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Chapter 398: The new seers paths:
He squeezed her hand, saying nothing, grateful for the quiet steadiness she had always carried.Ahead of them, Soren Ashwright and Commander Zach spoke in low voices, their conversation drifting back in pieces.“You’ve borne more than anyone should this week.” Soren Ashwright was saying. “Your grandmother, your parents...”“I know.” Commander Zach answered, his voice rough. “I do not know yet how to hold it all. But walking beside people who refuse to leave me alone with it helps more than I expected.”“That is what family does, even when it is the family we choose.” Soren Ashwright replied simply.Commander Zach said nothing, but his shoulders seemed to settle a little lower, as though some invisible weight had shifted.By the time the first gray light touched the eastern horizon, the team had descended into the broad valley and begun the long march toward the village. The land spread before them in soft folds of green and gold, so peaceful that it was almost impossible to imagine th
Chapter 397: Don't be afraid of the god of death:
“Many of them will have been deceived.” Old Moth said thoughtfully. “Vandel was once a revered saint. Some of his followers may truly believe he intends to end suffering. Zealots are often the most dangerous precisely because they cannot imagine they are wrong.”“Then maybe some of them can be turned.” Kaelen Ashwright said. “If we show them the truth, the murders, the purges, the lies he told even his own family, perhaps they will listen. Not all, but some.”“A noble thought.” Commander Zach said. “But do not mistake hope for strategy. Be prepared for the worst, and let mercy be what surprises us rather than what blinds us.”Kaelen Ashwright nodded slowly, accepting the correction.“And how does the sword factor into all this?” Ryn Ashenfang asked, glancing at the hilt over his shoulder. “If it can detect disturbances in the veil between life and death, could it also detect Vandel’s anchors from a distance?”“Possibly.” Commander Zach said. “I would like to test it once we have time,
Chapter 396: The West Winds:
Mirabel nodded, her eyes distant but resolved. “He said the sword would choose its wielder. I think it already has.”With the discovery behind them, the conversation turned quickly to practical matters.“Where do we keep the fragment?” Ryn Ashenfang asked as they began gathering their things. “Carrying it with us is dangerous. If we are ambushed again and it is lost, everything we’ve done is meaningless.”“But leaving it somewhere unprotected is no better.” Commander Zach said. “Vandel found us because of whispers, and he will find any location we choose if a single spy learns of it.”“What if we don’t hide it in a place, but in a person?” Song Lianhua suggested. “Bind it to someone’s soul, the way Vandel did. Not fused entirely, but tethered, so only they can use or access it.”“That would be monstrous.” Sylra Ashwright said sharply. “Look at what it did to him.”“That is precisely the danger.” Commander Zach agreed. “A tethered fragment gives its bearer power, but it also corrupts.
Chapter 395: The Scrolls:
Commander Zach turned to the group, his weathered face set with grim resolve. “Then we cannot linger. If a host is converging on this mountain, we must leave before it arrives. We must also decide what to do with the fragment, because carrying it with us into every battle only increases the risk of losing it.”“Agreed.” Kaelen Ashwright said. “Mirabel, is there anything else here? Anything your father kept in the ruins that we should take or protect?”Mirabel hesitated, wiping her face. A strange, thoughtful expression crossed her features. “There is something. My father always told me that when the fragment was claimed, I should give the new keeper what he left behind. I did not understand what he meant until now.”Without another word, she slipped away from Sylra Ashwright and disappeared into a narrow tunnel at the chamber’s far end, one the team had not noticed. The group waited in tense silence, listening to her small footsteps fade into the mountain’s depths.“Should someone fol
Chapter 394
A soft ripple of laughter passed through the chamber, the first release of tension since Elder Faron’s departure. It was not disrespectful, only the kind of warmth that arrives when people choose to keep living after loss.When the laughter faded, the conversation turned, as it inevitably had to, toward the harder subject.“We need to talk about what this means.” Commander Zach said, rising slowly to his feet. “We now hold one fragment of the Celestial Orb. Vandel holds three. Two locations remain classified even to the Council, and the rest are unaccounted for. The balance has shifted, but not nearly enough.”“Three to one.” Ryn Ashenfang said grimly. “And he has the advantage of knowing exactly where to look next, while we are working from a seer’s dreams and a century-old map.”“But we do have something he does not.” Old Moth said, her gaze drifting toward the two silver-haired girls. “Two living seers. Do you understand how significant that is?”Commander Zach’s eyes sharpened. “V
Chapter 393:Team Alpha:
The golden light had faded completely, yet no one in the ruined chamber moved. The cold mountain wind whistled through the broken archway, carrying with it the faint scent of snow and old stone. Mirabel remained curled on the frozen floor, her small shoulders shaking, Clara’s arms wrapped tightly around her.Kaelen Ashwright stood motionless beside the empty stone pedestal, the pouch containing the fragment resting against his hip, its warmth pulsing gently through the leather like a second heartbeat. He had faced armies of the dead and the voice of a god, yet nothing had prepared him for the quiet weight of watching a man dissolve into light after a hundred years of loyalty.“A century.” Sylra Ashwright finally whispered, wiping tears from her cheeks. “He waited a hundred years for us, and he only had a few minutes to see his duty fulfilled.”“But he did see it fulfilled.” Old Moth immediately said softly, her weathered hand resting on Sylra Ashwright’s arm. “Some people carry a burd
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