2026-09-14 20:41:31If Caster used his golden magic to blast the door open, the explosion would be massive. It would alert the entire fortress. It would also drain the last bit of life he had in his heart.
"I cannot blast it open with magic," Caster whispered to himself.
He stepped back. He looked at the massive, heavy iron hinges on the right side of the door. The hinges were the size of a man’s head. They held the incredible weight of the door in place.
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"How dare you!" Thorpe screamed. He raised his hand and slapped Caster hard across the face. Caster fell to the metal floor. His lip split open. Bright red blood dripped down his chin. Thorpe towered over him, breathing heavily. The red, swirling orb in his left eye blazed with a terrifying, blinding light. The air in the room instantly grew so hot it felt like the inside of a volcano. "I tried to make you understand!" Thorpe roared, spit flying from his lips. "I wanted you to see the beauty of my design! We could have ruled the new world together, Caster! But you are just a weak, blind, pathetic old fool!"Thorpe turned his back on Caster. He marched furiously toward the main control panel on the wall. "You want to protect their free will?" Thorpe shrieked, his hands flying across the glowing red buttons. "You want them to have the freedom to suffer? Fine! Then you will be the fuel that finishes my machine! I will use your golden truth to open the gate right now!""No!" Sikoa yel
Chapter 741
"The whole forest is burning!" Thorpe roared. He walked back to the center of the room. He stood directly beneath the giant, humming brass rings of the Core Array."That is why I built this machine," Thorpe said, spreading his arms wide. He looked up at the spinning metal. "I do not want to win a stupid war against Glassview. I do not want to sit on a throne and collect taxes. Kings die, Caster. Empires always fall. I want to end the game permanently."Thorpe lowered his arms. He stared directly into Caster’s tired gray eyes. "I am going to become the new Ash Warden," Thorpe confessed.The words hit the silent room like a heavy stone.Sikoa gasped on the table. She pulled weakly against her iron chains. "You are insane," she whispered."I am the only one who sees clearly!" Thorpe snapped at her. He turned his attention back to Caster."The green light is shooting into the sky from the center of Glassview,"
Chapter 739
Thorpe looked directly at Caster’s glowing golden eyes. "It needs a soul that has already touched the Ash Plane," Thorpe whispered. The words hung in the hot air like a death sentence. "It needs a soul that has held the weight of a god. It needs a soul filled with dense, heavy, divine consequence."Caster stopped breathing. He suddenly understood exactly why he was here. He understood why the lead doors had slammed shut."You," Thorpe pointed a single finger at Caster. "You are my ignition switch, old friend.""No," Caster breathed."Oh, yes," Thorpe laughed.Thorpe reached out and slammed his hand down on a large, heavy green lever on the catwalk railing.The giant, spinning Core Array above Caster’s head suddenly shifted gears.The slow, steady screechy sound turned into a deafening, high-pitched scream. The massive brass rings began to spin ten times faster. They spun so fast they became a
Chapter 738
"Come down here, Elias!" Caster roared. His voice was a booming, heavy command that shook the glass cylinders in the spinning machine. "Come down here and face me! Stop hiding behind trapped souls and stolen magic!"Thorpe did not look angry. He looked incredibly amused."You think I am hiding?" Thorpe asked. He shook his head slowly. "I am not hiding, Caster. I am waiting."Thorpe raised his hand. He pressed a large red button on the metal railing of the catwalk.A massive, deafening sound erupted behind Caster.Caster spun around.The large doorway that Caster had used to enter the laboratory, the doorway where he had blown the heavy vault doors off their hinges, was suddenly blocked.Three massive, solid slabs of thick black lead dropped from the ceiling. They slammed into the metal floor with an earth-shaking crash.The lead doors sealed the exit perfectly. There were no keyholes. There wer
Chapter 740
Caster Spellbound hung in the empty air. He was trapped inside the invisible, crushing magnetic pull of the giant Core Array. The massive brass rings spun wildly above his head. The machine was screaming. It was sucking the pure, golden magic right out of Caster’s chest.The pain was terrible. It felt like hot iron hooks were buried deep inside his heart, pulling his soul apart piece by piece. His vision went dark. The bright golden light in his eyes flickered, turning weak and pale.High up on the metal catwalk, Elias Thorpe watched him suffer.Thorpe’s scarred, melted face was twisted in a cruel smile. His one good green eye shone with triumph. His left eye, the swirling orb of red blood magic, pulsed with violent joy. He had finally beaten the great Caster Spellbound. He had trapped the smartest man in the history of the world.But as Thorpe watched Caster gasp and choke in the air, the cruel smile slowly faded.
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The tubes ran straight up from her body, connecting directly to the massive, spinning Core Array above her head.Caster stared at the tubes in horror.The machine was not pumping liquid into her. It was sucking something out of her.But it was not sucking her red blood. It was sucking her magic.Inside the clear tubes, a faint, dark, smoky gray light was flowing upward."They are draining your mana," Caster whispered. His hands shook as he reached out to touch her cold cheek. "Sikoa. Wake up. Please."Sikoa slowly opened her one good eye.Her dark eye was cloudy and tired. But when she saw Caster’s face, a tiny, weak spark of her old, fierce bravery returned."You stupid... old man," Sikoa whispered. Her voice was incredibly raspy. Her throat was totally dry. "I told you... to stay away.""I do not leave my friends behind," Caster said softly. He grabbed the sharp steel dag
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