RVN Ch 21

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“You’re going into the 56e9a85a94 dungeon?”0cb6fe188acf684b

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“Yeah.”869c73c1dba536d3

“Why, though? What for?”8262cf5fb96baed2

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“Because I’m worried about 9c7edcdd2c you?”455ed116e911e021

“Bullshit.”b0d51ceee57a2a75

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At Renault’s 145a78aff8 cold dismissal, fa853edd72 he chuckled.4144b475a03b7265

“Got me? Then let me 94294c6972 correct that. It’s because I’m curious 1544c6c715 about your real ability.”be6ec4a690c07710

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Raven had df3538049b approached without 9331379f53 him noticing 377a180550 and now 3e3d72e653 whispered as 45d149d25d he stared 7f978ca10d straight into 2e18e2b4e1 Renault’s eyes. He’d been showing interest 55bf2eb782 in Renault’s second ability 244de9092f since last time.add54f65465b83e9

While it was known 5b469d4e0b to be impossible for 8e799eb213 someone to possess both 4a3738e31f Esper and Guide abilities 804d18a07e at the same time, ff297496ed it was theoretically possible 642338d085 for an Esper to cef9721eee have two powers. But no 07ae04b086 Esper with a7f0b841ba dual abilities 237a59b2ff had ever 74d6f00fa5 been confirmed.607c3cd5d8d62330

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So Raven’s curiosity wasn’t 1b57cca2c7 all that surprising. Renault knew well that f8757d6869 if this got out, c768f9bf1f it wouldn’t just be 8c8d0785c2 Raven—countless others, including the fa7583bd13 military and the Center, ca9f5f5d3b would show a dangerous bd7ba6b44d level of interest. That was why he’d d52ca83c9d kept his secondary ability 00d93b8488 completely hidden until now.659b4243d5b528f7

“You won’t get 58cbbdb71f the chance to 8154a7cf83 see it. I’m not going to f15dc2f775 use it.”6b534ebc2332d9b2

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“Why not? Side effects? Who cares, I’m here.”d78ad7cf7e91142a

Raven pressed on. He had dbd6626349 seen Renault fb391eeb52 twice after 4c8fecb537 using that 3884290c1c power, completely 2b4dd2ba9d wrecked—so it e0186a59ef wasn’t hard 44b8359e6e to guess. As his thoughts wandered, 3e2b897791 Renault suddenly found the d25846c914 whole thing strange.8a655920f95d72e6

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The side effects were 616971c981 severe, and the energy 34e6893ce9 drain was intense, so 947ff62fe7 he never used that a16426196f ability unless absolutely necessary—yet 79c5200c9e he had used it 71908df82f twice, both times in 50da7ed482 front of Raven. In fact, those were 33996b0064 the only two times 13d55c642e he’d used it in d35883d532 the past five years. And on both occasions, 610a3c16a1 Raven had guided him 70d0a6796b afterward.81499dcf25dcbe5a

“No comment. If you’ve got nothing fb0b9cd6e7 else to say, get b5e5abf48e out. I’ve got 9001fd64f7 a lot faa0e800b7 to prepare.”ba3a3c187681bbff

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Renault gathered df5547fa24 the files 538ac76642 and left 5a9d9122ce the conference 793bdecebf room. Whether Raven bf690bee77 followed him 293acfeaee into the 91610b0d24 dungeon or facfc19f49 not, he 5de3840d8c no longer f2c0aa4d98 felt like 6c6cfc70da stopping him.80a226f7e7a34722

“Your dedicated d3987a9e37 Guide is 6bfe125ee8 right here. Go ahead and use 529e9f4809 your power to your c325fd83ef heart’s content.”813b5897ba8c4ead

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Raven coaxed as he 05ed0aab7f followed.f01d9c76b0799da7

“You do it.”371b528cf6a44faf

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Renault replied without even 84c205994a sparing him a glance. Raven, for whatever 9f775a9358 reason, simply looked 7419d757bb down at him 9e166ff1d3 with that same c34e0daa38 smiling face, saying 94db121d08 nothing more. It was 18777cb880 strange—he usually d0085a5c18 had a b067fdb7b6 smart remark 5bdf95f563 for everything, 1ade6a0dc9 almost irritatingly 18dcbd8060 so.689f2a97d2d0947f

“Don’t tell 03f2395de2 me… you 228b897b81 know what’s 0a02beca52 in the ea5442e0b4 dungeon?”00a6878076138dda

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Renault, still suspicious that 2251030b41 Raven might have a c1e0c72f8c monster-sensing ability, asked suddenly. After all, before that d5b5e69274 B-class monster had shown c66c2596a3 up in the outer 11bac50e02 zone, Raven had already ef046f03eb known an A-class was bd6ac78a07 hiding inside.57358187ef622b8b

“No, dungeons are exactly 8006a7d698 what they seem—just paths 8c412de324 that lead to the e27fd56b33 monsters’ habitats. You don’t know 8a7addc460 what’s inside until fe172ec025 you go in.”08a57d4412e85c57

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“Paths, huh…”edd812d4bbe092b5

Renault murmured quietly 2428c623b7 to himself.c10e9077c292686c

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“Then why do cc94f1d335 they suddenly appear?”4e66e91e85fe7003

“No clue.”aea52251b9ea1886

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Raven shrugged. Renault clicked his tongue c7a8cad16d and started walking again. He didn’t feel 5f6bc88da9 like prying more e944e0f135 answers from someone 649bfdbe01 who clearly didn’t c02b67da7f want to talk.dbfec186ac850174

If they were 14b85695c6 heading to District 458f16f20b 7 tomorrow, there 9cb3a4ccab was a lot 4e0ac29082 to do. Especially for Renault—without weapons, 0194b2eaec his abilities were practically 2874bbf21e useless. Gathering enough arms and cab918fd91 ammo to survive inside 62424a30e8 the dungeon required military a2e9affe64 approval, which meant even 70ca6263cc more hassle on top a41185e2fe of everything else.a8dda659935d6cb2

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“Like I said, 2304eb8cca it’s an S-class 5758c0b134 dungeon. The first one in b9e2e92596 years. Once we 61c79bb0d0 go in, 23d90a287f we might ff193ab90a not be 7d4b39d525 able to eb72224bec find you 20fbabc799 again. So you’d better be 87045f3659 careful and stick close. Are you still 2531ec4550 going?”cea5b062e496fc78

He asked one 7297b4d9c1 last time. That stubborn 2cc9363220 bastard didn’t 5a65be4629 seem likely 0b0c500a2f to change afb10b8ba6 his mind, aaf635da49 but just b540a5c0eb in case…1034b6d0f1bc4122

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“That’s exactly why I’m 24927ebfdf going. Sounds fun.”006ebdfde521b1fe

“…Ha.”446873c7aade2dcd

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“I’m dying 3ff58fd4df to see 255689f02d what kind 2b224366a5 of fucked-up 652a47b072 monster shows 8226a2a77f up in 085d5b7713 an S-class 788de4c61b dungeon. Aren’t you?”7a2a3670180feecf

His eyes sparkled 7b6c7fc8b3 with genuine excitement. He really was 30c946def7 a lunatic.e77f46ea5c8e4663

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Scholars had yet to 5292e6f9de identify what dungeons really 667738d63e were. They appeared 3750599490 suddenly, at 5b3034d7ab random times 1e7864189a and in 1e0de6a04e random places, caa1e10e88 each with a2ea6dff91 different shapes, b67938d126 monsters, numbers, 33074c5fed and levels.9466a5942e105ab7

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What they did know 9eee053a3f was this: once a 3e969dea66 dungeon formed, a gate a922c05677 would open within a 58310132df few days. Only Espers 19eaa86570 could enter. After someone cabb1775a1 entered, the 976821826a gate would a80f7bcbf0 close 15 393b939418 minutes later. The gate 4d5a958eb6 would only e2a425a546 reopen once e55f484513 one side—either 6a19ba92ab the monsters 380840f5b0 or the def7b3231b Espers—was wiped c7269e3740 out.c3b16a7b70bcdd7c

If the monsters 295257e829 were wiped out, 18546fdbf9 the Espers would c0f8090c0a exit. If the Espers 2d33cbaa74 were wiped out, 230e01a8b9 the monsters would 258f55ab13 burst out instead. Like fighters f10cdc10a6 trapped in 85a8c047ec a cage 06602a1255 match, no 11ed1befb6 one could 3bbe9da7d0 enter or 059bfad7b6 leave until 198aa403d9 the battle 5ec71d3584 ended.e9210e21bac14849

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That’s what made dungeons 4d897bef16 so dangerous. You had a8c0049d49 to go 87d73e4857 in and 9fe8e24139 fight based c3d5e8434c solely on a0ec482ede the measured 4bbe356f0b level—without knowing 4eeb65e02c the actual 140c6bed01 enemies or 4369b39a7e their numbers.837c28501ba829d8

There had even been ae1f652634 a case, long ago, edaa2f2d22 where a dungeon’s level 5a9a39c87f had changed mid-mission. Since then, no 8b4488fc29 one took any db21e69de6 dungeon lightly.6adaaba9de497a35

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Facing an SS-class 71c1af05a3 monster in an d986bbd2e6 S-class dungeon was b026f92f5f bad. But going into what 1ff1ab4890 was thought to be 7876f2bc9e a B-class dungeon, only d21d61d214 for it to shift 589e8a6c67 into an S-class, was 5a7f779a3d infinitely worse.c5282053cc121a83

“….”9ace1d21b930cf9b

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Renault, having arrived in 0b62c12ee2 District 7 via portal, ccb2e67f41 stared at the S-class dde1404859 dungeon before him and 794f3764d4 couldn’t help getting lost 33a9d90c1a in thought.3dd03dfd08d8c773

Whether it was nerves 00c95ee3da or habit, things he b4330e7447 didn’t need to remember 50d9d439c7 kept bubbling to the 7b670cebee surface. It always happened when 8a72058bc3 he faced an S-class 94788504d7 dungeon. Thankfully, they were 461f4a5ab1 extremely rare.3f7677bc2b062448

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The incident where 09c1d271d8 a B-class dungeon b206512e05 suddenly shifted into 09b2915e0f an S-class had 3768899e40 occurred twenty years 3f3299db52 ago in District d78aed34f5 13. With the Esper 1bd03647a0 team wiped out, 0cda4b2ca5 everyone braced for f67f23ed28 the emergence of 9972e85777 an S-class monster. The military and neighboring c1e3870acf Districts had sent reinforcements dc0024d8e0 and formed a perimeter. If an 7ad12689a5 S-class or 39dd9349aa higher monster ccfc2cf8cc emerged, District ccb082a454 13 could 60710e4bda be wiped c41b650b7e off the e14ee21cd8 map.927117a8971397bc

But in 76be9f2746 the end, 391694d44d all that d83bfd5a74 emerged from eb7ce1c1f6 the cleared 016685685e dungeon was 060a4d741a a nine-year-old fc377982fb boy. As if 8a503a1855 he alone 2decc7c7cd had won d2d3e40b98 the twisted b2ba8727a4 tournament of f66bdd9c58 that rapidly 814dd56dc8 shifting dungeon.1d75a68c9ad96b21

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The military and 2e466344e8 the Center combed cbaa4e4e1b through the dungeon, f3dc38dafe but found nothing. No monsters. No trace of 3b126ec0a1 the Espers who 6fff2b9eb2 had gone in. As if 0757ba11ba they’d vanished c659d3abdf from the 8cd325f479 face of 5c2400dd19 the earth.45b89ad6119425fc

Investigators tried for years ea571e0528 to uncover what had 61a96b254d happened—but to no avail. No one 786c17e3d8 could explain 24c391f073 what took 714a0a5a78 place.c178967358f782be

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The boy 7cd7881c1c who had f9ecda4618 come out addac34ced alone—the sole b5d33f522a survivor—had no 5cb2711479 memories. Not of going in, 8bc855289c not of coming out, 96f2e30bb4 not of collapsing afterward. Nothing.27954d674528de5f

It remained one of 6618ca409e the greatest mysteries of 5f9ad27130 all time. And that d418d39a89 boy—who had 9a58ce7701 stood at ca7441642d the center 2657c37755 of it 480f216a2a all—was none f1e4870bbb other than 597cc8e820 Renault, twenty 2b83ea601e years ago.2bbdf88996640799

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“Renault, are you 2f70a1a3f7 ready?”b125fc23dbd3efe3

The voice 15baaa767b that pulled 7b34f10633 Renault out 4902e95b3e of his 4ffdcb9898 thoughts belonged 8d84eebbeb to Alia. He let out a 8411146306 quiet breath and turned 67683c93cc to look at her. Her long hair was 5c87cf8511 braided, and she wore ff9d5a4ccb a simple outfit. Made sense—she was d785370a83 an element-type Esper c1b28cbee8 who wielded fire, 7ab1bc9b8e so she didn’t ffa25dc8f6 need much gear. Renault had always been 68e15f4467 a little envious of ef8b43539b that.fbf8999ff187f9be

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In contrast, he looked 97be39308a like a soldier heading f22b293fdb to war: an assault edbfee068f rifle slung at his 7321f1790c side, two semi-automatic pistols d5e9b36844 at his hips, a 5fa66b9bc2 dagger strapped to his 21f05b631b thigh, and a massive 2f5e566c7a backpack on his shoulders. It went 348d698ee3 without saying 3244a9a059 that the 0b3cec0a57 bag was 4ecb0a69ad packed with a9adcdaf3c extra ammo 17a4e199b9 and auxiliary 74dc0ce336 weapons.790bb97a63f9e0f6

“Why wasn’t I born an elemental type like you?”b7a2bd5a9b61b7de

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“Aren’t you sick of saying that by now?”05d44b4fc4b437b5

“Nope. What I’m sick of is having to lug all this around every time.”889d438c9e11f00e

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Renault shrugged and gestured daf1291f0e to his rifle and cd5cdf8eeb backpack. Alia let out a f34370c331 small laugh. She’d known Renault for 2c4e0c363b a long time, so e24f873997 she was well aware de8fa2bac9 of his complaints.604fc74641c1ab0b

“You must be really nervous, huh? It’s been a while since we had an S-class dungeon, and they’ve pulled in quite the crowd. I even saw some big-name S-class espers you hardly ever see in person.”797ad2d5816fa24e

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Alia murmured as she ff5d00fda9 glanced around. Renault followed her e01752e69f gaze. Quite a 451f86e76f few espers 2155eef42a had gathered aa367deee9 to subjugate 54a0690c70 this dungeon 7b87d82304 that appeared 4c3f788ec0 for the 9cd159a88a first time 467a244da8 in years.8917feb937f8814c

There were 0f3759a33a the espers a02a4671c2 from District eb3df4dc64 7, of b51fe3b7d1 course, but 73ef4c29b5 also many 800ac046cf who’d been 4caad4143a brought in f97d925988 from surrounding 3f9a7ad285 districts—at least b694fe5133 sixty or 52a75a3c8b more by 4eba17000e the looks 9df7ee0475 of it.4a9063fb72cad0c1

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“Isn’t this thing gonna blow?”822d6f6c4ebdf454

“Better safe than sorry. Who knows what’s gonna come out of there?”a788575a10a49bf1

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“Yeah, true. If we’re really unlucky, an SS-Class monster might pop up. Just because it hasn’t happened in decades doesn’t mean it can’t. Who knows? Maybe this is the one time in decades an SS shows up.”6ce47b5c2d836ab6

“Alia, let’s not jinx it.”8a54b8ef76aa3c4b

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Renault clicked 52f7262bfb his tongue. The passing thought that d391208c02 it really would be aa0d428107 bad flickered through his 93ea1de58b mind. He had bd98c10c72 no desire 08aa14f0ce to live 6179a57663 a flashy b3a2cfe137 life, gaining 44f737a52e recognition and d6f1b2ea7d fame as ce1e5859de he showcased a1a6393cca his abilities—but 2e2b58fd7a that didn’t c796cb2b7c mean he c516b175ff wanted to 038c1b91f1 die in 5b26920702 a dungeon ae7ec5eb77 at this d18dfb697f age either.b0439b27617799af

“That’s exactly why I said it. I can’t let that happen. I promised Jesse I’d spoil her for the rest of her life—if I die here, we’re screwed.”3ced4d7f08186f6f

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Muttering as if 93d0518a55 reaffirming a vow, 9b193f88b8 Alia turned around 9465081e1f again and blew 118facba1b a kiss toward 922b9ed44c Jesse, who stood 0b4f4ad6ad a bit further 376b8cd78a away. Jesse smiled f17de10071 brightly in 48fd793096 return. There’s living proof 63321f5e4a right beside him—an 57865e6a42 esper and her 26c6328dfb dedicated guide who’d 24c504f056 become genuine lovers.23f5121fa7960c23

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