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Chapter 795
Caster pointed a heavy, silver-lined finger at the glowing white node. "The central core is incredibly deep," Caster said, doing the complex math in his brilliant mind. "It is buried twenty miles straight down into the crust of the earth. Even with our heavy cloaks, the journey will be brutal.""We can survive it," Sikoa said confidently. "You said the cloaks protect us.""The cloaks protect us from the normal magic," Caster corrected her. He stared at the violent, jagged waves of light pulsing around the central node on the map. "But they cannot protect us from extreme planar friction."Caster looked at Sikoa and Solon. "When two dimensions rub against each other, they create friction," Caster explained simply. "Think of two giant blocks of sandpaper rubbing together. Right now, the physical world and the Ash Void are rubbing together inside that twenty-mile tunnel. The friction is creating unimaginable heat and vibration."Caster pointed at the jagged waves on the hologram. "If w
Chapter 794
"What are we looking for?" Sikoa asked, walking into the dusty room. She picked up a strange, twisted metal rod and frowned at it. "We need the cloaks," Caster said. He walked over to a large wooden wardrobe in the corner. He opened the heavy wooden doors. Inside hung three long, heavy cloaks. They did not look like military armor. They looked like simple, dark gray monk robes with deep, wide hoods. Caster reached out and took one of the cloaks off its wooden hanger. The moment Caster lifted it, his arms shook. The cloak was incredibly, unbelievably heavy. "Here," Caster grunted, handing the cloak to Sikoa. Sikoa took the cloak. Her knees actually buckled slightly under the sudden weight. "By the Light!" Sikoa gasped. "What is this made of? It feels like carrying a dead horse!""It is woven with threads of pure, solid silver," Caster explained, taking a second cloak from the wardrobe. "And the inside is lined with flexible, highly dense lead. The ancient founders wore these when
Chapter 793
Elias Thorpe laughed like a madman. The heavy, metallic sound of his laughter echoed off the smooth white stone walls of the Grand Archive. His scarred, melted face was twisted in pure, fanatic joy. The spinning, cracked Planar Fusion Core in his chest flared with blinding red and purple light. "I will become reality!" Thorpe roared. He did not attack Caster Spellbound. He did not swing his heavy brass arm. Instead, Thorpe dove straight forward. He threw his entire body directly into the massive, open blue crystal pillar in the center of the room. "Elias, no!" Caster shouted. Caster lunged forward. His hands reached out to grab his old friend’s long red leather coat. But Caster was too late. The moment Elias Thorpe’s body passed through the glowing blue light of the pillar, a massive shockwave of blistering heat exploded outward. A wall of chaotic, screaming red magic and freezing purple ash blasted Caster backward. Caster hit the stone floor and rolled, sliding across the smoo
Chapter 792
Caster accepted all of it. He accepted the bright, brilliant golden truth. He accepted the dark, freezing, heavy necrotic ash. He accepted the guilt. He accepted the love. He stopped fighting himself. In the dark, empty space of his soul-scape, the tiny, terrifying shadow of the Ash Warden tried to rise up. The dark god tried to seize control, expecting Caster to surrender. But Caster did not surrender to the god. He embraced it. "You are just a tool," Caster’s mind whispered to the dark shadow. "You are just gravity. You are just consequence. And I am the man who holds the hammer."The dark shadow shrieked, but it could not overcome the massive, overwhelming, absolute force of Caster’s unified human will. The shadow dissolved, melting into Caster’s own spirit. The magic became his to command, entirely and completely. Caster opened his eyes. The change was breathtaking. His eyes were not glowing with the sick, pale gray fire of the monster. They were not blazing with the blindin
Chapter 791
"Purity is a lie!" Sikoa screamed. "Purity is an excuse for cowards who want to do nothing! Look at the High Council! Archmage Vane wore perfectly clean white robes. General Verne wore a perfect, spotless uniform. They claimed they were pure! They claimed they were the holy light!"Sikoa pulled Caster closer. "But they were evil," Sikoa spat. "They were monsters. They used their clean, pure magic to burn innocent people alive. They started a fake war just to stay rich. Their purity was just a mask for murder!"Caster stared at her. His breath caught in his throat. "You are not pure, Caster," Sikoa said firmly. "Your mana is tainted. Your soul is scarred. You carry the dirty, heavy ash of a dead god in your chest."She let go of his collar and placed her hands gently on his shoulders. "But your choices, old man," Sikoa whispered, tears finally filling her good eye. "Your choices are the most human, beautiful things I have ever seen."Caster’s lips trembled. "I made the tether. I star
Chapter 790
Sikoa slowly opened her dirty, bandaged fingers. Resting in the center of her palm was the simple, smooth silver ring. It was cold. It was heavy. It was a weapon designed to murder her best friend. Sikoa looked at the ring. Then, she looked up at Caster’s face. She saw a man who had lived for two hundred years. She saw a man who was covered in dirt, blood, and gray ash. She saw his bruised cheeks and his broken nose. She saw the absolute, naked terror in his eyes. He was terrified of dying. He was terrified of the dark god inside him. But despite his terror, he was willing to let the monster eat his mind just to save her and Solon. Solon watched them. The pale archivist was completely paralyzed. He leaned against the ladder, barely breathing. He understood the gravity of the moment. If Sikoa kept the ring, Caster would die. If Sikoa did not keep the ring, the world would die. It was an impossible, horrible math problem. "Sikoa," Caster pleaded, his voice breaking. "Please. Get r
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