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• -Chapter - 46 - Echoes of Blood and Bone

  The Grand Hall quieted as the King raised his hand.“Calyth, First Prince, speak. What news do you bring from the borders?”The eldest of the Veynar heirs stepped forward, his emerald armor gleaming. His voice carried across the chamber, steady and resolute.“The beastkin clans of the east are broken,” Calyth declared. “Their chieftains kneeled beneath our banners after three months of campaign. Resistance remains in the mountain holds, but their unity is shattered. Trade routes will flow again, and the forests of the east are secure.”Cheers filled the hall, nobles slamming their staves and blades against the marble floor. Pride radiated from the people. The First Prince bowed, then stepped back into place, his eyes briefly flicking toward Sylvia — measuring her reaction.“Good,” King Sylorin said. “The east has long needed stability. You have done well, my son.”Then his gaze turned to Lirael. “Daughter. Report.”The Second Princess glided forward, her steps soft, deliberate. Her sm

• - Chapter - 45 - Echoes Beyond the Fortress

  The moon had barely risen above the crystalline towers when the first horns sounded across the capital.Sylvia froze as she crossed the outer gardens, recognizing the cadence immediately — the return horn, a call reserved for generals and royal heirs who came back from long campaigns.The courtyard erupted in life. Nobles streamed out of the halls, banners lifted, silver-armored guards forming precise lines along the stairways of the palace. The air thrummed with pride and anticipation.Her heart tightened. She knew what this meant.Her older siblings had returned.The gates of living wood swung open.Through them strode a figure in glimmering emerald plate, helm under his arm, long silver hair flowing down his back. His presence was heavy, as though he carried not just a sword but the weight of command itself.Calyth Veynar, First Prince.The heir apparent.The Golden Blade of the Elves.Cheers rang out as he raised his gauntleted fist. His armor bore scars of battle, his cloak tatte

• - Chapter - 44 - The Crimson Sovereign’s Awakening

  The bone throne chamber was still.Kai stood in silence, staring at his reflection in the silver plate set into the throne’s armrest. His features were no longer the boy who had first stepped into this fortress. No longer the forgotten son, abandoned by blood. He was taller now — his frame had stretched to a full one-ninety, shoulders broader, his posture regal without effort. His hair, once dark with hints of gold and light, now shimmered with streaks of silver, and through it ran a single scarlet strand, sharp and burning as blood-fire.But it was his eyes that made the air itself heavy. His left glowed a piercing ice-blue, clear and cutting as a frozen blade. His right burned crimson, its light predatory, as if every soul it gazed upon was prey.Alice, his ever-loyal general, lowered herself to one knee, trembling not from fear but awe. Her silver-blue eyes flickered as if fighting to focus. “Master… you radiate… like the Skeleton King of old. No—stronger.”Drakar, the dragon-born

• - Chapter - 43 - Return to the Fortress

  The warband marched through the wastelands beneath the cold light of the twin moons.Bones clattered, weapons scraped, and the scent of battle still lingered on Kai’s cloak. The skeleton phalanx moved silently, their sockets glowing brighter now that victory had fed the fortress’ influence into their cores.Kai walked at the center, flanked by Alice and Drakar. Neither spoke, though Alice occasionally cast a glance at him, her expression unreadable.The massive gates of the Bone Fortress loomed ahead, glowing faintly with runes. At the sight of their king returning, the Warden and the two towering Guardians lowered to one knee, weapons pressed against the earth.“Master,” the Warden’s hollow voice rang out. “The fortress awaits you.”Kai stepped inside, his boots echoing against stone. For the first time since the battle, he let himself exhale fully.The throne room pulsed with power. The fortress had absorbed the energy of his conquest, its spires flickering brighter with bone-fire,

• - Chapter - 42 - First Strike into the Wastelands

  The fortress gates rumbled open.Kai stood at the head of his warband, cloak whipping in the wasteland wind. Beside him marched Alice, her silver-blue eyes glinting like cold flame, and Drakar, whose half-human frame seemed to quake with restrained power. Behind them, the newly summoned Bone Knight Varian strode in silence, shield strapped across his arm, sword gleaming faintly with necrotic runes. Neyra the Bone Mage hovered at his flank, a low hiss of mana constantly leaking from her skeletal frame.The Warden and the two colossal Guardians watched from the gates, their hollow eyes burning.“You leave us the fortress,” the Warden intoned, bowing his armored head. “No enemy shall breach these walls.”Kai nodded once. “Hold it. When I return, I want this place standing.”Drakar’s grin widened. “And when we return, it’ll be after breaking something of theirs.”The warband set out.The wastelands stretched endlessly, a sea of dust and shattered stone. The skeleton troops moved in discip

• - Chapter- 41 - The Bone Fortress & The Academy

  The fortress groaned as the new Summoning Chamber finished its growth. Its walls gleamed with lines of etched runes, each pulsing with the same necrotic light that laced through the fortress core. Skeletons filed in and out, carrying shards of bone essence and mana stones harvested from the newly opened mines.Kai stood at the threshold with Alice, Drakar, and the Warden at his side. The air smelled of ozone and burnt marrow, thick with energy.“Beautiful,” Alice whispered. Her silver-blue eyes reflected the chamber’s glow. “This is no simple room. This is the heart of creation.”Drakar folded his arms, his voice a low growl. “A forge of war. Only strength will walk out from here.”The Warden remained silent, but the way his helm turned toward Kai betrayed anticipation.Kai stepped forward. The System flickered in his vision.[Summoning Chamber: Ready for Use]→ Available Essence: 500→ Summonable Units:Bone Knight (200 Essence)Bone Mage (250 Essence)Skeletal Beast (150 Essence)Ka