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Chapter 164 (Draft)

I really needed to get out of the habit of making promises, especially if they were actually threats I would then have an obligation to carry through.

Of course, the Auditor’s son was proba...

Chapter 163 (Draft)

The village lay empty and silent around us, all life leeched from it as if a painter had just swabbed all the color away with a sponge. Or that was how it seemed, at least. If I focused, I could st...

Chapter 162 (Draft)

“Why do they call it the ‘Basement’, anyway?” I asked. “I can see where It’s kind of snappy, I guess, but it doesn’t exactly strike fear into the hearts of your enemies or lend itself...

Chapter 161 (Draft)

Half of the people in the room looked like they could still scarcely believe how their lives had changed in the last few weeks or months. In my opinion, that didn’t speak highly of them, consider...

Chapter 160 (Draft)

“I have to admit I could get used to this,” Kajare said, stretching out on his divan with a grin.

“I think we’ll have to enjoy it while it lasts,” I answered, plopping myself down o...

Chapter 159 (Draft)

“You know, I almost feel sorry for the Zarian,” Yarani said.

“Why?” I asked. “Because their entire society is doomed to collapse sooner or later? Because they’ll witness its death...

Chapter 158 (Draft)

From his expression, I knew right away that Aston wasn’t bringing me good news.

That seemed par for the course. Although he was officially my bodyguard, he’d really been acting as my aide...

Chapter 157 (Draft)

I stepped forward, took a handful of earth from the pile, and threw it onto the small heap starting to form on top of the coffin. Then I stepped back. The residual dirt clung to my hand, but I resi...

Chapter 156 (Draft)

“This is the most complicated piece of formation work I have ever seen, my lady. Few talismans channel that much qi, and they probably invented several completely new patterns.” San Hashar smil...

Chapter 155 (Draft)

Little An whooped, laughing and squirming enough that I had to carefully adjust my position to avoid overbalancing.

“This is great, Big Sister!” she called.

I grinned, not that she ...

Chapter 154 (Draft)

I was right. By the time soldiers reached where the attacker had to have been, he had disappeared and left no clues behind. Maybe it would have been different if the kilometers between us had been ...

Chapter 153 (Draft)

I looked at the city stretching out in front of me, and I couldn’t help but wonder, for a moment, how I’d gotten here. Parts of it were still smoking, though luckily those were very small, easi...

Chapter 152 (Draft)

The three remaining members of the basement flinched slightly at my approach. I didn’t know how much of it was because of the attack or because they’d just seen me shrug off a hole in my torso....

Chapter 151 (Draft)

The whole way further into the city, Aston was looking like he’d taken an overdose of caffeine and awakened from a nightmare at the same time, unable to keep his hands still or his face as sober ...

Chapter 150 (Draft)

“Once we cross this line, things are going to change,” Tenira said quietly.

I looked at her, suppressing a smile at the sight of her gazing thoughtfully south, the sun dancing in her hair...

Chapter 149 (Draft)

By the time we’d sorted out the aftermath of the battle, Elis seemed to have clamped up. I tried to press him — gently, I didn’t want to alienate him — but he evaded my questions and gave n...

Chapter 148 (Draft)

If I’d had any time to do it, I would have cursed at my misfortune in getting attacked again, and at the Zarian who were doing it. But I couldn’t spare the attention. I barely even noticed what...

Chapter 147 (Draft)

I’d been skeptical that we were even going to find what Elia was supposed to be after, given the paucity of the description she had from the Sun. But it seemed to be enough, and as we traveled cl...

Chapter 146 (Draft)

I’d been in the jungle too long. That must be why, getting out of it now, it took me a moment to get my bearings. I blinked, my eyes adjusting themselves to the differing light levels.

Not ...

Chapter 145 (Draft)

“Well, if the Storm had any intention to leave you alone, I somehow doubt he would now,” Kajare commented.

I glanced at him and shrugged. He’d spoken lightly, with more casual humor tha...

Chapter 144 (Draft)

When the army Commander called a halt, I dropped onto a convenient nearby fallen tree without bothering to keep up pretenses. We were moving quickly enough that even the increased toughness and sta...

Chapter 143 (Draft)

A/N: Sorry for the delay, I accidentally scheduled this post for today instead of yesterday.

To my own surprise, I’d discovered that I actually liked the Yellow Graves.<...

Chapter 142 (Draft)

When I’d first seen the Yellow Graves, I would never have thought that I’d come back at the head of an army less than two years later. The jungle didn’t look quite the same, but that was prob...

Chapter 141 (Draft)

I folded my binoculars and put them away in a pocket, then sighed softly as I gazed out over the walls of the town of Bastion. Then I turned around and met Kiyanu’s gaze.

“Something impor...

Chapter 140 (Draft)

“You’re not leaving me enough air, Nari,” Al said.

I snorted but loosened my hug slightly. “If your cultivation couldn’t even stand up to a little hug from your big sister, I’d re...

Chapter 139 (Draft)

The soldiers reacted quickly, and the Dominion attackers had barely stepped out of the spot their teleportation brought them to before they were attacked. Of course, in that time they’d already d...

Chapter 138 (Draft)

Blue Valley City hadn’t suffered from the occupation, at least not visibly. The city still stood, its walls rising as high as ever, some chimneys sending up smoke. Obviously, the Zarian had chang...

Chapter 137 (Draft)

“You’re growing up way too quickly,” I commented.

Elia, Lei and Yarani, who were talking further down, threw glances at me but ignored me. Since I’d spoken in English, they couldn’t...

Chapter 136 (Draft)

Seeing the Sky Continent again felt good, even if it also seemed like the appearance of expectations and responsibility to me. I watched the green fields unfolding in front of us, after the scraggl...

Chapter 135 (Draft)

The tense silence was broken by the ringing of the communications device, and it seemed like everyone let out a collective breath. It was an affectation, since this wasn’t actually a telephone, j...