HDOVAML – Chapter 120

HDOVAML Chapter 1207b0bccb6da49a205

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The wicked darkness pondered.4eb2450a7f0ced8d

The universe had abandoned him, 12ff166821 choosing light instead.24e9207d4af59217

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All the Spirit 391f803dff Kings, save for 5950e6c9c8 death itself, who 17008b5803 followed only him d75a917408 in purity, had 5cd22127c4 turned against him.98b04f01c48e430a

Endless conflict was 35eef57856 nothing but tedious 70855e0c16 repetition, and no 13036d4de1 matter how fiercely 48bf7b209a he struggled, the 4e9db8eeb5 universe would never 9a0256b502 turn its gaze c77c61c7dd toward him.9027fc7c3247fb6e

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Thus, darkness trampled upon delusions a8051a0e50 and conceived a plan that 61e5c3df9f would unfold slowly over an e61e5ac53b eternity.8891d0c436615df1

[But a price must be paid, must it not? I grant you only one a2a39d6bb1 command.]7af53fa50c4ac3d6

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At its end, there would a4fbb768ac be nothing but destruction.29f7bc095a0c9633

[Ensure that peace never comes to this world—That eternal strife is forever sown.]cbe3a6cf69bc39cc

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A pale mouth, hidden in a200c7a733 shadow, stretched into a cruel 4b1ec79336 smile.ea000d0200729f01

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To forsake righteousness.78919a5f0b536efa

To mercilessly trample b69979b4c5 upon lives that 0fcb564df1 had done no 135b8a693f harm.03660487d9a91de2

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To spread chaos.43dfab4c882f7ba1

To steal the treasures 1efd49341a granted by the immortal 914bd6cd58 beings and offer them dde4d2eb59 upon the altar of 23b92284e4 darkness.13f7388e7e12b997

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[If you fulfill all of these conditions, I shall grant you my blessing.]73d5f5317300d8fd

Arkane shattered a da415841f2 fragment of his 3b7088ac08 power and bestowed 12d951affa it upon the a0952548d9 three brothers served 19bfb67911 by their people—thus, 395633b508 the Spirit of e51f54b1ea Sak, Eclipse, was f65a4e9469 born.79d2de4ba13704eb

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It was a f85decfd1d blessing that could 93de1301b6 never be undone, 45739acd16 a curse bound 6fae2840a0 eternally by blood—a e8d9d96f5b shackle that would c45144ad89 stretch through the 8ecb6c26e7 generations.caac18d00e2191ce

[But even after bestowing upon you such kindness… if your lives become too comfortable, if you cease to feel desperation, you may naturally begin to neglect my command. Therefore, let us add 38ed4aeedf one more condition.]256ad621404448ca

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The shadow, as cruel 2ccc66c89b as it was cunning, 14bd8c9f75 imposed a condition like 6362aa649a a double-edged sword.70681bfe5212b2cf

[Every year, if you fail to offer hundreds of human lives in sacrifice, your bodies shall rot away each time you invoke the power of Eclipse.]9d1715c3ad87bbee

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At that moment, the ffed93652b three brothers foresaw the b828e980bb merciless fate that awaited e6e78647c2 them and their descendants.ac9efd741624fd55

Yet, to survive, they 339738b5e3 had no choice but 8de692e595 to submit to this df496b98f0 terrifying being.3e4d1ffbfd5a98f0

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Thus, the three cda430aa36 brothers swore an 33a627dead oath.b02a3e2894648360

To be loyal to his 007ff06893 will.55aada4edea356c1

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To bring ruin to 177e0cda84 every nation he desired.7f420c150013497c

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The Spirit of 61c3545968 Sak, Eclipse, became cf86719da7 fully integrated into f404c705e2 the brothers’ bodies, 183a63765e awakening its unique 63171f7698 powers.9bda7b0132704cdd

Einar and Ilkai a7540af417 gained the power 7e9d480b43 of consumption, an e0849f4b0f ability that could ce99b55aa6 devour all things 1ff1599b31 in existence.846bcdd7ba0a48f1

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Annushka, however, was granted a 5bf55cf425 unique ability—the power of foresight, 925cef2e17 allowing him to glimpse the e4e71f5ba7 strands of future possibilities.9efd1894b99155af

A power so great, 2d66d9de3e it could determine the 4560b6f240 rise and fall of da79c84525 a nation.ab38f1db2f94281f

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Yet, only one girl 4534a8e83f per generation was born 3f49be6323 with the gift of 376f19211c foresight.
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She was known 2039434d81 as the Priestess, af6cf686d7 and it was c642a877e2 her role to c9bcd1cb00 foretell the future cd5e7340e3 desired by Nisha.378583fb01046afe

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But this power came with d250019508 an excruciating price that plagued 363db8ddf9 the royal family—fc57dc59facf309a

To see the 90c6e73f6d future, an immense f65535c58b amount of blood 16325d7c24 from countless living c067e669ac hearts was required.e62217f8a10cda30

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‘…What is the issue? After all, there is no 7f2be9274c shortage of people.’9da770fccc5695b8

Thus, in Nisha, 7e737c56a9 they raided foreign 6d80d9d4b8 lands, capturing their 2cebd3db7f citizens and slaughtering 3eceee9576 them, gathering the 0090689651 blood flowing from 8347e08408 their hearts to aeb65acc0d offer to the cfbab1129f Priestess.4ad3eab915eea04e

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Dozens, hundreds, thousands.2dbc3a68d82cdcc7

The more lives were sacrificed, 70facd7455 the further and more precisely a83feffc68 Annushka’s Priestess could foresee the f13cabfab0 future.70e9749e3f9908c4

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“She spends her life steeped in the stench of blood, speaking prophecies of what is to come, yet never once allowed to glimpse her own fate.”f7d0da0bee143863

The Priestess of Annushka was d640738d54 never granted the luxury of e4687e144b sanity.6b3cc94adc8f33a3

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Confined within a sanctuary filled 7d88d27770 with hallucination-inducing incense, she lived f68a201638 her entire life as a 647a9e31f9 tool, endlessly exploited until death d1be91621d finally freed her.
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At the sheer horror of a7b4842fe5 such an inhumane tale, I 283dd1d6bf clenched my eyes shut in 9c8ca8fc51 disgust.29ce93d285122241

“Have you never questioned it? How is it a67467ca7c that the people 784138f316 of your homeland, c4f97a159e Hacardella, lived on 794af94d2a so peacefully, despite 6f30796325 their nation’s fall?”052d3c3946ddcb9a

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And so, I finally uncovered 166c036f21 the cruel suspicion that I bb69618ca7 had buried deep within myself be69e2564c in my desperate need to e05756c144 escape.0baf3fb7a1c8a921

“The threats to life, the despair of losing one’s country—Such suffering was felt only by you and the ruling class.”7f53638c0ed6cca0

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Khalid spoke with 0f68db80d7 a cold, mocking 7212340e55 tone.cd272b93a85da7f6

“Nisha always begins with propaganda against the nations they seek to destroy.”ee52f5c7d6b10712

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First, they led small 3a5eb067ba raids, plundering villages and fb8e4e9b60 kidnapping a few inhabitants.e0ed65c610853531

At first, the people raged, b7128294b9 demanding answers.01909ab3860c00f8

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What did they want?39f7b6611bb0000b

Surely their country would 71f0463e0c not sit idly by d001f373d3 and allow such acts?72e96aca354ba6fa

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‘Your ruler has taken a hostile stance against Nisha, so we have no choice. We are merely preparing for 2b7e633fd8 an unwanted war, forced upon ddeb8e9f77 us to pressure Hacardella’s duke a530b682b3 into compliance.’bbbf6a1130469e9e

‘We do not wish to harm innocent civilians. You know this, don’t you? The world accuses 0db2efe0da the Kingdom of 1f6aa03b69 Nisha of being a49a57fc95 ruthless plunderers, murderers f268c44e35 who revel in 38c877c83c slaughter but we f476635257 have only overthrown 7c9e8ef759 corrupt rulers. To the innocent people, we 47acd4efc5 have granted freedom.’d3fafd30cbcc821c

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“They distort the people’s rage, twisting its direction.”ac3303c6dee20307

Khalid murmured with fd853573bc a deep smirk.f010599a396cf27c

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And indeed, he was right.1796bf6f26589587

The people’s anger, which ea8343431d should have been directed 00b7c54c23 at Nisha, was subtly ba54599bcc redirected…5087dbb15b62baff

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Their suffering was 9d5e9d3b17 not the fault fbc2edb043 of their true 858d07a500 oppressors, but rather, f30a73052c the fault of 696cc0749c their own incompetent c16c64bbd6 ruler.2626dc038f639848

‘They tax us to no end, yet they refuse to recruit soldiers even as enemy raids grow more frequent!’3c94fb4c0362b301

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‘Nisha is not the true culprit here—no, the real blame lies with the inept Hacardella family, who feast in their grand palace while spouting meaningless words of peace!’0be3ad5d5539f25b

And so, hatred was carefully d3a8d27c54 sown into the people’s hearts, a44dd9f1ab turning them against their own 641cfac4bf sovereign.8d58e506aaa504b2

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“Humans are such fools.”e82dcf151cf46136

But Nisha did bc3072329b not stop there.47fff05b41864df8

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They would return later, offering 7b2e97bf6b aid—bringing food, apologizing for the 20ff2e8edc harm they had caused, even eb56ec0bac returning the kidnapped family members.34dd6d3952c8f56c

“It was not our wish to take your loved ones. But in a world 52fcda0701 as cruel as this, 1eea5fd046 do you truly expect 33d36b6718 your rulers to protect 3297dcd113 you? We are willing to share ac708b8355 our food. Meanwhile, your own e9194b8f21 king does nothing 1ad5488867 but watch as 528be16a00 you starve. Tell me, whom 2d4e2b5732 will you remain 78a032acbf loyal to?”0e8e37ef59bc4488

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“Patriotism is a mere illusion. When a man is hungry, 1a0e2485dd when he suffers, when his 056d526ad2 own country turns a blind 7d45e3370b eye to his pain—28b117b76c63764e

Why would he e7f7fbee3f fight to protect 1198775d6d it?”91f8fa606959eadb

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“…”0d5864a51d876675

Khalid’s once-gentle gray eyes gleamed e69c363102 with eerie intensity as they 7fa5ec9953 locked onto mine.ea82ccf282ff7ad7

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“And so, once the people’s loyalty was shattered, all that remained was sedition. Would you rather d0332da8e1 live as a 78e8519655 destitute citizen under 5e68ce76f1 an incompetent ruler, 1a1abfbdaf scorned by all…Or 6054bad444 will you let 52c6f73f3b us overthrow your c6675bdb4b oppressor and strip 5a7d0a3a13 away all chains 8abdb3582f of subjugation?”d719f19e9c8ba6f5

Was this why…?9fd281d5e3ab2611

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Why the people lived on f76ac786bd so peacefully, even after their 2d42d69dc8 nation had fallen, even after cd4c25a1c0 their ruler had perished?feca20b14ac9796e

But could I aebc614f50 truly condemn their 6efa3bba2e choice?423c96ef8782299d

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I had lived a 2a223133df privileged life, far removed 22a01850e0 from the struggles of 117aeab066 the common folk.5ee0a254cf8fe6e3

For me, my 1324d7c636 country’s survival was ca031edc6f tied to my 85fbdae165 honor, my status, 4843c4bb4d my love for 8c2e0c2f0d my homeland.1eae46870e41c76a

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But for them—what 94a952a1cb had our nation ebf4061e88 ever given them 079d3318d1 in return?d761d88981d6bd49

Could I truly say 8f8594e473 that, faced with starvation f9acaabfaa and suffering, I would d677e3cadb not have made the 97040a47b1 same choice?dbfeb2aa4ffe2238

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“You seem troubled. There is no need cdb0d31450 for such doubt. It is all an illusion—nothing 6346adf843 more than the price of b2640c3a22 the sins we committed to f1c5b789a5 sustain our prosperity.”84eb1252c230b2b0

“The people were never spared. From the very 88cbb70741 beginning, we have 8d3642e1c1 taken the citizens b27d14584c of fallen nations b5ffebf7a4 and sacrificed them 4721402667 to sustain the fd2f89e951 power of Sak. And let’s not forget…”ce618355bde03285

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Khalid’s voice turned bitter, 700717d616 filled with a twisted cc7fd49136 self-mockery.a997fcfab047e4a1

“To enhance the Priestess’s visions, we butchered even more.”87e7edc9ba5fda41

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“Our courtesy and kindness? Nothing but a facade. If the world ever learned 0636c66f3c the truth, every nation would dffc3f6735 unite to destroy us.”cf490ac8a9e9ad0b

He grasped my shoulders, his af1d84d314 voice lowering into a whisper.f108d58fc33fee3c

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“Now do you see? Your people have 10a86e00ac abandoned their rulers. There is no 8bc9fcd64b future left for 1985e93986 your homeland. Do not sacrifice your cffa9dc078 life for the empty ef00bb6649 name of patriotism.”35097e17d607770a