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Chapter 64: A Challenging Balance

Chapter 63: Opening Statements

Nathan climbed to the top of the platform, trying not to feel crushed by the eyes of the tens of thousands of Questors, not to mention some greater number watching remotely. Kaelis gave him a firm ...

Chapter 62: A Full House

That night, the Heirs gathered in their suite once more. After they’d returned to the Golden Respite they had all split up to their own tasks. Aarl had gone to see Slick to prepare to fight a var...

Chapter 61: The Arena of Concord

The Heirs discussed their planned speeches late into the night, going through multiple outlines before practicing. Nathan and Khachi had both given plenty of dramatic battlefield speeches and posse...

Chapter 60: Political Confrontations

Nathan and the Heirs stopped by their rooms to confirm they were in fact ludicrously luxurious before rejoining the Questors. Their guide led them to a large, multi-tiered meeting room. Half of it ...

Chapter 59: Dawn’s Concord

A/N: Sorry for the delay. Set this to release in the PM, not the AM.

The wilds flew by below them, occasionally marked by a dead dungeon or cultivated monsters that might pose a challenge to...

Chapter 58: Conflicting Opinions

The Heirs flew over the wilds with Sarya and Colborn, contemplating what they’d just learned. They’d each need to fight against Questors, and it was entirely possible they’d die in the doing....

Chapter 57: A System of Debate

The Heirs woke early the next morning, with Aarl gathering breakfast from outside their cave. According to Khachi, he’d joined them just an hour or two after the rest of them had gone to bed. Now...

Chapter 56: Small Talks

Nathan took a deep breath, centered himself, and prepared to engage in small talk. He’d already changed his face to make himself more popular with the Questors. He might as well put in the effort...

Chapter 55: Celebrations of Triumph

“We haven’t levelled yet,” Aarl noted as the Heirs made their way back to the starting location at a much more sedate pace than how they’d left it. “The battle must not be over.”

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Chapter 54: Claiming Glory

Nathan dropped his gory trophy and whirled around, checking on the Heirs again. He’d fought Kamus for less than thirty seconds, but that was an eternity in high-level combat. He’d also had to r...

Chapter 53: Wizard’s Domain

Nathan half-expected the battle to end right there and then. Stella had just dropped a spell that triggered nuclear fusion onto the enemy stronghold. Nathan was still miles away, but the shockwaves...

Chapter 52: A Short, Victorious War

Author's Note: The battle continues. If you want the full thing, wait until next Thursday. Also, merry Christmas!

There was a brief scramble as everyone moved to their assig...

Chapter 51: A Meeting of Powers

The Heirs had an audience as they came in for their landing on the grassy hilltop. The gathered Questors looked up from their own conversations with interested expressions, but only one of them sto...

Chapter 50: A Show of Vanity

The Heirs awoke very early, Khachi making sure they all got up at the desired time. They ignored most of the luxuries of the suite, defaulting to the ritual of the trail as they got ready to fight....

Chapter 49: Staging for War

By focusing on the individual components of the message, Nathan could see more details on the terms for the upcoming war. If he focused on the section describing the area as a wilderness combat zon...

Chapter 48: Polite Terms

Aarl was the first to step out of the carriage, tossing Nathan a set of clothes. Sarya followed a moment later, waiting for Nathan to finish slipping his new garments on and then signaling for him ...

Chapter 47: Unfriendly Skies

Author's note: I edited the previous chapter to introduce the leader of the Aleph grid by name - it's Evesor.

The pre-meeting meeting went on for longer than it probably needed to. Ka...

Chapter 46: The Forsaken Peak

Their carriage took a turn off the main thoroughfare, but the ambushers shifted to match. Half of them were out of the picture, on the other side of the original route and unable to reposition in t...

Chapter 45: Smart Systems

Khachi floated down to land next to their Questor guides, his glowing fur blowing in the opposite direction as the breeze. They both stared at him, confused and a little bit scared. “I communed w...

Chapter 44: A Godly Corpse

The Crater of Fallen Gods didn’t look very different from the other crater lakes they’d passed on the journey. It was one of the larger craters at nearly a dozen miles across. The primary disti...

Chapter 43: A Cultural Exchange

A/N: I initially posted chapter 42 again by accident. Here's chapter 43!

The Heirs followed the two Questors into Driftmere. It was a weird town, carved out of a massive chun...

Chapter 42: A Land of Legend

“Does it worry you, heading towards the graveyard of gods?” Aarl asked Khachi. They were abovedeck, eating some kind of wrap-like dish that was served steaming hot. Eiolinne said it was suppose...

Chapter 41: A Continent of Legend

The Grace of the Mists cut itself loose from the docks and set sail as soon as the Heirs had stepped aboard. They aimed for the mouth of the bay that protected Helmaris and the open ocean ...

Chapter 40: Calming Travel

The Heirs ate a leisurely breakfast, with Aarl breaking out some of the precious supplies they’d saved from Gemore for a taste of home. They’d all spent several days awake and in combat mode, a...

Chapter 39: Introductions to Questor Politics

“We’ll Travel to Ostren first,” Kaelis said. “The invitation is not yet issued, but the first pieces have been set. We can take you through the land and introduce you to my hopefuls before ...

Chapter 38: Recognition of Heroes

The Heirs came down from the sky, slowly descending into the coliseum cut into the center of the ruined city. 

“Why is the mana so thin? I thought the Seals made mana,” Stella said. ...

Chapter 37: To Redeem a Continent

Nathan took a deep breath and squared himself, standing before the magical construct that had doomed a continent. He’d been confused when Sarya had said you needed a powerful wizard to fix a corr...

Chapter 36: Hearts of Darkness

The Seal in Old Gemore had been at the heart of the city, atop a mountain curled like a wave poised to crash. The magical workings that sustained the Heirs’ home continent had been within that mo...

Chapter 35: Chains of Corruption

Nathan looked around, trying to get a sense of where they were now that the storm of magic had stopped. The corrosive death mana had cleansed every bit of dust out of the air for miles around. The ...