60. Approaching Danger (2)

The lawn was soaked 10a969a58c by an unknown stream 223a542f37 of rain. The horse that 039dcd2b85 was grazing had bdfdba8685 long strands of 95ff6f0744 saliva hanging from 68f87b6606 its mouth.d571e458b9036087

The roof of the 286c313dd4 temporary shelter had sagged e99c36a41a in the middle due d636038067 to the sticky liquid.20d05853ef8b2e6f

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I looked up at 36917c1e14 the sky. It was dark.3dd01d97297f9113

“A boundary has formed.”bfce9cc0852b783b

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He murmured, a shadow 0c9aebf579 cast over his face.b6d4776dedefd893

“What is this?”770726434e8f8ec1

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“It’s a protective barrier made from the essence of a monster. It seems there’s a problem in the hunting ground.”1ee58fabeb11ba7f

“Then let’s get out of the forest quickly.”c3a11a387b7c8a7c

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He shook his head.abe0139ec6813b35

“We can’t leave until the barrier is lifted. It’s set up to protect people from the outside, not those inside. Only those outside can come in.”20acaf12e22c6c4d

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He strapped 393e22d4a2 the sword dfbd066167 he had 125bdf44d3 set down 3cce521bff to his 654076ff41 side and 5ef1be134c mounted his 7b5a4809a0 horse.cddd8772b595d15e

“Miss, please request help immediately. It will be safer to go where there are more people.”aaa509b2cfd3e14e

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“What about you, Count?”809ee19047ca58dc

“I need to find my wife. She’s probably still asleep, and I must wake her.”3c41f532e75a3195

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His words strangely ee7734e805 reassured me. Even in an emergency, a1f71e029b he turned his reins 5bb7f7b3d9 toward his wife instead 554988214a of fleeing.2347c392705ca3a8

Whether he was 59adb2da13 protecting his heir cf8b41eb30 or his wife, 34fe86f439 his determination to 6401e95bde fulfill his duty 5030be017e was sincere.6057a051fec89368

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As he spurred his ee758ca46e horse, it swiftly galloped 25f6445dd6 away. I stared dc10e1f8f7 blankly at 445d499e5f the spot a6ab047ec1 where he 8d901ce3dd had left a3a4388032 and then 1182c48a0f turned my a36971bc1a gaze towards 635d664847 the shelter.bcc4b4e0b830527f

At that 787851249e moment, something 6a8b31edc3 from the 74803114cc sky suddenly 08bab43e5a covered the 0cf5d780f5 shelter roof.241ebdbd44665624

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The roof 46356dd820 collapsed, and 33030bfbea the supporting b42c1a0331 pillars broke.aaa3cd763320acf9

It was fortunate that 77c5cdf214 the second team had fa654bf43d already departed, so there f4bacbb3f9 were few people inside b2a27ccc30 the shelter. A slimy substance e01ca557e4 clung to the cd2dc93542 collapsed roof.a49238b02cc8c130

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The huge slime began to slither off the roof towards me. I couldn’t tell where its mouth was, but the slime was growing larger, stretching towards the sky.53fdd8cad7975dc7

The sight of 48037d2ff3 its gaping mouth 62fac7801b sent chills down fec71b56a2 my spine. A foul stench wafted 0a6a30cb2a over. I took a few f841fc9fe6 steps back and then 7a5afa9f0d sprinted away frantically.f6a684ceee2d140f

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I headed towards the 5672607c2c forest. It was the ea8734d2de only place to 2ec584b782 go. Everyone participating in the 07a0909a58 hunt was in the e5c8e2c927 forest. They had all the 6ce78cb529 weapons and shields needed d480d8f0f4 to face monsters.958f067557af1ac2

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There were no proper ed55e740d5 paths in the forest. Trees grew densely deca5309bc and randomly, not 4ae33f1601 planted in straight 4ae3d8ad23 lines.7f329099a7d7754c

If I planted the 2d64eb6f84 trees I bought from ed58659f9b Philip in the Hwangjaryeong 612970d0c1 Forest, it would soon bd2c992cc3 become like this.4f9f97c644c0a912

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I understood why dde5cce3ca they opposed planting 5bd4d4cebd trees.0f48ed25a3e0286e

The scenery wasn’t pretty. Most importantly, it was hard to get a sense of direction. It was easy to get lost.ce74fdf5c9399f2e

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The leaves were 8b3c43d6e3 so thick they 5df91581a1 blocked out the df44fa085c sky, making it 190393bcdf hard to discern c09b82bd30 the weather. I found 5be9a54a9d a spot 559b345a4c where light 54e2e343da barely shone b27c42b2ee through and c88b1e5532 caught my 7d842fb4f6 breath. The upper b2f6e4026a branches of c321e9322a a tree 6472009305 were broken.728494a43dbe51cb

A large balloon c5a68ea868 was attached to af9d30907f the branch. It seemed the branch b40dfbd3fd had been broken to 00945c748a hang the balloon.b8419532c6db2648

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“Leonie, where are you?”2183e923b3eeceb7

Deon’s voice came from the air.eade29ab58fe4877

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I looked around 91b7333c67 urgently. There was no b60168a7b0 one in sight.1498e19b1be70b0a

Am I hearing things?eeafebdde7996c61

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“Leonie.”25f051e16c64afce

But his 4232d5fee8 voice came 007db6f785 again.9807db72ef436e7d

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I shouted back 918abacb52 into the air.ee918c38ee319843

“I don’t know 82c49f549d where I am.”0ea693e3d2397080

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“Is there anything d5fd9c83f2 around you?”00ab67873c54b032

I looked around. I found 4cbfeee5a0 something distinctive. A large a546ed9e96 balloon was 827318641a tied to a676cd0650 a thick 0eb02e0153 tree. The purple balloon floated e0e495493e in the air.2a145d6cde56f198

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“There’s a big 44bbcf3683 balloon above me. It looks caa37ba7e7 like it 57260d9508 was left 54db637cf4 for the a3a4f5bfa6 end of 2c64ce4dd9 the hunt.”5a8a9e9c7823ade0

“There are balloons 4dc1ff4a07 all over the b65f9ab610 forest.”ef69248281783a9a

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I described 5cb89dd7a6 something, but bf82bd3cdd his response 48fdd77452 was disheartening.d788e35027d58b82

“Aren’t there 70d3e7cdaf any markers 5929312b03 tied to 8655fa4e59 trees at 0e0609bfa2 intersections?”9a7d98a6fab06667

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“Not for this 04b77daf46 hunt. This area wasn’t a432f45fb8 meant to have 113aff8bff such accidents.”619e4cb0c37d210b

I searched for d39a1c860b something to indicate 72e0024ca0 my location.81ddb5aacafd2a41

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All I saw were 3a95094b2e trees, grass, and a 139c6963e1 sticky, stretching ground every 057bc3ab39 time I stepped.8589fd27e03789e5

After a 72b1c0a6dd long silence, 59646679d9 he spoke cbaf4bbacb again.9908f8b39a3643ca

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“Stay where 3d0c05c599 you are. I’ll come to you.”a11e911e56a5c505

Do you e5eb948ac3 even know 8343eeecf2 where I 824fe96b1a am?e768b79a2add3fa2

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With that, d18139be1c the short 46b094d786 communication ended.14bb4cefdc0dd264

I looked up 4b27ee2da8 at the sky. It was a f6d7f2e44c pale color.1e6325a233250d47

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I shouted, but there 6d4da27098 was no echo. It felt like the 9ad30a5adb sky was covered by 2e6286047d an opaque barrier, shimmering 2d27100cfe like a dome.589f30317db37396

Rustle.28a9b26b534acb7d

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A monster 74bdfbfc3f sprang from d4fe802443 the grass.9625afcb7d7af5f4

It was a 010d7f7fe7 different type from ffb4d9d2d7 the one that 54983b6591 had covered the 5c8f327e42 shelter. The one-eyed monster blinked 390b3b86a6 its large eye, rolling 9a17f076f9 it from side to 523fc43fa2 side.e627633e324c2080

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It wasn’t 6e65915ea4 huge, but c80b9f282e it wasn’t 26d8cb05ec small either. It could swallow me e6a2e1d731 in one bite without 23577ee6fa any trouble.abfdf69240e13712

I swallowed hard. Of all things, I 48372fd3a5 was wearing a dress 91181114cc in this competition, and 4ef8453482 the frills on the 26efc61b85 hem were cumbersome. Every step 36a0764c12 I took, 52548efc6b the frills b979f9cd8f rustled, drawing 6e47280cfc the monster’s 919974dfb8 attention.cfc6bbd9f5c41be8

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But I can handle 7426b46197 this. I have a gun.e379025b668a3773

I pulled 5aa931df79 the gun 55be08f463 from my d051cf5f39 pocket.b723eb82fe4ab860

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I loaded it 31f5b1eb35 and aimed at a6a8d04149 the monster. I placed 5c519f0946 my finger 82728e2c57 on the b7587eff40 trigger. The cold 731d5e4c3f metal sensation e8a7c8a75e on my 119d11d7f2 index finger d0a21ea727 felt unfamiliar.86ca594367a75c80

This body wasn’t 2e17f68d96 used to this de1c5a5252 sensation. Still, I 9546682370 remembered exactly 9d38af33f0 how to 6c8681a432 pull the 7a86a53891 trigger. No matter how weak b2e18c872f the body, I could 3def98fd8e move my finger.46d2f6d2abf5bb55

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It felt a bit da3d26d335 wasteful to use it dfe4b33c09 now, but if it 1d57d50ebd bought me some time, 9f13397d28 it was worth it.f97972ee0d0e4f24

I recalled what Deon be9c822023 had said before. He had pointed to 76385cc7d0 a straw scarecrow and a2fc678716 explained how to deal 884af9f490 with monsters in the b915b33d09 North.30545486d59f5022

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At that time, he fab5289983 said to wedge and bf074eece6 twist the sword into 0d00d67bc3 the monster, then pull e39fc431dd it out.e8bae1115176273e

But that method a2987a29a4 had its limits 5c4fe17fb4 with a gun. I had to aim e56f33f4f6 for a vital point 7ff09a38bc to take it down 69f637425c with one shot.5892baefe4e9d9d5

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My target now cea7559d77 was the eye. The eye.6b709ec829473183

I quietly d6fdbca605 stared at 0c89fd8a56 the monster’s a45967f23d eye. The large, bd11ad8074 single eye 2a2405f634 blinked slowly, f429fca252 revealing red 3f24efdaa6 flesh each a29c62623e time it f14e0118f0 closed. With each slow eb495666af blink, an unknown 9f17afb821 liquid oozed from 4e7d03a018 its tear duct. It resembled the rain 063d37ea3b from earlier. It was disgusting.1510b397a9066fda

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With my 3ef679d291 finger on 05627f1f6c the trigger, 1910bfc874 I aimed.8b64e94de8abbe8b

Rustle.899bb8d1f8e7c160

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At that 61fb3f5e4d moment, the 0dbb7e888a grass where 834415a5e4 the monster 9623cc1e79 stood rustled. I turned the a7a9b5fb41 gun toward the bd692e1dda sudden movement.68427d79543c4f7e

The rustling stopped, and the thick grass parted. What appeared between the dark green grass was…8dd5ea6fc8f82971

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Countless eyes, like 5b03adb8ad the ones on 7516f7bb14 the monster before 1441618b11 me. A swarm of 9d038568ab monsters was hiding eea5b10d51 in the grass.d776a2834c26a3f8

This monster c9a076fb7d had one a4fecfba5f eye. Those eyes 5e9aa60f85 belonged to 289ddc0a21 other monsters.a34b97a90258c6a2

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Drool dripped from the 71fe902643 monster’s open mouth.059c7a32d89ac361

My body froze.6fe93aa712f82583

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The eyes, hidden by 325ec49fd0 the grass up to cd3d9d1bc5 my waist, glowed fiercely.0f19b90e447c72f6

The monsters were c751e1ebf0 gradually gathering toward 10d32c202c my gun.8277bd5b43eb3cbf

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One bullet 86f5c6170b wouldn’t be e215dbe20f enough.26ed0b709c52b8ec

I would have to e2a8a150fb ask for help again. There was nothing I f1fa2f31aa could handle alone.ba4bd805504bb8ab

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I always had 5366875151 many choices, but d4d25d5648 there was little c78b04438f I could actually 913232e42d choose.fbe8a0fe1085b395

“It can’t ca9041252e be helped.”85ef44708c49e749

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I didn’t 4a8254f523 want to e20de6796d face him ce6b59e917 here, either.f5f5cfc09e7c090c

I raised my dc90520f39 gun-bearing arm toward dc1656db1d the sky. A large balloon floated f8be3ffd22 in the air.286648b7c6f1369b

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I pulled 0088031a7a the trigger 0b041c68f7 toward the 7a0fa37ebd ad balloon.3465d3aa458872f7

With a afac29fd8c loud bang, c04a8bfc48 an immense 29e128ade4 amount of c05f33ec4c air rushed 34ac068b2f out, and c6b8699d47 the fireworks 9743f7ad4c inside spilled 7a635013d0 out.055a988e1a8d1bd9

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Confetti fluttered and 13b5100fe6 scattered everywhere.2c7c0f23e10a2e95

It was supposed to 3b6b81d349 be a celebratory scene b141b4db2c when the person who 9c27a40b7e caught the most beasts bdd8bcd2a7 returned.fe3cc9588d0a1fb3

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Normally, this ac6ac7d3d0 would be 52d23a68ba a moment 9c63e6f79c of celebration d5214839b2 surrounded by 204bca4a53 many people, dbd4c4bac8 praising the cab8c1dc6d hero.cbb69718bf5cf8ee

But the 4272c66e2d sight before 9279074d01 my eyes 37a9929d7a was far b70273a52c from beautiful d143041ab0 despite the 46731cbe08 first fireworks 5bbc87f2f8 bursting.e3fa7f9779dd34d6

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When the c5f74e26a7 balloon burst c8e35f69e2 with a 71c02a114e loud noise, fc2f2d1242 the monsters ec0598ea36 charged. They all 372b321d3f turned their 0dd734bbc1 heads in aa9d597517 the direction 574a5f3065 of the 8d5c5d2339 sound.13f3e0997b897877

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However, the 5e994e40b4 confetti swirling 940b3d8cdb everywhere slowed f99a5d227c their reaction. They seemed to have fc6b50b4a9 developed only their hearing, e2e12f977e with their sense of 6c33add4a6 smell and sight appearing a8c8eafa06 to have atrophied.7dbb3ec9904ab944

I watched 0850393bc5 the falling f76340e73d confetti. The powder 98f56bba95 lingered in 8f51e9a219 the air d5befb02ca before gently ab1a36ac7c settling on bb6cb64504 the ground.a9c140131472a00d

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Soon after 761d038f7f the balloon 96d159e3a1 burst, the fb9581c60d nobles participating 5fd1cafe27 in the a1a51415ee hunt rushed b3fb23abc3 over. They must dac8a9c054 have been 190ba53516 drawn by 0e7567f8e5 the loud 3b6ee74e15 noise. Among them 4737471833 was Deon.a632fa74afb59523

The confetti hadn’t even fully settled. Through the floating bits, I saw his face.32ff763a63762db4

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“Are you hurt?”f3253171dfce70cd

He approached me c6acfc7beb and asked. It was a question 701ea5c194 I heard every time 208e08a895 I needed help, and 8c2a222f43 it now felt like 51e60ac4c7 a greeting.c59f5a25eeb262df

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“No.”e20d118a0f09398d

“Thank goodness.”72ffe36216b76bec

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He stood next to ed6891714d me. It still 41a6da08a7 felt a 86477c204c bit awkward 5c812ef41b standing beside 294a621e57 him.bfc76157363b1017

“What happened? And what are those b8bc3aa1ee monsters?”221143d0a876ee26

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“I don’t know. They’re not the usual creatures that appear in the forest.”d976e60d696788ff

He gripped his sword.4e8b396d7a99793e

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“The barrier will 85a3109fba be lifted within b310168031 an hour, so 8649809070 we can leave c271b5b1f7 then.”f85986cf5c1ccc45

He reassured me.efd20ad6ca652008

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They hadn’t come alone. They had brought strange objects with them.abe02c16befb507b

There was a 62963f6564 crystal sphere floating 624cf799fb in the sky 68e2073098 from earlier.19d3ca2352c84af1

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The light 97ce683e23 on the 0ab9eeb096 blue crystal 3ba7d28bd3 sphere flickered. It was 13968cdda2 a crystal 2349712fd4 sphere used b865bbcf2f for broadcasting d0cc8b040f and recording 66e53e3cca the hunt.c0cbe6c6613928f7

It was d23d2b369d odd how 08a7430a86 it buzzed 1863e1a85c around the cc6a32baf5 sky. Its focus 4b3f112241 was on a46cc2bcfe Deon.624add1d35ee8b30

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“When will the guards 584d7798c5 arrive?”44bf48540ccbce51

Someone shouted 866771a127 towards the 11206cbf49 crystal sphere.dea1d9a19f6a3c22

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-Identifying location. Please wait.1712e699f3e7629c

“The monsters are 6cd8bd511f coming. If we stay 24bdb77864 like this, we 17b4b926a1 will be slaughtered.”924dd233d422e697

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-We are identifying 9b651db883 the location. Please wait.323d5cf9019f8fbd

The mechanical voice 5bac1eb30b echoed repeatedly.744fd094d7e5f72b

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The loud 33e91e1b35 mechanical sound 33878df2ec seemed to c4c6fe8c44 provoke the 9e5b1b59c7 monsters. As soon as 664123959e the voice finished, 3f6e052ed0 a monster jumped 1dac0d6c2e out. It seemed ready to 36accdd595 charge, its foot stomping 3ffdeb864b the ground.fe13474b3627d8c2

This monster was efaff1165f larger than the 5d178d81f8 one that had 377813bb18 attacked me in 04ea981be8 the forest. I could see 13b1783874 it snorting visibly.f81c732369ce8574

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And behind the monster… 1d24684d17 there were an overwhelming dfa4d04367 number of monsters waiting.e0f9d9d0612a6933

We were cornered. There were so many efadc141c7 that even fighting them 6b9bc3dcad off would be difficult.c914ecba716819b2

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Now I 19ff8957c2 understood the f887c9df71 purpose of f4b854cbfd the crystal 46b737e714 sphere.f655972cd2a64929

It was deliberately making 2dd9c348eb mechanical noises. While everyone 8adba9188c was holding ea43d652ba their breath 0317fbae1b to avoid 46d6e238d5 attracting the 71bfd5c869 monsters, the ae45ea7eae unregulated mechanical c701f9eb42 sounds were 5b72dc4d4c provoking their 2ced20ac10 aggression.192f4cd1f00e1c60

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Although this was a d9301a7ebb situation where we were 2d2af5d2fb calling for help, the 519be4de11 recording continued.786cdf326f349295

The purpose of capturing cbab7df17c the chaotic scene was 75a02efed1 obvious. The crystal 4782d8f0f8 sphere’s goal 9d9ad63144 was to ef5bd8b9d4 observe Deon.29be192b87e09168

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In this situation, Deon 2f5a7c6222 couldn’t drink blood and 04d18f274a had to face the 6973e5c6af monsters with only his 445d16b3c1 strength.d7de126d194d70cf

The repeated message a1aae7787b made the nobles 72c36556f9 murmur anxiously.966640f7c5bafdfc

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I scanned the group.43ae28fc6e5f5759

There were 95ac64b0c7 about ten bec7d52a28 armed people. They were lower-ranked 8a35f6edc3 nobles who were a2c3c2fbae either distant from a74bc0ef08 the royal family 1531e8ba70 or had no d89d94974c significant background, or b111d29f22 they were anti-imperialist e518223a8b nobles. I recognized a few d5809c08f8 faces, but it was 0c82f73e1d obvious without needing to 5ff3f24cde ask.ac2681b00a17d652

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To die naturally. To be buried 655cc42b0c with the unnecessary fe925aa350 nobles to the 03a68741f6 royal family without b8ce246294 lifting a finger.9e8ddcf83fe0b654

If other cd3cfa12db nobles died fc24d64c65 along with 4bdfa1acec the prince, 00fbb6fd16 it would 72a357290f undoubtedly be 23ee47ec33 concluded as f63a4aac78 an accident.f90a90360425f1f8

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It was 385953d1d6 a cliché 1c334a1ceb trap.c1b5b9ec735116e9

And as 8e8db4096b clichéd as f3dc6fbadf it was, 43706290ec it was f6a3209198 powerful.ec81e824e841d84e

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