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CHAPTER 270. The Foreign Pulse
The light was endless. It swallowed everything. Air, thought, memory. For one moment, Caster felt like he was nowhere and everywhere all at once. His body was weightless, drifting through the narrow thread of space between what lived and what had already died, then the silence broke.A deep vibration rippled through the rift, not from Skell, not from him, but something else. A second pulse. Stronger. Sharper. Controlled.It tore through the golden current around him, twisting the flow of mana into violent spirals. Caster’s eyes shot open.The rift walls glowed blinding white, then cracked like shattered glass. He gritted his teeth, clutching his staff. “What, what is that?”The pulse came again, heavy, rhythmic, almost mechanical. It carried structure. Intention. Not the wild, ancient breath of Skell’s dying world, but the cold hum of organized power.His heart sank. “Someone else is coming through.”The rift groaned, the light around him dimming as shadows bled in from the edges. Th
CHAPTER 269. The Last Light of Skell
Silence. No thunder. No breath. Only a slow, fragile hum beneath the surface, like a dying heartbeat that refused to stop.Caster opened his eyes. The world had changed again. He lay on his back in the middle of what used to be the battlefield, though now it looked almost peaceful. The cracked land had turned to glass, reflecting the faint glow of the stabilizer in the distance. The once-torn sky was a deep violet now, split by rivers of gold light that pulsed in slow waves, like veins of a sleeping creature.He sat up slowly, his body aching in every place he could still feel. His limbs felt heavier than before. The air around him shimmered faintly, reacting to the mana that clung to his skin like smoke. His voice came out rough and quiet. “Still alive.”He tried to stand but stumbled, catching himself on his staff. Its crystal tip flickered weakly, like a candle struggling to stay lit.The stabilizer was still there, still humming, though faintly, its golden core dimmed to a soft
CHAPTER 268. The Core’s Judgment
The light faded slowly, leaving behind silence and ruin. Caster lay face down on the cracked ground, his chest heaving. Every breath hurt, shallow, dry, burning like fire in his lungs. The once-golden sky of Skell was now dark gray, streaked with flashes of blue lightning that twisted in strange, uneven shapes.The air smelled of burnt mana and ash. He groaned, pushing himself up onto his hands and knees. His staff lay a few feet away, its crystal top dim, humming faintly.For a moment, he thought he was alone. Then a faint sound reached his ears, a low hum, deep and rhythmic, like a heartbeat made of thunder. He looked up.The stabilizer was still standing, but barely. Its crystal surface cracked with every pulse, glowing in painful bursts of gold and blue. Streams of light poured upward from the fractures, connecting to the broken sky like pillars. Caster’s voice came out hoarse. “Eidric.”There was no answer. Only the low, pulsing hum of the stabilizer’s wounded rhythm. He stagge
CHAPTER 267. The Breach Event
The air trembled with pressure. Caster crouched low behind a broken ridge of glassy stone, his eyes locked on the flickering blue lights across the valley. The intruders were close now, three of them, moving with purpose and precision. Their forms glowed faintly under the fractured sky, outlines wrapped in mana-shields that rippled like heat haze. Silver suits reinforced their limbs; crystalline rods pulsed at their belts, each one humming with pure, controlled energy. Caster’s heart beat faster. “So it’s true, they really came through.”The wind blew across the plain, carrying faint mechanical sounds, a rhythm too exact to belong to this world. The scent of ozone filled the air, mingling with Skell’s decaying breath. He whispered, “They’re building an extractor.”Across the valley, the three mages stood in a triangular formation. Energy pylons rose between them, connecting by threads of glowing blue mana. The lattice expanded with each pulse, spreading a dome-shaped field that sh
CHAPTER 266. Eidric’s Bargain
The air split open with light as Caster fell out of the rift. He landed hard against the ash-covered ground near the stabilizer’s spire.The once-golden structure now flickered with unstable light, its crystal heart dimming and flaring like a dying star. Each pulse sent ripples through the land, shaking the fractured plane beneath his boots. “Eidric!” Caster shouted. His voice echoed through the hollow wind.From behind the fractured crystal columns, a faint blue glow answered. The Archivist stepped forward, his bones cracked, parts of his frame glowing faintly with runes that flickered weakly.“You returned,” Eidric said, voice calm but heavy.Caster stumbled toward him. “What’s happening? The stabilizer.”“Is failing,” Eidric finished. “The plane’s mana veins have reversed. The foreign mages are drawing closer. They’ve located the ley anchor’s resonance.”Caster’s eyes widened. “They’re here already?”Eidric nodded slowly. “Their energy signatures are coordinated, methodical. They’
CHAPTER 265. Hall of Possible Futures
The fall ended with silence. Caster hit the ground hard, his body rolling across smooth stone. He lay still for a moment, gasping, eyes blinking against the afterimage of blue light. When he finally pushed himself up, the world around him was different.There was no ceiling above him, only a black sky filled with faint glimmers, like shards of glass floating in the air. The floor stretched endlessly, a mirror of silver stone that reflected his image in every direction. He stood, unsteady. His reflection stared back at him, then it blinked.Caster froze. The reflection smiled faintly, but not the same way he did. Its smile was cruel, sharp, knowing. “Hello,” it said, voice identical to his.Caster stepped back. “What are you?”The reflection tilted its head. “What you could become.”Before Caster could speak again, more shapes began to rise from the mirrored floor, each one a version of himself, stepping out of their reflections as though the surface were water.A dozen Casters surro
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