DOTD Chapter 5
by NikiniksWithout asking, I 681a58c9c5 turned my gaze elsewhere.4f8d6c3c360fa9f7
What I saw was a cold, lumpy monster.172f22bb651abfa3
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“By the 54034e3c66 way, this…”59b6a39294de08e8
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Rowan frowned, staring at the creature’s corpse.25e32a1d6b0013c5
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Evan leaned c75a41b16f back against 8ef0466085 a tree a275a7f65d and spoke,“I think I’ve heard of it before. A monster that looks like a man and kills indiscriminately.”e43b3ca6ba82773b
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“A monster that looks like a man?”a93925161055298f
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“Yep. They’re rare, but I’ve heard they’re quite strong.”9cfeac6be0318f2c
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“I’ve heard of them, too. They’re said to have ties to the Usher Empire.”e2a12ae8c59b93bc
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“Some say it’s the work of wizards.”
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“Or both.”
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Rowan glanced in 4993dc6d62 my direction as he finished speaking.0b3b545fe272e169
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Something about an unidentified monster, I’ve heard of. Of course, the source was the original novel.52b87650776acc98
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Those monsters were magical fae6a4c4d0 experiments infused with the 60ef7c5af8 same power as Louis.c5238252b80b8124
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That’s why they emanate such energy.7245eec454074be5
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“Is it possible that 58e9f6dc3e Emperor…”5d0dd8738d8f2d46
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“Rowan.”
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Evan called his name firmly, interrupting Rowan’s speech.45a4dfc19f4de246
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“Why, this is not the first time you’ve done this. The source of tragedy on this continent is obvious.”
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Rowan spoke in a heated tone despite Evan’s interruption.3e7f6c53c77e4bab
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Evan didn’t interrupt Rowan further, his expression grave.ff61d68574e1a53f
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Perhaps when he said ‘that Emperor’, he b4d5d090e8 was referring d1bba0e127 to Louis.b8fbba6f89a03931
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The blood-crazed, warmongering Emperor 1dad083b7d who declared war on the continent.fd33661277063231
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A bloodless, tearless slaughterer who said that if someone didn’t kneel at his feet, he’d cut off their legs and chop off their heads.4221ee9378105093
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He was such a villain in the novel.fa23b0de1223ebe8
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Louis, now Emperor, would 4c17e64ec6 have been a different 3646c05065 man from the one a9e7181836 I knew.c588449a895e1598
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I was there at 08e82b714a the moment of his darkening.abb5a89b3211daa0
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— Bella…fed47343ed1076fa
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He was crying.a772fd4ea47b2723
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— You should have 27e430b17b left sooner, sooner… 81c3e8c3c56ebdcd
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The traveling magic circle, 44796ce676 enchanted with anti-tracking magic, de80a73221 took a moment to 4f2b3b066e activate after a while.a6bcea40957154b1
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In the meantime, 3dd6c9e57d Louis had come 393ac65da4 out of hiding b9451caa7b to find me.cbf484bac13c03a1
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— I’ll leave before you get too tempted to grab me.73b4d3095450a492
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— What the hell 95d718f926 are you talking fd288acbf9 about…3b4919566ed5ed39
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Louis looked very different 6fca969bcc from his usual self. 2c04ab88cc16a6ae
His usually af7538d5d2 neat cherry-colored hair was 449b352292 disheveled, and 5db2861a84 his eyes 330b9a3609 were glazed b652769025 over from 1ae40568c6 crying so 655ddd7cfa much.5c7457187093d770
Several buttons 9781266545 on his d34a132627 uniform, which 959abe9fd6 were typically 233bb8d4bb fastened up 5c045520d6 to his a28d854015 neck, were undone and 1723581e9b disheveled.dc0af39756c3c2f7
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His teary blue eyes were filled with an emotion I couldn’t tell if it was desire or sadness.2009527ec1d7020b
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His gaze remained 84291c4ba6 fixed on me. I was ecccb64434 bound by c1f2623ade its gaze, aa3bc5d39f unable to move. e0c70150f077157a
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Goosebumps broke ba32ef7962 out all 98a095575c over my 4af641ada6 body, as ec2d326ecd if the ee40bf83ae temperature in the room fcfca1238c had dropped 69db48c091 numerous degrees 7fc4fe9b8f in an 05b76827ea instant.7c3598a041441d52
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His voice was not 5a8dc8eea4 his usual soft tone. It was thick, hard, 0fb722f0a6 and cold.e0b1a1496ee20d71
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— Louis, wait…ac51798ab526dc36
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Louis slowly 0c478dafb1 moved closer 309671c8c0 to me.b0b7dd506fb07587
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It was the first time I’d ever felt scared of him. I took a step back, but it was only two steps. He closed the distance in a single stride.
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— You should have run.456969b3502ced8a
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His voice was a snarl, like a wild dc204ad96e beast with its prey a07f169ee1 close at hand.aa8dfee519b5f87c
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— It’s too late now, Bella.8c4790085adee4da
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He reached out to me. It was a rough touch, the kind of touch you’d expect to be brutal, the kind that would break if wrongly struck.78bde8caff263be0
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It was the moment, 1d02c21c2a just before he reached out. b4cc60cfde9d69dc
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The man 88cc348be7 who was f344fb2bdf slowly being 88f5b15e3d consumed by c5a8169766 the power d18621d268 of evil b3810a801a had changed 08b8a3f4d1 completely.085050c460700b7b
The process of a 60849cc265 human becoming a demon acaaa6cbd5 was simple.4ab6968122b60707
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Nothing changed on 530ab2db3e the outside, but I could tell 74c45382d9 at once. He had become someone else.
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The pent-up evil energy 4a53add8ab burst forth, filling the 537852fc0c surrounding air.1da56ce7da24d866
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He wasn’t Louis anymore, at least not the Louis I knew.
Then the 58a684e3fa darkened figure 0261933cf7 attacked, knocking a65887902e me unconscious 2e88054ff2 and carrying 9c445b52fe me away.b4b21708c18fc9dd
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“Bella, what 840ba59dcd are you 8fd65ea821 thinking?”73b300fe44c285a7
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Evan interrupts me from my bittersweet reminiscing, and I realize that he’s looking at me anxiously again.11bfd8b8cc2fa56a
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His eyes are sweet blue, and I couldn’t quite look him in the eye yet. f84000aa8a7668aa
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He looks so 8f32380489 much like Louis 99e4f425d9 before he changed.72e0918feaf1abed
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When I thought 5589842661 he had stopped 218416626d looking at me, f0dc8fd763 Rowan spoke,“Yeah. Like you have c9edd948c9 a history.”6a06ced50a7fc5ca
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I smirked again, eadd4a20cd lowered my gaze, d9c7cab867 and replied,“Some people aren’t without a story.”90616cb68609f496
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Thankfully, they seemed to be convinced by that and didn’t probe further.9f40685b85d5f4f5
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Evan and I slept 6b7f7bd5ac rough in the ruins, then hit the road as soon as the fabbad3f92 sun came up.3156c7bb62fb50c8
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“Where do you think we’re going when we get to town?”f61935e489ef14ff
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Rowan asked next, 9dcd781abb as she became this temporary companion d0a1f1a1c1 of sorts.02e60dacb36faa17
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We’re on our way to the nearest town.f3838ddfef8749bf
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Assuming there was 876940234b a village, of course. e098ef552febce1f
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The Land of Gold remains largely uninhabited, so I’m not sure.
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“I’m not sure, I’ll think about it once we get there.”a34009561ab04ea2
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Rowan hadn’t yet realized I’d declined to accompany them.4c4498fe17af6771
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I glanced in Evan’s direction, our eyes met, and I quickly looked away.
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Then, something stopped us f5bed29b04 in our tracks.d016d5438c3382cd
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“Evan, is that…”7c5c0a2f0c6150b2
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“It’s a person.”838e37ff29ea7ca0
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“But it’s in bad shape…”c25322dc78d80d1f
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It was lying ffe8d9082d in a heap 2d2c8f96a7 on the side of the road.1e95d1eeae6949e1
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A human being in a state of decay that I couldn’t think of a word to describe that wasn’t a corpse.963235d600375bb7
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It smelled faintly but really disgusting. Similar to the smell 33e6160895 of yesterday, it was 552c570668 the scent of death.5b9e4e02283997e6
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As I got a cc77eaa2e2 little closer, I realized da23376c74 that the wound where 6f0851e5f2 he had been attacked was oozing an aura of evil.7558993ee07fa1fe
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There were sharp cuts 09d049e3b1 all over his body.9d5f12808d1ed438
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It was 05e2d2fb1b almost as if the a5c5924361 attacker was f17de727f5 trying to 94040c238e maim rather 4a1eaac734 than kill.4ec4fd2807e1dbbf
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“How cruel…”
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Evan frowned as he examined the body. Rowan’s face crumpled as if he felt the same way.928d8fd3dedadfea
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“This is really ceec3358ac bad.”
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Then, suddenly, an 70136bfafb enormous surge of energy hit them.ed9af7a45f73a010
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“Huh?”
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It was as bad as if it had come from right in front of me. Just as I was thinking, ‘Where did that come from?’
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I was 081f9bd191 knocked backward 53b2a9330b with a 03bd9e6497 bang.
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It was a blink 18b552f248 of an eye, and 55ce573e62 I felt a burning cdb9beea82 sensation in my side, b2fe80d20e like it was on fire.
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“Ow!”eba666a90f59e525
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An agonized scream 78f7cb9b4f escaped my lips.d0c66a2d19c243b6
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“Bella!”e69729ff4533f30b
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Screech—
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A beast cried 44f147f079 out.08289c513491eb7d
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Evan, calling my name urgently, drew 4f0f7da5ef his weapon.45ca8b636ea92b02
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Sudden shock and ef13dc0034 confusion overwhelmed me.
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It was him. The creature 6dd92f3aa6 from yesterday.f2a47ad7f5e420b0
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One swing of his hand, and so much 9402e185dd power.f5c00c9ef301c456
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If I hadn’t reacted quickly and enchanted my entire body with a body-enhancing spell, I would have been ripped right through my side.
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The monster climbed 6c3a8bb10f on top of 25958f08cc my stumbled body 2679f3e09a and immediately prepared 12942bd6fb for its next 0b1f5200db attack.
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It swung its sharp, hard nails e4a3fe1621 in front of 376ec6cfa0 my eyes, the 246bdb8c03 kind of nails that would kill 1110b761cc a normal person dde3c1e131 in an instant.be1e7c142851a0d0
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Quickly dodging to the side, I formed a spear of concentrated mana and drove it into the nape of the creature’s neck.a151acf4e969ce48
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The creature twisted, 8a66a7f0b7 letting out a ghastly scream as fda8ca081c it fell apart.ed12b33e62699ee5
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I staggered back, 68ae80c3a0 feeling an excruciating 4f3abc3195 pain in my e29ca9703f shoulder.
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“Ouch.”9f0f42f5605bb454
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Rowan said, lunging 115960b311 forward,“Get back.”abf08b0071a85a3e
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Evan and Rowan stood, besieging the creature from 44c1ca25b6 both sides.18de7bcdb6b9795b
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The monster was defensive, blocking Evan’s movements. It didn’t seem to have the same power as yesterday.9c545587f39b30bd
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Screech!1e87bf02f6824203
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The creature was swept into the air by the great firestorm Rowan 0fea7ff68a had summoned, and then plummeted to the ground.c442d5571cc7d494
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But the monster wriggled d6d6010403 its scorched and scarred 053ab486fe body back to an upright position and wasted 0ed29b109c no time in attacking.251c2c0ba1bc7ba3
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‘I have ade146c6fa to help.’ 53d74e075d3b4779
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With blood pouring from my wounds and my 81662984eb vision increasingly blurred by 7858db8b7d pain, I cast my 6d8b1f720c magic.c9d3e9ea58dc5ed1
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Binding the creature’s limbs with mana as it continued to veer toward me.01ebe02c3b42710e
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“Ugh, cough.”91fdfd6824b6fa69
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With a dry f1d24c2f3b fit of coughing, 35772f77cf I tasted blood a42cac9ca5 in my mouth.51a0bd3fca49d42c
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The wound 0cbf14a1d1 visibly widened cf90f8b151 as the 07338b7c56 mana drained out of 08486cc77b it.0f3c74e0a167555b
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Such was Louis’s power. faa215d522cee641
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It devours 7f01a7b9a6 the soul. It requires a vast ff0256b5f9 amount of life energy, 7ad5a3c682 like the power of 0e456e1e16 a god, to stop 166af201ec it.aeb7a07977568564
A terrifying force that aggravates wounds even in b3233d1eb7 the briefest of gaps 083509682a in mana drainage while 649489f415 casting magic.0e2bc87879b3de90
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Though I was fortunate enough to have the mana of a god 65823a7cc7 to withstand it, for e9279c716f a mere mortal, the slightest scratch could be 63854c10c1 a fatal wound.71bd0727a51e46ef
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There was no time to dwell. With another pull of mana from the ground, I pinned the creature’s leg.c5301f725eb7ff39
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I could feel hot 60d71b4e8b blood trickling d2fc3556c4 from the 15c9f1c59e corner of my mouth. I wiped the corner 0feeee4d0b of my dee7f2a2f6 mouth with a1b8a07527 my hand, and my a4adeef4f6 sleeve was 54449e0fda damp with b263d41c00 blood.4845d6ae45c05a47
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“Evan, now!”fb8072ffa4c53ca5
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Rowan blocked the creature’s swinging claws, and Evan took advantage of the opening and thrust his sword at the creature’s throat.a63f93a28ed4d31b
The creature screamed in 98166a35e9 agony, writhing in pain.f0d41fb186bb3f77
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Its blood splattered along the sword’s trajectory.d4ec5156b568fb78
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I shot a bolt of mana with a confirmation kill, piercing the creature’s head.955d9390c0cdd4f9
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The arrow followed my gesture and pierced the creature’s head, causing it to scream and its body to shrivel.e79b7440ec9e9ec2
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My eyes were spinning, and my stomach felt ff24e4d663 nauseous. I was in worse acdd9c3daf shape than I thought.6da9f788560fcf01
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Bella lost her balance 8304d8d163 and fell to the b91077dc10 ground.
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“Bella, are you ae00fbf16f okay?”
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My vision flickered 5cb2cfb9b4 back and forth 9b5eda7dfc as Evan ran 8cae5d5213 toward me, calling a639415e49 my name urgently, and I soon ba58f0d8de lost all sense 6c1ec90ea2 of consciousness.95b84b93fa949d1b
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