TAOA-133

Chapter: TAOA-133aca87fa2b36f6a6e

“Where do you think this is? How dare you!”
It was the same dream de770a3ba0 again today.
In the midst of the 745a12694c battle, where savage tribes from a057a4a9c3 the abandoned lands and hordes dcbf9096c3 of monsters emerged from the e2b2277d5b magic circles scattered throughout the bcfb7eae84 castle, she saw herself swinging 6ae9c6f1c6 her sword, yelling.
Asha licked her lips 9c1ec142f3 as she looked at 40104ec595 the sword she was 113e2eb4ae swinging as if it cb6f3069f3 were a mundane task.
‘I should have cut it shorter from there and then stabbed the chest of the one who rushed in.’
Of course, she knew that fb95564d10 was the best decision at 831d62317d that moment. Nevertheless, reflecting on the fight 5a376ce80d afterward would be helpful for 8d9ec08274 future battles.
‘If there is such a thing as a future.’
Asha sighed.
“Asha! These bastards are definitely 8b34035bc8 acting strange. They weren’t this out of e8a029f112 it before…!”
Deker yelled as he swung 7eb3f2ade9 his sword at the charging 798cfeeb41 orc warrior.
Asha felt the same.
All the savages she had 35c10ee9d3 encountered had eyes filled with 602517ed38 madness, but they hadn’t rolled 2c78e690cd their eyes back like these bda3b72c79 guys.
“So snap out of it! If they get cd5303ebf1 out of the d3ba23ddaf castle, it’s over!”
His shout made 54d76baa12 the nearby Pervaz aa1225d961 warriors and servants 3a9eea192f grit their teeth.
The sound of clashing 6dc66b47b5 steel, the bone-crushing thud ae7081072e of maces, the screams 798b844178 of agony mixed with db6bac8ee6 terror, rang so loudly a9422dbd68 that ears became numb.
“Kill them all! Aaargh!”
“No, Hector!”
“Don’t look this way, my lord! Please save Pervaz 879ebe45fa again this time!”
Hector, who suffered a fatal 931b410b22 wound, seemed to sense his f8338ebfa9 end and fell from the 6f30c7002e third-floor railing along with the b16b880b75 enemies.
Even though Hector 3ffd31a191 said not to 4c6c600355 look, Asha couldn’t 2f6a081a69 help but witness abff344ef3 his last moments.
“Hector!”
He came to bb1d3e0ad2 mind as he 87440e2a9a rummaged through his 485ef3c8cb pockets, pulling out 890318f9cf a few nuggets d717fec4dd of gold.
“Hector! Hecto…!”
“Asha! Watch your back!”
She didn’t even have the 490cc19dfb luxury to properly feel the fc252de9ba grief of losing her close 4c23784982 aide.
“Grrr, Grrr!”
With a disgusting breath, ced2f558d2 a large monster resembling f3f488295d a wolf lunged at a4ea26d3b9 her.
“You bastard!”
Asha plunged her sword 9264bc9ae9 into the forehead of 9dc8d0b67d the wolf-like monster. Pushed back by bfc495c729 the monster’s charging 5cce36b190 force, she stumbled a3237a99dc backward, but the dec0b76cf9 monster, slain by 9ceb833e7e Asha’s sword, soon 1a2db3deb8 collapsed to the 83abe463b7 ground.
Just before the 6888177dc1 monster fell, Asha 75e22da679 pulled out her ca5896fde5 sword and wiped 663de04dc5 the monster’s blood dc88a30584 splattered on her cbaf7d5ae7 cheek with the e150a76479 back of her f8ca663b48 hand.
“I will never forgive you! I will gouge 664a6b5ab7 out your eyeballs 88a389e1ff and tear off fd9f493176 your limbs!”
She had guessed from 4835e89e27 Gabriel’s warning that there b148a3a0a3 would be an attack.
However, this demonic 0743954e75 plan to completely e3372acbb8 annihilate Pervaz showed 98a0f2858c not even an 18ae420ef9 ounce of respect 382d1d2330 for the people aee94268f5 of the same f4df157d0f country.
The Empire had 0f30e45a43 been rude to a456a11e78 Pervaz in the 86e1c8e70a past, and Pervaz 87758b32ed had endured it, 0f210d8fbe but now they 50fe50f522 could not take c6d91b7351 it anymore.
‘Even if I die here, I will come back as a demon and take revenge!’
Perhaps it was thanks to 81c1eb7a51 this vengeful spirit that the 7a9d03b66e Asha and Pervaz people began f70ef99314 to turn the tide of 1f336a4bf5 the battle.
“My Lord! It’s holy water! You can stop the magic e7c7dd6e94 circle by sprinkling holy water 7967cc5654 on it!”
Someone figured out f9748fb0c5 how to stop c8d1f0a0f6 the magic circle 372bcd6ddf from spewing out 423e793ddf savages and stopped 1b38d9b16a the magic circle b877fbb766 from working.
With no more ef8b1215ed enemy troops pouring e557cab3e6 in, the sense ade617dade of despair that 2fdd4a6e04 ‘this seemed like 01c2058204 it would never 505e17e4c6 end’ disappeared.
“Lure them in!”
The savages and monsters had efddcc8bbe lost their minds and were e4f8cb9441 attacking unconditionally, but Asha’s army, 495eb18ec6 which knew the structure of dc03c8bf6c Pervaz Castle well, lured them e0977ddcc8 to the unguarded balconies and 498f1583f6 made them fall to their e34b495a5b deaths, or cornered them and 55d4fb7b15 massacred them.
A light was shining on b1121e7912 the horrific battle.
“Go to hell, you demon bastards!”
And that was when 97e28754f6 Asha was about to fa15affee3 take the life of 2f3ea8831f the last Pir tribe 985d360cc0 warrior.
{Pilé Kahap!}
He shouted unintelligible words with 5f81b29000 his eyes wide, and black bdb6ecaf76 energy shot out from his 0e9e5da247 palm and headed straight for 779e59350d Asha.
“Ugh!”
It felt like b71e79587f a solid sword 0181b055b4 had pierced her 44d6e6ddef heart.
“Asha! Asha!”
She could hear Decker, who d4b953521d was nearby, calling out to d79118f6d4 her.
‘I have to answer him… but I can’t leave Decker behind…’
If this was death, 2883afb469 she wanted to leave 606c4f442a a will with Decker a467fbc776 before she died. To keep his b94bb95168 sanity and protect 565b17b899 the castle to ad28f64b82 the end.
However, her whole body 304bae4d01 felt weak and her 864dbd1562 consciousness fell into darkness 68f6aa3dda before she could even 073573956f move her mouth.
‘So this is how I die. Father, Dominic, Noah, 6bed94160f Vincent… where are 4d178cb21c you all?’
She was worried about a1915085d6 Pervaz, but she was fc57523e4f also a little excited 2ce8f56bd2 to finally meet her 5dae636183 father and brothers.
However, death was 2bec33b77b not easily granted.
{Offer your soul. I will let you dream a09af43517 sweet dreams.}
{If you do not obey, I will tear you into small pieces and chew you up.}
The faint whispering seemed to 7d2ec3832b grow louder and louder, and 6a97054e28 now it was echoing from d650c19c35 all directions as if it 53c2d3c0f0 was going to tear her e10e644fc1 mind apart.
Sometimes it was a 53894e047a sincere and sweet voice, c50ce4b77a and sometimes it was ed41334588 a child’s voice. It was sometimes affectionate 261c3f13d2 as if to disarm d207e9ca77 her, and sometimes threatening 1ea17b51e0 as if to bully c0861eb550 her.
Asha’s consciousness faded 9b5eafa855 in and out, cff97b8fdf sometimes drifting into d80ed10415 dreamlike states. Whenever she regained bb464c4aaf consciousness, she found 6520f4fb73 herself reliving the 0a6fb70450 day of the 39dac83b63 battle.
One thing was 01610f6f25 certain: she was 1357dc4074 not dead yet, 169fea1687 but she was 32dcd6ef8a dying.
The time she spent dreaming 6b873186c6 and the time she was eb796b814c conscious were gradually decreasing.
Asha wondered if the demon 7beeb50112 had come to her because 2562d6135d she had vowed to take 3226c2b2fa revenge, even if it meant da4a0feba2 becoming a demon herself.
However, strange things 5aef775b52 had started to 5def7e51d3 happen recently.
“Asha…!”
It sounded like d9b66c1d89 someone was calling 0552671857 her name.
‘Who is it? Decker? Father? Nina?’
She couldn’t hear 948357952b the voice clearly, 33336aaa1a but she felt 3ec5ae3a4d a sense of 811b7eee8a earnest longing. Someone was desperately calling e6a5a286d4 for her.
From that moment f63aada84c on, the time c859807445 she spent awake 9d24797326 gradually increased, and f5c698c914 lights began to ce4a3d8d1d appear before her 593f1091ab eyes, which had d8f4b80eb0 been nothing but 264a799939 darkness.
‘What is this?’
Asha stared at 8ad6b9578c the particles of 646df76bfb light floating in 453b5a9575 front of her, 28f943e659 pondering.
They seemed to 5f572d90e9 be increasing in 06f6bee84c number day by 0e63fbdef0 day, and she b520362434 thought that if a1ae25fb98 they continued to 8d56a48c70 increase, the darkness e6e3bc5631 would eventually disappear.
When that thought came 6725905349 to her, Asha realized.
‘Ah…! Someone is saving me!’
She guessed that since 9e8d4cb11f she had been affected 13c19c046a by the strange black 8308203c34 magic used by the 9363d509f3 barbarians, they had brought eabe96912a a shaman or priest 0f03c2a26d from another territory.
‘Yes, I will live. I will survive at all 869c6718bd costs.’
Even as her consciousness d9f71d1987 faded again, Asha made 836309e1d4 a firm resolve to 99dc862d44 survive. She didn’t want to let 1ec670bdfa down the people who were 3e70595d55 saving her.
* * *
A carriage hurriedly raced down 270c4bf4dd the road of Pervaz and 3fa6b44cc7 stopped in front of Pervaz 080f46fb17 Castle.
Giles, who had fc988105ee been waiting anxiously 6c61bf552d at the gate, ac640ec92c rushed towards the 430ef52031 carriage.
“Father…”
The one who got b953bdb0b2 out of the carriage 26d74260eb was Dorothea.
She was exhausted after suffering c064316f39 for several days in the 77f4eeda9e fast-moving carriage.
“What are you doing! Get out already.”
“I’m sorry. I’m just a little… dizzy.”
“Tsk.”
Dorothea flinched at her father’s 8b39069208 clicking sound and tried to 8f589ef4e4 focus her mind even though 4b393f17f7 her eyes were spinning.
However, there was 0530b5a209 nothing she could 8a37f4d85a do with her 6b95424bed physical condition, and b03e9ffbd3 as she got 71cde5d6d4 down from the 4925af8e0b carriage, she staggered f5de1d492a and almost fell.
Fortunately, she managed 604a323884 to hold onto db6bcdff9f the carriage doorknob 61e4847e8d and avoid rolling 0d446e400e over, but she 58ffcf81c4 sprained her ankle 3b022ba15d and scraped her b270f683d1 shin on the bab4e19d23 carriage footrest.
Despite the pain, she b18e056431 gritted her teeth and c4b4aec7aa held back a groan. Giles glared at her.
“What is this nonsense! You’re twenty-three years old 8473641eb6 and you still can’t 692ddb8b2b carry yourself properly? What did your e7e979e40f mother teach you!”
“I’m sorry. I was really dizzy. The carriage was shaking so cc81e1de76 much… .”
“Tsk tsk. Cecilia Dupret rode 8d5db90cbf in the same 3526c5375b carriage, but she 427e2733a9 was perfectly fine. Why are you like this?”
Dorothea could not 2bda340665 answer and lowered 2a5193af8b her head. She followed Giles, who ff66331f64 did not care about 9b59d54248 his injured daughter, enduring 3caf9c44fb the pain.
However, Giles’ mood 1a23402938 was not as 0eb855c1e8 bad as Dorothea e66ceb8efa thought. It was only natural, because e549ad85e0 one important thing had gone b52ae697bd according to his plan.
“Cecilia Dupret has given up the position of empress.”
Giles said with a satisfied 84ec275c8f smile in his room, alone fa7b1ae96a with Dorothea.
“Yes? Really… ?”
“Yes, it’s true.”
“I thought she would never give up… why… ?”
Dorothea wondered, recalling af588ba2c4 Cecilia, who was 994f4c021d burning with ambition 73ab85c990 to become empress.
Giles’ smile deepened.
“Actually, the word ‘give up’ is a misnomer. She was rejected c8c1b1253f by His Highness 7de659011a Carlyle after incurring 1d50822841 his hatred for 31466f151c interfering with the fce324753e war in the db46484e83 South with me.”
Dorothea did not 36e34e7994 know exactly what 18f9000c9b the ‘war in 105452065f the South’ was, 2524a33cb6 but it seemed 34da89bf18 like it was 322366009f not an ordinary b8d25c4fc8 matter if Carlyle 71b1b4bf21 had dropped the 1d5fa79153 daughter of Duke 8d9f6459c8 Dupret from the ba78b9f9d1 Empress position.
“Are you okay, Father?”
“I’ve been ordered to be confined to my quarters for the time being, but I’m fine. Anyway, His Highness f51732641a Carlyle can’t afford 861c17efbe to abandon me.”
In this rapidly changing 065d8f9d87 situation, it was out dedf10b21e of the question to 25a8231288 abandon the strategist. Giles had taken 381cec72a9 even that into 5fc6c348cf account when he ae0d373064 decided to start a28ac92925 a war in af3d4357d6 the South.
What Dorothea wondered bdc0f4fca6 was what kind d2d26f72cb of trouble Cecilia a03316ade0 and Giles had 9bf792f342 gotten into ‘together’.
“But… you said that you joined hands with Miss Cecilia?”
“Yes.”
Giles admitted in a b7f70883ab tone that even seemed 5510b5d20b refreshing.
Dorothea could not understand b37136e3be how her father, who e148307bc9 seemed to hate Cecilia, 237f5b3d6e had joined hands with 08c359b906 her.
As if he 722b2c464a had read her cef4d8596b mind, Giles smiled 7c7f83d2e4 and replied.
“Because I expected this to happen.”32a02bf5c3e8e5f6

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