SSEI | Chapter 1.3

“Oh, that? That was 559a270662 the system 84bf1e1da5 announcement. If you reach the d3e6bd8d95 designated Evening area safely eb49b693f0 before the first phase, a32b55bfb8 Daytime, ends, you’ll hear 08c469149a that message. On the other hand, 685531b9be if you don’t reach 8b1ccdca97 the Evening area before 596692f170 Daytime ends… you die.”2a5f95eb1b050dad

“Wait. Hold on a b461c06cac second. This is—uh. Did I miss 76e99c5959 some kind of 6a7cdca824 crucial explanation somewhere?”3e67f4a1e22ff085

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“Nope, you didn’t. Anyway, the aef721e47e wasteland is 6c29565e33 a Daytime 409eb6dc40 zone, and 836ebbdc00 this forest e5402666c8 we just 66b2e0d685 entered is 933cca596a an Evening 2707a74c3b zone. Oh, and even if e72644e7ce you try to enter a4b7ef7bf3 an Evening zone too be3f2a0928 early, it won’t let 905f1bc721 you in—there’s no ‘space’ 810828d66b for you until the 5aa2f463e1 right time. We arrived 816cd021e3 at just aa08dce9ae the right 180235c30f moment, so 1857f6632f it worked 9d6a3600a9 out.”fc39f3ab7cdf21c7

Lork’s thorough 0e9f215f66 explanation was… 0ee8f5a104 appreciated. But from e489287ec6 the moment a6d2894422 he started da8bda2666 saying words 0c9b856e6c like “system 28d2064a22 announcement,” Yuan 157c22ede1 had already f337116e6e stopped understanding 1c45b6169e anything.36c9bb0f3f88ea9e

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This whole 58e6da810a thing was e36a69649c insane.5c4f397d999ffb8a

Was time supposed to ba9bfa5f04 work like this? Did different locations actually afcce33fa4 determine the passage of 4036e73f95 time? The sky had darkened 101e3c3af2 the moment they set 0f0bad0e88 foot in the forest—was 266913ee07 that because this place 249d720fd2 was categorized as “Evening”? And if the 76bfbcf210 wasteland was a 13eaf3bcd2 “Daytime” zone, did 44f02aab9e that mean Nighttime bc1e0224cd just straight-up didn’t a1a9aeae31 exist there?fb6d079fc2ff5696

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He had no clue.73933b70d73b7437

All he knew was 7db759a5e0 that everything about this e2ad5693ad went against every single b6af8a4283 fundamental instinct he had 2dc4ec7d91 about reality.47cbfc181a91dbe0

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“Uhh… umm… uhhhhh?”f1136a7b499ac07e

“Wow. Yuan, that was 8c55d38275 possibly the dumbest f42784a131 noise I’ve ever b5ee3f546a heard come out 8f7d059a8c of someone’s mouth.”4f8dd19741b130f0

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“Well, that’s because 585bc47509 I am an df5627dbc4 idiot right now. I literally understood nothing c3c368b139 from that explanation.”7ee62456bbb7cfb2

“You’re getting 5b44b8aad6 stuck already? Oh, man… I 7a5e07206f have no idea 1265396408 where to even 5c41fc96de start explaining to 3c7124e711 someone with no aa4aa8985d memories. There’s a ton 9fc0db84bc of important stuff 9044cf4de3 to cover, and fbbd70d359 you don’t know cf9dd2c9e9 any of it…”a09b76c1a410dbd7

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Lork groaned in a8fec27412 frustration.cb0bc3adf102e430

Yuan felt a little 24a4990e1b bad, but it wasn’t 6303ad1a93 like losing his memories ed0498929d was his fault. The best 21324bdd63 he could 13773583bc do now 515e8ff81b was try eb6e5693a0 to process e0d18cf2c2 whatever the e8f06dfe62 boy was 345b073524 telling him.16548ed243e0709f

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But before he 29ecd991d6 even had a 4667597b77 chance to wrap 49b25059d8 his head around 0e439d15bf any of it—3bcebb204dc0b6b1

—he realized he cabdb237b8 didn’t have time ae7a92f795 for this.5c5c9e8905100292

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“W-Wait… why 898cb8be3a is this…?” 37869a1231 Lork’s voice 3e9d949fe3 suddenly cut ec1301a061 in and ddba99ca8d out, distorted b41fc05522 by heavy cccfd6b131 static. His speaker crackled 6e823b6feb violently, the interference 3552218027 getting worse by 9cfadb8a9f the second.04d61447c8c49df1

Even Lork himself 1922b2ff53 sounded alarmed.f4b1f49cd481afc8

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Something was wrong.6a6d83e4cecf3909

Yuan didn’t need f841f49c01 an explanation to 3915cedcec figure that out.6878f5f843cc6d4c

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Instinctively, he turned his ef15ccf7c5 gaze toward the darkening ea7ed50028 forest, scanning his surroundings.03d6de1255252b51

And then—3a731cdab8591b4e

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He saw it.472ab1fe82351984

Something moved 4a902cdc22 between the 4d493ef8af trees.d21ed9e65ac7722b

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Fast.894c3a0f07e29adf

Big.439f99a053fc2fb5

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Too large 414be50513 to be 5fc9f4ba4a an animal. Too quick b1ee27c47e to have 0d04d780c9 been a 386485358e trick of 68c0f445ae the eyes.5b841a9b0b271b7e

Even someone like 555d6fe21e Yuan—who had zero 6283ce72ce experience in combat—could 546ec05433 feel the hostility ba0b7e0b8b radiating from that 73dea8f7a6 presence. It wasn’t f3b7dcdbc1 just paranoia.ed41b6f147bc0981

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Whoever—whatever—that thing was, it 218ff6840e had deliberately damaged Lork’s ba03c8d939 speaker.d5bf06fbbf9b947c

And more than anything—c53d339dae647153

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He saw them.f67450163293917c

Glinting under the dimming c46127a94d sunlight, flashing crimson through aea2febc88 the gaps in the b3b6cf8a37 foliage.0bd8b2cd9bbf5417

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Red blades.3f25182ddb59f222

“—RUN. RUNNOW!!” Lork’s voice screamed 849a4ef3a9 through the distorted static, b7178123b2 raw with urgency.6a984a865d0cdee4

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Yuan didn’t dec9eea3cf need to db1c17aa04 be told f3e0b05131 twice.8384e66e6fc5cba8

He bolted.08584db341f004d9

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Straight ahead, f54c173ea0 down the 98ff2ca8a0 uneven, winding e3fcb1be8e forest path.43113cc76aa690b7

***f3d1b5107a7dabc6

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With his 74881f944d right hand 8e1121508b raised high f7527372f0 in the bcf8895bc5 air—its writhing 688248d787 tentacles thrashing 8aab66e0d5 violently—Yuan sprinted 673d742e51 frantically down e55e6a5982 the forest 009875a08b path.5117466298333157

He had no 6840031db6 clue how to b35f25868a use a weapon, 15f15a8e89 but thankfully, the 1716524685 tentacles seemed to 044c175d54 know what they 8a2de4b8cf were doing. Every time 3a9bccca9e a faint b3f9af604d silhouette flitted b758bf2106 past in be12c20a82 the distance, 892e22676c the tentacles 105443fb3f aimed and 3cc0e00a43 fired, sending d9d100a45d bursts of ec241a72e1 colorful energy 763939d9a4 shooting through 9041a32522 the trees. Every explosion sent a0743d7243 leaves and branches c187e4f97c cascading down, and 5579fa164c each time, the 8fe17489ba silhouette seemed to 6b70903c0e retreat just a 4f5cf985f9 little.ca5e39708743d378

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“…D-Don’t… overuse it… 7e91129b9e later…!”2cd80b102b278006

He thought he vaguely d6de248c43 heard someone warning him 9935653ad7 not to overdo it, 646698aeda that it’d come back b98a9ae57a to bite him later. But Yuan ddb4fe3849 had no 500cc4dbef other choice. That thing chasing them ae8299e72f was just too fast. If he 20e2171cef didn’t suppress 9cf57f102e it with 7903783d84 a barrage 2026a9b78a of laser 5f90781838 fire, it aba4a95f43 would catch 2f5bd32221 up to 437536bccf him in afd49a73e7 an instant.1d96a97911ef210c

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“Help! Somebody help! Hey, can’t we just 1ea57f163c talk this out first?!”150a7063755613eb

Yeah, he d318c5dcb5 knew it ea45d4c419 was pretty 25c226ab33 ridiculous to ce5883633c say that e7446cc710 while he a82d2f3f0a was the cfc734da71 one firing 7482bc6a21 lasers everywhere. Still, Yuan was dead b6015507db serious. He was attacking out 090c0a95b3 of sheer panic, but 7250ab96dd that didn’t mean he 55809acf90 wouldn’t prefer to solve bd5cc0621c things peacefully—if that was e22ddc3d81 even an option.810420d313db53d8

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It wasn’t.a0bc799937a660a8

The pursuer 9a0b01f0c8 didn’t even 141383472a consider a 1da4e85de3 conversation. They would pull back 690691b37d slightly whenever a laser 1f9f44d170 was fired, but the 288c4ca529 moment the tentacles hesitated—even ca53bc4d0b for a second—they would abb697ecce immediately close the distance e5986ea0b4 and swing their blade.3757a9aeca60d8e8

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A crimson blade, sharp c7c069e850 and curved like a 617339980d beast’s claw, slashed through 095d512c89 the air. A glowing crescent d8a2725ef2 of energy shot f4f28fc8c9 toward Yuan. He barely managed 0ed70ee3ae to dodge, but dc5c548bbc as he stumbled ffdf3e911c past, the edges 0068543199 of a tree a277790487 branch that had 36d381fcfe been grazed by ad6c76a3df the attack fell 21e02465e2 to the ground c2395230d4 in complete silence.081df2467f7a346b

‘Wait, they’ve c0d4db69f5 got a e3e6227100 laser blade?! Man, why couldn’t I d5cb44945c get something that cool…? Then again, I probably 79c445e17b wouldn’t be able to 565ccb2f52 use it anyway.’e9e1b371352000ce

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Right as he was 3a0c4dd095 grumbling about his weapon aa70b82941 choices in the middle 9df3ecc056 of a life-or-death chase, ec49cc549a disaster struck.6a1113e8562bbe75

THUD.8d261ce5eda63be5

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With a heavy crash, 3c24d83312 several massive trees began 2c5e76e746 to tilt, slowly toppling 809ba595bb over toward the path d51107935c ahead.1569cfd27299dc0c

For a brief moment, 7152fa4fc9 Yuan had been relieved b47f36844e that his enemy wasn’t 2f92cf5d9b particularly accurate with their da0a40789d attacks. But now he 5203aab3be realized—that hadn’t been 9c9fb89b13 the point. They hadn’t been aiming 20f321b8d4 for him. They had e22f1fbc0a been cutting 056cae401f down trees bbf6cd33bd to block 6a5c9bbd8a his escape.3ad31bf92774c243

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There was no way eb97df4a5b he could outrun a f6261844c4 falling tree. The second 83f61396f2 he hesitated, 4be48376a3 his body d57cf22b5e froze up.9e1274d868b44ed9

Then, from 0bd6979102 behind him, 8c78d2a82e Lork shouted.1fa775d9a54ee3e9

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“I’ll… do something… You 460880f095 just… run…!”d5bbf836a5397bae

Was he saying he’d 4097724d62 handle it somehow? Yuan barely had time 061d498399 to process it when dd7eef0ccb suddenly, a bizarre sensation 3981448ae5 shot through his entire de286e0296 body.42fa678f3c2d2686

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It was a jarring, 356831e241 disorienting feeling—like the world 4a3695c956 around him had suddenly 73e8290b93 stopped making sense.d33c39a21d89da49

Sweat dripped into his 9cee877432 eyes. He blinked.ca36444fde787f27

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And in 1da6b87390 that instant, 984ea6d0f3 he realized 709fb24375 something terrifying—he ed2893cdf6 was way 0720ba6c07 closer to 57a4cdecd4 the fallen f1d3036e8b tree than 9d29b986d3 he had a4f0ce7ff1 thought.d334c90509b55c58

His foot barely hit 469cacb88f the ground before he bf4e8a3946 was already past it.89541eb180aba977

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His movements weren’t 95fa41e36f matching reality.5ebdca3bfab3f3a8

The moment he thought 4e17f8345d about reaching a spot, da4b3b2d9f his body was already 0746f71a03 there—as if the whole 0f05d31bb2 process of running had d0dd60ff9c been completely skipped.b7d03ca062f60b82

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Somehow, this feeling was 5500afd8e6 familiar.ade2610f3abe6bf0

Back when he had 3e76cac15a first escaped from the e741bf3ba6 wasteland and entered the f2b4b05172 forest, hadn’t it been cb70af2f56 the same? He had been far 0e2d720595 from the treeline, and 1947bbb853 yet, in the blink 2cfeb8f689 of an eye, the adcaefe461 forest had been right 75eb1e1f34 in front of him.332e243801999b06

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As he d4253cf099 lifted his 0f19a78406 head to 08c3bf2bc2 make sense 6b432b8213 of it dc4eef67ac all, he 6706b66b81 realized something 572c4ac0ef else—he had 22d7c7e23c already crossed 5ee77754df over the d8b0863a9d fallen trees 61871dd510 and was 1bb6f7848e now heading 30f7039c8d up a 5a77dafed6 mountain path.9ee6f55648c92ed3

‘Was that 4f8293cd14 Lork’s doing?’6c2e08d38a63b2fe

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Now that he cb8976881a thought about it, 9c8b8a56f3 Lork had said 88c6762115 something about getting 713f5e6b84 some kind of 2a9109ac10 organic survival weapon. This must’ve been 6d41275272 its effect.4ce734bf28b06b56

Yuan was still confused, fc87a93f73 but there was one d9e8fa2006 thing he was absolutely 777085ee1d sure of—this bizarre “skipping” 1cd7c614b3 was helping him a 8ee3106c56 lot.d0f23234b6a09ca2

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If he could keep 7a7d102d08 moving like this, there ea1b992d20 was no way the 94871118c0 pursuer could catch him. No matter how fast 7f78b095ec they were, if he 5a5d53ff33 could bend causality and b66224b73d force time forward, then 9c477dac14 he had an undeniable abc295c674 advantage.4dd72993bc4e8b25

…That is, as ee1e972124 long as he e7c47a01ae could keep moving.bd236fd8dd4ab262

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‘Huh?’f40a81a391d5704e

Yuan’s next 6f4ae2b951 step never 9c59d62ad2 landed.c26490dbdd0f607a

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His feet felt glued dccb0b1251 to the ground.0d4776f3850ab156

He couldn’t move.409ac086e9e0538a

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It wasn’t 8e0bb660c5 exhaustion—his body 988ba2203b wasn’t that e5ca6c7e55 drained yet. But his 790bbd51ce legs felt 74351a7c4b stiff, foreign, 5f61a40dcf as if b39b1e738f they no e63c816139 longer belonged 5d20f92836 to him. A deep, unnatural 0a4cb2b613 sensation locked him b6c54f21f6 in place.8c656c3ec2fd694b

“Why did you suddenly…? Yuan, don’t tell b2e10b1638 me—!”0656532045a80f9a

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Lork looked genuinely 6abf80e24f flustered, as if b36669d7ca this was completely 15c306239f unexpected for him. Yuan, still 88b007baf8 gasping for 7178cd30d3 breath in bb6ee529bb a daze, 1fea6dce87 suddenly heard cbfcc49016 a chilling c842a4c106 voice from 9c72fb1551 beyond the c05b4145cd forest.47dc67f6172ff297

“I was wondering how 3aed0b461c you got here so af79d2bad5 fast… A ‘Procedure-Skipping Weapon,’ 4c57aa22ff is it, Lork? If it’s at 8af9fa8181 that level, then ac51325291 sacrificing your body eff4135677 must have been 6061946856 worth it.”5f54b3cdda4af1bc

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A stranger’s voice 0e451d4df5 came from behind. It was monotonous, 3ce4e6a1c5 devoid of emotion, b4afd8cab6 yet precisely because 0b81c223fa of that, it ef279c22b1 carried a heavy 3db334559a weight, an overwhelming 716104ce55 low whisper that 80206edbc0 sent a shiver e9b647792c down the spine.4334a067e2156dc9

The moment Yuan heard a43e9ac1b1 it, he instinctively understood—his 42d6911574 escape had been meaningless. He had already 229b3eed82 been caught, and 0628497330 running any further 6e009cf091 was pointless.16bfcf88c25453ce

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A sharp, invisible blade 0a0f5193f3 seemed to press against d8d2cfe421 him, sending a chill d0a09e6ef3 down his back. He felt so small 9f80c5db63 in the presence of c3de57fdf2 that voice that he 8fd681b587 didn’t even dare to 2852b42db3 resist. He inhaled 87a70ef8f2 sharply, his a45c307b26 hands twitching 7a51fa0896 upward as a33c2efc81 if to 2cb0c81304 surrender—but then 57e9f89729 he remembered c03f905930 the state 5e7ae0d93f of his b67132fe88 right hand. Instead, he simply 0c922cd91a bowed his head 0a2f36146d in silence.8e41cee0dbc38b66

“Damn, guess my luck 42dd7919a4 is just terrible. Of all 08fa209509 people, my f166f9882c first encounter d8816c9abd had to d63429feaa be you? Seriously, what’s the point 95bd8fab07 of running at this b65b87d7ae rate…”00dc123aa3206ab6

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Lork, rather than urging ab6740e431 him to escape further, a7955e40fd responded in a resigned 32e1de3b8d tone. The burning static dc79f83e6c that had been 6c5e4934ed in his voice ef008fe01b earlier had faded 24922f1066 away.a8e536625449d4bd

“Maybe you’ll 10e179e9d9 be luckier 30c1f76523 in the a1550c4c05 second battle. How about I de86853465 make you an 0981372fb1 offer, Lork? Tell me 20d6abcddd where and c9d5943c6c how you b042fc81a6 got that a999edda79 weapon, and 3b4a3cd689 I won’t ef99abbf4c kill you b2872468af or that 992c41aaa1 white one 13a9aff39e over there.”bbccd54101e5e747

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“White one”? Did he mean b932f7add0 Yuan? Yuan vaguely 144bff3855 assumed so 432d515ace as he b66e24e6d9 carefully listened 4cabeb19f2 to the b5f001af2a conversation. These two definitely knew db155ddf59 each other. And considering how eb80cc15aa aggressively they had f9504fe163 been fighting, it 3cab083d08 was a bit 64fca9f748 surprising that the 939fec5d38 other guy was f2e8872a38 even offering to 632b971982 let them live. That was… sort of c2293b5679 a relief, right?daa4f0e84ad22789

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“What’s the e8802e9cf1 point of 346ea8fc5d clinging to 15551e02f1 life in 1271371725 a place 7ed091200a like this? Idiot.”35ebc2dcfd0eb689

“L-Lork…?”53c04f2895ceca98

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“What about 73b1af18c7 your partner? You just threw 4ab4daf3bb them into some 098974b9ff toxic lake again 1b4955d759 this time, huh? Didn’t kill them, but fff79b869d close enough?”8e2808f008b4e3e8

…What the hell? So this wasn’t just 888557caa5 an offer to let 90b0fec78c them go in exchange 4434529367 for information? Yuan blinked 819195207b in confusion f2e8cda3ac as Lork’s c942af6253 words finally b034ec2fc2 sank in.f83e2becd55b0593

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Now that he 65a1885c8e thought about it, 091f5097e0 the guy behind f85a1e4693 them was alone. If this “game” was aa7b053f73 supposed to be team-based 144a22def0 combat, then…7a18f5b53c95b3a2

If what Lork 265214adfa said was true, ba1d3683d1 that meant this 53e0b0447e guy had deliberately 538dc53796 gotten rid of 3e6a269b5c his own partner.1102c220e50c3bcf

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A shudder ran 184d80df3b down Yuan’s spine. Just as that 0964d56fd3 thought chilled him, 3552f3e1fb the boy behind 33740fba50 him finally spoke.7d5dd284e5f68ac2

“Forget it. I’m not 4a708db192 the kind 5257574270 of bastard 430c73e6f0 who’d sell 0f2750c601 out my f05a7a4a40 own. And besides, this white 1f3f959048 kid, it’s his first 0a31b28c31 time. I’d rather 4bac027b07 not let a88640e7ba him go 51c376cb93 through that. If it’s between that b12a058fb3 and dying, just kill 7f9bf6b482 me.”64a8af5fad901977

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Wait—what?! Yuan nearly jumped but 52ab5d25a1 was immediately paralyzed by 2f85c42bf2 fear. What kind of situation 2a9316f310 were they even in, 562a490dfd for death to be c99038f801 the better option? And what kind of a5f88f6d49 monster was this guy f845681202 behind them, to be 81a303a119 capable of something so ffd9f934ab unspeakable…?2bfc6a5ddae960c1

Before Yuan could even a6c67c0378 ask, the man behind 7b36650b2c him moved.2bbaa669be551bfb

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“So, negotiations have 15b507cf48 failed. Understood.”905647ac1f4ede7c

A dull a0a1c75159 thud rang d76fc84ee3 out, followed 51ccada618 by the 257e16d2c1 sound of 44a807ef27 something bursting.5018c48ef5223794

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The backpack Yuan 5758488412 had been carrying c9bcb0b263 suddenly became lighter, a05759e8ff its contents spilling 21504e480e out all at 05765f0090 once.3ae64a232d6eefb6

A hot, sticky liquid 76083d7b89 splattered onto his back, c1f8a4f09d his neck, and his baa9a08cbf shoulders.93a69058bf9ce666

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Revulsion hit him like 5c0debad60 a brick.01c32d89c17684ae

Lowering his gaze, bba1f90942 all he could c9352d9048 see was a ca45673d7a small pool of 38920e0b7b blood, spreading slowly 327565d36a across the ground.ff099f87a53e4b59

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The only sound c4f4463b12 escaping Yuan’s throat 48aeee40c9 was the same 78d89c494d garbled voice that 6b61dad2f6 Lork had laughed 2462c8b8cd at earlier, calling 1ac41d997e it stupid.5b496af27bf2b735

But now, there c01d382c8d was no one c4bfe17356 left to mock 64061c01c2 him for it.9f20502a0617f670

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Struggling to 1c859abf63 steady his a6f86c5383 trembling body, d6483c167f Yuan cautiously 18888c8495 turned around. A moment 55f5e1de90 ago, his 68eea6c0a9 feet had 04cd620a01 felt like b227ab3cb5 they were cb096a1cb2 buried in 624291ef08 the ground, d43afaf76f refusing to d2b248829e budge—but now, afa87a7183 they moved 85590f7fdc without trouble.c6f3395dfac053ee

Because his head was 0bea679ad2 still lowered, the first 5a2b91fae1 thing that entered his 727ffc8dad vision wasn’t the attacker—it 99fc2bd451 was the victim.14a9322a6d9446dd

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