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A Feast Where Everyone Smiled
King Monorch entered the banquet hall to the sound of drums and lowered strings. Every noble, minister, officer, and invited guest rose before he reached the royal dais, while servants along the walls lowered their eyes and kept their hands still around trays of wine.“Long live King Monorch!”The first cheer came from a minister near the front who shouted loudly enough to prove enthusiasm. Others followed because remaining silent would be remembered more clearly than sincerity. An older noble moved his lips without matching the volume around him, while a young courtier watched the man beside him and copied every gesture half a breath late.Monorch enjoyed the display. He smiled broadly whenever the cheers became louder, and his gaze lingered on anyone whose response seemed slower than the rest. To him, fear and loyalty were useful precisely because he rarely cared which one had produced the obedience.
Music Above the Dungeon
Torredorm Palace became busiest in the hours before sunset. While the underground cells remained cold and dim, kitchens above them filled with steam, servants carried wine jars and lacquered trays through long corridors, and musicians repeated the same ceremonial passages until every transition matched the order expected by the royal household.The contrast between the palace and the city outside was difficult to ignore. Food enough to feed several streets was being prepared for one evening, yet servants still spoke carefully whenever King Monorch’s name entered the conversation. Fine carpets and bright lanterns could hide poverty from a banquet guest, but they could not hide fear from people who worked under the same roof every day.Near the kitchens, one young servant nearly dropped a tray when a supervisor called her name. An older woman caught the edge before the cups fell and whispered that a broken cup would cost more than wages
The Prisoner Who Chose His Cell
Torredorm looked prosperous at night. Rows of lamps illuminated crowded streets, merchant stalls remained open after sunset, and music drifted from inns near the outer districts, creating an impression of wealth that did not match the fear Xathanael had already noticed among Vellenor soldiers.He descended outside the walls rather than flying directly toward the palace. The energy signal he had followed remained intermittent, and entering as an obvious Banxiang would attract attention before he understood where it came from, while walking through the city offered information that speed could not.Ten Vellenor guards stood near the main gate when he approached. One stepped forward, raised a hand, and announced that entry required inspection before asking why a foreign traveler had come to Torredorm.Xathanael said that he wanted to enter the city and look around, then asked for the proper entry fee. The question should ha
Two Soldiers and the White Traveler
The soldiers of Vellenor had been training since morning beneath the heat of Windy Desert. Their commanders demanded longer marches, heavier equipment, and repeated formation drills, standards that many human troops privately believed had been designed for the stronger physiques of Thessul soldiers rather than ordinary men.Complaints were dangerous, so most resentment appeared only during short breaks. Youdon and Wangdue had found shade beneath a date palm far enough from their officers to speak without being overheard, though both still watched the training field whenever a commander’s whistle sounded.Youdon wiped sweat from his forehead and looked at Wangdue’s water bottle. “You still have some left, don’t you? Give me a little.”Wangdue pulled the bottle closer and reminded him that everyone had known they would be training in the desert. When Youdon admitted that he had misjudged how m
The Angel Above Twenty Continents
Xathanael guided Pegasus closer to the Blue Planet until the world below no longer looked like a distant sphere of light. Oceans spread between wide continental masses, cloud systems moved over mountain ranges, and the number of visible landmasses immediately complicated the mission he had expected to be straightforward.From the records he received before leaving Shi Xang Prefecture, he knew that Azazel had once carried something important into this lower world. What he had not been given was a precise continent, kingdom, or city, and the sight below made that omission far more troublesome than it had seemed in the upper realm.“There are more than twenty continents,” Xathanael said as his gaze moved from one landmass to another. “Searching them one by one would waste an absurd amount of time.”Pegasus continued forward, but its luminous stride had lost some of the effortless rhythm it carried ea
The Star Everyone Stopped Watching
Guo Jiang's spirit ship left Hyenan before the afternoon light had faded. Deng Yun remained at the gate until the vessel became a small shape above the southern horizon, then returned to the inner halls with the Platinum-ranked palm legacy still secured in both hands.He entered closed-door cultivation soon afterward. Before sealing himself away, he ordered the elders to reorganize training schedules, restrict access to the new inheritance, and record every disciple allowed to study its foundations.Silver Moon Sect changed gradually rather than overnight. Inner disciples were required to guide outer disciples through the basic stances, while elders compared the new palm method with the sect's older techniques so that mistakes would not be passed down as tradition.Rumors spread across Hyenan anyway. Some claimed Guo Jiang had granted Silver Moon Sect direct Banxiang protection, while others insisted Deng Yun had obtaine
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