Sarah Davis
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During the several months Omilaena had been in the capital, she'd been contacted by the Council of Elders only twice. Both times surreptitiously, via elves traveling to the library on real business and quietly asking questions about the demonic movements. They were no longer depending on her as a major source of information, which suited her just fine because she had higher personal priorities. Better not to be at the beck and call of any government. But they did still technically have a connection to the…-
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Kai had been concerned about finding the right timing, but he got an opportunity almost immediately after leaving the city. Krugbash was traveling off on his own, hunting some sort of sacred beast. Time to finally pay his dues and eliminate a problem in the same stroke. "Alright." Kai turned back to the demon beside him and braced himself. "Make it realistic." "You bet!" Gorutiel created a blood scythe and tore through his stomach. "Not... that realistic..." Kai staggered back, only his hands preventing…
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"Where are all the transcriptions?" Troulon asked. "Western office," Omilaena told him. "Why are the manuscripts I wanted being held by random merchants?" "The Great Library can't continue without support from them. Did you organize the section on mana?" "Better than you had it before. Who are these merchants funding the library and taking books? They never gave a shit about it before." "They're all trying to impress some demon leading them around by the nose." Troulon gave a loose shrug and broke from…
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During his month of training, Kai had expected that the politics would be the hard part and actually awakening the Savage Heart would be easy. To his surprise, it was the first time he truly faltered in this wilderness. The Savage Creed members urged him to smoke strange plants, saying that he would have dreams of his "spirit beast," or to go meditate in caves to find clarity. None of it worked for him. He was used to cultivation and mana exercises, which were mental or spiritual, but now he was learning…
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Kai's muscles screamed as he forced his hand upward, gripping the next protruding rock. The climb should have been easy, but the beast hides wrapped around his limbs choked off his spiritual strength. Chakra, qi, and even mana were useless to him as he struggled up the side of the Death Bluff. Even though he was used to working his body hard, when he finally reached over the top and pulled himself up, relief flooded through him. He crawled to a better position and dropped onto his back, his chest heaving…
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Libraries had never been Zae Zin Nim's natural habitat. Of course the Brightwind Sect had a huge archive, including many techniques in addition to histories, volumes of poetry, and family records. But those were for scribes and junior members, not her. When she needed something, someone of less importance would go fetch it for her. Thus when she'd found out that she'd be primarily confined to the library in Traeton, she hadn't been pleased. The logic that they needed to stay together was sound, certainly,…
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Now that he had a target, Kai made much faster progress. There wasn't much in this wilderness that could stop him outside of other people, since the greatest challenge seemed to be actually tracking the sacred beasts. A few like the golden bull were obvious, but others were quick and subtle. Over the next week he saw another Savage Creed user, but she didn't let him get close. As he traveled far to the northeast he began to worry that he'd missed the meeting point, especially since a full moon was coming…
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When Kai left the capital to head into the eastern wilderness, he was glad for multiple reasons. "Civilization" no longer felt so safe now that he'd met the demons on the prowl, he was impatient to move forward, and he was getting restless anyway. He wasn't built to sit around inns, not when he could be hunting through open fields. His only concern was that he had to leave Zae Zin Nim and Omilaena behind. Of course they could take care of themselves, and his cooperation with Gorutiel was actually helping…
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Even though they were standing in the halls of demonic power, most of the demons had left. What remained wasn't even a symbol, it was just an empty shell: the demons' rule over the Commonwealth had always been based on their personal overwhelming strength. The grand hall felt surreal as Kai walked through it to talk to his allies. "This could be worse," Omilaena said as soon as he arrived. "By far the best result would have been to be ignored entirely, but Troulon ruined that by recognizing me. Nothing is…
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Kai's instincts blazed and he nearly attacked in the moment he was isolated, but he restrained himself. He understood how the demons might think him weak, since half his strength was invisible to them. A straight brawl was hopeless, however, even with Zae Zin Nim and Omilaena at his side. Somehow he had to navigate these demonic politics. The leader sighed and leaned his head onto one hand. "Gorutiel has made a claim. Does anyone want to challenge it?" "Eh." One of the demons made a non-committal noise…
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