2025-07-25 14:57:11
Previous Chapter
Latest Chapter
Chapter 61
“I can’t argue with that,” Amara responded, folding her arms across her chest and pinching her brows in a grim sort of reflection. She lifted one arm, cradling her thumb and fingers on her chin as her mind wandered back. “I teamed up with a Flameborn commander against him once... and he treated us like kids. Like we were flailing around in the dark while he played with matches.”She let out a bitter exhale and tilted her gaze toward Rokhen with angry eyes.“He wasn’t even serious. That bastard was toying with us… If he’d wanted to end it… one clean slice and we’d all be lifeless under those dunes right now.”She paused, then narrowed her eyes.“So… I’d like you to explain to me how these gems of yours work exactly. You said it’d give us a fighting chance, right?”Rokhen didn’t respond right away. He just looked at her—long enough to show he wasn’t about to give her half-baked hope. Then he took in a breath, turned away, and walked to the cluttered corner of the tent. Old maps, fray
Chapter 60
The tension in the tent could’ve been sliced with a blunt dagger.Rokhen’s voice came low and sharp. “What is it, my young friend?” His eyes never left the wide-eyed soldier bent double near the tent entrance.The young soldier, in dust-streaked tin-plated armor who had been clinking with every breath, finally straightened. His chest heaved as sweat rolled in lines down his temple. Still catching his breath, he nodded slightly before blurting it out in a rush of guilt and urgency.“Just a while ago—at the watch gate—we saw a streak, something dark, broody and unnatural, shoot up into the sky. Straight up.” He paused, visibly uncomfortable, flicking his eyes down to the floor like a kid caught sneaking food.“At first,” he continued, rubbing the back of his neck, “we didn’t think much of it. We thought it was... I don’t know, maybe some illusion. A trick of the heat. You know how the desert messes with your head when it’s hot enough to cook your thoughts.”He gave a short, shameful c
Chapter 59
With a faint hum of concentration, the flames molded and sharpened, solidifying into that baton-shaped weapon he was finally starting to get the hang of.“Guess we’re doing this the Kaelen way,” he muttered, quaking his lips into a half-smirk despite himself.One sharp upward slice—fwoosh—and the top of the cloth gave way, spitting embers as it burned clean. Another slash down the side, and the makeshift cover slid off without much of a sound, landing in a lazy heap of ash and splintered wood at the corner.Kaelen stepped out cautiously, tugging the reins of the horse behind him. Sunlight hit his face for the first time in days, but instead of the triumphant feeling you’d expect, he just squinted against the glare, grimacing like the sun itself had personally offended him.“Well… there it is,” he grumbled, looking around the wrecked entrance of what used to be a guard tower. “Freedom, huh? Spent all that time trapped in a hole to walk out to… whatever this is.” His gaze swept over
Chapter 58
Kaelen blew out a shaky breath, with his slick sweaty palms and a heart pounding so hard it felt like his ribs were a drum. The opening above stared down at him like a challenge he had no business accepting, but he wasn't the kind of guy who knew when to quit."Okay…" he muttered, with a low but steady voice, almost as if saying it out loud made it real. His gaze shifted to the horse standing patiently nearby, as its dark eyes reflected a quiet trust that Kaelen didn’t feel he deserved.“All I need to do…” he started, then paused, pressing his lips into a thin line before he forced another breath past his teeth, “…is to gently raise you… Just a few feet.” He glanced back up at the jagged opening, snorting a half-laugh that sounded more like disbelief than humor. “Shouldn't be that difficult,” he added, wearing a nervous grin that fooled neither himself nor the horse.He approached slowly, laying a steadying hand on the horse’s mane, feeling the warmth of its breath brush against hi
Chapter 57
This time, he closed his eyes tighter, drawing in a slow, deliberate breath. He could almost hear Sahrak’s voice in the back of his mind, that dry, unimpressed tone that drove him insane: “Control the flame…, don’t let it control you”.“Yeah, yeah, old man,” Kaelen muttered, curling his fingers at his sides. “Easier said than done.”He ignited his feet again, roaring the heat hotter this time, dancing up past his ankles and swirling around him like coiled energy. His heart hammered in his chest. The flames crackled louder, and a strange rhythm synced with his pulse.Then—suddenly—the ground seemed to lose its grip on him. His body lifted, weightless, hovering a good foot off the tunnel floor. His eyes flew open, parting his mouth in pure shock. “Ohhh… oh mahn…” he whispered, spilling out an exhilarated laugh as he teetered in the air. “I’m doing it… I’m doing it!”He tilted his weight, trying to rise higher, but the fire flared wildly, throwing him sideways. His shoulder smacked i
Chapter 56
The fire flickered, twisting erratically like it wasn’t sure what it wanted to be. Kaelen gritted his teeth as sweat ran down his neck and the heat from his flames seared close to his skin.“Come on…” he growled through clenched teeth, pressing harder, feeding everything—his frustration, his stubbornness, his ridiculous determination—into the flame. The air vibrated faintly around him, crackling and building the heat.And then—just for a split second—the wild blaze in his hand stretched, bent, shaped itself into a faint outline of the weapon in his mind. A baton, glowing white-blue at its edges, flickering like it might disappear any second.Kaelen’s eyes snapped open, widened in shock, and slipped a breathless laugh out of him. “Oh… oh… that's it,” he whispered.But just as quickly as it formed, the flame trembled violently, spitting out unstable sparks, like it was one heartbeat away from exploding in his hand.Kaelen gripped it tighter, refusing to let go, darting his gaze to the
You may also like
Supreme Alchemist
Know Micro36.8K viewsThe Matriarch
Remnis Luz12.7K viewsSwordbound Chronicles
Jimmy-Chuuu19.3K viewsThe Tribrid
Author Wonder17.7K viewsSummoned Celestial Divine Beast
Little LYTA 72 viewsMy Reincarnation As A Chicken
Rados479.8K viewsRise Of The Defying Paragon
HeavenlyGift8.3K viewsThe Reincarnated Overlord: Vengeance in the Eternal Abyss
In The Moment514 views