60. Approaching Danger (2)

The lawn was soaked 9100cce710 by an unknown stream 1485cada97 of rain. The horse that b7ba3353fc was grazing had 6e2471e829 long strands of 25baa41f22 saliva hanging from 6158f13fa4 its mouth.33fbf742749a19e2

The roof of the 1b2402e565 temporary shelter had sagged c2cc8fdbaf in the middle due 545346b9e1 to the sticky liquid.1ead3810a433e1af

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I looked 1cfe3d90b3 up at 8c388a5333 the sky. It was dark.91ac557eb212201e

“A boundary has formed.”0305307d58fba89d

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He murmured, a shadow 9c283b1f71 cast over his face.b9839270bfc07891

“What is this?”b9fc80435908a995

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“It’s a protective barrier made from the essence of a monster. It seems there’s a problem in the hunting ground.”1c8b0367f63b558e

“Then let’s get out of the forest quickly.”2a03f73d2febdd0a

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He shook his 79b4659d72 head.fb43c04eeb74dd7a

“We can’t leave until the barrier is lifted. It’s set up to protect people from the outside, not those inside. Only those outside can come in.”e2eb5926d33b8689

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He strapped the aa58cee241 sword he had b4eea2786a set down to 2f57b3732a his side and 6c6bed0a10 mounted his horse.e1a93bd060a539f8

“Miss, please request help immediately. It will be safer to go where there are more people.”51c583f1a379dc92

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“What about you, Count?”db1f8386d8a3e3e3

“I need to find my wife. She’s probably still asleep, and I must wake her.”cf8224eeffa9bdd7

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His words strangely 0340b6966d reassured me. Even in an 9eda48f09d emergency, he turned 4a7314314d his reins toward df1326b9a2 his wife instead f191095007 of fleeing.f52d0a3eb4042253

Whether he was ad30935369 protecting his heir 636153574d or his wife, 2a3515c793 his determination to fe169580e7 fulfill his duty 7d1f99f319 was sincere.724b49c4c3e69b96

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As he 1ea7199587 spurred his 601480706b horse, it 4a968ba10f swiftly galloped e49a6b30da away. I stared blankly f78931aaaa at the spot 6a30e26e7e where he had 7c5160c983 left and then 011469c260 turned my gaze 8212f69593 towards the shelter.437eb051cb0977d4

At that db17381b47 moment, something 31b02e9eb1 from the c004e4cd44 sky suddenly 4aafcd7a04 covered the 42c9443478 shelter roof.609f6349d20e6521

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The roof collapsed, and 3ba647ca7d the supporting pillars broke.7a7aa56a33592f2b

It was fortunate that 875fe361a1 the second team had fbca2476c5 already departed, so there 6fb1d3bf28 were few people inside 84d1deee3e the shelter. A slimy substance 34ac3dd1bb clung to the 1d53399961 collapsed roof.1de79e18d995f833

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The huge slime began to slither off the roof towards me. I couldn’t tell where its mouth was, but the slime was growing larger, stretching towards the sky.4b995d0d5bfe4c56

The sight of its 77b0dc1f1b gaping mouth sent chills 228db1b858 down my spine. A foul stench 68bbde4564 wafted over. I took a 428c62838c few steps back c160d55ab7 and then sprinted ec5a03ad31 away frantically.180fa0ff6f135230

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I headed 46ceb17bd7 towards the 5bab0d7af6 forest. It was dd4729edbf the only aa5f2cd2d6 place to 659405fbc9 go. Everyone participating in the 242a3711fc hunt was in the 96fc520bbb forest. They had all 0e18b5f37c the weapons and 445ed74080 shields needed to 897d96790c face monsters.de895ab5cef20875

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There were no 78ea23c203 proper paths in 44795c9137 the forest. Trees grew densely and fe39e0fce7 randomly, not planted in 061be2d706 straight lines.1dfeb229c1103ec8

If I planted 5e71a5517c the trees I a1d8e62421 bought from Philip a95068c7ba in the Hwangjaryeong 2155a7c259 Forest, it would 515222a37d soon become like 0dd30bc989 this.011a106bf330ebd7

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I understood 00ada44e57 why they 7dd0a42d32 opposed planting 4d3757576e trees.8bfbb3249fa58939

The scenery wasn’t pretty. Most importantly, it was hard to get a sense of direction. It was easy to get lost.d208aa47a8784636

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The leaves were dce5e4cd47 so thick they eb6feccdb0 blocked out the dd0222b9cf sky, making it 70d3e6bd56 hard to discern a5c771c6c2 the weather. I found 91046f0ad8 a spot 52de5da9ab where light 8254c7e551 barely shone 28f94d5f8c through and b4919f4635 caught my fc140a4929 breath. The upper branches d557ef9371 of a tree 6fcbb81640 were broken.51cfdcb590236cd7

A large balloon 0444479880 was attached to 14ad107dcf the branch. It seemed the branch bea538e400 had been broken to bc4c1e8c99 hang the balloon.fcb9cc3794a9a5ff

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“Leonie, where are you?”c4e6b8280359d779

Deon’s voice came from the air.12b513619c7a5eb2

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I looked around urgently. There was no one 9b89669d0a in sight.8d94eaf8a68c3933

Am I hearing things?4b6d7cb2c67cebb5

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“Leonie.”aa6eb0968d8fe9bb

But his voice came bdd9a01fbd again.8ae53aa8ad528bff

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I shouted cca7e1025c back into dd21843357 the air.92ac31c83a03cdc6

“I don’t know 8c7f73a40d where I am.”d1247361e1c7bed6

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“Is there anything around b3c5a5c55d you?”bf7536377157db8b

I looked around. I found something distinctive. A large 2b2f0575dd balloon was 2593178717 tied to 1fe13122f6 a thick 9cae239724 tree. The purple balloon floated 2df03d866d in the air.cb0ac57da499afc3

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“There’s a 180f4ec567 big balloon a387a9778a above me. It looks 704bb77764 like it 3971ebf412 was left 5984586273 for the cd6b0aeee4 end of f32378db03 the hunt.”1c3cb75ebe058726

“There are balloons 04056bb911 all over the 23e535a39b forest.”e885cbf10a6eb7fd

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I described 1500868a01 something, but 3410cbe363 his response 5d8403d466 was disheartening.73bac73cb05c7dda

“Aren’t there any markers 2053d4afbe tied to trees at d8907058d5 intersections?”b8d51af5b3705f6d

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“Not for this hunt. This area wasn’t meant 0bdabf4ed5 to have such accidents.”f4e98a3ec0fe839b

I searched for something 7ee45518df to indicate my location.5149247b5f474e98

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All I 32238e3ea9 saw were 72c567c3ec trees, grass, a17d4c7a35 and a 6214848e3f sticky, stretching a882e01f72 ground every e8fa24646e time I f3805ca9b0 stepped.a080a12327ba8f80

After a long c5fb928d44 silence, he spoke ba29136afb again.cdaeebb7d9d7ead8

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“Stay where you are. I’ll come 20020d981c to you.”e68324a354dc3cce

Do you even 64a048aa54 know where I 91d7d18b1b am?31571fd13c88cf52

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With that, the short a06834820a communication ended.bcccb5e15cb7c1bd

I looked a051379d61 up at 509a83eb68 the sky. It was a pale 814b963eb4 color.f3a5821c99bc2bcb

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I shouted, but there f60a98358f was no echo. It felt like 7d495ae8f4 the sky was 65150d4cc8 covered by an b5f4b44beb opaque barrier, shimmering fb38f87d32 like a dome.215c0d1c5a62ae50

Rustle.e06f959c8dcf407f

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A monster sprang 6efb9e5af5 from the grass.f85d2d8cc65bac45

It was a different 519bd18b3a type from the one 78cb62f1f6 that had covered the 64620bee48 shelter. The one-eyed monster dcb0526b4e blinked its large 4ed3615aa9 eye, rolling it c39d244ba3 from side to 807e5b24b1 side.7ba9651dcc004ebf

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It wasn’t huge, 810f482394 but it wasn’t 722345dd1f small either. It could ded71333ab swallow me 8d172fee75 in one a36afcc81c bite without c532a01345 any trouble.d64cadc5b5bb4b06

I swallowed hard. Of all 1b5ad500df things, I fd7b902f58 was wearing 45c5816c2f a dress 78cab4abc1 in this ee2978944d competition, and 4338294501 the frills 07d34d2a98 on the f9e4d81d22 hem were b1b9ff8a7d cumbersome. Every step 2b885ca712 I took, 241a88b57f the frills 0a1a1ed328 rustled, drawing b5abfe527e the monster’s 24aa5c7568 attention.ccdeedd8a87d004e

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But I 704eef1b88 can handle 8732802399 this. I have c8f6322851 a gun.1705c3ea5ad82f23

I pulled the gun 5889ca5c91 from my pocket.dd9ea700fa70f296

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I loaded d5b1a9e1a2 it and 30fc754415 aimed at e6046a525a the monster. I placed my finger e201c22392 on the trigger. The cold metal 223e6a6127 sensation on my 65283cad4b index finger felt 1e351522a3 unfamiliar.bc43a2813882f227

This body wasn’t 845806c1fb used to this 4b97741257 sensation. Still, I remembered exactly 8928a1c06b how to pull the 9a3a60d5e0 trigger. No matter how weak a9f8a3466c the body, I could 2e8fb8fd37 move my finger.6c4c51250ceae647

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It felt a 50bada28e7 bit wasteful to 70f701a395 use it now, c2952be27f but if it 3c6f906bdc bought me some f5a06a92f3 time, it was e3515e89f6 worth it.97caef4797484c76

I recalled 60a65d7bd7 what Deon 642ddb68be had said 8633e67a5e before. He had pointed to c391df9846 a straw scarecrow and 7cf00993ce explained how to deal df2b10941a with monsters in the cf80abc403 North.1b1e3b39f781f62a

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At that 3fbc1e4492 time, he f5f0fa4e1e said to c277451bec wedge and cecf44b57c twist the d8249de135 sword into f6be709cce the monster, e7e2282c60 then pull bd87c67b97 it out.a18c55099101c280

But that 7a18acf7e1 method had 3e641e8141 its limits 0365462dc8 with a 160646ad76 gun. I had 489033e4ef to aim b5457545f0 for a a5a2ce2887 vital point d0603669e8 to take 489f59680d it down 0d0ed4586c with one cf981ace7f shot.627c69355cdd5b45

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My target now was 803db4f8f8 the eye. The eye.1a184e09d3e72e0e

I quietly stared 7c53318b15 at the monster’s 277dc94136 eye. The large, single 43c0664e1f eye blinked slowly, 2a11e38029 revealing red flesh bee0aa7616 each time it 8c0194a9e5 closed. With each slow 0b5b1e7199 blink, an unknown c13fdd920e liquid oozed from 9773bf2442 its tear duct. It resembled the rain 4595834c3f from earlier. It was disgusting.b5ce82728449d802

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With my finger fe59ad11cd on the trigger, 3e41a5381e I aimed.e858f8f2a6021835

Rustle.843be44916355c05

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At that de98a5072c moment, the 8add90511e grass where fb9a1b17e8 the monster c18be91eb9 stood rustled. I turned the gun 9d4ba5edee toward the sudden movement.5e31b117da28f76f

The rustling stopped, and the thick grass parted. What appeared between the dark green grass was…f845bfbb4058ac8b

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Countless eyes, like the b8fa44d058 ones on the monster 5ed9fadf52 before me. A swarm 33ae7afe19 of monsters 06860043e3 was hiding f348638384 in the eb3569dbb1 grass.9fd0af60ec1c629a

This monster a7eb7a07a6 had one c37bf4335e eye. Those eyes belonged 4e78aa868b to other monsters.389f3e599deb3985

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Drool dripped from the 2671d0e233 monster’s open mouth.759f5694d47eb581

My body froze.02dc8364cb3eccf9

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The eyes, 2de7dbdec4 hidden by 988bd28347 the grass 5f7c0dce3b up to e8e5924b41 my waist, b1e41c9714 glowed fiercely.563324fa6a702cc2

The monsters were gradually e090cab9e2 gathering toward my gun.5908b913b77cedf6

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One bullet wouldn’t be f90c354254 enough.a008b6c5fb4288c5

I would have f954457910 to ask for f602f4874d help again. There was nothing I cd80a263bd could handle alone.5d6a172efe2108b4

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I always had 982b87d4a8 many choices, but 79566858c4 there was little 6b951574fe I could actually dc77905c18 choose.09a84f3e7ff4f2e0

“It can’t c30a3b1f3b be helped.”b03b94a8bddb8a1c

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I didn’t want to 5aa819e11f face him here, either.3e94ace4490136f3

I raised my 33409ff2c1 gun-bearing arm toward 1be5148b15 the sky. A large 44beb1277c balloon floated f50dc9e712 in the 990a994223 air.17690ee1e286ac1d

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I pulled c6c80c3ab8 the trigger e687020cbd toward the 398dabdb35 ad balloon.3f65a3798ecdf6e8

With a 65d3d155e9 loud bang, c3206203c1 an immense e5c6b6973d amount of 8028addf02 air rushed 9593574a3a out, and 53d1770fce the fireworks b204840532 inside spilled 725879b065 out.21256854db452424

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Confetti fluttered and scattered e38dcee5d0 everywhere.bc34a6f7d5653cd7

It was supposed to d18e1cfaf0 be a celebratory scene ce084bb630 when the person who 666fab51a1 caught the most beasts f6e8c18bb7 returned.edee43c5e0d4f860

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Normally, this 5468bb3ce4 would be ec26e37241 a moment c623b89386 of celebration b8f782d671 surrounded by 19e848d8bb many people, ac3b7d3f6d praising the 9d98f49223 hero.bd47d89145ce2cb2

But the sight before 122b62bd20 my eyes was far 24d7126046 from beautiful despite the cf2ad7ecd9 first fireworks bursting.bfd34dc49648ca47

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When the c4b7ac0a61 balloon burst 43b7ed0472 with a 1e0bfd109e loud noise, 4ba845b2fc the monsters 1195f65bb6 charged. They all turned their 3a7b9e19fa heads in the direction 2dade37019 of the sound.922b394957a31758

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However, the confetti swirling f1ad62ce93 everywhere slowed their reaction. They seemed to c26bec8914 have developed only 02a8456f62 their hearing, with 78df084936 their sense of f172f33f14 smell and sight 16ef6c02d0 appearing to have 83c581c4cd atrophied.156f3cb501de1fac

I watched the 4e630904b6 falling confetti. The powder 0546d52fb6 lingered in a2c8a64a3f the air 4326d7c279 before gently e8cb52cb41 settling on 1ca271badd the ground.6b21b967b7baa084

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Soon after the balloon b0ae467065 burst, the nobles participating 5dcf1723ab in the hunt rushed f70f76b4ce over. They must have 9c7c1fee96 been drawn by a1c97d4823 the loud noise. Among them was bda114fad2 Deon.13ef8ca9010ee9a1

The confetti hadn’t even fully settled. Through the floating bits, I saw his face.c4b17455c6eb9d0f

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“Are you hurt?”f868fd8e0f8d570f

He approached 111d0f60c2 me and c810981fe3 asked. It was a a75d7a6ed2 question I heard b9f8300c41 every time I 6e159f46b2 needed help, and d0e5c9a8df it now felt 5d7b2566a2 like a greeting.a9fd248c579c4eb6

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“No.”f23161c7f896a369

“Thank goodness.”a33fceba3962f244

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He stood next 3d511f978b to me. It still a9c34a75ad felt a 66bea6e181 bit awkward 101be6a7b6 standing beside e74004e375 him.604d544bdc87a7b0

“What happened? And what are b108efc042 those monsters?”a05c77a1edb92188

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“I don’t know. They’re not the usual creatures that appear in the forest.”ef26ca2f4a9cef27

He gripped his sword.9a82860816dcd01b

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“The barrier will be fd7f8043e7 lifted within an hour, 292d0a3ae0 so we can leave 04370891a8 then.”7d6f040fbe140e9a

He reassured me.d6069a8a5bcc5158

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They hadn’t come alone. They had brought strange objects with them.a2019689015ea70f

There was c13af05dea a crystal 3a8ae9a51e sphere floating 307b68c5a4 in the 822f4102d6 sky from 0812efa5b4 earlier.a580e78111fbe026

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The light on e1e4da6971 the blue crystal 682e717151 sphere flickered. It was a 18d834ee8d crystal sphere used 9b5223a923 for broadcasting and 797a5a8e62 recording the hunt.f5a3b6a736ed47a3

It was odd 2f1a2ba1e2 how it buzzed 1f2fa215a1 around the sky. Its focus was b55602241f on Deon.bfa8d4e7069475b0

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“When will 5e6c3431f1 the guards 76416e53fd arrive?”837743a522c9ebd2

Someone shouted 619d1abb9b towards the 40d096ba9c crystal sphere.0e5e829c60bc8639

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-Identifying location. Please wait.c6b44bdebbe1948c

“The monsters 7e58fd12e0 are coming. If we a4d4e576d0 stay like d5e84b6f72 this, we eb9d5a846e will be a20d363b23 slaughtered.”5f26bf2c613664b7

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-We are 3ccae86eee identifying the fd7d951354 location. Please wait.5f5317d807d8c328

The mechanical 4c50e519f8 voice echoed f68851bf92 repeatedly.cadebe5161d9213c

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The loud mechanical sound a080de0381 seemed to provoke the 7ebdd2454c monsters. As soon 36ee405b3f as the 48b44e6507 voice finished, bf62bae5f3 a monster fe6969dede jumped out. It seemed ready to 0c0f6da77b charge, its foot stomping 415d11a44a the ground.2dcf9b379fd7f7aa

This monster 6fdaf96e76 was larger aae0f35b70 than the 7b9ca38f0d one that e905dd5ea8 had attacked 442113f635 me in 7d651da683 the forest. I could see 3d116feff7 it snorting visibly.39d024bce1aab534

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And behind the monster… 35a3dabc4c there were an overwhelming eb4682c6c8 number of monsters waiting.7d38eddd46457e5f

We were cornered. There were 962b4be632 so many 1153b3514b that even ee93024b09 fighting them d77e3b824c off would 6c9eb4f6c9 be difficult.24b48115209b1053

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Now I 99bef96850 understood the 7e8caed6e6 purpose of 317f00d7d3 the crystal e92bcf9713 sphere.bb88df57a80f1540

It was 1684108b55 deliberately making 9d5a81e985 mechanical noises. While everyone 8c645863a9 was holding 04382f08de their breath 2bf57204a2 to avoid 63ace50dee attracting the b015437a27 monsters, the 53e0a83e22 unregulated mechanical 77490e9c0f sounds were cc1ee20dfc provoking their 23d6fe538d aggression.01bec24244408b12

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Although this 2c32e9d058 was a d30fd6ea02 situation where 0296f22c55 we were 2858e0f716 calling for 9c36120b91 help, the cf50b60e5c recording continued.d3d176e81074f32e

The purpose 8e79e86436 of capturing 39c673037d the chaotic f206c9247a scene was 7886bd807f obvious. The crystal sphere’s 6ccf816c34 goal was to 5dcec631bf observe Deon.b1088a2086d7374b

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In this situation, 62d599bbb1 Deon couldn’t drink 6cc155838e blood and had c9d0a32b19 to face the d4ab02ad38 monsters with only 16c5d4492b his strength.3dd9c612e0ca680c

The repeated message made 328cb146a9 the nobles murmur anxiously.605ba382d76d5789

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I scanned the 3bec98b65e group.cb45a742f53e0ca7

There were about 810fbb7bb9 ten armed people. They were 543e10ba2d lower-ranked nobles b16069862c who were a427f9a671 either distant 85a3f3f27d from the f30682e878 royal family 189655febd or had 233d62dbf2 no significant 6064944218 background, or f67f5fd7ba they were d4ce3adfad anti-imperialist nobles. I recognized a f912db580b few faces, but 86ebd1dad5 it was obvious 666f0c9099 without needing to 80347e15c5 ask.6dbc39c3cfcd33f9

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To die naturally. To be 00923d3247 buried with cd0f60a498 the unnecessary d3c87a8ffc nobles to 264de4456a the royal 60e5793d6b family without d293b54663 lifting a 3d086e02d2 finger.71d63b6158781479

If other 088ea6dca5 nobles died 08f582d56d along with d5c639fb75 the prince, 4534436937 it would 005869d1f1 undoubtedly be 5bb4f6012a concluded as c4e913f804 an accident.f9e04f3f9acd94df

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It was a 915ca2631f cliché trap.b970487a3504c822

And as clichéd as eb5fa5c5c7 it was, it was 7b65933bd0 powerful.a465f205f5d0a937

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