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Chapter 652
A man stepped into the dim light. He wore a dirty, torn gray military coat. His face was covered in dark bruises and gray ash. He looked exhausted. But Dorrin knew that face. Even through the blood and the dirt, Dorrin recognized his master. "Master Caster," Dorrin breathed weakly. A tiny spark of hope flared in his dying heart. Caster Spellbound stood in the basement. He did not look at Dorrin. His eyes were locked entirely on Captain Vargas. "Who are you, old fool?" Vargas sneered. "Did you get lost in the fire?"Caster did not answer. He slowly raised his right hand into the dim light. He opened his fingers. Resting in the palm of his burned hand was the heavy, overloaded black crystal. The crystal buzzed violently. It glowed with a sick, blinding mix of pitch-black darkness and bruised purple light. The freezing cold entropy of the dead Ash Warden leaked from the glass, mixing with the chaotic, screaming red blood magic Caster had sucked from the dying soldiers on the battl
Chapter 651
KRAAA-KOOOM! The explosion threw Dorrin backward. He crashed hard into the wooden counter. His head hit the wood, and his vision went blurry. Thick red smoke poured into the shop. The smell of burning blood and hot iron filled the air. Through the massive hole in the brick wall, five men stepped into the Gilded Rose. They wore long, dark crimson leather coats. Their faces were covered with black cloth masks. They carried sharp, curved steel swords and short brass rifles. They were the elite strike team from the Crimson Alliance. The leader of the group was a massive, brutally muscular man. His right arm was not made of flesh. It was made of heavy, thick metal. The metal glowed with a terrifying, red-hot fire. It hissed and smoked in the cold rain. "Search the building!" the brutal leader ordered. "Director Thorpe wants the dark artifact! Tear the floorboards up!"Dorrin lay on the floor, holding his bleeding head. He watched the cruel men step into his clean shop. "You... you c
Chapter 650
The red fire from the sky rained down on the capital city. The Gilded Rose District was burning. Twenty minutes before Caster Spellbound stepped into the dark basement with his deadly crystal bomb, the street outside the shop had been full of screaming people. Inside the small, dusty herb shop, an old man was sweeping the floor. His name was Dorrin. Dorrin was the butler, the cleaner, and the caretaker of the Gilded Rose. He was a very old man. His hair was completely white, thin, and wispy. He wore a neat, clean, black suit that was worn out at the elbows. He had served the shop for fifty years. He did not ask questions. He did not complain. He just kept the floors clean and the herbs dry. Outside the wooden door, the world was ending. BOOM! A massive blast of red energy hit the building next door. The walls shook violently. Several glass jars fell off the wooden shelves inside the Gilded Rose. They shattered on the floor, spilling dried green leaves and blue powders everywhere
Chapter 649
Caster took a deep breath and stepped into the burning shop. The heat was suffocating. He pulled a piece of cloth from his pocket and tied it over his nose and mouth to block the smoke. He had to check the basement. The heavy stone table in the basement was broken. The massive brass Mana Condenser Array was gone, taken by General Verne’s soldiers. But Caster had left things behind. He had left old notebooks. He had left traces of his magic. He had to make sure the red fire did not reach the deep, protected corners of the cellar. He walked behind the broken front counter. The wooden door leading to the basement was hanging loosely on one hinge. Caster carefully pushed the door open. It creaked loudly. He peered down the dark, narrow wooden stairs. The basement was not dark. It was glowing with a faint, flickering orange light. Caster frowned. The red magic from the sky had not reached the basement. The fire upstairs was red. The light downstairs was orange. That meant someone w
Chapter 648
Caster scrambled to his feet. He did not wait for Graves. He ran to the heavy iron stairs that led up to the street level. He climbed as fast as his old legs could move. His broken ribs burned, but he pushed the pain into the dark. He reached the top of the stairs and pushed open a heavy wooden door. He stepped out onto the street. The sight made his heart stop completely. The beautiful capital city of Glassview was a burning nightmare. The night sky was no longer dark. It was a bright, violent, bloody orange. The massive red beams from the Crimson Engine had hit the city with devastating force. Caster looked toward the sky. The red energy had not exploded like normal fire. It had mutated the city. Tall, shiny green glass buildings were melting like hot wax. The smooth white cobblestone streets were bubbling and twisting, turning into jagged, sharp spikes of dark red bone and bleeding rock. And the worst destruction was exactly where Caster feared it would be. He looked to the
Chapter 647
The red beams were not just flying toward the city of Glassview. They were aiming for a very specific place inside the city. They were heading straight for the Street of Alchemists. They were heading for the Gilded Rose District. Elias Thorpe knew exactly where Caster lived. Thorpe knew about the old, dusty herb shop. Thorpe wanted to break Caster’s spirit. If he could not kill Caster on the battlefield, he was going to burn Caster’s home to the ground. But it was not just a shop. The Gilded Rose District was full of innocent people. It was full of poor families, bakers, and young apprentices who had nowhere else to go. "They are going to hit the city!" a Glassview soldier yelled, pointing at the sky. Caster turned around. He looked at Inquisitor Graves. Graves was already pulling a small, glowing black crystal from his pocket. It was a communication stone. "Command, this is Graves," the Inquisitor barked into the crystal. "Incoming artillery fire! The Crimson Alliance has laun
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