Haizao

Zai, a soldier, and her squad live a life of brutal hit-and-run operations and training the people of Aviye to resist the will of the Hegemons that divided her nation. 

When a beautiful defector falls into her lap, the terrible secret of how the Hegemony creates its Ascendants, powerful warriors wielding powers only a few understand, is revealed, as well as a lost path to the same power. 

As Zai and Amri struggle to understand the truth of the path, deadly enemies and even divisions within their own people must be overcome. Yet in the shadows of the Hegemony lurks an enemy far older and more powerful than even they can imagine.

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~Haizao

Ascendant: Struggle

"What's the second thing?" Rui asked.

Zai took her own water and had a sip. "I'm being assigned a mission. It might take up to two weeks depending on conditions. If you hadn't signed your papers, I'd have left it at that, but if you want to come with me then-"

"I'll go," Rui said, interrupting again.

"Let me finish," Zai sighed. "If you want to come with me, there's a non-negligible chance for combat. I need your assurances that you will focus on staying out of the way if that happens."

"Fine. I promise... but do I at least get to watch?" Rui asked.

"If the situation is safe enough, yes," Zai took a breath. "It'll mostly be two weeks there and back by train, and then a flight to Linan."

"The new capital," Zai explained. "It's still under construction, but the government complex should be finished by then."

Rui's First Mission