{"id":654,"date":"2025-05-19T23:41:29","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T23:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/philaerix.com\/?post_type=books&#038;p=654"},"modified":"2025-06-16T22:01:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T22:01:37","slug":"weaponsmaster-8","status":"publish","type":"books","link":"https:\/\/philaerix.com\/index.php\/book\/weaponsmaster-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Weaponsmaster 8"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>Closing in\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From almost the first day I arrived in Valorae, having been abducted by dark magical creatures, I\u2019ve had one thing on my mind: kill the demigod Aeyr. For all those he\u2019s slain, including my best friend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here I am, with the friends and family I\u2019ve gathered while fighting for my life in this strange world. A world so different from my own. One thing is universal, though. Tyrants whose sole purpose is to exploit and destroy people need to be put down.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Valorae, somehow, the task fell to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not that I\u2019m complaining. If anyone is going to destroy the thousand-year-old villain who literally drains the life force from others to gain power, I\u2019d rather it be me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The one big problem we face is&nbsp;<em>finding<\/em>&nbsp;our enemy. He\u2019s hiding, I\u2019m sure of it. Waiting until he\u2019s gained enough power to overwhelm any opposition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But we\u2019re closing in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sure, we\u2019re following a weak trail, but it&nbsp;<em>is<\/em>&nbsp;a trail. We\u2019ll find him and end him. The only questions are what we\u2019ll face along the way and if we lose any of our small number doing so. There\u2019s also the small issue of how to kill a magical entity who survived the full strength of an army of the world\u2019s greatest power centuries ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s time for Aeyr the Ever-Hungering to die. And this time, it needs to stick.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Closing in\u2026 From almost the first day I arrived in Valorae, having been abducted by dark magical creatures, I\u2019ve had one thing on my mind: kill the demigod Aeyr. For all those he\u2019s slain, including my best friend. Here I am, with the friends and family I\u2019ve gathered while fighting for my life in this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":576,"parent":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","book-authors":[7],"book-series":[24],"book-tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-654","1":"books","2":"type-books","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"book-authors-phil-aerix","7":"book-series-weaponsmaster-saga","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/philaerix.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/books\/654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/philaerix.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/books"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/philaerix.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/books"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philaerix.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=654"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philaerix.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/philaerix.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"book-authors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philaerix.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book-authors?post=654"},{"taxonomy":"book-series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philaerix.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book-series?post=654"},{"taxonomy":"book-tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philaerix.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book-tags?post=654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}