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Chapter 52 - The Door

At the bottom of the stairs, Leon found the escape tunnel on his left, going south, and a huge set of double doors on his right. He smiled when he saw the runic circle still glowing brightly in the air about ten feet in front of the doors.

Leon jumped down the last few steps and ran straight to the runic circle. He reached his hand out, ready to channel his magic into the circle to activa...

Chapter 51 - The Estate

[Alright, Xaphan, I’ve got somewhere to be tonight, but let’s talk.]

[Do you possess an Inherited Bloodline?]

Leon was a little surprised at this question, but he answered immediately. [Yes.]

[What was your ancestor?]

[The Thunderbird… probably…]

[Probably?]

[We don’t know for certain, and our ancestor hasn’t been too chatty in recent millennia.]

...

Chapter 48 - The Vault

“What is your impression of this young man?”

Elise took a moment to think before answering. “He seems to be the sort of man who hasn’t had to deal with many people. He’s quiet, unexpressive even when embarrassed, uncomfortable around other people, but innocent most of all.”

“Innocent? Really? He appears to be a third-tier mage to me, and even second-tier mages are rarely so i...

Chapter 50 - On to the Inn

“Leon!” Charles, who was still waiting outside of the bank, noticed Leon coming out. Leon saw Charles run up to him and collected himself. He had gone a little out of sorts after learning Adrianos’ name, so he clamped down on his fury and restrained his killing intent.

“Charles.”

“So, did you get everything done that you needed to?” Charles was bursting with questions for Leo...

Chapter 46 - The Bank

The owner of the noodle stall really knew his stuff. Leon smiled, savoring the last few bites of steak in the bowl. The stall owner was very pleased with Leon’s obvious satisfaction and enjoyment of the meal, but he was even more pleased when Leon tossed him a pair of silver coins.

It hadn’t even been five minutes, but Leon had almost inhaled the entire bowl in that time! Charles was qu...

Chapter 47 - Tower Lord

The sixth floor of the Heaven’s Eye Tower was entirely taken up by the offices of the account managers. Their job, for the most part, was to supervise the smaller Heaven’s Eye banks throughout the city and the rest of the Great Plateau, but when a noble came here wanting to access their account, it was always one of these managers who facilitated it.

Elise strode off the magic lift as s...

Chapter 49 - His Name

When Leon walked through the door of the vault and laid his eyes on its contents, he was left stunned. Stacks of shiny gold bars and crates of silver coins were in the majority, but there were also smaller boxes on a table in the center filled with precious stones. Sapphires, rubies, emeralds, amethysts, and several diamonds the size of his fist were all glittering in the light of the magic lan...

First 4 Goals Already Reached?!

Wow, I wasn't expecting this much support so fast! Thank you, you guys are awesome!

I'm going to get started right now on editing, so I can get 5 chapters out to all of you by Wednesday!

Chapter 45 - Charles

Most of the people who lived on the north side of Teira were commoners of lesser means. All the nobility and wealthier folk lived to the south, as Teira was a very large city, and living on the south side meant almost an entire day could be shaved off when they journeyed to the capital or one of the southern trade cities.

But, despite the north side being commonly considered the ‘slums’...

Chapter 43 - Leaving the Prison

“Xaphan? Can you hear me?” Leon had felt Xaphan enter his soul realm, but he wasn’t clear as to how he could communicate with the demon. Artorias had told him that he would need to form his magic body before he could enter his soul realm with his own power, which meant he would need to be a sixth-tier mage. That would be a long time from now, Leon reckoned, longer than he was particularly wi...

Chapter 42 - The Prison in the Mountains V

Within the secondary enchantment hub were five doors, all leading to separate cells according to the map. Two of the doors were open, showing short tunnels and empty cells several hundred feet away.

Two more doors were destroyed, matching the damage Leon had seen by the exits, with one rent and torn apart, and the other with a perfectly round hole knocked out of it. Leon could see that th...

Chapter 44 - Reaching Civilization

The southern side of the prison was pretty much identical to the northern side. The door closed a few seconds after Leon had stepped through, leaving the caves pitch-black, but for the door’s glowing red runic circle. Leon immediately went back to channeling magic into his eyes in order to see, and quickly put some distance between himself and the prison.

As he walked through the cave tu...

Chapter 41 - The Prison in the Mountains IV

“What’s your plan?” asked Leon.

[Come… closer… Then… explain…]

Leon frowned. Xaphan’s voice had been extremely weak from the start, but now he could barely hear him. He jogged back into the labyrinthine halls of the prison from the locked exit. He followed the flow of magic in the walls, and after about half an hour found himself again in front of the sealed door down which ...

Behind the Scenes 1: Leon... and his sister?

So, I went through several revisions over how to deal with the main character in the past year or so that I’ve been actively planning this story. Perhaps the biggest change I decided on before starting to actually write was that Leon used to have a twin sister!

The story would’ve started out almost identical to how it ultimately ended up starting, with Leon and Artorias out on a hunt. T...