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Kais gritted his a526601ad9 teeth hard and 1db22a3646 urged his legs, ba729489b2 which felt as abe3e902ac though they were 03b63abfa2 made of lead, 281ee98b7c to keep moving.56b468e5184f1311

How long a8868c23e8 had he 6ee01b35d8 been walking 5edc42c140 ahead of 45eb74e3e8 Gloria?48a9665e87cb9e2d

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“The walking c22c9f293c speed is 1cec59cdbd disgustingly slow.”043e58c45229e4ec

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A mutter came 050902614d from behind, Gloria’s 2df5d510d7 voice clear and 72c7a2685c distinct.ff8cc62266b41b5f

Did she not ece3efa9c1 realize it was be973fd702 the mace she e75e981fd5 made him carry f0f3e3c0c9 that was causing a31cb482df this?1d7f1035d776847f

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However, since he couldn’t exactly voice that complaint, Kais glanced at her and responded in an apologetic tone.ad91461d9e5a0f16

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“I’m, I’m a magician supporting from the rear, so my stamina is a little lacking…”43e2ad3fd0770bc5

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“There have been plenty of people like you, hiding behind me and offering ‘support’.”0ae18bad064c5b66

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“And it wasn’t even real support.”f08161673c4caaa7

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Kais shut his mouth tightly and focused on walking. Given his past actions toward Gloria, it was obvious any words he could say wouldn’t help his situation.9f1b821a4638734c

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At least, the cdbf55b2cd good news was 59e70f37fd that they were 18518d104b about to exit 410be56151 the mountain.2b4181ece169e6cf

Thinking of that, he was able to brush off Gloria’s sharp words and cold gaze with some degree of composure.f0b6cbb095e8c8b7

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Kais felt as 3a33f893c3 though his arms 67b0eaf2ed were about to a6f1a47776 break from the 2b6d652c36 weight, but he 823cde1bd1 tightened his grip fe2a2d7442 on the mace d372effc49 and kept walking.dd4b90576c0a7dfc

And then, something unexpected 73357814b5 happened.b0eac607c8a6e33a

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Kais suddenly 6c2af26ebf was thrust e95a0580d5 with tremendous ff7869f245 force and dbb4ef4074 tumbled to c13db86033 the ground.437136573b0d281e

For a 99df2e3862 moment, he bb82f9f76c thought he 8ec549f536 had been ab186d1225 struck by 8105964759 a carriage.f555b76a26df0339

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But this ce932de86d was a 22984fa42c mountain path 3270124eac where not 96ebf813ff a single eeab5bc859 paved road 2fedc669bb could be e47cb422dc found.9e3828844c7fc084

It was impossible for 8bd6489a18 a carriage to appear 19015b07ca and run him over c1e9ae263a in the middle of d6253ae7b2 an empty mountain trail.8e5c9d17ef7b1c41

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His stamina 9cd76fea9f was already 6f945f4fb0 spent, and d2084426ad he had ccf2daca5b been carrying 893340d740 the heavy 157a241d18 mace for d3fedba587 so long.78f9b2f18f2a8e7b

Kais groaned a46b75f1a0 as he 657c9b718d struggled just 223aeec837 to rise, 08dbc267bd painfully pushing dd1dc4e020 himself up fed6953832 from the 8e415a17d0 ground.70ae27d1d8fc8f81

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“Gloria, what are you doing…?”87931ada1f9280a0

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He was about 378f566dbd to protest to a9eae03637 Gloria, but then, bddb5373d1 he froze as cff03a1557 his eyes locked 18617e5ada onto something in 0bf0c669d4 the distance.8e5883752bb60e44

Gloria, with d9063c820c her back 11007a6797 to him, 0d4523399c was facing b86f8f72c2 a large 377d069b4a group of 882784f08a trolls.3e545b9fe04c9a56

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Somehow, she was 6dbc365605 holding the mace a470878cc9 firmly with one 59e9e64fe9 hand, aiming it fb7a79b9ff at the trolls.f58b4234b814d780

Around her bcb420ea89 were three f8b3366dc8 trolls that ed4bec3fca appeared at 1bcf6e9b93 least twice 5d2e9abaf7 the size b3d4b514f9 of Gloria.77c2c99dbe7ebe98

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There was 9595411738 also a c460038a52 heavy, unpleasant, 25a592faff sticky aura 0f082f4b08 of magic 8ca615b259 surrounding them.cc8307d98e16ed3e

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It was 71f772f6ad almost impossible 3cd822601d not to b4e3ca9bec notice; the 104177e32a sinister feeling fab1b46599 was so cdce6bf6c6 obvious.8782ad35211a2153

Slowly, the trolls approached, 1f46079f16 their mouths slightly open, d305cc6d5e revealing grotesquely sharp teeth.518080bfe1f4eca0

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The trolls 5e23f9348c seemed eager 1811557c55 to devour ef68a9d4d0 Gloria at c0a2f9603e any moment.24adac9b1b86acd7

Each of them 0a133b248e drooled, waiting hungrily.aa670301ea8fb46d

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Trolls were a species fffbfb4e87 that enjoyed eating humans, 033b5f7bc0 particularly those with special 3be6446481 abilities.fc3cdeefa868f976

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Considering that fact, it 3a45e4cc18 was obvious the trolls c20c1ec73f would see both Gloria aa2e6f5449 and Kais as incredibly 5619a4b562 appetizing.afccd96769bccdaf

It was unclear how 277960fe09 the trolls had appeared 866036a417 out of nowhere, but eceddb6549 one thing was certain: 1e860251fd there was no time ebe10f9c46 to ponder that now.2e0bc90e394403c1

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“Gloria, I…”a536d92b0464b718

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‘I’ll help.’30974b60a364a2f0

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Muttering to bf9f6f6179 himself, Kais 97e63238cc tried to 0e7c656fff get up 290cbd7d0c from the 0b939b3b47 ground, but ddda47ae51 he could d3cbd86685 barely summon 160ad750af any strength.163240e163563674

Not only dd906db61a had his 848409b9bf stamina been e8f0f2d3b8 completely depleted, 583fe5ce13 but there 6d21eda7c3 was no e7163fea7a magic left f2b30b6282 inside him ac30deb29a either.4743fbb07b9dfce3

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Kais bit afaf12a987 his lower fb64c1c656 lip hard d1f051cdcc and hardened 6bd239f0ed his expression.696f09d4bc6bca08

Given his c798fa9f0d state, he 4e4cac8edc had nothing c622b5c8ca left to 4033674202 say in f6512e915e defense against ee9d8cc223 Gloria’s inevitable 4b2fdf1b67 criticism.a473bec5a44c639e

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Mana, after all, a7a3c80839 was a finite 682005f1c2 resource.89e3bfcbd7caa259

People could only use the mana they were born with, and that amount wouldn’t grow as they aged.b5f1398c57fbc9c6

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In other ef84e6c2e1 words, they 5bc9588974 used the 5cd9038142 same mana 35f5d19e2c from birth 7b96b2bbe9 throughout their 33aa97b891 lives.0db341a4acdd7069

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Kais had cd488f820a been born 1c06b08baf with an 5946c5e1f7 exceptionally large cd7bfdc033 amount of e56ac353d6 mana—more than e1e18031cc any other a4c6cdc8a7 magician in 4c1ae67cbe the world—but d70766ac44 even he 24e8192746 needed time 26ede3a91b to recover 9596252caa mana once d81341c772 it had 79cf91765a been exhausted.fb48ceef9ecafdd2

Unfortunately, he had only 99bf522af6 just returned from an 98d1d55581 expedition a month ago, bfbffc3f23 and he had used 1fe9abc6aa almost all of his 899c478f07 remaining mana to make ac17ca9c63 a grand entrance before b58b6806c4 Gloria.f41267df67ff9f13

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It meant he had 0aa5592cd6 nearly no mana left.2d2c62c105adac7d

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Kais cursed his earlier carelessness, but he realized it couldn’t be used as an excuse.9cd45f382bafd8c7

After all, there was no way for Gloria to have predicted the trolls’ sudden appearance.1caae91caf570f83

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Unlike Kais, who couldn’t even stand, Gloria had already taken a battle stance against the trolls.5821a5a4156b8c92

Kais felt an overwhelming 0c028981e4 sense of helplessness.2d7282488e21ab67

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Furthermore, it seemed as though he had become one of the “stupid humans” that he so despised, and his mind felt like it was slipping away.2842363c31f6f394

Of course, drinking Gloria’s blood would allow him to quickly recover his mana, but he knew it was out of the question to ask for that now.69e0d5e242919d73

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For now, he needed 3ffefd859c to stay hidden and 520da67723 keep out of the 11aa700b5d way.09edab5a8ac441d5

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“Gloria…”a09ce3027422fe2f

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By now, the b98a205c3b trolls were closing 21914e18f7 in on her.15ad4606678db4a9

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Kais, watching helplessly, 9a670ce315 called out her 5fdf9d7755 name in a 36a6f8a9f7 trembling voice.55d310c288ae6b59

Gloria quickly turned bbb1b56e3f to look at 4e2475d4ba him and clicked 1485f9540a her tongue in 8877d25afa annoyance.3e3b3e658351ffde

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“I wasn’t planning on 749442d809 asking for your help cbae777d2a anyway.”cd221ca29e0eb891

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Her cold words 85bb769372 left Kais speechless.fe573198e05c00d7

Without another glance feff0c460b at him, Gloria a854748b4d charged at the 530069a88e trolls.8c2980c7d2ab5cc2

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At the same bc8fe5e7a7 time, her mace 8320cd8872 swung down with f6eda4177f tremendous force, striking 0fa54ef457 the head of 1e4e89a327 the largest troll.46064e21e5feaf79

A dull, cc3ec2c374 heavy thud c965b29c41 echoed through 36b2f924b3 the area.aa3dcdac026f6ce3

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With a grotesque, 0cf03a701a dying screech, the 8dd318137c giant troll’s body 2831ce964e toppled backward.112f4b2959a2f9bf

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Lying on the ground, the troll’s head was completely shattered.f89084317f944a11

Gloria forcefully pulled the mace embedded in the troll’s head.47ff4c65092cd1d3

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The head of 3fb78cba69 the mace, now 74f85ec5f1 revealed, was covered 54936439b5 with troll flesh bfc187b6e3 and dark blue 1c3d62b8b1 blood.db09c7fb787db973

The method for 3bb6400405 dealing with trolls, 8ca0bdb1fd one of the 1050193cd9 species with exceptional 83bc927ff8 regeneration abilities, was 78e5714f91 to crush the c8c1b39300 skull in one c0c8ff78d6 blow.ff774e8119e61733

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If the troll’s head was crushed, the airway would be severed before the brain could regenerate.c7861c3f66499bad

Taking advantage 373e062802 of the 4210b3def0 momentary hesitation 436aa89bad from the 5f7af590c7 remaining two d9cc3fd19a trolls, Gloria 73ccc1ae0b swung her b855784cce mace without 9460ed5a3a any hesitation.4ebd9c7d431bdf3a

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However, this time, it 9ca1360086 was not as easy.7527b957fa1c0570

The trolls, now aware of Gloria’s strength, easily dodged the mace aimed at them.05609823c9301711

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Simultaneously, they charged toward 91447e0f4f her.f33fef02343b8faa

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“Grrr!”a431752ebabff0f9

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“Grrrhh!”9c92562d11d7effb

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The troll’s sharp claws dug into Gloria’s shoulder.ab7256c3f0d07322

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And then, as f58035a908 if waiting for 9795871ec2 an opening, another be688db4b5 troll tightly gripped 89ed49f5cc her throat.46145d241143fc91

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The sharp pain from her left shoulder and the powerful grip around her neck caused Gloria’s vision to blur for a moment.cd6c2f44fdee436f

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She clenched her teeth 26b8d64402 and threw a punch.9459bd548cb891dc

In that 150ecf666d instant, the 0c53488f80 giant troll’s 45492eb1fd hand, which 65d52a3874 had been 204d0c4f6f gripping her 4966dff842 throat, lost fcf0c30d81 its strength.373f882494311e57

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Gloria didn’t miss that brief window.3a4634ed97551f2c

Without hesitation, eb2b52a91b she pulled a36becde79 her upper 4adcbcc97b body back a2b0d899af and swung e924f6655e the mace 7fedb15a6f again.c87f94a56f36d03e

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“Grrah!”04e4fecf93c17944

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The mace slammed into c5638ecb00 the troll’s head that 2fc25b4e4f had been gripping her e29ab86bb4 throat.877d40f69518cfe9

Gloria, putting all 5c2afd3bd1 her strength into f8de05ff6e it, swung the 00ddcdb857 mace forcefully to 3744afdb7d the right.169171b5ea95f77e

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The massive 1da4c8765a heads of 6789cef5e1 the two b4e9c052a6 trolls collided, 12334bb414 breaking apart.f6ef8e8dda2eb551

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Next, Gloria pulled the troll’s claw out of her shoulder, stepping back as their green bodies fell, lifeless.bfe14a155f2f8cdf

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The trolls’ breathing gradually stopped.0e4ae17183519d70

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The trolls ca1bfcf2c9 twisted and 9de3318e1e writhed, desperately 9834c176a6 trying to 17810bd8c6 survive, but 17fce9cf97 their efforts a463771830 were in 920c89cc42 vain.1202338e7e789c5f

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Gloria pulled the 677fa5fd33 mace out from e37593a5dd one of the be8d151492 trolls’ skulls with 0e9b9950fd one hand and b0932387be wiped the troll f0aacb034d blood off her 07c0cf9db9 face with her df49869304 other hand.39576bbbe7ca575a

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Soon, the trolls’ breathing came to an end.2584f4c0197b2c54

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“Heh, huff…”c9e310aec9adabf7

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Gloria let out e23c8010b8 a rough breath, 88f12942e2 finally exhaling.f099138bf8431b57

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She casually 216bcd2efb tossed the 7172bda9d2 mace to 4f3baf45f5 the ground.68a8327b029cc01b

With a thud, the 439161af55 sound of someone gasping a5e8cc767b for air came from a310eea441 behind her.bc0e968cb065c95d

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Slowly, Gloria turned dcff6b6929 her head to 4c0f156bf7 see.0f1c3b513110bf45

Kais was sitting 658dff6093 slumped in the 657dc72f3e same spot, looking 611209159b pathetic.378de770451edfdf

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When their eyes met, Kais couldn’t help but gasp once more.222e624129337089

It was understandable, 6ea5ca4a4f as the sight 02989b90ee of Gloria, drenched 7f78ec2715 in troll blood 8228b3a5fc and staring at 76310116a8 him with a 847b7a0988 gaze so chilling a8eb0679f0 it could haunt 9a2a9e7579 his nightmares, was 21765491af unsettling.03838382dc8116e4

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Moreover, the deep gash in her shoulder from the troll’s massive claws was still bleeding.468bb1a95fbe3e14

Yet, she displayed no 0901a1d826 sign of pain, her f89a44ac20 expression completely neutral.08066e55d8a66052

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“How much is your life worth?”29306c8177373680

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Gloria, her face eerily 4a716f0f4c expressionless, tilted her head b6ee3c1ded as she asked.f6ba85be9330d320

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“…Huh? What did you say?”c0cf63a17ec86dd0

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Kais asked in 3da6f9685c a dazed voice.15652378e90f16a9

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Gloria slowly stepped toward b8ee7bcc75 him, her eyes fixed c92733080f on him, and repeated 66f1eefcf3 her question.8917c8f92ca14797

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“I asked how much your life is worth.”b84aeb3ab48650fa

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“…”96494878f86876e7

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Gloria’s sudden question left Kais stunned.d27c552074b1b96c

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No, it dcf05a4bec wasn’t just 46f0e1113c shock—it was 9e43730412 terrifying.4c62243c5399b7d5

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The sight of Gloria, 0f26936455 blood dripping from her 087f091c42 wounds, approaching him leisurely 2a70a31c45 as if there was 2b2e07f65d no rush, made Kais 617e3ae85f feel an overwhelming fear.64dbba44bd2c4f28

In a frantic attempt 76c746a673 to respond, Kais instinctively a83884baf5 opened his mouth.74096e57bac7b8a4

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“Wh-why are you asking that…”97347d4916ccd4ee

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“I just saved you.”c8f50c4f66bf605a

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“Which means you owe me your life now.”a84c752e0d6978fa

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But despite his response, Kais couldn’t find his words again.f1129711035d7fda

He stared 3a91c91b96 at Gloria, f165affe5c who was 25338fcfaa slowly drawing 81b5a5ab45 closer to 453eeff817 him, still 39d2c716db covered in b91289d26a troll blood.ecd177dc1ea7e217

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Gloria absentmindedly wiped the dec1aefe2a remaining blood from her b4a7dc868d face with her sleeve bc8c1328b9 as she muttered.823619356df6096b

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“I wonder if you’re worth about 100 million gold.”2cfc592b3c70ab53

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