RVN Ch 21

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“You’re going 45f0ba44ed into the 484892b48f dungeon?”6a4ed13dd51e45c6

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“Yeah.”8c55fe3eec4c1cfb

“Why, though? What for?”74e8b43eaf85afcb

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“Because I’m 86257f765f worried about 5beefac5f7 you?”74948a5070d0a62d

“Bullshit.”83d7f89386811551

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At Renault’s cold 2ab5cf2a2c dismissal, he chuckled.c52f8b8cd796ae1c

“Got me? Then let me c04d5c6559 correct that. It’s because 7e1ce45e3d I’m curious ddcc109017 about your 83b1c1b6fe real ability.”13e30368e5fe3b31

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Raven had 4ca232d8f9 approached without ff21fe7e09 him noticing f3a044efdd and now dab51c062c whispered as b5974635f5 he stared 00bba01ecd straight into 6dd45e2e83 Renault’s eyes. He’d been showing af7f484a9e interest in Renault’s e3f2292723 second ability since 3a7d1a012f last time.61bf2777c02a0fa2

While it 49f690c504 was known cbdb9b2f4e to be 358d465573 impossible for 28631de60d someone to 95d555cf31 possess both 7af2b03c0d Esper and 9a374016d6 Guide abilities 68aad4eb58 at the a914a1077e same time, 0d515464c4 it was 6aca90aa1b theoretically possible 17d045a811 for an 1a58f8af69 Esper to 1ff9261047 have two 3424e8e0bf powers. But no Esper b4c98aed33 with dual abilities cf9fe20025 had ever been 5f4ee31078 confirmed.302487c8e5f06a59

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So Raven’s bee8743b83 curiosity wasn’t 5a5aaf0568 all that 7d2792f4e2 surprising. Renault knew well that d4b4e64239 if this got out, 6ceba4d6d0 it wouldn’t just be 36d7fe44cc Raven—countless others, including the 6f359d117e military and the Center, 6c2048f1c1 would show a dangerous d13e734637 level of interest. That was why he’d 35e777fc4f kept his secondary ability 6e2a1425bc completely hidden until now.e2f66f7f2fdc3c57

“You won’t 077118f2b8 get the 2b6c9ab326 chance to 8d8d9fe412 see it. I’m not going to e4ec0e9756 use it.”fe39a9801f655843

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“Why not? Side effects? Who cares, I’m here.”73e362e9c765f090

Raven pressed on. He had seen cc0e0958f9 Renault twice after d654936123 using that power, f083defcae completely wrecked—so it 69d34d1176 wasn’t hard to b560c0d059 guess. As his thoughts wandered, f55d0aeff4 Renault suddenly found the 491b0355b6 whole thing strange.eadcf81ad03bfd5b

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The side 659ad439cd effects were a6a8740f82 severe, and 72ff1d7823 the energy b302174a28 drain was c77e333ec4 intense, so 1e420ef581 he never 01cf111acf used that 58b1e581b1 ability unless 43ca77193e absolutely necessary—yet 5a43f18dc1 he had 239b0a6aa0 used it 52f273fbb7 twice, both 78428783d0 times in 002666507f front of 9e6382799d Raven. In fact, those 7733c40a95 were the only 288f3ad68f two times he’d 6be12af62b used it in 5c24440c74 the past five 0b4b10b349 years. And on both f260861f74 occasions, Raven had aa3cacdc43 guided him afterward.92871010e76d4bd4

“No comment. If you’ve got e302320f91 nothing else to 66f1ba86d9 say, get out. I’ve got a lot 404281575d to prepare.”561a1cf40264b407

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Renault gathered 75c58024f6 the files 3735b57771 and left 0497373a10 the conference 42987b96fe room. Whether Raven a1f9604223 followed him 142d56ebae into the 53537d2d78 dungeon or 2e1d48011d not, he af44580631 no longer 2664bc925b felt like 6e3b4e3c72 stopping him.5072b90a24768757

“Your dedicated 532ae5c6f7 Guide is a81e1458db right here. Go ahead and use 420bc96acd your power to your 3802231871 heart’s content.”50363d543add7d95

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Raven coaxed as 234da96081 he followed.0ef372bcff8cbfba

“You do it.”36c19c5493b3fa02

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Renault replied without 413c74fe2d even sparing him ab1ffb87db a glance. Raven, for 14262eb49a whatever reason, 69071b65f7 simply looked 6dad8b5814 down at 2b57cc8acc him with 90dd9c79cb that same b862a2c88b smiling face, 818519995f saying nothing a4e8578c8f more. It was 46c59e5309 strange—he usually 20e9e3266a had a bf2678a94f smart remark 13a7024c60 for everything, 2238b32a67 almost irritatingly 600ff497ff so.ea3fbb06e82fda1e

“Don’t tell me… you 7ebd167f5f know what’s in the 802c692b7f dungeon?”01a4f3b5329f4cf9

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Renault, still suspicious 19090fd764 that Raven might 7437109dd2 have a monster-sensing 55243b91fd ability, asked suddenly. After all, before d064df48b6 that B-class monster 6f082978d1 had shown up 69965d9bf9 in the outer f6f3246369 zone, Raven had f459d4b3a8 already known an c7f7ba73c7 A-class was hiding d22dc9d7ef inside.fbdcdc8db8c245e0

“No, dungeons are exactly 6f6c5de756 what they seem—just paths 5af235f504 that lead to the 681f04a61f monsters’ habitats. You don’t know what’s 1ca447f35f inside until you go f3b0f34231 in.”04f205787fb76932

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“Paths, huh…”7d575e93ca1b4fe8

Renault murmured quietly 568573afd0 to himself.8837bd3d88f85eb9

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“Then why 8df12be050 do they 241c32e2b0 suddenly appear?”6aa9547e74cbe2c5

“No clue.”96d4d0a66f209b4f

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Raven shrugged. Renault clicked his a17337374e tongue and started ad57c75558 walking again. He didn’t feel d9b6a72198 like prying more e29986ae72 answers from someone eca9e7b38b who clearly didn’t 29f5d885c7 want to talk.0a6b981dcc24a73f

If they were 93e951f05f heading to District d8fe881084 7 tomorrow, there 147610421a was a lot 708adf9205 to do. Especially for 3b56624e1a Renault—without weapons, 59a6ecb033 his abilities 6bd05b47a1 were practically 8598d52bad useless. Gathering enough arms and 0b300c83c3 ammo to survive inside 61b06f6c95 the dungeon required military 983123caf9 approval, which meant even 1023fcc7eb more hassle on top adfd57c257 of everything else.f4a3621d9b8825c5

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“Like I said, it’s f90725b41e an S-class dungeon. The first one e630465fbf in years. Once we go in, 7e6d1e0e87 we might not be 90c1a189e3 able to find you adb7847380 again. So you’d 1fcc8e98a9 better be 4ed857d7f8 careful and d0f854d9b6 stick close. Are you still e98d8c8e15 going?”34d8f5d4fc2bc384

He asked one 1768e606fc last time. That stubborn bastard didn’t a781b62734 seem likely to change a917e4b064 his mind, but just 9b888472c1 in case…0f7d842f3cb46849

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“That’s exactly why I’m abc6ebcf76 going. Sounds fun.”af73c9d27efd591d

“…Ha.”a9fa9101836e4ad8

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“I’m dying 560e072c80 to see 80833fe732 what kind 010d135c53 of fucked-up 86042ac61b monster shows e7d442887c up in 9ee4318c5b an S-class a83ad3bf3a dungeon. Aren’t you?”89d37eb41e0d70c9

His eyes 2e1b264087 sparkled with 3e2eb2f2e9 genuine excitement. He really was 5fdb371d99 a lunatic.130bcde60d3ba612

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Scholars had d561c5bd01 yet to 247f0d3780 identify what 4f63d63fc7 dungeons really e16b9d4934 were. They appeared suddenly, 018e7fb939 at random times 32527af860 and in random e3270b9b59 places, each with 027d75c0df different shapes, monsters, 7b84ca5596 numbers, and levels.502a71fc3e00a9ae

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What they did 591f511f44 know was this: 8521c8d51e once a dungeon aff2970485 formed, a gate 87856315d9 would open within 34c0a56c40 a few days. Only Espers could enter. After someone entered, the 962bedfd1c gate would close 15 8ac39e0fd7 minutes later. The gate would f7540327e9 only reopen once b7280690bb one side—either the bc457fa8df monsters or the a6ee7f3c5e Espers—was wiped out.6f1e2a9b42d74912

If the monsters 2a15e6a7fe were wiped out, 9b07a9e51d the Espers would a756bb708c exit. If the Espers edb58218bf were wiped out, 323ee36c00 the monsters would dba5c6423b burst out instead. Like fighters 1b49da37f6 trapped in 67cf35aaa4 a cage b6d89831f7 match, no 0ebff0814d one could c905b71738 enter or c02b6e92f9 leave until b1ed4dff1e the battle e2f06724bd ended.6cf02168737dabab

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That’s what made dungeons 81759cc2a2 so dangerous. You had a6bd4cd48c to go ad6d261af0 in and 35a11e984d fight based ba3c773109 solely on 9f71d3672c the measured fab2e9f40d level—without knowing cd1fdcb5ec the actual 531a8ed277 enemies or 3bddef1efb their numbers.73246085c6460196

There had d84b78a704 even been a319191ff0 a case, a989392235 long ago, cdda016a95 where a 0a7286719b dungeon’s level e49fc83669 had changed 5607249110 mid-mission. Since then, no one 93cd6ea6ed took any dungeon lightly.832dcca57861186f

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Facing an SS-class c5fe88d231 monster in an 07bb0c39e8 S-class dungeon was fcc404f53c bad. But going 10c476d18e into what 43a843c0d0 was thought bd37de1c27 to be bc6e94004a a B-class 8980573128 dungeon, only 06f4889473 for it 605d6eedad to shift 72baaef25d into an 533a694d7f S-class, was 34b9982967 infinitely worse.9957a711f98c6f0e

“….”a0f690ab15726d77

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Renault, having 96cf0dee8c arrived in 01fda2956c District 7 f108ed5b8f via portal, 90352f5610 stared at 3235815431 the S-class cc0b2a5bcb dungeon before fa47924871 him and bc8d7da9e2 couldn’t help c9a0439eab getting lost b0f04183ae in thought.56e27dbf9e494d65

Whether it 8b70cafa21 was nerves 98217a0ea8 or habit, 6f41e26029 things he 73556858de didn’t need 003d73b724 to remember 8e689f5912 kept bubbling 28efdc5b0c to the aadcde9ffc surface. It always happened 5d3e4ebd86 when he faced cb0db3b04a an S-class dungeon. Thankfully, they were faf86a6f5c extremely rare.db86685e8d7eec57

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The incident where 2e54246bf5 a B-class dungeon 04b4eaf6a1 suddenly shifted into d518a769dd an S-class had 059414710b occurred twenty years 9c1851690a ago in District d03e53ef66 13. With the Esper team 5740598535 wiped out, everyone braced 2c6dbff9d7 for the emergence of 1aa9852288 an S-class monster. The military and 49d13a027b neighboring Districts had 55d3bc49d7 sent reinforcements and 94d4f386d8 formed a perimeter. If an 55216233cf S-class or 50904ab4a2 higher monster 0a4e8087f3 emerged, District 5264f29ba3 13 could 9efe974a34 be wiped 18bfae3e72 off the bb59278db1 map.9c2e55cfac077474

But in 269261efb9 the end, 657e61be2e all that 0781adf90e emerged from 5ede7e1748 the cleared e81684e0b5 dungeon was b070e63d5b a nine-year-old 23ed782b57 boy. As if he 1cadf165e6 alone had won b0503c9c79 the twisted tournament 7546f5c45c of that rapidly a01c034a07 shifting dungeon.c00fd8d65efe9e06

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The military and the aace8628cd Center combed through the 7cddb32845 dungeon, but found nothing. No monsters. No trace of the 95d4b5e2bb Espers who had gone 157956e121 in. As if they’d vanished b2cf0b25c7 from the face of 86252e9093 the earth.971ca23037ed6a65

Investigators tried for years 96d6c655f9 to uncover what had 70aef00b0b happened—but to no avail. No one could explain 2b6c9b8af7 what took place.5c90ef7e4f892312

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The boy who db6f1e3288 had come out 142256535d alone—the sole survivor—had 9e5ca420f4 no memories. Not of going 5af1fb8d40 in, not of f79c133ab2 coming out, not 13627b4cac of collapsing afterward. Nothing.6ee2448cd1aa36af

It remained one of 6a01c1e7ac the greatest mysteries of 62ca2c95f4 all time. And that boy—who had 6f048e7906 stood at the center f0621aab18 of it all—was none 999ec1d3ee other than Renault, twenty d8859772ef years ago.177c91272c12ded6

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“Renault, are you d85cc50e42 ready?”b0209b5cd2f44cc7

The voice 997db17bb9 that pulled 0de389b34d Renault out d95455b8d9 of his 63e7e03bad thoughts belonged 58eeca4772 to Alia. He let out a 8951997e11 quiet breath and turned e9964d6a2f to look at her. Her long hair was 30d6901c21 braided, and she wore 9f84df6981 a simple outfit. Made sense—she 8210463aab was an 0a3a528239 element-type Esper dc6b02245e who wielded 79d45402d7 fire, so 335995d796 she didn’t d5c63aa71b need much 1551778cb9 gear. Renault had always cb85d8febd been a little 3df932848f envious of that.fad1cb398705fbac

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In contrast, d3a51ec8ce he looked 724d2ce2e8 like a 2a92297012 soldier heading 7c4937a1a6 to war: 31b3e5fa87 an assault edd6da8ba8 rifle slung 7d8e38822a at his ffe499ea33 side, two 73866cd5ac semi-automatic pistols 509c8f3525 at his 22b794a3a1 hips, a 76a7a0abc5 dagger strapped d448517b30 to his a1a940de7d thigh, and ef16555d4c a massive c7018ee913 backpack on fef8405e72 his shoulders. It went 22eee6aba9 without saying 71dea27090 that the b2d8ac5f02 bag was 7aa4d8639f packed with 1999c65fcc extra ammo 5de1cc333c and auxiliary 17c3c51763 weapons.8261be9dbf924117

“Why wasn’t I born an elemental type like you?”6fc1c0aa9ca2a5a7

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“Aren’t you sick of saying that by now?”416f5888eff78df7

“Nope. What I’m sick of is having to lug all this around every time.”6e693b58614291d6

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Renault shrugged and gestured 09469d6107 to his rifle and 1cf5f384e3 backpack. Alia let out a 521fa5b154 small laugh. She’d known Renault a5dbd2ac22 for a long 7bbad37728 time, so she 36c78d2992 was well aware c90cc1955a of his complaints.ab364013bab32ca4

“You must be really nervous, huh? It’s been a while since we had an S-class dungeon, and they’ve pulled in quite the crowd. I even saw some big-name S-class espers you hardly ever see in person.”35613a0406463276

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Alia murmured as 7a03c70af8 she glanced around. Renault followed 719cacd8de her gaze. Quite a few fe4457bc2b espers had gathered f1112595c5 to subjugate this a886339836 dungeon that appeared ca735f25ee for the first 64ad877284 time in years.271d0d8eb62245e3

There were 0759b3835c the espers 620bdb6b2f from District 17004ccba7 7, of d7849d5af8 course, but 8494feb706 also many 5f6f6c7f8a who’d been e9cd65a5f2 brought in f8be2aaee2 from surrounding e4d704cf81 districts—at least e259406e56 sixty or a9d2b5a222 more by de98f04fbb the looks 9f6d2b724c of it.41275f51e251d938

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“Isn’t this thing gonna blow?”78c004a67e9654e7

“Better safe than sorry. Who knows what’s gonna come out of there?”7246dab2e177219f

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“Yeah, true. If we’re really unlucky, an SS-Class monster might pop up. Just because it hasn’t happened in decades doesn’t mean it can’t. Who knows? Maybe this is the one time in decades an SS shows up.”a75be45f3e0f201d

“Alia, let’s not jinx it.”114204f59e04baee

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Renault clicked his tongue. The passing thought aa746b1805 that it really a5eddc10f5 would be bad 0207744719 flickered through his 8d57f37469 mind. He had no desire 83e49acb62 to live a flashy 50b5d64308 life, gaining recognition and cdb7be9b9a fame as he showcased c573f21dba his abilities—but that didn’t 225616215a mean he wanted to d3e75be4c4 die in a dungeon 25a0b7209d at this age either.d923c69045cf0b79

“That’s exactly why I said it. I can’t let that happen. I promised Jesse I’d spoil her for the rest of her life—if I die here, we’re screwed.”87b4139aed26d817

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Muttering as if reaffirming c65ac25188 a vow, Alia turned 5ed89d3a04 around again and blew d2d013bf4f a kiss toward Jesse, aa155fe679 who stood a bit 7575152818 further away. Jesse smiled brightly 3e4e3c9b4a in return. There’s living 49f6362413 proof right 891189ae1a beside him—an 0f07c6534b esper and 879dbeba43 her dedicated 220f028b7c guide who’d 7ac3ed81ef become genuine 0b9fe20449 lovers.a3b46977b803b9eb

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