Chapter 69: The Colour Red - Part 10

He pretended not to see the pain on Beam's face, as the boy fought to wrestle the recoil of such progress. Both Ingolsol and Claudia continued their war inside of him, feeding on this new potential that he was gaining, as both of them grew in size.

Dominus winced as he turned away. He could not imagine how hellish the pain Beam was enduring was. He could only pray that the boy managed to find his way forward, before it was too late.

Chapter 8 – Blades and Blood

The next day, Beam was outside Nila's house again with his log cart.

Somehow, his mood was poorer than the day before, after yet another day of no progress in strategy. Despite doing so well in his strength training, his agility training and his martial training, his lack of progress in strategy was leaving him so worried that he couldn't properly enjoy them.