Matthew Jones
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Chapter 56 CHAPTER 56 THE FABLED FJORDS It looked like nothing more than a massive gash in earth, like a scraping wound running from north to south . It was wide, bounding tens of miles from one side to the other, its length equivalent to the distance of the Northern Seas from the Southern Isles . It got its name, the Fabled Fjords, many moons ago, after the land was cleaved, but before the beautiful river running through it dried up, leaving only scorched earth and deep abyss reeking of gloom .…-
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Chapter 55 CHAPTER 55 QE’LL REMEMBERS Crimson arc cruised through the sky, leaving behind a trail of blazing, beautiful flames spanning miles on end . A pair of incinerated wings blew out Crug’s back, manifesting a majestic sight to behold . Endless gasps echoed out from the Clan beneath as thousands of pairs of eyes looked up at the sky, at the scorching sky whose natural, blue hue had long since been turned scarlet . Crug withdrew a massive, spiked sword from seemingly nowhere, brandishing…
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Chapter 54 CHAPTER 54 BESMIRCHED HEARTS Her steps were languid, yet she never stopped . Climbing up a spiraling slope made of white, jade stone, surrounded by ever-tall crimson red sumac trees, she felt an array of complex emotions that she could hardly express at the moment . At the very end of the slope was a round clearing, in its center a humble abode, half-spherical, barely a few meters tall off the ground . Surrounding it were two gardens of flowers, a small stream and a pond of crystal…
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Chapter 53 CHAPTER 53 THE DISTANT HOME A gaping crater stood at the very top of a cloud-piercing mountain, entirely spherical as though carved out by a godly hand . Steps cascaded downward through thousands upon thousands of buildings stacked atop of one another, some made of white marble and some of green limestone . Above, in a dome-like fashion, light arrays wove a massive net cast over the entire crater, shining eternally, whether day or night . It appeared splendid, even extravagant, as it…
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Chapter 52 CHAPTER 52 JOURNEY’S REST Sun glistened golden high up in the sky, its rays folding over hills and mountains and bathing forests in its shimmering hues . Umbra Kingdom slept as though there was a moon instead of sun high up; villages and towns and cities and roads all seemed abandoned and empty, void of a living soul . Eerie silence hung over the vast landscapes, painting a canvas estranged from norm . Closing in on the border, high up in-between the narrow pathways of mountain range,…
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Chapter 51 BOOK I PEST OF THE UMBRA KINGDOM VOLUME III THE ARCHANGEL’S DARKNESS CHAPTER 51 YESTERYEAR (II) A boy and a beast stared at one another, former clad only in thin cloth, knee-deep in freezing snow, latter being over two meters tall, with massive fangs sticking out of its maw and furred, warm body, growling lowly at the boy . It snowed all around, landscape brushed in nothing but white, with only faint edges of distant mountains and hills popping out of the mist . The…
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Chapter 50 CHAPTER 50 UNTIL DAWN (IV) Darkness cloaked the swift shadow barreling through the thick forest, making no sound, as though entirely ethereal . Grass and branches of the tall trees seemed to sway sideways to open up a path, as though welcoming their lord, while nightly animals grew silent wherever the shadow would pass . Its steps seemed sporadic yet had certain rhythm to them, as though its feet were composing a song, piece by piece . The moon above cast faint light blazing through the…
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Chapter 49 CHAPTER 49 UNTIL DAWN (III) The rained never ceased, persisting through the night . Dawn was still an hour away, but the gates had fallen . City of Mercenaries was overrun with spades of darkness and air of suffocation, dark clouds clotting high up in the sky endlessly . Walls were torn asunder, buildings razed, everything which once stood proudly defying the order was now in shambles, squashed to its chaotic form . Every corner was marked by dozen crimson-eyed demons, standing still…
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Chapter 48 CHAPTER 48 UNTIL DAWN (II) Beneath the star-stretched moon, shrouded in the cold and damp drops of heavy rain, a battlefield raged on like an oil-augmented blaze . The sharp slope hosted corpses beyond count, water suffusing with woeful, coal blood, amplifying the gloom and eerie of the night . In front of the tall gates behind which stood a fear-infested city, two men were currently shouldering an onslaught of battering; Kraval heaved forward, swinging his warhammer from the upward…
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Chapter 47 CHAPTER 47 UNTIL DAWN (I) Weak rain sizzled from the ashened sky, drawing a dampening canvas over the high-strung walls of a city on full alert . Spread about watchtowers were those of brave hearts and courageous souls, yet even they were currently shaking in their boots . The faint taps of rain were rhythmic, yet drowned out by clattering of teeth and shallow panting of men raining on the walls . They held bows in their hands, yet were to afraid to pull the string back, too afraid to…
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