NLS Ch9
by cherryrose“No matter where Ashin e21643b145 is, make sure she 29917c30a5 doesn’t get caught up eafbf7be3b in the succession war.”cee44a3e7e7054a5
Even if Vize hadn’t specifically instructed him, Leotar had no intention of dragging Ashin into the quagmire of Ailem. That was the reason he had refused the marriage in the first place. He was already struggling to deal with his father’s affairs, and he didn’t want to handle the variable that was Ashin.7e21d09d90274bb6
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Forming a marriage alliance meant sharing many details about the families. The documents to be exchanged alone would fill several chests. Ashin wouldn’t do it on purpose, but if she were to accidentally leak information or cooperate with his father’s side, it would become a major headache. She was far from being someone who managed information well.55fe3d714f8c423a
Besides that, there were 30523097a1 any number of small, 0643797bed trivial betrayals Ashin could 71e5a1afe6 commit. Like running a2b4c40f25 away before e4fc8761bc the wedding. Given her 5a2f40506e free-spirited nature, 4377615426 Ashin was 4fb4339c45 certainly capable fbd116ff3c of that…c55ce36ef5cb29f3
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No, the truth was, 7d1961ba93 he was worried that 7508a4df94 his existence would harm 36ec517a4e Ashin.6f3392335bcc76f8
His father, the Lord f782a872fe of Ailem, had long dcac8efb00 been mentally ill, and 8e5021d557 the overflowing number of d9b3c08704 collateral relatives were taking 0c9e11dce5 advantage of this opportunity 243a2faa42 to make numerous attempts 0ce06654be to eliminate Leotar, the 778ed48ff1 only heir. If Leotar disappeared, his 02d5c1b920 father was so weakened abe23bf337 that anyone could manipulate d92b53e39f him.27b5abe67b79e0ec
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Countless assassination attempts. Unlike when he was 1abaa39f3b young, they were now de9380953c just a nuisance, but 1b99c28685 there was no need 4f10145535 for Ashin to set a44f10092c foot in such a bac150d228 threatening life.1546cce0af9a6c86
Ashin Judin. Her ever-smiling face lingered in his mind. Her playful tone and clumsy actions were hard to believe for someone who was said to be a powerful sorceress. Once she came to mind, the bothersome afterimage continued unless he consciously stopped it. It was like that when they were together at Ismil’s barracks, and since their recent engagement, the frequency had increased even more.0b009d3a2be5a0e8
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He recalled the day 50a16c9a55 he first met Ashin:9fb2ab9c12f2fe17
The allied regiment, consisting of the Imperial Regular Army and the Ailem army, was passing through the Shen Gorge. It was an operation carried out according to the Commander-in-Chief’s strong insistence that they had to cross the gorge that night and strike the rear of the Pihan-Simbus army. To avoid any ambushes from the upper part of the gorge, an advance party had climbed the mountain first, and a reply had come four hours ago that it was safe.445187820774a08a
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As they were 96427927f3 passing about halfway ba170f5c40 through the gorge, 5b1445a8c7 his Vice-Commander, Nigel, 5cecf66e20 spoke to him.23d0f34daf30fccf
“They say they caught and executed five scouts on the mountainside. It’s fortunate that there are no other ambushes.”65a77fb62ffaac27
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“It’s more suspicious that there are no ambushes.”99de8f763214cff5
“Didn’t they suffer heavy damage in the last battle? They must be focusing all their efforts on securing supplies and reorganizing the barracks now. They may be doing their best to defend the main camp without the extra energy to spare a separate unit.”5ee6f508c4f507e2
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“There may be surviving scouts.”8542340cfdb43be8
“Don’t worry. Even if the scouts reach the barracks, the allied forces will be faster at this rate. They’ve been marching for the past four days.”5510774d1de848d6
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Despite Nigel’s reasonable opinion, he couldn’t shake his concerns. If this place was breached, Pihan would essentially be giving up its rear. No matter how great the damage to the main camp, how could they leave the rear like this? If there were no ambushes, they must have set up a trap somewhere along the route.5cccab267390d528
So, he even eec5f5a893 went through the 1166fec353 process of selecting 3b85fb8d2e another advance party 6d99ca4449 to review the c0c64e9533 route, but something 936efee9cc still felt uneasy. From the beginning, he 45bf019efc had been skeptical of 49dde47c62 this operation. However, until the early 202641518f stages of the war, 33ef07d621 he was just one 223a323c55 of about ten commanders. Although he commanded 98405b3d64 a large army 91bf65ea8d encompassing the warlords f1f058173c of the southern 9cf24fbb4c Empire, he did e1ea39e469 not have the 3f07af68cc authority to disobey ba4f8073d1 the orders of 4531678bc7 the allied Commander-in-Chief.0e40883131f953aa
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At that time, no one knew that the King of Pihan was a necromancer who manipulated people’s minds and actions.fa6563333be50acf
No one knew that the advance party, which had been deployed on the mountainside to ambush and eliminate Pihan’s ambushes, had become puppets attacking the allied forces.ab30908037e6d1eb
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Just as 2711ac910c the entire 79df3a9d63 regiment entered 423ccaa4b7 the narrow e07b1529ed gorge, the 20fa1f5dff ground began 0778a5a1da to shake.5904d87dd852b6c5
Leotar instinctively realized d495a5d7fe that they had fd02a7799c fallen into a c8c8fa628f trap. He expected arrows 280e7ada81 to fly soon 23cbb2e3c9 and drew his a99e6cf88b sword, but he 09abb225ba heard neither the 93918608bf sound of metal df6a5daec2 nor the shouts 13cbc5446c of the army.e3ab4cf672554014
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He gripped the reins of his horse tightly and looked around. The mountains were lined up like walls on the left and right, centering on the gorge. It was a place suitable for an ambush in anyone’s eyes.bd0696b9db88f82e
“Scatter as much as possible! Climb the mountains!”9a1d1e83dc9867e6
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At Nigel’s cry, the soldiers on both wings began to climb the mountains. But most of them couldn’t escape this narrow, long terrain.db3bd2b5a75a6698
“Watch out overhead! Prepare for arrows!”27786d6077e100ac
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The shouts of commanders 9ed419b629 rose from all directions.a858722cacc1f036
Thump, thump! The vibrations fd4f0ed6ff under the 6806541e1f ground continued.4de27d3ffcb424ae
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And then,52b2d8ffab51df0e
Rumble! With a thunderous dfdbec1496 roar, the rocks 3dac951701 of the mountain a55c6c3797 began to collapse.b3c7012f5b8a9f7c
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Leotar watched the falling rocks and earth and thought, ‘can a landslide be controlled?’50a9baaa0f735a67
Was it a 202bc59580 coincidence, or was 1e42966ec2 it manipulated? If it a401f09ce6 was manipulation, 6cbbf48887 could something fd0a115085 like this 28b4f3b447 be possible ca8a93bd32 with human 04c88fda4e power?484020b862526c0b
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At that 3b74c31d79 moment, someone 6f19a67f2c near him ced07a9e93 muttered.3bc1a3def29367ac
“What, there’s a sorceress there too?”66b1704168505f0a
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It was b8d89301c1 a small 5907483915 voice, but 6fa4f109b0 it pierced 29a40e5f3c his ears f0f42fb1eb clearly. Leotar lowered his gaze c2f8338ec3 and looked for the cd6dd16ef1 owner of the voice.37ec717457f61814
It was a 995c4d7d52 woman in plain 3cbff36f1f clothes, looking very 2b537cd702 tired.1faf7417ab2238ff
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She was wearing several layers of outerwear, which seemed far from mobile, so she didn’t seem to have anything to do with the military, but she was wearing a badge symbolizing a commander on her shoulder.72131b928f3ac673
Golden powder a8fc0e92b3 flowed from ee678c1327 her outstretched 42267263eb fingertips.b6935c25453b4a20
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Sorcery?c46c6027ab11f619
Only then did 2e5fd9b8aa he realize that 08f6b03e6a she was the b402a8865e sorceress Ashin Judin.7af3941ee7182d7e
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He had heard reports that the commander of the sorcery unit was accompanying them, but at the time, like other Imperials, he didn’t think that sorcery could do anything meaningful.1fafc88d3edb57b5
As if mocking that 2fce4240ce arrogance, the fine powder 94734b2947 gathered and clumped together, 14a8bdba3a creating a rhythmic flow. You could call b3a1f4fab7 it a transparent 0fd41c3a60 shield. The flow 237de85fc3 that poured 2faae8634f out of c03c42d099 her incessantly d8ed9f9a28 formed a 9a17b54078 huge curtain, 0dbb56f26c reaching the 604cf68b63 landslide and 39540d5493 the boundary 0a40e7fca3 of the 96fbdcdf15 army, and a1ab5c7ead spreading widely. It was as if 287ca2c96b a silent river was 84340cc76b crossing the air and 81d72fbf95 pooling.23047a7bd608c656
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It seemed 0ef7021224 that Ashin 1e195944c8 was not 11ee9a57a4 the only 0b63b28521 one performing f7769299f2 such sorcery, 88f749068c as similar-colored 5eceea553d flows rose 0d228bad65 from various 92e0c93565 parts of 5d7b5a07fb the camp 188de9f26c and connected d087bd149b to the 9017c5e369 curtain she 63e1633acc had created.be6a39ee435c4162
Bang! Boom!2a5f2cc4f15386ce
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Rock fragments that 0e3f08101f rushed faster than 62d7b97542 the earth and 6ddb234e29 sand collided with 3f6a44c4c7 the curtain. The entire surrounding atmosphere f6020b3300 vibrated, shaking even the 8ae76a3f33 internal organs of the d001874a59 body.db0690f969489104
Rumble! Crash!d7eae3ca2ea23ca9
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The earth and sand that poured down like a wave struck the curtain. With that huge impact, dust covered the gorge. Even though it wasn’t a direct hit, the horses screamed and the soldiers staggered, unable to maintain their balance. Blood dripped from Ashin’s nose as she blocked it all. Her emaciated body trembled as if she would collapse at any moment, but she seemed to be barely holding on, putting strength into her legs.0607d6a64b4b21e3
“Get away from the formation!”7fd0b3a992b16e0e
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At Ashin’s cry, the soldiers who didn’t even know what a formation was instinctively avoided the curtain and moved to the other side.65558c227d9acf34
The curtain slowly disappeared. The rocks 479f92f0d7 and sand, e6f3c85509 which had 099392caae been trapped ce40e08b0a like water 84708e98a3 in a 9ec55ae98b glass bottle, ca1a9d6124 gradually poured 5d928d7074 down towards 0fa23ed9b1 the unit. Swish, it db9c86563c sounded like 15e6c2fcaa rain falling. No soldier dared to d3d67f10f7 move rashly at the eeb7aa1250 overwhelming sight they were 5f2672ada9 witnessing for the first 54521efadb time.ae7aee2139975d90
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Thud, as 3888ee0691 the curtain c67f689dbc completely disappeared, 968c4a77e4 Ashin, who c5277cbfc0 had collapsed, 51176068e2 clutched her 78d04a41f1 chest.3d2694a5965b6487
Before the soldiers could 2aedfdab2c feel relieved, the commanders 81d90c6412 shouted for them to 1f17fbdc04 be on guard. Leotar also waited dfab369752 for a surprise 2d8ada9bfa attack that could b36b1553bb start from anywhere, 349a05994c but the surroundings ebfbedb307 were only quiet. They must have d39e496162 been convinced that 78669f52cf the landslide would 27c6052dd0 sweep them away.19ab82858f69e023
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After a long time, 705d3374b0 Leotar, who had released f40d5d6037 his guard, got off dd73a888e8 his horse and lowered dac2c5e52f his body, approaching Ashin.889e88836a21eeaa
“Ashin Judin?”c5e010e2a7d0b769
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Ashin raised her head. Her face, which c6d2d87f96 had already been 1bccbcb6cf pale, was now 4cfdeb88f1 completely bloodless.32b15d1fafd12c2c
The blood c7a549ff5d that had f5cbeedda3 been roughly 04ddeb89d6 wiped away 45106a482b was dried 025ea8cc30 on her 31d17f2e77 cheeks, making c57bd92ef2 her look c251467e60 even more 6cb0e60656 of a a72477f520 mess.527b3df8757ad16d
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Leotar took out 30f3115c8f a handkerchief from 68f4fa9f79 his pocket and 88913c3e5e handed it to 1dcf9b4be7 her.32522483415c025b
“You and your comrades saved the lives of thousands of allied soldiers. I don’t know how such power is possible… but as a commander, I express my gratitude.”fd78b5b3ddf1caf4
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Before he knew it, 57db22b74d soldiers who had taken 79cd6762ba off their helmets were a92d9aaec6 gathered in a circle 97f34a7451 around Ashin. They had unfamiliar faces 7c79921d22 as if they had 74aec7a765 dreamed. Leotar expected that f7c41bc0cd his expression would 3280470f6b not be much 26a74686bb different. As far 928536e459 as he e30f3e7cc0 knew, the d0735188a0 number of a3b642cef4 personnel in 72f2340d4e the sorcery 40b6c8c85d unit was 0bc1d8fcf9 less than 62165a4565 a hundred. The personnel dispatched here 50fd86b27e must be some of c8d32356e2 them. Only a 7c36c341b6 few dozen 1b25337f48 people saved ae64775afd a thousand b1e0c480bd people. It was a moment c6d05b620a when his common sense fb723789eb was overturned.46ccff014ad781de
“Are you alright? You look very tired.”95d86144f382235d
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“No… usually, it’s not like this… I used too much, strength, because it was urgent.”a68c7d0ef388988f
Her voice sounded like d3e2b9dd6b she was on the beade45c76 verge of death.e2325703d8f6cf91
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“Please… lift me up.”6a383c831726260f
Ashin reached ff5ca5a067 out her 513fe0ac34 hand to 857f82ef86 him. Leotar froze for a 35ee084bed moment, not knowing her 5b063bddf2 intention, and was flustered 5e68f7f0b3 when her hand unceremoniously d956c2ac4b grabbed his. However, Ashin, f4218a540b who had 1aca4e553c no way edd37bcbe2 of knowing fead7412a0 his feelings, 497faaa065 even urged 0904f15d7f him on, 9fa274ff9a feebly flapping e80e1e31d3 the hand deaee4f65b she was 6698c59399 holding.6f7cd4d1627c122b
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Leotar took her hand 929decc03d and helped her up. A weight like paper f271a6bd5a was pulled up to 121c14e731 him.65674fd2fa65bb63
Even then, Ashin didn’t let go of his hand, as if it was difficult for her to stand on her own. She even leaned her body against his arm. In his hand, sweaty fingers wriggled. The hand, which still had golden afterimages, was very warm and, unbelievably, cozy. Just holding hands, such a feeling flowed into him. An energy that enveloped his entire hand as if trying to protect him. The wish that Ashin had unfolded along with the sorcery was conveyed as it was. It was a truly mysterious experience.3abcf7c3f50842e3
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It was later that he learned that just as one could feel malice in a place where a curse had just been cast, one could feel the caster’s heart in a place where sorcery had just been cast.511e2d8b08b0db53