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Lein landed in a deserted corner of the street, far from the settlement's main road, then walked out from it as though he had been traveling on foot all along.Ryn and Sael followed at his left and right.Morning in the settlement felt different from the previous afternoon. Not all the merchants had opened for business yet, but enough of them were setting up their stalls. Smoke was already rising from several cooking fires scattered throughout the area, and the sound of conversation filled the main street even though the sun had not yet climbed high into the sky.The first scent that caught Lein's attention did not come from a meat stall or a spice vendor.On the right side of the street, beneath a modest wooden roof, an elderly woman with white hair loosely pinned behind her head was stirring something inside a massive pot that seemed disproportionately large for the old woman standing behind it.Thin wisps of steam rose from the pot, and the smell was not something that required muc
Chapter 270
The main hall of the Demon Fang headquarters had never looked like this at midnight.Fifty people stood in loose rows, not perfectly organized but careful not to stand in the wrong place—the behavior of people who had spent long enough under the same leader to understand that a midnight gathering was not something to be taken lightly.At the front stood Krul Ashgor, carrying the same imposing posture he had worn during the day, unchanged despite the late hour.To his left stood a woman with short hair cut nearly to ear length. She was not physically large, yet the way she carried herself seemed to occupy more space than her size should allow. There was nothing soft about her appearance. A strong jaw, eyes devoid of patience, and a double-bladed axe strapped across her back in a way that suggested it had been used far too often to be considered decoration.Vera Khal.Among the members of Demon Fang, her nickname was The Iron Axe.A Peak Star Realm cultivator who specialized in overwhel
Chapter 269
Lein placed the spirit stone in the palm of his hand.Its weight was disproportionate to its size, far heavier than something that large should have been. Perhaps twenty to thirty kilograms. Beneath its bluish-violet surface, energy drifted slowly within like small clouds unable to find an escape.He did not need to ask anyone how to absorb it.The moment his hand made direct contact, his body already knew. It was like two things designed to connect, requiring only one side to open itself for the other to flow through.Lein closed his eyes.His entire focus narrowed to a single point—to his palm, to the stone resting there.He opened the pathways within himself, just as he had done earlier while meditating. But this time, he was not drawing energy from the air.This was something far more concentrated.And the instant those pathways opened, the spirit stone began to work.The energy did not flow gently like a stream. It was more like a dam whose gates had been thrown wide open in a si
Chapter 268
The explosion from the collision forced the eagle backward several meters, its wings beating erratically as it struggled to maintain its position in the air.Lein did not move from where he was.And at that moment, he could sense something from the eagle that did not need to be spoken aloud. The creature that had ruled the skies above this forest, that had never encountered anything capable of directly withstanding its talons, was experiencing something entirely new.Surprise.Just as Lein had expected. A powerful aura did not always equate to equivalent strength.Naturally, he wasted no more time.White energy gathered around both of his fists, growing denser with every moment, until a faint white glow hovered over their surface like steam rising from boiling water.Lein charged.His speed closed the distance between himself and the eagle—still recovering from the previous impact—in an instant that left it no time to prepare. His right fist slammed into the creature's side, then his
Chapter 267
Night atop the Ironcrown tree was different from night on the forest floor.The wind moved more freely at this height, carrying the scent of the forest—a scent that was never quite the same from one hour to the next. Below, the sounds of Varkaan Forest filled the darkness, movements that did not need to be seen to be known.Inside the branch-house, Ryn and Sael were already asleep.Lein knew from the sound of their breathing—steady and uninterrupted, with none of the pauses that suggested someone was only half asleep. They had fallen asleep faster than he expected, the way people did when their bodies had gone too long without the chance to rest somewhere safe enough to truly let down their guard.Lein moved to a branch farther from the house's entrance.The branch was not much narrower than a two-lane road, wide enough for him to sit cross-legged without worrying about balance.He sat down.Closed his eyes.And allowed his awareness to expand outward, sensing everything around him.T
Chapter 266
Ryn looked at the bundle Lein had brought.His nose caught the aroma even before it was unwrapped, and something in his stomach responded without permission. Beside him, Sael, who was usually better at controlling her expressions, quietly swallowed in a way that was not nearly as discreet as she intended.For their entire lives, warm meat had been something they recognized from the scent of other people eating, not from their own plates. The meat they occasionally managed to get was usually cold, half-eaten, scavenged from trash piles or discarded food.Neither of them said it aloud.There was no need.The way their eyes kept drifting toward the bundle and then back to somewhere more neutral, repeating at shorter and shorter intervals, said enough.Lein placed the bundle on a flat section of the branch."Go ahead and eat. I brought enough for all three of us."Ryn and Sael exchanged surprised looks before Ryn finally spoke."You should eat first, Traveler. Whatever is left over will b
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