Chapter 335
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The rain did not stop after Spectral Lime was reclaimed. It grew heavier, thicker, like the city itself was trying to wash something away. Water ran along the stone paths and pooled in broken cracks. The sky stayed low and gray.

Inside the inner wing of Spectral Lime, the lights were dim. Power had returned, but no one raised it higher. The halls felt like a place of waiting.

Caster walked fast through the corridor. His boots left wet marks on the floor. His cloak was gone. His hands shook once, then steadied.

Sikoa followed close behind him. She did not speak. Her jaw was tight. Her eyes stayed forward.

At the end of the hall, two scholars stood aside and lowered their heads. One of them wiped his eyes.

Caster pushed open the door. The room was small. It had once been a study. Shelves lined the walls, now empty.

A desk sat in the corner, its surface cracked by old mana burns. The only light came from a single crystal lamp.

Solon lay on a narrow bed at the center of the room. He look
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  • Chapter 335

    The rain did not stop after Spectral Lime was reclaimed. It grew heavier, thicker, like the city itself was trying to wash something away. Water ran along the stone paths and pooled in broken cracks. The sky stayed low and gray.Inside the inner wing of Spectral Lime, the lights were dim. Power had returned, but no one raised it higher. The halls felt like a place of waiting.Caster walked fast through the corridor. His boots left wet marks on the floor. His cloak was gone. His hands shook once, then steadied.Sikoa followed close behind him. She did not speak. Her jaw was tight. Her eyes stayed forward.At the end of the hall, two scholars stood aside and lowered their heads. One of them wiped his eyes.Caster pushed open the door. The room was small. It had once been a study. Shelves lined the walls, now empty. A desk sat in the corner, its surface cracked by old mana burns. The only light came from a single crystal lamp.Solon lay on a narrow bed at the center of the room. He look

  • Chapter 334

    Caster did not go underground by accident. He waited until the streets of Glassview emptied and the patrol lights dimmed. He changed his cloak twice and wiped his mana trail clean. When he moved, he kept close to walls and avoided open crossings. He passed three guard checkpoints without being seen.The entrance to the Veil Brokers was not marked. It never was. It lay beneath a broken fountain in the old merchant quarter, where water had not flowed for years.The stone basin was cracked and filled with dust. At the center, a single coin sat upright on its edge.Caster stopped. He nudged the coin with his boot. The ground opened. Stone slid aside without sound, revealing a narrow stair spiraling down into darkness. Cold air rose from below, smelling of metal, oil, and old magic.Caster stepped in. The stair sealed behind him. The light came slowly. Dim crystals embedded in the walls glowed a dull violet as he descended. The walls were smooth, carved long ago, and etched with ward lin

  • Chapter 333

    Caster did not go underground by accident. He waited until the streets of Glassview emptied and the patrol lights dimmed. He changed his cloak twice and wiped his mana trail clean. When he moved, he kept close to walls and avoided open crossings. He passed three guard checkpoints without being seen.The entrance to the Veil Brokers was not marked. It never was. It lay beneath a broken fountain in the old merchant quarter, where water had not flowed for years.The stone basin was cracked and filled with dust. At the center, a single coin sat upright on its edge.Caster stopped. He nudged the coin with his boot. The ground opened. Stone slid aside without sound, revealing a narrow stair spiraling down into darkness. Cold air rose from below, smelling of metal, oil, and old magic.Caster stepped in. The stair sealed behind him. The light came slowly. Dim crystals embedded in the walls glowed a dull violet as he descended. The walls were smooth, carved long ago, and etched with ward lin

  • Chapter 332

    The night Glassview burned, the sky did not scream. It only glowed. A deep orange light rose behind the towers, slow at first, then faster, like a wound opening in the dark. Smoke curled upward in thick coils, carrying the sharp scent of burning ink, old paper, and mana residue. The Spectral Lime headquarters was on fire. Caster felt it before he saw it.A sudden pull struck his chest, as if a hook had sunk into his heart and yanked. His steps faltered. The ground beneath his boots trembled, faint but real.Sikoa grabbed his arm. “You feel it too.”“Yes,” Caster said. His voice was tight. “They have struck.”They stood at the edge of a narrow street, half-hidden by shadow. From here, they could see the great lime-green spire of the Spectral Lime Chamber, once proud, now cracked with lines of glowing red light. Flames poured from shattered windows high above. Mana flared wildly around the building, unstable and furious. “That is not an accident,” Sikoa said.“No,” Caster replied. “T

  • Chapter 331

    Night covered Glassview like a thin sheet of black glass. The towers still glowed. The bridges still shone with mana light. From above, the city looked calm and proud. But under that calm, something had begun to move.High above the streets, inside the upper levels of the Twin Moons Consortium headquarters, Director Lyra stood alone in a ritual chamber.The room was round and tall. Its walls were made of smooth white stone etched with silver veins. The floor was a wide circle of polished black crystal. No windows broke the walls. Only floating lamps of pale light hovered near the ceiling, giving the space a cold glow.At the center of the room, a ritual array lay carved into the floor. The array was old. Older than Twin Moons. Older than Glassview itself. The lines were sharp and deep, filled with a dark substance that did not reflect light. It drank it.Lyra stood barefoot at the center. Her long coat lay folded on a nearby chair. Her sleeves were rolled up. Her pale arms were mark

  • Chapter 330

    Glassview looked calm from above. The towers rose in clean lines of crystal and stone. The streets glowed with soft mana lamps.People moved through plazas and bridges, laughing, arguing, trading, studying, living. Nothing in the air warned them. Nothing in the sky burned. Nothing screamed.But beneath the city, the veins were rotting. Caster walked slowly through a narrow service corridor beneath the western district, his steps light but careful. The floor was old stone, cracked and patched many times. Pipes and mana conduits ran along the walls like ribs. Some hummed with clean blue light. Others flickered with a sickly gray pulse that made his skin prickle.Sikoa walked beside him, her boots silent, her hood drawn low. She carried a compact scanning focus in one hand, its surface etched with fine runes. Every few steps, she paused and pressed it to the wall or floor, listening not with ears, but with trained mana sense.Caster’s head still hurt from the curse, but the pain had sha

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