Chapter 172: Demon and Demigod
Karchek laughed as he took a step toward Lysette. “Oh Lyse, you are simply too much. Placing your faith and trust in Saffron Ateni, Demon Slayer? Truly, I thought you were smarter than that! But since I seem to have overestimated your intelligence, let me spell it out for you. She’ll dispose of you the moment you’ve outlived your usefulness to her.&nb...
2024-08-04 18:42:50 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 171: Into the Depths
Saffron took a long breath as she looked around the frozen peaks. If it was cold in the post-midnight air atop frozen peaks, neither she nor Mirae were showing any signs of discomfort. The former seemed lost in thought, as though she were trying to remember something. And the latter was completely taken by their continued rage at seeing the core of their Domain mocked and twisted by t...
2024-08-04 18:42:09 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 170: Karchek, Demonic Cultivator
Lysette floated in silence over the starlight skies just south of Ciricu as she processed exactly what Saffron had just told her. Not only was Karchek an actual being and not just a legend to the people of the town below, but he was, in fact, a demon. One at least five hundred years old, and one which Saffron chose to imprison rather than kill. That last part in particular...
2024-08-04 18:41:36 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 169: What Lurks in the Dark
Midnight approached, and Lysette stood on the rooftop of the small shack. She and Mirae would be temporarily staying there until together they built a more permanent residence.
The silvery half moon was nearing the horizon, an ever-present reminder of the tasks which still lay ahead. But for now, there were more pressing concerns. Listening for the Whispers, w...
2024-08-04 18:40:56 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 168: A Child's Joy
“Alright, you three,” Sabrina’s mother said. “Don’t be gone too long, okay?”
“Okay, Mommy,” Sabrina said. “We’ll be back soon!”
Lysette nodded and took Sabrina’s hand, picking her up into a princess carry. “I’ll take care of her and see her brought back safe and sound within the half hour.”
“And I will keep an eye on her,” Mirae said, ...
2024-08-04 18:40:23 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 167: Demons of Aimarion's Past
“Demons?” Lysette said. “Are you serious?”
“I don’t think any of us can say for certain,” Joseph said. “Most of what we know are just legends, stories, tales from before our grandparents’ grandparents’ grandparents. Whether these are actual beings from the Infernal realm or monsters from our world or some ancient gods sent from the Celestial realm, ...
2024-07-28 22:53:13 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 166: Whispers of the Foothills
“The Whispers?” Lysette asked. “What can you tell me about them?”
“I’ve not experienced them myself,” Theo said, “but I know a couple of the elders have been talking about them. Apparently, they happen late at night, usually shortly before midnight, and they sound like a calm, comforting voice beckoning the victim out of their sleep and… well, I don...
2024-07-28 02:07:17 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 165: Theo's Training
Lysette made her way to the center of town with Mirae wrapped around her arm. Though, with so many people wanting to exchange pleasantries and discuss various happenings throughout the town, what could have been a fifteen second flight was instead a forty-five minute stroll.
She didn’t mind the delays at all— for the first time in weeks, there was no imminent threat barrelin...
2024-07-26 14:29:44 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 164: Long-Awaited Arrival
Lysette smiled as a cool northerly gust blew through the skies above northern Domaria in the early afternoon. She and Mirae had long past Gnaria on their flight and now were nearing the southern foothills of the Spire Mountains. The rocky crags were sharp and pointed as befitting their name, and upon the highest peaks in the distance was the pale white of snow that seemed as stubborn a...
2024-07-26 14:29:19 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 163: A New Assignment
Lysette and Mirae took wing soon after the latter and their grandmother’s tearful reunion and subsequent departure. Mirae still looked wistful, occasionally looking back at their family home as they flew off to the northwest where the guildhall lay.
“Do you want to stop on the way there to see your brother?” Lysette asked. “I’m sure we can spare the brief detour.”
...
2024-07-26 14:28:50 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 162: Mirae's Family
Lysette and Mirae drifted down from the floating city of Domark down to the surface about a mile below. As they descended, both enjoyed the cool refreshment of a pair of clouds floating through the sky, using the cover granted as an opportunity to steal a long and passionate kiss.
An errant thought slipped through her mind as they descended down toward the surface. Clouds certainly did...
2024-07-26 14:28:26 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 161: Rebuilding
Lysette closed her eyes and tilted her head toward the sky as a warm westerly wind blew over the campus of the Domark Cultivation Academy. Night had given way to dawn and now midmorning, just the same as it had every other day. It was a fleeting reminder that, despite the warring between the gods and their mortal and demigod supplicants, the world had thus far endured. It survived the firs...
2024-07-26 14:26:05 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 160: The Aftermath [Book 2 Epilogue]
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2024-07-20 18:27:28 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 159: Blazing Toward the Future
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2024-07-20 18:26:56 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 158: The Monster Within
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2024-07-20 18:26:25 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 157: The Ultimate Duel
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2024-07-20 18:25:55 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 156: Order and Chaos
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2024-07-20 18:25:18 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 155: Countdown
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2024-07-15 01:25:24 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 154: Mirae's Advice
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2024-07-15 01:24:55 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 153: Amalia's Decision
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2024-07-15 01:24:36 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 152: The More Things Change
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2024-07-15 01:21:15 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 151: Periapt of Stability
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2024-07-15 01:18:53 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 150: Meeting of Fates
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2024-07-08 02:02:07 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 149: Confluence of Four Demigods
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2024-07-08 02:01:23 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 148: To Forget is Divine
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2024-07-08 02:00:51 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 147: Silver's Fate
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2024-07-08 02:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 146: The Guild's Purpose
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2024-07-08 01:59:54 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 145: The Domark Assassins' Guild
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2024-07-01 10:54:12 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 144: The Undercity
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2024-07-01 10:53:31 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 143: Yet More Assassins
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