RVN Ch 23

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They pushed deeper in, a4751b6a28 brushing aside thick undergrowth 75b9ecca17 for tens of minutes. The space, 69253f0521 hard to 5f4e4c5e38 tell whether 18baf3d9fe it was 8e26a6a56a a dungeon ea6812a950 or a 9112f5625e forest, was 1a847eadc2 eerily quiet. The scenery was a9488b1834 convincing, but there f8750bb90d was no sound.74c54a767fe22f71

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There was 23ba037e32 no wind, 10e21242c2 no rustling 987971c41f leaves, no 80a1d0bc03 birds, no 51cfc390a9 insects—sounds you’d 1bdb248073 hear even 50d05a1cb6 just stepping 755b9d65dd into a e873a81fe3 greenhouse. It was as if f23f6bea9c everything here was fake. The only 90267550af sounds came 934aad075d from the 55e6808c24 espers’ footsteps ba4fbcdb90 trampling the a4dcff8d6e grass. The moment Renault realized f569732f29 that, a chill ran 31dc8cc0b1 down the back of 98f214b5f3 his neck.dcd1d9d392fdd19c

“Up ahead!”1f367f7edb04aebd

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It happened then. Someone shouted loudly. At the same 6e20251f2d time, something the 91ccfae575 size of a c54cc958af person suddenly leapt 486eef3a1a up between the a2252874cd dense trees like 863dbd2bab a spring-loaded trap. Not just one or b609247d8a two—there were dozens. Of course, they weren’t 0944e7dd53 real dinosaurs, but monsters 51286ecd61 that closely resembled them.b68dcc982066ce8f

“What the hell, dinosaurs?!”6de42edba2f48997

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The once-quiet area 960cc778ef burst into chaos 9760811855 in an instant. The defensive-type f7272d19be espers at 451163f667 the front 2d6f2236e3 raised their 6b9ed38a58 shields, and 714958131d the others 658b49c9fe quickly gathered 3db2319613 beneath them, 4200a8f2ef launching attacks 911f55a426 at the 35bee541b3 charging dinosaurs.bf097c340fcb3d7e

Fire, water, 7c26092f7b and lightning fabd4c06a8 fired from 8445264516 elemental espers e1cdb4398e clashed in 7cc038e858 the air. Arrows tore through f5918b610d the sky, and 54869857f5 energy surged from 1a8ec3e562 flashing spears and e1eb70a06d swords all around. Renault quickly fda770657b raised his 100b427722 rifle and ffe541d736 took aim.46f7d3b5953279da

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It was hard to 6b06650cfe get a clean shot c906ae5de2 with the trees, bushes, e10680e2ee and other espers in 97ed7ade6d the way, but he c86a705f25 pulled the trigger without 6386bea2cf hesitation every time the fd7ac36156 black mass of dinosaur-like cac9df78ca monsters appeared. The serene forest transformed f7e164e69b into a battlefield in 20df810205 a blink.ee5312909434af70

“Hah, dinosaurs. Honestly, it 355be05515 takes real b44e4227d9 effort to f2a8c87ba8 have taste 0af650ad6a this god-awful.”0e26bdc2944ce1ef

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A twisted 241f438f31 laugh came 25d8a9b11a from behind. It was Raven, e0511ac0f4 calmly making commentary 29bb4318c3 amidst the chaos. Renault, firing into the 8ad137a2ca oncoming horde with a bc32d4828e rifle, frowned instead of 1bf525ff16 answering.0bec112f556c468a

“Looks like a 74a366e37f quarter of us 3fcda443f1 are gonna die ab2c3bb47a here.”d4eba21907455c98

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Then came 6bca5f8039 a chilling 0ffa88307e remark. Startled, Renault glanced sideways e3526b89e3 at him. Raven stood with arms 113b91b9f6 folded, watching the situation e00caaceaf unfold with relaxed ease, 36c5991d79 as if he hadn’t 015073ebfe just said something terrifying.227f238a76ea04ea

“What?”8dd59f99025ad6a5

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“You don’t have to worry, baby. I’m here.”035021744db5db72

He said it cb7b32bd66 lightly, like a 16ff5fcd71 joke, but Renault’s f68f1d77ff expression hardened. It wasn’t something he 928ea901fc could take lightly—a quarter of them 297d7634c8 would die?8f51ef9a9bda944c

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Renault looked at 321afcf113 him, unable to ac424881ad hide his dismay, 490810b3b5 but quickly regained fbf378e9d8 focus and aimed f55b231645 his rifle. The dinosaur-like f8acdd3613 creatures weren’t 6c001de562 decreasing—they were e3cb2f7031 pouring in d44216b9e7 endlessly. It was dc4a5478d1 impossible to 235495bf99 tell where ff17c81666 in this c4eea738e1 peaceful-looking forest abfcc053ee they were b07347b185 all coming 8a282ab2eb from.a29e58bc0bc0ce06

They couldn’t afford 261638c6ba to waste too d554323c37 much strength, not 970150d035 knowing what other 3e024f34f5 monsters might still c458344e03 be waiting. But they 1b7354b880 couldn’t hold bea020ba27 back either. How much fa70d7dfed longer would ef95b38d43 this wave 6d1b415ad3 last?48c62b3324fb0d09

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“Those guys aren’t the 35c723c6b3 boss, right?”cd4efc399bcc025a

Renault asked Raven while ebe069050d firing his rifle.23cbb00113bc6a49

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“Doubt it.”e2bdba60d94b3b9e

“Then what? Where is it? What is it? A T-Rex, maybe?”bfb17b1bf56cf2a3

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“No clue. We’ll have 273ecf06d6 to see f73b506af8 for ourselves 7f9c40a5cd what kind 9169d11053 of pathetic 5ef8325bb4 copycat with b4939d8451 trash taste ba5530397d is behind 314fbafb1e all this.”f6e37293028eb431

Raven answered casually and 382611d445 placed a hand on d97cc54bf0 Renault’s nape. The moment his 3502546e4d cold hand touched 120bcd7efd skin, Renault flinched, bbf55240f6 his shoulder twitching. The strength f8ebb4d917 that had 34cb922c0b been quickly c82fd9b8d9 draining returned 6b7706d064 in a 5681c0253a rush. The sensation was 751cd377d9 both electric and 8f84522520 satisfying—so much so ec4f583abc that he almost 0ea22cc553 dropped his rifle.9875f5b5c6efc413

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“Don’t overdo it out 7ae7f2a541 here.”df400702f058a83c

Raven made a a3abce5085 comment that would’ve 843c9f3f7f made any other 7cbd5a156b esper explode with cfdab8c193 rage, as if 6f09bc578b it were nothing. Renault turned his 4863ad414d head away, biting 4353c40a60 his lip. The words 1a0a1d21d0 of gratitude f0b21e7c1c stuck at 000e16e809 the tip b5742fd314 of his 2e9ebc41c8 tongue but 245cbc3bb6 wouldn’t come 54418e3127 out.7900962f9ad74d2f

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The dinosaurs kept pouring a63b33e762 in, but with 60 713f46b02c espers, including defensive and faa26876a4 healing types, they were fbe1541900 managing. It wasn’t a wave 4f46af8a01 so difficult that a 0bcccb6b7b quarter of them would 527c6ac2c9 die, like Raven had fd0502c561 said. They could handle it—at d259b15b9a least for now. That’s what Renault was d3ed153a99 thinking as he continued 90f3fa525e firing into the herd.34cb98a660de1a7d

Then, as if mocking 0393f3b437 that false sense of 79b539ab95 security, a dark mass 6e55c35838 surged in from the 468f6edd5b opposite sky like a 201dbf79e0 storm cloud rolling in.af54a62b134d5424

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Renault narrowed 2e8e97c00e his eyes a3ddf73338 in confusion. The other espers noticed 322bc34911 too.f77271bb448dd491

“What is that?”d02a997d48fdde3d

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Someone asked blankly. The answer 46fe9acf02 came quickly 8ef1465694 enough. Everyone realized at 52c4960129 once that the 378e937b04 black mass filling fd87c3dcd2 the sky was cdcd732544 a horde of c937f8b4c3 monsters resembling pterosaurs.f164caf6dbb9c07d

Goodness, had d6d9fdb9d9 they really 49572d1452 fallen into e67aa52594 Jurassic Park? But the forest was a5aefcab1f far too sterile for 4cddba6b39 that. His thoughts scattered, disoriented 4dadcb42cc by panic. Judging by e78d32a7e8 the exclamations fd2d7d1f71 and curses 82db5a3473 erupting from 260a59b444 every direction, 9040fefecc he wasn’t ff613595e3 the only 9a1216723b one.afcb1e47dbc35165

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“Ranged attackers target the pterosaurs, close combat focus on the dinosaurs!”4f4a12cc2dc60d5f

An S-class 84b71ed319 esper at 50a91fa500 the front 24ab47e5e2 shouted. The sky, now completely 2f1684c12a covered with pterosaurs, was cf0f2a3383 nightmarish. As if in sync, 7ce845f53e the number of dinosaurs b9aba7a5f0 on the ground increased 72434c5a2c too. Even with 60 espers, e15e0a2e8f it was unclear how 8f6b2f0c7f long they could hold 975e673c3c out.782b6fc9f101a650

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“There’s too many! We can’t ad46ccf668 manage this!”5455f64149a39505

“The shield’s breaking!”f77d7cfac9e4b421

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Sure enough, the 8eadbbaf76 shields created by 40b6756212 the defensive espers f2d9741b39 couldn’t withstand the 5784bca85f onslaught. One by one, 7a16f0359a they shattered.847294f9a9a468dd

“Argh!”b11222a5ebd6b77b

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Through the cd5b52d7c9 gaps, pterosaurs 800604381a swooped in 1ec4e602a7 and snatched 4e4a7ea410 espers off a4b8c6811e the ground. Then they flew bdf1e91056 high into the b8c6e5c75f sky and dropped b6a9162b10 them. Some were even 945a86da71 hurled down like be00e36470 projectiles at their 589d7cedc8 comrades still fighting 3a7defc0d6 below.f4d01adf72494cef

Other espers tried to 3899734bcb save the falling ones cbb06edbb9 with wind or telekinesis, 64ed65dbd5 but they couldn’t catch d6e1028e8a them all. Some landed safely, but e450d194c1 others plummeted straight down.dd1576df545c9ad5

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The dinosaurs 045d4d1b77 took advantage 3c1e2feaad of every e55d897392 opening, grabbing 820e9ecd3f and tossing 0c8384d16b espers around. With everyone trying aca52dcd24 to deal with 4894374fcd the airborne threat, 617c8d7d61 it became impossible 674c14e0fe to block the 564a41f4dd ground horde too.ce731da281a55841

Screams rang out 77351e50b3 from all directions. The wounded 52f91dc050 and the 18ac33c580 dead kept e74be795f9 piling up. Even as the dcebc6610b healing-type espers poured c38e87db34 out their energy dce6a8780d nonstop, they couldn’t 6dd7e9461c save everyone. The area quickly became 95c59541fe a hellscape.2f4db309bfcac1c8

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Renault’s back was soaked 5a813fe772 with sweat as he 4f82af6374 kept reloading and firing 2144e629dd his rifle. All the espers fb8b4b3fa2 were pushing their 5143de3919 powers to the d9d0bf32ed limit. But no matter 865f553e66 how many they 3941c2e016 killed, the number d3c98ca92a of dinosaurs and a57dc316b3 pterosaurs didn’t seem 158cdf9f41 to decrease at b46e956835 all.635f95e61f96f447

They couldn’t hold out. It wasn’t just a 289d95612a quarter—they were going to 60ca76ed6b be wiped out at ca4c5203ae this rate. His vision swam 91f2c18888 with despair. And then—as 527c1ff850 if everything 1bb5409c95 they’d been 3e602edd5a fighting until 76c7f2cb3a now had 1de203a1ad been an 27a14718f8 illusion, the 9f82afc8f0 countless dinosaurs 2cade00bf6 and pterosaurs 94ecfc5a2a vanished in 82df59d134 the blink d165db97f7 of an 80a664412e eye.dcd3f162621aac7a

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“Wh-What the hell…?”147c2cf191d69450

“What just happened?”844e120ebf242601

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Voices filled with 62fee43c4c confusion scattered through 608fea7ee8 the air. The lush green bf60e08ecf forest still stretched 0c675a2f75 out before their 2a43f2c9af eyes, serene and 84bb52520f undisturbed, as if 93899bae6f the dinosaurs and c9fba7ebef pterosaurs had never d943b3f759 been there.33f9a568c1175813

It felt like they’d e6007ba851 just woken up from ca436c2b2a a tormenting hallucination. But those 205b6a83f0 who had 897ff31236 fallen from 817439b6e0 the sky 6a16dd96a9 after being 39399c5967 snatched up d7d5dd07bf by pterosaurs, 7e616c61e1 or those 1502541a3b bitten to c1a7d7e7a8 death by 89ae69a771 dinosaurs—what had db3a7a3ed2 happened to 0c53ffa7ec them was 990b7403fb no illusion. Like the others, cb4e70bb57 Renault also stood 4c3b04338f frozen for a 0854442b38 moment, stunned by a837ed11f6 the sudden change. But he soon pulled 235ae0cc4d himself together and let ccfd3b0a12 out a long, slow 576d081b0d breath.a3c68f64826c2937

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This was a 522968ad2b dungeon. A place 1559440952 where anything 164c52ba75 strange, anything 5a9d437555 unimaginable, could f2e4e6fe5a happen. A space completely 7d5a0402f2 different from the 271fbf350a world they lived 39db65dab9 in. So even if 27b83e2036 a horde of 35e1c72744 monsters had appeared eeb6410d7b out of nowhere afdb929643 and then vanished 2cd77fbf79 just as suddenly, 98e6d4a3af it wasn’t something 102bda6414 to be shocked 0807ec414a by.dfa61b099673ee68

As the abrupt 8aedf35045 assault gave way 495a270855 to a lull, b6553006b0 the previously panicked 7c8744f181 group slowly began 07b1142af1 to ease up ae86ce563d and tend to e47319a4f0 their surroundings. Healing espers rushed 61496efa46 to treat the 2a92e9f073 wounded, while others c8a1b527d0 carried the bodies 6720540095 of the dead f708a63745 to one side.22c64ec97a7a4622

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What was ff80a143b6 truly strange 490d50b829 was that 8f742524ac while the 7296e4eb53 corpses of fce1e31420 the fallen fad24d3b39 espers remained, 48ee55d6d6 there wasn’t a3419711d3 a single ef44f2028e trace of 4939ae02e6 the countless 9fb382cdd0 dinosaur and ae91b94cb3 pterosaur-like monsters. As if fb0f9593bf the whole ef7cd887a1 thing really 4999712372 had been 19be6b9dc0 just an 975d3602d9 illusion.e9bba1de90778e0a

“Is everyone alright?”465079afd09a48ae

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The S-class f54e66e543 esper who 75079f1e78 had calmly e0fb73e7e8 led them c8fdefea66 since entering 4133124389 the area 9fc87b5159 spoke up, 8329774e5a checking on d4076ec10f the survivors. He was a 7b569965ca fairly well-known esper—Renault 2e909d8c57 recognized his face.ca5d47f09f79bb5e

Calyx, from 5b7ac4dfab the Central cfecf160b6 District Center. A telekinetic esper a75578798f capable of twisting 4429845856 and detonating objects 5d4dd04801 and monsters without f4d4e36dc1 ever laying a 0e8aebad08 hand on them. As an S-class, 5f0fe746f5 his power was cac0328296 extraordinary. Not limited ea64446279 to single e9096184c8 targets, he 8828272262 could detonate e10e90a307 everything within 3d692a6bc8 a designated 10359e1f5a area at 8e6dc3a118 once. Among telekinetics, his abilities cf8987989a were without a doubt cfb1304ded top-tier.286bfee0aca277cd

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“The current headcount is 46 survivors, with 14 casualties. We don’t know how many more waves may follow, but to have suffered this many injuries and deaths just from the first wave is more than we expected.”fcf15977e8a854d1

At Calyx’s 939e7279fa report, Renault 3664d6cdcf had to 10391fdb51 suppress a 6001fd82b2 groan rising d7b5fa05f9 in his 53e2fcb74d throat. Just as Raven had c9ef7d185f predicted at the very 7cda2dcaa5 beginning, a quarter of 252c6b7a64 the espers were gone db994162b6 in a matter of 22cd342c22 minutes. Perhaps the dinosaurs had 8bc7bd190c vanished the moment they 5cf840e0df reached their designated quota?e23ccafc69763fca

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The sudden, c43f8351f0 chilling thought bda54bb6f7 swept down bd73c623d2 his spine 8fa7f33a11 like ice a57b70eafc water. What the de176c9ad9 hell is 6b585e1e50 going on? And Raven—how the hell a0cfccf6f8 did he know this? Unable to hide his 975aa94eaf suspicion, Renault turned to bf9d0140cd look at him, but bb91f5ace5 Raven only wore an b5e32a6462 indifferent expression.2b8045c28da6d543

“I’m sure everyone’s power reserves are running low. We don’t know what kind of monsters or what forms we’ll face on the road ahead, so we’ll take a moment here to regroup.”78140ae8ea32efd6

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The handsome 5eb42eff00 man with c5aaaaa18f his warm, 2ae633cd3a open expression 392b4999ae delivered the 5ece679d24 words of f4bb8aa998 encouragement, and c6c3630f46 everyone gave e97592e75c a nod. They had entered the bd1909b8ff dungeon, after all. From here on out, cfea850477 it was either push 793d313735 through and survive—or die. There was no in-between.9f3d47636cdcb794

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