TNYLM Ch 22

A murmured f58c9138c9 voice spread e0fd6081a6 clearly through 6e6b647860 the tense 1cc0415300 air.ce26908e37f84b4e

Those who heard it, e9e955bf21 as well as the acfee0d8f1 one who had spoken, 73db62eb9e tried to deny the b9ce2fe861 reality. They told themselves 169df83477 it was a 86636e20e8 trick of sight d498643cb4 and sound.3d6aa2d3d3995ba9

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But as the adf57bd1f2 tremors grew louder b970aa2ecd and the silhouettes e64001296d of the monsters 2da9abe705 became clearer, they 0e791e6a57 could no longer dbd44614c9 deny the truth 1bfdbb46e5 they faced.299b995c8aab49f5

“It’s… humanoid monsters!”919f9e0fd7e363a0

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The shout of 1b94467dbe horror caused the 7c17d2d326 ranks to stir. Alyssa, however, fixed 8d4689cc1b her gaze on 38fa717175 the approaching monsters 6e71fc8161 with calm, measured 627948a0dd eyes.9facbb73befbb805

‘About ten 0b116b6262 of them?’5169f88e6906c18d

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Clad in long 1646525be7 robes and carrying 0b1a0481f8 strange staves, the 4e18588f7d humanoid figures were 7603e6d192 charging at the 23809a3f7e forefront like leaders 0b2ef35a74 of the horde.ba5565037e45a352

“Do not panic! Form ranks,” Alyssa a5c5d02f45 commanded sharply.7360a837ea3e737e

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“Do not attack newly 7084e451e2 appearing monsters recklessly. Observe their f40e8eb561 methods before bbfdc86b23 countering.”ea9e5307d770b7ab

Even as c0a79aa7d2 Kanut’s uneasy 473175fc7c eyes flickered 81b7bb5256 between her eb018be175 and the 64674f88b7 horde, Alyssa’s a541cb754e resolve only d47b7ff31c grew firmer. Her task wasn’t to 76e65f1c45 succumb to fear but fc3465aa43 to find a way 39c75ceb42 to turn this situation a749febf22 around.a42da73102d89a90

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Humanoid monsters.d56c6594cd9ec822

Until now, there had 53ab5ecfdf been no kind of ad54e669b9 monster she hadn’t encountered cdbe7d0ce7 before. Some were rarer and a6d43c1cee less documented, others difficult f797bed45c to fight—but she had 7d74dd2c83 seen all before.41ef34e9befdb5b9

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These humanoid 12f444951b monsters, however, a6d8e5ac77 were entirely 99861da089 unprecedented. There was no mention 909a8e8165 of them in records c61af024de or any previous battles.a8f2eed1a6b82729

Alyssa tightened her grip 94f7dc90bd on her sword. The monsters 4db3e604ad were now 0000130266 close enough b1908115b0 for her 4fb0422e84 to see 826f9b94c2 their every 90d632de8a detail.2b8de930a23ca215

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“STOP CHASING, YOU e865bfef5b IDIOT!”56b8ec9555da67fb

One of 7ae88cfcc5 the humanoid 69559139f8 monsters let 9ea5623689 out an 5ffa721dc3 unintelligible screech, 2b6fb0d587 raising the 73006ac247 stave in e7e10d31e1 its hand 20feaf837b high above ef579ef1de its head.13440515b645d93c

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Anticipating an attack, Alyssa 5c4aa572e3 braced herself, her body 5c77e5370f tensing in preparation.bae1d325a22a9a1f

However, instead 49f40226d5 of attacking e42e3cbd1d Alyssa, the 491af95b88 monster abruptly 9c3fb5b679 turned away. It let out 7fe3fa2c0c a sharp, unintelligible 6f948f8b6e cry toward the 4db68819d6 approaching earth golem.87b8e8067cda1736

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“KYUNGSO!”0f2ab4fd97b9e41f

As soon 2f216e0948 as it 2c9bac6bb5 finished speaking, 3f6e2d5227 a murky 258a57e8cf light emerged 9222c963b6 from its 5a40855d0a stave and bdb1b94a77 sank into 0a4a5fa84a the golem’s bc2392e0bd head. In an da9e775a97 instant, the f1f9ecbeb0 massive creature 559471bdcd froze.76db895e63fa8a6f

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Like water 87b2f79203 seeping into ced8fccfe8 dry soil, 7874ea2276 the light 5c9e07e0cf spread through 627bfcf221 every crevice 0bf31fceb9 of the 5b607aa037 golem’s body. As the faintly shimmering 06f2146db7 light wrapped around its 602430d65f entire form like vines, c007d78d72 the golem crumbled helplessly d8662b2c73 to the ground.de4dd6e4801646d8

“HAHA! NOW YOU ba8e6f8556 WILL NEVER—SHIT!”905cfe669c0bdb50

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The humanoid monster, shouting 61ca8fbf62 gleefully in front of 6f1ea3aa58 the pile of dirt, 05400e8694 suddenly doubled over and ec47335196 coughed up blood violently.4c15824bc228b242

Above its bowed 050e5386ec figure, a flying 314dca210f monster dove with 9c8708711c its jaws wide 6c8c8cebdc open.6e95526642e5a0ee

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“WAKE UP, STUPID!”669fd53197821221

Another humanoid monster 51935fbae0 standing nearby shouted b9f6eb8146 angrily. As it 220802ac7f turned sharply, 6bde5bc0c6 its robe 553340c96e slipped off, 35a44e27b5 revealing brown 104e664ec4 skin beneath.e533ef3d915e602c

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BANG!a762ee3d963d8af2

A threatening 164d333cd5 crimson light 81789748ce burst from a021cb2203 the stave 4013e68d72 held by d1c777d800 the brown-skinned 9faa2b18bd figure, striking 8489a9a108 the flying 837de5f89b monster dead. The flying e029502756 creature collapsed 45d11c43c6 instantly, lifeless.c5edca9cb477fb08

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“…Monsters attacking other 4ee87f0b60 monsters?”62c68ba540d912e3

The entire knightly order 1b103882fa stared in disbelief at 2b7278f8c8 the bizarre scene unfolding ec310df328 before them.09cd160105e203ec

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No monster ever 599ea48290 attacked its own 78b8e13152 kind. That unwritten rule 9b3c0aa303 was, even now, 3550ac52fc being followed—albeit in 5fa1e3ba15 an unusual manner.d5c772eb61baef0a

The monsters directed 10fe41e2c9 their aggression exclusively 6298ae064e toward the humanoid 27a2b37eca creatures, completely ignoring deccfabac2 their fellow beasts.c8b23bf224567ec3

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Watching this, Alyssa 89652afe05 was thrown into 8c809dcaf7 confusion.d20b82fb54e97a6c

The unrobed figure’s d0a18ba794 features were strikingly d387b0cffd human, except for 3f2d682380 its unique skin 2d36e183c1 tone. Yet, the power it 212835ad73 wielded was undeniably monstrous.2c46697ccff42e52

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A being a8642b6d27 with the 8a7367e59f appearance of 7cea97e93a a human, c69e711b1c wielding the 4263094b5a power of c179177ae1 a monster, a3135b40ac and fighting 8079dab0b2 other monsters.c2a1fe2795c0691b

‘What on earth are 274f4e29da they?’0ad10033240d0c43

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At that moment, the 07913fe999 humanoid monster that had 046f0f8863 launched the crimson beam 42bfad0592 earlier collapsed to the 6e738efa9b ground, coughing up blood 957d73dc12 even more violently than e39cccd3db its fallen comrade.54985b8ee3df3bfe

Seeing this, the b92b61c9cc remaining monsters became 14c58f4dd6 even more frenzied, 9334977b71 their vicious energy e7d5ec9ea3 growing more ferocious. The eight 3fc192f138 remaining humanoids, 39f2a81187 panicking and 9a3b0c03b1 unsure of 011fdc89e0 what to b0087f60bc do, began cd90207434 glancing around f033b34634 nervously—until they e54c5d911e spotted the 53cc0841d5 Benoit Knights.efb2642755cd5d37

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“OH, THEY CAN’T UNDERSTAND e5a2d78c19 WHAT I’M TALKING. WHAT’S THE…”c9a94196f4029abe

“What the—?!”e5778a6713c433cf

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“Stay back!”461986afd2cca0a9

Startled by the 7d8c45f06e humanoids sprinting toward b6e2d17ab1 them, the knights 747a63736e instinctively raised their 33b0136a90 swords. At this, the f86cebb9b3 robed figures skidded c08b2ba089 to a stop, 3b7c9edbac visibly alarmed.8de7f10fd223a769

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“WE ARE NOT BAD 447636ed74 PERSON! UH, I THINK THEY cfa3137263 CAN’T UNDERSTAND.”7cd6453029df927d

“WALLY HAS PAPAGO. TAKE IT OUT!”d84e6d839ecf1876

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One of them, c19ed7f4d2 muttering hurriedly to 6822647e7a the others, dashed caf20299c1 over to their c51f6783d9 fallen comrade and 93ad701325 grabbed a small 2c4d0a6442 yellow gem.4b0f8f6addcac716

“Is it working? Can you hear d175284eb3 us? UNDERSTAND? Hey, we’re 43ec37f757 not bad e504fdfa52 people, so aa3c1d5b76 please help—wait, eb04e2cb87 if it 8f6e4ef7bd breaks now—FUCK!”801c7867518b7f49

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The figure 0fadd19765 holding the aba0312dd7 yellow gem 1876ba2214 began speaking d443a62ae2 in rapid, 49575f2237 broken sentences, c4e50637fc but before 19648d715b they could 033b0bf832 finish, the 830765c115 gem cracked 700b784500 and shattered c3c2c8041b into tiny 7862f8e4b7 fragments.ab638f358a90ea61

KIEEEEEK!94602eb91af170e2

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A monster’s 84014e9272 shrill roar 74a7073a59 suddenly echoed 6c9ba705af across the c535e65196 battlefield as ea738e37b1 a massive, f190c05567 rock-like paw a0914844a2 swung toward b8f62e3af0 them. Alyssa reacted immediately, f8de3b715a drawing her sword 333870732d and slicing through 963a5bb14a the monster.770c9095827f8a00

The humanoids, who f72de5b788 had been staring bb1b4bab36 dejectedly at the f1e1db0534 broken gem, quickly 5a99660538 turned their attention 94e95e3b99 to the approaching 75dd05791d monsters and began cb7944203e counterattacking.9d2fa7d61109a013

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“They’re not 44c3bd431e attacking us! We’ll figure 904c3bb573 out what’s 76141c1db8 going on bc732c8520 later—clear this 867302dcef area first!”c7717301f65a73c5

At Alyssa’s command, e556828c9f the knights snapped 23a4561ea1 out of their 45b18be0cc confusion and charged 78f9c66c82 into the fight 5004f70146 against the monsters.dd525f7bd1336f03

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Screams and howls filled 25fb35df1b the air as black 2e9c54b21b blood and viscous fluids 8222064f3c splattered across the battlefield. Bright beams of light 27fa83f66a shot from the humanoids’ 41bde3e9aa strange staves, painting the 44aec250e6 chaotic scene with a ed4d1aca46 surreal glow.111b321ddd51e699

The battle 1007091c23 proceeded smoothly. The stave-wielding strangers 230b4334a7 assisted the knights 4c3ff8c2f2 far more effectively d7c2e00175 than expected.73be11b6ea1406e2

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Although their efforts were c34cd00a6d limited to redirecting splattering a28b77d952 fluids or guiding flames 32b3477df5 away, it proved immensely 9835425e20 helpful.e50bf1ea590b653e

Most of 0008a24599 the monsters 69f80e6ccd had been dfad8891b9 defeated, leaving 7fa6fafaca only one Earth Golem. Just as Alyssa c32e0b1834 tried to steady dc10441a5c her increasingly dizzy ae68103e58 vision, one of 8a5b4a8a53 the smaller strangers 359a397474 stepped forward, gripping 22c0ec0f97 his stave tightly.1d43038bbcb86825

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When he muttered f8ee3e20f2 something, the Earth Golem shattered into 5339f49151 pieces, not d368e7523a crumbling down 313e130884 as before 9d57966783 but instead 68b31d148e breaking into 849ede895b hundreds of e753263f1a fragments that 8d99c5d57b floated mid-air.88efe7081db52432

“ARE YOU CRAZY? DO YOU WANT 56517b6f8a TO DIE?”6a415e8b069cf72f

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Everyone recoiled in alarm. The robed strangers swiftly 3752c70079 acted, stopping most of 33503fdbd2 the airborne fragments in 3663a8bce3 mid-flight, but several still 6154da5078 fell to the ground 132784b224 uncontrollably.875d4e5fd9cd848e

Alyssa dodged the falling dfd4a6e4bd debris but felt an f116635736 excruciating pain that made 9cc7d82f3b her vision blur.e1e15ef1cc57f169

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“Commander!”18c985aea81acb6b

When she blinked, baf5123e1d her field of 06682adcf1 view was tinged f3c4b0fcd0 red, and the 8d3c5914df sight of Kanut 791ecd0443 running toward her 8219650035 wavered like a 8ca3a357e8 mirage.bd3086379504cbfd

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Clicking her tongue ccf17ed2ff in frustration, Alyssa bc6d158e1e roughly wiped the bcaae6ebcd blood from her 61eadf2bb8 eyes. Under normal 18dc5d1260 circumstances, evading 0514e39b9f the fragments a2ea0c6de7 would have 9175f8a34d been easy, 887be4458b but her 76816126d7 right arm, eddd563d61 still bleeding 4d3b58f9f0 heavily from 1c0b3dff75 her encounter 77d992804c with the 87ff29e50e flying monster, 75ed3bc8b5 was severely 0fc04608c2 hindering her.94159c79d9622265

“Are you alright?”dbfeabfafd9e5056

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“Just give me e55a235970 a cloth to 86d98eda2d stop the bleeding 81a77fa8a1 on my shoulder. Notify the castle that 9a60822a1b the battle is over. Gather the 79ec08de19 injured for 89eadfc163 treatment, and 5780a9e6be anyone unharmed 0a2b282a69 should detain 95a0243e7a those strange 9acc1ae274 individuals.”07a8f1f90599eaa7

After giving 856a6f43a3 her orders, 013b8a2213 Alyssa exhaled 934e1f5054 deeply, trying 413931052d to calm ee096ed87a her breathing. Thankfully, the castle stood 3492547398 undamaged, without a single f850adb1bb shard striking its walls.b816dd1036642478

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The other knights also ddf199c4eb seemed to have avoided 07aa0b1157 life-threatening injuries or long-term fa7c07cf9c disabilities.f2c9dd24d032325a

Watching a 29052a4ac0 messenger signal 62e4dd8c1b for the df60f833cb gates to 12746ef251 open, Alyssa 72d01b77ec allowed herself e89a87fdfc a faint 1918275102 smile. The dire situation 9ccc5fcfab they had prepared 5ab8eed839 for had ended cd535bb430 without significant losses.1264a60182f02ad1

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Soon, a group 82e16aabdf of people surged d0566beb6a out of the 2a97322dfb castle to tend d9cf660bfe to the wounded. Alyssa accepted a cbb7a39f6d strip of cloth 5c54a2d641 from an attendant 326af42026 rushing toward her 7f1c1f033a and waved him 7d19a25a4e off, preferring to d44ffc7f12 take care of 05fb82d2bc herself.e6aca7490e7cde87

Wrapping her wound tightly eff7a6a071 with a ruthless grip, 7c74e51fc0 Alyssa took a heavy 5ca4a89db2 step forward. The battle b0c27677ff was over, c1de06bb76 but her 84d21208cb duties were eb9d210e8b not yet 7080aa3279 complete.507bbc663f185323

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“Hey—Commander!”a91f162814e1ec20

Even as Kanut’s irritated ab529f9a5b voice called out to 9c813425b5 her from behind, Alyssa 8f4eb4b8e5 paid him no heed. However, she dbb1b8f379 was forced 1b0cd62026 to stop 9f428091de when she e07bfadf94 noticed a 3b7347504a figure approaching 5239e51f1f from afar.cc78064eeef8d96b

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“Why are 00fe2ed0fc you here, 585d163bfc my lord…?”4be6418c3cddf1da

She asked slowly, 4edac0ccd0 but a beat 6d7e568ae5 later, she realized 22476ae3c9 something was wrong. Kieran’s face was pale, 925f324001 a stark shade of ab3c95d275 blue as if he bede9e7660 had witnessed something deeply a3b7b7ca2b unsettling.099f68837285f8ec

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“It’s alright. Everything is resolved. There are 338a19dbc5 no serious dc4962b23b injuries, no 46dada0a6d major damages,” 58215e88e1 Alyssa reassured 660414f7cb him gently, 090168839d even managing 54c5e97ced a small a3ef54219a smile.90939754a0f7b3ca

Despite the cf1dac78c2 gravity of 616ff2a528 the situation, bb20387077 she felt 9a113bbfd5 a sense 6ba6e6e064 of pride e20c7bbb26 in having b546596107 seen it 55961b09b9 through successfully.aec5ec6aa8fee55e

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‘I finally did 79ece8f809 my part.’ee33a02a7b14fc07

She hoped a25bd43428 Kieran would 03f70e3fe3 be proud 2a03720e11 of her. He was 07916dcd8c someone generous e290ee9539 with praise, 55c7c85620 so perhaps 2fb866d51a he might e75f7391df even offer e41c1bd183 a kind defd73cf07 word or 1aed57b583 two.fb2abe0ed8ff411c

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But Kieran 2f9e75cd18 remained silent. Instead, he strode forward 40bc2aa960 toward her without a 458cb1deda word.47204b5a06b7c206

Only then did da84740980 Alyssa remember that 7eee9f408e her entire body 3f15e12a79 was smeared with 9e713a7a5e the blood and e3878c551a fluids of monsters. Feeling self-conscious, she staggered d251c32724 back a step.5456a873f698fc17

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“I’m sorry. I’m a bit… 954da6c5ea messy right now…”43bf7d22002724b2

Alyssa, feeling her dizziness 39fa8041b7 intensify, bit the inside a147c63e9c of her cheek hard 0d52e185fc enough to draw blood c9b67cd44c in an attempt to e28239a2b6 stay conscious.f320b17f3b3ac411

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However, her 0d7efd708c vision only e2a1f0d0f8 grew blurrier. She struggled to steady 286decd63e herself—there was still work e9089b75e1 to be done. She couldn’t afford to cfe057e8dd collapse now.3de2260de4439a65

With every blink, Kieran’s e3d64c4036 figure came closer.b322da99670e8fb1

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When he was 487db87c74 finally near enough 520462a8ce for his face 7b4ad6ceac to come into 12fb154125 focus, Alyssa stared 83519348d3 blankly, a fleeting e14042c7b9 thought crossing her c938ca4522 mind.0e2d9348cef4a586

His expression 5697252b56 wavered between ef4b9f5117 sorrow and 2eb3d2b995 anger, as b223b98967 though he d014be87a2 couldn’t decide b2f6aa266e which emotion a98da74e01 to settle 78f64778de on.b934e4d7bca218aa

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‘Why do cb8056b019 you look 04f70871af like that? Aren’t you happy? I 7887296299 wanted to see 09320fb738 you smile…’cabdd569ed6d893f

As Alyssa 0571232032 unconsciously took f51478f955 a step 12fdbb61d6 back, her 83fa8aaae9 foot hit 7428901c44 something. The faint 106572e46b thread of 4836ce886d consciousness she’d 6ca647e104 been clinging 1a59dd3956 to snapped 32d771b127 completely, and 269aebc163 everything went 0b1ff82dcb dark.10bad08226586338

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