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Chapter 616
"Just build the shields, Artificer," Caster said softly. Vane turned around. "Let's go," he snapped at his guards. They marched out of Vault Nine. The heavy steel door slammed shut. The iron bolts locked back into place. CLANG. CLICK-CLACK. Caster stood perfectly still for a full minute. He listened to their boots fading away down the hall. When he was sure they were gone, Caster’s knees finally gave out. He collapsed onto the heavy wooden chair next to his desk. He rested his head on his dirty hands. His heart was beating so fast it hurt his ribs. That was too close. One look through the green lens, and the world would have ended. But the bluff held. Vane had taken the bait. The master blueprint was going to the assembly line. By tomorrow morning, every soldier in the Glassview army would be wearing a ticking time bomb on their chest. Caster sat up. The fear vanished, replaced by cold, hard determination. "Now," Caster whispered to the empty room. "The trigger."He walked back
Chapter 615
CLANG. CLICK-CLACK. The heavy iron bolts on the door of Vault Nine were sliding open. Someone was unlocking the door from the outside. Caster spun around. He dropped his iron tongs. "No," Caster panicked. "General Verne said I had until dawn!"The heavy steel door swung open. It was not General Verne. Standing in the doorway was Chief Artificer Vane. Vane looked incredibly angry. His bald, scarred head was shiny with sweat. His massive, mechanical steel arms whirred loudly. The yellow liquid in the glass tubes on his arms bubbled with heat. Behind Vane stood four heavily armed guards. "Well, well, well," Chief Artificer Vane sneered. He stepped into the private forge. He looked around the room with deep suspicion. "The great Alchemist demands absolute secrecy. He hides in a dark room. What are you really doing in here, old man?""General Verne gave me this room," Caster said, keeping his voice perfectly steady. He stepped in front of the furnace, trying to hide the melting sil
Chapter 614
Verne looked back at Caster. "You have until dawn, Alchemist," Verne whispered. "Save my army, or say goodbye to your friends."The guards marched Caster deep into the lowest levels of the War Foundry. They reached a heavy, thick iron door marked with a large, painted white number nine. They opened the door, pushed Caster inside, and slammed the door shut. CLANG. CLICK-CLACK. The heavy iron bolts locked into place. Caster stood alone in Vault Nine. It was a large, hot room. In the center of the room sat a massive, roaring furnace. A heavy steel anvil rested nearby. The walls were lined with thick metal shelves holding hammers, tongs, clear glass beakers, and raw quartz crystals. The room was completely soundproof. The loud, deafening noise of the factory outside was entirely gone. The magical cameras in the corners of the ceiling were dark and dead. He was completely isolated. He had absolute secrecy. Caster let out a long, slow breath. The tension in his old muscles relaxed
Chapter 613
"Archmage Spellbound!" the guard shouted, pounding on the heavy steel door. "Step away from the forge! Put your hands on your head! We have Archmage Lysane!"Caster’s heart completely stopped beating. The heavy iron hammer slipped from his tired fingers. It hit the concrete floor with a loud, ringing CLANG. He stood frozen in his dark laboratory. The red magical alarm lights flashed in the hallway outside, casting harsh, bloody shadows through the small barred window in his door. Lysane was captured. The velvet trap had finally snapped shut. Caster had done everything General Verne asked. He had built the dark purple batteries. He had built the glowing blue Resonant Shards. He had played the part of the obedient, defeated old man. And it had not been enough. General Verne’s assassins had found the brave woman with the snow-white hair. "Open the door!" the guard roared, kicking the steel. Caster took a deep, shaky breath. He forced his panic down into the dark. He could not let th
Chapter 612
"I didn't need your help," Elias hissed through his broken, bleeding lips. His voice was full of venom. "I could have controlled it.""Elias, it was going to kill you," Caster said softly, reaching a hand out. "Do not touch me!" Elias slapped Caster’s hand away. He stood up on shaking legs. He glared down at Caster. "You just wanted to look like the savior. You wanted them to know you are the good boy and I am the monster. I will never forgive you for this, Caster. I will never forget."Elias turned around, grabbed his bag, and walked out of the room. He walked out of the Sage Tower, and he walked out of Caster’s life for a hundred years. CLANG! The heavy, real-world sound of the iron hammer hitting the anvil snapped Caster back to the present. The vision faded instantly. The smell of clean marble vanished, replaced by the choking smell of burning sulfur and coal in the War Foundry. Caster stood in his concrete laboratory at Fort Ironcliff. Sweat dripped from his chin. His chest
Chapter 611
The chaotic magic fought him. It sliced his blue robes to shreds. It cut his arms. But Caster pushed through the pain. He reached Elias. Caster threw his arms around Elias’s floating body. He grabbed his friend tightly in a desperate hug. "I've got you," Caster shouted in Elias’s ear. Then, Caster became the grounding rod. He pushed his own clean, pure blue magic directly into the chaotic red storm. He forced his own stable soul to connect with Elias’s wild, broken spell. The reaction was immediate and absolutely devastating. KRA-KOOM! The wild red magic found a path. It rushed out of the glass flask, flowed through Elias’s blood, and slammed directly into Caster’s body. Caster screamed. The pain was infinitely worse than burning. The wild magic felt like a thousand sharp needles piercing his very soul. It tried to mutate his heart. It tried to tear his mind in half. But Caster held on. He gritted his teeth. He planted his bare feet firmly on the floating floorboards. He for
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