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Savage Awakening 443. The Second Challenge (IV)

When Zane stood, his aura pierced the skies.

Eh?!” shouted Brom.

Zane slammed a fist right through the Chief’s shattered face. The meaty squelch burst through the yard.<...

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Savage Awakening 442. The Second Challenge (III)

The Professor had barely finished his sentence when Zane's domain made contact.

And steamrolled those Tier 7 fields.

“What the—” was all he had time to choke out.

Then Zane ...

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Savage Awakening 441. The Second Challenge (II)

3 hours until the Second Challenge…

Tyler and Becca were on the case. Behind them, on a giant split-screen, were all of Earth’s top Rankers. There was Eze polishing his g...

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Savage Awakening 440. The Second Challenge (I)

Zane didn’t know Noughtfire could get that angry.

That was awesome.

The sight of that pillar stayed seared in his mind.

That Dark Elf Prince had run through Empyreans. And Nough...

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Savage Awakening 439. The Second Shard

Zane tossed the Shard of Destruction around in his hand, feeling its weight.

What little of that light made it out was destroying the ground around him. Not melting, not vaporizing, not evapo...

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Savage Awakening 438. Red Giant (IV)

The scene zoomed in—and there stood Zane, shirtless as usual, with his back to them, facing down an encroaching black sea.

Brom gave a start. “Is that…?!” he gasped.

He leaned a...

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Savage Awakening 437. Red Giant (III)

Zane pulled up the next challenge. The box glowed before his eyes:

Countdown to 2nd Challenge: 2 months

He’d get his first Shard of Destruction long before then.

<...

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Savage Awakening 436. Red Giant (II)

A/N: Editing mistake in previous chapters—Shards of True Destruction should’ve been adjusted to 12 System coins. Changed how event coins were awarded, so the price had to accou...

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Savage Awakening 435. Red Giant (I)

His domain was a field of furious colors.

The red of the Red Giant—harsh and dense, seared through with the white of destruction, seared through with darker reds, the reds of battle blood. ...

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Savage Awakening 434. All Out (II)

Zane stomped. And brought the full strength of his domain to bear.

Magnetic Hotspot raged to life, bolstering his hammers; heavy Solar Winds tore out of the edges of his Axes.

They stru...

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Savage Awakening 433. All Out (I)

By the end of it, craters razed the dunes flat. The desert was a smoking wreck.

Warning!

Health under 75%

Calculating…

<...

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Savage Awakening 432. Farming Credits (V)

A/N:

We're back!

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The explosion snuffed out, and Zane stood.

The cyclops looked down, nose wrinkling, as if it smelled something very foul.

Zane loo...

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Savage Awakening 431. Farming Credits (IV)

In the first week, just two other Monsters' surges needed Zane’s intervention. He crushed both with little trouble.

+0.11 Credits

+0.24 Credits

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Savage Awakening 430. Farming Credits (III)

World Rank #44 Gunnar Beck took a drill of a claw straight to the chest. His knotted beard splattered red.

His bracer shattered, its Steelheart sigil breaking apart before his eyes…

H...

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Savage Awakening 429. Farming Credits (II)

He decided he’d head off right after he had one last lunch.

So he sat there stuffing in some of his new Dreamsteel on a beach, just enjoying the weather. A few seagulls looked at him funny....

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Savage Awakening 428. Farming Credits (I)

A/N: Changed the incentive structure for the coming waves! Zane will have more chances to earn Credits. The Shard of True Destruction has been adjusted to cost 12 Store Credits

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Savage Awakening 427. Heart Demon (III)

A howling jagged void tore open. First down the middle of the sky. Then—in two violent rips—running down the horizon.

Zane’s eyes narrowed.

That aura…

It stained the skies...

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Savage Awakening 426. Heart Demon (II)

A/N: Bonus chapter! Also, I a stat sheet to the last chapter!

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By the 74th attempt, Brad started getting visibly impatient.

By try 82 he started pistol-whi...

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Savage Awakening 425. Heart Demon (I)

“These bones have been preserved across Chaos Cycles,” said Reina, breathless. “Even million-year bones have a chance of fading away. But sometimes the System catches them.”

She showe...

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Savage Awakening 424. The Summit of Heroes (III)

No-one spoke up.

“Let’s take it down a notch,” said D’Angelo, giving Jason a dry look. But he was smiling. “We're on the same side.”

“I get the concern,” said Zane, stan...

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Savage Awakening 423. The Summit of Heroes (II)

She wore a dress that looked made of pure frost. Frost aura puffed out around her as she strode through. She made her way to the tower as though there were no crowd at all.

“She’s undergo...

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Savage Awakening 422. The Summit of Heroes (I)

“Welcome, folks, to WRN's live presentation of the Summit of Heroes!”

There stood Tyler, Earth’s local longtime WRN anchor, in a fluffy parka. Right beside him was his co-anchor Becca i...

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Savage Awakening 421. The Great Run (VI)

Noughtfire took a sip of tea. He closed his eyes, a ghost of a smile on his face.

For the old Sage, it was never in doubt.

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Out in the northern ice floes, the Titan Rhinos were...

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Savage Awakening 420. The Great Run (VII)

Zane’s breathing was getting heavy. He'd been sliced up so badly it seemed a miracle he was still upright—a constellation of gory X’s ripping down his body.

“He’s got to be under ha...

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Savage Awakening 419. The Great Run (VI)

There wasn't much room for him to get out of the way of their blows in this little crypt.

But it went the other way too. Once he laid out his Chains, they were stuck here with him.

He q...

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Savage Awakening 418. The Great Run (V)

“Ladies and gentlemen,” said Jake, a slight tremor in his voice. “We just saw two hundred-odd Minor Gods wiped—just like that!”

He laughed—just sheer disbelief. “He’s warm now...

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Savage Awakening 417. The Great Run (IV)

“Begin!”

The first chamber lit up—a beacon of System-blue light, showing a nest of pale blocks. The rest of the planet went dark.

Zane kicked off toward it and landed.

Beyon...

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Savage Awakening 416. The Great Run (III)

The Eclipse Stadium was one of the premier stadiums in all of the Dragonspire Galaxy, with a history of hosting era-defining events since the dawn of the Chaos Cycle. It had been transformed to hos...

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Savage Awakening 415. The Great Run (II)

A/N: Bonus chapter!

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Reina looked up and considered Zane—just considered him. She had a curious look on her face.

“…What?” He blinked.

“Nothing....

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Savage Awakening 414. The Great Run (I)

“Then we drank some spirits and I left,” Zane explained.

Noughtfire stayed quiet his whole story through, except to ask a clarifying question or two.

“…That,” he said slowly, ...

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