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Savage Awakening 64. Storm of Feathers (II)

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The tornado tore down the Gorge, one terrible black tower of Monster flesh. Utterly crushing.

Then it stilled. Shivered.

And, at its very bottom, flickered red.

The re...

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Savage Awakening 63. Storm of Feathers

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Clearance Objectives:

Floor 1

Slay the Galefeather Raven

Slay the Thunderous Beast

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Savage Awakening 62. Rebirth in Flame

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Reina was true to her word. It took her just about three hours to get here, and she brought a team to help. He recognized Ethan, the burly bear-like man he’d dueled once, who nodded c...

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Savage Awakening 61. Fighting Fire With Fire (VI)

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Neal came close enough to Inspect. He was a thin man, sharply featured, with the sort of face that seemed to be scowling even at rest. Right now it was not at rest.

It was trained...

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Savage Awakening 60. Fighting Fire with Fire (V)

A/N: added to phoenix in Chap 35

Minor Law of of Fiery Rebirth (Elemental Law of Fire)

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"Any...

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Savage Awakening 59. Fighting Fire with Fire (IV)

A/N: Irina magomedov’s name has been changed to Irina Volkova

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Well, that was easy.

Zane watched a few hundred tons of steel go toppling ...

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Savage Awakening 58. Fighting Fire With Fire (III)

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Zane raised an arm.

The cultists all ran, screaming, bolting through the trees in a hundred different directions. They were lost instantly in the foliage.

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Savage Awakening 57. Fire With Fire (II)

A/N: Faction name changed from White Flame to Cult of the Black Flame

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Savage Awakening 56. Fighting Fire With Fire (I)

A/N: some of you may recall ‘reactive redirection’ from an earlier chapter—I cut that there and put it here for flow

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Zane tried coming up with an e...

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Savage Awakening 55. Spirit Steel (II)

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The air warped around the Sage's hands, compressing, trembling. His fingers looked like an impressionist painting. Zane could feel the tension hidden between those palms, like ...

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Savage Awakening 54. Spirit Steel (I)

A/N: one chapter today! See y'all around noon EST tomorrow

I have retconned all training zones to “Dojos”

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Zane read it over a few times.

Giving up 1....

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Savage Awakening 53. New Deal

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Jason Walker?

It couldn't be the same Jason Walker. Right? But in Zane's gut, he knew.

It had to be. This was Zane's brother he was talking about. It would've been more shoc...

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Savage Awakening 52. The Finish (II)

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A/N: Merry Christmas!! 🎄🎄

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Marcus used to love his throne room. It was grand and vast, and when you walked about, you could hear yo...

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Savage Awakening 51. The Finish (I)

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The next morning, as most of the camp was still dozing, Zane saw a Signature's dot pop up on his mini-map.

It came in the same region as before. The dead forest, the lair of the K...

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Savage Awakening 50. The Battle of Olympia Beach (III)

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Long chapter!

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Zane went straight for the head.

Marcus was still staring at his stump of a hand in a daze. He only barely managed to prop up his sword. The Axes scre...

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Savage Awakening 49. The Battle of Olympia Beach (II)

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Edit notes: added Law section of Marcus’s inspect to previous chapter

Major Law of Holy Cleansing (Elemental Law of the Sacred)

Minor...

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Savage Awakening Chapter 48. The Battle of Olympia Beach (I)

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An hour before they left, Zane and Avery had a final training session.

It happened like this—

Reina had just briefed him on the plan. He stood there waiting for her to gat...

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Savage Awakening Chapter 47. The Calm Before the Storm...

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A/N: Thanks to everyone who left feedback! Really appreciate it. I hear you on the timelines. Thinking on a fix, may include something that grounds the story a bit in t...

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Savage Awakening 46. The Deal

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Edit: added to previous chap:

Marcus Blackwell, The Soldier of God, World Rank #44 by Level according to his C-ranked Beacon, sat on his thr...

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Savage Awakening 45. The Duel

At dawn it as as though the whole Faction had gathered to watch Zane fight. He was reminded, weirdly, of a college football game. Last night Reina had spread the news. Everyone knew it would take p...

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Savage Awakening 44. Laws of Sharpness (II)

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That swordsman went from not even scratching the dragon-turtle's hide to beheading the thing.

That jump… it wasn’t the jump from Minor to Major. Whatever that man comprehended...

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Savage Awakening 43. Laws of Sharpness (I)

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Apparently the Law Fruit he'd found in that dungeon chest wasn't the only one.

Before he left, Reina presented him with a sack of them. There were five more the warriors had picke...

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Savage Awakening 42. Poisoned Pawn

Reina asked him to stand beside her as the first batch of sub-Factions rolled in. She said he didn't need to do anything—just stand there.

By now things were pretty much back to normal betw...

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Savage Awakening 41. Little Things

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Zane was sitting against the cabin wall, thinking about his new Major Law, when Avery woke.

He heard her groan, and he was on his feet in an instant. She rubbed her eyes, blinking...

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Savage Awakening 40. The Battle of Mount Saint Helens (III)

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He'd never known such rage.

Ignition.

Combustion.

Eruption.

Undying Flame.

Zane howled, and he felt them all at once. Something within him caught fire. And...

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Savage Awakening 39. The Battle of Mount Saint Helens (II)

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A/N: You can access the table of contents for this story via Patreon’s ‘Collections’ feature:

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Savage Awakening 38. The Battle of Mount Saint Helens (I)

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Where the Molten Phoenix's lair was a vast expanse, the Brimstone Golem's was a cramped bedrock cell. Its walls were craggy and bleak. The ground was shattered, run over with c...

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Savage Awakening 37. Volcanic Core

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A/N

housekeeping: universal Laws are now *elemental Laws*

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Cavern of Insight: Volcanic Core (D)

A se...

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Savage Awakening 36. Molten Phoenix (II)

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Edited to add to 32:

“They stuffed the most useful treasures there in the Bag of Holding and left. Avery said to keep the Heart of the Volcano on him—even just having it near ...

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Savage Awakening 35. Molten Phoenix (I)

One day earlier

Seattle, WA

Iron Legion Headquarters

Marcus Blackwell, Signature Title: Soldier of God, convened his war council...

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