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Chapter 160: The Great Convergence
The sky broke at noon. It did not tear like before—not with the violent, screaming rupture of earlier rifts—but folded inward, spiraling as if the heavens themselves were being drawn toward a single point. Clouds twisted into vast concentric rings, lightning crawling through them in silent veins of white and violet. The air grew heavy, charged, humming with pressure that rattled windows and set wards trembling. Across Eldoria, every mage felt it. Kael staggered as the Phoenix-Aether inside him flared in alarm. He gripped the edge of the balcony, eyes snapping upward as the storm took shape far beyond the capital—over the dead plains once known as the Meridian Expanse. “That’s not a rift,” he breathed. Lira was already there, staff blazing as she stabilized the Spire’s upper wards. “It’s worse,” she said. “It’s all of them.” Ley lines ignited. Across the continent, ancient currents of magic—long dormant or carefully regulated—surged awake. Towers that had stood inert for centuri
Chapter 159: Lira’s Defiance
The Arcane Spire had never felt so hollow. Kael stood alone on the upper balcony, hands resting against the cold crystal railing as dawn crept over Eldoria. The sky was bruised with lingering rift-scars—thin fractures that shimmered faintly, like wounds refusing to close. Below, the Academy stirred back to life: apprentices crossing courtyards, ward-smiths reinforcing barriers, healers moving with quiet urgency. Life continuing, unaware of the cost paid beneath it. His arm still burned where the pact had sealed itself into his Aether. Not pain exactly—something deeper. A presence, patient and waiting. “You should be resting.” Lira’s voice cut through the stillness like a blade. Kael didn’t turn. “If I rest now, I’ll start counting what I’ve lost.” Footsteps approached, measured and controlled. When she came to stand beside him, he felt the heat of her anger before he saw it. Her staff was slung across her back, but her hands were clenched at her sides. “You summoned a god,” sh
Chapter 158: The Forbidden Pact
Gods were not meant to be summoned anymore. That truth was etched into the laws Kael himself had helped write after the Mage Wars—laws born from blood, broken cities, and the arrogance of mortals who once believed they could bargain safely with divinity. Yet here he stood, deep beneath the Arcane Academy, in a chamber sealed by seven sigils that no longer appeared in any public grimoire. The air was wrong. It did not move so much as wait. Kael planted his staff at the center of the summoning circle. The Phoenix-Aether within him stirred uneasily, still restrained after the Leviathan’s test. He could feel its caution—fire remembering water’s lesson. “This stays contained,” Lira said from the edge of the chamber. Her voice was steady, but her grip on her staff was white-knuckled. “If this goes wrong, we collapse the vault.” Eryn stood behind her, silent. The Phoenixfire within her flickered in uneasy sympathy, as if it recognized the danger before reason could name it. Kael nodd
Chapter 157: The Leviathan’s Test
Water came first. Not as rain, nor flood—but as memory. Kael felt it the moment he stepped beyond the Shard chamber’s threshold, as if the mountain itself exhaled and the world tilted sideways. Stone dissolved into motion. Weight vanished. Sound stretched thin, drawn into a deep, endless current. When sensation returned, he was standing on nothing. Beneath his boots lay an infinite ocean—black-blue, glass-smooth, reflecting a sky filled with drifting constellations that did not belong to Eldoria. Above and below were indistinguishable. Time itself felt… slowed, like breath held too long. This was not a place. It was a boundary. Kael tightened his grip on his staff. Phoenix-Aether stirred uneasily within him, its warmth muted, cautious. “So,” he murmured, voice echoing across the impossible sea, “this is your trial.” The water rippled. Then it rose. The ocean pulled itself upward, spiraling into a colossal form. Scales the size of citadels unfolded from liquid darkness, each
Chapter 156: The Shard Guardians
The victory at the Northern Rift did not feel like an ending.Even as night settled over the reclaimed valley, the land itself remained uneasy—stone still warm beneath ash, the air humming faintly with residual Aether. Fires crackled in controlled circles where soldiers rested, tending wounds and repairing armor scored by Starbound weapons. Beyond the perimeter, the sealed fissure pulsed like a buried heart, dim but persistent.Eryn Vale stood apart from the camps, staring toward the northern ridge where the rift’s energy had thinned into translucent veils. The Phoenix-Aether within her was quieter now, no longer roaring—but it had not gone still. It stirred with a low, warning heat, like embers shifting beneath ash.Kael joined her, his presence steady, grounding. His Phoenix-feathers had dimmed to a soft glow, their edges no longer molten but warm, as if mirroring his restraint.“You felt it too,” he said.Eryn nodded without looking at him. “Something survived. Not Starbound. Not R
Chapter 155: The Starbound Counter-Offensive
The dawn broke over the jagged peaks of the Northern Rift, though it offered little warmth. Ash hung in the air like fog, remnants of the previous day’s battle settling over frozen ruins. The valley lay scarred: shattered trees, splintered stone, and the twisted bodies of Riftborn scattered like grotesque trophies. Yet despite the destruction, Eldoria’s forces stood ready. Eryn Vale, her Phoenix-Aether coiling around her arms like living fire, surveyed the valley. Every soldier, mage, and scout had endured the previous assault; every eye was fixed on her. For the first time, she was not just defending—she was leading. Kael stepped beside her, Phoenix-feathers stirring in the bitter wind. His expression was grim, but his voice carried authority. “The rift adapts. Every strike you made yesterday, it learned. Today, we strike with precision. Focus your power, Eryn. Channel the Phoenix—but do not let it consume you.” Eryn nodded, feeling the familiar burn of the Phoenix-Aether in her c
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