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Chapter 722 - Success?

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Guiding someone else’s spell without a Skill of his own, even with an Incarnate instead of an Aspect, was like trying to type with mittens on. Sure, you could mak...

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Chapter 721 - So where is the Viper?

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Serenity shifted his awareness back to the body he had on the surface. He leaned into the information available from the ritual circle, only to find out that it was ...

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Chapter 720 - Delivery

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Raz chipped away at the stone floor under the ritual circle’s outer ward. When he used the Skill properly, it was more like stone slowly melted into the configurat...

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Discord

There is now a Discord for this story.

If you link your Discord to your Patreon account, it will automatically give you the correct roles when you join (and I believe it'll add the server as ...

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Chapter 719 - Shell Game

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The feeling that came from the figure made of shadows was familiar. It wasn’t Death, but it was something Serenity felt almost every day.

The figure felt of P...

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Chapter 718 - Ritual Disassembly

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Legion spoke while Serenity was still trying to understand enough of the ritual to actually do something. “Zanzital is fighting the Viper outside their assigned ...

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Chapter 717 - Back Inside

Today's late post is due to a pair of SpaceX launches (the second one scrubbed again - it was weather delayed from yesterday, not sure what caused today's delay to tomorrow) and my parents' desire ...

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Chapter 716 - Something Different?

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“I don’t think they’re going to go back to the old search routines.” Daryl stared at the images Ita projected on the wall. “I don’t think I can take out ...

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Chapter 715 - Trees and Mud

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The first attack didn’t draw out the Viper. No one expected it to, but it was still somehow a disappointment.

Daryl waited three days before the next attack,...

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Chapter 714 - Scheming

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“Why won’t you let him know you’re here? You know he’d come to see you. He’s supposed to be in New York City again soon.” Red set her hands on her hips. ...

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Chapter 713 - Treefall

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The trap was far more effective than anyone expected.

The flashes were seen soon after the soldiers moved into the forest the next morning. The scout who found ...

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Chapter 712 - We Need a Lure

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The Viper was the person they needed to draw out of the base. The information from Amily only made it more important; while Serenity could lay Hollow Ones to rest e...

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Chapter 711 - Treed?

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The skid gave the guards behind Serenity some time to reduce the distance they were behind him, but they weren’t willing to run headlong over the scrap that covered ...

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Chapter 710 - Plan Modification

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Blood from the man Amily murdered soaked into Amily’s pants as Serenity sat where he’d absorbed her. The man’s heart sat on his other side; he knew Amily had plan...

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Chapter 709 - The Viper’s Fallback

My sister came into town and I spent the day with her ... and it seems that I forgot to put the chapter out on time. Oops!

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Amily became the Viper’s secret blade...

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Chapter 708 - Betrayal

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The lights near Serenity were still on when the biplanes were all damaged and unflyable. Serenity deactivated the ritual at the camp that watched the base as Rissa st...

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Chapter 707 - It Starts Well

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The first step of the plan went off without a hitch. Serenity took his time. There were plenty of shadows to hide Serenity’s Sovereign form, but hurrying would still ...

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Chapter 706 - Plan Revisions

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Straightening out the confusion caused by the Guildmaster’s lack of knowledge took hours. It wasn’t helped by Zany’s insistence on learning more about Serenit...

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Chapter 705 - A Letter from Asihanya

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In a way, Lex was actually grateful for the timing of the latest worldwide earthquake. Yes, it left him unable to head to the island he now called the Appearing Island ...

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Chapter 704 - Convincing Argument

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“He’s awake,” Blaze announced. It wasn’t necessary for Serenity, but it drew the attention of Gabriel and Daryl. “Probably still confused about what’s going ...

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Chapter 703 - Aftermath

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Serenity ate the massive amount of Death-attuned mana Zany emitted at the end of the fight. He pulled it towards each of the three sets of armor he was being to ...

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Chapter 702 - A Somewhat Expected Misunderstanding

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Zanzital reached out for the dungeon again. He didn’t understand why it kept disappearing. The fact that he hadn’t been able to bind it yet wa...

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Chapter 701 - A Modified Plan

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One ritual followed another over the next two days. Each time, Serenity felt the Guildmaster’s presence; several times, it seemed like he was reaching out towar...

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Chapter 700 - A Strange Feeling

I was supposed to make up time today ...

...and then life happened. The good news is that I'm fine, but it was a bit of an exciting evening.

I think I can guarantee at this point that t...

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Chapter 699 - Healing

Wednesdays are usually bad because I have to get up early and stay at work late.

This week is extra annoying because by those standards, I have three Wednesdays this week - and today and tomo...

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Chapter 698 - Inadequate Information

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Serenity was well-rested and cheerful when he showed up at the Mercenaries' Guild the next morning with Rissa, Blaze, Raz, and one of Legion’s bodies in tow. Legion w...

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Chapter 697 - Solomon Vases

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“Are you sure?” Russ Latimer tamped down his hope; simply because Dr. Jones thought he’d found another Solomon vase didn’t mean it would lead anywhere. The ...

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Chapter 696 - Wake Up

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Exploring old ruins was not a common job; it was, however, definitely one Vengeance had done. How dangerous it was varied highly, from world to world and even ruin to...

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Chapter 695 - Emergency Bead

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The bead even had the symbol of Order’s Guild on it; it was subtle, but it was there. This was one of the ones anyone could use, with the hand closed into a fist hold...

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Chapter 694 - Separation

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Before she started, Emery described each step in excruciating detail, including all sorts of tips on what to do and not do with each tool she was going to use. Seren...

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