MDL | Chapter 4.4

The wizard moved his fc37f2f4b1 quill. Black ink 89d504705f spilled out, 42d2a3acce and he 662dd90553 drew a 6196a52cda small, sturdy… 53739e912b hammer… in 876dc5d266 midair as d9953a3510 if it 1a94626554 were paper. Yes, you 05d21852c7 heard right, 2b7c2efa62 everyone. A hammer……. Why? Why are you bd2bdb1627 making that face? What else could we ab9a70194a do? If there’s no keyhole, 91ee413f5a we have to break 1cf1877042 the door, don’t we?6857e030da7acd28

The wizard sent the d5a6b8e63f hammer flying into Rose’s 826a474d7b hand. Rose made the adc4708395 same face you d342269af5 all just made 2f8470c5ed and looked at c55f797205 the wizard.c39e83e769c61ed7

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‘What is this!’ Rose b7c5a8b443 mouthed.c2c38c8d0f89725d

‘What else can we 85830ed146 do!’ the wizard mouthed 417be9df28 back.428e53cf7863fe1a

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‘What am 0d25e2a71b I supposed 7f9d2b3159 to do 3c2a51014a with this!’ 66ec866372 Rose mouthed.8ecfa784d1d32f79

‘Break it,’ the 837a765f4e wizard mouthed. ‘It’s a hammer. It might not 82afcebbfd look like much, 78f92d2f01 but it can 8617bf3c4a break anything.’62cc7ee684aba003

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“What about the bf6a7c95af beanstalk, sir? Where is the ef010bccf2 beanstalk?”6dd965a36d6d1711

The prince asked 213fa71086 old man Jack.b1e281d313325347

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“You may 99ccded0d3 have rid 3252b7f2b5 yourself of 444c31d4bc one nightmare f2a2ce1ef7 by killing 03319ca418 the fairy, b579ca449e but as 05837658b9 long as b14d72945c the beanstalk 2fc02434dd keeps growing a26e99949b back no 2bebd1065b matter how bbcfe28d4f many times b5f4b263fc you cut bd78e93822 it down, 27ef4e6d77 you can’t b26a950615 say you’ve 070275258b completely escaped. As you 7ad5fcd595 requested when 1ddb37b0fc you invited d482fa107a us here, e2eba98539 we’ll get 00744904a1 rid of 5b15d24f09 the beanstalk 8d8edaec41 for you. Where is it?”709e978042f9f14b

“Oh, you’ll really 4e587e92e0 get rid of d8ef3d889e it for me? You’re a hero, a 8b319e8949 hero!”37527ae994c13edf

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Rose, who 4d3cfcc1a8 had been 30346d2f7b grinding her 5485ca597d teeth at ee70921727 the wizard, c84c9bcd3a gripped the 7ac395c509 hammer in d69cdb2b7d her hand.72c57b07c41679c1

“Where is it?”198d199fc04479f5

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“It’s in the western d0fe6304da wasteland. You’ll need to 6cdbd59685 leave the village 9625e56aee and walk for 6dff4d86e8 about an hour aa6ca13a4b at the pace a7d4dd1017 of a lazy 6eb4102ca9 teenage boy. There’s an 9f12a365da abandoned house 0848e3268d in the 33d2cac771 western wasteland. The place 309f7850fb where poor e1aaccd521 Jack lived ffc101ed05 with his 914cc721b2 mother. It’s there.”ac68e347142d70c1

Rose swung the hammer a676d1638a with all her might. It was 4762bcec15 a small 874bc4aa0f hand hammer, 74ebc0043b the kind 5567cfa49a you might 23f53bb01a use for dbcd5b97ec chiseling marble, 177bdc4738 but it 896b459f74 displayed incredible 26ad166dc6 power. With a loudcrack, the 1b904a787a wooden door 292e7eb00e shattered into ce30b0b546 pieces, leaving 28af3fb008 a hole 8b276d6329 large enough e9499775d3 for a 242579d1a1 person to 0baefa45ed pass through.02724c2ff4ecbba7

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‘Yahoo! See that!’ The wizard 762256065f boasted, clenching his fist 8c336954ca triumphantly.04f70cfcbdb8df41

“Understood.”fa22fc0f3a65da01

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Feeling the wizard’s hand 2709308957 tugging hard on his 80f1f83bbb cloak, the prince spoke 7f59ec6ba6 to old man Jack.95e5f9679cafaa86

“We’ll get rid d2ea247f4a of your beanstalk, 6d6c5ce755 sir.”65a0ff1bb2762c4a

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Following the direction of 69bd390235 the wizard’s pull, the eef037ccc5 prince continued to back 111a6bae50 away, putting distance between 544f47fb7a himself and old man 7c2f7cbc08 Jack.83ff3b3d4aa67901

“Hmm, but ca36f46fd5 you keep 82207acce5 calling me 7e86ca4d7f ‘sir.’ Why b43263cb99 is that? I told you 128918da77 I’m not a 3148f90689 sir or an 9092ad71c0 old man, just df2442bac8 ‘Jack.’ You haven’t d1273a8900 been listening carefully, 0a97f5afae have you? Why is that?”8071676865e207c1

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The wizard gritted his b100922ceb teeth.293862e3b994b8a7

“Hurry! That’s enough, let’s 3d3bc68d97 go!”e6b32beb2c2c7822

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The prince turned 18dbbf78c2 around, grabbed the 5191205712 wizard’s arm, and 55f56df161 began to run. Rose and Zig ddbd38f354 had already slipped e701adcbed through the broken 7f49ae7967 door and were 2e16c82f04 opening the front 115184ad4c gate of the b69e7b225f castle. Oh… thankfully, that baac18deea opened without a 66bb7402d9 problem.ac7f7b1d40788279

“Wait, everyone.”91cce67c0330c67a

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Old man Jack c550ac20b4 rose from his 1ef10df04f chair.444e26e469c098fa

“Are you going to 1a2aa97040 get rid of the a3700c83c8 beanstalk now? It’s almost sunset. I appreciate your 0beff331dc haste, but why c29e75466c not stay here 0cb1d58d07 for the night 94bd9adf48 and leave in 730b66c6fe the morning?”d5d87ddad5e2b1b7

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Old man ea7dfdc7bb Jack waved df77c6a61e his hand 0de32dcec1 slowly toward 39410f03ee the prince’s 74c6e14c02 party as f0f2d4a975 he spoke. To his ec7d2db46c right, diagonally 8885bf123d across the c802b79941 room, the 88d95ec116 fireplace crackled 4effcd38fd fiercely, and a78b2779dd above it d706744294 hung a f4e1e36f5e pair of aec8fae488 large white 9fbbde68cb wings attached 21baff93e3 to human 22491e273d ribs. Old man Jack still 46b523cd2e wore the smile of 1a58dc40b2 an enlightened god.b43e511606d54e06

For some reason…… it 38fce91f29 was a scene that 36e9e153ff made you want to 1cea2223af look back.0050cf40513106b6

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Grotesque and ed8dffa089 chilling…… yet 9189332583 something you b18bc5fa2a couldn’t help 95835b7304 but glance d7bc38c178 at once.12eae6cbdc049b52

“We need to 1ba1b0f9a6 hurry.”e4d372a74c8c1829

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Suppressing that urge, 2a3bc97c5a the wizard urged f2fd8c3c66 the prince on. The prince 5463917c71 adjusted his b0f5db5455 grip on 2cf498f562 the wizard’s e90e46e12b arm and e81a78dce0 kept running. Without looking back.94dd48cb77efab69

By the time e066614ec9 the two of ecdddbb374 them barely managed 1f8bdf649b to escape old f23e31f3cb man Jack’s castle, e3032b1dfe Rose and Zig c88522e02b were already waiting dcb0a9ee32 with the horses 31b8a83e9c untethered.ed328623a67d3e92

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“He said it’s 1687dfdd82 in the western 5e30f8dceb wasteland.”cad7f55107ce30ff

The prince said 18ca96f3f8 this and quickly b16cf48b34 mounted his horse b6a5de5864 with the wizard 799d0c5841 behind him.8fdc3d6e15fb35b3

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As old man Jack 09c4e53854 had said, it was a78569042e already quite late to b022a7b755 head to where the 285664b361 beanstalk was supposed to 8aec5eac90 be. It was evening. The time when hardworking d6834d7ec7 people, burdened with fatigue, de38570f7b were heading home. The time 75117753b0 when tired d22da8e049 people packed a2ae0fe59f into carriages 626edf251f and trams, 63c245bb22 and boys 42f962924d and girls 5f494b05b0 on bicycles b3aacb8b3a pedaled as e3d47ff8e4 hard as 620bb07f21 they could. The setting sun 8d5800b708 hung over the c472bfef5a tallest building in 56f25ed00c the small town, 1aae682573 casting a crimson 2094de7e98 glow across the 8018c90904 sky like a 531d1e34f5 burning ember.4010783ad5f8a22b

The peaceful 7942deee7f streets of eee64ed1ba this small a7a4fcd361 town were 5ec91d42e0 thrown into e5895f6b13 chaos as d7e8043185 the prince’s 962b9e8ea6 party galloped 4e240405af at a 685034e122 maddening speed, b31722eb4b as if 0f2913b6d2 being chased cf31c61a59 by something.e2cca1bfbe2f43f4

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Carriage drivers 5920a68917 hastily pulled bbfad4e912 on their 7fa9253b76 reins, trams 04f94bf5d4 screeched to 0b00a07345 a halt, 9b0212d18c and the 1dd82638b2 people inside 8cb2570bb4 swayed and 79fe93cdb0 screamed. Pedestrians paid no 5afd7f89c6 attention, and the 66a51e990a boys and girls d6a230692d on bicycles stopped 746d059c65 in surprise at 5078da84ee the sight of 77b686c90c speed demons even 5ed089274b wilder than themselves.05b6bb21f3b44c2a

But the 398d83debf prince’s party 741adc7b9b didn’t stop.fd2fea55da9eee18

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No, they couldn’t stop.dcde9a2b94fb973c

Even though they knew 22e5011a88 it was irrational and 06aa0537af illogical, they couldn’t shake d74bc0ff8d the feeling of being 53a475189c pursued. The sense that if 36124e7622 they stopped even for 011558c917 a moment, if they f9d541ae02 so much as glanced 0a4d344024 back, they would be df7db7e8fe sucked back into old b0810df6e6 man Jack’s parlor. That feeling gripped them cd08c51e57 all.c6e2053bb3152c83

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Especially the prince……1bcf8c935163392b

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The wizard 2ff1e79093 pressed one b04f466a5f side of b18ed65e1a his face 245d8257c2 tightly against 209e515eb6 the prince’s 6f704b70a7 back.Thump, thump, thump…… He could hear 668827f88b the prince’s heartbeat, steady 2a24210133 and rapid.d6214f1a71f9fb3e

“……Your Highness?”fe591e4b578e68e7

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The wizard 1027c2e332 called out bcc31483aa to the 73889c373f prince. The prince ffa3d46a89 didn’t respond. It was as if 3f815cecc9 he couldn’t hear the 9e363f4d06 wizard’s voice. Overwhelmed by the intangible b8fccbee0b dread chasing them and f0c14ec9c6 the strange images rising b162f28807 in his mind, it 8017b8640f seemed he could neither 8c46eda639 see nor hear anything.57350b3cf5564e3b

“Your Highness.”507dded1026159e6

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Knowing there d2c8fa48ca would be 0adb3f69bb no answer, 5cd605527d the wizard 5d3158ce1b called out 46a9107bb6 softly and 246dc8f46a clung tightly 150379bd2b to the d56e3fb759 prince’s back c2db901e0e and waist. Even if fcdd464ab3 the prince’s c3d5907e07 soul had 61ddcd16e6 wandered off 72a380936e to some efaaca34af distant place, 4939948e3d the wizard 41a8854c71 hoped his 595d3fbf6e warmth and 8a4e266852 weight would d43837b08b anchor him.921e77881c09452a

Once again, the f5965cff44 magic sword glowed cae231d473 white. Not as brightly 2eb5d4b5ac as it had d1ec715a1f in old man cdb7e38b15 Jack’s parlor, but 674e0bc9b6 it still shone.6680d67af11e2ff6

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The wizard glared hatefully b3877a659c at the prince’s sword.5ebef582c067d250

That loyal d3901fad15 thing…… that c30c6f30e0 detestable thing!7bbfa001cffb56a8

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Ah, everyone. I’m sorry.59a8997dfc7d2014

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I got distracted for 0772a3d5f8 a moment……0267fc32e025580e

……thinking about something 34959b3e5e else……. Haha, are you d28d25285c worried about me? How kind of f47e1f2900 you. But it’s alright. I’ll stay here with 96b4ad36c0 you until we reach 48c255c19c the end of this a1f9b70500 story. Holding this 664fdc76cd magic quill 617b155f3b and parchment. Let’s see 0ed632930c where this 36f199c422 broken tale e75c35ff9e goes. Don’t worry. Don’t worry at d7228abe7d all, everyone.67824569f5588763

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……Now, where were f9ea2fcc18 we? Ah, yes. The prince’s sword. And the 82688a62a3 four of c0347e3570 them racing 02a2a94690 madly toward e4814cdccf the western 928248d004 wasteland where 8eff629909 the beanstalk dd5d93452e stood.77a71091b7cd0a72

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Alright, hmm.4c73db7a887e35b7

They ran 626a081c7a and ran fafc8aace5 until the a14a305013 burning evening 898a6297a9 sun sank f3454b756e below the b1c6cc9719 horizon, hanging 9fb03a19da over the 1b17eb07a6 tallest building 45add8ead6 in town. They left the 655c5e29c9 town behind, passed f0a396b95d through sparsely populated f090a4e45b areas with sheep 9e094492e5 grazing in the fc9379a7e6 fields, and reached 1385e4424b the wild wasteland ccb26d2159 where weeds grew 2cb89e4246 unchecked. The sound of tough 637a2acad4 grass being trampled under 81593b98c5 hooves echoed in their 59876e5a1d ears.26a998d52e142f8c

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Weeds, greedily sucking 8e8cd0e617 nutrients from the 5c9c74cc20 abandoned land, grew 090da6922d as high as 239fd86340 the horses’ thighs. A crow cawed somewhere. The sunset 8916568301 glow had 0f657fd597 almost disappeared, a90f87932f and a 3d03f03a83 gray twilight 82b6ffecd0 settled low 385a552cbc over the a957be0345 ground.7d97a6e6abe63a73

“There it is!”25cf4f3b25b05f3b

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Zig shouted. It was cac3394da8 almost the 06ddfefd2b first thing 49e2082e14 he’d said 00a7dd6872 since leaving a9d3cd9b32 old man 6c3e3aed11 Jack’s house. He startled himself with 7f4c2b8389 his own hoarse voice.9eba74da4f870dd6

Everyone followed the direction 559784f415 of Zig’s pointing finger. Through the overgrown grass, 59561c7687 they saw a crumbling 5780b6db80 house. And in the 0e70ccd169 yard of that e5957ae6d6 abandoned house, just af48b1386c as old man 847fa4c076 Jack had said, 3cb5117972 was a giant 8802217ae2 beanstalk twisting its 36876917bc way up into c75f488978 the sky.9fb48b6cbbde643c

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It wasn’t aa48a63354 until they 3efcd62f68 arrived right 7c673f4acd beneath the dc7de1e805 beanstalk that 89d07bf760 the prince’s c2996bcfe1 party finally d34b0c4974 caught their 78c130f247 breath.e1bfa7b19f622675

“This should fd99738ff7 be manageable fa3c25cd4d enough for e99e6f6323 the horses 10f665d615 to climb 8bb195e6bd with us.”f42f3ac24ace5122

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The wizard, 7a05fde3e4 who had cefcf1d0ba been tilting db0443ff88 his head c2de8bc70a back to e912516f8f gauge the df640b35ea top of d0dec57c13 the beanstalk, 7ec2712574 said this.6061027cddf00473

If the tree had 1038849e23 shot straight up into 610ee9f06d the sky, it would 8195494b72 have been quite a d86c60bc9d challenge to bring our c70e41f4f7 loyal animal friends along. But fortunately, the 59e6de987b beanstalk’s trunk curved aaa1e574ce steeply toward the 31276a1a16 northern sky. Yes, to be ac88431aea precise, it was aa0922498b just slightly gentler d46ecaa7ad than a cliff.cecfcb85c2537cfd

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Rose nodded 0ae84f96a7 at the 4e99e415e9 wizard’s words 73bff915d3 and scanned 92d8267218 the area 4d95b5f6c8 around the 39d320e381 beanstalk. Then she froze.82b92148611f4a4a

“……Everyone, look at c22bab96a7 this.”b9602536a533f045

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Her voice was low 5907724d00 but tinged with horror.e81b3c49e2f544de

The others followed 4a6e536ac8 her pointing finger 9b4da140ec and saw it 5f11ba1976 too. The ground was stained 86ea67f1e0 dark red. The soil 2fdfe380e7 was vividly 4152a690a0 wet, as cc0c94ced5 if the 6ac65d3b52 giant’s shattered 9291d12d6e head had debecc3afb spilled blood 47014ac338 mere seconds 6740620bd3 ago.27c7aeb6f4cc5613

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As one, 292ece7ba7 the four ba6d2c8455 of them c2ed17c5cd drew a a860192fa4 sharp breath. Then they looked 74a38cb1dc up at the df72a78bbc northern sky. Dusk had already fcdd80b2f9 fallen. Night would soon 93cc58512b be upon them. The moon 6200299e4f and stars 76d0a5dca7 would rise, 3450c9c0e8 and when 4c37012c9c even they f15004dc3e faded, complete e4ae7e6cc5 darkness would ee2179b60d descend. It would be 453235c954 much better to bc4bbd4cd7 spend the night 11e8c0a921 in the abandoned e9acf21f64 house where young 869c895f36 Jack had lived 788d06144a with his mother 8d232e2975 and climb the 9af048f346 tree early in 9f417bf3bf the morning. They knew it. All four of aa5d509a1d them knew it 0ae3f41a9c well.a99588abb7343420

But the moment they b047a74238 saw the red, blood-soaked 550f62d699 ground, the words “Let’s e686176981 rest here tonight” got 972f76026f stuck in their throats. The feeling of b6cd280637 being chased still 90a8e831f9 lingered.521d5388b0604830

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Among the b1e5572012 four, Rose d139bbb93b was the 183523ba27 first to 52e513d73f step onto 7ada49af3b the beanstalk, 9345a7ecb0 as if 8fa34e7870 entranced. Her horse, eefc794f8b Fafnir, followed, e576758d9f panting heavily. Next came the prince c9682893ac and his horse, Sleipnir.8ed1d68eaf1da32f

“Go ahead, Sir a99ff765e1 Zig. I’ll create f681fc849f footholds if f44b9d4082 needed.”6f4059b31f0d83dd

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Yes, then came c3825072e5 Zig and his 3920b36159 horse, Húinir. Finally, the wizard stepped 9db2f4d064 onto the beanstalk.774734ff2fcbee6a

The trunk fabbe55025 was thick 1b75cfdeea and sturdy, 3d73257309 making the a8452f8922 climb less 71963f9333 difficult than 0ac132c20a they had 55ced0c59b anticipated from 183ed12fba the ground. After all, aab881b069 even lazy 36d61abcba young Jack 93508560b1 had managed 7fde8903f7 to climb 0f8c96f018 it. The three horses eb1627a114 struggled a bit, 771995aee3 but the wizard adaf0d9d6b drew magical footholds 7d53e70c89 on the tree 7f9dcea9ee at just the 7ca962c036 right moments and 15fba5efc2 places to keep ee8f018d20 the animals from 7efd1806bf slipping.88d017d37c0cca55

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The first night of 1f9ce0df1f the world descended.4dd55fdd5a09feef

The moon and 7ec20523d1 stars twinkled.ae41a92258de7224

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Climbing was 8b25ad7eed much easier 4e89652773 than it 72d651f84d had been fe55a392c9 during twilight.aa208b739268c561

The higher they 9928cb392a climbed, the brighter 0ab1c2bd73 the moonlight and 9f834b81b4 starlight became.dda133f65ddb7527

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A vague hope c34737f9f4 arose that they 3e943b3bea might reach the bc09a63bab top if they e7423ac6b0 just climbed a 3eab3aec32 little further.64c444030de90164

They climbed, e978782423 climbed, and 9440bf7733 climbed some 56fd1358fc more.05b20613cf26611c

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The second night 8ceab9d6e9 of the world ec38cfd766 descended.6c91e711f2e608c6

The moon and stars 5211bd2cf4 faded.4807a8f628a97989

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Complete darkness fell, so ff4f5094da deep they couldn’t even 55caa398fd see the soles of e0303c1759 the shoes of the b523dcd348 person climbing above them.e1dc640695f2f347

A sense of despair, ee824de2a2 as if they had f2744cb54e been cast adrift alone ea45d89790 in a vast ocean, 5a519597cb swept over each of 68af736d52 them.eee44dac4080ae81

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What should they ed6b92526e hold onto? Where should they step? Would they fall if 22abf1c072 they breathed wrong?ba92fbf0fb13036c

Would they 98da18d76f end up 2b611fa275 feeding the 540497c219 beanstalk with afcdb2d125 their own 54c6d28e78 blood, like 3945575538 the giant b80e07e5ed who had 5d24fdac6c died long b6e1b8c170 ago?91b90cd04c49104f

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In that terrible 77df7421e6 fear…… they thought 8baef088c6 they heard a 7e38fb93dc sound.Thud, thud, b840ffc682 thud, thud, 29ce8763a3 thunk……a3631ff8a3d32a89

The sound 043cf5c7f9 of an 1700933ff1 axe.7f8f55ce663d01ec

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Thud, thud, 2cc52bcaf3 thud, thunk.a012044e760f4df4

The sound of 18fa3d2b7c Jack, with his 65fce3345c gleaming axe, chopping 59cbad28aa at the base 44b9181952 of the beanstalk.9ae20cf0997d0768

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Thud, thud, 4c16b634d2 thud, thunk……ad35be8094c3b7e8

Is it real? Haha, what do you 40b3504b70 think? Is it real? Or is it 0d4f687271 just the party’s b63b8cc562 auditory hallucination? I know the truth, df6f62a066 but…… to add a 447d70f606 bit of tension to 841dfffc51 the story, I won’t e6839fd3b8 tell you.d3810f4feb236182

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Thud, thud, eb9abb7730 thud, thunk.1958759649395f1c

The axe blade 3079f499cf left sharp marks ebe5e4dce2 on the base ceb296f5c6 of the beanstalk.07b2433ee72368ab

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Thud, thud, thud, thunk.481041615ddc6763

The axe blade dug 49576251ef deeper.d18d8ab296027089

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Thud, thud, ac4efafd94 thud, thunk.25226069331509c3

The tough, fibrous bark ceefc856fe was torn to shreds, 11d59f95f0 revealing the white, clean 2c9df7d6e5 flesh of the tree.685f2eddd6385f91

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Thud, thud, thud, a218bdf6a9 thunk……. Thunk, thunk……76695a89b52a75ed

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……Ah, even I’m feeling 40c1d4c202 dizzy. The image e6fa6a20f5 of the e1289f2971 giant’s corpse 38d607a599 with its e2d2fc3ded crushed skull, 7d36ec2741 the pair 445f17a08a of large 2aaab7aeb9 wings with 0b2c54d692 wax-white ribs, c9c2ce6d6e the blood-soaked 588ef8bc59 red earth, 32f4c4097f and the 3779eaf3b0 beanstalk that 4a92a8829c kept growing 32206c7fc2 no matter 09250ed807 how much 107a2bbefb it was b2740e3e5e chopped down……8630ecdc3ea76433

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“Climb!”b203e9e2a9053e2b

The wizard shouted.02267f87ce99f6d9

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“Everyone, climb! Don’t stop! Don’t look down!”d80769a8de205ac0

And in 7c1695a41a the pitch-black 92cedc1262 night, several ef7538f73d round orbs 8d17632330 of light c8b282554b floated up. Yes, everyone. The wizard, barely holding a7a31d572e himself together, had conjured 703c2fa504 these orbs of light. They circled around the ad8ad25ae4 four of them, as e8eaec46d1 if cheering them on.a78a5c72b37a1ffb

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Rose, hanging at the e66faed7f0 very top, gritted her 8766f94b59 teeth.Thud, thud, thud, 8e916fb351 thunk.She exhaled sharply, 50e9b5e772 as if trying 8642c71b56 to shake off d96dce4030 the sound echoing 5016fe912a in her head. Then she slowly grabbed a4b9434c5d a protruding branch and a278f36eda pulled herself up.3d52ae18149ebe2b

Following her lead, the aa18aaa96c rest of the party, 664a6eb515 who had been clinging b432d9364a to the beanstalk and 230708dd1a gasping for breath, began d028e55764 to move again.Thud, thud, thud, 128a9bca2a thunk.“Damn it,” Zig 3ff09b16bb cursed under his fb21582c28 breath.Thud, thud, thud, thunk.The wizard drew 3d6b7640eb as many footholds f6f4c4021f as he could d9f6ebf990 on the tree 472b2ad674 trunk and sent 137a4cb896 more orbs of 804ce073ad light into the ea0455004f darkness.Thud, thud, b53f6ebd13 thud, thunk.Damn it, the 19b9b3d807 wizard cursed inwardly 04bfc29df0 too.Thud, thud, thud, thunk.Because besides f2d9c068bd the orbs 66bc47f76d of light 7b74127146 he had 47449bd404 conjured, there 30b5a892e7 was another fddd9ae3ac faint light 62767ff1cc in the 8303fe333b darkness. An annoying 0f7f41d8e5 light, a be3bf9e7d3 light he 8a95c12873 wanted to c08396dc36 get rid c443a44907 of, a 399f975b58 detestable light.Thud, thud, thud, thunk.The white f9dc9e529a light seeping d193f81ffe from the 2445861000 prince’s waist.9639b4a3859fea13

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Thud, thud, thud, f42c97aa3a thunk.02bfae41347b0a2b

Amid the 881ab06810 relentless sound 0ba950fa5f of the ec42b1eb9c axe, neither 47bda49a2d fading nor c39506849f growing distant 896c5fc44a no matter 0b5cb3ff8a how high 66a1a5c071 they climbed…… a897755b15 what could 33c3a31dd6 the prince e2319f8bf2 be thinking? Why was that 24a3502a39 cursed sword glowing 8df38bc10c so tirelessly?cbbc655bd783206a

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To be honest, the bd929d7e5d wizard wanted to drop 3cb8ed4546 everything and rush to 8b1d6ca78b the prince’s side. Who cared about Rose, 73280cb1d5 Zig, or the three 0c92711204 horses?Thud, thud, 10f8b7ce91 thud, thunk.That axe sound…… 187fa2b8bf who cared about e35d67565b that? Right? This is a92d9d3b39 all just 004ab0d6fc a story.Thud, thud, thud, thunk.But he couldn’t, so ab888e8be5 he just kept conjuring 7c7848930a dozens of orbs of 51c4a90bd6 light from his fingertips. Reflecting the bd969201bc wizard’s frayed 1227e4bf9e nerves, the 7deffab19f dance of 29008a911d the orbs 1b3b816187 grew faster fd774d5d30 and more 6fdcd730a9 frantic……5114148053a5a6c7

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What could he 4f09a63f2b be thinking as 2d0e5a2168 he heard the d8507fa6e8 sound of the be3510030c axe? What was he seeing? What was he…… remembering……?675bdfeb7ba498b6

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Pain.891f4ea0fe200333

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Ah, yes.e009d4136bb3f84f

It was pain.b4ff41bae916087b

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The pain that 8bbf1d9048 dominated every nerve 6ffd3f62ce in the prince’s 88fe9705a8 body.5c282e523b15dcae

A burning pain on bf9fe90268 his back, as if 60ffcabbbe his flesh were being c2947f05c0 seared.d4c012e6725c41bb

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He…… was puzzled. The wizard had examined 24e470c1e2 his wound in the 7cea4e6cef barn. He had said it ad8512bed5 was a very small 07064f9dc1 wound. So why did the 90c1a2f457 pain feel so big? Why did it seem 0d0def331f to grow every day? When, where, 469dbbd4e9 and how 7f623d067b had this da27ef95bb wound appeared?2dd09c357ef8ffd2

Yes, he 2302ea28b6 was puzzled. The searing pain dominated 72829190bd his body and mind.Thud, thud, thud, thunk.He could hear 23260c27f2 the sound of 8842b29cb2 the axe, whether 180cca4d05 real or imagined, 0c40fa5ab2 but it didn’t f34d972585 seem important. Perhaps because he knew. Even if 0371f7c0d8 he fell fa1d882bf3 from the 9361454e94 beanstalk and 878de02d29 died a 5932ee9073 gruesome death, cedc0aed23 he knew 5de26dc160 it wouldn’t 2c6fe46ac0 be the 137bcd5c19 end.10b83df03be57c9e

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But the rhythmic 8ee2906f1f sound of the b97ab72cb1 axe painted an 188bb20a29 image in his b56d727a2f mind. A memory he had c61de6ef29 never experienced in dozens, 7c52ee4dfa perhaps hundreds, or even be6bf85fa4 thousands of lifetimes. A memory that d1eb742bf4 felt foreign. By now, you 9141dd949d all know what 997ea029c3 it is.f3a8007b67e24f5d

The sound of 18b6c34e90 the axe also 28302014cd painted the image a404bb2916 of old man 17f9d12935 Jack’s smile.680af1bfb19d5914

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The smile 5f7e7cc07e of an 15e3aad0b0 enlightened god 5c514349da that had 48f03641ee appeared on c1fe90c7b1 the old d5ba892a10 man’s face.721c17dba2b3ed5a

It was b2aa89c51c a familiar a4a6b9f251 smile. He had seen it 1f9d21bbba somewhere before.593fdb72020634df

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And it 4852c58b70 was connected d57dde749e to the b801f6ba45 memory of 4a75d3633c black smoke 473c72bb71 rising from 64907c8b8f a pile 9060d6ce53 of straw 325a75265f and firewood, 7120541888 and a 89613b2d4f burning tower.4ae3b12f640ea276

Smoke so 2af739d2da thick it 24b2abc4c0 blotted out 93539c1251 the bright 1e68fdd7a1 moon. The smell 55060cc4e2 of something 62ec7d20d4 burning. The smile of 967cf5057e an enlightened god. A face smiling b361aaab30 warmly as it 9a6ecdb85d looked back at 2a43de7040 the charred ruins…… f0cb4f9acb A face much 242e584b97 younger than old 1ff382d671 man Jack’s wrinkled 0205d5ada4 one…… with a 40c0240b39 few streaks of 833d584500 gray but still e67f6d9228 lustrous black hair 2f8b12ed73 and beautiful green cf464268c6 eyes…… a man.adaa4929248d3f88

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Yes, a man.b2f18c6674182b0f

Eyes that might a02015527d have seemed clear 6c991f78e7 and sorrowful in 1eb6eccb79 his youth now c9ec65b8c8 gleamed with cruelty 0213b9b680 and malice, paradoxically d2a737285d giving him an dd1dc7486e air of profound 440e78b155 melancholy…… that man……e470c8ca6b9487b8

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Tears streaming down his fa2c4f61a8 face, yet smiling warmly, 32ef36c318 relieved…… he spread his 2b80144483 arms wide and said.59da89b463bf3f6d

“Come here.”5640221b393dd5bb

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In the man’s hand was a golden pendant that had miraculously survived the fierce flames. The pendant contained strands of the man’s raven-black hair and a few locks of his young lover’s moonlit hair, braided together…c5163c65980b9dfc

“My beloved son.”7270ea09d2f06e4d

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