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Chapter 488: Reinforcing the Will

“And that, my friend, is a golden nugget that should be shared with your teammates,” Baelin said to Thundar, giving him an encouraging smile. “Would you mind expanding on that point?...

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Chapter 487: Replaying Illusion

“A spectacle?” Alex asked, settling into a wide, cozy chair with Theresa beside him, arms wrapped around his. She snuggled up while Brutus curled up at their feet.

“Indeed,” the chanc...

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Chapter 486: To Pay Back What You Owe

“You leave them alone!” Hart roared, an uncharacteristic note of fear in his voice. The champion cut down all demons in close proximity to his blade as he pushed ahead, stalking the towering fi...

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Chapter 485: Demonic Laughter

“I’ll be takin’ the last one’s head!” Cedric shouted, flying toward the demon, his spear blazing with Uldar’s divinity.

Alex raised his staff.

But a slight doubt kept naggin...

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Chapter 484: Three Demonic Brothers

“Bang! Bang! Bang!” Osshar grumbled, his fangs grinding as the chamber’s main doors boomed on their hinges. “All this banging’s driving me mad! Why aren’t we attacking?”

He scru...

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Chapter 483: Streppler's Sins

The slaughter was just that: an undeniable rout; quick, brutal and one-sided.

Minus their wizard, the demons fell into chaos, trampling each other, fighting to get claws and fangs into prey b...

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Chapter 482: The Unexpected Finds

“Dammit,” Alex swore to himself, replaying what had just happened in his head.

The image of that hellhound clamped onto Theresa’s arm was seared in his mind, along with the thought of w...

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Chapter 481: Out of Place

During the time Alex and company were considering the best way to infiltrate Cawarthin and accomplish the mission Baelin had assigned to them, they’d agreed that a silent intrusion into the demon...

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Chapter 480: Demonic Trapfinding

The massive hinges groaned, screeching like blue annis hags as Grimloch and Claygon pushed the door shut.

“Shit,” Alex swore, looking down the abandoned hallway for guards poised to sound...

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Chapter 479: The Wilderness of Cawarthin

The hellish jungle reeked. A harsh stench like ammonia, mixed with rot, rankness, and a miasma of composting floral scents assaulted Alex’s nostrils like a weapon. Grimacing, the young wizard exi...

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Special Announcement: Mark of the Fool is Getting a Comic!

Hello everybody!

I can finally announce that MARK OFTHE FOOL IS GETTING A COMIC! I'm so excited. A lot of my web novel reading came as a segue from manga and so this is truly, truly exciting...

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Chapter 478: Invasion Plans

“What do you mean?” Alex asked, concern plain in his tone.

Baelin turned back to his class with a grim look. “In short, my spell-marks cannot transfer you across planes.”

A heav...

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Chapter 477: The Ruined Demon City

“Oh that sounds bloody charmin’,” Cedric growled. “The hell’s a terror-field?”

“Yes, it most assuredly is since it does carry an aura of terror that hangs over the entire domain...

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Chapter 476: A Relaxed Introduction into Demonology

“Hello to you all and welcome to a new semester and our first session of the Art of the Wizard in Combat. It promises to be a rather special session indeed,” Baelin addressed the class as his s...

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Chapter 475: The Phantoms of Faith

Carey felt like she was going to be sick. Frayed nerves and anxiety ran through her like carpenter ants gnawing through rotten wood, consuming her peace, cold sweat beaded on her skin since she’d...

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Chapter 474: A Saint's Questions

A wealth of lessons followed Merzhin through a life spent in the church—his home and sanctuary. And though he did not quote them to each and everyone around him—as they had been uttered by the ...

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Chapter 473: Testing the Staff and Testing the Nerve

Curious students paused their combat practice, watching as Alex used his staff for the first time. Calling on the Mark, he guided his mana through the fibres of powerful crystal and mana-infused wo...

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Chapter 472: The First Staff Tests

Alex brought his thoughts back to present, eager to finish up and get home to his staff.

‘What was Toraka just saying?’ He wondered. ‘Oh yeah, she was talking about students and how lim...

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Chapter 471: Advanced Alchemy

“Mr. Roth, I was hoping I’d find you here,” a quiet voice came over Alex’s shoulder, startling the young wizard.

“Professor Jules.” Alex wheeled around in his chair, half-rising a...

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Chapter 470: In the Aftermath of Disaster

“And then! And then!” Thundar slammed his fist on the table. “She said that drinking water is bad for you! Can you believe that shit?”

Alex froze, looking up from th...

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Chapter 469: I Can Fix—

In a panic, Thundar scrambled to get ready for his date.

“Shit, shit, why the hell didn’t I listen to Alex?” The minotaur cursed, running a stiff comb through his fur. He checked his te...

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Chapter 468: The "War Council"

“I do not understand why you three have banned me from a cabal meeting!” Isolde shouted through Khalik’s door, knocking insistently. “Theresa said that Roth mumbled something about a…war ...

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Chapter 467: A New Battle Brewing

When Alex Roth had so confidently declared that he would have a staff all ready for their next battle, he didn't know conflict was just over the horizon.

Though, it would prove to be far from...

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Chapter 466: Growth and Labour

“Now that we’ve got our mana core liquified, we have to apply it to the false roots,” Alex explained to his golem.

Father…I have a question,’ Claygon said.

“I lo...

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Chapter 465: Magnificent Blooms of Power

The one incident topping the list of things that truly convinced Alex of how key having the power of Elder Blodeuwedd’s mana ejection potion at hand would be, was the invisible Ravener-spawn atta...

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Chapter 464: The Methods of Staff-Making

As Alex had learned over many, many long days and nights of careful research, there were a host of methods an alchemist could use to craft a staff.

In the most ancient days of magic, wizards...

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Chapter 463: Extermination by Army

“Well, Claygon, it seems like we’ll be here for the next twenty hours or so. And, ugh—if I could slap that Govert in his stupid, unsanitary face, I would.” Alex grimaced as he finished scru...

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Chapter 462: ...It Pours.

“I mean…” Alex stammered. “But…I don’t have a bank account.”

“Really?” Toraka Shale frowned. “You’ve been in the city for how long and you never opened a bank account?...

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Chapter 461: When it Rains...

“I do have a question for you, Alex,” Toraka Shale tented her fingers before her. “This…substance, the one you indicated in your schematics. I’ve heard rumblings about something ...

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Chapter 460: The Final Financial Battle of Operation Grand Summoning Ascension

“First of all,” Khalik began, flipping to the beginning of Alex’s proposal. “Understand that these things I am about to tell come from lords beseeching their king, not a subordinate beseech...

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