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Chapter 156
Drogo’s silver-marbled eyes flared. He remembered the baker. He remembered the girl with the doll. He remembered the way they looked at him, as if he were a god who would never let them go."I am the Source," Drogo growled. His voice was a roar that cut through the sound of the lava. "And the Source does not run."Drogo stood up from his throne. He didn't walk. He used his [Gravity Manipulation] to launch himself into the center of the main hall. He landed on the surface of the boiling black water, his heavy boots creating a shockwave that pushed the steam away.He looked up at the "Throat." The river of lava was getting wider. It was a pillar of liquid fire heading straight for the heart of the fortress."You want to pour the world on me, Vane?" Drogo asked the ceiling. "Then I will make you carry the weight."Drogo raised both of his massive, obsidian hands. He didn't point at the lava. He pointed at the space around it.[ULTIMATE OUTPUT: GRAVITY WELL – COMPRESSION MODE.]Drogo’s ob
Chapter 155
The "Sun-Wash" acid had been a test. It was a way for General Vane to see if the pipes were clear. But the General was not a man who liked to wait. He was a machine of war, and he knew that if you want to kill a nest of rats, you do not just pour water into the hole. You turn the hole into a furnace.High above the streets of the Mid-Tier District, the air was vibrating. It was a sound so low that the human ear could not hear it, but the windows of the nearby manors were shattering.General Vane stood in the center of the Great Plaza. His steel hand was pressed flat against the white marble floor. His red mechanical eye was spinning in circles, calculating the density of the rock beneath him."The acid is being absorbed," Vane said. His voice was a cold, metallic grind. "The Demon is drinking the light. He thinks he is a sponge. Let us see how much heat a sponge can hold."Vane turned to his elite Geomancers, mages who could talk to the stone. There were twenty of them, dressed in hea
Chapter 154
The morning after the Grand Solar Convoy was destroyed, the city of Solara did not wake up. The people stayed in their beds. They locked their doors. They pulled their curtains tight. The "Path of the Sun," the great road where Drogo Payne had turned Captain Valerius into a hollow husk, was still covered in black soot and gray ash. No one came to clean it. The servants were too afraid to step outside. The nobles were too busy praying to gods who were no longer answering.The silence was heavy. It was the kind of silence that happens right before a mountain falls. Then, at exactly eight o'clock, the sound began.BOOM. BOOM. BOOM. It was the sound of the Great Golden Gates of the Inner City opening. These gates were only opened for two things: a royal wedding or a total war. Today, there was no music. There were no flowers.From the darkness of the gatehouse, the Imperial Pacification Force emerged.They did not look like the Solaris Guards. The Solaris Guards wore gold silk and carri
Chapter 153
The "Path of the Sun" was the widest road in the Capital City of Solara. It was a grand thoroughfare made of white marble and gold leaf. It ran from the Great Marketplace all the way to the base of the High Spire. Usually, this road was a place of celebration. Today, it was a show of force.The Academy was tired of being afraid. They were tired of the "Invisible Killers" and the "Shadow’s Toll." To prove that the Light was still in control, they had organized the Grand Solar Convoy.It was a massive line of wagons and soldiers. There were twenty heavy iron carriages, each one pulled by four white horses. The carriages were overflowing with mana-crystals, bags of gold, and jars of "Refined Essence." This was the total tax collected from the Northern and Western districts. It was enough wealth to buy a small country.Guarding the wealth was a battalion of two hundred Gold-Cloaks. They didn't walk in a circle this time. They marched in a solid block, their silver shields overlapping to
Chapter 152
Drogo Payne sat on his throne in the Pit. He was watching the retreat through the eyes of Vesper. He saw the terrified faces of the guards. He felt their fear through the tethers. It tasted like cold, metallic water.[HUMANITY: 0.00%.][LOGIC: PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE IS 85% EFFECTIVE.][OBJECTIVE: BREAK THE ACADEMY’S WILL.]"Vesper," Drogo thought."Source," she answered. She was standing on a balcony overlooking the barracks, holding three golden Cores in her hand."Do not follow them into the barracks," Drogo commanded. "The Aegis is too thick there. But leave a message. I want the High Masters to know that their walls are made of paper.""What message, Source?"Drogo looked at the 3D model of the city. He saw the High Spire, glowing with an angry, unstable light."Use the entropy," Drogo said. "Write it on the gates of the Academy."Vesper moved. She used [Shadow-Phase] to slide through the city’s foundations, appearing in front of the Great Iron Gates of the Academy.The gates were
Chapter 151
The city of Solara was built on a lie. The lie was that the light would last forever. For a thousand years, the people believed that as long as the Great Sun hung over the palace, they were safe. They believed that the Dross, the poor, the weak, and the Nulls, were just the price of a beautiful world. But lies are like old wood. Eventually, they rot. And when they rot, they break.The morning after the "Missing Cores" incident, the city did not wake up to the sound of bells. It woke up to the sound of whispering.In the Slum District, the air was thick with a new kind of energy. It was not the hot, stinging energy of the mana-foundries. It was a cool, quiet hum.Mara, the mother Drogo had saved from the tax collectors, stood in the middle of the muddy market square. She was not alone. Hundreds of Nulls were gathered there. They were not working. They were not bowing to the guards. They were talking."I saw them," a man whispered. He was a one-armed blacksmith who had been a Null his
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