Matthew Jones
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Chapter 46 CHAPTER 46 HEARTS OF PAIN A faint fire crackled coarsely, swayed by a gentle, nightly breeze, golden and crimson hue interwoven in the eternal dance of dominion . Cold, humid walls surrounded a small enclosure, barely taller than a person and wider than three, while heavy breathing echoed out and joined the rhythmic orchestra of flames . Covered by a thin, white sheet, Lino lied at the corner of a small cave, his face startlingly red, beads of sweat falling down his forehead ceaselessly…-
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Chapter 45 CHAPTER 45 IN THE DARKEST HOUR The thunderous roar and the following sweep roused Lino’s basic instincts from their sleep . He felt blood in his body boil as his Qi began circulating throughout him like a crazed river . Air around him warped, bizarrely wound as his feet began leaving deep-caving imprints on the stone beneath them . He felt his breathing hasten, his senses heighten, the fabric of his very being contract back into singularity with a solitary purpose: survive . He knew…
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Chapter 44 CHAPTER 44 BEFORE THE DAWN Silent, drowsy and gloom streets coated in dampened moon’s light, a fragrant reminder of how quickly life can be flipped upside down without any warning . Lino carefully scurried through the alleyways barren of a living soul, recalling the events that had transpired here today . Though he may have left Valor with a confident sweep, he hardly felt so truly . Today he’d gleamed at the Purity Realm Great Demon, someone who would easily be able to discover him…
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Chapter 43 CHAPTER 43 THE SPANNING BLAZE Lino felt short of breath, sprinting through a narrow alleyway while occasionally looking back into the distance . The whole city had been flipped upside down, panic and chaos emerging from the troves of a massive, booming explosion that had occurred fifteen minutes ago . Palace’s southern wing blazed out in golden glory, like a signal flare heaving up into the sky for everyone to see . For the past fifteen minutes, Lino only saw people racing toward any…
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Chapter 42 CHAPTER 42 A COMPROMISE Suffocating air suffused the thick, earthen walls carved out into a half-spherical room . Occasional glint of a droplet flashed bright in darkness, splatting against the floor . The room was rather small, large enough only to fit a few chairs and a primitive, mud table at the very center . A single sphere of cyan light hovered above the table, ceaselessly spinning in circles while casting dim light over to the far edges of the table and the chairs beyond . " .…
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Chapter 41 CHAPTER 41 BARREN LUSTER Fires bellowed out like beasts while sounds of hammer clashing against metal and steel echoed out through the platform, creating a strange sort of rhythmic beat, one you could almost sing to . Unlike the other seven, though, who were hard at work, Lino was sitting leisurely with a pen and a paper, humming a low tune while drawing up his design . He could hardly be blamed for the fact that he hadn’t thought of anything to craft before coming here, which is why…
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Chapter 40 CHAPTER 40 COMPETITION Lino was currently standing on a massive, elevated platform surrounded by a circular stadium housing thousands of people who were all in unison roaring cheers at the moment . In front of him was a furnace, surrounded by a grindstone, a rack of tools, and a table full of materials needed for simple crafting . On the other ends of the platform were seven other people, totaling in eight for the first group of the first round of blacksmith competition which had…
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Chapter 39 CHAPTER 39 FATE’S TWINE It is hardly ever a choice when to meet someone outside your understanding of reality, beyond the normalcy you got used to, unbridled by your perception of them . Lino especially believed so, as all people he ever met in his life fell into certain conformity to where he discovered them; you’d rarely ever be wrong to assume certain things about a person based on where they live, what their eyes say and the way they dress . But, for there is no absolutes in the…
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Chapter 38 CHAPTER 38 ALISON Gray chimney blew out thick, even grayer smoke, swayed furiously in the galloping wind . The sky-dome above was clad in pure blue, unblemished with clouds, while sun’s rays washed over the thick, rundown roofs of the nearby buildings . Passing feet kicked up clouds of dust on the nearby dirt pavements while the wooden fence hung crooked over itself, long past its prime . Several kids were sitting in a circle near the front door of the orphanage, drawing something on…
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Chapter 37 CHAPTER 37 BEYOND TOMORROW Thick mist veiled the bursting rays of the sunrise, casting a strange, ethereal light over the Umbra City . The nightly silent streets soon grew loud and chatty as neighs of carriage horses sang out like a strange hymn throughout the streets . As the city woke up from its sleep, Lino sat on the corner of the street, leaned against the wall of a rundown, empty house, while looking up at the sky . Though many odd gazes came flying toward him, he seemed not to…
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