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Chapter 781: To Make a Hero

“He's finally gonna talk about us,” Cedric whispered.

Alex paused the record. “It looks like it…and there's already a lot for us to digest.”

“Now we find out why and how he ...

Chapter 780: The Villain Behind the Curtain

“Oh shit,” Alex muttered beneath his breath, his stomach sinking. He could already tell where this was going.

A god, desperate to survive, now being forgotten.

It was easy to guess ...

Chapter 779: The First Ravener

When Alex returned with the others to Uldar’s Rise, there was no lack of Watchers present.

The area was secured, and a perimeter had been established, fortifying the gate. Watcher Hill was ...

Chapter 778: Smoking out the Foxes in the Henhouse

“What do you mean trying to smoke the foxes out of the henhouse?” Alex asked. “Has something been going on with the army?”

“It started with transfers,” Hart said. “Officers tran...

Book 6 launches today in e-book and paperback!

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IT'S BOOK 6 TIME!

So we're here today, with book 6 launching on amazon! It's been a long journey here, and I'm so thankful to you all for walking it with me so ...

Chapter 777: The General and the Heroes

“Do my eyes deceive me?” Professor Jules called into the night, her eyes wide. Isolde was beside her. “Is that you, Mr. Roth? Please tell me you're not some apparition created as a result of ...

Chapter 776: Returning to the Homefront

Cedric of Clan Duncan was tired.

Tired in ways he didn't know were even possible.

Around the time his fellow Hero—and friend—Alex Roth had gone, looking for the sanctum of that anci...

Chapter 775: The Theft

“So that's why Aenflynn wanted those children!” Alex cried, pausing the recording.

“Why’d you stop?” Theresa demanded. “It sounded like we were about to learn something really imp...

Chapter 774: The Meeting of Old Friends and the Beginnings of Thameland

At the mention of the fae lord, Alex and Theresa looked at each other. Neither said a word: not wanting to interrupt what Uldar said next.

The god looked wistful. “One of my greatest regret...

Chapter 773: The Early Entries in the Journal of a Dying God

“By the Traveller!” Theresa screamed.

“By my ancestors, what?” Birger stumbled into his son.

Bjorgrund backpedalled, stumbling into Grimloch.

Brutus began barking.

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Chapter 772: Opening the Journal

Uldar’s throne room was quiet at long last.

The only sounds one could hear were the laboured breathing of Theresa, Grimloch, and Brutus. All eyes were fixed on the dust on the floor at 2024-01-30 20:04:40 +0000 UTC View Post

Chapter 771: A Life Without Meaning

Inside, Alex could feel the energies of the divine interdiction dying a slow death. Hannah's own power—the otherworldly strength he’d been granted by a burgeoning demigoddess, pushed against th...

Chapter 770: Three as One and Prey

Power, flowing from her swords, raced through Theresa's veins.

Energies churned throughout her being, uniting with her reinforced lifeforce. They shone with the essence of life and divinity.<...

Chapter 769: The Fusion

“How's it coming?” Bjorgrund asked, pacing back-and-forth.

“It's coming,” Alex growled. “But you have to let me focus. This is not easy.”

Within him, two powerful e...

Chapter 768: The Death of Purpose

Gabrian kept screaming.

Screaming until his lungs hurt. He screamed until it felt like his throat was bleeding. He screamed until the echoes of his voice felt as though they would drive him t...

Chapter 767: The Apostle's Misery

“Do you hear something?” Grimloch asked.

“No, why?” Theresa peered up at the moving images in Uldar’s viewing room.

“Thought I did,” the sharkman said, his black doll-like...

Chapter 766: The Few Who Survive

The divine interdiction coiled around his soul, much like it had in the forest in the Irtyshenan Empire, squeezing itself around the Traveller’s power.

Alex clenched his teeth as his telepo...

Chapter 765: The Unmaking

The army of monsters came on like a tidal wave of death.

Celestial dire tigers—now well outnumbering the remaining church members—leapt for the resolved warriors, claws tearing and powerf...

Chapter 764: Boom

Disappointed.

Alex had to admit, he was disappointed.

For days, he’d been looking forward to one particular moment: the moment he would watch Gabrian’s shocked face change. He’d p...

Chapter 763: The Return of the General

Birger was all smiles as he stood at the controls, watching the Third Apostle and his weakening forces retreat, heading back to the entrance where the three statues were. To say that their numbers ...

Chapter 762: Sanctified Storm

Stones rattled against the Stalker’s hand like an impending earthquake coming near.

Spiderweb cracks climbed the wall, spreading through the stone.

The young wizard frowned. “Now,�...

Chapter 761: The Darkest Humour

A loud click alerted the young wizard.

Alex looked over his shoulder.

Slots slid open in gaps between every stone in the chamber; floor, walls and  even ceiling. G...

Chapter 760: Into the Portal Maze

Watching them—through the portal—the Fool’s face twisted in shock and terror.

“Shit!” he shouted in mock surprise, turning and fleeing deeper into the sanctum.

“After him!�...

Chapter 759: The Trap

In a southern mountain range within the Irtyshenan Empire, a cold wind whistled across the towering peaks. Strong, intermittently gale force winds blew across the mountains from the north, bringing...

Chapter 758: A Great Decision

For the first time in many years—many centuries in truth—the First Apostle was divided.

When he’d least expected it, a crossroads had appeared before him. For months, his only purpose h...

Chapter 757: The Crossroads

The Ravener-spawn waited a bit away from the hidden church’s encampment.

Gabrian had seen these sorts of creatures before, with their humanoid shape, long claws, and scab-like, hardened ski...

Chapter 756: The Strange Messenger

“So what's the plan?” Birger asked as he, Alex, and Bjorgrund strode into the laboratory. “How exactly are we going to get them here?”

“I’m sure they're going crazy trying to find...

Chapter 755: The Legend of the Last Fool (Chapter 1 of Book 9, the final volume)

“Gather around fine folk, and let me tell you a marvelous tale on this fine evening!” the bard called to patrons across the tavern.

He was a tubby man, his balding scalp was barely hidden...

Chapter 754: Hidden Icons (Final Chapter of Book 8)

“You know, I thought we were going to die,” Birger shook his head, seeming shocked that they were still alive. He raised his arms toward the ceiling, stretching his aching back as the trio ente...

Chapter 753: Army's Completion

“Oh hells!” Birger hissed, frozen in place like a mouse before a snake.

“Beautiful…” his rune-marked son murmured, his voice a mix of awe and fear.

The mighty war-spirit—a c...