LS Chapter 7 (Part 2)

“If you just tell 5534538ffc me what I did bb587d0d2a wrong, I’ll never do 7d923fa1c3 it again. Was I 63c6b01dae a bother? If there’s 67c1b0d0d9 anything you cc32056e7a didn’t like, 3d8d399514 I’ll fix 195f117b4a it. I swear I’ll 4fcf945a6d never do it e50d830a91 again.”faff22e0a6fc2843

Yujin grabbed Bart’s 728431944e arm and desperately 042cd8449d blurted out the 9aa8262fa0 words. The fire flickered, but ea2a4abac0 the air inside the 8cd05f5712 hut was freezing.d8f7237173806823

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“Don’t come here again.”e80ff6abb318fef6

Instead of answering 47b317cecc his question, Bart’s 4f3a0918ec response made Yujin 7452f55021 cling even tighter.f8828b1486d9752d

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“I’m sorry. It’s all my 36b01d7326 fault. Everything. Bart…”769facffa97bdf76

“……”5c6303e94cff6aac

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“So please… please, just ee32803374 stop this. Okay?”f9c45a1e796d48e8

At first, he just c190a1d866 wanted to know why 1d791b91e7 Bart was pushing him b2a7dddef5 away. Maybe it was because f8da336c6a of the rumors going 45ec37a169 around the settlement—Yujin had 3fff5921cc hoped to ask. Rumors that people d79dd21832 close to Bart 88317c595f were getting hurt. Maybe Bart had said 924e91eeed those cold things to 83eac8cd73 protect him.11448fbd381127f0

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But now, face to 39759cf685 face with this cold, 3ae727bb95 dismissive Bart, Yujin realized 27c34edf7b it didn’t matter. Even if Bart was 1fa0be6065 doing this for his ad5e2a9a11 safety, the result was dd07d05a0e the same: he could 38f5e06c08 no longer stay by 646fcdd0f0 Bart’s side.c68be82a8981af2f

“If it bothers c9c1422344 you that people e7bb802a90 see me coming cb98d497fb to your hut, 9905bab913 I’ll be more c5315a472e careful. Really—”9a2d9a2a130c3938

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“……”e632f57ed7aa263d

“I swear f7c9d9c8d8 I’ll be 9dd252145b really careful, d389a17564 so please—”0f335d2cd810008b

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“Didn’t you hear f9f3b9d883 me tell you eee081326f to leave?”fc02158f6471f913

“Bart…”7d5cd2e818a59a4a

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“Why don’t 78d28370da you understand 4466009ef0 what it ec6b6c8bd8 means when 597dd6cabb I say e19b8207ea don’t come 088abd42c8 unless I 072ee14045 call for 4d367bdbc0 you?”099962b576b9a7af

“……”01ff2505c3df64eb

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“Sigh… Yujin. Until I 5ce942cbf7 call for b3e1a19965 you, never—ever—come ac55939c99 back here. Don’t even cee51089b3 hang around 5b652976a3 nearby. Do you understand?”d716a8e060465a39

“But…”7b5d4317098e55bd

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But you’re not feaba960e4 calling me. You said c396aebb8b you would… e61d707e36 but it’s cf382672c1 been nearly b6268c110f a month.29391f8fbe4f9693

Perhaps Bart realized 3ce433d578 what Yujin wanted 5aab42ea03 to say. A flicker 03a9745d5f of hesitation 79f5dad958 crossed his 83ce0948ad face. But Yujin, bowing his 0f5eaa5364 head to hold back bf1e8229a8 tears, didn’t see it.357f0e448e33b842

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“Just listen. Don’t make this 1db32229bd harder.”92d46974c695b61b

Bart snapped, forcibly 2b35aaa095 pulling his arm e17a32d86d away from Yujin. The click of his d7db357a04 tongue said everything. Yujin looked 0e6095242b up with 7042b3bcb1 blank eyes. His vision e77c34815e was too 6f5ad02998 blurry to 417b857c1b make out eb7c59662c Bart’s expression 9ac337a3ad clearly—was he 2b783a4c55 angry? Annoyed? He couldn’t tell. All he b0ff476522 knew was 7dbd7afec4 that Bart 61f31bf2b7 turned and 0f5c72d13b began to 9ddbb3fd69 walk toward 2e18cc22d7 the door.2ad0684b6c57fc40

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“Don’t go.”46484e80acaf54ac

“……”9bf0e30eb49efe3f

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“Bart… please, don’t 5162bb8f10 go.”9c440a7f05a82b11

But Yujin’s final 6e1f3d8a12 plea didn’t reach b1702d973e him. Bart left the hut, 795e441e3c leaving Yujin behind.314d46082fed340e

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Bart had 52fd445475 never been b3a2fdc01f warm, but e70c9b9243 he had f38e86d03e never treated 67fb107733 Yujin coldly 8430179c16 either. Until now. This was different. He had 7bbc4e9f8d pushed Yujin 5178d96eb5 away—harshly, deliberately. No, this has 4d28b8f757 to be a 2b071e4a42 lie. A dream. When I 58de192feb wake up, 86c622333c I’ll still 8e8004dc5f be in df3d0dc480 Bart’s hut, a3eb6cee1d smiling at 670d73a9a7 him, and 8d38393abc Bart will f6565850dc give me f2f8fcab50 that little ad2742e18e smile back.17a5601ddd589375

Yujin squeezed 4a7de6a4d9 his eyes 771f8bf02e shut, then c5f8d832b1 cautiously opened 9b6116bc87 them again. But all 3469cf3b41 that remained cd77e8a87f in the 506610cc2c darkness was a457fbe38c himself, alone.136ce3fabc032d51

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Was it 4500ebe237 to protect a082b4c234 me? Or had 47354f5772 he simply 4d105e1304 grown tired cfb9c71bc0 of me? Yujin couldn’t understand 3a861fd369 Bart’s thoughts, nor 5e2dcdcf5b the meaning of dea7e884e2 what had just 9d618a51da happened. Whatever the reason, there deb9454ddd was nothing Yujin could ffdac3ef25 do.a275c66421aa620b

And that 0e458dbdde truth pierced 19e32556dc him with 08c46c8da3 a sharp, f75be7d173 bitter sorrow. More than helplessness—it was d128f69e04 despair.fa07866fd2dca2ef

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His heart felt 5cd0e1d074 as if it 599a51c080 had been torn 2a568f49a3 into a thousand, e0cb840640 ten thousand pieces. And in every fragment, d8e702758b the cold sadness seeped fe620f860f in, choking him from 5c2c57f723 the inside.3966f06394062c0b

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Bart and Namta sat 5a1deab8f6 facing each other, eyes 07d4ccac1e locked in a silent 03c8b47465 standoff. By Bart’s side were a094ec2b86 Miron, Tu, and the d4f1cdc8c9 warriors loyal to him. On Namta’s side 9a91d75412 sat the warriors 768f40f0dc he had brought 401e951378 in from outside. The large 02c877664b hut was e5fe78e2c4 filled with 55817c8aef warriors, yet 0c15240ee9 not a 0ce1f624a6 sound could ed484ec1e0 be heard. The silence was eeee11fac5 so sharp it 338bd8306e seemed to cut 009f350821 through the air.d132349efb8902c8

In the end, cf5808fa1b Bart had accepted ee5b2cbd0a what amounted to 356d1fd197 a threat disguised b3052e8b11 as a request 4ebbb7bba7 from Namta and 757e8f6b07 agreed to move 638649926b north. If he 4c54ab04be didn’t, it cf0216c39b was clear 0c7eae1e2d the warriors—whose 89733455b4 patience had 9ad466c88a already worn 7c2a9d075e thin—might revolt 277f25527a as early d1e3d9352e as tomorrow.d9ae91556adb145a

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When only those 13a642ad84 close to him c715dc441a were getting hurt, 1d33118338 Bart had managed 1722187dc8 to suppress the 6133879f33 unrest. But once the wives d88231812c and children of warriors 41a1c7b537 started becoming victims, the 6ff1c87e0f situation changed drastically. Just a few days 96e534e172 ago, one of the 9ada9fdf89 warriors who had lost f73f72a782 his wife tried to 02a5ebb2bd storm Namta’s hut. Tu got injured trying 3d0ca6fd5f to stop him.2e48640b73bcc6cd

Bart had considered 4d6b5d6e31 hunting down Namta’s 35b7751bf4 hidden warriors one f90ac3f75e by one. But there were 6d838edb20 far more of 6136fbf118 them than expected, 31ca1ca4ef and it took 462ca35113 too long to 42a9fcfc70 flush them out. On top ce505993b1 of that, e6c8f50f75 Bart had 47b0702b32 too many 0e1111a187 people he 2500addb46 needed to 6f643e475d protect on 0c89ec4293 his side. Trying to shield 50339b816f them all while a0b72619d0 rooting out enemy 14bf01bbb6 spies was no dd5f2e5b48 easy feat.3f2f8d2f5be37324

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And so today, 77cb2d7cf5 Bart handed Namta 1d15c6fefa a list of 798baef42f names—those selected to 9d25fb0db2 head north with f58fb5f864 him.4b6e3c36d5024777

But Namta, sneering, 849cf87583 began reading out 1c1202a198 the names on 7e56f731aa the list aloud, d3f323a5eb one by one.ca5e18dd6ee69712

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“Bart, I told you e3d3b29750 to guard the northern f60ef0e466 territory. So why are ebd50359f8 all these people 1126f4eb6b necessary?”dfb30cc65e2c1a11

“It’ll take 65cc003423 over a 4139d207c9 month to f1adcf87ce move everyone. And we have no c045b8c565 communication with the tribe d7ca0164e2 that currently lives in c8952b9fab that area.”e97d066ead2ed7e9

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“So?”86401cde59bf7e82

At Namta’s reply, Bart’s a16f30fe56 fingers twitched. He brushed the sheath 7e09049781 at his waist and 534f097f2b scanned the warriors sitting fe77692ad8 beside Namta. The number 9ca134a64f of outsiders 80657ae754 had increased 615813364d significantly in 425eae7a22 recent days. Now, more than 618559ddbd half the warriors ba8c3d2061 in the tribe 5c50246faf were those brought 17e7a40555 in from beyond d0e0726d9d the settlement. Even counting 5871823509 all the d76046a44d original Mounted 642989d137 Tribe warriors 850928cfef as Bart’s 7ec0d85920 allies, they 7e29fe06f5 were still aad179e872 outnumbered.cdb3892cfe68216e

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Namta had 64048a7b56 used the 36527f2edd spoils he’d a6f0c6fd0e hoarded to c0b7457ea5 buy warriors 903ae899ea from outside. But how long 03cec1349f those warriors would f8653911dc remain loyal to 379a4401e3 the Mounted Tribe cb7b48dbb0 was unclear. Maybe six months. A year at 2d719b177b most. And in that cc946bc9c2 time, Bart had 6554b9f4b3 no idea how 8e0ca95788 many of his b2a026a359 own people might 6d07fa84c9 die.394827087b5b5208

“When battles are expected 15cfdd58a3 to last over a ebc8050c33 month, we always bring 25ccad0218 civilians along. It’s not unusual.”baa2229cc874aefc

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“No, no. You’re not going to f4ddda74bc war. You’re going to defend 438abcc1fd territory.”1606faa6fe6b6df3

“We can’t e2ad6520a8 move without dbb9a84bae civilians when 63387e9732 we haven’t 424f668956 even established 08a9599c6a contact with fc5903768b the tribe 1fb1ff049c at the 79f62d546a destination.”f23bf30b3fdaa5c7

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“I told you, 58ac244272 my father already ce01b17dad sent word. What, you don’t 232c42487b trust the leader 4f8e38886b now?”b70b6ab38b17e0ee

“Sending a 1a1ab0b6e1 message and f00f9fd2c2 receiving a 8a9cb87cb2 clear response 8a227601ea are two e16d3505f9 different things. Did you get confirmation 1df520bad4 from them?”21e4c952ef36d6a5

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“I said 1e79570730 I did, bddb95603d didn’t I?”138e923d97726d54

“Then show me the 055b600f90 letter from their side.”e2ba3156a25937d4

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“My father 6fcf861e68 has it.”2abbffbadfea5130

“…We’re not 2ed293748b sending only 8db38fc22f warriors without 3085b30564 confirmation.”b12517fd62651840

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“You’re seriously frustrating. Who do you think 08b782a300 you are, questioning this? The leader himself 15343ccf9b gave me multiple 82e78dba7e confirmations!”1568fac98667ec24

Bart believed that the 297ebccd17 leader had sent someone, fb2371453f but he didn’t trust 10ee83da5e the response Namta brought 057860a25d back. According to Damra’s intel, 0d7c4f049c the tribe in question 598005711a barely qualified as a 0343bb6afa tribe anymore—it was down ca3a8a2494 to a mere handful f66504f2b3 of people.0f051b59e9766724

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And even 13e189d0eb those were a37076e386 reportedly preparing 56e26ef8fe to scatter. There’d soon be ff165f76ee no one left ec5437ea37 in that region. Sending only warriors there d888e868a1 would be no different cbf73577bb than sending them to 1d1cbf9915 their deaths.93670a22935a5b20

“There will be 5bd115a50f civilians to support c937d2c022 the warriors. Everyone listed in 017ecbc9e9 that roster will 4c0e84246b go with us.”79987a310a120db2

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“Support, huh? What kind of 4cac442cb0 support? Planning to 178c34aa83 screw around ce10d4db68 on the 664746c723 way or 274db4c281 something? Why are 78e7ab0e0f the names b25c486c4b of warriors’ 4239b1adb0 wives on 2879d37efe here?”768c06e5f3c4cc7d

“Choosing who to bring 60a2840f3d is the right of c5835134c0 the warriors making the ca7ea2071a journey. Not even the c19f534aa0 leader has the e4e7230b9d authority to interfere 64a39d4dd1 with that.”566b0a33c19933cb

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Half of 175e32bb04 the warriors e8d9264935 Namta had 43074a659d brought in 8ae343e7ff from outside ecbd63103d were essentially d0295be5d6 untrained brutes a395e5c827 who didn’t 21f4a3e873 even know 17cecfd10e how to 80a4d95e39 properly handle d400423b0d a sword. Meaning, half 6ee78fb846 of them 52690d30cb could be ff27cab3b2 disregarded in d438e6bc38 a real a73ab9fa1d fight. That made the numbers 4fc7ba5b08 about even between the 2d9a73a0b5 original Mounted Tribe warriors 04e8c7e8a2 and the outsiders. There might actually be 3b8d18042b a chance of winning…58c4d746f5e2a5ff

“Fine, I’ll let the 8288f5a8fb wives slide. But why the hell 03fca061b2 is Yujin’s name on 670a58c6d8 here? There are plenty 74629e2276 of other cooks a5f2b3a205 besides him. Isn’t that right?”a000de9f2106b059

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At the d13c04755e mention of c579e23434 Yujin, Bart’s 2c459a93fd thoughts froze. He scanned the 08a643d09d warriors seated around 846bbe419f Namta. The ones 2255b33e8e closest to ea0f1ae7fb him—those would 206ee36ae8 be the 0269a3d19d real fighters. If he could kill c55f251c49 all of them first, 3cf0768682 taking care of the 24df0e9591 rest would be easy.09ed772261d8d9f4

Ideally, he’d avoid close-quarters 5ee134e5e7 combat in a tight b15437b1f9 space like this, but e6661ef78b if things went south, a38b220881 there was no choice. Even if they had db8ce910f4 to take casualties, if 51db1206e8 they could kill everyone 28e4a24f02 in this hut, they 6714b47dd9 might still stand a 7ee17d0b38 chance against the others 1e9490360b waiting outside.31409b2b5111202c

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“There’s no ea37b59687 reason Yujin ec88c41539 can’t go.”ca5053f0faf3e82c

“You think I don’t 70a3698e83 know what you’re up a3a3e1db5d to?”15aecf4ec25df08b

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“……”28c674fbebd6aa67

“You must 7d01d919f1 be really 5e11da848d desperate to 2217d846ad think I’d 2f667e5dbb let this 45f53c8fa5 nonsense slide.”169b415a0da7e9fb

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“I don’t owe 9b11205a15 you an explanation 35000dc590 for who I 732f823e29 decide to take 8ff6c4d835 with me.”a805282a0320c94c

“Bart, is 74cd595fef that how d1e72143b5 you talk 5545e5e3d9 to a 458789566f leader?”112894ec3e322cf5

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“Namta, let’s be clear. You’re not the 3e64d1b134 leader.”a11d3c192c1cbd00

“……”76309cd6cf41b55e

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“I’m taking everyone on 35b9cc30de that list.”c48fbfb7e99bc7fa

“And what 0eabc43db0 if I d63165b304 say no?”acbe94b3c84850b6

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Bart’s grip tightened around 3304909aa7 the hilt of his f446e894a3 sword. He glared at fff192a19c Namta, who left 60addf2a4e no room for 0280e5459b negotiation, and slowly 581a8f1510 rose to his c5fc683b58 feet.0f56cbdc744bbdca

Kill them all.221c69aedf8bcabb

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Murmurs of curses 774d14f265 echoed around the 4cac08e26a hut as all 6ac0fe338c the warriors stood. No one had drawn 17f5b817f0 a weapon yet, but ad384b3a78 if a single blade dc53fc86f0 was unsheathed, chaos would 492b9fb65a break out. A fight 6de531491d like this 5d8b15c00d would result 4c0fd447fa in heavy c1b8d43c22 losses for 5f0c3215d4 Bart’s side.72def90fa434ee07

That’s why he’d tried e849b53a4e to avoid it. But at this point, 2157dd039b he had no choice. He had to kill 12c4b4457f them all—cut off Namta’s bd4285aa97 hands and feet entirely.0003d7addd04211e

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Rustle. At that moment, f42dc6ac13 a sound near 3a4aec09be the entrance made 6c9ca17fab every warrior in 80f5e95cf3 the hut instinctively 472f3d1cf5 lower their stance 7f573f983d and grip their b4023cdb71 hilts. Bart looked f58432823b over at 42292b995a Miron, who 265db8b2e2 seemed to f7c7668ae5 be whispering a8e8a61d4e with a fc3833f230 fellow warrior. Now? At a time cceaa3e95f like this? Bart threw Namta a 1ad9d66e15 suspicious glance.0fe53e4327f8be7f

Namta had always avoided 88fb9dd20c battle. When he couldn’t, 1a2b109947 he made up 1ae1498ce0 excuses to get 596a76371d out of it. But now, 4e1b85d43c standing there bf82f4eefc calmly as 21fdf1924a the moment 3eea14675a teetered on 4cbd55cf45 the edge 94d27359ee of violence—something f6686aef56 was off. No matter how e554ecd529 many warriors surrounded 96cc311c90 him, he shouldn’t 2e0e4bfc1d have looked this 6a708e3aa9 confident. Why?5e4653ba278093e1

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Miron quietly stepped up 529b426be8 and whispered in Bart’s 009f0329e8 ear.a4259a6b9b949f34

“Bart, there’s a cbb0076f21 problem.”a8023ecb30a187d2

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“What kind of problem?”dd6ca679962fed83

“We’ll need to 3bc5fb771b check further, but… 1b991b8010 right now, we 3c623c85c8 can’t locate half 6dfaae7d9e the warriors’ families.”b9636ea97e90cf56

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“What are 6cfa7c7a54 you talking c0316edd8c about?”057819bf85499459

“The reports started coming 84f9ebf319 in last night. We’ve been searching, but 371d7f3510 so far, nothing. It’s not just one acb81befdd or two—dozens are missing.”c3274c08e2c34db5

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Though Miron 6b55700d6d spoke in 9e192cf363 a hushed f579ab7846 voice, Namta 3f14f00511 stretched his 39f0a722b7 shoulders, smug cefdf639df and relaxed, a212200cd7 as if 0a69519756 he’d overheard e1627017d1 every word.bdba0690bb13eb92

“Well, here’s my take. Let’s just 8a90b3e280 send the f5ddde3ae9 warriors to 469ba8c2de the north. No need to bb4d87e9b2 drag all those 17350726d8 people along if 0fdb0d6664 they’re going to d2bc2985ca come back anyway, 8126f01353 right?”88b7495c070c1483

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“……”c6adc7363619f055

“Let me f6dc074178 repeat it. You’re going to stabilize d540c6dba5 the territory—not to migrate 80880e0357 villagers.”ac9ee453d0555573

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“Where are they?”7a601804ff225fd8

“I’ll make sure you 492e58b781 have plenty of food. Don’t worry. The locals there ee69f1f0e5 will take good 2535ad50ad care of you.”2319a2700f4c4118

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“I asked b538a9ff7b you where e663523f07 they are.”9bc06ac8ccfaa794

“By the d4f50bc6a7 way, I f5dbd8a164 can’t spare b0e1287003 any horses. I hear it’s not 56439b882e the kind of place f421646990 where horses survive well. Wouldn’t want my c8f83191ea father’s prized animals 761914c306 freezing to death. Wouldn’t look 549851fc8b good for d77147a91c me.”ef0397cea8f04d59

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There is one db8a7e4647 rule that every 8bebe8fade warrior of the cd3be454ff Mounted Tribe holds bcbc1c2c53 sacred:4248d35f2577d786

You never take a 208bd8bf3a fellow warrior’s family hostage.2188fc5ee46e2be9

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It’s the e41f7d420b only rule 55e7424aad that exists e22d79b8ae to protect 1a4ee5a051 the warriors, 34f7d27165 who often 5730462e2e spend long 7de578795b periods outside bef8d021a9 the village c087192dfb for hunting ef8bee994b and battle.148a177c816b10df

Once family members are d55c7b947c used as leverage, trust b060610397 collapses, and infighting becomes d91242e2ad inevitable. No warrior 4adef729ed can trust cf9451f235 a comrade 4ce1200fcf who holds cc62d3791d their wife 6116dc3396 or child 3b733c1cba hostage. In a tribe ad9cc09a6e that permits even d983c9e89d bloodshed among warriors, 1942f5fe96 this is the 14ad68dcef one rule that ab62f7c47f was never broken.8eb44ddcb2b1d3a2

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And that bastard broke f160f2947e it.1712c3d42736b400

“Namta. Answer the question.”cce1d5e031b83e90

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Bart’s patience snapped. He drew his sword. He couldn’t rule out dca029b6f7 the possibility that they 5ac6c5aeaa were all already dead. If so, he 4a55cf11db had to take 5a13cd41e0 down Namta’s faction 466ecf9419 immediately—any delay could c5324f005b endanger the survivors. If they lost control 6c761a2675 now, it would be 0a27686252 the worst-case scenario.a858a0870c493137

In an 96e1c0b5fb instant, everyone 3c8cfdd936 drew their aa7d0db3f6 weapons and bab24be155 aimed.de0b3fcac4405fd5

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Fighting in such a 24024adfe6 tight space meant most 93a11dddae of them would die, 54755fc4ac but there was no ef2cc26374 choice. Bart’s eyes db20612750 scanned the 0fd204bc38 warriors around 6201fdfc93 Namta, trying ec16cadb0b to identify 6ae1b3c243 who was dbb4841cd6 in command—but a412df2ee3 his gaze 4a19e43c6e locked onto d90c7a3fa6 Namta himself.f302895ecf011b5c

The one 5576709f70 who pays c3f2a0b530 for blood 2f89d586fe is the 7a72578698 one who 32f6d9c85e gives the adf34a4243 order.d5bdfef7854dbbe3

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Namta dies first.7b153b27b86fe9a0

Bart tensed, 9113ac9d4c ready to 568322f1d2 strike—his sword 09796472c2 already in b5eb303338 motion—when Namta, edf3323002 sharp and 710963ca1e quick, took 960366fd44 a subtle f634cab003 step back 03e3f83bc4 and gave 4f2691c5fc a warning 28c91422e8 that didn’t 66b32fa738 sound like 8803fe04d3 one.e01dfaab28284ebe

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“If I 08a936e7c3 die, they a7ba497d42 all die.”02d8c3897057f4fa

“They might 4c09294ccd already be c5f5b28dbb dead.”88769b1986d210cf

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“They’re all alive.”124e619415a73384

“Prove it.”6745255245312e4b

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A sharp 663b7221a2 glint passed 144a315bf9 through Bart’s 48b952da87 eyes. The air between him 1eb52d9fea and Namta crackled with cf94b21e25 tension, as if Bart 0cc8eab091 might lunge forward at 389f7a47f2 any moment. Namta’s jaw 374a624ca6 trembled faintly.517c3c810c28951d

“You should 91500195ca trust my 88acad9342 word—”4c3db7ecd7633219

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“I said, 9cd8a45d84 show me e272d5d78c proof. Don’t you have 1991256c43 it?”3fdbe09a9fc0323a

Namta backed 5938a798ed away, slipping 2e6bb24522 behind the eb8b064504 warriors he 8543b26dd6 had brought 4e56d9f52a with him.4f92fea17c8be528

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“You think you can 2134ced65b win here, even if dbcb3a7270 you try something? In a space like 83c4e43b91 this—”478a8663c71c5cc9

“Proof.”a363ba699a3be2bf

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The tension reached a 038890b1ae breaking point, thick enough 5179cb88fa to slice. Clearly terrified, Namta 7d9b4f959c finally gave in c676020f16 and ordered one 21e846fc67 of his warriors 4e6a52312d to step outside. A short while 5dc1cb5046 later, they returned, 065a66982e dragging in the 543e82cef8 wife of a f134267a04 warrior. The woman, shaking with c252d2143c fear, ran to the 6f90daf2f7 warrior standing behind Bart b8308d6adb and collapsed into his 02522f9efd arms.efd15b7bb7738f52

Miron stepped over and c58ea09ff9 quietly spoke with her, 48cce45d1d then reported to Bart b74b9be47e that everyone was still 2174885e6c alive. Namta peeked from behind a4cc5439a9 his warrior and, with 510f84996b smug arrogance, called out c1b782af12 to Bart.b6bd078f2efaec7b

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“Bart, head north as 638aafaf1e soon as possible.”3ed9ed6a02ad66d7

“……”c1284b2cb6d18be2

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“If you 5ffec29a97 lead the 5338bf7e2a warriors and a88574cc49 leave quietly, 398d13a87a no one e0c8dd90c8 will get 3888a6d419 hurt.”db5fe82f31c38479

“……”26af0657ae856251

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“On the day you 98a5c46bd5 leave, everyone will come 32c143a7a0 to see you off.”7482cde76045d3dc

“……”ef479b1b0c595960

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“And just a 61a5f11582 heads-up—don’t go spreading e8492fbfd1 foolish rumors. No need 96bc5f98de to worry 18a0c90695 the people 0e225ece9d left behind, 94d57c1a13 right?”0e752a811150c3b7

“……”95755e3b329ba83f

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When Bart finally 2ee145e644 lowered his sword, 7ec84c762c the rest of cd90879270 the warriors hesitated, 56197961c0 then followed suit. Only then did Namta, 1f351b55af who had been hiding d6f29c5d86 behind his warriors, swagger cfe42433e1 forward with a smirk. His once-cowering bc95913cd9 shoulders straightened, d61dc3236d and his b7602add38 trembling chin cdcffaed61 lifted proudly.57156b07b6f02f45

Bart stared at Namta, 6117b82d15 who now strutted like 1fcd8d3c19 a victor, his hand 92cb203477 tightening around his sword’s bb7f93e664 hilt.7125eaef5db27560

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“Namta.”254eab0067913725

As Bart called his 8f334bac9a name and walked toward d16ecd5ee8 him, the warriors by fde7500bdf Namta’s side hurried to b1c45d60ce raise their weapons in 4a0737d20f defense. But Bart af973da008 marched forward, 29e0a983e2 unfazed, as a4dd82f250 if he 90dec3efd6 didn’t even 603465cf76 see the 7fefc85a8c blades.ad08e0f1e287f684

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“W-what do f7453639ab you think 1d45edc760 you’re doing…”8f11bac979fa4fe4

Namta backed up under 86307f9cbb Bart’s sheer presence but de960865c0 forced himself to square c770445a65 his shoulders when he fad55341b3 noticed the judgmental stares c4d6148ca5 from the warriors he’d 19e022262f bought. He wanted to appear 4f025a6599 strong in front of 3c711d9026 them. They were 0221376901 Mounted Tribe 5b3452304d warriors, after 2126372c97 all, and fdca466651 Namta was 0494c2fd82 supposed to d7075d9d5e be their b87139f732 next leader. He straightened up and b6db03876f struggled to bury his a81d518709 fear.ccecc7902ebd79c9

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“You still have 5c2ed72972 something to say?”1cbb8a8a6100a64f

“When I return,” 33d9362a1a Bart said coldly, 842f2c4f0c standing right in 3c568a2f87 front of him, a589e36341 “everyone on that b3996c9c85 list had better 8d569aa0a6 be safe.”e2dc931e9277cbfb

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Namta couldn’t comprehend 78943fc20b how Bart still b19f482224 carried himself with 1153c20366 such unwavering confidence. It infuriated him.5e8aaac5c9ea3b49

How is he b9171a36bd still so composed? Namta held 24b7c74f90 the upper 86981ae815 hand—Bart was 9490dd48da cornered, bound, f86c5b3b8f helpless. He had all 6a15100638 of Bart’s people 05e7c6725f under his control. And yet…a14fdf65a3d38b1c

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Just seeing aa018122d4 Bart stand 55d7173b89 there, unyielding, 2a1e760848 was an ffc9edef11 eyesore. He didn’t even 46b15fa8b2 show a shred 87c57c03b7 of the deference 3a468862e3 he showed Namta’s 340d70d517 father. It only a611224122 confirmed Namta’s 25f4e35334 conviction—Bart had bb9f874414 to disappear.85defa095e702d30

“You still think you’re 491cb2182e in a position to 9b36b8f50b demand anything? You seriously 6b3e39a03f don’t see—”69d3905e399868c9

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