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63. Beginnings In Biomancy

Avoid witches. El-Prime told me to avoid witches. How the fuck do I know who’s a witch or warlock?

Morph liked his name. It set him apart from the other clones. In fact, he believe...

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62. Pricy Ports

The vessel had departed from Iskander with three unlisted passengers: the Elder Wyrmkin, her familiar, and Shae’heed. Then, Lukas’s arrival brought their numbers to four. Neither the captain no...

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61. Unexpected Progress

Lukas sat cross-legged in his quarters and attempted to block everything. The sounds of the crew went first, their hollering, footsteps, and grunts as they carried heavy equipment past him. The ves...

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60. Seeking Fresh Starts

The Shadowsteel coil hummed as Lukas channeled a gentle stream of electricity through it. The pieces of scrap iron he had ‘borrowed’ from the ship engineer’s waste bin wobbled, inching toward...

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59. Wanted For Questioning

Reaching the docks was no easy feat. Lukas and his companion clone had no pursuers. However, the parties after them knew to have blockades and watches near the port. It was the more probable and sa...

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58. Escape From Iskander

  • Thunderstorm’s Eye: Tier 1| Rank 1

  • Spellweaver: Tier 1 | Rank 4

  • Shadow Clone: Tier 2 | Rank 4

    • <...

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57. The Aftermath

Spell Sniper’s Focus
The focus’s runework assists with the accuracy and range of spells fired through it, reading the wearer’s intent to marginally adjust the angle of launched spe...

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56. Tying Off Loose Ends

Lukas had put a lot of thought into the essences for the shard upgrading ritual. The Essence of Cumulus was a perfect fit. Meteorology had never interested Lukas. However, he often put himself to b...

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55. How To Deal With A Witch?

Lukas dispelled the three clones. Their weapons and tools sat neatly piled on the broom cupboard’s shelf. When resummoning, he started with high mass and a steel weave but also channeled lightnin...

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54. Getting Up To No Good

Lukas paid little attention to the auction. He sat back and humored Mister Grey whenever he spoke, mostly commenting on the passing lots. It wasn’t just the central attractions that were up for a...

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53. Jobs and Operations

“Why am I not surprised?” The expedition leader from the Pearl Hunt. He approached Lukas and Mister Grey as they studied the mask closely, loudly discussing its history and design.  The Aq...

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Announcement

I apologize for the slowdown of posts this past week or so.
June was kind of hell for me. I went through the breakdown of an 11 year relationship with a 7 month old in the middle of it. The soon...

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52. Getting To Know The Grey

The ride to City Hall was short, but they ended up spending twice as long waiting in the queue of carriages. Mister Grey nattered on, mainly talking about nothing. He commented on the city, neighbo...

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51. The Auction Cometh

  • Spellweaver: Tier 1 | Rank 4

  • Shadow Clone: Tier 2 | Rank 3

    • Shade’s Mantle

      • Shadow Stee...

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50. Armed With Shadowsteel

Memories of Earth had faded during Lukas’s sixty-odd years on the Realm of Greater Beings. Core memories remained, but the people in them had blurred. Names, roles, and emotions lingered, but fac...

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49. Investigations And Old Habits

Lukas reassigned the clones. Two now exclusively followed Stefan Santana, occasionally breaking away to tail suspicious people he interacted with. One continued to watch Mister Grey. It wasn’t th...

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48. Uncovering The Truth

When Lukas returned to Esther’s, Penelope wasn’t in the clinic. Instead, the vet invited him into her house, leading him to the familiar green patch with the armchair. Penelope sat with Bass in...

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47. Who Is The Mastermind?

“Elder Wyrmkin pride themselves in their close relationship to their dragon ancestors. The purer their bloodline, the more draconic their magic. It defines the theme of their magic or grants ...

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46. Quest Complete

 “You guys got this?” Elvis asked his fellow clones. Shade’s Mantle no longer covered their bodies. They had shaped everything ahead of them, creating spiky obstacles for the incoming fo...

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45. Theorycrafting Paying Off

Chaos had broken out in the cavern. Bass and Elder Wyrmkin warriors fought each other while simultaneously trying to fend off and put down the mutated phaser. The clones were working to destroy or ...

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44. The Cult Must Fall

Spellweaver’s description had warned Lukas to tread carefully as the consequences could potentially be disastrous. That didn’t matter now. He was specifically looking for disastrous consequence...

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43. Preparing For War

“What did you get?” Penelope asked when they found a quiet alcove. They kept pushing for another half hour until they were sure nothing had followed them, hoping for easy pickings. Chaos in the...

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42. What Lurks In The Deep

Essence of Magic Shaping

It didn’t bother Lukas that Penelope’s essence had come late. He didn’t see it contributing much to upgrading the Essence. Instead, he believed...

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41. Quest Coming

Entering Penelope’s room was an entirely different experience, with his Mind Pillar awakened. Lukas’s arcane senses had developed into something significantly more potent. He sensed strands of ...

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40. The Ritual

When it rains, it pours. 

Lukas had heard the phrase mostly in relation to bad luck or the affection of the opposite gender. He personally didn’t believe in luck and had mostly observe...

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39. Old Habits And Difficult Decisions

The speedster form didn’t look significantly different from Lukas. Its muscles were more toned, joints more flexible, and limbs ever so slightly longer. The differences were almost impossible to ...

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38. In Need Of Essence

“This place is so much bigger on the inside,” Lukas said, failing to keep the shock and awe out of his voice. “It’s bigger than your clinic, isn’t it?”

“I had to put a lifetime ...

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37. Training In The Shadows

“This is a pretty blade,” Lukas commented, holding up Magic Elvis’s creation up to the light. It was unbelievably light and sharp despite the lack of any enchantments or alchemical treatments...

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36. What Lies Below?

It took Lukas some time to patch together what had happened and what was going on. He had seen Wyrmkin in the clones’ memories, but they were different from the specimens he had encountered befor...

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35. Who To Trust?

The mishap around the Eastern City Wall market had taught Lukas his lesson. He knew not to wander too close to the region and only sent clones for deliveries and investigations to the area. It mean...

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