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I considered what he’d said, my jaw clenching as I worked against the building tension under my skin. Finally, I gave him a stiff nod, then turned away.

Chapter 458: Lady Dawn's Child

CECILIA

As I watched the phoenix slump, his core overdrawn, backlash ripping him from consciousness, a memory that wasn’t my own blistered up in my mind: a boy running and laughing, his mismatched eyes—one burning orange, the other icy blue—sparkling with joy and wonder. Now those same mismatched eyes rolled back into his head as he tumbled into freefall....

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"Do you see now? It was inevitable from the start. Your purpose, your fate was to be the vessel for my reincarnation, I thought smugly."

Chapter 457: Collisions

CHUL ASCLEPIUS

I sank back against the wall, breathing heavily and enjoying the feel of sweat pouring down my face. The cavern smelled of ozone and crushed granite, and the resounding noise of our training was still ringing in my ears.

Bairon leaned forward and rested his hands on his knees, sweat dripping from his nose, each breath laborious. Twenty feet to his lef...

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“The timing of all this is starting to become a problem,” he said as he finished telling me all about the last couple of dungeons he’d searched. “The tether between Epheotus and our world, the dragon patrols, the teleportation gates…it all needs to come together just right, otherwise all the pieces collapse individually.”

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Chapter 456: Remembrance

Kezess’s eyes shifted to lavender as he inspected me closely. After a lingering moment, he gave a satisfied nod. “Our agreement is one that requires a certain give and take. I trust that what you reciprocate reflects gratitude and not simply empty words.”

“Of course,” I answered readily. After all, if I reciprocate your own behavior, there won’t be much to owe.

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“What do you really want with me?” I asked softly, quiet enough to make sure we wouldn’t easily be overheard. “I’ve met enough asuras to know this dotty old uncle routine is just a pantomime put on to lower my guard.”

[Announcement] Upcoming Holiday Break

Hello~

With the holiday season approaching and my battery reserves on low, I felt like it was time for me and my team to have some much needed rest. There will be a brief hiatus of the novel for 2 updates: Friday 12/22 PT and Friday 12/29 PT. So while the first two weeks of December will still have chapters, there will not be any new chapter posts for my ...

Chapter 455: Equivalent Exchange

ARTHUR LEYWIN

I watched the Wraiths fall, detached, the spells that had been protecting them molting from their corpses as they plummeted toward the ground. A fine mist of blood hung in the air, marking where they each had died like incorporeal gravestones. As the red mist faded, I dug my fingers into my sternum, the discomforting itch in my core a reminder of my failures...

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I took a firm grip over myself, my breaths coming out calm, my heartbeat slowing. Regarding him casually, I let out a soft sigh. “Do you already know what happened?”

Chapter 454: Amongst the Fallen III

The asura strode past me, and I couldn’t help but take a step back as my stomach churned and my strength wilted from her aura. Despite my best efforts, I’d been trying to avoid turning my thoughts inward to examine my many wounds, but the crushing force of the asura’s presence made my own pains inescapable.

Every inch of my body was battered and bruised, my ears rang, and there was ...

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“Nice to see you too, Lady Helstea,” he said with a somber smile, wrapped simultaneously in grief and relief. “How’d you get…you know, nevermind. We need to move.”

Chapter 453: Amongst the Fallen II

My heart fluttered inside my chest, hardly daring to beat as I reached for the mana necessary to cast a spell. It didn’t have to be complicated, or even strong. A jet of water, condensed to burst like a firework—just enough to get the dragons’ attention. If they flew away…

Even though I couldn’t feel his manifested intent, I knew the monster named Raest was barely a dozen feet a...

Season 6 Announcement & New Sidestory

At last… 📢

I’m thrilled to finally be able to share that Season 6 of TBATE is under way with a projected launch in Spring 2024. I truly appreciate your patience and understanding as we continue to work on production. We’ll make sure to provide more updates when they’re available, so please stay tuned.

While waiting for Season 6, I’ve be...

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She shrugged. “You are free to choose your own death.” 

Chapter 452: Amongst the Fallen

LILIA HELSTEA

My legs burned as I crested the long incline of the switchback mountain trail. Hands on my hips, I turned to admire the wagon train stretching down the mountainside behind me.

Jarrod Redner, who had been walking at my side, put his hands on his knees and gasped for air. “I don’t…understand…why we’re…taking this old…mountain path,” he sa...

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"...If it weren’t for the war—if you hadn’t saved my life when I literally tried to kill you, I just don’t know who I’d have become. Is it…bad, I guess, that I prefer who I am now?”

Chapter 451: Changes II

ARTHUR LEYWIN

As I led Sylvie and Caera back into the throne room for what felt like the tenth time over the last two days, I couldn’t help the flash of annoyance that passed through me.

Edirith and two other young dragons were already there, but Charon and Windsom hadn’t arrived yet. I could tell by Edirith’s somewhat bored expression that their search had, y...

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If he is driven by something other than blind loyalty to Kezess, we could gain a lot by working alongside him, I thought, looking at his back.

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Chapter 450: Changes

“Please?”

Seris was still as stone as Oludari pawed at her, his expectant, pleading face turned upward.

It seemed like something out of a nightmare. No piece of reality as I had been made to understand it fit properly with what I was seeing.

“I have so much work left undone…” Oludari whined, his spiderish fingers kneading at Seris’s robes. “There are layers and l...

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It was at that moment when I truly understood the reality of our situation.

Chapter 449: An Impossible Sight

LYRA DREIDE

I paused in my rush from one task to the next, drawing in a deep, fortifying breath.

The sun was hanging over the mountains to the west, its final rays still warm. The near-constant breeze that blew across the wasteland had died down, lessening the fine cloud of ash that always hung in the air. It was a perfectly pleasant day, and yet I found it almost p...

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“Perhaps their deaths aren’t for nothing if they show us that the world needs to change. If they motivate us to make that very change. That seems to me like a more worthy cause to fight for.”

Chapter 448: A Silent and Unmoving Conflict

KATHYLN GLAYDER

I hurried down the long, strangely empty halls of Etistin Palace toward the East Wing, where two very unusual guests were waiting for me.

My pulse was beating quickly in my throat, driven by my own inexplicable nervousness.

Calm yourself, Kathyln, I thought, my mental voice sounding all too much like my deceased mother. But everything ...

[Event] Monthly Q&A for September

Yo yo yo~ We’re now ready to take your questions for the monthly Q&A for Asura & Lances! Please submit questions here by 10/2. Guidelines are listed within the form. Excited to answer your questions! I’ll be sharing a PDF of the compiled questions and answers in the coming weeks.

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"Having known him since we were children and benefited directly from his actions on multiple occasions since then, I can tell you with no hesitation or doubt that the reality of his accomplishments regularly goes well beyond the rumors that follow in his wake.”

Chapter 447: Ripple in Timeline

Rolling onto my side, I pushed myself up gingerly, the small crowd moving back to give me space. As I held out my hand to Sylvie to help her up after me, a bolt of pain through my skull made me stumble, and an arm wrapped around me.

I looked down as Ellie leaned into me, trying to support some of my weight.

Sylvie seemed less affected by the vision and had no problem rising. She loo...

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“No? Arthur, this partnership works in both directions. You have asked for me not to question your reason for leaving at this critical moment and without prior discussion. I am requesting that you make this concession in return.”