Chapter 68: The Pilgrimage of the Parched KinIn the heart of the newly awakened sanctuary nestled upon the fringes of the Ashed Lands, a wondrous metamorphosis had taken root—an era of illumination had dawned upon the HobMankeys’ once-forgotten hamlet.Gone were the days when they labored under the unrelenting sun to haul water through crude buckets and rotting pulleys. With the activation of a gleaming stormcore engine—gifted by the boundless insight of Elias, the Radiant Prodigy of House Holloway—the entire village had been laced with glowing aqueduct veins, veins that pulsed with arcane essence and delivered fresh water through flowglyph arrays to every sanctum and shelter.The sacred task of replenishing the high basin that served the village had been entrusted to an enchanted siphon node, a marvel born of Elias’s sacred schematics—long-lost relics of a vanished age where mystics once melded artifice and spell.Water, once more precious than

Chapter 70: The Celestial Bloom of Layla's Solstice The dusk-woven silence of the Holloway estate lay heavy upon Lady Layla’s heart as she gazed through the enchanted glass panes of her high chamber. Though seasons had changed since Elias had departed upon his path of destiny, not a day had passed without her spirit echoing with the hollow ache of his absence. Restless beneath her silken canopy, Layla drifted from her resting chambers into the grand halls of the manor—each corridor an echo of her son’s arcane presence. Every detail breathed his memory. She wandered into the kitchensanctum, where the housemaids toiled with murmured efficiency. Their hands moved over flowglyph arrays—glimmering rune-latticed spouts that poured water at Elias’s once-unimaginable design. The whisper of water was a gentle hymn to his ingenuity. Outside, in the shade of the ancient moonwillow trees, Luke and the other steward-knigh

Chapter 72: The Tremors of DestinyElias returned to the Ashed Lands after a strategic discussion with Christabel regarding the forthcoming initiatives for the Lyta company.Upon introducing her to the concept of concrete, she swiftly grasped its potential and recognized it as a groundbreaking innovation.However, Christabel prudently suggested that before launching the sale of concrete, they should ensure a consistent and ample supply to meet the anticipated demand.She had previously learned a valuable lesson when the introduction of the mana-fed aqueduct veins had overwhelmed their operations in Falcon Ridge, leading to a chaotic scramble to fulfill orders. The unexpected surge in demand for flowglyph arrays and enchanted showers had necessitated significant expenditures to recruit additional workers.Christabel anticipated that the demand for concrete would surpass that of the plumbing system. The ability to construct a ten-foot-tall