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Chapter 41: Spirals of Defense
Chapter 41: Spirals of DefenseThe villages living around the dark forest often faced various dangers, and everyone trained with different weapons. The mayor hurried to open the armory, and the men, along with some of the women with higher combat skills, armed themselves with different weapons, mostly spears and bows. T...
Chapter 40: Shadows in the Forest
Chapter 40: Shadows in the ForestShe stepped outside and began practicing the simpler exercises Cassian had assigned her. Once her mana was depleted, she settled between two barrels and started to meditate.Time flowed slowly, like a river. Emilia’s mind drifted just as languidly, her meditation deep in this strange, ...
Chapter 39: The River Journey
Chapter 39: The River JourneyTwo weeks later, Mira received an unexpected letter from her last living aunt. Their grandmother Lira—Emilia’s great-grandmother—had passed away. That meant there was no one left in the village to care for the ancestral land, and the graves and symbols of their lineage would soon be f...
Chapter 38: Dice of Fate
Chapter 38: Dice of FateOn her way home, Emilia once again saw the strange Velka—the old woman who talked to trees. This time, she was feeding pigeons, and people passed by as if she didn’t exist. Emilia frowned and kept walking. She had a meeting with the children—they were going to play generals.She grabbed her...
Chapter 37: Bloodless Battles
Chapter 37: Bloodless BattlesCassian noticed Emilia was distracted that day. Their training wasn’t going well.“What’s wrong, girl? You’re all over the place today.”“Cassian, what’s going on out there? I keep hearing things. Twenty legions of monsters raised by Atlas, attacks all across the kingdom. The Tr...
Chapter 36: Why the Birds Sing
Chapter 36: Why the Birds SingEmilia was walking slowly along the city streets, with all her senses open.This was a new kind of meditation she was practicing. She was walking without a goal, focused on the sensations of her body. How the wind felt gently touching her skin. The warmth of the sun's rays, the way the ...