Category Archives: Chapter 10

Ch10-1: Nightmare, Revisited

TsuYa found himself trapped inside the great, dark chamber of his dreams once more. The same dull grime blanketed the floor. The same dark lumps of decay slumped in the far corner. The scent of stale blood and suffering filled … Continue reading

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Ch10-2: Shadowed Homelands

“You were going soft on the prisoner,” Kudako critiqued with a low voice. The Dragon did not look back as he stepped over a blackened lump on the ground. It seemed to be a part of the decadent, half-crushed building … Continue reading

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Ch10-3: The Guide

The whole thing reeked like one big set up. And it had really put ZenToYa out on the edge. Am I just expected to be used to this sort of thing by now? After all, Zento’s whole life had been … Continue reading

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Ch10-4: Dark Vengance

-They steal souls, Kudako. Suck the heart right out of people. Then, they send the shells of men out on the battlefield. All in the name of their idea of perfection…- His brother’s words haunted him here, in the homelands … Continue reading

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Ch10-5: The Speaker

“You cannot be here!” a woman’s high-pitched voice squealed. Like fingernails on slate. Zento couldn’t help but wince, stopping his advance more because of the ear-shattering sound rather than the demand itself. Shoulders back, hair tied away from his face … Continue reading

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Ch10-6: Aur

Zento could hear the hollow sound of his breath expanding and contracting around him in the narrow corridor. No matter what he did, he couldn’t make the sound any less nervous. No matter how firm his footsteps sounded as he … Continue reading

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Ch10-7: Spiral’s Aftermath

The silence after the storm fell over the lands of the Spiral. Zento could feel it shiver through the forests, a whisper of change sweeping upon the sooty wind. The same shiver rippled over his own body as he strode … Continue reading

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