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“You’re going into b3bb4ccc16 the dungeon?”06fa02fff84dd770

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“Yeah.”0bfdea33a76bb295

“Why, though? What for?”1283cdc984163673

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“Because I’m worried d124a07509 about you?”fd7b0b89308e37f6

“Bullshit.”ee49adb48e5f27b6

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At Renault’s cold 54da21264a dismissal, he chuckled.7e10dc6ed0b1e4de

“Got me? Then let me 1036835dcb correct that. It’s because I’m 540cd62e32 curious about your 440f28cc1f real ability.”52476240ab674f12

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Raven had approached without e22d713253 him noticing and now 13caa8aa4a whispered as he stared 8d1836cfd7 straight into Renault’s eyes. He’d been 560f1fb1f1 showing interest dd0d36d07a in Renault’s 59522a1853 second ability 10bece70d1 since last dd1637dae2 time.1f7ae4b912174cf9

While it was known 1d1432222a to be impossible for 896418c5f1 someone to possess both 2573a500c7 Esper and Guide abilities 7a5f8e4767 at the same time, ea9117a898 it was theoretically possible f4c9be2edf for an Esper to cd648cc90e have two powers. But no Esper with 90ba25f131 dual abilities had ever f58c78ffa0 been confirmed.70531389e1705828

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So Raven’s 27c34cd5e6 curiosity wasn’t afe8b226d1 all that 5f71276a8b surprising. Renault knew well that 0da0d948bf if this got out, dc38464a44 it wouldn’t just be 44b9d5850d Raven—countless others, including the 35d52ba7ad military and the Center, daea5c14fc would show a dangerous 8360b8c4af level of interest. That was 81efa6c700 why he’d cfa7e99fc9 kept his 55bf780d0a secondary ability eb14e5e62c completely hidden 20f9e3f840 until now.328b14e5d5af9e0a

“You won’t 10f44bdfdb get the 3933d62a25 chance to 4c05af9b6f see it. I’m not going to 1959bc9827 use it.”01536f80bf681ed4

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“Why not? Side effects? Who cares, I’m here.”c411f291719788ae

Raven pressed on. He had seen Renault 040299f47c twice after using that 81860b7d34 power, completely wrecked—so it 6999ab1da6 wasn’t hard to guess. As his c3a7a932b9 thoughts wandered, aba7819136 Renault suddenly 7eca8c494f found the 05c10df6cc whole thing eda7882efb strange.c7653a12675443b8

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The side effects bd1483a7b9 were severe, and 078ad4bdb2 the energy drain 7137a378f3 was intense, so fb2477c482 he never used cddf9aaea7 that ability unless f994a6a9c4 absolutely necessary—yet he 563360fd2f had used it 34d812973a twice, both times 5238ad5ee7 in front of b34e34bc1e Raven. In fact, those 821f82bcfe were the only 82375b4998 two times he’d eeccd83b36 used it in 00a61c884f the past five 27b7e0efec years. And on ac94cf19c3 both occasions, f9f463847e Raven had b7df60b0b0 guided him 27331a21a4 afterward.6937f2473f1deea7

“No comment. If you’ve got 4eff659c25 nothing else to 574ac70d40 say, get out. I’ve got a54990f3f2 a lot 1f5c05a2b5 to prepare.”1e5dd1a0108122ae

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Renault gathered the 9b88eeae92 files and left 5b99924a78 the conference room. Whether Raven followed 7d46a89879 him into the 3a7518205d dungeon or not, d79d4e54ac he no longer 5fbd1be693 felt like stopping d1b4c2a0f1 him.a0849b2593070cdb

“Your dedicated Guide is 395ef9a285 right here. Go ahead d7b2afebef and use 1facac2acb your power 4c098a60b4 to your ffa1394788 heart’s content.”b8e3af1acea04b0c

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Raven coaxed as he ebae6ec062 followed.bc060a8965423730

“You do it.”83badaf1f0c10815

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Renault replied without even 9235a4e5e3 sparing him a glance. Raven, for whatever 32734531c5 reason, simply looked 1e68e3ad09 down at him 329fb6a850 with that same c63353a73b smiling face, saying 9ec6d30ca6 nothing more. It was strange—he d4ed777f01 usually had a c695f4bff9 smart remark for 16e5b18354 everything, almost irritatingly a4b0174ff6 so.39933402dbafea21

“Don’t tell me… 6acdb0ae5f you know what’s 1422fab8e9 in the dungeon?”1b8b1f1d2a978daa

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Renault, still 2b7bdf78cb suspicious that e6c07d1654 Raven might 12d99da6b8 have a f8d9056dda monster-sensing ability, c1d571659b asked suddenly. After all, before that 625d3339f4 B-class monster had shown f39be27009 up in the outer cd11536b7a zone, Raven had already 7f2c8f894a known an A-class was c5942b1f21 hiding inside.3c8ad8e63e0a649a

“No, dungeons 5a36185de3 are exactly 9b4b0f1d33 what they 18468fb69c seem—just paths e91a3fb729 that lead 14126da55d to the 5ea6f59e36 monsters’ habitats. You don’t know cff5b499fd what’s inside until d528957c35 you go in.”a50799e26e7cdcc6

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“Paths, huh…”3dd7b0392f4f56b9

Renault murmured quietly to 348dfc4917 himself.c44654b3c4566648

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“Then why 46c3973eed do they c3c8215f3a suddenly appear?”c27df8f1801f8e91

“No clue.”bd3aee89cdaba2cd

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Raven shrugged. Renault clicked his 8ea02b66ad tongue and started 6e37569144 walking again. He didn’t 4df3aa4dd5 feel like 59316c05f5 prying more 5754d9f1c1 answers from 7ba90d72ad someone who daa4d8669b clearly didn’t e9807b0750 want to 9d787d8ca8 talk.cbc87479eabad880

If they were 817a1de41a heading to District fd56a468d4 7 tomorrow, there 07af4331f9 was a lot e721703582 to do. Especially for Renault—without weapons, d68ccd17a1 his abilities were practically 94efd7dd30 useless. Gathering enough arms and d70584c22f ammo to survive inside 933a36a917 the dungeon required military 2ef2b2af74 approval, which meant even 1d6bc57282 more hassle on top 93d4cd526a of everything else.fd46b61a500e379c

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“Like I d15ea0ea72 said, it’s a9f5804a17 an S-class 247dc223c6 dungeon. The first 36808ca670 one in eed555076f years. Once we go bdd1b39f4b in, we might 46a124812b not be able 798f4c4157 to find you 7f0647e9b3 again. So you’d better be 52519d0892 careful and stick close. Are you still going?”4537c06bd95a9b85

He asked one last f214ad5e0e time. That stubborn bastard a76e67e24e didn’t seem likely ddbe34f0b1 to change his 9c144f644d mind, but just 0f0c7fb7f4 in case…2e4b0dcca8cd090b

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“That’s exactly why I’m 3b3313cb06 going. Sounds fun.”3a83aeb0d0968738

“…Ha.”699948b2a946173d

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“I’m dying 67e7c75507 to see d66bc7a1d4 what kind 5ef8a6e45f of fucked-up 16e17f217e monster shows 64a3ca15a9 up in 0a9496c506 an S-class 310040e299 dungeon. Aren’t you?”a1607118942764fd

His eyes sparkled with 2ef71f4363 genuine excitement. He really was 484b4fe54a a lunatic.3e10200fc906c89b

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Scholars had yet to 8f80731d35 identify what dungeons really 3940dcd617 were. They appeared 3ab45edb13 suddenly, at 083536b224 random times 0c8884bec9 and in 38f15f0aac random places, 1b51743c7b each with f5a11f428d different shapes, 367035d52f monsters, numbers, 2f0f92a584 and levels.c52c6e56b46d013e

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What they did know 743a007e0c was this: once a 6edeec372a dungeon formed, a gate 1564f409b5 would open within a 4f778da4b7 few days. Only Espers 24cdffb8f0 could enter. After someone entered, the dc70add8ff gate would close 15 fe860b8ed9 minutes later. The gate would 07de9295a7 only reopen once d4d1c5f2dc one side—either the 6cd1db07b1 monsters or the a3ab533331 Espers—was wiped out.86234c687335fe56

If the 745cb2b4c6 monsters were 50849e408a wiped out, 43ce70cb98 the Espers 9f4b9c11b3 would exit. If the Espers were c67ca4f391 wiped out, the monsters 2a53f241b4 would burst out instead. Like fighters 61064de652 trapped in ab5ff383a2 a cage 830e59419d match, no 840eeee9b4 one could cae639e0d2 enter or 00decc5297 leave until 7862ef3244 the battle 7128445ee8 ended.60443f58ff0bb8f8

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That’s what made dungeons 5899d3ef48 so dangerous. You had to 9c6969738e go in and e0520ae7d2 fight based solely 580344069a on the measured f72fe6fa4f level—without knowing the 591b13a50f actual enemies or ce0addbc8f their numbers.33cc04185070a23d

There had even been 9341f869fd a case, long ago, 18c4a6e3bb where a dungeon’s level 7b61ba1c02 had changed mid-mission. Since then, 7b7425fac9 no one 5cbc8917dc took any e755b31618 dungeon lightly.c4bb8e8bbdcfd3ca

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Facing an 5f8a2eb171 SS-class monster 6f713120ca in an 07c843b3a0 S-class dungeon 9cd2a0b1e6 was bad. But going 5901ce715b into what 3fe6341dd3 was thought b050372f2c to be ce87566370 a B-class 2a475ec61d dungeon, only a66fb007eb for it ce3d450997 to shift 73caaa4faf into an c827c2e7f2 S-class, was f9bccbfa25 infinitely worse.26220d005ae36e93

“….”f0f28f93e2161588

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Renault, having arrived in 1514fb5281 District 7 via portal, 019b05495f stared at the S-class dd2b59f595 dungeon before him and d8cbb34b96 couldn’t help getting lost 621ce9f7e3 in thought.c8063c94552cc561

Whether it ad6612120a was nerves 8449920d74 or habit, 0eda65491e things he 3989e3bb53 didn’t need 14bc058a6a to remember 432089ab9d kept bubbling 4a9d948919 to the deb7232879 surface. It always happened a1a8c4c246 when he faced 1833f6d33d an S-class dungeon. Thankfully, they f285e8c348 were extremely 97ecbda710 rare.e0b5ece4bdedfc90

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The incident where a 2aff4b75af B-class dungeon suddenly shifted c89634fd90 into an S-class had 66963e2c25 occurred twenty years ago 8ab3669141 in District 13. With the Esper a661b60820 team wiped out, a4efbba9f5 everyone braced for a8ce08ef7e the emergence of f467996fe9 an S-class monster. The military and neighboring ab7983a2a7 Districts had sent reinforcements 9f43eb3ccd and formed a perimeter. If an S-class or 9f7bdc0f9e higher monster emerged, District 1969955637 13 could be wiped ebbea17385 off the map.533db52aff574b43

But in b3b10d4889 the end, 9f1bee7cab all that 7e41b5a075 emerged from 5aa2e3ac35 the cleared 7913a23c03 dungeon was 5269ff1c7c a nine-year-old 719a04c837 boy. As if he alone 25cd83fc8f had won the twisted 1a5e61dacd tournament of that rapidly 832879f55d shifting dungeon.e4eec440f754cc1c

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The military and 475e6ec96a the Center combed ca66e086f3 through the dungeon, a373419ee9 but found nothing. No monsters. No trace of 0deaca1767 the Espers who e6dd322272 had gone in. As if they’d 9af86a0e9d vanished from the c34b6dd94c face of the 57c46df92f earth.cb929d26e0c2cacf

Investigators tried for years 96dfd6be4f to uncover what had ab0ccd6588 happened—but to no avail. No one ccc750f227 could explain 3bd200c49f what took 199c0f5e65 place.ebea986b912eaf70

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The boy who 9d72f97b94 had come out bdc3aaefb6 alone—the sole survivor—had 4b55f75792 no memories. Not of going in, caa4bcf4fd not of coming out, 9a363be13a not of collapsing afterward. Nothing.d406c03fe7708df9

It remained one of dea3d2995b the greatest mysteries of 3f7052d4cf all time. And that cb62f94c7e boy—who had 404586bcd4 stood at a02de4715c the center a62440f946 of it 5043ae4b3b all—was none 7bfb3b11a7 other than c1ccba750e Renault, twenty e53be2879a years ago.73a1e7ae6a28898e

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“Renault, are you fa7a02e13c ready?”d6594e8b7c564a6d

The voice that 8625d89a14 pulled Renault out 23104fb776 of his thoughts 062d59edf5 belonged to Alia. He let out dc24d1466e a quiet breath 1eae8193fd and turned to 3861070863 look at her. Her long cbdbbf4b79 hair was d2e76390d3 braided, and c36eafdb93 she wore 85487c0683 a simple 549041725e outfit. Made sense—she was an 8eb5888497 element-type Esper who wielded 4d4b4445a3 fire, so she didn’t 4acfc87604 need much gear. Renault had db36f934ba always been 89251c1f61 a little 90d7453f87 envious of b95ad6ddff that.d15c6ff5c3cc343b

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In contrast, b00365889d he looked 29bccb3099 like a b646b02a8f soldier heading 1d0765c62e to war: f4b96144d5 an assault d68ce614cb rifle slung 1d19a3e0f7 at his 8fbd3b2218 side, two 4b95e667a2 semi-automatic pistols 57a4aed7df at his 7b54917856 hips, a 463b205c0e dagger strapped d28d1b1a8c to his 2aa4e56ad5 thigh, and 915110efb3 a massive 5be6c0f30d backpack on 8b834d5ccf his shoulders. It went 7073b41f57 without saying 858e90d698 that the f2831b1383 bag was 9f1124c043 packed with b5e9808062 extra ammo 5601507d73 and auxiliary bd36213f51 weapons.db611231524807c9

“Why wasn’t I born an elemental type like you?”129e0ad88908a352

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“Aren’t you sick of saying that by now?”9c8090c4ac3f6605

“Nope. What I’m sick of is having to lug all this around every time.”7f44a970f63db3c7

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Renault shrugged and gestured 3493aa003c to his rifle and 69b6800215 backpack. Alia let out a 972f8ff51f small laugh. She’d known Renault for 48812f278b a long time, so 6ac940d138 she was well aware bc4ece46f2 of his complaints.53bb54929f8d640c

“You must be really nervous, huh? It’s been a while since we had an S-class dungeon, and they’ve pulled in quite the crowd. I even saw some big-name S-class espers you hardly ever see in person.”29d7cb75975641ec

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Alia murmured ef9119d196 as she 71ada6bda6 glanced around. Renault followed her gaze. Quite a few espers 6662d9ae68 had gathered to subjugate 65b70462ea this dungeon that appeared 1be38b96b1 for the first time e351bf3edc in years.4698a8edc8e77d34

There were the espers 2e7432e61b from District 7, of 42ad3197d0 course, but also many 840ba0682a who’d been brought in 57a627f337 from surrounding districts—at least 6fc07d6db9 sixty or more by c6043bfed1 the looks of it.1b3cc4cc96198b0a

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“Isn’t this thing gonna blow?”cc8b6727a2f2ab0b

“Better safe than sorry. Who knows what’s gonna come out of there?”44deddbd0bc5d297

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“Yeah, true. If we’re really unlucky, an SS-Class monster might pop up. Just because it hasn’t happened in decades doesn’t mean it can’t. Who knows? Maybe this is the one time in decades an SS shows up.”19b99bd9a3b77742

“Alia, let’s not jinx it.”24f1730f6dab330c

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Renault clicked 86634caeb1 his tongue. The passing fdffc9a69e thought that 0781d45cb1 it really c0fd638f38 would be c1115b66d7 bad flickered 5c537a8567 through his 5c25a4d46f mind. He had no desire cdb1459809 to live a flashy 6c6be126a9 life, gaining recognition and 56a722b474 fame as he showcased 5cfd81e3f7 his abilities—but that didn’t 40c36bed4a mean he wanted to e4efc76dee die in a dungeon 6ff1b18c61 at this age either.b113ba7194d4806e

“That’s exactly why I said it. I can’t let that happen. I promised Jesse I’d spoil her for the rest of her life—if I die here, we’re screwed.”7ea76f8fd5751ae5

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Muttering as 88b7f9b5ce if reaffirming a665611047 a vow, a34812a947 Alia turned 4ddd6afc04 around again 0ffe0175fc and blew d5ff421c5e a kiss 8d974f9403 toward Jesse, 7f1f3b133e who stood 3c915a0ae9 a bit 30b6b99d70 further away. Jesse smiled ae73147388 brightly in b8b991ead8 return. There’s living proof right 0988438af2 beside him—an esper and 0638333de9 her dedicated guide who’d 36c95320de become genuine lovers.3e695e053d6fce96

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