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    Harry Potter: Forging the Flame
    Threadmarks: Chapter 35

    Students shuffled tarot cards and watched crystal balls fog while Professor Trelawney floated between tables, muttering about planetary alignments. Harry sat at his tiny round table across from Ron, quill poised over a parchment that was still stubbornly blank. Ron leaned close and whispered...
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    Harry Potter: Forging the Flame
    Threadmarks: Chapter 34

    Trying to understand his own mind felt like picking a lock with the wrong key. It never quite worked, but he kept trying anyway. Every night before sleep, Harry would lie still, shut his eyes, and let everything go quiet. That Saturday night his mind finally let go. There were no arguments or...
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    Harry Potter: Forging the Flame
    Threadmarks: Chapter 33

    Harry stepped out of Gringotts and exhaled hard, almost like something had finally let go inside him. That meeting had squeezed him tight without him even noticing. Now it was over. He had seven names on his list. First up was Daphne. Buying her a gift felt more complicated than the others. Ron...
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    Harry Potter: Forging the Flame
    Threadmarks: Chapter 32

    Harry stood by the window, one hand stuffed in his coat pocket, watching Knockturn Alley live its own ordinary life. A man in patchwork robes argued with a goblin over a sealed box. Two cloaked figures slipped past the alley mouth, heads down. Further down the street, a man started shouting at a...
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    Harry Potter: Forging the Flame
    Threadmarks: Chapter 31

    Harry rubbed his tense neck, letting out a frustrated sigh. "All right, let's just avoid any more…explosions, okay?" Daphne tried not to grin, giving him a sideways glance. "What, like it's the first time?" He laughed, the tension in his body slowly ebbing away. "Okay, smartass, buffer then...
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    Aura Breaker [LitRPG Cultivation]
    Threadmarks: 7. Something in the Water

    I wipe the blade on my pants and slide it into the loop across my back. When I look up, all five of them are staring at me like I just walked out of a horror film. That's when I notice the tags above their heads. John Keller – Level 1 Sarah Kim – Level 1 Mike Alvarez – Level 1 Lily Tran –...
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    Aura Breaker [LitRPG Cultivation]
    Threadmarks: 6. Dungeon Core

    I plunge my hand into the cool water and curl my fingers around the pulsing green core. It hums like a living thing in my palm. A white panel blooms before my eyes. [System Notification] Dungeon Core acquired: Level F Options: Convert to shards Absorb core essence Shards. I could use them...
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    Harry Potter: Forging the Flame
    Threadmarks: Chapter 30

    Chapter 30: Harry pulled a sandwich out of his bag and took a big bite. He couldn't shake the feeling that he was tired. And satisfied. Training with Hermione and Ron had been, to be honest, fantastic. A completely different vibe compared to when he trained alone. The big green turtleneck he...
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    Harry Potter: Forging the Flame
    Threadmarks: Chapter 29

    Chapter 29: Harry stepped through the portrait hole and froze. The common room was still full, every conversation cut off the second they saw him. Of course, they were waiting for him. Ron stood near the fireplace, eyes wide, mouth half open like he was about to speak but didn't know what to...
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    Harry Potter: Forging the Flame
    Threadmarks: Chapter 28

    Author's note: Many of you probably expected the first task to begin in this chapter, but unfortunately, that's not the case. The first task officially starts in Chapter 36, for those who are wondering. We still need to wrap up a few story elements before venturing further into the Triwizard...
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    Harry Potter: Forging the Flame
    Threadmarks: Chapter 27

    The corridor outside the Defense classroom was already crowded when Harry arrived. He spotted Daphne near the middle of the group, looking half-bored and half-alert. Everyone was waiting. Moody stood by the door like a gargoyle with a pulse, arms folded, magical eye spinning slow as he watched...
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    Harry Potter: Forging the Flame
    Threadmarks: Chapter 26

    The dormitory was dark, the other boys were sleeping. Harry lay on his back, staring at the ceiling, hands folded behind his head. "Do you think that anger belongs to you, Harry? Or is it something you were given?" He could picture Andromeda's mouth when she said it, her dark eyes watching...
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    Harry Potter: Forging the Flame
    Threadmarks: Chapter 25

    Harry opened his eyes to the gray light of Sunday morning and reached for his wand without thinking. "Tempus." The numbers hovered in the air, neat and blue. 9:37. That left him just over an hour before he needed to be in McGonagall's office. The meeting with Andromeda was at eleven sharp. He...
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    Harry Potter: Forging the Flame
    Threadmarks: Chapter 24

    Harry didn't hear the goblin at first. His eyes were on the wall. Not looking at it. Just… stuck. It was cold and cracked and probably hadn't been scrubbed since the first goblin war, but that wasn't why he couldn't look away. His brain just refused to go anywhere else. It had been a long day...
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    Aura Breaker [LitRPG Cultivation]
    Threadmarks: 5. Marshscale Showdown

    I press Y. Stone doors grind apart and a wall of swamp-warm air rolls over me. The room inside could swallow a basketball court. Black water fills it to thigh height, the surface covered in patches of green scum that glow faint like dying coals. Broken pillars lean at odd angles, some half sunk...
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