Isen could...

[Severed Divinity] 81. No Path Forward

Isen sat down in a dangerously comfortable chair next to the row of pill furnaces. It was a testament to how far ahead Lumina Eldrassin was that nothing there called to him. It was all worthless at...

[Severed Divinity] 80. The Prototypes

“Allezin, do you know where the prototypes are?” Isen asked.

Both men did a double take. “Don’t you know?” Allezin asked.

Isen shrugged. “I’m just walking.”

“The...

[Severed Divinity] 79. Impossible

Isen stared at Welco’s shadow puppet, which hadn’t noticed them exit the third floor lift. He reflexively activated shadow cloak and hoped that Allezin would trigger his own invisibility.

[Severed Divinity] 78. Phantom

Yura Corasin didn’t fully understand the level of control Lumina had over the city. The queen could clearly see things happening by tapping into some grand spell that covered all of...

[Severed Divinity] 77. The Queen’s Palace

Isen had expected Allezin’s secret entrance to be more mundane, like a servant’s tunnel. The reality defied expectation.

Allezin ran around the palace, stopping before a random tree that ...

[Severed Divinity] 76. Accelerated Plans

[ Sorry guys, it's been a month! I have been busy (I'm getting married in less than 2 weeks... ahhh) and I have also been workshopping this next section, rewriting parts of it with my editor's feed...

[Severed Divinity] 75. Welco’s Lesson

Welco’s teeth flashed in the firelight. “That’s reserved for tier threes.”

“Usually?”

“Usually.” He frowned. “What do you know about aura?”

Isen shrugged. “I...

[Severed Divinity] 74. Disciple

Learning that he qualified as a B-rank cultivator only made Isen want to work harder. There were so many places he lagged behind, and there wasn’t enough time in the day to address them all.

[Severed Divinity] 73. Rankings Update (2)

It was rather beautiful, watching how the ambient energy curled like smoke around his limbs as he moved through the sequences. The most difficult part in the beginning had just been remembering wha...

[Severed Divinity] 72. Rankings Update (I)

Tomnas brought Isen to a separate, mostly empty part of the weapons yard dominated by immobile practice dummies. Half elves visibly younger than fourth clade drilled strikes against them. Isen saw ...

[Severed Divinity] 71. The Morning After

As he departed Welco’s mansion, Jorin felt like he’d been hit by an Eldrassin subwyrm, even after taking a peak tier two meridian cleansing pill. He left alone since Kelsina needed more time to...

[Severed Divinity] 70. Spoils

Isen stood on renewed feet and tugged the cushion to the room’s center, leaving it the way he found it. He returned to the main chamber and his eyes fell over everything, considering where to sta...

[Severed Divinity] 69. Safe House

Paling, Isen pulled his boots back on and walked into the open. He left the sword, stolen bow, and unused arrows next to the Aranite woman he’d killed.

He crouched down next to her, just st...

[Severed Divinity] 68. Cosmovault

Isen only had one blade on him—the Shard of Erasmus.

Not yet, he thought. Not for this.

As he appeared behind the nearest assassin, he used the momentum from th...

[Severed Divinity] 67. The Aranites

She was unmistakably a drayavin—and given her calm, deadly demeanor and obvious intelligence, Isen guessed she was a tier three.

Isen couldn’t hear from so far away. He hesitated for a mo...

[Severed Divinity] 66. Shadowed Agents

Isen stayed for hours, long after Julra left. Most of the practice was dedicated to his breathing and instilling the muscle memory of shooting. The time for dinner came and went, but Isen felt no d...

[Severed Divinity] 65. Steady Gains

Classes remained engaging, though sometimes Isen found his attention drifting to more important matters than his well-rounded, elven education.

Freyan and Arthum had walked on metaphorical eg...

[Severed Divinity] 64. Alchemical Hunger

By the time Isen left the Welco’s mansion late in the evening, he felt exhausted but fulfilled. His main objective had been to attract the patriarch’s interest, and there was no doubt that he�...

[Severed Divinity] 63. Fate Has No Master

Isen finished with Julra at half past seventh bell, as promised.

He was exhausted. His arms and shoulder ached the worst, though his neck and core also protested as he returned ...

[Severed Divinity] 62. Archery

Isen couldn’t find Freyan and Arthum when he left the cultivation cave after fifth evening bell, so he entered the dining area alone. He noticed the others in fourth clade gathering around a tabl...

[Severed Divinity] 61. Sudden Summons

Isen tried to keep his breathing steady.

“—perfectly normal to feel lightheaded. Keep breathing. You picked the skill up very quickly, Isen. Your master prepared you well.�...

[Severed Divinity] 60. Shadow Aspect

Isen sat down on the white sediment and closed his eyes. He drew in the energy of the world and focused on how it flowed through his rings and into the meridians in his shoulders. The technique was...

[Severed Divinity] 59. First Technique

Jorin handed the glass slate over, his eyes fixed on Isen the entire time.

“Don’t you need to see it first?” Isen asked.

“It’s for your eyes only, unless you choose to share i...

[Severed Divinity] 57-58

Chapter 57. Not Behind in Everything

The last time Isen had seen something so… mystical was in the Compass of Legacy, when he’d seen the story of the Sentin...

[Severed Divinity] 56. Nascent Soul

The class schedule had simply stated that they met an hour after first bell. Isen was up well before then. He washed up, dressed, and polished the Shard of Erasmus. Isen held his fingers up to the ...

[Severed Divinity] 55. Kelsina Femera

Isen let the world fall away. He let everything fall away. In his mind, he was back in the depths, back with Ros. The two of them were cycling together, reaching ever closer to eterni...

[Severed Divinity] 54. Cultivation Cave

“On three,” Arthum announced. “One, two… three!”

Isen didn’t move. Neither did his opponent.

“Since you’re new, you get the first move,” Freyan said. “Let’s see wh...

[Severed Divinity] 51-53

Chapter 51. New Recruit

[ Jorin. Even middle aged half elves look hot. Combo of elven ...

[Severed Divinity] Chapters 47-50

Chapter 47. Welco the Haunt

Allezin moved with sure steps through the crowd. His pin was missing or at least hidden—an intentional decision. Isen didn’t know how long the...