Author's Note: Sorry for the late chapter. Hectic day.
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"Good luck today,” Caen told Guinevere.
“Thanks!” she said, pulling on her boots in the shared parlor.
It was about 6 in the...
2025-11-21 14:30:03 +0000 UTC View Post[You should see the Citadel up close,] Zeris said, coming to stand beside him.
The air all around Caen grew agitated, and a not-quite-loud chime sounded from the top of one of the taller buildings here. Chimes chorused from many other buildi...
2025-11-20 12:00:21 +0000 UTC View PostNimue scoffed. “That’s so rude of you, Guin-Guin.”
“Sorry! I love you,” Guinevere said. “But I want to gossip with my friends.”
Nimue waved a hand, chuckling. “Sure, sure.”
[What happened?] Zeris asked.
[I...
2025-11-19 12:35:23 +0000 UTC View PostAs soon as Chasma had finished feeding, Caen had reshaped the fragment into a sleeve on his right arm. Chasma shone with the colors of Parthran bioluminescence, conveying feelings of contentment to Caen through their bond.
Caen walked into h...
2025-11-18 12:15:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe time construct in the corner of Caen’s vision put the time at about 6 in the evening. Caen had woken up nearly two hours ago and had decided to do some training before his clone returned.
Right now, his willpower was enduring qui...
2025-11-17 12:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note: I'm sorry for the late chapter. My sibling's house was broken into by like 4am. They're okay, but their gadgets were stolen. I've been there with them and the police all morning. Just getting home now. Utterly horrified. 2025-11-16 14:30:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Caen was keenly aware of the unresponsive clone. Just as The Seventh Guile had described it, this clone felt like an active extension of Caen. And he could… return it to himself.
Caen pulled. And the clone vanished, flowing back i...
2025-11-15 12:00:19 +0000 UTC View PostIt only took a few moments to shape Chasma into a huge sphere within which forty-odd shadeling corpses were tightly packed together. Caen had paired Chasma’s spirit receptor with Body-enhancement.
Sormot and the mercenaries wore amused loo...
2025-11-14 12:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostCaen used Soul-sense for the next seven hours in every way he knew how to.
He furled and unfurled his existence at different intensities. He Mimicked Chasma’s affinities and abilities. He formed bridges between Chasma, The Seventh Guile, a...
2025-11-13 12:02:01 +0000 UTC View Post“I am layering anti-divination spells on you,” Sh’kteiro said, concern clear in his voice.
Caen still felt disconcerted. The broader the parameters of an anti-divination spell, the less effective it was. The Seventh Guile had said that...
2025-11-12 12:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post“Oaths, oaths, oaths. Is it truly necessary to swear yet another?” Bimpthki asked, after Caen proposed a second contract.
Everyone in the room watched the blue-skinned man quietly, even his companion, Povida.
He made another sound ...
2025-11-11 12:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note: Sorry for the late chapter today. Made some last-minute adjustments and that took longer than expected.
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For all Caen knew, the Summoners might already be sending more summoned creatu...
2025-11-10 12:44:04 +0000 UTC View PostCaen bid Chasma to cover his head entirely.
Even with his maximally heightened processing speed, Caen could not track the movements of the largest spider summon. Before he could blink, it was in front of him.
As was Sormot, thank...
2025-11-09 12:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post“Very Interesting,” Sormot, the Percipient Body-enhancer, said with a rhotic trill, leaning over the shadeling, whose neck was trapped between the prongs of her bident.
The fox-like creature was as tall as a two-tailed shadeling—about ...
2025-11-08 12:10:05 +0000 UTC View PostUncle Teiro was waiting for them at the Drenlin airdocks.
There was a drizzle as dark clouds rumbled overhead. The construct in the corner of Caen’s vision marked the time to be 10 at night. All holding umbrellas, they made their way...
2025-11-07 12:20:18 +0000 UTC View PostThe fine spray of saltwater danced in the early morning air as their boat sped off towards the offshore terminal. Caen sat downwind, watching the retreating island. The biennial celebrations weren’t over yet. This would be the first time he hadn...
2025-11-06 12:00:15 +0000 UTC View Post“I agree with Orissa,” Vensha said, arms folded. “The rest of you should stay here till the end of the celebrations. Maybe even longer.”
They had all congregated in his grandparents’ apartment on the first stratum of the island. 2025-11-05 12:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Caen sat at the table in Zeris's room, scanning his spirit. He’d been at this for a few hours now. Locating his fourth bloodline always took some time and effort.
It was slippery and extremely given to concealment, but he eventually ...
2025-11-04 12:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostCaen sat in the grand arena among other members of the Faithful Descent faction. The loud cheers of the surrounding spectators were deafening. Multitudes of people chanted different things.
Caen’s entire vision was nearly blotted out by th...
2025-11-03 12:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostThe rise of his Contract affinity had brought some significant improvements to Mimicry.
Not only could Caen sense a harmony in his soul, he could also sense a keen disharmony; a lasting impression of incongruity that he couldn’t ignore. An...
2025-11-02 12:02:01 +0000 UTC View PostGahairis smiled as she watched Ar’Caen carefully word his request.
Parthra, she knew, was an excellent judge of character. And from what little she’d seen of this boy, he was respectful and very diligent. Very much like that stubbo...
2025-11-01 12:00:26 +0000 UTC View Post“Magister Fermien Aialda sat me down and lectured me on the conceptual elements of the Ardor bloodline. He explained to me that it was not limited to Fire magic and that it concerned the intentions, desires, and passions of people, myself includ...
2025-10-31 12:00:27 +0000 UTC View PostWithout Mimicking its spirit receptor, Caen sent an impression to Chasma. He’d practiced this with the fragment earlier. It peeled away from his face, just as he took off the remains of his helmet.
Grand Elder Fenendis seemed disappointed,...
2025-10-30 12:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostDolo sat on the edge of her seat, watching the projection on the glass panel with bated breath as Herb Mask walked slowly towards the exit point. Many Returned near him moved away from his path.
The cooling wards rendered this viewing booth ...
2025-10-29 12:00:19 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note: I am so sorry for the terrible delay. I had a family emergency that came up hours ago, and I've been occupied ever since. No need to be alarmed. Everything is fine now. Here's today's chapter.
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Two ni...
2025-10-28 14:15:01 +0000 UTC View PostCutting a straight path to the edge of the arena was much harder than Caen had hoped.
The walls were very durable, but then, at times, mid-combat, the labyrinth would rearrange itself to such a point that his orientation was thrown off...
2025-10-27 12:05:44 +0000 UTC View Post“You should be worrying about fixing your fluctuation,” Stormsong rumbled.
“I’m more worried about making it to the end of the trial, if I’m being honest,” Caen replied.
“Walls are nothing to a storm...
2025-10-26 12:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostCaen immediately paired Stormsong’s Mimicked enchantments with Dream-guarding. He sped up his processing and split his mind four ways, assigning them to different tasks just as a hail of crystal shards crashed into his legs painfully.
He d...
2025-10-25 12:01:21 +0000 UTC View PostSince he couldn’t cast Divination spells at the moment and could no longer see what was on the other side of the dome, Caen kept enough distance between himself and its ever-retreating edge. Between his helmet and the fragment covering his head,...
2025-10-24 12:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostCaen leaped to the left as an Earth practician caused the ground beneath him to become spongy.
The geas would not allow Caen to flee from a fight. He could resist the magical compulsion easily enough, but he did not want to lose any of the p...
2025-10-23 12:00:18 +0000 UTC View Post