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Chapter 741
"The whole forest is burning!" Thorpe roared. He walked back to the center of the room. He stood directly beneath the giant, humming brass rings of the Core Array."That is why I built this machine," Thorpe said, spreading his arms wide. He looked up at the spinning metal. "I do not want to win a stupid war against Glassview. I do not want to sit on a throne and collect taxes. Kings die, Caster. Empires always fall. I want to end the game permanently."Thorpe lowered his arms. He stared directly into Caster’s tired gray eyes. "I am going to become the new Ash Warden," Thorpe confessed.The words hit the silent room like a heavy stone.Sikoa gasped on the table. She pulled weakly against her iron chains. "You are insane," she whispered."I am the only one who sees clearly!" Thorpe snapped at her. He turned his attention back to Caster."The green light is shooting into the sky from the center of Glassview,"
Chapter 739
Thorpe looked directly at Caster’s glowing golden eyes. "It needs a soul that has already touched the Ash Plane," Thorpe whispered. The words hung in the hot air like a death sentence. "It needs a soul that has held the weight of a god. It needs a soul filled with dense, heavy, divine consequence."Caster stopped breathing. He suddenly understood exactly why he was here. He understood why the lead doors had slammed shut."You," Thorpe pointed a single finger at Caster. "You are my ignition switch, old friend.""No," Caster breathed."Oh, yes," Thorpe laughed.Thorpe reached out and slammed his hand down on a large, heavy green lever on the catwalk railing.The giant, spinning Core Array above Caster’s head suddenly shifted gears.The slow, steady screechy sound turned into a deafening, high-pitched scream. The massive brass rings began to spin ten times faster. They spun so fast they became a
Chapter 738
"Come down here, Elias!" Caster roared. His voice was a booming, heavy command that shook the glass cylinders in the spinning machine. "Come down here and face me! Stop hiding behind trapped souls and stolen magic!"Thorpe did not look angry. He looked incredibly amused."You think I am hiding?" Thorpe asked. He shook his head slowly. "I am not hiding, Caster. I am waiting."Thorpe raised his hand. He pressed a large red button on the metal railing of the catwalk.A massive, deafening sound erupted behind Caster.Caster spun around.The large doorway that Caster had used to enter the laboratory, the doorway where he had blown the heavy vault doors off their hinges, was suddenly blocked.Three massive, solid slabs of thick black lead dropped from the ceiling. They slammed into the metal floor with an earth-shaking crash.The lead doors sealed the exit perfectly. There were no keyholes. There wer
Chapter 740
Caster Spellbound hung in the empty air. He was trapped inside the invisible, crushing magnetic pull of the giant Core Array. The massive brass rings spun wildly above his head. The machine was screaming. It was sucking the pure, golden magic right out of Caster’s chest.The pain was terrible. It felt like hot iron hooks were buried deep inside his heart, pulling his soul apart piece by piece. His vision went dark. The bright golden light in his eyes flickered, turning weak and pale.High up on the metal catwalk, Elias Thorpe watched him suffer.Thorpe’s scarred, melted face was twisted in a cruel smile. His one good green eye shone with triumph. His left eye, the swirling orb of red blood magic, pulsed with violent joy. He had finally beaten the great Caster Spellbound. He had trapped the smartest man in the history of the world.But as Thorpe watched Caster gasp and choke in the air, the cruel smile slowly faded.
Chapter 737
The tubes ran straight up from her body, connecting directly to the massive, spinning Core Array above her head.Caster stared at the tubes in horror.The machine was not pumping liquid into her. It was sucking something out of her.But it was not sucking her red blood. It was sucking her magic.Inside the clear tubes, a faint, dark, smoky gray light was flowing upward."They are draining your mana," Caster whispered. His hands shook as he reached out to touch her cold cheek. "Sikoa. Wake up. Please."Sikoa slowly opened her one good eye.Her dark eye was cloudy and tired. But when she saw Caster’s face, a tiny, weak spark of her old, fierce bravery returned."You stupid... old man," Sikoa whispered. Her voice was incredibly raspy. Her throat was totally dry. "I told you... to stay away.""I do not leave my friends behind," Caster said softly. He grabbed the sharp steel dag
Chapter 736
Caster Spellbound stepped over the massive, fallen steel door. He walked into the Supreme Intelligence Vault of the Crimson Alliance. His old, broken boots hit the metal floor. In his right hand, he held Sikoa’s sharp steel dagger. His gray eyes burned with a solid, brilliant golden light. The light pushed back the dark shadows of the room.But as Caster looked around, the golden light in his eyes flickered. His breath caught in his throat.This was not just a vault for books and papers. The front of the room had been a lie. Elias Thorpe had knocked down the back walls to build something much, much bigger.Caster found himself standing on the edge of a massive, cavernous laboratory.The room was incredibly huge. It was as big as a cathedral. The ceiling disappeared into the dark shadows far above. The air inside the room was terribly hot. It smelled like burning copper, rotten meat, and old, dead ash. It was a thick, suffocat
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