Ash_Monarch

The Apocalypse is in full swing. 

Defiled - powerful creatures corrupted by the Great Collision - prowled the lands in search of prey. Unfortunately for them, the human race had long since retreated behind the secure walls of the Sanctuary of Everlast. 

During one of his regular excursions outside the Sanctuary, Alden is separated from Celeste. - his childhood friend and crush. In that moment, he came to regret never summoning the courage to confess. 

Somehow managing to survive thanks to some trickery, Alden awakens as a mage. 

Instead of receiving a normal power, he gains the ability to decay. What's more, during his ascension, he received a vision from his future self advising him not to trust the Asterons - celestial beings who had saved his race from inescapable doom.  

Normally... such a revelation wouldn’t faze Alden. 

However, there was only one major problem with the declaration, though. 

Celeste was bound with an Asteron. 

And not just any normal Asteron... 

She had made a pact with one of the Divine Sovereigns.
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Cover is not mine. I found it on Pinterest.

The Inner Odyssey

The sheer volume of that crack overwhelmed him, rooting him to the spot.

It felt like the very fabric of reality was being torn asunder.

That was the only thing Alden could imagine that befit the deafening sound.

A terrible premonition gripped his mind.

The young man's fear and apprehension immediately became palpable.

Snapping out of his daze, Alden threw an urgent glance at Alistair.

The older man had a grim look on his face.

He felt like his heart was about to stop.

"Outside. She said something about visiting a mundane clinic."

Alden immediately saw a worried expression surface on the Guildmaster's face.

He paled for the umpteenth time.

He took a shaky breath, realising his lover was now in grave danger.

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