All Chapters of The Mages Burden: Chapter 91
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Chapter 91
Greg fell through the floor.Some small part at the back of his mind knew it should have been panicking even as he came out of the bottom of the airship. Yet another small part was questioning the irrationality of falling through several solid floors and out of the airship. What little paranoia his mind could still scrounge up left him wondering if this was some elaborate plot by Morpheus to kill him. Greg had, after all, once told the deity that he could kill him whenever the fancy hit him. These, along with a whole host of other thoughts and emotions occupied some small corner of Greg's mind. Ninety-nine percent of it, however, was occupied by the new layer of reality that the mid-purity life order promotion elixir had allowed him to tap into.There was so much information in this new layer that his mind was like a lagging computer. The closest approximation of what Greg was experiencing was like looking at a screen. If only one image was on it, it was easy to focus on that. Split i
Chapter 92
Calyn sat at one of the tables on the deck of the airship, her gaze fixed on the scenic landscape that sprawled out below. They were currently flying over the Reni woods, a jungle a little over three weeks by airship from Ethavel. From all the factions that had been trying to get close to Mage Hira and Grenad, Calyn had gained enough resources that she could have focused entirely on ascension for the next ten cycles. It wouldn't have been enough to get her over the line into third tier, but it would have brought her right to the edge of it. Fearing that Roka would take them from her, however, Calyn had left ninety percent of those resources with her aunt for safekeeping. What was even worse was that she had handed over the best of what she had and only remained with the worst ten percent of the gifts. What she had would keep her going for little more than six months. It was a mercy that Roka had turned out to be so understanding. She had been present when Roka, his teacher, and guard
Chapter 93
NOTE: THEY'LL BE OTHER EROTIC SERIES AFTER THIS STORY, SO STAY TUNED FOR MORE. DON'T FORGET TO DROP A REVIEW ON THE BOOK. When Greg first heard of laws, he'd been thinking of it in scientific terms, something like Newton's first law of motion. He'd been thinking of it like a rule book that defined the world around them. And while he hadn't been entirely wrong, it was just barely scratching the surface of the realm he was stepping into. As a mortal, when he looked at a rock on the ground, all he saw was just that, a stone. After taking the mid-purity life order promotion elixir, it was as if he'd discovered new layers to the stone. The stone was no longer just rock, it was infused with all manner of meanings. To begin with, it was a home. From little bugs hiding under rocks to human beings that have taken rocks, and carved them into blocks that made their houses out of it, to races like dwarves who carve out whole empires inside mountains, to even dragons that made their homes on th
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NOTE: THEY'LL BE OTHER EROTIC SERIES AFTER THIS STORY, SO STAY TUNED FOR MORE. DON'T FORGET TO DROP A REVIEW ON THE BOOK. Calyn once again found herself seated on the deck of the airship instead of meditating. The past few months hadn't at all gone the way she'd been expecting it to go. Calyn could remember how she'd felt the moment the deity passed his judgment that she would be his slave for the next hundred cycles. The image that had dominated her mind was standing in between a dragon's open jaws. At any time and for any reason, they could snap shut and that would have been the end of her. She had been fully prepared to live on the edge of a knife for the next hundred cycles. The truth, however, turned out to be almost comically the opposite of what she'd been expecting. Not only was the dragon not interested in her, it wasn't even present. Other than at the Governor's castle, she hadn't encountered the deity again. Even more unexpectedly, the one that the deity was linked to, wa
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To begin with, if such a thing exists, then trust me, you are nowhere near powerful or insightful enough to grasp such a truth. And if you somehow were, you would almost certainly immediately rise to the rank of an Elder as not even deities have grasped such a truth! Secondly, you need to keep a cool head and accept the small gains you make in your understanding rather than discarding what you've uncovered so far because some deeper truth exists out there. Just because you don't know what infinity plus infinity adds up to, doesn't mean that one plus one isn't two," Morpheus cautioned.The only one with whom there was perhaps a question of whether he had authority over them or not was Alena, the woman Roka referred to as 'teacher'. And yet, even with her, theirs was a relationship that was more akin to that of two equals as opposed to teacher and student. In the rare instances where there was a disagreement between them, rather than one deferring to the other, they would each make thei
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There was a while of silence between them as Morpheus allowed him to take in what he'd just said. By now, Greg had already worked out that no one around him could see him or interact with him. Otherwise, someone would probably have noticed him Lying on the ground beside the road for three or more weeks straight. Even when the people looked in their direction, they seemed to be looking right through them, none of their eyes able to focus in on Morpheus or himself. Still, even though they seemed to be cloaked in some way, the crowds all around them seemed to instinctively step aside to avoid them as they walked. Greg couldn't help but smile as he jestingly focused on Morpheus' wording. "Why do you say 'you' like you know what infinity plus infinity adds up to? " he questioned. A snort left Morpheus as he replied. "I'm a god, of course, I know what infinity plus infinity adds up to," he stated arrogantly. Greg's brows rose as he turned to the old monk with curiosity. "Really? What do
Chapter 97
Why did the chicken cross the road? Because it wanted to... The sounds of debauchery filled the air all around Greg as he sat cross-legged in the middle of the brothel. Just as had been the case aboveground, no one here seemed to notice his presence. Like an invisible obstacle, people just moved around the two of them whenever they were in the way. Greg's eyes were closed even as he allowed himself to sense it. The fire that burned brightly in this establishment. The fire of desire. It was the force behind all life. An unquenchable fire whose embers were the next generation of any species it burned. A tyrant that very few have the discipline to overcome. Chains that few possess the strength to break. Hooks in the flesh that made one into a marionette, moving and dancing to a tune that they couldn't see, hear, or break out of. Greg could feel it all around him. The sparks that flew with every touch, the fire that burned in both men and women as they teased, toyed, and ravaged eac
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They had been in this city for six days now. Calyn hadn't been lying when she told Roka that it would take her aunt a little over a week to reach the city. This was why she was shocked when the door to the room she had reserved flew open and standing behind it was Aunt Lina. Before she knew it, Calyn was on her feet and across the room. Just three months ago, she'd been certain that she wouldn't see this woman for another hundred cycles. Seeing her now soothed a deep ache that Calyn had never allowed herself to acknowledge, lest it break her. "It's okay child, everything's going to be okay," Aunt Lina spoke comfortingly, one hand hugging her back while the other gently stroked her hair. Calyn had to bury her face in her aunt's shoulder to keep tears from flowing down her face. For a fleeting moment, all was right with the world. Calyn felt safe as all the questions and choices she had been wondering over fell away. For a single endless moment, all the problems she had been turning i
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To lose yourself to your desire is not good, neither is completely ridding oneself of them. Rather, like the hand holding the steering wheel, you need to stay in control. Desire is the vehicle that drives you to where you wish to be, but only if you never take your hand off the steering wheel. The road will be treacherous. And like an untamed steed, your desires will not want to be controlled, But so long as you never let go of the reins, you will never lose yourself to your desires," Morpheus spoke with the force of an unbending will. The deity didn't make use of his powers, he didn't even let a smidgen of his aura leak, and yet, Greg had never been more keenly aware that he was sitting before a deity. Looking into the old monk's eyes, Greg got the sense that it would be easier to move a mountain than to move him. Hell, once his will was set on something, the whole world would be moved before Morpheus was. That was the kind of unbreakable will Morpheus possessed. A will that would se
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NOTE: THEY'LL BE OTHER EROTIC SERIES AFTER THIS STORY, SO STAY TUNED FOR MORE. DON'T FORGET TO DROP A REVIEW ON THE BOOK. You haven't been around him at all. Despite the power he has, Roka isn't a tyrant. He is content to do his own thing and let others do theirs. All this time, he had the chance to do all that you are suggesting, and yet he hasn't. He's barely even used me as a servant let alone taken liberties with me as you suggest," Calyn countered."And that is better?" Nerissa shot back. The incredulity in her voice relayed that she didn't think this to be the case. "Cousin, you have at your side someone linked to an actual god and you somehow think that fading into the background is your best course of action? Play this correctly and you could end up gleaning knowledge from a deity, and yet you sit here wondering if you should continue pretending that you're free? It would seem I misjudged just how obsessed you are with ascension and gaining more power," Nerissa said in a mock