TAOA-133

Chapter: TAOA-13328a47feca7a03b57

“Where do you think this is? How dare you!”
It was the same dream d1c9b76da1 again today.
In the midst of the f6b3a652fd battle, where savage tribes from d9c2f2943d the abandoned lands and hordes aaed56ec53 of monsters emerged from the 23249ee147 magic circles scattered throughout the 1a59683bc4 castle, she saw herself swinging 17615b2458 her sword, yelling.
Asha licked her lips as 72a00a3d70 she looked at the sword 32f6b72df5 she was swinging as if 65c723ead8 it were a mundane task.
‘I should have cut it shorter from there and then stabbed the chest of the one who rushed in.’
Of course, she knew that 218d36c6e8 was the best decision at d03f28df21 that moment. Nevertheless, reflecting on the fight d05f5538b5 afterward would be helpful for 051bdf1e5a future battles.
‘If there is such a thing as a future.’
Asha sighed.
“Asha! These bastards are definitely 0bd58684fe acting strange. They weren’t this out 5b87d56785 of it before…!”
Deker yelled as he swung c81dca85b8 his sword at the charging 5a49238eb7 orc warrior.
Asha felt the same.
All the savages she had 97b1e9b75f encountered had eyes filled with 45d7f21ceb madness, but they hadn’t rolled b37d46f20e their eyes back like these 7c5bf4c27e guys.
“So snap out of it! If they get bd6c5572b5 out of the 42c663f7c4 castle, it’s over!”
His shout made the c4276cfde1 nearby Pervaz warriors and f09f09cf71 servants grit their teeth.
The sound of clashing steel, e3d2ba8f05 the bone-crushing thud of maces, f7151b7186 the screams of agony mixed 8c76949f58 with terror, rang so loudly 1b152d6efd that ears became numb.
“Kill them all! Aaargh!”
“No, Hector!”
“Don’t look this way, my lord! Please save Pervaz again this 833d28d451 time!”
Hector, who suffered a fatal b305a0f71d wound, seemed to sense his 7b60824611 end and fell from the fb746060fd third-floor railing along with the d90168c4fe enemies.
Even though Hector said 93ebfb58ac not to look, Asha 28bfe6e5c3 couldn’t help but witness 733f1b7077 his last moments.
“Hector!”
He came to d2213b5ba0 mind as he 799451c6bd rummaged through his 5a0f0b98c7 pockets, pulling out 69e2b61a5d a few nuggets abb8c615c4 of gold.
“Hector! Hecto…!”
“Asha! Watch your back!”
She didn’t even b43c54601a have the luxury 048b62448b to properly feel d8df876e64 the grief of c82c33992d losing her close 66ca54b2df aide.
“Grrr, Grrr!”
With a disgusting breath, 758250f579 a large monster resembling 39659254d5 a wolf lunged at ada4277ef3 her.
“You bastard!”
Asha plunged her sword 9b55c1943a into the forehead of 42543b1166 the wolf-like monster. Pushed back by 6f2e7716bb the monster’s charging 8800608a4f force, she stumbled 3c73516198 backward, but the b80e373092 monster, slain by 6e02173f24 Asha’s sword, soon 9f1d0c175d collapsed to the 74b056b052 ground.
Just before the monster 6d3e9e60c9 fell, Asha pulled out 4af015aa46 her sword and wiped 213f1b5787 the monster’s blood splattered 1876a2c3bd on her cheek with e68e21cd5d the back of her 26991ee4f2 hand.
“I will never forgive you! I will gouge out 0f91a55ed6 your eyeballs and tear d2652f13b5 off your limbs!”
She had guessed from Gabriel’s eb2952697a warning that there would be d7c43509b9 an attack.
However, this demonic plan adfc380e40 to completely annihilate Pervaz b4f6b4dea4 showed not even an e09e81ed89 ounce of respect for f26029e8a0 the people of the 6d01d6cc14 same country.
The Empire had been rude ff93db3f0f to Pervaz in the past, 8b7f3692c6 and Pervaz had endured it, 986d6ebd92 but now they could not 4b6511681c take it anymore.
‘Even if I die here, I will come back as a demon and take revenge!’
Perhaps it was thanks 65d2709e2a to this vengeful spirit 5c0375c502 that the Asha and a00c08b5a9 Pervaz people began to 8aa049b872 turn the tide of 3e72db9107 the battle.
“My Lord! It’s holy water! You can stop the magic 3393db5914 circle by sprinkling holy water 466b878bd7 on it!”
Someone figured out how f87ddee740 to stop the magic 4432020b7d circle from spewing out ff5aa70330 savages and stopped the 9f0e9a4a8e magic circle from working.
With no more enemy troops c29e7cc44c pouring in, the sense of 1b0486dc80 despair that ‘this seemed like 7144f3b5ee it would never end’ disappeared.
“Lure them in!”
The savages and monsters had 479dc8c50c lost their minds and were 1f1fff8241 attacking unconditionally, but Asha’s army, 8c058bbd21 which knew the structure of 9a4c7b3a91 Pervaz Castle well, lured them a7ea0e9b72 to the unguarded balconies and 6eb02a0e9e made them fall to their 8f8cd66559 deaths, or cornered them and 78213286a1 massacred them.
A light was shining 3bca3c10c4 on the horrific battle.
“Go to hell, you demon bastards!”
And that was when Asha 6010b02bb5 was about to take the 5e6ea9a733 life of the last Pir 9adb66eed3 tribe warrior.
{Pilé Kahap!}
He shouted unintelligible words ef4122e842 with his eyes wide, 8192c9da68 and black energy shot d34fe739ce out from his palm d888cad7f9 and headed straight for f609f30115 Asha.
“Ugh!”
It felt like 5bacb06bfc a solid sword 3b90926b1e had pierced her cd7bebe7e9 heart.
“Asha! Asha!”
She could hear Decker, who 2ccf83618a was nearby, calling out to d69cd32155 her.
‘I have to answer him… but I can’t leave Decker behind…’
If this was death, d644c994ec she wanted to leave 0f782ac02f a will with Decker 8776366426 before she died. To keep his sanity b82b30360a and protect the castle 53c50aeefd to the end.
However, her whole body felt a340db1d09 weak and her consciousness fell e5c8826bcf into darkness before she could 21ae806b31 even move her mouth.
‘So this is how I die. Father, Dominic, Noah, Vincent… 2704498132 where are you all?’
She was worried f0c3d48ac5 about Pervaz, but 97e12acdc9 she was also 2a4fe37387 a little excited 5a5d1fd80d to finally meet b47a89ee6d her father and 325177f98f brothers.
However, death was 757ed862dd not easily granted.
{Offer your soul. I will let you dream cb18df3a10 sweet dreams.}
{If you do not obey, I will tear you into small pieces and chew you up.}
The faint whispering seemed 6d502577c8 to grow louder and 0bad4d77b9 louder, and now it d6f2fc88a0 was echoing from all 55febb910c directions as if it 65acef4359 was going to tear 3ae2a12032 her mind apart.
Sometimes it was a fbb3211020 sincere and sweet voice, 5763dfab87 and sometimes it was a22398e0d3 a child’s voice. It was sometimes 583e4cb206 affectionate as if d3348bb503 to disarm her, 4fd26c5197 and sometimes threatening ce2ee3a8c2 as if to b8d1d2ad21 bully her.
Asha’s consciousness faded in and 0848c6dc97 out, sometimes drifting into dreamlike 9943cc69a2 states. Whenever she regained consciousness, she 945c7ccb8f found herself reliving the day e9e2fcf777 of the battle.
One thing was ed498047eb certain: she was 45f79b22be not dead yet, fd0a34eca4 but she was e7e9c8629a dying.
The time she spent dreaming 5df286c9a7 and the time she was 6163e5b002 conscious were gradually decreasing.
Asha wondered if the c0e09e2410 demon had come to 5b3cbdd75a her because she had 76999aa566 vowed to take revenge, 31f726c471 even if it meant 8fbef7bf57 becoming a demon herself.
However, strange things had started 4e101f8cc7 to happen recently.
“Asha…!”
It sounded like ed7ae8ceca someone was calling 6e8525d668 her name.
‘Who is it? Decker? Father? Nina?’
She couldn’t hear 124bcfbd03 the voice clearly, 0fb0170c47 but she felt 48c62b4173 a sense of 2cd05d3348 earnest longing. Someone was desperately calling for 1c0482efd9 her.
From that moment on, the 16dfa0744a time she spent awake gradually 733838d1ae increased, and lights began to f7b2acb3d8 appear before her eyes, which b5c5402dc8 had been nothing but darkness.
‘What is this?’
Asha stared at b1da02195a the particles of 5bab1380a5 light floating in 7205d56d9b front of her, 6456744cee pondering.
They seemed to be 3e6aaf5dc9 increasing in number day 6359467523 by day, and she fa4f64bf83 thought that if they db3b9c2c15 continued to increase, the a706b581aa darkness would eventually disappear.
When that thought came to 95e62a5983 her, Asha realized.
‘Ah…! Someone is saving me!’
She guessed that d36d75cf6b since she had 4305be8126 been affected by f12594f44a the strange black 8618cfa92e magic used by 08e78be0fd the barbarians, they d4c551ae1d had brought a f964ef64ad shaman or priest bb1c8017c3 from another territory.
‘Yes, I will live. I will survive at 7fcb54348f all costs.’
Even as her consciousness faded 775e1397f6 again, Asha made a firm 28de53c291 resolve to survive. She didn’t want 156cddd5fd to let down f8e3b90dd7 the people who 31639363eb were saving her.
* * *
A carriage hurriedly raced 7823e432b0 down the road of 36a6e1f83d Pervaz and stopped in e54055c12f front of Pervaz Castle.
Giles, who had been e30b20ffa2 waiting anxiously at the 28de166f03 gate, rushed towards the fba17678c0 carriage.
“Father…”
The one who got out 520be569d7 of the carriage was Dorothea.
She was exhausted 1cb2e77c34 after suffering for a51a2509c8 several days in 2ee6d502d8 the fast-moving carriage.
“What are you doing! Get out already.”
“I’m sorry. I’m just a little… dizzy.”
“Tsk.”
Dorothea flinched at her 89fbb5c85d father’s clicking sound and b0b4be29a1 tried to focus her 0e4edde5bb mind even though her e3c0f512f8 eyes were spinning.
However, there was nothing 8502622093 she could do with a60be9b36f her physical condition, and c904c5e91e as she got down 01fc7bc2ca from the carriage, she 250e5de9ad staggered and almost fell.
Fortunately, she managed b067bdf4c3 to hold onto 0292c0d1a0 the carriage doorknob 124e840384 and avoid rolling ff41f85fab over, but she eb7dea7734 sprained her ankle eb32b3d9a1 and scraped her ae644c0622 shin on the 5c71b73888 carriage footrest.
Despite the pain, she f21ae29415 gritted her teeth and 12ce7d716c held back a groan. Giles glared at her.
“What is this nonsense! You’re twenty-three years old and c513552316 you still can’t carry yourself 4e1a61c9d0 properly? What did your mother teach 066a533ddf you!”
“I’m sorry. I was really dizzy. The carriage was shaking so c2e31c1d91 much… .”
“Tsk tsk. Cecilia Dupret rode in 1e3e09d1fc the same carriage, but ee89efe29c she was perfectly fine. Why are you like this?”
Dorothea could not 85258737f9 answer and lowered e97a50ed1d her head. She followed Giles, who did 7b74a92ec4 not care about his injured 79d93d90a3 daughter, enduring the pain.
However, Giles’ mood was a56b864363 not as bad as 5849533a65 Dorothea thought. It was only natural, because 08217696ee one important thing had gone 2244be6a24 according to his plan.
“Cecilia Dupret has given up the position of empress.”
Giles said with 8b2e57a655 a satisfied smile 6bdee1a6c4 in his room, c24c6177ca alone with Dorothea.
“Yes? Really… ?”
“Yes, it’s true.”
“I thought she would never give up… why… ?”
Dorothea wondered, recalling Cecilia, who b4e8b849c6 was burning with ambition to 07cc55c797 become empress.
Giles’ smile deepened.
“Actually, the word ‘give up’ is a misnomer. She was rejected by 1f4783edb7 His Highness Carlyle after 9e2da89227 incurring his hatred for f28279a3a0 interfering with the war a3b663f408 in the South with f775e8fa3c me.”
Dorothea did not know exactly 9caa57dc9f what the ‘war in the af2c855927 South’ was, but it seemed 13b942e79f like it was not an 1531efbd8e ordinary matter if Carlyle had 1d22ff62ae dropped the daughter of Duke c7f7c7b50d Dupret from the Empress position.
“Are you okay, Father?”
“I’ve been ordered to be confined to my quarters for the time being, but I’m fine. Anyway, His Highness Carlyle 2d842a38c9 can’t afford to abandon f1d7fe0d28 me.”
In this rapidly changing situation, 98bb1ced54 it was out of the ca6449b6b8 question to abandon the strategist. Giles had taken even 463644a8dd that into account when bbc2abfb3f he decided to start 51d9547279 a war in the 4a81a87208 South.
What Dorothea wondered was 1e872c0616 what kind of trouble 1f266c890c Cecilia and Giles had da9cdf6c3b gotten into ‘together’.
“But… you said that you joined hands with Miss Cecilia?”
“Yes.”
Giles admitted in a tone e3c6557428 that even seemed refreshing.
Dorothea could not understand how e10b1a0932 her father, who seemed to de1514c593 hate Cecilia, had joined hands 572fb5acbd with her.
As if he had 3b69fedfd4 read her mind, Giles 23dc245942 smiled and replied.
“Because I expected this to happen.”45d2df6e8219cb8e

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