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Lysane walked over to him. She pulled a long, sharp silver knife from her belt."We cannot use normal mana," Lysane said. "The Warden will block it. We have to use a signature the Warden recognizes. We have to use your tether, Caster."Caster nodded. He held out his right hand.Lysane took his hand. She did not hesitate. She pressed the sharp edge of the silver knife against his palm and dragged it across his skin.Caster hissed in pain. Bright red blood welled up from the cut.But almost instantly, the blood changed.The dark gray ash inside Caster’s soul rushed to the wound. The red blood turned thick and black. It looked like liquid shadow."Press it to the silver line," Lysane instructed.Caster knelt. He pressed his bleeding, black palm directly onto the main silver line carved into the dark blue stone.He closed his eyes.He pushed his mind all the way down. Down past the high mountain peak. Down past the screaming city. Down through the cracked, breaking white marble of the Sag
Chapter 459
"Yes," Lysane said. "The Sky Observatory is already connected to the stars. The silver lines in the floor are alignment guides. We can use the giant telescope as a needle. We cast a massive channeling spell. We grab the dark pressure building up inside the Tower’s core, and we shoot it straight up through the telescope into the empty void of space."Caster looked at the giant brass telescope. He looked at the silver lines on the floor.It was a crazy plan. It was the most dangerous, impossible piece of magic ever attempted."If we vent the dark mana into the astral drift," Lysane continued, her words coming fast, "the endless empty space will easily absorb it. The universe is too big to care about our little dark shadow. The pressure inside the Tower will drop. The core will not explode."Caster stared at the dark blue star-map.He saw the brilliance of her idea. She was a true Master of Wards. She knew how to move energy. She knew how to build a pipe.But Caster also saw the terrible
Chapter 458
They watched the city shrink as the lift carried them higher and higher into the clean, freezing night sky.The dark gray clouds of the Ash Plane could not reach this high. Above the lift, the sky was perfectly clear. Millions of bright, sharp stars burned in the absolute blackness of space. They were beautiful. They were cold. They were completely indifferent to the suffering of the humans below.Clunk.The bronze gears stopped turning. The lift came to a gentle halt."We are here," Lysane said.She pushed the heavy glass door open.They stepped out of the lift and onto a wide, flat platform made of dark blue stone.Caster looked around in awe.The Sky Observatory was completely different from anything in the capital. There were no tall white walls. There was no gold trim. There were no bright blue glowing runes painted on the floors to keep monsters away.The Observatory was wide open to the sky. It had no roof. It was just a massive, circular platform built on the very tip of the h
Chapter 457
The path up the mountain was steep, wet, and completely covered in sharp rocks.Caster Spellbound and Archmage Lysane climbed higher and higher. They left the burning, screaming capital city behind them. Below, the dark gray ash swallowed the beautiful white streets. The giant Sage Tower groaned and cracked, wrapped tightly in a massive, spinning helix of dead magic.Caster was breathing very hard. His old lungs burned in the freezing air. His hands were cut and bleeding from grabbing the sharp mountain rocks."We are almost there," Lysane yelled over her shoulder. She was climbing a few feet ahead of him. Her heavy leather bag full of brass instruments clanked loudly against her back. She held the heavy Foundations book tightly under her arm."The ash... is getting thinner," Caster gasped. He stopped for a second and leaned against a large boulder.He was right. Down in the city, the ash was so thick you could not see your own hands. But up here, high on the mountain cliff, the gray
Chapter 456
Caster nodded. He held out his right hand.Lysane took his hand. She did not hesitate. She pressed the sharp edge of the silver knife against his palm and dragged it across his skin.Caster hissed in pain. Bright red blood welled up from the cut. But almost instantly, the blood changed.The dark gray ash inside Caster’s soul rushed to the wound. The red blood turned thick and black. It looked like liquid shadow."Press it to the silver line," Lysane instructed.Caster knelt. He pressed his bleeding, black palm directly onto the main silver line carved into the dark blue stone.He closed his eyes. He pushed his mind all the way down. Down past the high mountain peak. Down past the screaming city. Down through the cracked, breaking white marble of the Sage Tower.He pushed his mind all the way to the bottom. To the giant, broken glass pillar of the Mana Core.He felt it. He felt the massive, boiling ocean of dark, heavy ash trapped inside the engine room. He felt the terrifying pressure
Chapter 455
"If we vent the dark mana into the astral drift," Lysane continued, her words coming fast, "the endless empty space will easily absorb it. The universe is too big to care about our little dark shadow. The pressure inside the Tower will drop. The core will not explode."Caster stared at the dark blue star-map. He saw the brilliance of her idea. She was a true Master of Wards. She knew how to move energy. She knew how to build a pipe.But Caster also saw the terrible, tragic truth hiding behind the brilliant plan.Caster slowly reached out and placed his old, dirty hand over Lysane’s hand.Lysane stopped talking. She looked up at him."Lysane," Caster said softly. His gray eyes were full of deep sorrow. "This is a perfect plan to stop the explosion. But you know what this means, don't you?"Lysane swallowed hard. Her fierce, brave expression faltered for a second. She looked away, staring down at the city far below."I know," Lysane whispered."If we vent the pressure into space," Cast
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