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Chapter 363. Interception

​​Ian and Eury were like statues, their heads bowed as they both viewed the unrolling weave of the future. Three times already Achemiss had almost asked a question that would lead to mentions o...

[The Twining] 14. The Dark Temple

Hours later, the duo had fought against more swarms of tier two monsters, but never anything as powerful as the serpent. They were exhausted but undeterred.

Ros saw the end of the featureless...

[The Twining] 13. The Serpent

Ros thrashed and the serpent’s body twisted, the water churning with white and gray blood, a furious cyclone of monsters carried by chaotic currents.

Isen crashed against Ros’s hips, the ...

[The Twining] 12. Deeper Dangers

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Isen lay on his stomach between Ros’s shoulders as the beast swam through the radiant waters, the golden light reflected in its pearlescent scales. Its tail propelled them o...

[The Twining] 11. Aquatic Acclimation

Isen honed himself against the monsters in the radiant fathoms, cycling the ambient energy between forays. Ros stood sentinel on the rock, prepared to descend if necessary. While Isen returned with...

[The Twining] 10. Beyond the Lake

Isen fastened the bundle of books around Ros’s neck, using a crude thong made from divine bear sinew to secure it to a few strategic scales so it wouldn’t jostle as the beast moved. He’d pick...

[The Twining] 9. Time to Go

Ros didn’t think much of Isen commencing his advancement in the bathroom. The boy had done his other minor tempering breakthroughs in there as well. Ros was too large to fit inside the door, but ...

[The Twining] 8. The Nature of Divinity

Isen crouched in the darkness, a bone spear clutched firmly in his hands. Both eyes could see in the mist now, a side effect of tempering with the blood of the bear monster. Free of impurities, his...

[The Twining] 7. Lessons in Cultivating

The first time Isen tried to drink the blood, he threw up. His mind rebelled against the idea, even if his tongue said the blood tasted fine. But eventually, he forced several swallows down.

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[The Twining] 6. Ros

It had been a long, long time since Rosophilus had seen the surface. Ros had never seen human children up close, but had excellent hearing and had learned many things by living in proximity to thei...

Chapter 362. Five Unsullied Rifts

Achemiss hated this wretched world.

It was literally the only thing in existence holding him back. His only vulnerability.

And his present circumstances? They had confirmed his every fe...

[The Twining] 5. Better Off

[ the last of the chapter dump. from now on i'll only post a chapter when i write one :) but i'm writing quite fast ]

Isen woke up in sticky darkness and retched at the smell of sickly sweet ...

[The Twining] 4. The Bound Beast

^ The scaled vulpine beast in the glow of the golden water. Isen only comes up to its ankle.

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[The Twining] 3. The First Step

Isen still couldn’t see anything but gold in his left eye, and his right was as useless as ever in the absolute dark.

It was hard to keep track of time when all he heard were the rhythmic f...

[The Twining] 2. The Sixth Sense

Isen curled up in the gap between two boulders, exhausted. He was no stranger to sleeping on hard earth, but the rock was hard even for his standards. His body didn’t care, falling asleep in seco...

[The Twining] 1. Tribulation

[ thanks all for giving this a chance! early feedback is extremely welcome. this chapter has already been workshopped and edited (thanks sontag), but i'm always open to making it better. if the iss...

New Story -- Name TBD (Working title -- "The Twining")

Hey guys!

Finishing a series is hard! I've been writing very slowly. It's literally just hard to write the mind games I've necessitated in Menocht's plot. Everyone is playing 4D chess.

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Chapter 361. The Classified Subject

Clara’s hatred for the plan only increased the deeper she fell into it. It was simple: the Eldemari would infiltrate and use her End to save Clara from her life-death oath. Supposedly, all the li...

Chapter 360. Ascendant End

Ian kneaded his forehead, his eyes shut tightly. Next to him, Euryphel lay on the table, his jaw clenched.

He cracked open his eyes and met the former prince’s gaze. No words were needed be...

Chapter 359. The Upper Hand

The water had a peculiar buoyancy, like a mix between water and air. Maria fell faster than she’d anticipated, cutting through the false liquid like a missile. Soon the bottom of the lake, dark a...

Chapter 358. The Compound

From high above the surface, End arrows between people became almost completely indistinct, though masses of them in one place–such as cities–were visible. The arrows between herself and people...

Chapter 357. Choosing Him

Zilverna was alone in his room, sprawled on a chair, his arms wide and draping toward the ground. A thick blanket lay over him. He was in his own room, his original room.

Maria frowned. H...