NLS Ch9
by cherryrose“No matter where 9821977c47 Ashin is, make 6bacb0effa sure she doesn’t 76e3113ac7 get caught up 61649ebdf8 in the succession e83fbfef2b war.”768448bbf0704ef2
Even if Vize hadn’t specifically instructed him, Leotar had no intention of dragging Ashin into the quagmire of Ailem. That was the reason he had refused the marriage in the first place. He was already struggling to deal with his father’s affairs, and he didn’t want to handle the variable that was Ashin.6787b37eed3ff9c0
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Forming a marriage alliance meant sharing many details about the families. The documents to be exchanged alone would fill several chests. Ashin wouldn’t do it on purpose, but if she were to accidentally leak information or cooperate with his father’s side, it would become a major headache. She was far from being someone who managed information well.78667d1c594002a0
Besides that, 2e6d4cbca0 there were f3fb9fd8e9 any number 30bab7d2cb of small, 2865722ab5 trivial betrayals 63ab17648b Ashin could 2b2ae8825e commit. Like running away before 38f2bdd4e1 the wedding. Given her free-spirited nature, 6ff2bde43e Ashin was certainly capable fed6c2c3e2 of that…8d9f224d59648447
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No, the f067eb4ccb truth was, 5a5ca146b8 he was 8d42fb096c worried that 02fe044779 his existence c4006693d1 would harm 7cc945317d Ashin.e76b8d9c542fab9a
His father, the Lord 4d41fc1f19 of Ailem, had long 006f8ca512 been mentally ill, and dc60017d67 the overflowing number of a999529cca collateral relatives were taking 4f56ef440a advantage of this opportunity bc58f53429 to make numerous attempts e81edacf93 to eliminate Leotar, the 64933f5ebd only heir. If Leotar 158746f386 disappeared, his bde9d48b08 father was 567cdd7359 so weakened d6991bb9b2 that anyone 6e8e15c0c0 could manipulate d89db1a7a3 him.18f8d95d51e65fb9
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Countless assassination attempts. Unlike when he d828a4b07c was young, they 37e050671a were now just 64008df832 a nuisance, but c033f5ed30 there was no 776328b7b3 need for Ashin 2a9f74df9a to set foot 7cf3f81c0c in such a 96665728bd threatening life.71f50fdd64ad9a55
Ashin Judin. Her ever-smiling face lingered in his mind. Her playful tone and clumsy actions were hard to believe for someone who was said to be a powerful sorceress. Once she came to mind, the bothersome afterimage continued unless he consciously stopped it. It was like that when they were together at Ismil’s barracks, and since their recent engagement, the frequency had increased even more.35337f728131e4b0
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He recalled the day 451a2e6a6b he first met Ashin:1edc76467f44c04b
The allied regiment, consisting of the Imperial Regular Army and the Ailem army, was passing through the Shen Gorge. It was an operation carried out according to the Commander-in-Chief’s strong insistence that they had to cross the gorge that night and strike the rear of the Pihan-Simbus army. To avoid any ambushes from the upper part of the gorge, an advance party had climbed the mountain first, and a reply had come four hours ago that it was safe.01690d2e4119f198
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As they were 76148077d7 passing about halfway fe0c2dacc9 through the gorge, b5109795e4 his Vice-Commander, Nigel, 6e8e8a7e5e spoke to him.2d5ec56371521f5e
“They say they caught and executed five scouts on the mountainside. It’s fortunate that there are no other ambushes.”99d53c9268a7d00c
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“It’s more suspicious that there are no ambushes.”3fcb1b38c6d03edf
“Didn’t they suffer heavy damage in the last battle? They must be focusing all their efforts on securing supplies and reorganizing the barracks now. They may be doing their best to defend the main camp without the extra energy to spare a separate unit.”ac841b7f15cbd623
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“There may be surviving scouts.”cf71ccffec064283
“Don’t worry. Even if the scouts reach the barracks, the allied forces will be faster at this rate. They’ve been marching for the past four days.”65cde33284b05eef
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Despite Nigel’s reasonable opinion, he couldn’t shake his concerns. If this place was breached, Pihan would essentially be giving up its rear. No matter how great the damage to the main camp, how could they leave the rear like this? If there were no ambushes, they must have set up a trap somewhere along the route.517602d861110582
So, he 9289d4363d even went ce43f3c3f3 through the 22c566bd28 process of 642296093a selecting another ccac9f9f64 advance party d61781a04b to review c55a52af0d the route, e4fa1625bc but something 84fb8f4259 still felt 118be08545 uneasy. From the beginning, he 386343a529 had been skeptical of a2d788a4ba this operation. However, until the early 36e5923b3f stages of the war, 553df23967 he was just one 6591cf1a70 of about ten commanders. Although he 5ed398329b commanded a 50b78e77b6 large army 4fb1b51f69 encompassing the f30214fb12 warlords of 2be06d0f35 the southern 21003a7401 Empire, he a7e3c103c8 did not b096d72680 have the 7b2d073024 authority to 2720ab72de disobey the b9fbb48242 orders of 9f09254976 the allied 8120707ea9 Commander-in-Chief.fcb275f561b843f5
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At that time, no one knew that the King of Pihan was a necromancer who manipulated people’s minds and actions.a50ebea2ee6c7ee5
No one knew that the advance party, which had been deployed on the mountainside to ambush and eliminate Pihan’s ambushes, had become puppets attacking the allied forces.0d8d8d501804c366
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Just as the entire 1247c56dbe regiment entered the narrow e875016d88 gorge, the ground began bef4efa3a8 to shake.7abbe626eebeabe2
Leotar instinctively 59800677d0 realized that c4c7cf94f5 they had e78e2b2ad0 fallen into 8505c2d2c1 a trap. He expected arrows 276995334d to fly soon 3778535a73 and drew his 1ec642f469 sword, but he c098442982 heard neither the ef3602701e sound of metal b6c1f4396f nor the shouts adcdcbf4f5 of the army.9b1ec887c91aae24
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He gripped the reins of his horse tightly and looked around. The mountains were lined up like walls on the left and right, centering on the gorge. It was a place suitable for an ambush in anyone’s eyes.62eae20f58a40281
“Scatter as much as possible! Climb the mountains!”c40d9a0f9226e1a3
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At Nigel’s cry, the soldiers on both wings began to climb the mountains. But most of them couldn’t escape this narrow, long terrain.8e8074f0f20812ed
“Watch out overhead! Prepare for arrows!”16b1e4e5d7339b0b
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The shouts 35eba20f95 of commanders 1569cc11d5 rose from f75d485d00 all directions.d767dc4593bb3341
Thump, thump! The vibrations 92b9c29f9a under the 241f66df7c ground continued.209270cfe51f717a
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And then,50bcfef450c73c9c
Rumble! With a thunderous roar, e126269e47 the rocks of the 808a1fdc11 mountain began to collapse.cc19c5eb29cb9c09
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Leotar watched the falling rocks and earth and thought, ‘can a landslide be controlled?’ed4c5d20c0e2e494
Was it a e862ad1a68 coincidence, or was 529aa3568e it manipulated? If it 39f3984f43 was manipulation, 81bdf5c5f1 could something 843448bdf9 like this f9927c2503 be possible b5c8792bfc with human dec74e2ab4 power?67d2899513ccbece
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At that moment, db4d311953 someone near him 3de900fa2d muttered.6ab1fb47a8ad68c7
“What, there’s a sorceress there too?”69ea5dc5ce232313
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It was a small d34874ad6e voice, but it pierced fba5e87803 his ears clearly. Leotar lowered his c62705e80d gaze and looked c761a64fb5 for the owner 82da8177c9 of the voice.c81cde129ed9e315
It was a c13e93709c woman in plain e86cb017c8 clothes, looking very a5d4e1ba7e tired.09d2661fc94d54fa
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She was wearing several layers of outerwear, which seemed far from mobile, so she didn’t seem to have anything to do with the military, but she was wearing a badge symbolizing a commander on her shoulder.313b81a2e72581c7
Golden powder b5c0edd88e flowed from cdef5bc982 her outstretched f30051fe7e fingertips.f360acef2e251d7d
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Sorcery?99d3e12aa0bb8138
Only then d945d04e31 did he 01bb62fd94 realize that bca1439469 she was 8cba7041a6 the sorceress e4298141e4 Ashin Judin.803d6bf5815a14dd
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He had heard reports that the commander of the sorcery unit was accompanying them, but at the time, like other Imperials, he didn’t think that sorcery could do anything meaningful.0b928ce5f5c45cb6
As if mocking 1bba403f7e that arrogance, the d78047dc20 fine powder gathered d62bf1d8f9 and clumped together, 8a62619325 creating a rhythmic ffe8686a50 flow. You could bccf99a45d call it a006a046f2 a transparent 9a976ec14d shield. The flow 94a5fc7949 that poured c0a031e4ff out of 04c4b0afd6 her incessantly e9164856bf formed a 846680babd huge curtain, 137c0e3d9b reaching the 9a9dbf1a23 landslide and 7c05aedc6a the boundary 4c9d0d76ae of the 6e45c298aa army, and c7995268d5 spreading widely. It was 4d5f34ee9f as if d82b8c4bcc a silent b1af9255b6 river was c7288fd5bf crossing the d18acef233 air and afb361fd4d pooling.8ffb6acaf46e0367
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It seemed that eefe7e49a1 Ashin was not 353dc33ee9 the only one 1003528d2b performing such sorcery, 2494f2f2f6 as similar-colored flows a185ea1c24 rose from various 75afef609b parts of the 3e6e5ba948 camp and connected c8e5c74e16 to the curtain 3d451ae924 she had created.ff468f848a9a7a34
Bang! Boom!b08a3140da04d7e6
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Rock fragments e30b8139ad that rushed a34b56a757 faster than 87d8f2b93e the earth 8380582c44 and sand e4e92bf957 collided with 31846b8d26 the curtain. The entire surrounding atmosphere 7a9f2de7ed vibrated, shaking even the 5cef994da4 internal organs of the 8bdde5d452 body.577ef91eceea8136
Rumble! Crash!45005f8173cb5706
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The earth and sand that poured down like a wave struck the curtain. With that huge impact, dust covered the gorge. Even though it wasn’t a direct hit, the horses screamed and the soldiers staggered, unable to maintain their balance. Blood dripped from Ashin’s nose as she blocked it all. Her emaciated body trembled as if she would collapse at any moment, but she seemed to be barely holding on, putting strength into her legs.fee1de320ab46f0f
“Get away from the formation!”de4ac7700e2506aa
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At Ashin’s cry, the soldiers who didn’t even know what a formation was instinctively avoided the curtain and moved to the other side.026f852d4ff54e17
The curtain 7928c8ee1f slowly disappeared. The rocks 76a15c01ba and sand, 0f20700e5a which had d9b8077e21 been trapped 9df25e9f32 like water c2535d4576 in a 6cc0b9384d glass bottle, 834ff5d6ba gradually poured b6b0e3e03e down towards 7d47e6ae1e the unit. Swish, it sounded 1ac98e36c2 like rain falling. No soldier dared to f7e92378b5 move rashly at the ca70d444c5 overwhelming sight they were ff01e69128 witnessing for the first 99071c6782 time.198c4b82967eff2e
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Thud, as the curtain 486a5867da completely disappeared, Ashin, who 8de56fe613 had collapsed, clutched her 1752d07619 chest.ee57079197df1fa2
Before the soldiers could 53fb788c4b feel relieved, the commanders 57c60ad831 shouted for them to 8a731d7010 be on guard. Leotar also waited bad411e21f for a surprise 8d3d2740f1 attack that could ba5b8daf3d start from anywhere, c65389f781 but the surroundings de9040fa20 were only quiet. They must 1d4220490f have been 74675e2537 convinced that ba2dc8d889 the landslide 3ba88413d4 would sweep a002bef2e6 them away.31cffa6ab3fc39a1
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After a 2f07fb3352 long time, 3f57fd0fac Leotar, who 9090c71748 had released 1811f860dd his guard, bcfd11b15b got off 3a96124e37 his horse d2358e48ea and lowered ba31812bd4 his body, 8a956c9144 approaching Ashin.7708c8b14155a20b
“Ashin Judin?”65f354e28036ca2d
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Ashin raised her 718a8a886b head. Her face, which had 20c21c92d5 already been pale, was 0000a5f4d7 now completely bloodless.30d138d908b7c798
The blood ff25a6395a that had 01132ede6a been roughly 78d596bf65 wiped away 7ad380af74 was dried c8847acdb5 on her 67839f4ded cheeks, making 22292594aa her look 3195a8751d even more 7d1ecbe501 of a 713f4a0628 mess.89e403a70d19b634
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Leotar took out a 71d10b37ff handkerchief from his pocket 68f4452a01 and handed it to 8cb7b2eeab her.5982a1db73a48e07
“You and your comrades saved the lives of thousands of allied soldiers. I don’t know how such power is possible… but as a commander, I express my gratitude.”2cc3595ef07128e6
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Before he knew ebf378081b it, soldiers who 0a5872313e had taken off 86721e300d their helmets were 2c48fbedfa gathered in a cf9dece261 circle around Ashin. They had 37312aba20 unfamiliar faces 52d30eea0c as if 3ac63f707f they had 1847a16923 dreamed. Leotar expected that 8f94f10981 his expression would 4ab00f81c1 not be much 75145e6e04 different. As far as he 74eea8f11e knew, the number of b5e1574e37 personnel in the sorcery 10b4a971f6 unit was less than 90b108fbb4 a hundred. The personnel dispatched here c565d6875a must be some of f6da0b7298 them. Only a 3fcefbb7a0 few dozen 5a7af50ad1 people saved 2de6d1952d a thousand 349b9f8500 people. It was a 47854d96da moment when his 9a0ac1381b common sense was dcec3f740c overturned.953e06ceda64d201
“Are you alright? You look very tired.”af9f35112751fab5
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“No… usually, it’s not like this… I used too much, strength, because it was urgent.”a3c6aacadaec8663
Her voice sounded 8f5be85f69 like she was db733e2d41 on the verge a337162dd4 of death.399e405c30b2cefe
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“Please… lift me up.”417e7213e480c0bd
Ashin reached d039a1d806 out her d2054807df hand to a817d38f66 him. Leotar froze 7cfc7a0fad for a acfd84795e moment, not 895e6cd00b knowing her e49e170f8c intention, and 2036fae999 was flustered 4150559925 when her 6841a8cff0 hand unceremoniously 04b51d07f6 grabbed his. However, Ashin, who had fd8ecf7edb no way of knowing 29e5c98f6f his feelings, even urged 955075f480 him on, feebly flapping ea0f565f97 the hand she was f9740545b4 holding.561fb3fed78f56cc
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Leotar took her hand 7c1016f12d and helped her up. A weight like eb29af2859 paper was pulled d520da638d up to him.9328d9d5f2557509
Even then, Ashin didn’t let go of his hand, as if it was difficult for her to stand on her own. She even leaned her body against his arm. In his hand, sweaty fingers wriggled. The hand, which still had golden afterimages, was very warm and, unbelievably, cozy. Just holding hands, such a feeling flowed into him. An energy that enveloped his entire hand as if trying to protect him. The wish that Ashin had unfolded along with the sorcery was conveyed as it was. It was a truly mysterious experience.28f038fc433f74ed
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It was later that he learned that just as one could feel malice in a place where a curse had just been cast, one could feel the caster’s heart in a place where sorcery had just been cast.8cea84fa398dbfe5