Raphael stared for a moment before slumping. “Man, you really are quite something, huh? This was supposed to be my super secret project.”
“Ah,” Nick smiled awkwardly, “I’m sorry? It just felt like this was the direction you were going in…”
Huffing, Raphael shook ...
2025-09-23 17:00:14 +0000 UTC
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The ride up to the seventy-seventh floor in the elevator felt more like a walk to the gallows than Nick would have liked.
When he was finally released onto Master Tholm’s private floor, he took a deep breath and rolled his shoulders before marching up to the man’s study.
“Come o...
2025-09-22 17:00:15 +0000 UTC
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Orion let a moment pass, quietly ignoring Vatat’akon staring him down.
As far as intimidation tactics went, it wasn’t bad. His scars and weathered skin did a lot of the heavy lifting, and the feeling of his willpower spreading through the Mana Field was impossible to ignore.
Howev...
2025-09-22 17:00:15 +0000 UTC
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A.N. I'm glad that some people noticed the specific wording of the poll and realized it could mean the first POV was actually Elena's. Still, I decided not to do little tricks like that from now on to avoid confusion.
I hope you enjoy this double POV :D
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For many, war was a...
2025-09-21 17:00:14 +0000 UTC
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Nick wasn’t a stranger to powerful people. He’d been dealing with them almost constantly since waking up during the Class Ceremony, and things had only gotten more intense from there.
He’d seen Marthas wield the power of a Grand Exorcist against a Fae Queen. He’d seen a Goddess desc...
2025-09-20 17:00:15 +0000 UTC
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Anthony’s body shuddered briefly before light returned to his eyes, and he staggered back, squeezing his eyes shut while taking deep breaths through his nose.
Clearly, this was not the first time he had been forced to bear a possession like that. His reaction was too seasoned, and now tha...
2025-09-19 17:00:16 +0000 UTC
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[Noether’s Lock] was the kind of spell that Orion doubted could be cast by anyone but him.
He was sure a tier four mage might be able to brute-force the issue or replicate his work with alternative methods easily, but actually casting the spell? No, that was simply impossible without Know...
2025-09-19 17:00:16 +0000 UTC
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Asteria hadn’t been pleased to hear about his little escapade, especially that he left without telling anyone, but she’d been even less happy to learn that Zinnia seemed to have fallen into petty infighting, since a position as Yue’s official apprentice was no longer available.
...
2025-09-18 17:00:16 +0000 UTC
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Before going to Xander with his hat in hand, Nick decided to see for himself whether the situation was really that dire.
He didn’t think One-Ear would lie, not about something this big, but the broker had said it himself, that it wasn’t the kind of thing local gangs could organize...
2025-09-18 17:00:15 +0000 UTC
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“Aaah man, I thought I had it.”
Letting the faint glow of the delayed Torchlight fade, Orion scratched his head. It was getting late enough that he should probably start heading back to the embassy if he didn’t want his mother to tear through Valderun in search of him, but he would ha...
2025-09-17 17:00:16 +0000 UTC
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