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“So, this was the first place on the map,” I said as we sat at a shaded table across from our target location. “I have Dan going at A-rank, and he’s analyzing the locale. He should be able to dig into the temporal resonance of the place and get us some clues. If not, we move onto the next place...
Waking up the next morning, I felt rested and ready to go. After stocking up on scrolls, I popped to my feet, moving through some stretches to wring out any soreness. Despite the boosts from the staff and my demons, fighting so many A-rankers yesterday had taxed my body. Apparently there were...
The first trial ended after a few hours. Guarding the palace as Agares built it was annoying, but despite my feeling of impending doom, I didn’t actually run into any of the Void’s agents. In fact, by the time we reached the ground again after the end of the task, I was surprised to find Elonwy...
The A-rankers emerged from the blood sea in drips and drabs. They appeared to be spaced out among the teams, as far as I could tell there were no teams of JUST A-rankers, at least not near me. Which made sense. While there had been ten thousand entrants to the tower, and were therefore a...
The attacks came from the clear blue sky. I’d expected it, honestly, so I wasn’t unprepared, but they came faster than I had anticipated. Cosmic Waltz rippled and I crossed a wide expense of empty air to arrive in front of the streak of darkness that was heading for the highest current clone...
The twelve deans of the frozen moment academy towered over us. I recognized a few of them. Dean Gibbons, Dean Harper, Dean Windermere, but most of them were complete mysteries to me beyond their names and titles. Still, I could FEEL the power radiating off them. Like the whole world was holding...
And so the big day arrived. The final exams. I arrived at the testing grounds early, stopping only to stock my scroll supply back to ten and then heading out. Winnie was already gone, but I hadn’t really expected her to be on my team for this. The limitations on team size apparently varied year...
The next month was a whirlwind of activity for me. Firstly, I spent most of it improving my timepieces. I got them all finished and adapted to the new Archdemon form, though I hadn’t had a chance to actually TEST the thing yet. I’d also expanded my Domain to 42 miles, completed my fourth phoenix...
“What do you mean you don’t want to use the scrolls?” I protested as I followed my wife back to my residence. She’d gotten a pass to stay the night in Moment City from the prof, and we were planning her rank-up here tonight after we settled in.
She smiled beatifically. “I mean what I said,” she...
I spent the next month working. Studying various constructs, refining my clockwork, and having my demons do tasks to grind up the last few thousand I needed to afford the ascension thesis. Once I had enough, I redeemed it immediately, then stashed it in my paired ring where Callie would be able...
I arrived at the door to the classroom with moments to spare. Probably. I wasn’t actually sure how the Dean’s class worked. The temporal mechanics were vague and far above my level, but I was pretty sure I was right on time. Or early. Or late. Or possibly all three at the same time somehow. Time...
Elonwy looked PISSED. Which was understandable, and also very bad for Janet. She seemed to know it too, because she whirled on her heel and tried to bolt for the stairs, and Elonwy didn’t even blink. My friend flicked her fingers, and the other woman froze in place. Janet squirmed and jerked...
Finding Elonwy’s house was harder than I expected. Which, reasonably, should not have been the case. Not that it shouldn’t have been hard, but that I expected it not to be. Randomly figuring out where someone lives without asking them SHOULD be difficult, but for some reason I had just assumed...
“So…what the hell is going on?” I asked Professor Hawkins grimly after I finished filling him in on Harper’s chamber and the mess with Clarissa. “Why do they want the lantern shield? He didn’t seem like he expected it to cause problems when he removed it.”
He rolled his eyes. “Harper doesn’t...
As soon as the first person got eaten (started getting eaten? I wasn’t sure if they were going to be ok, but Ascendants were tough), I immediately took off at top speed. Previously, ‘top speed’ for me might have been flying or a combination of my wings and Mephisto’s Waltz. Now though, things...