Sarah Davis
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Inafay had been happy to have Kai back, and she'd been glad to meet Zae Zin Nim and Omilaena. But there had always been part of her that knew it couldn't last forever and that this massive advantage that had carried her so far had to disappear eventually. That day came sooner than she expected. For once there was no emergency or disaster to call them away: they simply finished their training. The elites were all impressed that these outsiders had learned so much of phases in three months' time, but Kai…-
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For the most part, Omilaena found the phase training tedious. It wasn't the sort of thing that could be skipped or improved with a genius breakthrough, it simply required hard work. Even though it was spiritual and involved the fundamental laws of reality, it was as irritating as Physique training. Normally she could entertain herself with her own thoughts, but the problem was opportunity cost. Her Path of Venomsteel had great potential she wanted to explore and she only grudgingly accepted that the…
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Throughout his life, Kai had faced many obstacles and been rejected by fate many times. He'd managed to keep up with his peers only by dogged persistence, working harder and longer, always attempting more. Even through the struggles, that drive had always taken him higher and he'd pushed past his limits time and time again. Now, for the first time, he faced failure. Talndim and the other elites were impressed by his progress and told him that attaining every single phase had never been realistic. He…
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Zae Zin Nim made rapid progress each week, though all of that progress would have been impossible for her not so long ago. It wasn't simply that she'd grown stronger and mastered the compression exercises... the more important change had been the opening of her mind. She still believed that Krysali cultivation was ultimately inadequate, but now she could accept that it had something to teach her. The fact that they had to develop their cultivation based on such thin qi meant that they had developed…
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Despite Gunjin's impatience, even he couldn't push them along that fast. Kai had time to say farewell to Tusquo, promising to return in time for the incursion and making the Irunian promise to actually introduce him to his wife next time. Technically there was nothing stopping them from visiting again while they were still on Deadwaste, but Kai wasn't sure they'd have time for that. So, in the end, they left Tusquo in Irun and returned to the Frontier. Not an outpost or the exterior wall, the Frontier…
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Cognosticon here. As I promised yesterday, this is your post catching everyone up on current events and decisions taking place on Patreon. The biggest thing: I have renewed my pledge to readers and now promise that I will keep posting the story through at least the fourth arc. I won't get into what that will cover here, since it would spoil information about this one, but suffice it to say the fourth arc will tie off a variety of loose plot threads. As noted before, Patreon readers have finished the…
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"How can there be an Insanity on Deadwaste?" Zae Zin Nim asked. She stared at the shard of metal as if she expected it to attack or explode at any moment. "It's called the True Metal." Omilaena began walking around it, her eyes alight again. "It appears in some legends, supposedly a piece of metal that fell from the sky and inspired everyone else to create metals in imitation. I'd have dismissed it as a myth except that there have been credible reports over the years about weapons formed from a metal that…
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If Kai had a year he could have accomplished more, but Irun didn't have that much patience and he probably didn't have that much time before consequences would find him again. So eventually, about two months after they'd started the training, he and Tusquo decided that the new Irunian raid group had completed their base training. When Kai looked over the group he was satisfied with what he'd accomplished. They were a tougher and more experienced group now: their Physiques had advanced, they'd strengthened…
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After an enjoyable time cultivating and hunting mercenaries, Zae Zin Nim was irritated to be dragged back and forced to help, not just with the Irunian training, but with this strange exercise. All of the Irunian women in the group left to do water-based Physique training. She had thought it was something similar to yin development, but nothing seemed particularly feminine. Mostly they were just enjoying the water. "This is a strange cultural tradition," Zae Zin Nim said eventually. She sat with Inafay…
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"You're sure you want to do this?" "I'm sure." Kai stood with Omilaena and Tusquo in one of the innermost chambers of the Irunian government building. Omilaena was in full research mode, with her goggles on and her syringes arranged. She had argued against using Tusquo for the first experiment, but he was adamant, even now. "If my opinion means anything," Omilaena said, "I wouldn't start with you. We can test the principle on someone weaker with less to lose." "If it isn't safe for me, it shouldn't be…
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