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Chapter Twenty-One: The Burning Star (I1B0C21)

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  Chapter Twenty-One: The Burning Star   As sparks and embers danced through the starlit air, Hatasuko and Vaida stood back-to-back in the middle of a street. Buildings smoldered on both sides. Hatasuko glared at Harvey while holding his sword in his right hand and his shield in his left. Harvey stared back with a confident smirk. His sword dangled from his right hand, though he kept his left hand empty, ready to unleash his Astrodeus power at a moment’s notice. On the other side of the ash-stained street, Spencer stood beneath the fireflies with his hands wrapped around the shaft of his halberd. He kept his eyes locked fiercely on Vaida, though her eyes were wide with anguish. She held a light sword in each hand, but she kept her shield hooked to her back. The flickering glow of nearby flames illuminated the dirt road. The orange reflections shimmered on the wet blood that stained Hatasuko’s shirt. The gash in his stomach was not shallow, but it was also not deep eno...
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Chapter Twenty: Fireflies and Memories (I1B0C20)

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            Chapter Twenty: Fireflies and Memories   “People have been doing what you’re doing since the beginning of time. You’re nothing special. Everyone believes their actions are justified. Every man who’s ever become a monster believed at some point that they’re a murderer with good intentions. But murder is still murder no matter how you disguise it. There is no difference between us,” said the familiar voice of the swordsman.             Ashes and cinders drifted faintly in the air as the weak breeze swept through the city streets. The glow of smoldering flames reflected on the white walls of the canyon, staining the starlit city with a beautiful light. The houses behind Hatasuko and Vaida had been reduced to embers. He stood in front of her with his sword in one hand and his shield in the other. He did not watch the cinders as they drifted by. He did not watch the fireflies as ...
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Chapter Nineteen: The Second Astrodeus (I1B0C19)

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             Chapter Nineteen: The Second Astrodeus               Thousands of voices screamed from all directions. Incoherent cries choked the hollows of the abyss. The endless misery eclipsed the few pleading voices which had strung themselves together. As Hatasuko stood with his feet in the pebbly sand of the Fons Vitae, he kept his nose just above the colorful water. He kept his eyes closed tightly as he contemplated the anguish in the tempest. He practically felt the lost souls writhing in his brain, destabilizing it with their misery. He felt a desperate urge to prove himself against another Interfectus, but every time his mind wandered to the future, he replayed the crushing memory of Bones City.             As the rose-colored water slowly healed his bruises and cuts, Hatasuko recalled his last fight against the Interfectus. ...
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