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Chapter 48: The Art of Asking Questions

“Almost every year that The Ravener has risen, a student studying at Generasi has sought to investigate the phenomenon to find an answer to your kingdom’s plight.” Professor Jules said gravel...

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Chapter 47: The Path of Potions

Alex nearly choked on his apple pie as Khalik worked to swallow his.

Isolde looked at Thundar as she stopped eating.

“What happened to them?” Khalik asked. “For them to fail altog...

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Chapter 46: A Pie Party

At last he had all the components needed for his greatest masterpiece yet. Grinning like an evil warlord in an old legend, Alex Roth gloated over the fruits of his labour.

From outside this p...

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Chapter 45: Lessons and Gods

“Have a seat; we’ll debrief on the test and talk about what you can learn from your experiences today.” Baelin waved a hand over the flat top of the escarpment.

Stone benches with curve...

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Chapter 44: The Bonedrinker

The group pushed as hard as they could, trying to scramble over broken rocks and ground. Dust scattered. Stones and pebbles shifted. The heat blazed mercilessly and their goal seemed to not get any...

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Chapter 43: The Escarpment

Dust exploded from the ground.

Muupkaras emerged from the earth around them, screeching, with rocks raised above their heads. There were only eight this time, but now they had the el...

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Chapter 42: Ambushing the Ambushers

The spinning forceball shot over the ground, ploughing through the dust and kicking clouds of grit into the air. Alex guided the spell to shoot in front of each little monster, spraying the dust in...

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Schedule going forward

Hello folks, so writathon is done and so am I. The End.

I'm kidding, I'm kidding! No need for pitchforks.

The writathon was a real challenge that pushed me to my limits. Before this m...

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Chapter 41: Predators

Thundar slowly crept forward, and they followed cautiously as he led them away from the canyon.

The minotaur sniffed the air while pointing his snout down toward the earth. Alex kept his forc...

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Chapter 40: The Plain of Dust

Baelin’s spell was different from The Traveller’s magic.

When he had passed through The Saint of Alric’s portal, Alex had seen scenes of many places—it had seemed like he was speeding...

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Chapter 39: The Beginning of Baelin's Test

“Do you think we are ready?” Khalik asked as the two young men walked toward the training grounds.

“Maybe?” Alex shrugged. “There’s no way we’re going to know that until we actu...

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Cover Preview!

A little bonus today: the sketch turned into this! New cover soon for RR. 

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Chapter 38: An Endless Forest (Interlude)

Something chimed from the top of the hill, carried to Theresa’s ears by the late summer wind. The air was fresh and warm but inside, she felt cold.

Theresa Lu—great-granddaughter of Twinb...

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Chapter 37: The Spell-Joust and the Second Spell

The fraternity leader’s smile faded as Alex and Khalik roared with laughter.

“Why-why are you laughing?” Alex wheezed.

Khalik was nearly coughing as he tried to catch his breath. ...

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Chapter 36: Dummies and Forceballs

Training Day 21

Push-ups: 16, 15, 12 TOTAL= 43

Experimentation Day 3: BEGIN. FINISHED. Result: Increasing speed. No improvement of forceball

Skills:...

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Chapter 35: The Beginning Fruits of Failure

Alex’s breath came in gasps as he ran along the path.

With each dull thud of his feet hitting the ground, images flooded him from The Mark: previous times he’d run or exerted himself. Bes...

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Chapter 34: A Clash of Beasts

They ran out of the forest to see a reptilian monster rushing toward Selina from across the field.

It was huge—the size of a half-grown brown bear—and was covered in white scales. All fou...

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Chapter 33: The Beastarium

The beastarium had been a good idea.

It was a soaring, round complex of forest and field—that most of Alric could fit within—surrounded by circular stone walls capped by a massive dome of...

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Chapter 32: Responsibility and Paths Forward

“This is a dark day for the potions department, I want you all to know that.” A voice cracked like a whip as Alex opened the door to the lecture hall.

The door emerged onto the b...

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Chapter 31: The Chancellor

Training Day 3

Three Sets of Push-Ups: BEGAN. 10,9,8. DONE. TOTAL=27

Spell-Testing: BEGAN.

Alex closed the book and slipped out of the room again, stret...

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Super Special Art Surprise

Hello! In addition to today's chapter, I'm also posting an in-progress surprise. I had a cover commissioned for Fool, and it's coming along. You can see some of the early sketch versions of Alex, S...

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Chapter 30: The Means of Survival

“Oh!” Alex stood up quickly in respect. “Hello professor…”

The goatman waved him back into his seat. His fingers were almost as big as Selina’s wrists. “Don’t bother with all ...

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Chapter 29: Selecting One's Path

“Can I help you, young man?” A woman, whose complexion seemed to shift from orange to brown, looked at him from behind another desk set into the wall. Her ears were long and pointy like the wit...

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Chapter 28: Welcome Home

Thmp. Thmp. Thmp.

Three bags landed on the floor.

Creeeeeak.

The door to the apartment closed and locked.

“We’re finally here!” Alex pumped his fists...

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Chapter 27: Negotiations in the Hall of Magic

“Was that a potion detonation?” a tiny, white haired woman was sprinting through the courtyard with a staff in her hand. “Please tell me that was a potion detonation. If it was another bad su...

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Chapter 26: Wonders in the Sky

“So, the good news is Uldar’s priests aren’t common here.” Theresa rejoined Alex and Selina in the crowd. Brutus padded behind her, his heads moving every which way following all of the new...

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Chapter 25: The City at the Center of Creation

When Alex Roth imagined his arrival at the city of wizards, he’d always imagined the sun being high and his mood being high too. That morning as The Red Siren passed among the outer isla...

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Chapter 24: Other Dangers

The creature leapt with unnatural speed as Alex moved; stumbling away as it crashed into the rail he’d just been in front of. It shook its head, seeming to clear its senses.

‘Dazed,’ Al...

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Chapter 23: The Nightwatch

“Looks like rain’s coming in after all.” Gel-Dor eyed the clouds to the western horizon.

“Damn.” Fan-Dor cursed beneath his breath. “Well, at least it doesn’t look like a bad st...

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Chapter 22: Tests by Moonlight

Footsteps creaked across  the deck.

“Good morn-” A pause. “Afternoon, I suppose.”

A middle-aged woman—half of the couple that attended the ceremony the night before—dre...

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