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When Prodigies Fall, the Failure Stands

When Prodigies Fall, the Failure Stands

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โดย:  Lucky Dreamerจบแล้ว
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Years ago, my master drank some bootleg liquor and insisted on dragging me back to the Order so he could brag that I was a once-in-a-generation genius. When the test revealed I was a worthless dud with a fivefold mixed affinity, he gritted his teeth and took me on as his personal apprentice anyway, just to save face. Luckily, my fellow apprentices were all dazzling prodigies, so I picked up a body-training manual that had been propping up a table leg in the archive hall and started training on my own, figuring it out as I went. When Cassian, our head apprentice, was chosen by a divine sword in the Valley of a Thousand Blades and became famous across the land, I was training my body. When Seraphine mastered the Worldbinder Ward and wiped out great demons with a wave of her hand, I was training my body. When Elowen's alchemy reached divine heights and called down a nine-colored lightning storm, I was still huffing and puffing, training my body. Every day, they looked at me with the same fed-up, disappointed expression. But in private, they stuffed my room with pills and magical treasures like they cost nothing. Until the day the demon army stormed the Order. Cassian's bonded sword shattered inch by inch as he shielded everyone. Seraphine's ward was broken, and she collapsed, coughing up blood. Solvar, the Ashwing King, strode toward us, laughing wildly. He pointed at Seraphine and Elowen, two breathtaking beauties, his face full of greed. "Such exquisite aether vessels. Taking them back to the demon clans to drain will help me break through!" Seeing my fellow apprentices in such a state, I steeled myself and rushed forward, hoping to buy them just a little more time. Solvar sneered and unleashed a full-strength beam of demonic light, powerful enough to tear through space, straight into my chest. A while later, I looked down at the slightly dirty hem of my robe and froze. "That's it? He didn't even break my skin?"

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Chapter 1
"Aurelia Vane! I've never seen anyone born with aptitude this pathetic!"Cassian Rook, head apprentice to our master, Aldric, jabbed a finger at my nose. His whole hand was shaking.I stood there, my face twisted in misery."Cassian, I really can't feel even a trace of aether."Cassian was so furious he stomped around in three full circles. The bonded sword at his hip hummed right along with his temper."You've been in the Order for five years, and you still can't manage the most basic step—drawing aether into your body!"What did I ever do to get stuck with a junior this hopeless?"A faint, cold scoff came from nearby.Seraphine Thorne, Aldric's second apprentice, sat in white robes, her head bowed as she etched intricate lines into the ward plate in her hands."Watch your mouth."Cassian bristled and opened his mouth to fire back.Seraphine's tone stayed flat, but it carried a pressure that left no room for argument."Master Aldric taught us that apprentices are supposed
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Chapter 2
Over the next few days, the mood across the Order grew unbearably heavy.I stayed in my courtyard, doing push-ups with the boulder on my back.Cassian had just flown back on his sword. When he saw me still doing those mortal workout drills, his brows knotted together."Are you out of your mind? At a time like this, you're still messing around with that junk?"He strode over, ripped the storage pouch from his belt, and dumped out a whole pile of glowing treasures.Top-grade protective talismans, an adamant shield ward plate, earth-escape talismans, and even a suit of shimmering heavenweave armor."Put it on! Keep every last one of these on you!"He was practically shouting, and his eyes were bloodshot.He startled me so badly that I waved my hands frantically."Cassian, that armor is what keeps you alive. I can't take it."He grabbed my shoulder, his grip startlingly strong."Quit talking nonsense! I'm a sword adept at the peak of the high adept tier. You think I need this ju
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Chapter 3
In the distance, towering flames stained the night sky blood red. Countless flashes of steel streaked upward, only to plummet just as fast.Frantic with worry, I turned and sprinted toward the main peak.I'd barely left the path on the back ridge when a figure in pale yellow burst out of the trees and planted herself in my way.It was Elowen.She was usually the neatest person I knew, but now she was covered in horrifying bloodstains, and even her hairpin had snapped in half."What are you doing? Go back!"Her voice was sharp, and her eyes were filled with a panic I'd never seen in her before.My eyes stung as I clung to her sleeve."Elowen, something's happened to the Order. I want to help you!"Elowen shook off my hand and shoved a heavy storage pouch into my arms."Help with what? Your mortal flailing?"She was breathing hard, and her words came out in a rush."The Order has already prepared a last escape route."If Master Aldric and the elders can hold off Solvar, the
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Chapter 4
Solvar slowly descended into the center of the square, his dark-gold eyes full of mockery."The Aetherfall Order? Nothing but vermin."Just then, a blinding flash of steel erupted from the forbidden grounds on the back ridge.Aldric, who'd sealed himself away in meditation for ten years, broke free.His hair and beard bristled. Carrying the terrifying might of the Ascendant tier, he drove his sword straight at Solvar's brow."Vile beast! How dare you attack my Order!"The strike drained every trace of ambient aether for thirty miles around, and its force tore into the heavens.But Solvar didn't even try to dodge.He simply raised his right hand and, with two fingers, caught the sword that was supposed to finish him."Early Ascendant tier? Too weak."Then he slammed a palm squarely into Aldric's chest.BOOM!Aldric didn't even have time to cry out before he was sent flying.He smashed through three great halls in a row and was finally buried deep in the rubble. No one could
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Chapter 5
Solvar's wild laughter cut off abruptly.His dark-gold eyes locked onto me, and his pupils shrank to pinpoints.The air froze solid.Lying on the ground, Cassian forgot to cough up blood and just gaped at me.Seraphine and Elowen held each other up, their eyes full of bewilderment.I rolled my neck, and my bones popped loudly.That blow had felt no stronger than someone giving me a shove.Aside from a hole in my clothes, it hadn't even left a red mark.I took a deep breath and pushed off hard with both legs.The flagstones beneath my feet instantly burst into powder.I shot into the air and slammed straight toward Solvar, who hovered overhead.No flashy spells. No dazzling swordplay.Just pure, raw physical strength.Solvar snorted coldly, irritation flashing in his eyes.He was a great demon from ancient times, and a mortal without a drop of aether dared to challenge him?He raised his right hand, fingers curled into claws, and swiped at the top of my head with enough f
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Chapter 6
With the sun-bird revealed, the very sky changed color.The air around us was sucked dry in an instant, and the temperature soared at a terrifying rate.The flagstones of the main square began to melt into bubbling pools of lava.The elite demon soldiers who hadn't fled in time were roasted to ash before they could even scream.This was the true might of an ancient, pure-blooded great demon.Sunfire, which burned all things.Cassian closed his eyes in despair.Seraphine and Elowen bit down hard on their lips, their eyes dull and hopeless.In the ruins, Aldric struggled to lift a blood-soaked hand, his voice hoarse."It's over... Everything the Aetherfall Order built... is gone."Solvar circled overhead and beat his enormous wings.A sky-filling torrent of dark-gold flame came sweeping toward me."Die!"The flames swallowed me in an instant.Cassian let out a heart-wrenching howl."Aurelia!"I stood at the very center of the sea of fire, surrounded by blinding golden lig
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Chapter 7
It was pitch-black inside the cauldron.Thick, blood-red mist surged in from every direction, intensely corrosive.I could hear Solvar's arrogant laughter outside."Hahahaha! Once you're inside my Devouring Crucible, even an immortal come down from the heavens wouldn't make it out in one piece!"Within a quarter of an hour, that useless girl will be nothing but a puddle of blood!"Outside, Cassian pounded the ground in despair until his knuckles were torn down to the bone.Dragging his broken bonded sword, he limped toward the Crucible and hacked at it like a madman.Sparks flew everywhere, but the bronze cauldron didn't have a single scratch.Ignoring the backlash, Seraphine coughed up her own lifeblood again and tried to carve an explosive ward onto the outside of the cauldron.Elowen hurled every pill in her storage pouch at the lid, hoping to blast open even the tiniest gap.Even Aldric crawled out of the rubble, tears streaming down his old face as he wove a spell with h
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Chapter 8
Solvar completely fell apart.I'd soaked in the Sunfire he was so proud of like it was a hot spring. The divine artifact he treasured as much as his own life had burst the moment I stretched.How was he supposed to fight that?Not even bothering to pull out the bronze shards stuck in him, he turned, tore open a rift in space, and tried to flee back to the Wildspine Range."Running away?"I let out a cold laugh and vanished in an instant.Now that my body had crossed the mortal threshold, my speed had broken free of the limits of space itself.Solvar had barely set one foot into the rift when I appeared behind him.I grabbed one of the golden wings on his back and heaved with both arms.RIIIP—Amid a shower of golden demon blood, I tore one of his wings clean off."Aaargh!"His face twisted in agony, and he plunged headfirst from the sky, slamming into the square.I dropped from above and planted one foot on his chest.The tremendous impact made the whole main peak sink an
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Chapter 9
"Aurelia!"Aldric and my seniors let out heart-wrenching screams.To them, I was throwing my bare flesh against a blast that could level mountains. I was as good as dead.The demon core exploded in my arms.Destructive energy equal to the peak of the Ascendant tier poured out wildly.But just as that energy was about to spread, the dark-gold markings all over my body blazed bright, and the Titanblood power inside me surged into motion.I tightened my arms and used my ridiculously tough body to force the shockwave back in.RUMBLE—A sound like muffled thunder echoed inside my chest.My gut burned, and my insides churned violently.But I clenched my teeth and pressed down hard on that raging ball of energy with both hands."Behave yourself!"I roared and squeezed hard with all ten fingers.Crack, crack, crack—That world-destroying energy was forcibly compressed, again and again.Finally, as everyone watched in stunned silence, I rolled that energy into a perfectly calm go
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Chapter 10
BOOM!Deafening thunder roared through the heavens.Nine colors of lightning crashed down on me relentlessly.Down below, everyone from the Aetherfall Order covered their eyes, unable to watch the horrific sight.But deep within the storm clouds, I narrowed my eyes in pure bliss."Ah, yes, right there. Hit my left shoulder a little harder."Ooh, that one on my lower back really hit the spot. So good."The nine-colored bolts left my whole body feeling loose and relaxed.Under the lightning's cleansing, my body grew purer and more flawless.A few minutes later, the commotion in the storm clouds grew weaker and weaker.The lightning seemed to have tired itself out, and it turned limp and feeble.I grabbed the last purple bolt and sucked it right into my mouth.Then I let out a satisfied burp.I'd drained the entire storm dry, and the clouds completely dissipated.The sky turned clear again.Then a giant crack split open across the heavens.Celestial music drifted down, and
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