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Chapter 259. Experiment

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We’ve been traveling in the void for several hours now. Ash assured us that he had a destination in mind and we weren’t traveling aimlessly, but he coul...

Chapter 258. Sabbatical

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Karanos stands with Crystal and Sah by the obelisk. Ash hasn’t yet arrived.

Sah is oblivious to what’s going on, but he senses Crystal’s melanch...

Chapter 257. An Ominous Legend

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It’s uncanny seeing Karanos create such a perfect projection of our team, not a detail out of place. A Light practitioner can create incredible illusions ...

Chapter 256. Musings Over Martinis

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Messeras waves us over to his kitchen and produces martini glasses for each of us, along with tiny droppers.

“Right now, the glass is filled with cl...

Chapter 255. Judgment

It’s pretty obvious when Ketu’s party arrives and pushes the centipede through into our plane. I don’t understand why they’re helping when they could be mustering a last-ditch effort to mur...

Chapter 254. Inconclusive

[ chapter 2/3.

the third chapter for this week is mostly written, but i'm going to rewrite part of it based on sontagisme's (my editor's) feedback. enjoy this one! ]

The cent...

Chapter 253. Changing Direction

[ you guys are owed 3 chapters currently --  this is 1/3. thanks! ]

I’d entertained popping in to say hello to Messeras since his plane directly connects to Vizie...

Chapter 252. Freefall

[ to everyone who ordered a hardcover of book 2, if you didn't see on discord, my shipment got ruined by the delivery folks -- they left the box out in the rain, instead of under m...

Chapter 251. That’s Loyalty

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Crystal watched Karanos from within her formless, spherical suit. Its delicate membrane held viscous, non-stick gel around the quadruped fish, cradl...

Chapter 250. Win or Lose

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Cursing Ketu’s poorly-timed arrival, I dive through the portal. Pulling a soul taut across my forehead, I reactivate the dagger, tracing over scarred s...

Chapter 249. The Celestial Paradox

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Chapter 248. The Seed of Chaos

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As a group, we decide to delay as long as possible before engaging the centipede, preparing as best we can. The ascendant mentors may not be a...

Chapter 247. The Centipede

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“You know, if there really is a stable portal, it’s going to need to be huge,” Alan notes as we follow the compass toward the veil vulnerabilit...

Chapter 246. Beyond the Surface

[ chapter 1/2 for this week ]

Our group covers ground faster than when Maria and I first entered Eternity. Ascendant energy is one factor, but we also have Vik’s wind elementalis...

Chapter 245. Missing Information

[ friday's chapter! enjoy. ]

“One last thing,” Ash says. “You can join into groups of up to five, though if groups win, they must split the spoils. If you win alon...

Chapter 244. Reliving History

[ yes, this is monday's chapter -- thanks for your patience. next chapter is half done, going to try and finish by end of today. i was unfortunately quite sick for most of yesterday (not covid) whi...

Chapter 243. The Final Round

[ friday's chapter ]

Time passes quickly after the menus are passed out. Ash is relatively quiet for the rest of the dinner, watching and listening.

Soon the plate...

Chapter 242. Ruminations

[ yes, this is monday's chapter, thank you for your patience! lots of business travel this past week and the start of the grad school semester = ahhhhhh , not to mention the logistics of launching ...

Chapter 241. Dress to Impress

[ i probably go on for too long when they get dressed in the hall of reflection; let me know if that part should be cut down, or if the details are interesting enough to not be boring. i'd normally...

Chapter 240. Ancient Ash

[ this chapter brings back something that people were obsessed with in the book 1 comments section, lol. ]

“...Rank nineteen, Ignatius Julian Dunai. Rank twenty, Haru Sonweald......

Chapter 239. Iced Out

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Ice forms around me like a coffin. On instinct, I send heat radiating from the dragon’s skin, but the ice remains unaffected, even when I add ascendant e...

Chapter 238. Second Shift

[ this is monday's chapter. trying to finish friday's (today's) chapter now. thanks for your patience! ]

The bloody, charred ferret slides down my cheek and snags on my coat, twitc...

Chapter 237. Quiggam

[ this one is pretty fun, enjoy! ]

Earlier when Jeseria went down the line, the proteges didn’t seem to take their scores too seriously. Alan chuckled and shook his head at his, ...

Chapter 236. Judgment

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Maria and I have a good run, but after incapacitating and using three ascendants as mana batteries, one of the proteges decid...

Chapter 235. The Ascendant Lich

Void Seeker Karanos

“Oh, will you stop?” Mordika whispers, rolling her eyes.

“I’m not doing anything,” I reply, matching her lowered voice. It’s all a sham–whethe...

Chapter 234. Hide and Seek

“Start!” Jeseria commands. The ascendants take off toward their respective tunnels with their watery orbs in tow.

Ian? Maria says.

What?

You’r...