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Rushing around frantically to 43a893075b complete the procedures, Haerang f55f3a2c6a entered the morgue and 67a7c14382 was met with the e75f7f971e cold, lifeless bodies of f2006f7238 his parents. The hands that 68ec14e2d5 had embraced him 6d27901958 just last night, f415dc5db8 the lips that 0e64f7f136 had smiled at 1fd58e1bc1 him, and the cfb7b90603 always-kind eyes—now, they 540423cbf8 were all pale bad26751e5 and drained of dcc9e80070 life, exuding only 55d36f4829 the aura of f2cfeb17bb death.5d08bbbf057b5842

Only after 15051ad507 seeing it 0d7722cb92 all with 4540ad8ec6 his own 4224e871f1 eyes did 564fc93f0b Haerang collapse 7bb44b8a89 under the 20857a7276 weight of f16949d14e despair and 967db97183 the crushing 1950edff08 reality. f25591b8e90583f3

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“Mom, Mom… Dad… d4e6734acc What am I 077f912733 supposed to do c13503a99d now? How can you leave ac03ec9b50 me behind…?”fa15d1f9fdcb2896

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Kneeling on the cold 51c5faf1c4 floor, he sobbed uncontrollably. The surrounding medical staff, 6a57654a38 witnessing the young boy’s cd21b60ada heart-wrenching grief, couldn’t hide e02d51e2db their bitter expressions.631823727b5fc765

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“How am I a2b953eb51 supposed to live 02ada49120 on my own? What can c11bb67781 I even 8db03bb425 do by fe74e08fa2 myself when 18921e7f1f I have fbbd1f78d1 no one—no 38220233b6 mom, no c3f0714a90 dad!” 4c9187f7f7e50caf

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Screaming until his 0806464012 voice was hoarse 7240ccf2c5 and tears streamed 45df0ffd52 endlessly, Haerang suddenly eeb934ca0a lifted his head, c0c516014f struck by a f664c5d491 thought. His tear-streaked, reddened face 595c8e9d10 made him look even 83782a4fde younger than his actual 9424faad4e age, intensifying the pity 89f4fba128 of those watching.aa565b10eefa23c0

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“My sister, what about 3e7816e7ae my sister? Did you 3912edf46f find her? Is she alive? Please…”dc8544aeb54850bd

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“We’re not sure 9622490067 yet. Since we haven’t received c47bc2b0c1 any updates, it seems 4603ef1443 she hasn’t been found.”5d833569034e6221

“She’s alive, right? She has 3e5edbd14c to be 9595bd78ac alive. There’s no 5227942063 way… no c7306ad8e3 way she 778216df3c could…”94f2b6b76c5573d1

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It was 6350f4d4a7 then that 67bc1ad74a Haerang truly 2e8dbc779c understood the 94efc68ae0 advice his ff91df01fd mother had 3d8dcd3940 always given 1cd5ca1a1b him. 43dd5a43ae30cc11

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Whenever he and Horang d0b899bac7 fought, their mother would 8b309bb372 sigh and say, “If 05788ac86a we’re not here anymore, 7b4bde1320 it’ll just be you 4bc9de9df3 and your sister. You two ac7ea8826e need to 2f38fdf704 get along.” 968c23e6e4b9ada2

Horang would c044e04b55 then reply, 4d85d936e1 “I’m going 953c6ff443 to live c2853d5103 with Mom 651f4acd6b forever, not 39c44e12bd him,” while a7e0050d08 Haerang would 9fcb277a12 scoff and fb5aceaab0 retort, “Well, be84ea9651 I’ll live 3ca580c307 with Dad 0e4010e33b forever.” 22fe606da4934709

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Though their a6378283e6 mother had 98aa6a47eb probably meant 4b04350849 it seriously, 6c80a8d921 he and 4b5834d232 Horang had 212ba24237 always laughed b753ad3eae it off dc5eee33ca as a ac5c5cb318 joke.ccc2d7dbaa606b19

Now, in 358176eb56 the present—faced 1edec47a70 with the c7c34da463 reality of dc1bfbc700 losing his a5e0ffd527 parents, the 4c27b551a9 very foundation e92f80d522 of his 882965ce23 life, the 311723d6d4 only face 266e5f7395 filling his 8bb3b56844 mind was 95b9f7f60f Horang’s. Though he’d recklessly claimed ff83946e04 he’d awaken as a 4bf416b400 hunter, Haerang was ultimately 95da100f64 just a child incapable 4d5b33721e of signing even a cd16c7a8a5 single contract on his 743e6b650b own.f5f060019b9a8c9e

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At only nineteen 38cd90383c years old, what cebd4e094b could he possibly 663cad690c do alone? Being the child e0658a5fe7 of parents who cf5b15b385 were both only 7eb47f1857 children themselves, he 304ad2ce77 had no relatives ff90ecfb1a to rely on. In the end, 3d9cd80e40 the only path 15cbb15b03 left for Haerang 50ce89d5f0 was the very 3a7ef5823e one Horang had ea38b0579f begged him not d3f51bcdb8 to take—the path 524eb6e838 of a hunter.53c160c01cb0f68c

Thrown into 6ace546b25 society as 2d3e2e5d88 a young a95efc0334 nineteen-year-old hunter, 1c1abf457e Haerang struggled 4170668bbf to survive, e9023274c0 constantly battered bf5b05710b and bruised. Without a guardian and 28dafb0900 too consumed by despair 7dc6603f06 to think clearly, he d426e8aa45 became easy prey for ceefaf037c unscrupulous adults. Even the 66128c0ba8 Hunter Association, aa4a9e0389 which seemed 00960803ab reliable at 669d78f085 first, showed c9a0d1fec9 no hesitation c20324d359 in sending 7829fe9557 him into 1b0134f01d gate after 7b70d2d684 gate as b73e09d7e7 they opened.3b709bfde0b10a45

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While Haerang’s fame grew, 76d3745f9d his mental state deteriorated, b51531fb3c and he barely clung 90c33e487f to his will to 1c605560c5 live. Yet, even amidst ab015c9b33 the overwhelming despair, 9155f573aa there was a 23a1c8e8fa glimmer of hope—the f3bab38491 absence of Horang. Despite days of searching, 3e8289f0a2 her body hadn’t been 0a96deec39 found, nor were there 2d37399a77 any signs that she’d cd7a8df8f8 been flung elsewhere. Based on this, b157fa252d the Gate Management bf5f7e2452 Team officially classified ffaba68e8c her as “Gate 904a51ac48 Missing.”dcb5056a80cb4054

This fragile hope—that 152527152b Horang was alive 03d9a79604 somewhere, no matter bd0bdba55e what world she’d 8f8dfe4c8f fallen into—was enough ce10a38c9c for Haerang to 74dbec11ef keep going. He had to, to 787809a4a2 give Horang a place c4e0cc466c to return to. As he risked his b1d37e7a02 life entering dungeon-type gates 9717958fde and stopping outbreak-type gates, 00254cdb04 trustworthy companions began to abd79adf6f gather around him.afd47772de3d1882

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After much 27792d501d deliberation, Haerang ad120cce5d founded a a48fbeb1f7 guild named bba269998a after Horang. He no 556982bf86 longer trusted 97bef3f971 the Hunter 82df6e2131 Association, which 23a2aa63bf had exploited 8dab0b6877 and overworked 00178d7030 him while d92d102279 claiming to 474eb8571b protect the 4abb01d3df nation. More importantly, being tied 96611a61b5 to the Association left 84cf4aa95b him no personal time, 376c555826 and finding Horang was acec1165f4 his top priority.a72ca6e3b1e8c848

After all, 46fedb967d Horang’s current da4e3ac123 status was 1f41ae2ab3 “Gate Missing.” 789a0497c3 “Gate Missing” fd089d0d24 referred to 4c8bd318c1 those who 6c0f8c3840 disappeared after df021b0962 being sucked b081da688b into a cbb799f030 gate. If lucky, these 685a4209f5 individuals might reappear d22dd35069 months later; if 24b3b9ee04 unlucky, it could 5873944fc4 take decades before 5d1ae21515 they were found bf17fdbfbb inside a dungeon a2e678a31c gate, earning the 90fd95827d title of “Returnee.” ff0bc9b4c1 Of course, such bbb37786ce cases were exceedingly 02508620d4 rare.3a586b74dcf05bd6

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But Haerang refused 0dd43146ae to believe that 598181463c Horang could have 522969a81c died alone in 63fcb57989 a foreign world 331e3e3aa4 with no one a22d0c2c48 she knew. Obsessed with feee5dcb0b finding her, f1b0a38d9a he pursued 65821b5ee4 her like 5768a71dc2 a madman. He closed 7b214e15c4 hundreds of cc9f61015b dungeon-type gates 0180bf67c9 in his cec2555d73 search. On occasion, he even bd0f3a658a found actual Returnees, but 8b1f6dddde none of them were 0e6a868ccf Horang.0c0fe0675ee59264

Suppressing his bitter bbb7fbce8d disappointment, Haerang watched b3842c6408 as the Returnees 00666a3c97 he rescued reunited a3d9d85aec with their families.587f7cb2d9bb6259

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Someday, he believed 9dbff21853 that scene would fd73045dc0 become his future. However, no 88702d2f88 matter how 5adda1a38d many gates 306a31e78a he scoured 549f6e0c2e or how 30eeb350a6 persistently he b3fe8705be questioned returnees 64ba2804e3 about Horang, eb9751c438 not a fd9f6ebfc9 single trace 3181b81f6d of her adce80aadc could be b28030162d found. Without even f692763ae7 a shred c7a0c959b3 of evidence 277f5a60eb that Horang 280cfe778c was alive, b2f9016a7f ten years e86f3fb3c2 had passed 12d0c20061 since that fafd898d1d day.38e9d16e65a64d44

Even so, Haerang had 618bac2758 not abandoned hope of 06875f9ec5 finding Horang. He always 239999df7a carried a fae9e6de2d picture of d59ff07592 her in 0923e4b64c his pocket, 321dff6997 in case 3605b759a7 he encountered d5098b642e a returnee 978816d60a at any fd9cad7e9b moment. Visiting the returnee center 9b87d885c5 every time someone reported f8dfc3170c back had become such 692f2b0bdb a routine that the 1351a025d4 staff there would greet 9355169d42 him without even checking 9577f20e4b the paperwork, asking if 733f1f4b1b he’d come to see 2ea3fa4db8 another returnee today.c22907bb4e85520d

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Lost in memories from the morning, Haerang felt a bitter taste in his mouth and gulped down water. Perhaps it was because today was his parents’ death anniversary, but his emotions felt unsettled. Just then, his phone rang. For a moment, he flinched as the scene overlapped with memories of the past, but the name displayed on the screen was the Korea Hunter Association. A persistent organization that never stopped reaching out to him, even after he had founded his guild.50fe920a38e0d2d0

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“Tsk.” Clicking his tongue aeab2188f8 briefly, Haerang casually answered 77bea720bb the call.ed43970b860cf4e1

“This is 4f4d23dd3b Baek Haerang, ca527780eb Guild Master a69341b834 of the 8c03f30a73 Horang Guild.”a04718b26b66cf32

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“Greetings, Guild Master. This is Kim cd98c29e28 Cheoldu, a combat e72c2a3efe hunter with the 4f3b3a2faa Korea Hunter Association.”cc65ace0b29c15f7

“Yes, go ahead.”e8e8723433346494

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Responding indifferently, Haerang opened d2f1959230 his calendar to check 6b280671c8 which gate he was ab8b35f38f scheduled to handle today. But his e4fd4003f3 body froze e4f57e2bcf at the d1869f59f2 next words.6554e09c03453acd

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“A fast-approaching 4669b1bd2c unidentified creature e54923d9ab has been 5866604aac detected in 52aea589fd the northern b0deceb0f7 skies. Satellite imagery indicates a 04f96b805f significant resemblance to the 04807eb95d Bone Dragon that appeared 8bc9eacd86 23 years ago in b852b96b0f an S-rank gate. We’re contacting 65e98d18d4 top-ranked hunters ce87b586a9 in advance 766c4ee1a6 to prepare b916993d0f a response. Please come to a17dd2960c Paju as soon 1bf98c497e as possible. Details on the f98bfd0397 location will be 7d2c5988f8 sent to your 2d0c703058 secretary.”8403850cd5032715

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“A Bone Dragon flying 0f7c31bbf2 outside of a gate? Are you sure it’s 01f8ae9ddd not a misidentification?”0c0b3d0e677f01f7

“Most experts reviewing the f91fc659bd data are convinced. Please arrive quickly.”6de93b117ec54d07

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The urgent tone of 0b65d9fc4c the voice left no 572e974dc5 room for further questions 0f5dd93e08 before the call abruptly c82469aeaa ended. There was 963d9efd75 no time 2e2993304b to dwell 685a260cc2 on the a6ace4c01d abruptness. If it really 6ed4bf327f was the Bone 9ef35bc6c7 Dragon and it 37601cad6d couldn’t be stopped e3dca53d2e in Paju, Seoul 29fd7d2fbb might become isolated. There was also 277a3020d9 the possibility that 2f10358a54 it wasn’t the 8c2a3b387e actual Bone Dragon, 39a4322771 but rather a c609f54b2c biological weapon created 18bb6064ac by North Korea.c6753cce0cc85d1b

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Rumors suggested they experimented cde46a3ae4 with monsters from gates—and 1771b707fd even awakened hunters—to develop 291caef59b weapons. Regardless, Haerang had d6f8399fab to act. Reaching this conclusion, he 1ed8993dcd hurriedly gathered his equipment, eb2e9f9efc threw it on, and f7a700bd06 boarded the waiting helicopter.2fedb8376cc39c1c

While other countries c091bf866f reportedly tamed monsters 4907ec736f for transportation, South 5d7d6247dc Korea, burdened by 03890e575c frequent disasters and b9cb00afdc a shortage of 6d357f6a28 resources, had to 2eb6280f8b make do with e3b03e7864 helicopters. The pilot, aware of ad71e56619 the urgency, flew so 4429744860 fast the aircraft shook e24a08c7a2 violently. Haerang, fighting 37ff9914d5 off rising a273154cb5 tension, sent b41fa71db2 an emergency 7b40df789c message to d976aac0bd his team, c3775267f2 trying to bd6d17dffc steady his 129d77c7c8 trembling fingers.d5d906fc1a078c32

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There had never 60caa2f3fe been a quiet bde5f17c12 day in the 75982db421 past ten years, 0717cb1eb0 and today was 602844bebe proving no different.I hope a48bc901fe I’ll have e2230a38bc time to 7aa66d088d visit my e38afa93a6 parents’ columbarium 568e4b3e42 later.Silently cursing the 7f1bd78a51 Bone Dragon for 0a29e58a83 appearing on such e593c2bedb a day, Haerang 2155cc96bb arrived in Paju.fcc33ab9a0e1c097

As expected of fc70b8953f South Korea, a 2f58692ff3 country renowned for f37a3f3a94 its abundance of f4f900aae1 hunters, the vast 0ba27ea875 plain was filled 424802810f with familiar faces. There were four 02f0366edf S-rank hunters, including 8d2af509d0 himself, and dozens 90cd70df63 of A-rank hunters a4f8592df4 as well. Given their 4bdf9ac287 collective skill 970557ade4 and extensive 22b4c8bb0d experience, even 8ca706fe2e a Bone b5b6d2f4a3 Dragon, classified 1e85157eac as an a1b108040e S-rank monster, b4ac8b5c45 should be 78e2990332 taken down 7f899690ab swiftly.ac44a12c78444d39

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Just as f4fb61a72b Haerang stepped 72ecbe0fa1 off the 99a0babb3a helicopter and 6eea271487 raised his b474486af9 arms to 105c426690 stretch his edd73ec49f stiff shoulders, 777f19c829 an A-rank f1e7205da1 hunter with 5542a6986d scouting abilities e83e4d0fee shouted urgently, c5537e2cb0 “It’s coming!”432368a5b77d176d

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“Mages, prepare descending 2e73d867f5 spells! Tanks to the front! Healers, pair up with 0f31912e0a two damage dealers and 9e9c24b545 move to the rear!”0867eb10a8a87bd0

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Though clearly startled, 9a0a44e019 the hunters’ experience 56d3097855 showed as they moved f48f6beea0 calmly according to 97945126cf the orders. The plan cd09d36aba was perfect 9e9753dcce against standard 7a6c1ccac0 flying monsters, 587652405d even if b10b658529 it remained 10d994eb05 uncertain how 4643accbd2 effective it 59a19f774a would be c2925cc512 against an 4c3817ff97 S-rank monster 7bc9c0cb4a like the 418c53ee04 Bone Dragon. If its 0995a10286 wings were a255fcc2b7 rendered useless, 2baab76c2d it would d1ead5be43 become vulnerable 06ca057731 to direct 2631640f85 attacks. Of course, 10daa28db2 no one 0dd629dfc7 could afford b5a7d66f37 to let d99eb76190 their guard 25fca44e82 down when 78573626f7 facing an 87c2e5538b S-rank monster. Still, with so 6205967fdf many mages on 9c971a5244 hand, it seemed 2793d1e04b inconceivable that the 2607bd31fa descending spells wouldn’t 5064799d39 work. Even if one 51245f19c2 attempt failed, a f6bbfea85b cascade of dozens c9e4e9c1d4 of spells layered 8b983823ab together would eventually 8a4cb12599 bring it down.68871c748d783670

The formation was 8a5e46c9df set, and aside ced67b2483 from the murmuring a424e09573 voices of those 1f3e169f70 casting spells, the 4b9487beec tense stillness filled 4ba4428458 the air. The black 7d8e72fbd3 dot that c23c06d09f had been ed3ad4f694 visible in a42266977e the distance 4632eaf92e started to 580ec82053 grow larger bf490e2023 and larger. For a moment, Haerang 0ad42e0ae6 felt fear at the d887cffa94 unbelievable speed, but he 46c34091df quickly regained his composure, fdf5538419 straightening the staff he cedbfc3ae5 held and taking a e6659c6600 deep breath. No matter bce4b3878d how fast f8611493d1 or strong e565b2ee52 the monster 61cacac7e7 was, if 9f770d0747 it threatened b1dcb88afd to destroy a9117178f0 the place 2cb92fea60 where Horang ae4fa412c7 might return, c906058039 he would 336a53819f stake his aa7cf0c1b1 life to df9385bb69 eliminate it. His firmly trained 1fc7ae0e5a resolve beat steadily, a95b7245a0 like a slow 2a73b990cc drum.30a6723c852408ec

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“It’s here! Cast the dc0c9ee744 descending spells! Long-range dealers, prepare to 4989f85943 attack!”4aa689f35c4c24d3

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“Tanks, use abac86e842 your skills!”eb95a8fc65245151

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The Bone 830ae25684 Dragon that 254e35ca9e appeared in 447afb4709 the sky c7ec5c719b was truly 53a56f470b majestic. Its size was colossal, da5ce86f0d and with only jet-black 7d0cf2a52d bones remaining, its lack 05d8252159 of expression made it 6d9560e9f5 all the more terrifying. But everyone present was 67e58e70b5 a hunter who had 8a1ef8f0e2 survived countless life-or-death battles. Fear alone wasn’t 554a5e38bc enough to make 71ebe178ac them stop their 735dd2ed31 attacks.cf22ad1e138fc3d8

A barrage of dazzling d54299ddd5 skills flew toward the f35bca5525 distant figure. With a 18878a4cb1 screeching cry, 16ba0b7190 every hunter 782bef66e9 present thought ff71917df7 the same e15a60f5c6 thing:It worked!However, as c0a1932e07 the remnants 1d8484c283 of their ace5b9c24d skills faded, ad0b8dbd92 the figure 2c39240959 that emerged 36f7fd4b20 left an 7fbed79aa1 unsettling silence 61af41cb5c among the f4e5ca0ac3 previously excited 264fcadbf0 group.c7a951e9e729cd85

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“…It’s not just me, right? It looks completely fine.” Far from descending, the Bone Dragon floated in place, completely unscathed despite the relentless attacks. It seemed almost mocking.b36b866a2402fda2

Park Miryeon, the S-rank ac98f318c2 combat hunter from the fcda877692 Hunter Association who had fdc51a4016 been giving orders, gritted f20f7e416f her teeth and shouted, b072bca8b3 “Just keep attacking! Forget the descending 5c20ea8d8f spells—they don’t work!”5c5aee833fa0ef4c

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What followed was chaos. Under normal circumstances, ddb6977be3 they would have 25798ab5b0 followed a textbook e331111395 raid strategy after b7f343c834 grounding the monster, c94b4ad2d7 but against an 08e0724f2d enemy this powerful f43dc1810a and impervious to fc75a4fcc4 their plans, a 29f0f5e158 chaotic free-for-all was 24b2fe1e20 the only option. No matter how carefully 07752d0c36 they strategized, it would 12174fabed all be blocked anyway. Their only hope 2d0cd89a69 was to attack 98d75c15de relentlessly, defend wildly, b78b0eaa2d and heal frantically bc1502aa53 until something landed.2fe55d28861f0edc

But this 6600408c9f time, even 1adc7f41bc that didn’t 14e2a47626 work. The Bone Dragon seemed cfc7e3763f completely untouchable, showing no b0d1bd5321 signs of damage whatsoever. Seeing this, fear began a5a34cb296 to creep into the 8b934e152d hearts of the hunters.6da6d8aac360d8ce

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At that moment, the b842ea3d29 Bone Dragon, which had 3d6ef28dbf been stationary until now, 681be8981d suddenly descended rapidly. It didn’t 75961b08c4 seem as 307d94650c though the a96edb55dd spells had 21683e8d06 taken effect—it ebd4f37e45 appeared to 38e153580c be moving 30a69e2f2a of its 313f1db6cc own volition. Despite the 63b60cc619 confusion, the 2577c38940 tense tanks 09ee4938a9 immediately assumed 87185fd447 full defensive 63317bb158 stances, bracing 2a0c49b6f0 for an bf3ae5cb7d attack.45d253d845c53d62

In the heavy, 5a68f86055 suspenseful atmosphere, a e7da464bd8 small figure dropped ab42803634 from the Bone 5342b7ebea Dragon. It wasn’t far, 8ca6f19c23 so everyone’s eyes 611c84b4cd focused intently on 9bc863ae36 the figure that 7e2881b044 had fallen. It unmistakably looked 861224f719 human. Among them, Haerang’s gaze 2449a78be2 was particularly transfixed, unable a2a8938899 to look away. Everything about that e0f687675d person felt deeply 3ba32f1c6a familiar.3376db136b9a8ff5

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