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Chapter 367
Ok may have gone a little overboard over the weekend after seeing the response to the last chapter. 8.8k chapter instead of dragging the povs out to a third chapter. Enjoy.***Chapter 367Grady Briggs sat in front of his team of lawyers along with the rest of his C-suite and Board of Directors, not wa...
Chapter 366
Chapter 366Kai listened to the man in the sky speaking and felt it hard to accept what he was hearing.But there he was. This… Ascender Titan.There was a weight to those words, imparted by what he assumed was magic projecting the speech into his ears, that he couldn’t quite describe. He wanted to...
Chapter 365
A 6.5k chapter.I hope this AAR answers most questions but there is something you feel isn't answered properly I'm open to suggestions in the comments.As always, enjoy.***Chapter 365Matt’s first action was to send a message to Liz through the Ascender chat. She’d want to know what happene...
Chapter 364
Ok so update on the timing in the coming weeks. I'll be leaving the country in the middle of November so I want to take a break then for obvious reasons. At the same time this arc is about to end, roughly 375 or so for the Manny chapter, which is when I’d normally take a break but I don’t wa...
Chapter 363
I heard you guys like 6k chapters instead of 5k so here's another one.***Chapter 363The once pristine marble around the rift was positively bathed in blood.There wasn’t a single spot in the surrounding area that wasn’t completely soaked in blood, and looking up, the cause was obvious.There w...
Chapter 362
Ok so update on the timing in the coming weeks. I'll be leaving the country in the middle of November so I want to take a break then for obvious reasons. At the same time this arc is about to end, roughly 375 or so for the Manny chapter, which is when I’d normally take a break but I don’t wa...
Chapter 361
Chapter 361As Sien led them through the floating city Matt got to see quite a bit of sect life. Not the Empire propaganda, not the Sect propaganda, not movie recreations, or anything but genuine sect life.It was… strange.He shouldn't have been surprised, but for the most part Sect people were ...
Chapter 360
Chapter 360The rift was dark and oppressive, filled with smoke that caused no end of interference with Matt’s spiritual perception. There was also a pervading aura of fear, the entire area almost dreamlike in quality. He half-jokingly checked to see if Sien had followed them into the rift, but of ...
Chapter 359
Chapter 359Matt looked at the guild bustling beneath him and a part of him wished he could delay their trip to the Sects just by a few years. With the release of the aura rifts, Titan’s Torch had most of the pressure removed from their shoulders now that they weren’t in a rush to deliver on thei...
Chapter 358
Chapter 358Baron Haluk Avci watched as Ascender Titan walked the reporter through the third aura rift in a row.The first had been a simple fire aura rift with fairly standard, Tier 4, oversized insect monsters that had fire aura clinging to their carapaces. The second had been a mist aura rift, Tier...
Chapter 357
Chapter 357Demarcus Jackson, professor of ancient world histories at Ciliradi Provence University, was not crazy. All of his past students probably assumed he was, many of his colleagues surely thought he was, most of his ex-girlfriends probably suspected he was, and some of his friends were suretha...
Chapter 356
Chapter 356Matt listened as Tholly finished his report. “Discounting the application that Wraith’s friend sent in, we’ve intercepted sixty-three applications from likely spies, eleven attempted infiltration's through false-identity applications, one spy who’s been undercover for some dec...
Chapter 355
Chapter 355Liz tore her way into Lily’s real space and let her spiritual perception spread outward to find Matt before letting their spiritual perceptions mingle in a hello. It had been too long since they had seen each other, but before she could get excited to see him again, she felt that Matt w...
Chapter 354
6k chapter. Enjoy.***Chapter 354Matt sat in his office as he tried not to look at the vast fields of rifts visible outside his window.Things had been going far better than he could have ever hoped. Kees ran a tight ship and kept everything on task, and the things Matt needed to deal with on a weekly...
Chapter 353
Chapter 353Fabian Lacor didn’t like being dressed down like a child by a foreign noble, but he put on his best contrite expression and begged for forgiveness, which seemed to work when combined with his Talent to slink into the metaphorical shadows.The lordling left after he promised to get the ma...
Chapter 352
Chapter 352The four of them spent a full four months with their heads down, and Matt had to once more double the size of his island. It was reaching the limit of an auxiliary guild location's land allotment, but they just needed more room to ensure the rifts were properly spaced out as they rapi...
Chapter 351
FYI I'm going to be going to dragon con this year so I'll be taking one day off (Sep 2nd).***Chapter 351Matt felt the tear in reality on the other side of Lily's orbit, so he quickly [Portal]ed over next to the ship.The moment he arrived, Erwin said. “Finally! We’ve gotten lost twice...
Chapter 350
Authors note: Minor retcon from book 4. Matt no longer figures out how to make all the aura rifts during that time and only the basic four. Old Mantis gave Matt too much too quickly, offscreen, and I want to actually show the process here and now.“Within the year, they found the recipe for creatin...
Chapter 349
Chapter 349Matt wished he could say that he was full of confidence when they exited the Arbitration Convention building, but instead he was just wrung out.People were ultimately people whether they were high Tier or low Tier and the unawakened proved that to Matt better than any research paper ever ...
Chapter 348
A 6k chapter. Enjoy.***FYI I'm going to be going to dragon con this year so I'll be taking one day off (Sep 2nd).***Chapter 348Westley Bakerfield had spent his life sharpening his teeth in politics. When he was in elementary school, by dint of his last name being earliest in the alphabet, he...
Chapter 347
Chapter 347The four of them watched Councilor Samuel call up his younger counterpart, Councilor Jolene.She was obviously confused as to why Samuel wanted to call for a last-minute full assembly, but her insistence that she was going to come to talk to him in person caused him to break out in a cold ...
Chapter 346
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Chapter 345
FYI I'm going to be going to dragon con this year so I'll be taking one day off (Sep 2nd).***Chapter 345Matt, Liz, and Aster let the crowd chatter for a few moments, just long enough that the lower Tiers watching could fully process the information. However, that was more than long enough fo...
Chapter 344
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Chapter 343
FYI I'm going to be going to dragon con this year so I'll be taking one day off (Sep 2nd).***Here is the google form for Matt’s guild ideas if anyone has something they think can be invented in the universe. Any and all ideas welcome.https://forms.gle/2C7NJ4ddPXyDkS9A6***Chapter 343Matt wa...
Chapter 342
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Chapter 341
FYI I'm going to be going to dragon con this year so I'll be taking one day off (Sep 2nd).***This is our typical ALT POV prologue that we have every start of a new book. This is still PoA and well be back to Matt next chapter.***Chapter 341Kai sighed as his view changed from the brief stint ...
Chapter 340
Chapter 340Allister waited in his office, fingers steepled and orbs spinning behind his head in an orbit so slow, they seemed to not move at all.The inertial energy was harvested and then fed back into the orbs in case anyone was foolish enough to fight him. Allister wasn’t bad at fighting, but th...
Chapter 339
Chapter 339Contrary to his expectations, the older Ascenders were content to spend the entire two weeks leading up to the ceremony lounging around in Lila’s room. He had half expected them to have their own things to do, but all of them seemed more interested in hanging out in person.Matt, Liz, As...
Chapter 338
7k chapter enjoy.***Chapter 338Matt wasn’t looking forward to the celebration, but between Allie’s excitement and Aiden’s waxing on about the event, he was at least interested in going, if for no other reason than to see the strongest people in the realm. Part of that was the Tier 48s and Tier...
