Matthew Jones
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Chapter 66 CHAPTER 66 THE AFTER-SONG A robotic voice once again echoed inside Lino’s head as the latter appeared completely dazed, staring into the throne with empty eyes . Lino came to at last, sighing deeply while robotic voice continued as though nothing had transpired . He knew better than to ask or wonder how; after all, Writ wasn’t a person . He lived far longer than Lino or Eshen, or anyone else alive or dead in this world . Besides, Lino already knew that Writ’s…-
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Chapter 65 CHAPTER 65 ASHEN FATE There was no light, Lino realized . There was only void, and he was in it, in solitary isolation, cleaved away from the fabric of the living . However, what he found the most strange, was the siege of stray emotions; they were not his own, but were seemingly shoved into him by an outside source . Pain, agony, abysmal loneliness unfitting of the world . He was forced to kneel, holding tightly onto his chest, growing short of breath . As though to answer his…
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Chapter 64 CHAPTER 64 WORLD ENDER Eshen stared deeply into Lino’s eyes, her own shadowy mirages of what they used to be . Her whole being appeared cloaked in darkness, in eternal shadows, barred from entering the realm of the living . Lino sensed strong battle intent coming from the depths of her soul, but it wasn’t aimed at him - but at the source of that robotic voice within him . He didn’t know what transpired between the two, but he did know that he will be the one to suffer the…
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Chapter 63 CHAPTER 63 ABANDONED CHILD A youthful man hung over clasps, his head lowered, arms raised up above his back, broken where they latched onto the shoulders completely, his whole skin infected with deep, crossing wounds . They bled profusely, filling up the small pond beneath him with scarlet blood . His breathing was low, almost inaudible, yet it was there . Smite was conscious, too afraid to fall asleep as it could signal his death . He’d only spent five hours here, yet it felt like…
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Chapter 62 CHAPTER 62 THE WORST SORT OF PAIN There is something tantalizing in the echoing screams of agony and pain; though not hurt personally, the hearing heart gets affected with searing pain, a scorch they cannot cool, itch they cannot scratch . Befuddled, the heart regresses gently back into silence, capsizing what it had felt because it hadn’t understood it; why is there pain if no one has wounded it? The bleeding stops and skin comes together to form a scar, and that scar remains…
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Chapter 61 CHAPTER 61 NECROPOLIS Lino channeled his wings, barreling himself forward through the air in a golden arc while azure lightning burned beneath his feet . He appeared to be a mere blur to both naked and trained eye, bounding over ten miles of distance in a single leap . In mid air, he drew out his spear and donned the cloak, bursting its core for the maximum speed . With his very own eyes, he witnessed space around him bend as he began plummeting down . Pointing his spear downwards, he…
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Chapter 60 CHAPTER 60 FRIEND IN THE FOREST The moment Lino walked into the town, he was able to sense that things were rather tense . Several men in groups patrolled the streets while armed to teeth, while all windows and doors on buildings were barred, mere flickers of light barely pulsing to outside . Lucky led him deeper in, just past the town’s central square, into a four story tall building - the only one without barred windows and doors . She didn’t explain anything on their way over,…
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Chapter 59 CHAPTER 59 WINGS OF AN ARCHANGEL Lino couldn’t help but exclaim joyously from the depths of his heart as he felt wind brush past his cheeks and caress his hair gently . During his descent down into the abyss, he felt madness encroaching upon his mind ceaselessly, forever entombed in colorless shadows . Yet, his climb was the opposite; with a flutter of massive, golden wings, light shone brilliantly all around, illuminating every stone’s edge, every depression in the cliff, every…
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Chapter 58 CHAPTER 58 THE FALL There was an air of serenity surrounding Asmodei as he followed Lino’s flying departure from the golden hall, his eyes bearing emotions unfitting his youthful-looking face . His shoulders fell but an inch downward, yet it seemed as though a world of burdens had been lifted off them all the same . Before he had a chance to get lost in thoughts, a wisp of faint energy materialized next to him, its form and color indistinct, seemingly there but not at the same time .…
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Chapter 57 CHAPTER 57 ASMODEI Lino realized that the atmosphere inside the hall was beginning to shift . Though it gave off grand, awe-inspiring and monumental feeling upon setting foot in the place, it wasn’t as overwhelming as one might expect . And neither the radiating wings nor the coffin inspired frigid heart to thaw; yet, as soon as the man crawled out of the coffin, setting upon the invisible floor in the air, the hall underwent a towering change . The sculpted pillars seemed to have…
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