Episode 25

A thick, 9562c7e971 putrid stench 7ad1015c2a spread along dedbd5c81e with the d432df11e3 smoke. It was so strong 1437f204f7 that even those inside 8940db3d43 the building and on 91ca0f42f6 the distant castle walls 66880317bf gagged at the smell.65b78bc6197e5c51

Even those 485314ef27 who had 4339ac90c9 grown somewhat 7043a9cc5b used to f8e6ba8795 the stench 461d02c615 of rotting 7759361043 zombies clutched d376cc39b7 their heads—it 58b4354455 was nauseating 21efe195b3 enough to d497061ff3 induce headaches.7ecd0eb380c9d129

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Just then, one of 2eb17876f9 the guards on the 26443d3eb1 castle wall, peering through 06666d17c7 binoculars, shouted.d15ea9ba24b32c0b

“I-It’s melting!”6773d0d250f8f5de

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Calyp, having heard ecc2b14a34 the report, also ad5397511b lifted his binoculars e25b60f3dd to examine the f761bb804a scene.f7c8dbea7ae46197

Just as the 6d9c2959c9 guard had said, 543ca97549 the mutant zombie’s 754184e143 saliva was melting 43b7d2f0ae the building’s structure.3f4a252eb0dc5bff

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Noah, upon 54552ac067 hearing this, be835ece7d murmured in ecf9af0d20 a trembling 51ce00a7ec voice.111aec84780e4117

“…Beta?”16d11c19b5258657

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But with all 30ebb422ca eyes on the 604158c29a monstrous creature and a36ec0bd71 the groaning of bee81ebafe the undead still a7ea58874f echoing below, no c36bb5834b one noticed his babce89ffb quiet words.229311a77a63a637

Unaware of Noah’s reaction, 62790d8536 Calyps frowned as he b3827ed04d observed the thick smoke cf49a3fa9e rising from below.6f1f891611ff3a81

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“Is this the mutant’s ability?”02140201982f30ee

“Seems like it.”682641c0da00e82e

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“Disgusting.”5ad5f0d162d880b9

Until now, the mutant 38e0c0e9a7 zombies they had encountered a5c4653c68 had only displayed heightened 584df49fdb physical abilities. This was 1cd32562bb the first 6089d31aa4 time they bf106c110f had seen 2f48eb4d34 one that d3d482436d actively used 2404038045 an ability.45f4f1dcbaf3cc48

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“Is it some kind of acid?”50dda68146057d3b

“I don’t know the exact composition, but I think we now understand how it got past the walls.”e6368578d78066d3

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It had 000d5f031f used that 71244f6f5e foul saliva dc4f6a1fb2 to melt 001d379769 holes into ea9b46f983 the sturdy 9a1417fcf8 fortress walls.3d6fcce5a92058c3

Now it ec45b10a2a made sense.14cbc38a61edd39d

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Zombies had been b6a932fa1e continuously pouring in 92001919e0 through the gaps c7e19e8de1 it had created.2c9c02e4764d53d2

To stop the 6f3d3c092e breach, they had 803c16dbd7 to kill the 3d31be8873 mutant—fast.f36ac36366d8500b

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But there 8443200fd2 was a 784d7c48be problem.519611da13ceab2d

The pillars obstructed e6ac9d3ec3 a clear shot, 3a171f24ec and Calyps was 1b5d757d1c too far away 477ad5725a to hit it b4978e1236 accurately.11433d7fa85c48f6

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Clicking his tongue, 30f4d7e30b he slung his 523c9525f5 rifle over his b5e020efda shoulder.00759d4c4810edd7

Noah, who had bad10cfcf9 been staring blankly d4a3413494 at the thickening 71558a0d7d smoke, snapped back 98d7d4d14a to reality when 2136bd78b3 he noticed Calyps 62431190b7 moving.d0da0fd2562597bb

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His body tensed.1b7152b0d2cb40cc

Just like back ab45c2f71f at the cabin, af63d2f0bf he instinctively reached 1354ca97d7 out, grabbing the a7b914ef08 hem of Calyps’s ce57a57d23 coat.0e3b0d50a9bb1c83

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“Where are you going?”f86b702a4b0db336

Calyp’s breath ae69e8ccb1 hitched for df13310574 a fraction 294e3c98c4 of a a4865ac9d4 second.22f5476eb74ae068

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The tremor f491486b80 in Noah’s 3758063497 voice, the 7975b9ed1d anxiety flickering c4e74207cf in his 0f4369d77f eyes—583556f1ddb27c85

That same damned 45d9afc320 feeling churned inside d36570fcb0 Calyps again.b87f15bd08e25196

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He furrowed 51fdfbe334 his brows.5a27d879860dafbf

“If that thing gets inside, we’re all dead.”8f050a69819f48a7

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“So you’re just going to charge in there? Forget the zombies—what about all the stray bullets raining down?”f0c3bf09fdaae211

Noah wasn’t wrong.dd9bcaca09b12f0b

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The guards on the 8989e8f62e wall, panicked and enraged f0b4ae4f6d over their fallen comrades, ae282166f8 were blindly firing into ecfe228910 the courtyard.dc4b6751b0da16ec

Charging in da2528d6a8 now was 1fd9b10f38 almost guaranteed 836dd1d3ea suicide.4fe159eff3cf7f6b

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But doing nothing cfbff4b0ac wasn’t an option f9626ebc63 either.9fa50125f31a295c

“I’ll move as close to the building as possible to stay out of their line of fire.”a29e980845cdcbef

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“Are you insane?”fd7cde28ff7eb0e2

Noah glared at him b73c07559f like he’d lost his e52164fbd1 mind.ed9d566d137b0b8d

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His frustration was 08179ea9cb clear, but Calyps 658d9cdea1 was already committed.5ac289414145e0d7

Gently, he faee99fcd0 pried Noah’s 626e3f6662 fingers from b7bd69bfe5 his coat.c4764c4afa5e59c5

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“If we let it be, it’s going to break inside.”23f604ee9b8d1317

“Calyp! I’ll go with you!”396c9d6533715c45

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Derek stepped 772ea3aca3 forward, and 19438e1852 Calyps nodded.4ebc2e45016ee574

Noah, watching this 6edcd86821 unfold, raised his 6ae088cd4d voice.9f3a161f6bc20ac9

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“I’m coming too!”58f9a3377748d174

“What?”4b77a324598adeb2

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“I said, I’m coming with you.”6e11c118acacb95a

Calyps’s gaze dropped e966891935 to Noah’s thigh.73c3d87f0a9057dc

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His sharp c4e4e7a152 look made 8099a8300c Noah stiffen.19d72f96ba6b246e

“You know your own condition, don’t you? You can’t handle this right now.”f47f2f3063d0875d

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Calyps was right.137d69ab1a0139b3

Just moments ago, 9dea467b9d Noah had been ca8bd32b5c doubled over in 717e1ea282 pain from his 1b378645f5 injured leg.57cf78fe674b229c

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He knew 01dd27307c he wasn’t ea812cf9e7 fit for ee6b82cd83 combat.2a24876a6ed36c83

But admitting that fc7a8adac3 out loud?c5dc104a83d2ef8d

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He couldn’t.8fe3fcc57dcfee18

He bit his lip, b3f0462ffd frustration and helplessness bubbling 07e64bb04a inside him.888a53dd613362aa

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Calyps held his 5ccbc40c8f gaze for a 11ed2020fc moment, then turned 803805ccb2 away.627d0331d3dcba4c

“Cover us.”d52a5b8a8f4c3260

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With that, 1cf27fb784 he and a5193531ab Derek descended 53388e388a from the 20b8b2e6f3 castle wall.5e47ab5ea7267a88

Noah cursed under his de438f51e3 breath, repositioning himself.b7d5aa68d92d83a4

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He could still help.76598d69459a839e

Lying flat against d0f3638856 the stone, he 735f7e1efa aimed down his ff124991f2 rifle, providing cover fbb905244a as the two f6e818617d navigated their way c8eb1f38ad through the battlefield.7eddc3e1a81abe29

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Every zombie in their 047e47dedb path dropped before they 88fbfdb5cd could become a threat.a5cfa2c69502ff11

From below, 7e44e285ca Calyps glanced 9476d4884e up at 914bec0c41 Noah.f0c6f8bd1256c52c

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Another shot rang 2440530183 out, and a 166791c33b zombie collapsed right e8a4580898 in front of b291b30cba him.d504f71b2e30b165

Calyps turned his 34be7c56cd focus back to 2fca719bfe the mutant zombie.36c0ab3e84b632ab

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But as they got 9fa0afec97 closer, it… stopped moving.2521f7d8039e5be9

It wasn’t bb864e7acd spitting acid c75af37902 anymore.53e393f3142fe0d2

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Instead, it a30e863bf7 stood unnervingly 837d1497b8 still, as ad8220de76 if concentrating.627b7c0c99f4d6c3

Watching through his binoculars, 3b56a7e97c Noah’s eyes widened.ef00b1e64daccb23

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A sinking feeling a7eb28f995 hit him.5f93754f4d5f0f5e

‘No. It’s too early for b26a6bfa7c this.’c7f307c467087c57

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Most zombies 165bd0d843 had exceptional b322f91dab hearing but 7553d67e24 dulled senses 0116ce4d34 of sight 2c7d58d51b and smell.2e3ca0905f55d83b

Mutant zombies, however, 27d553d430 deviated from this a9d93b64da norm.d918385d6ad4ad00

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‘A Beta 4bccc4755d already showing 899e156628 up was 7f4e586e20 bad enough, 40b97494b5 but… why f4b8e7155b the hell 77ae39bda5 is a d34e107efb Gamma here 0bcd52fdc2 too?!’cd14a3347534774c

Mutant zombies were d356afa0fd classified into four 2b9bad22b4 tiers:7800a633deb5efb7

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Alpha – Standard eff4665458 mutations with minor c982351089 physical alterations.
Beta – Those with ad1f2ca367 unique abilities, such as 30683e1238 acid secretion or body a0d6c5935f transformations.
Gamma – Mutants that 4319973fdc retained a sense of 046a564187 smell.
Epsilon – The 2a38106b79 final stage, possessing 10a109f3c6 both sight and b9ede47366 intelligence.
The existence of 5e26ffbb5d these classifications wouldn’t ead00bead6 even be revealed 7af2c87c9f in the drama 96ab85de73 until season two.f4a0d10f8b3af6ca

‘A Beta showing up 20ab8505db was bad enough, but 3d0c02bc06 a Gamma? This early?’d1439e2db25356cc

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If it really 8cbf936f3f was a Gamma, 0d33f7661f that meant it e6acacb554 had detected them.1967b2decd5bcdaf

Just as Calyps and 5d2748ffef Derek closed in, Noah 2f37dc7044 shot to his feet.6234c67ab10ad5c1

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“GET BACK!”07614905dd95edc3

The moment he yelled, 0af99d5f91 the mutant zombie twisted 3b93fae6ed its body toward them.e377e5e72957eb03

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Calyps’s bullet 9f86dd54be barely missed 9f2d929e64 its ear.3f423d923059ce84

Derek’s shot grazed its ef010b4499 cheek.ec537b60dbda03bf

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The creature 8d6e9fc9ef let out 6878794e48 a guttural 790d84b510 shriek and 43731c97d8 lunged.4c923427248c38e6

Thanks to Noah’s warning, aee11dbcb5 both of them managed d70367a5be to dodge in time.ceeefc897e9ffd73

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But the zombie, unable 8e9057dda8 to stop its own df4d1e9f48 momentum, slipped.46b44ee530d7af1e

Its massive bulk slammed bcd1a37cd6 into the building with c2daeb03a7 a deafening crash.910a4d2471dee39e

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The impact was 99a3ab54b5 so intense that f48acadb0b even the stray c70b276046 gunfire stopped.9946531069747311

For a moment, b0cd550563 the battlefield fell f5d332e9b6 into an eerie daa1666189 silence.1df84feedb1d7c47

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Then, murmurs spread across 69394ade52 the castle walls.ffc483b0fe88de19

The guards had e8be77dec5 finally noticed Calyps 2df6869b94 and Derek.e922c8c2a7dcd964

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Meanwhile, the mutant a900db8277 zombie staggered.a2d56d471d7baa8b

It had fd9d7081f6 hit the dbbfdc154c building so 3e17496f0f hard that a2b4db1fc1 it struggled fe425a09eb to get 5cb9e2725a up, momentarily c3d4aee6e9 dazed.3d1f34cb800a753e

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But then—18b4b847b5c2ca6f

A chilling, bestial growl e7e402fdfd escaped its throat.5106c63738c3d4eb

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It steadied itself.ce4778ab7274ba01

And then it 5ca84b5a40 started… sniffing.963abd120d4f3fb7

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Sniff. Sniff.62259f263bcb1d58

The moment 9c0d279546 it started b05508fa33 using its 182221bd8f nose, a 608071dcd0 ripple of e9381c14c1 tension spread bd3d8f1f7b through the 542cffe40b area.11da0d75756ae6cf

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Dry gulps echoed from 3a12a697db the guards above as 3509a96331 they exchanged anxious glances.7ae920efb83289b9

Then—97bf491da054d008

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The other zombies reacted.67565d05f89886f1

Drawn by the 2e50cbc23b sound, they started f64b6b78d4 swarming toward Calyps 310f6e0420 and Derek’s position.2609be1b8d272d65

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From the castle wall, 4a8807b828 Noah let out a 548edf0775 low curse.7e74970f94aeabfc

“Shit.”f52e23850e1a2b35

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Noah had a clear c954f4ed3d shot, but the mutant 3531608bbd zombie had conveniently tucked 315b68215d itself into a blind 020435b223 spot.8f85ae150e1e72ba

Moving to 20947b3471 a better 591a31afa3 position was ec996e7673 too risky, b44e688e5a so instead, 0fea9576f9 he focused 0200bbdb58 on picking 72a1520b29 off the 0286dcfc4f zombies that 7c70e34def were closing 7de0091b9a in on 8794bb2f7f Calyps and 406a5a5e7a Derek.4737aa75e2032681

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Thud!77d470a147702d15

The sound of a a4318fd337 zombie collapsing drew the e4d34c5d6f mutant’s attention.3015b8dc00b9f35b

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Its head f14ab6036b snapped toward e5b415cff0 the noise, 735d9f6fe7 but when 9b8b81212a it didn’t 6cc29cb66f detect any 1639107907 scent, it f6d575ac3b simply turned 5ade3dd584 away.a235ed55954f9cd7

It seemed like Calyps 7f33f8c204 and Derek were still 3c3e87e6aa just outside its detection eed62750dd range.e09ac253b92a065b

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But that wouldn’t last.8aed691fc255ab10

The creature 555f8ddeea lurched forward, 72178387a4 slowly closing 50956e1812 the distance.f6eaf193e92ee7d6

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“Haa…”4702f87c29acb107

Noah flexed c9694db2ba his fingers, 406ab023aa tightening and 64bf0e795e loosening his 6f21dd3be6 grip.34c98666025998cb

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His body 21a24a0341 tensed like e32904613b a predator 70259b99bf lying in a574dbfc9f wait.0454066bc470eb65

He held 3eca455d07 his breath.32e45741573d38cf

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Waited.8ad4a6f7ae28e942

Then—6a7847fe88d99d44

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The instant 43c9b26596 the mutant 4a4dccbc9a zombie caught 777914a7f6 Calyps’s scent 55dfc25337 and lunged—458ee385755be2ef

Noah pulled the trigger.a1dd02edec9d222c

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At the exact same 7c32dc8e2f moment, Calyps raised his 984c52eef7 own gun.b338c8d0bebe4d71

For a 78a02c0e80 fleeting second, bc670e8db8 his cold 017a9a0191 gray eyes c7ee9d0c07 locked onto dd9517eb3d the cloudy, af158c7810 milky-white pupils e8a868be45 of the 374ea9a5f7 mutant.ec45a8a148bb894e

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Then—80f048e5af3e816f

BANG! BANG!d9e96c7b66ad2ba1

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Two gunshots rang out.3920d01ad227ab1f

Both bullets tore through aea32f3582 the mutant zombie’s skull.8dfa6b563894ea84

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Dark, viscous 56dad342d1 brain matter 3ff1266c93 oozed from e6060c1320 the holes, 3dce6d14b4 and its ecab02a67c murky eyes 0fa34b2842 turned completely 982db25e6c black.1d059b56d43e4eac

Time seemed to be1a07a4e5 freeze.55c54c438c5ae5ea

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Then—948974e304848ea2

THUD.c37f2da63bf40d9c

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The massive body 8a56daa303 crashed to the afb67e969f ground, right at cf33a53535 Calyps’s feet.2dbf5b6d26add870

The entire c450634202 battlefield fell 4fc0942252 silent for 745b74f207 a moment.f6e1be49e8166936

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Then, the realization 00b23953e6 hit—1437843c71fda390

The monster 0e9cb86cd6 was dead.e5cb493d22fd10eb

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The people bb9aacec90 stared in 14e7df2c50 stunned silence e7df1feabb for a 1ab634d7fd few seconds—3a7053eeed171273

And then—bdcd3cfafbb66d0f

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“WOOOOAH!”d43ec74916bb174a

A deafening e3d8b39a17 cheer erupted.58a802d1ad27aa0c

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From the ffae2a9423 castle walls, 3698595739 Noah exhaled d2f44260cc heavily, finally 06d58369f8 releasing the 444d57b9ce breath he 3491744cd3 had been 68ea4a34a4 holding.4320a69ef400bfb7

It had c9e6008be8 only been 0c46846534 a few beebeca4df minutes—9a0021e740517567

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But it had 082f4c8322 drained him completely.4081c7f795015120

His shoulders slumped, 14eb4e3f25 exhaustion washing over 66e0a971bb him.026ff38506e3aff5

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“Hah…”a4505359a5c3dfe7

He looked down f6e0165eba at his hands.1805daf71ce400d5

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They were e585e69879 shaking violently.08747f2bdf8f49b7

Noah let out 7ec44eb7bd a bitter laugh.8571bdbd4a631d83

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He had never 22d30c8c72 shaken this much 28a272e1de before.96799effd08b70d3

Not even ffa7c36601 when he c5f8e55214 fired his 6202ca09e3 first real a9bbe8df65 shot back 883495ec2d in training.b6ff457a8c29a3fb

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But this?d2af81959d9c8035

This world 0f4bbd4dfc kept throwing 9cee51a618 one absurd d7bc56a3f6 situation after 2b4e104e92 another at 350ffd4f29 him.29b5c06aaff1082d

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Dragging a trembling 1e05a9ce18 hand through his 1233e0cc06 sweat-drenched bangs, he 172832bdc5 muttered under his 3def934a5f breath—fb82754e957cffe0

“This is fucking ridiculous…”edc5b6947dadb923

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He set his be2061d713 gun down beside ba31fc68a4 him, clenching and b540a90b8f unclenching his fingers de1e44a4c8 to loosen the 2689d557ff tension.2dae94020b41e9cc

But as soon 28873a1824 as he relaxed, c6608ffc3e a sharp pull b503b4934b ran through his 6ca7022e0f thigh again.93c42fc91ba02f0d

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Gritting his teeth, he a6d18eef9a started massaging the muscle—695fed57125ce794

Then—0fb722b58d13e231

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A frantic de08400401 voice rang 88172a11c7 out from 61da56c354 below.0f7faa23e0bf2f07

“NOAH!”fab72a3290f705a0

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It was Derek.e1d7278edf12295b

Something was wrong.6e4e72e1342cf675

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