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Chapter 70 - Gift From Gods
Chapter 70Gift From Gods"Do I really need to toss bodies at it until it croaks?" Sylas groaned in frustration, shooting himself back into the tree, sitting down. A year and a half—that's how much time he left at the Thrall. That was his estimate, anyway. Somewhere around that.It was be...
#sketch 2 -- Valen (19)
been a while since I painted but I'm slowly getting back into it. Don't take these sketches as gospels on the appearance of a character as they're just rough orientations for me (eye/hair color, skin, etc.) Since I absolutely suck ass at drawing handsome & good looking people, I can neve...
Chapter 69 - A Year
Chapter 69A YearSylas sighed, staring into the chilly, ashen, nightly sky. They’d failed. Well, it was a certainty they’d fail—not even for a breath of time did he expect for them to succeed on the first try. However, he did have hopes in them lasting a tiny bit longer than they did. Shortly a...
Chapter 68 - Battle of the Monsters (II)
Chapter 68Battle of the Monsters (II)The quaking grew only larger and more thunderous the closer the behemoth approached. Inevitably, Sylas began seeing the first signs of it—the toppling trees in the distance. One by one they fell, rolling to the sides, opening up a path. Even the Ghouls became s...
Chapter 67 - Battle of the Monsters (I)
Chapter 67Battle of the Monsters (I)Preparations for the battle were in full swing. Tenner and Derrek managed to rally some twenty-five able-bodied men, some of them even servants and were doing their best to beat the people in shape. Though both knew that these twenty-something lads largely won'...
Chapter 66 - Guardians of Humanity
Chapter 66Guardians of HumanitySylas’ rigorous work on his body paid off—he was actually capable of keeping up with Tenner and Derrek. Well, kind of. The two still routinely took breaks specifically for him, but he wasn’t dragging them down too much, at least. They were covering huge chunks of...
Chapter 65 - No Rest For the Wicked
Chapter 65No Rest For the WickedSylas was frustrated—so much so he wanted to stuff his head into a pillow and scream till he croaked. There wasn’t a loop within which something didn't go terribly wrong. Though he should have expected it, he didn't expect it. It took him by surprise, and,...
Chapter 64 - Another Time
Chapter 64Another TimeBoth Valen and Sylas rushed out of the palanquin, aghast, with even the latter feeling an abject level of horror for a moment. Quickly recovering, he immediately rushed to the front, leaving the mindless Prince behind. What mattered right now was not the fire itself—but when ...
Chapter 63 - Everfrost
Chapter 63EverfrostFollowing a night of rest and another day and night of tallying and organizing everything, the entourage turned around and headed back toward the castle, nearly a hundred men and some twenty women stronger than when they departed. By Sylas’ calculations, they should make it back...
Chapter 62 - Secrets Beholden to the Deaf
Chapter 62Secrets Beholden to the DeafSylas and Derrek sat at the far edge of the encampment, between them a roaring campfire surrounded by emptied glasses of ale and mead and wine that were leftover from the camp’s natives. The two stared at each other in silence for a moment before Derrek took a...
Chapter 61 - Altar of Sacrifice
Chapter 61Altar of SacrificeThe world became still for a moment, as though the whole of the battlefield witnessed what just happened. At least, in Sylas’ eyes, it seemed so. The time slowed down to a crawl as his mind began to reject his action. But he held it. He wrapped his arms around it and pu...
Chapter 60 - Red For Blood, White For Snow
Chapter 60Red For Blood, White For SnowUnlike the previous time, this go-around Sylas elected not to be a moron and came to travel directly with the Prince. In fact, the two shared a palanquin and were being carried forth proper. It was a strange sensation, part shame and part bliss, Sylas mused. Mo...
Chapter 59 - Bonds
Chapter 59BondsSylas sat in yet another meeting, this one determining the final preparations for their trek toward the east and the camp. They got the exact location from Tebek, and even the rough estimates on the number of men there—some eighty able-bodied men and some twenty-thirty cripples, wom...
Chapter 58 - Heart's Ripple
Chapter 58Heart’s RippleYour reward, Ripple Stance, will begin its transference momentarily.You may experience mild discomfort and pain. Please endure.Beginning… 0.1%... 0.2%...Though asleep, Sylas was conscious—it was a strange sensation, one he hadn't previously experienced. It was close...
Chapter 57 - Fury
Chapter 57FurySylas woke up back in the forest, surrounded by the chattering trio. For a moment, he was calm. Collected. Proper. But… just for a moment. Before the trio even knew what was happening, Sylas roared at the top of his lungs and heaved to his feet, stealing a sword from Tenner and swing...
Chapter 56 - Thrall of the Frost
Chapter 56Thrall of the FrostSylas’ world remained still and calm for a moment—he had done it. Ten stabs… in five seconds. He’d pulled it off—the impossible. His fingers were twitchy, excitement getting to them. He’d done it. Something that seemed beyond reach… he’d done it. All the ...
Chapter 55 - Ten Strikes
Chapter 55Ten StrikesSylas was bent over, heaving, feeling as though his entire body would collapse at any moment. His lungs were on fire, his legs were made out of the lead, and his brain was incapable of stringing together a comprehensive thought. This was all a result of him having run, jumped, a...
Chapter 54 - Soldier On
Chapter 54Soldier OnSylas returned to the castle without much fanfare. Even if there were some major signs of the battle—which undoubtedly there were—he was unable to notice them due to the still-blowing blizzard. There were at least two or three feet of snow on the unthreaded parts of the castl...
Chapter 53 - Secrets of the Stone
Chapter 53Secrets of the StoneSylas stared queerly at the empty air in front of him—well, it was empty to everyone else, to him, it was not. There was a window floating about, not unlike others he’d seen before, informing him of a quest. The quest itself notwithstanding, the reward for it was…...
Chapter 52 - Answers at Last
Chapter 52Answers at LastDyn and Sylas sat opposite of one another inside the cramped room, with the former shakily looking about and the latter processing Dyn’s answer still. What followed Sylas’ seemingly innocent question of ‘what were you planning to do with the Shard?' was a rather lo...
Chapter 51 - The Harrowing Terror
Chapter 51The Harrowing TerrorSylas was currently observing Tebek as the man relayed the orders around the hole in the wall. It was there, Sylas noticed—the nervousness, the guilt. It was right in front of his eyes but he missed it. In fact, as his plans shifted around, Tebek fell on the wayside o...
Chapter 50 - Repeat Offenders
Chapter 50Repeat OffendersSylas was humming. Perhaps for the first time since actually coming to this world, he was worry-free. He was happy. Content. One could even say he was magical. As it turned out, after all, the ability to use magic did stay through the loop. Granted, he had to ‘re-feel’ ...
#sketch1 - Shard of Ascindium
just a quick visual (slightly exaggarated) while I get back into form since I haven't painted in a while :')
Chapter 49 - Invisible
Chapter 49InvisibleMagic wasn’t hard, Sylas learned quickly. It was impossible. He was currently holding onto his head, vacant-eyed, while Derrek shouted wildly inside the shards. He’d broken the man, but couldn’t even care for it as he’d broken himself too. No matter how many times and in h...
Chapter 48 - Headaches Upon Headaches
Chapter 48Headaches Upon HeadachesSylas sat with a vacant look in his eyes, ‘staring’ at the faintly-greed shard sitting on his desk, and the extremely distorted, handsome face barely visible within. Nothing made sense, he concluded. The world was all manner of wrong. He didn’t belong here. He...
Chapter 47 - Shard of Ascindium
Chapter 47Shard of AscindiumSylas’ head hurt—and it wasn’t for any of the normal, everyday reasons for why a head would hurt, such as a lack of sleep(or too much of it), stressful day, or any other number of things that could cause one to grab his head and wonder why is the brain beating itsel...
Chapter 46 - A Complex World
Chapter 46A Complex WorldSylas sat with a vacant look in his eyes, a cold wind belting against his cheeks, frosting them. And yet, he didn’t even notice. He was lost in thought, tightly holding onto a piece of parchment in his hand. It was his attempt at summarizing every last bit of knowledge he ...
Chapter 45 - Children of the Condemned
Chapter 45Children of the CondemnedSylas reset the loop. In fact, he restarted it quite a few times since the day Valen, Tenner, and Ryne brought him in. Though it was a bonding ceremony, he didn’t want them to have that image of him in their heads. In part, it was due to his position as a 'Pr...
Chapter 44 - Cold
Chapter 44ColdSylas snapped awake, back in the forest, a background to the conversation between Valen, Tenner, and Ryne. It took a moment for his mind to catch up to what had happened. One way or another, he died and was returned here. The last thing he recalled… was his body shutting down, top to...
Chapter 43 - To Take a Life
Chapter 43To Take a LifeThough Sylas shout was loud and awakening, it was still too late. Just as his voice faded into the night, dozens of tents went up in flames, with yet another crescendo of arrows descending. He rushed into the tent, all the while screaming ‘FIRE, FIRE, FIRE’ like a madman,...
