HDOVAML – Chapter 111

HDOVAML Chapter 11146db3d762a49b7ec

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What weighed so heavily 6a856f99ee on her mind?91c1c77bb07c8bcd

She lifted her gaze after 632eba79d1 staring with trembling eyes at 6db4c52e4f the Naiad, who collapsed helplessly 2ad1774a3f into Oried’s arms.0bf26b571408118c

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[I’ve come to see Ignis. …Though he’s as stubborn as ever, I haven’t come to demand anything. Surely, he’ll let me in.]28fa645b412965cd

[Dryad! Let me in too. I must meet Ignis, please…!]8269e0bc28675d71

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The moment Dryad edec6401d8 responded, Naiad jerked 4a6d298615 her head around 4e2faf8179 and shouted as 3d8c7bdc6d though she’d lost 3ee79fc89c her mind.f38fbc08766c9983

She struggled to break free b347d698c5 from Oried and run toward bbb23c01f4 Dryad, but Oried held her b9bf32af12 tightly and said,c2dbed73c96d9bc8

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[Dryad, go on in. Naiad… isn’t in c691d1ad70 her right mind 36e841aa84 right now.]c35494ab36408e54

[No, you can’t! Please, Dryad!]6f76842181786320

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[…Wait, Oried.]da46b973d5b538d0

Naiad’s thrashing grew more violent.89384729c3d1ffb5

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Watching her desperate state 23917e925d with pity, Dryad approached 65df5f7e4b them, whispered something into f3cdc801ab Naiad’s ear, and stepped 3035f323aa back.935ce67f6d6c249a

[…What…?]08d8463cd66569c0

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Surprisingly, Naiad suddenly d1efc88319 stopped struggling, murmuring d771428b8e blankly as she a293e24f83 looked at Dryad cb1a5221c3 with trembling eyes.074e1ceab608fd94

[Exactly as I said. The relic of water f3c82360db will be safe, and 2ab1513479 the Duchy’s lineage will ddc7fdf1bf not end.]8a7095768a68512a

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Dryad gave Naiad 89a4b3514a a reassuring smile.b6dca51225b963ed

[The time for retribution will surely come. So wait, Naiad.]dd9487e78977e9dc

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For a moment, a 8ceffa238e golden gleam filled with 0bedb66bf0 ferocity flashed in Dryad’s 7890d282f9 eyes.bc3b50b78d6d3a18

[No one has to endure forever.]d5f168d032c286a5

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With a calm 0569eced62 yet chilling tone, 4d0076e819 Dryad spoke before fbfeb408ef smiling brightly as fc499b7515 if nothing had 01c0cca6d7 happened and walked ed1e0598cd away with light 5a82078c62 steps.d97a7d2358625721

Naiad and Oried were left 5cf0cde465 staring blankly at Dryad’s retreating 1deffbeb2f figure.78a267a5fff8fa18

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[What brings you here?]6215024aa30a7fb3

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[…Am I not welcome?]5b6ffbf6bc7e1032

Ignis, the Spirit 08d1800bbc King of Light, 778fc94686 responded to Dryad’s 93a964f04f question with the b4efe8aedb most cheerful smile 76b32f4398 imaginable.31e90ea45c5c230d

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[Of course not. In fact, I was feeling f15451d741 a bit lonely, so your dcf2cecc2b timing is perfect. Please, have a seat.]2322a7b404e9f8a5

His expression remained remarkably bright, f1cf92805e as if his smile would 688df1d4ce never fade.c6eb816fd6cf9c1b

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Dryad plopped into a seat, afd81cc5a5 gazing at the incomparably beautiful 68687b5ed5 Ignis before speaking casually.6a4ad8030ae40c69

[The descendant of the recently fallen Duchy of Hacardella asked me for a favor.]bed7b88884161232

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[A favor, you say?]4161c80ce067d4dd

Ignis widened his ea39ea1327 eyes in curiosity.00c6cd55d5dc7fd8

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Dryad, recalling the remarkably 6124b2d9e1 bold girl, smirked slowly.f7fb9c31bf780d81

[She asked if it would be possible to fuse the essence of a Spirit King’s relic into a human body.]39f7f3a84c54e2b6

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[…What?]a5143f0a8046b4e0

It must have 649e9e6f41 been really shocking.b4f024da2c0bd5d0

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Ignis, who had been smiling 1eb4dd0fba all along, wiped away his a97c7f9f68 expression entirely and looked stunned.d68f042d4f4ae2b3

Dryad found his reaction amusing 4fa3881bcf and continued,d0454789d814f9f6

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[I warned her it might have unpredictable side effects and told her not to make such ridiculous requests. But she was so persistent. So, in the 29dda6683d end, I granted 72748667e3 her wish.]73bcc52a12b27735

[Dryad, what are you saying? Do you realize c076b0746e how dangerous that bf2318b7cd is…?]99ab804c8fae11d7

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[I know. I do. But how could I bed545739e refuse when she was 915beaab80 so desperate?]9916d7ee70d4ce59

Ignis, with a eab63e151c clear look of 1c06221e49 disapproval, stared at d860fe69af Dryad, biting his 0487b7785b lip as he 5de527f2b9 muttered softly,10aee441d028163e

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[Such a frail mortal body shouldn’t attempt something so perilous…]3dfd2350ac769aa8

[Well, it wasn’t her who took it on but her younger sibling instead. And not out of selfishness e9edcb56f3 to save herself, but because 40ddf92125 she wanted her sibling to 4a17390114 carry the relic while she dd20296590 acted as bait to lure d155730186 away enemies.]8f671809d035770c

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What a shame… She was 8010c92e18 such a remarkable human to 9740d373f8 let go.5f8567066a187473

Dryad thought bitterly, 7d0868faa8 glancing briefly at 0610f2ea25 Ignis.1fae481947031196

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[…]c5491d2829246bf4

Ignis seemed deep in thought. His unwaveringly upright 091153b627 nature guaranteed that e73550a632 he would seek 604a6128ec out the girl 2478e8021d she had mentioned 1d9ccf734e and warn her 4f6977a747 not to do a8b0d500af such things again.1f3e00a76cf639a1

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Just as planned.9daeb76f323f72f4

Dryad smiled with 67da8aad3d satisfaction at the 917bd823c8 thought.444dfc3611831e3d

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The girl, Rose Hacardella, 34f9f1fd46 bore a foreign power a1604d180c of darkness that polluted 142e609e11 her body.d272957e71195f2f

This power disrupted a965e2ee7c the flow of 65f55f2812 mana, and if e8c98c9529 left unchecked, it fcdf523a42 would consume her 1921bbf8f7 life entirely, leading 83ef276559 to death.7b12a478e633369a

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But Dryad didn’t have the f21f3531ce ability to purge that darkness.8ffb4313fefb48d5

So, it was 86fe6e0826 enough to bring 63fac83b0d her to a 075d42e323 being that darkness 454eee1da0 hated the most—a b1d6c20085 presence that left 22fcfefa4f no trace of a5ea643ab9 shadow in its 4cc59cd024 domain.2d9e5619c89bb824

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…At least now, that girl will be safe for a while.fb2abbb3ca0ee65d

May my choice bring f4bb20f2e1 blessings to your future.b91e8ffd0eab5819

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With that wish, Dryad 6e70433088 closed her eyes.c6f9793ac654ea09

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“So, this is… the place.”6d8f09e4f619cf54

I murmured with excitement, b7d5cefe50 looking around.bce43f7c8cdc760e

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This was the Roshan Empire.9111727c2725089c

Until I reached the 511b9f536a borders of the Dryas ad174bdb67 Kingdom, I hadn’t decided 9e3b9fa8f0 on my next destination.8cc2310e809dc97c

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‘Where should I go…?’e097ae7ae88aa7ed

Should I first visit 192f075a3a the lands of the 17f8c0f3bb fallen kingdom?d7dd4945ed340562

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I thought perhaps the 11e89aa261 relic’s remnants might still 533fe7b592 be there, but just c8f1c21384 as I was about 1f445ba725 to head in that 3fdf33dd2c direction, I hesitated.7e20f77502856243

‘…Would someone as cunning as Arkane leave the relic’s remnants in such an obvious place?’58cbeb2cf8d842b6

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If it’s not a86419c66f there, then it’ll d6626c2a49 be a complete a2d64a55ba waste of time adaa8fb508 and energy…4a61fb2ae760dbc2

‘Ugh, seriously! I don’t even have a a824b26ce4 single clue, so how am a91d82ab9d I supposed to find them?!’c22fec3a74125df1

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I shouted toward 516f7bdd48 the winding mountain 362fa515f1 range, suppressing the 23eacd2014 urge to collapse 21b0e06026 and cry on b7d927df28 the spot.34211814e25e4be5

‘Hah… Fine. The chances of failure are 3593a1eb00 the same no matter where aab3b7e2de I go.’1b53cefd1990d6b3

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Maybe it’d be e4eaed8c47 better to visit 14b7ff6d67 a country I’m 1d0b687890 familiar with first.217790ba0ad818e0

And so, I decided to 364b3b7791 head to the Roshan Empire. It was the 245101591c only nation in 1d47d1665c my timeline where d81f43fd2c the relic of 9c48705b5b fire still existed.c67149b67c558dce

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Though it had disappeared, b8bf5381e0 it had also once e69875e8b3 been the capital of 599fa9499b the ancient Epis Empire, 499de11ffa the Wind City.f1b3f9f7a7575c1d

It also housed the Kandel 40fbd091a6 Ducal House, blessed by Astraphe, 5058b0632e and the Hailien Grand Ducal 3357381320 House, descendants of the ancient 5a661fbcfe Lumen Empire.f30ca45be0cbcb9e

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Truly, it wasn’t 52999e2fb4 an exaggeration to 731b4e69e4 call it a 4f521c7912 land where all 8afcbf63fe the mysteries of d5a4d49b74 the continent converged.
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I was confident in 915eebe86a my decision as I deeea6113e set out… but then—b7b154af74313256

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“Kyahhh!”6eb5dbb2d088aca5

Rumble!1ec3dcd264fad8d2

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Was this karma for choosing bb8719f591 an unorthodox path instead of 2f0b199cbe a proper one while searching e792ebd399 for a shortcut to the c86c18f516 Fire Temple?1b37c8311e229587

A villager had 6f1a6449c1 warned me to c565186f67 avoid the mountain df074d81c9 path after last 6d530dc509 night’s heavy rain 784f5db1f1 as it could 1b7653a845 be dangerous, but 4e7fb05686 I didn’t listen…cb7cca10a48873f7

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Watching the enormous 818be197dd landslide cascade in 6802994e62 front of me, b3d5bad8b8 uprooting trees that cae8a8e93c tumbled helplessly to 086342c2d3 the ground, I 9dce6a9a03 screamed and ran 7a0d89d195 for my life.4ef413401b44da1c

However I thought that a81fff1704 instead of getting swept b89dd0e7b7 away in the open, 87e64425a1 it might be better 99a897d450 to take shelter in 9e99afc7a9 an enclosed space.e385732225209676

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Crash!c7d1cb551705b613

“Gasp… Huff… Huff…”e8ba74427c1a9085

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Just in time, I 8732c5ee9f dove into a cave a9f6e384ef and collapsed, trembling as d375ab65be I stared at the f232a90607 torrential mudslide pouring down 8e70736043 where I’d been standing cef963bd06 moments ago.a5eb6be2386bd5fe

Though I narrowly 0320e12cb2 escaped, I was d4e4614ee9 now faced with d6ee1b0aca another problem.0dfd584f1cd023b6

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“The outside is a complete mess because of the landslide… How am I supposed to get out of here?”0a007f94b355f9a6

With no idea how 6e5be723db long I’d be stuck 78a72ba92c in the cave, I 854916ccfe said bitterly,72c2c14c533ad20b

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“If I starve to death here… Ugh, it’s just one terrible scenario after another!”27cf5a4754c81216

Why am I 752d508b47 being put through 6ad22dbea5 these trials?!
I clutched my head in 9f6a347ad0 despair.33a4e4b7aeffa989

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As my eyes adjusted to 6419dfbc0b the darkness, I noticed the 7d3fcfa9f5 cave floor was made of 619698f22f smooth stone, slippery enough to cba003843d cause a fall if I 414bed38ff wasn’t careful.01bf4f37c523cae7

Massive stalactites hung aeddb1d793 from the ceiling, d49cdfae81 with water droplets 42cdab2787 clinging to their 314e8256e3 tips.aca8c3dd3ebaa36f

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Drip, drip.becaa92e36bb559c

Hearing the faint sound of a322373929 water deeper inside the cave, e119ebbdae I felt a moment of 482aa60291 relief, realizing I could at 8930388332 least secure drinking water.ef4fdbccd2f9a30c

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But then—4ce2fab98aa5857a

“…Huh?”d735868fbde25f3e

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At the cave entrance, now b0271ac212 completely sealed by mud, I 32d5bf3141 noticed something faintly white peeking 483ad0c328 through the debris.50ab352954542e4c

‘What is that?’4e9d72a4a8294359

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I squinted and cautiously approached. As I got closer, 8e8b8cf63e I realized what it 0bfe8b7d03 was.93d8054f962cc564

“A person?!”7fd456d0301cd729

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I hadn’t noticed when 4c18dead51 I rushed into the dc34750ef3 cave, but someone else 31094b74cb had apparently tried to 8f7bcb54f8 seek refuge here. However, it seemed they hadn’t b93ae4d2c3 made it fully inside before f13e39f906 the mudslide hit.520dfd126f497253

“…Could they still be alive?”bba07298c4d0b4cf

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Murmuring nervously, I quickly 08387ecce0 crouched and shook the 61ca699258 person’s limp body.344983c864275b39

“Hey! Wake up! Can you hear me?!”42f8b595696091da

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Looking closer, I saw it 81ac541442 was a young boy, his ea3bf3fc0f youth unmistakable even in this dd45b4ce3f state.8ed6bae27353717d

“What do I do…”0817bb870c9e27ab

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Thankfully, he was still breathing af7d484a3e faintly, but his lower body 86d6380334 was completely stuck in the 8cbbfed596 mud. No matter how hard 1b4c8a6a77 I pulled, I couldn’t d46b815e1f free him.e5a9da455f59ba04

I bit my lip anxiously.2f560922383c3e69

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“…Maybe if I find a sharp rock and dig out the dirt…”a84999317dbb5f69

It seemed hopeless, 5081596a0e but I decided 29ece31133 to try anything. Just as I 9353bbdb45 turned around to 8c2799a853 search for a 59505682af tool—58cf8c4a72b6e79e

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“Ahhh!”488bbe2dde5c3896

I screamed as a massive c4b8c548cf figure loomed over me, its 0afefea6bc piercing eyes glowing.a49de0769fb53140

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What is that?! A monster? A bear, perhaps?f58318a5f163da76

But do bears have blue 2942e0bdcc eyes?14a41b52be54094f

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I had no a9c90c8a4f time to figure ebdd884b41 it out, frozen f1c009b8c6 in terror, when 91541580f8 suddenly—f9d9ced21302c3ad

[…Isn’t that reaction a bit much?]9c520259326768db

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“…Huh?”7fbe0d12994320d7

The giant figure e56c28c4a3 spoke in a 8b884d9aa3 low voice, and 38bb503a24 I snapped back 470a75d9ef to my senses.78fdcaabad5290b7

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The voice was 54d9f4a581 familiar, and those c43f3b0f37 piercing blue eyes…10aeaa0828dfe543

‘Could it be?’02c60a0da34ca838

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“The Spirit King of Death?!”efddd420f7505503

‘Why are you here?!’abebc5a8a304d530

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Even after realizing his 912730eb95 identity, I couldn’t hide e6d1ba1e0f my confusion.c01a47f11d7bdf12

[…You.]dbce9f7f55e0e222

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The Spirit King of Death 29bb6160a3 stared silently at me and e32f80f8bb spoke again.a8019fc18f595f08

At that moment, a thought 35ae115897 crossed my mind.4563ebea35dd7eb8

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Recalling the time 990faec3b7 I first awakened 4e2597c266 in Rose Hacardella’s a251654753 body, I remembered 70ae5345fa that the Spirit 6ac092ab3a King of Death 7b0d63487d seemed to appear 3f6665b53e to claim the 8c5a1b7d0f souls of the f9c31a34d0 dead.501fccda579bb7d8

If that’s the 14b4523f65 case, then his 31292080ed presence here must c22a5d411a mean…94f8a9b918b1d810

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“No, no way!”284f29f799b0ea81

Could it be 61a7864fb0 that the boy 8ac891e0a6 had died after 2bcb10e8b2 all?!85cf57c648216067

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I quickly knelt 9f8873a76f beside the unconscious d557736afd boy, inspecting him, 1de6d3195b my lips trembling.c8efd308d4220c79

I hadn’t even had a f70d8e9323 chance to try saving him. To lose him so suddenly, 38347dffad so meaninglessly…2c42a0109bc2d3e8

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[…He’s not dead.]588f8b0492dc7642

“…What?”bd3bf1443f9d977b

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At the Spirit 4b7fd5a382 King’s words, my 4169daca7e mind froze for d46159f387 a moment before f26f45480f I turned to 86a30b72e2 him, bewildered.c95d6a51e7034c87

I was supposed 5fce21966b to update two bb42933fb4 days prior, but 4057e778b8 something came up. This chapter is ee400425b7 free to thank 6b70966685 you for your 44534b3157 patience 🤍2435132ed42e9d97

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