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Chapter 528
"I am everything you are not!" Caster shouted over his shoulder.He gripped the stylus with both hands now. He was crying. He was bleeding golden light. He was exhausted beyond measure. But he was winning. He carved the next letter.E.He remembered the blue spark of magic in his hand. He remembered the pride of teaching his students. He remembered the heavy, comforting weight of a good book.R.The first name was complete.CASTER.The word blazed across the front of the massive spiritual sphere. The white light was so intense it looked like a sun was being born inside the dark room.The black ink of the Covenant Brand boiled wildly. The dark magic tried to rush away from the light, hiding on the back of the sphere. But Caster was not finished.He stepped to the side. He raised the stylus again. Every movement felt like dragging heavy stones through deep mud. His spirit was bleeding dry. If he carved much more, he might truly erase himself from existence. But he had to finish the nam
Chapter 527
Caster closed his eyes. He stopped fighting the ash chains. He focused entirely on his own heart.He gathered every single piece of pain he had ever felt. He gathered the terrible, crushing guilt of burning young Jace. He gathered the deep, heavy sorrow of betraying his friend Mirella. He gathered the pure, hot anger he felt when Archmage Vane locked the children in the falling Tower.He did not hide from his feelings. He pulled them all together into a tight, burning ball.Then, he gathered his love. He gathered the memory of Lysane’s brave face. He gathered the memory of little Finn trying to protect his friend. He gathered his deep, endless love for the messy, beautiful world of the living.He squeezed the pain, the guilt, the anger, and the love together. He squeezed them so hard that his soul felt like it was going to explode."Give me a weapon!" Caster roared into the dark.He threw his right hand forward. He pulled violently against the thick ash chain wrapped around his wrist
Chapter 526
In front of him, floating in the dark, empty space, was a massive, glowing sphere. It was the size of a small house. It glowed with a beautiful, shifting light. It was blue, gold, silver, and warm orange. It hummed with a soft, gentle music.This was Caster’s spiritual core. It was the physical shape of his identity. Everything he was—his memories, his knowledge, his love, his fears—lived inside that beautiful, glowing sphere.Caster stared at it. He felt a deep, warm connection to the light. But then, he saw the black ink.The dark, boiling tar from the Covenant Brand was pouring from the black sky. It fell like toxic rain. It landed on the top of the glowing sphere.Where the black ink touched the beautiful light, the light died.The ink did not just cover the sphere. It began to write.The dark magic moved by itself. It etched sharp, jagged, evil runes across the surface of Caster’s soul. They were the runes of the Blackthorn Network. They were the runes of absolute obedience. Th
Chapter 525
The giant, pitch-black hand of the Ash Warden pressed down on Caster Spellbound’s head.The cold was absolute. It was not like winter snow. It was the freezing, empty cold of a dead star. The heavy hand pushed Caster down against the dark, watery floor of his own soul-scape. The weight was impossible. It felt like an entire mountain made of solid iron was resting on his fragile neck.“Submit,” the layered, grinding voice of the dark god whispered. The voice was everywhere. It vibrated inside Caster’s bones. It rattled his teeth. “I am the ocean. You are just a drop of water. Disappear into me.”Caster’s mind began to go dark. The edges of his thoughts turned black. The Warden was trying to erase him. It was trying to pour its infinite, cosmic apathy into Caster’s human heart.Caster felt the warm memory of Lysane’s face begin to slip away. He felt his love for his students turning to dust. The god wanted him to be empty. The god wanted him to be a perfect, blank puppet.For one terri
Chapter 524
Jace was not reading the words. His eyes were not moving back and forth across the page. His eyes were completely, perfectly still. They were staring straight ahead, blank and empty. Jace’s face carried a small, pleasant smile. But the smile did not change. It did not widen. It did not fade. It was frozen in place, like a smile painted onto a porcelain doll.Caster felt a cold shiver run down his spine. The warmth of the fake sun suddenly felt sickening. He looked across the street at Mirella.Mirella was walking with her basket of bread. A small child ran across the street in front of her. The child tripped and fell hard on the cobblestones.In the real world, a child who falls on hard stones will cry. They will scrape their knee. It will hurt.In the vision, the child hit the ground. The child did not cry. The child did not make a sound. The child simply stood up. There was no blood on its knee. The child’s face was completely blank. It turned around and kept running, showing no e
Chapter 523
Standing on the balcony with him was a man. But the man was not human. He wore elegant black robes. His face was impossibly handsome, with sharp, perfect features. His skin was pale gray. His eyes glowed with a soft, warm white light. Floating gently above his dark hair was a small, delicate crown made of pale, glowing embers.It was the Ash Warden. The dark god had shrunk itself down to human size. It had given itself a face."What is this trick?" Caster demanded. He took a step back, keeping his distance from the beautiful, terrible creature. "Is this an illusion? Are you trying to trap me in a dream?"The Warden smiled. It was a kind, gentle smile. "It is an illusion, yes," the Warden said softly. It walked to the edge of the balcony and looked down at the beautiful city. "But it is an illusion of a reality that can truly exist. Come, look at your world, Caster."Caster did not want to obey, but he could not stop his curiosity. He stepped up to the railing next to the god. He look
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