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Chapter 183 - The Queen

Chapter 183

The Queen

Landscape was same, though blurred beyond recognition at times, as M led Sylas on a pair of black-maned horses through the winding, side roads of the Kingdom. Sylas could run faster, but he didn't push—at times, it was alright to slow down and take the sights in, especially if he was taking them in for the first time.

He'd never been this far in, after all, and the starkest difference was not in the topography—as eventually they ca...

Chapter 182 - Whispers in Motion

Chapter 182

Whispers in Motion

“AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!! Why are you doing this to me?!!” Sylas glanced to the side, a strange expression on his face. It has been a while since the sound of the blood-curling screaming didn’t stop his heart for a moment. On the floor of the brick-taped, damp, and barely-lit dungeon, the man who called himself simply ‘M’ was currently in the process of liberating the Baron from his family jewels. “No, no, no, please, please...

Chapter 181 - Marionette in a Play

Chapter 181

Marionette in a Play

Av and Vanessa went ahead of the others to prepare the most loyal members they had for the further journey south. There was hardly a need for Valen and the entourage to camp in the fort, as there were potentially spies there that could alert the Barony to their plans. While it was inevitable that their journey would get leaked eventually, Sylas preferred it happen on a later date—at least when they had the first Barony under the...

Chapter 180 - Northernlands

Chapter 180

Northernlands

While the entourage camped some fifteen miles from the forest’s exit and the fortress, Sylas snuck out and began making his way to the fortress. If they showed up out of nowhere, it would be difficult even for him to control the situation with that many variables—as such, he would simply play out the same scenario as the last time. Get wounded and get himself locked up, wait for Vanessa and eventually Av to come, after which...

Chapter 179 - The Kings

Chapter 179

The Kings

Derrek and Valen stuttered inwardly, their minds aflame with confusion, questions, and awe. They had just exited a rather rough terrain of the forest which took nearly a month and a half to cross, and just as they thought they’d get some physical and mental rest, they bore witness to a sight that finally broke them. According to a map, there was supposed to be a village here--but all they could see, as far as the horizon stretched, was a m...

Chapter 178 - Southward

Chapter 178

Southward

Sylas stared at the strange sight, perchance one that nobody would ever see again. Surrounded by at least eight-nine feet of snow, there was an entourage of people standing near the castle’s wide-open gates, eighteen wagons in total being pulled by forty-three horses, with fourteen more in the reserves.

Surrounding the wagons were hundreds of the confused souls, still wondering why they were doing something as moronic as migrating so...

Chapter 177 - Expression of Life

Chapter 177

Expression of Life

They crossed the river within two days and the forest beyond within two more. While it was a bit slower with her tagging along, she held up surprisingly well; either she hid it from him and ignored the ails, or she made some notable improvements herself. The likelier scenario was the former one, but Sylas didn’t probe.

The dull journey that he used to spend in complete silence, battling the swarm of thoughts, was far more ju...

Chapter 176 - Journey Southward

Chapter 176

Journey Southward

“We are going to go where exactly?” Valen was the one to proclaim the question, though a look of confusion and desire to have misheard was evident on everyone. While Sylas chopped down some nice, smoked meat, and while Asha twirled about with her hair on the side, appearing entirely disinterested in the affair, Valen, Ryne, Derrek, and a few other strongest surviving members of the castle appeared aghast at Sylas’ very simple s...

Chapter 175 - The Story Goes

BOOK III

The Song of Eternity

Chapter 175

The Story Goes

“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!” he didn’t know when he fell asleep. Perhaps it was partway through the drinking binge he was enjoying, partaking in the foods and drinks from Earth that he had all but forgotten. Then… there was darkness. And now, he woke up to the familiar scream and a familiar scene. But it was differe...

Chapter 174 - A Puzzle Called Life

Chapter 174

A Puzzle Called Life

The woman had strangely spawned a table of delicacies—from fruits and snacks to drinks, some of them even those from Earth—while Sylas perused her thoughts in silence. The table floated slightly above the water, just at the level of his knees, adjusting per his body’s movement, staying the perfect distance.

He nibbled away at the various fruits absentmindedly, occasionally reaching for some beer and whiskey to water it...

Chapter 173 - Forever-Now

Chapter 172

Forever-Now

What questions were there to ask? Sylas pondered for a little while, but just as little came to his mind. For certain, there were the broad ones—how big was the universe, how many worlds there were, was this the only place with magic, all those were as exciting as they come… but he didn’t really care, all things considered. Were it him back on Earth, he would have thousands of questions lined up, shooting them one after another as th...

Chapter 172 - Truth Perfected

Chapter 172

Truth Perfected

Silence fell heavy on the pool, with Sylas repeating the sentence inside his mind into infinity, and the girl patiently waiting, a faint smile hanging on her face. There was some strange light in her eyes that danced like on fire, merging and surging at his changing expressions. And, perhaps for the first time in years, Sylas’ expressions couldn’t keep up with what was happening inside of him.

His breathing became ragged and ...

Chapter 171 - The Gift Given

Chapter 171

The Gift Given

The first to strike wasn’t Sylas but rather some abomination from his rear. There was a muffled sound of thunder that was followed by a blast of spiked icicles stretching out in a straight line. Sylas spun around for a moment and, after a glance, ignored them, opting to instead jump on the woman. The latter, surprised and shocked, awkwardly stumbled backwards, using several well-armored, plated knights as the vanguard shield.

Th...

Chapter 170 - Salvation in Death (I)

Chapter 170

Salvation in Death (I)

Sylas crossed the border between the worlds—a well-illuminated canyon separating a dead forest spanning the horizon and the city made of black obsidian and infernal chains. It had been a while, Sylas recalled, since he last was here. A few years, at least, if not more. It was becoming all but impossible to keep the track of time. If Asha didn’t occasionally give him a rundown, he’d have likely already lost even the general...

Chapter 169 - Master of Death

Chapter 169

Master of Death

“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!”

It was getting beyond difficult, Sylas sighed, to die. It took him nearly four hours of brutal sodomy to kill himself, and all the pain that entailed. He was so hung over it that, after being reborn, all he could do was saunter back to his room and collapse. He felt empty, like a glass of water left too long in the sun.

Opening up the bottle of wine, he poured himself a cu...

M.I.A.

Hello everyone! Sorry for dipping for a while. Caught a bad case of covid, still haven't fully recovered, but managed to rev up the brain cells long enough to start writing again. Thank you for your patience, and I hope you've enjoyed today's chapter :) 

Chapter 168 - When the Smoke Ashened the Skies

Chapter 168

When the Smoke Ashened the Skies

The group of three spent quite a few days navigating the path around the village, having to abandon horses just halfway through that journey due to the terrain that was impossible to cross on the hooves. The ground was uneven and rough and covered with frozen roots with the trees spiking out in thick groupings, making it difficult to even trek on foot, let alone on a mane.

Sylas led the group silently, unbothered...

Chapter 167 - Adrift in Snow

Chapter 167

Adrift in Snow

Av and Vanessa stared strangely at the sight in front of them. While they had to endow themselves with several layers of clothing just to maintain bearable temperature, the man who called himself Sylas heaved on top of the black horse still wholly topless and barefoot. In fact, he seemed like he was enjoying the chilly breeze after being stuck in a stuffy cell for a whole night.

It must have been well, well into freezing ...

Chapter 166 - All the Pieces Come Together

Chapter 166

All the Pieces Come Together

The hardy footsteps could be heard well away from the doors, stomping like the hooves of a warhorse. Both the woman and Sylas turned toward the doors, the latter far more relaxed than the former. Even if she was confident in her abilities, it appeared as though she still held that much respect toward the Commander of what Sylas came to learn was a tiny fortress-town mixture. He, however, was mostly curious—who could elic...

Chapter 165 - The Sun Shines South

Chapter 165

The Sun Shines South

Sylas was nibbling away at some dry fruit he’d found inside the village as well as some rather awful wine. Though the vast majority of the village was blown to smithereens during his confrontation against the Shadow, most of its underground remained relatively intact--though it did take him nearly five days to actually find the entrance. While he could have simply whacked away at the ground, he ran the risk of collapsin...

Chapter 164 - We Who Fought the Thunder

Chapter 164

We Who Fought the Thunder

There was a flash of light--accompanied by a burst of pain lodged deep inside Sylas' psyche. It hurt--it hurt even him, so much so that he had to bite his tongue so as to not cry out in pain. Though it hurt, it was very brief--less than a second. Alongside the pain, the white, blinding light was gone too--and Sylas found himself riding a horse through a long stretch of dusty, dry road surrounded by dead, yellow grass.

H...

Chapter 163 - Death Thusly Comes

Chapter 163

Death Thusly Comes

Many lives and many loops went by in a flash. To Sylas, at least, it was a flash. He learned how to only keep the most important information from a run and effectively format the rest of the memories. Some runs he learned a few things, and on some runs he learned nothing, obliterating them from the memories completely.

Bit by bit, though, he was approaching the critical mass of it all--he knew. The window was narrowing and nar...

Chapter 162 - The Measure of Eternity

Chapter 162

The Measure of Eternity

You have died.

Save point ‘Death’ has been initialized.

“AAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!”

That had been the ninth attempt, Sylas recalled. It was quite... visceral, all things considered. He wound up being disemboweled, chopped limb for limb, and eventually beheaded still because he remained alive through it all. Though he was virtually numb to pain, it still wasn’t all that pl...

Chapter 161 - May the Winds of Winter Compel

Chapter 161

May the Winds of Winter Compel

“Why did you stop?” it was the question that both the Shadow and Sylas posed, though one did so out loud while the other kept it bottled. It had been a while since he’d last seen the Doe and the Crow, though it was never quite so intense.

In that final moment, before the time became unfrozen, he could feel a bond of sorts between him and the Doe--those beady eyes that bored into his soul momentarily transferr...

Chapter 160 - Edge of Everything

Chapter 160

Edge of Everything

The chill of winter was permeating, but Sylas didn’t care. The cold winds, rather, cooled his mind as he made way from the far-northern castle closer toward the continent’s midland, where the village resided. Though still technically in the north, the village was much closer to the rest of the civilization than the castle. The latter was a smudge on a table-sized map, something a child would point to and ask ‘Father, what is t...

Chapter 159 - The Worth of Life

Chapter 159

The Worth of Life

You have died.

Save point ‘Death’ has been initialized.

“AAAAAGGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!”

Recalling the sight, Sylas shuddered. Even having lived through it, he couldn’t believe it had happened. In fact, if there wasn’t a notification that he kept bringing up over and over again, he might have thought he had imagined the whole fight in his head--he was certainly insane enough for it. However, the...

Chapter 158 - Shadows Fall

Chapter 158

Shadows Fall

He was ready--well, as ready as he was going to be. While he could continue trying to mull over his Way and despondently swing away with his sword in vain hopes he might improve, Sylas knew that in order to progress, he'd have to chisel the diamond that he had become. The practice was one thing, but there was nobody in the castle he could spar against while going all out--nobody who could push him to his limits. If he simply sat about and...

Chapter 157 - Berserk

Chapter 157

Berserk

Sylas deliberated for a long while between walking back up the mountain and over the hurdle and simply resetting the world. In the end, however, he chose to walk--in part because he felt he was approaching the breakthrough in his Way, and in part because he simply wanted a simple hike to gather his thoughts.

"I'll be ready, soon," he said as the group reached the summit once again, electing to take a break.

“Ready for what?” Va...

Chapter 156 - Like a Dream

Chapter 156

Like a Dream

Asha had been able to move all this while--but she resisted, knowing that if she did, the man would likely kill her. Her suspicions were confirmed when Sylas somehow broke himself free of the binds--if it had been her, she would have been entirely unable to defend herself. Though the binds were strong and devious, they were nothing against the Grace of Gods. There were very few things in the world that could completely trap her and this w...

Chapter 155 - Not a Swordsman, But a Beast

Chapter 155

Not a Swordsman, But a Beast

Sylas was feeling many things at this particular moment--confusion, awe, anger, some more confusion, irritation, hope, and quite a lot more confusion. Forcibly sitting by the Prince's side, his lips sewn shut, listening to the effective history of this world, he couldn't help but realize that what he knew and what he was being told... had absolutely nothing in common. In fact, it seemed as though his summoning and Valen's ...