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625. Across the Shifting Sands
Xander rushed at Azmat and lunged at him like a feral wolf, throwing him straight into the shadowy, black portal behind.They fell through an endless void, plummeting toward the unknown depths of an infinite cosmic ocean, but Xander held on with an iron grip.“Welcome to my world, Xander Payne!”Azmat’s voice boomed like a thunderclap as a rift crackled into life right under them, pulling them into another dimension.Xander fell through a pitch-black sky and crashed face-first on the ground.It was a rusty-red surface with loose, grainy soil and a stormy gray atmosphere brewing overhead.Azmat dissipated into a black cloud and reformed in the distance, his hands tucked behind his back.Xander pushed the ground and sprang back to his feet in the blink of an eye.Even though he had no idea where he had landed, he was barely fazed by the change of scenery.Azmat noticed this too, and his eyes brightened with a reddish hue.“You are no longer in your familiar past. This is my domain, Prin
624. The Dragon and the Swallow
“The brave brother. Always ready to step in front of his dear sister and play the knight in shining armor. How very heroic!” Xander’s doppelganger exclaimed in a mocking voice, casting a condescending glance at Priscilla. “But it isn’t the same with us. My sister can defend herself without my help.”“That’s right. My brother and I are equals in the arena. So, you haven’t done your sister any favor by switching sides,” Priscilla’s doppelganger jeered in her turn. “Come on, Xander. Let’s see if you are as brave as you think you are.”“I don’t need to be brave to face a slave like you,” Xander declared, holding his head high with an air of complete superiority.“You arrogant son of a gun!” Priscilla’s doppelganger launched into Xander, targeting him with a barrage of lightning bolts from her enchanted trident.But Xander moved like the wind, dodging every attack with effortless ease.The whole throne room lit up with flashes as lightning crackled all around.Xander weaved through the thu
623. The Past And The Present
“A couple of illusory clones?” Xander mocked. “Is that really the best you could come up with in your infinite wisdom?”But Azara didn’t mind the snappy words.“They aren’t clones. They are fragments of your own soul dragged from the past. I am not the God of Dreams and Delusions. I am the Lord of Time itself!” he replied, breaking off into a throaty chuckle. “This is the end of your present. And your future will never exist!”“You wish!” Priscilla sneered, glaring at him with eyes that craved nothing but revenge.The clones summoned by Azara marched forward and conjured their own weapons: A trident crackling with pure lightning and a greatsword engulfed in darkness.“Only one of us deserves to live. There can only be one Xander,” the corrupted Xander from the past threatened, brandishing his sword.“And also, one Priscilla,” the corrupted Priscilla joined in, sizing up her own opponent.“You are nowhere close to me. I’d never become a slave to a demon,” Xander snapped at his doppelga
622. The Darkness Within
Priscilla had known her father for 11 years. And in that time, he had seen the man devote himself to the welfare of Zarturia’s citizens even at the cost of his own family.The Dr. Allister Payne whom Priscilla knew would have sacrificed his own life just to help the world live a day longer.And despite her traumatic childhood, there was no way in hell she could believe that her own father was the one behind the mass genocide.While Priscilla’s thoughts were still hanging in the balance, Xander had already made up his mind.“You’re just another faceless trickster,” he muttered in a heavy, unforgiving voice. “Our father perished inside the research facility during the night of the attack. Only Priscilla and I made it out alive.”Hearing her brother’s words gave Priscilla the much-needed assurance to back her own beliefs.“I have already dealt with Ixchel. I know what is real and what’s just an illusion. King Allister Payne is dead! You killed him along with the rest of our people!” she
621. Ruins of the Past
“How much time do we have left? And how do we find the last Enlightened One?”Xander’s questions hung in the air as King Julius disappeared like a ghost, dispersing into a cloud of black smoke.“Over there!” Priscilla exclaimed, pointing into the distance.Xander turned around and followed her finger.Sure enough, another stone archway had appeared in the middle of the desert.Neither knew where it led, but Xander decided to trust his instincts.“Let’s go. We need to finish this while we still can.”Xander ran toward the sandstone archway and jumped into the sandy gray portal, with Priscilla following right behind like his shadow.The portal spat them out of the endless desert, throwing them right into the ruins of Zarturia.This was the same ruined kingdom with the crumbling buildings and toppled towers that they had seen when they’d first crossed to this parallel world.Unlike the Zarturia which they had left behind, this one was a shambling mess of dust and debris.The whole kingdo
620. Written in the Stars
Priscilla ran toward the archway as fast as her legs could carry her. The sky above distorted into a dirty shade of red as the sea level rose rapidly, swallowing the island as if it were a tiny morsel.Gasping for breath, Priscilla quickened her pace.She sprinted with long strides, her pounding heart hammering against her ribs as the world blurred around her.As Ixchel’s realm collapsed upon itself, another enormous tidal wave surged forward, towering above the clouds.With one desperate dash and a hopeful final leap, Priscilla jumped into the fiery archway without thinking.She closed her eyes, expecting the flames to singe her skin, but the fire crackled around her without even burning her clothes.On the other side, Priscilla hit the dirt and rolled onto a wide stretch of sand. The stinging sensation quickly forced her to open her eyes.As she looked around, she noticed she had landed in the middle of a vast desert with no signs of life as far as the eye could see.Only the sand d
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