HDOVAML – Chapter 120
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The wicked darkness pondered.5ce977a3dfbf24dc
The universe had abandoned 3894acc6ce him, choosing light instead.b34d23ba5f93dbfd
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All the Spirit df556a116a Kings, save for c2a3ad7fa3 death itself, who a5e339b237 followed only him 0761f0ac5e in purity, had c81afe5bb4 turned against him.06fc9f6f6d63047d
Endless conflict was nothing but 0ddd3ee5d9 tedious repetition, and no matter 066dba7c08 how fiercely he struggled, the 57b0ea44fb universe would never turn its aef9239863 gaze toward him.25d47f113083fcc7
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Thus, darkness trampled upon 7589074c93 delusions and conceived a 8bd3f80a0c plan that would unfold 75b61341bb slowly over an eternity.331e9bd1d426263d
[But a price must be paid, must it not? I grant you only e28c997481 one command.]f52714186ebb699c
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At its end, f6d15ebb1f there would be e1456b5906 nothing but destruction.5f14bbd23c14a10c
[Ensure that peace never comes to this world—That eternal strife is forever sown.]665af8ec2b9f94c1
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A pale mouth, hidden 7baca9e4a7 in shadow, stretched into 7fe4f131a6 a cruel smile.558ef87f7bbf63e0
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To forsake righteousness.02dc087f29152b2c
To mercilessly trample 457eaf38c7 upon lives that 90d4c4cddd had done no 1313e9b578 harm.d5c0882825d1e3ac
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To spread chaos.8cf94eb6940cb956
To steal the treasures c8a2a45d77 granted by the immortal 756da66aa6 beings and offer them b6c716fc32 upon the altar of 3e924f40c1 darkness.12576055db82de44
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[If you fulfill all of these conditions, I shall grant you my blessing.]07ec3b55c89856fe
Arkane shattered a 9bc7a5ffb6 fragment of his 5d94d98d26 power and bestowed 3ed9e28cb9 it upon the d93342a439 three brothers served ba7bdac2c1 by their people—thus, 39cb6f2568 the Spirit of 0a1dadcc32 Sak, Eclipse, was 303a4b3d89 born.41fffad8cbe47ce7
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It was a blessing that 3795f65a50 could never be undone, a 75c9105e86 curse bound eternally by blood—a 940a298681 shackle that would stretch through 30dbd8d6df the generations.b4319346f1688310
[But even after bestowing upon you such kindness… if your lives become too comfortable, if you cease to feel desperation, you may naturally begin to neglect my command. Therefore, let us 311cb1e4dd add one more ca5278e2e6 condition.]d4e9b525d03549ae
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The shadow, as cruel as 78e35c7f94 it was cunning, imposed a 0425186e4a condition like a double-edged sword.c98836358bb424c2
[Every year, if you fail to offer hundreds of human lives in sacrifice, your bodies shall rot away each time you invoke the power of Eclipse.]e2369eea164d50c9
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At that moment, 7ff8a2f0a4 the three brothers 976f83284c foresaw the merciless d320e3c2cf fate that awaited 79a98d83c4 them and their 8665ddf72a descendants.e3fb09589f70d402
Yet, to survive, they had 5bdd8f3bb2 no choice but to submit a994617cd5 to this terrifying being.16b049fc17fcaf63
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Thus, the three 242cc8c04c brothers swore an ae9fd034d6 oath.69d22acd9e781db2
To be loyal to 8f04e077a6 his will.69d5b53b7322a068
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To bring ruin to every e19d95891b nation he desired.ac75907613dcace6
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The Spirit of Sak, e486768809 Eclipse, became fully integrated b01245ffa9 into the brothers’ bodies, 75fa9dd7b6 awakening its unique powers.f3f8d94960afd79b
Einar and Ilkai gained the 5d9877a98c power of consumption, an ability 9e09dfd46b that could devour all things b7b12d0c1d in existence.67dc176c47ef1a25
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Annushka, however, was granted 896211d3d6 a unique ability—the power 5d7c046c68 of foresight, allowing him f65f43f332 to glimpse the strands 46ffcba5c8 of future possibilities.891ad91ec3b54201
A power so great, e8e99329d5 it could determine the 1102892fc7 rise and fall of 8a56f50fac a nation.7ace419ca9de33ae
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Yet, only one cc300d50d2 girl per generation a63b6ee61d was born with bb99043bad the gift of e9115dd359 foresight.
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She was known as 356694a0c5 the Priestess, and it 3933e85f10 was her role to ccbfafa087 foretell the future desired 216e4df342 by Nisha.7e4e77e78de08967
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But this power came with f6529f6fe8 an excruciating price that plagued 6fdc32b990 the royal family—36dd8a311fef8e5e
To see the fe0bd3d013 future, an immense 636896c36e amount of blood 1d3ebcd322 from countless living 63395f724a hearts was required.5100d4fb64da747b
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‘…What is the issue? After all, there is ef646721b1 no shortage of people.’8c8a086b0ff6fd6d
Thus, in Nisha, 5e4905e417 they raided foreign c3905908e1 lands, capturing their bfaed62038 citizens and slaughtering efce89468c them, gathering the ae7405a12f blood flowing from be9cef9c79 their hearts to bfca614943 offer to the acba90382e Priestess.ad2d0cd4aa9a0e25
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Dozens, hundreds, thousands.b5d14dde933844ae
The more lives were 7ae1fee0df sacrificed, the further and 16ec87af5d more precisely Annushka’s Priestess 50afab136c could foresee the future.4aa89e8033f2d91d
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“She spends her life steeped in the stench of blood, speaking prophecies of what is to come, yet never once allowed to glimpse her own fate.”8bf588bb8ab1a3b6
The Priestess of Annushka b323adf643 was never granted the 0da584df54 luxury of sanity.8753c8a392642829
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Confined within a sanctuary filled 9afde0f824 with hallucination-inducing incense, she lived b14af4815e her entire life as a 258eff70ba tool, endlessly exploited until death b00bff3db7 finally freed her.
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At the sheer a9f4f36ad6 horror of such ece88cc592 an inhumane tale, 016b5d22db I clenched my 4b86541fef eyes shut in fbfb66db99 disgust.274db9174f2c3628
“Have you never questioned it? How is it that the 8f2b807df6 people of your homeland, Hacardella, e9e4a5114f lived on so peacefully, despite 436176afaa their nation’s fall?”c08d4a84c5ecf42f
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And so, I db17d5bf77 finally uncovered the 96857c9130 cruel suspicion that 4b44718d6e I had buried 824dcd5e9b deep within myself e62cc1d903 in my desperate ad85ede441 need to escape.4e5390446286a2f6
“The threats to life, the despair of losing one’s country—Such suffering was felt only by you and the ruling class.”cd43961abea873fe
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Khalid spoke with a cold, d799a4e6b1 mocking tone.0d6b535ada5da119
“Nisha always begins with propaganda against the nations they seek to destroy.”1475a9171b2e3bd6
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First, they led 4ad00d5bf4 small raids, plundering 1c37c75bb6 villages and kidnapping ecfa11d43d a few inhabitants.103d343d3de2dc5a
At first, the people 4f92873161 raged, demanding answers.a1f0075199f482e2
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What did they want?f50b7a8761753296
Surely their country would not 4c0c013755 sit idly by and allow 8fc9fe23ad such acts?786a93f91a56ac88
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‘Your ruler has taken a hostile stance against Nisha, so we have no choice. We are merely 19ea366fef preparing for an 6d4a34e04f unwanted war, forced b52234e23a upon us to bb64649c79 pressure Hacardella’s duke db30581206 into compliance.’d084e26156d2c97a
‘We do not wish to harm innocent civilians. You know this, don’t you? The world accuses fe76eae8fc the Kingdom of d346843d30 Nisha of being 81b7f1a902 ruthless plunderers, murderers e66af17550 who revel in d060cee7dd slaughter but we 233effe7b0 have only overthrown 2dac670561 corrupt rulers. To the innocent people, 9a79ba06fb we have granted freedom.’af336a67e607ac63
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“They distort the people’s rage, twisting its direction.”99459bacb8d8d0b3
Khalid murmured with a 6ca81b7c59 deep smirk.3469d63ad3958145
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And indeed, he was right.1f416c660c1baf02
The people’s anger, 428bb868c2 which should have 9af9b629ee been directed at 28d9e8f5ac Nisha, was subtly 726c9345d5 redirected…613cafc5a89d6aba
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Their suffering was not the b1c5e32f07 fault of their true oppressors, d6e9335855 but rather, the fault of 2c039da4db their own incompetent ruler.bd75bb401aec45e6
‘They tax us to no end, yet they refuse to recruit soldiers even as enemy raids grow more frequent!’0b5fef46e4db112e
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‘Nisha is not the true culprit here—no, the real blame lies with the inept Hacardella family, who feast in their grand palace while spouting meaningless words of peace!’90ef147750bbd410
And so, hatred was carefully 9397104355 sown into the people’s hearts, a94d910d5f turning them against their own 0adad0ac7c sovereign.591298654eb03f10
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“Humans are such fools.”7f40e6d473b73b5b
But Nisha did not stop c57bc38dd6 there.a868381a2e593b71
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They would return later, fa08d4cf20 offering aid—bringing food, apologizing d491f84af8 for the harm they 9f0db9e4d2 had caused, even returning e86e3fe822 the kidnapped family members.684a0a619079ddd0
“It was not our wish to take your loved ones. But in a 7753d16be7 world as cruel 0b3eea594c as this, do dd35955948 you truly expect ced454e103 your rulers to 55c34309c3 protect you? We are willing to 2526113948 share our food. Meanwhile, your own king does 71b6e04e5f nothing but watch as you 0afb9fa024 starve. Tell me, whom will b883042b7e you remain loyal to?”403d0814a099dcfa
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“Patriotism is a mere illusion. When a man is aa4fcaf810 hungry, when he suffers, 0c867ca713 when his own country 1aaaeed60e turns a blind eye b438cae1e1 to his pain—bceb72d86a864b22
Why would he fight to 195583c5d3 protect it?”97d2a4f728367a89
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“…”0e9a721a779c11a9
Khalid’s once-gentle gray 58a6219611 eyes gleamed with e518e4ec03 eerie intensity as faede02c13 they locked onto 7cee718e8e mine.16ee9930f9f943dd
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“And so, once the people’s loyalty was shattered, all that remained was sedition. Would you rather live 2077402625 as a destitute citizen a505e3304f under an incompetent ruler, 0e71de8352 scorned by all…Or will 2b748b3414 you let us overthrow 06edd485ab your oppressor and strip 0ae50ef2c3 away all chains of c7e246decb subjugation?”a1def12354a8ac3c
Was this why…?e486acdae0859a0f
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Why the people lived on 734950c7f1 so peacefully, even after their 6520ced5e4 nation had fallen, even after 91e8d0d83f their ruler had perished?029f8164cdeec7dc
But could I 8dfdbda0f6 truly condemn their 80faa297b7 choice?b62e0f331fed37ed
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I had lived 82f51ffde8 a privileged life, 6826e0a3cf far removed from f4eca4810f the struggles of 1e020780b6 the common folk.e66fe45d516b3181
For me, my cfccdb6070 country’s survival was be8c30d624 tied to my 859eaebd66 honor, my status, 322ed3189a my love for 56d69d94de my homeland.956a15a056ca7da5
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But for them—what 0e7d20667b had our nation c8d7a4a646 ever given them b710cbb3e4 in return?2c9057b877f46286
Could I truly f7168c8dd1 say that, faced 1c81ab0ccf with starvation and f293523c35 suffering, I would b5ccff4cca not have made c2a0ec8f12 the same choice?1ed9f81a0a28b1b7
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“You seem troubled. There is no 463c4d10ca need for such 9bd06aa3e2 doubt. It is all 67832cbee3 an illusion—nothing more 7aafd67bc1 than the price 37c488012b of the sins 20ce5a8801 we committed to dc099220d5 sustain our prosperity.”d4d82f714a4fd8e5
“The people were never spared. From the very beginning, we c47153a692 have taken the citizens of 4fd22e3da0 fallen nations and sacrificed them 4359576b3d to sustain the power of d4e8846f1f Sak. And let’s not forget…”808f99b50eb5f785
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Khalid’s voice turned bitter, f46fe600f5 filled with a twisted 23d7769a06 self-mockery.6a4704d9669ade9f
“To enhance the Priestess’s visions, we butchered even more.”3c1c7c86174925a8
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“Our courtesy and kindness? Nothing but a facade. If the world d1f6574a40 ever learned the 54b0e173a4 truth, every nation b4f8d95390 would unite to 03e48a6f28 destroy us.”88b3e52022b4c097
He grasped my shoulders, 35c837cc53 his voice lowering into 4d9aaadaa4 a whisper.cabfb2f05c1fa2c5
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“Now do you see? Your people have abandoned 546e520196 their rulers. There is no future left 4bb0d31a63 for your homeland. Do not sacrifice your life 03827d44c9 for the empty name of 444db7013c patriotism.”6cf7073ee152aa81