Home / The Broken Halo / Chapter 989 - 988: Keeping A God Waiting

Read free on Ficlyn

The Broken Halo

Chapter 989 - 988: Keeping A God Waiting · Nov 11, 2026

Prev Chapter Novel Info Next Chapter

Chapter List (1084)

Page number / 22

951 Chapter 951 - 950: The Price Of Becoming 2026-11-11
952 Chapter 952 - 951: Those Who Would Follow 2026-11-11
953 Chapter 953 - 952: Questions Without Answers 2026-11-11
954 Chapter 954 - 953: A Familiar Hatred 2026-11-11
955 Chapter 955 - 954: By The Roots 2026-11-11
956 Chapter 956 - 955: A Friendly Conversation 2026-11-11
957 Chapter 957 - 956: An Invitation From The Abyss 2026-11-11
958 Chapter 958 - 957: A Place In The Abyss 2026-11-11
959 Chapter 959 - 958: Closing The Wound (Magic Castle Bonus Chapter) 2026-11-11
960 Chapter 960 - 959: Almost There (Magic Castle Bonus Chapter) 2026-11-11
961 Chapter 961 - 960: A Stupid Truth [Magic Castle Bonus Chapter) 2026-11-11
962 Chapter 962 - 961: Not A Single Village (Magic Castle Bonus Chapter) 2026-11-11
963 Chapter 963 - 962: He Is The One 2026-11-11
964 Chapter 964 - 963: Through The Valley 2026-11-11
965 Chapter 965 - 964: A Life Returned 2026-11-11
966 Chapter 966 - 965: The Saintess Arrives 2026-11-11
967 Chapter 967 - 966: The Greatest Calamity 2026-11-11
968 Chapter 968 - 967: End Of Volume 3 2026-11-11
969 Chapter 969 - 968: The Gods Convene 2026-11-11
970 Chapter 970 - 969: His Majesty’s Orders 2026-11-11
971 Chapter 971 - 970: Earth 2026-11-11
972 Chapter 972 - 971: Nine Days 2026-11-11
973 Chapter 973 - 972: Just Watching [GT Bonus - ] 2026-11-11
974 Chapter 974 - 973: Good Fight [GT Bonus - ] 2026-11-11
975 Chapter 975 - 974: A Few Minutes 2026-11-11
976 Chapter 976 - 975: The Medicinal Bath 2026-11-11
977 Chapter 977 - 976: A Warning 2026-11-11
978 Chapter 978 - 977: Little Monster 2026-11-11
979 Chapter 979 - 978: My Hero [Magic Castle Bonus - ] 2026-11-11
980 Chapter 980 - 979: Happy Birthday [Magic Castle Bonus - ] 2026-11-11
981 Chapter 981 - 980: Two Energies 2026-11-11
982 Chapter 982 - 981: The Ten Physiques 2026-11-11
983 Chapter 983 - 982: Before The Blessing 2026-11-11
984 Chapter 984 - 983: The Honoured One 2026-11-11
985 Chapter 985 - 984: The Same Nightmares [Spacecraft Bonus - ] 2026-11-11
986 Chapter 986 - 985: At The King’s Table [Spacecraft Bonus - ] 2026-11-11
987 Chapter 987 - 986: Blasphemy 2026-11-11
988 Chapter 988 - 987: Returned From Death 2026-11-11
989 Chapter 989 - 988: Keeping A God Waiting 2026-11-11
990 Chapter 990 - 989: The Road North 2026-11-11
991 Chapter 991 - 990: The Abyss [GT Bonus - ] 2026-11-11
992 Chapter 992 - 991: A True Dragon’s Home [GT Bonus - ] 2026-11-11
993 Chapter 993 - 992: What Comes After? 2026-11-11
994 Chapter 994 - 993: The First Daemon 2026-11-11
995 Chapter 995 - 994: Royal Bloodlines 2026-11-11
996 Chapter 996 - 995: The Origin Of The Seeds Of Sins 2026-11-11
997 Chapter 997 - 996: Roots Of Sin [GT Bonus - ] 2026-11-11
998 Chapter 998 - 997: One More Question [GT Bonus - ] 2026-11-11
999 Chapter 999 - 998: About Us 2026-11-11
1000 Chapter 1000 - 999: A Reason To Trust 2026-11-11

Chapter 989 - 988: Keeping A God Waiting

Rowan read the last line of his title description again.

”But death still remembers your name.”

Was that supposed to be a warning?

He searched beneath the description for an effect, an increase to his attributes, anything that might explain what the title actually did. Tapping it again only brought back the same words.

”That doesn’t tell me much,” he muttered.

His attributes and skills hadn’t changed either. Eventually, Rowan closed the window and set his practice sword beside him.

A few seconds later, someone knocked.

He recognised the pause before the final knock, although it was longer than usual. The last tap barely reached him.

”Come in, Saintess.”

Celeste entered with Sir Luke behind her.

Rowan rose with a smile, then hesitated. Celeste’s eyes were red. His master’s expression was so grim that Rowan couldn’t bring himself to ask about the title.

”What’s wrong?”

Luke closed the door.

Celeste approached the chairs but didn’t sit. She looked at the food tray, then the window, before drawing a breath.

”Rowan, you’ll have to leave soon.”

”Leave?” He glanced between them. ”Where am I going?”

”The Northern Wall.”

She said it while looking at his empty chair.

Rowan waited for more, but she seemed unable to continue.

”What’s the Northern Wall? Why do I have to go there?”

”It’s in northern Europe, far from Aurelia here in the south,” Celeste explained. ”Its fortifications protect the northern kingdoms and the roads leading farther inland. There’s a permanent rift there.”

Rowan remembered the Carpathian basin.

”Permanent? It doesn’t close?”

”No. The armies there fight demons and demonic beasts repeatedly. If the Wall falls, the settlements and supply routes behind it are exposed.”

Her fingers caught a fold of her sleeve.

”S-ranks have died there, Rowan.”

He looked at his master.

An S-rank had stopped his sword with two fingers. Rowan couldn’t imagine beating his master, let alone facing something that could kill him.

”Then why am I going there?”

Celeste pressed her lips together.

He had never seen her struggle to answer him like this. Even when he had been frightened about the demonic energy inside him, she had stayed beside him and explained what she could.

Now she wouldn’t even meet his eyes.

”Forgive me, Saintess,” Luke said quietly. ”I’ll explain in your stead.”

She nodded.

”She intended to prepare you for Haven Academy. It’s the best academy in the world. She went to her father this morning to ask for royal support, but he refused.”

Rowan stared at Celeste.

”You were doing that for me?”

”I wanted you to have a good teacher and more opportunities.”

As she moved, he noticed a dark mark near her collar.

Rowan stepped closer and touched the edge of the fabric. A little dried blood flaked onto his fingertip.

”Is this yours?”

Celeste’s hand rose too late to cover it.

”Were you hurt because you asked him to help me?”

She didn’t answer.

Luke exhaled heavily.

”It wasn’t only about the academy. The God of Light ordered the king to send you to the Northern Wall.”

Rowan turned to him with a confused expression.

”The king says the God of Light wants you dead.”

For several seconds, Rowan could only stare.

”Dead? Why? What did I do?”

He looked to Celeste, hoping she would correct what he had heard.

”He offered me a Blessing. I saw his name on the list.”

”That’s the reason we were given,” Luke replied. ”You didn’t accept his Blessing. You chose to wait, and he took offence to that.”

”But you said I could wait.”

”We did,” his master said firmly. ”And this should not have happened. People delay choosing their Blessings. It isn’t an offence.”

”Then why-”

”I don’t know, Rowan.”

Luke’s frustration showed in his face.

Rowan brought up the list on his status window. His eyes hurried past names he had read so carefully last night.

Worldfire. Nightfall. The Space Dragon Pact.

He searched for Radiant Dominion.

It wasn’t there.

”It’s gone,” he murmured. ”His offer is gone.”

Last night, he had been so distracted by The Honoured One disappearing that he hadn’t checked which other offers had vanished.

Luke placed a hand on his shoulder.

”Don’t choose something in a panic.”

Rowan’s fingers hovered in front of the window.

”A Blessing can change your entire life,” Luke continued. ”It can ruin it too. As your master, I won’t advise you to take one recklessly because a god has threatened you. The Saintess feels the same.”

”He’s right,” Celeste said.

She wiped the corner of her eye before Rowan could look away.

”You have so much potential. I don’t want you to waste it on a frightened decision. But sending you there before you’ve had time to grow...”

Her voice failed.

Rowan closed the list.

”Couldn’t I go somewhere else? Leave the kingdom and hide?”

Celeste shook her head.

”The God of Light threatened to destroy my family if you don’t report to the Northern Wall. My father said he’d kill you if I helped you escape or concealed you somewhere.”

Rowan felt cold.

”Your family? Because of me?”

”Because you won’t do what he demands,” Luke corrected.

Rowan looked at Celeste’s collar again.

He had never spoken to the God of Light. He had read an offer, hesitated, and asked for advice. That was all.

Now Celeste stood before him with blood on her clothes, explaining that her family could be destroyed.

”I won’t ask you to risk that,” he said quietly.

He sat on the edge of the bed and looked down at his hands.

Celeste pulled a chair closer.

”I’m sorry, Rowan.”

He lifted his head.

”Why are you apologising?”

”I brought you here. I thought I could-”

”You saved me. You’ve fed me, given me a place to stay, helped me train... What are you supposed to apologise for?”

Celeste couldn’t answer.

Rowan rubbed his palms against his trousers.

”I didn’t mean to cause trouble for you. You shouldn’t have been hurt because of me.”

”Rowan, that wasn’t your fault.”

”I’m sorry anyway.”

He glanced at the room around him. A few minutes earlier, his biggest concern had been a strange title. He had expected another lesson, perhaps a chance to practise using Aether.

He couldn’t make himself think about packing yet.

But sitting here looking at Celeste’s tearful face was worse.

”There might be something good in it though,” he suddenly said.

Luke frowned.

”What?”

Rowan attempted a smile.

”I need to get stronger quickly. An academy would help, but I’d have lessons to follow, things I’d have to wait to learn. Blackmoon won’t wait for me.”

”And you think the Northern Wall will be better?”

”I think if I survive there, I could improve far faster. I’d see real fighters. Real battles. There would be so much to learn.”

Celeste looked toward Luke, and the worry on her face could not be hidden.

His master stepped in front of him.

”Listen to what you just said. Ifyousurvive.”

Rowan’s smile faltered.

”A battlefield isn’t a practice yard. You don’t get to watch until you understand an attack, and nobody stops because you’re tired. I’ve seen prodigies die before they could draw their weapons.”

”I know it’s dangerous, Master.”

”You’ve seen what comes afterward at the Northern Carpathian Front. Fighting through it is different. You wouldn’t be the first talented boy buried there, and you wouldn’t be the last.”

Rowan thought of the people beneath Miresti’s ruined houses. Being frightened hadn’t helped them. Neither had running.

He met Luke’s eyes.

”I don’t think my talent makes me safe. But I have to go, don’t I?”

Luke said nothing.

”Then I want to learn whatever keeps me alive. I haven’t given up on killing Blackmoon.”

He held his master’s gaze.

”I won’t go there planning to die.”

Luke studied him, then squeezed his shoulder.

”Good. Start by listening when someone tells you to retreat.”

”I will, Master.”

Celeste reached for his hand.

”My family’s decision doesn’t mean I’ll stop helping you. Whatever support I can arrange, I will.”

Rowan managed a warmer smile.

”Thank you, Saintess.”

He looked from her to Luke.

”When do I leave?”

”Tomorrow,” Celeste answered with a short sigh of frustration.

Rowan glanced toward the wardrobe, then let out a short laugh.

”Then I’d better pack. Apparently, keeping a god waiting is dangerous.”

Prev Chapter Novel Info Next Chapter

Recommended Novels

The Broken Halo Anon22

Reincarnation Of The Strongest Sword God Lucky Old Cat

Super Gene Twelve Winged Dark Burning Angel

Versatile Mage Chaos

Earth's Greatest Magus Avan

Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather Unknown

Legend of Swordsman Mr. Money

The Martial Unity Lord_Streak

Legend of Swordsman Mr. Money

Myriad Paths of the Dragon Emperor Mu Tong Ting Zhu

Complete Martial Arts Attributes Don't Enter The Jianghu

Cultivation Online Mylittlebrother

Alchemy Emperor of the Divine Dao Flying Alone

Martial World Cocooned Cow