Chapter 71: Nazrea, City of the Dead (2)
LgqThe brutal massacre at Hotel Kanna left behind a bunch of corpses.ZQKBKOF
hJeN“Ugh… What’s going on?”F9l
xPORl“Jaeger, … Look at these corpses.”IZX
FEG“What do you… uahk!?”IzvRA
yLSy1Belatedly, the clueless students also noticed the change that had occurred to the headless and chestless corpses.ufk10zZ
1crXThey had rotten flesh that was too wrinkled to be considered human and was giving off the dismal aura of death. The priests and sisters explained the situation to the students that had yet to fully understand what was going on.axWu
6Mqnq0“Ever since the incident 300 years ago, this city has been repeatedly going through the same time period.”QKt
uWdNruh“It has a normal everyday life during the day, but turns into a land of the dead when it turns into night.”XBwXn
2OHx3That was what made it an unrestorable piece of land.k8ac
cv1vUHYAfter 7 pm, this city would become the City of the Dead for 12 hours. During the time of its fall, there had been 1.2 million undeads inside Nazrea.jTIfn
Q0CRSThere were no knights, mages, religious groups, or countries that could cleanse 1.2 million undeads in half a day.sMVq
zdDAr“What about during the day? Why don’t they do it during the day for example…?”SIfL5i4
v1Etd“You probably saw how normal the city looked. And this city has everything you would expect from a normal city, including defense troops, and the knights and mages of that time.”96T
cREFYIn other words, doing anything suspicious during the day could make you get attacked by the people of the city.PJPz
jHT4gqr“Of course, there have been multiple attempts to cleanse the city. Until now, there have been 30 large-scale attempts at removing the undeads from this city.”U90HC
P7aCWHowever, they all failed. This city that regressed back to how it looked on that night was the proof.OGuVhx
5SzTC“I will now announce the details of the group event.”cclZnt
Gl0gkKang Ryun’s voice echoed amidst the undead corpses and gathered the eyes of all the students.2SQ
HtjT“The teams will be as follows, and each of the teams must collect ‘Moonstones’. You have time until the 3rd morning from now, and you may give up in the middle if you wish to.”hVfa
t3E『Purple Hawk Academy』A2jk
3IpZ0wGroup 1: Kang Yuhua, Xin Zhou, Watanabe Jun, Ji Wunyoungz6h
oXO6Group 2: Choi Sukmin, Han Jin, Jin Hua, Zhuge SuayPB
mlAqrVVGroup 3: Jin Harang, Lee Hyundo, Jung Sukgwon, Kim Jonginpwdn
kvqdGroup 4: Ramlee the Crocodile, Ok Changhwan, Tang Jinsuk, Sukiyama ZenjiroG86cwRg
SIIgi『Merkarva Academy』NNmw
HQC4VAUGroup A: Marie Dunareff, Isabelle Kirmin, Russel Crombell, Eristina RockwellZnrCL6
E4hGroup B: Reina Adel, Aira Crow, Reune Zellweger, Clark Ariusz3y
Fl2KzGroup C: Yuel, Maximus Decimus Meridius, Zuccabar, Tigris JueliumIbfB
touPj2rGroup D: Korin Lork, Alicia Arden, Jaeger Hinzpeter, Lark BuhgmanYpa
jngRVPAfter hearing the group allocations, the students were forced out of the hotel with a bit of explanation and a bag with necessities.4hja
sH7TqL2Nazrea, the City of the Dead.q5wpYz
jOT1dmWThey were isolated in the middle of 1.2 million undeads.r3Eyjj
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QgEBJAtThe night began.n4BD
VaACries of the corpses echoed like a song as the paradise of those who deceived death gleamed under the moonlight. The sun set behind the walls and the moon rose up, and the sound of a bell marking the start of the disaster 300 years ago rang all across the city.RnD
2nWThe name of that haunted wail was Nazrea.kutYSU
P6bi0YThe fallen city spread the power of corrupt resurrection and raised its corpses.eAy
qrfAWA large ritual that began with the super-blue-blood moon… the Immortal Legion rose up from the darkness, taunting the living ones to try to survive if they could. Surviving through this night would mean the victory of those alive, but any other potential outcome would result in their defeat in the form of death.oCB
aTfThe 1.2 million undeads poured their hostility and envy at the 32 living souls. The warhorns marking the start of that hopeless battle were replaced by the squeaking noise of dry bones.LAQ
bd7“Run!”4NhsU63
xby88XR“Uahhk…! Zombies! There are fucking ghouls as well!”Fn4oBWi
sT0N“Mr. Lark. There’s a skeleton in front of you!”zHthlnO
8eSfq“W, what! What’s wrong with these numbers? This is ridiculous!”4Id
nSApdSkeletons were limping their way forward; ghouls were walking while shedding off their rotten flesh, while evil spirits were gathering for them with gleaming blue eyes.6MGjHtN
VZRQFacing demonic beasts and demonic spirits like these was nothing new as a guardian. They were fairly used to it but the sheer number of them was absurd.zPxl
3XJ4Magic was still a study of phenomena, and there had to be a logical process and explanation before coming to an outcome. However, this city was like a cauldron of pure evil that contradicted the law of nature. Without any regard for the law of conservation of mass, the undeads were endlessly pouring out.ky5
wJo“Haak…! Haak! H, how does this even make sense?”5WAJR
vubBLark Buhgman. He had only just been promoted to Grade 4, but he had more high-quality experience under his belt than others of his grade. He had the precious experience of going against the irrationally powerful Unique Grade enemy, Marie Dunareff, but this time, it was even worse.xln2
D9wUg“S, Soul Warrior!”eHr80
vaVYoHe activated the secret skill that he gained from the hidden grimoire of Merkarva’s Great Library. After quickly creating a phantom knight that could run at a similar speed to all the other knights of the group, Lark made it get down on all fours and rode on top of it.0TXdrD
0qhYeEven though Korin couldn’t perceive spirits due to his special circumstances, he could guess what was going on after seeing his friend floating in the air.fPhd
WcRka8S“Lark! Do you see that bell tower over there?”Pia
awm9C“Y, yeah!”EZ5AP2s
iw2A“We have to break through! Cast your strongest-output spell and get ready to run!”TcpIglj
fwaxmf“O, okay!”DCV8E
tkozxALark started casting while riding on the ghost ‘horse’, and the undeads immediately pounced at them without giving them the time to get ready.CEno
T3y6NF“Jaeger. Accumulate your energy without consuming them! Alicia, I leave the right side to you!”vRW73
7lQijThe three knights started dealing with the undeads that were hoarding in from every direction, but more and more undeads were gathering at a fearsome speed.bEREkd
vJJSRFrom alleyways, buildings, and roads… Some of them were even jumping down from the windows of a second floor of a building. There were an unimaginable number of them.R9OMQnn
Zdea7cH“Mr. Korin! Don’t we need Mr. Lark’s help for these monsters?!”bvJi1Z
GRK3X“Our first goal is to get to the bell tower! We’ll just have one side to defend then!”k10N
bCk3DaFollowing Korin’s plan, Lark was ignoring all the undeads and was casting the strongest spell he could currently use.Xcr
h9c41“We’re breaking through! Run straight away!”XCY3P3n
5sGLike a leopard, the spearman twisted his upper body. Anyone who knew him knew what he was going to do next.mYF
7hMV3K– Kwangg!24ofKNS
zNLByEcThe spear left his hand in the middle of the air and traveled at the speed of sound. With a sonic boom that erupted the nearby air, it struck the undeads blocking the road like a lightning bolt.8U4foG
dBCThe spear carried a bunch of Korin Lork’s aura and created a white galaxy that shredded through the undeads.R6xKLd
u4qMj6“Lark! Go now!”2LN0l
iFtY0SNThat was when Lark’s ghost horse kicked off the ground.6IuQfn
pIKlAlthough all the undeads blocking the road had been caught up in the attack of that raging spear, some of them were still moving like remains and tried to use their arms to interfere with their charge. That was where Lark Bughman added the finishing touch.nPJ4O
i54eb7z“Blow them away!”VACbIMG
ZBBl4nVThe spell he used was the Burning Skull of Kane. It created a large scorching skull in front of his phantom horse that crunched through all the weakened undeads in front of it and raced across.YkDpo
o2lmWLark’s talent at magic wasn’t the best but he relied on the power of fire attribute because it was strong against undeads, and it turned out to be very effective.nWiFRH
NWv3E“I will be at the leaaadd…!”7Ay3j
02tHe shouted with a voice that was closer to a scream than a roar, as the ghost horse under him kicked off the ground and marched forward with its four legs.Ocu3z
Z1WuA cavalry charge and its destructiveness was not something half-molten undeads could compete against.wWec6
gCE– Trot trot!IFR
vlUH4J– Crunch! Kajik!XT4A
0rCFDPAAfter the scorching skull went by, the melted ghouls and burning zombies tried their best to block the phantom knight, but they flew into the air from the collision and their guts came out after being cut by the swords.dg6Hg7
E9LXnb“Afterrrrrr! Meeeeeee…!”n9a
GipLark shouted with an extremely uplifted voice which his three friends played along with.68l
ehpNWzy“You’re so cool, Sir Lark!”SFa
tlyye“You are very cool!”DqogI
8FgZH“That’s amazing, buddy!”knEoj
lfTThe three knights ran behind the phantom horseman. Running through the cleared passage, they immediately arrived at the entrance of the bell tower.uJy
ophAgQ1“Open the gates…!”33RcWo
kJ1The four people threw their bodies into the building without stopping themselves.H7VIa
uJi“Close them!”5uHGrFz
W52VsKorin’s plan was to block the gates to physically stop the undeads from entering the building. Of course, there were some undeads with ridiculous strength so it was just a measure to buy time but he was going to use that time to think and come up with the next plan.iEI
3b6– Kwarurung!8HSi
IQAu9ngThe chasing skeletons and zombies wriggled, pushed and knocked on the closed gates but the steel doors were very tough. It would probably buy a lot of time.ND0n
mUYEXw“Haah~”nOOBF
wtPLk435 minutes after the start of the group event, Korin Lork’s Group D finally had the chance to rest and think.zNpWw75
IfJtdVl****RFyVV1L
ghigjF“They must be crazy.”Hue
V0ORSince the festival was a competition to find the best guardian out of groups of superhumans, they did tend to do some dangerous things despite us still being underage, but I definitely wasn’t expecting them to make us gather Moonstones in this city after leaving us to our own devices.jqLm1d4
ZSKyGf“Damn~. We finally have some time to breathe. Why do we even have to do this?”ec2O
mX8KtMF“Is this really okay? What are they going to do if they get casualties from a test like this?”67Va
9MqYpI replied to Alicia’s question.OjD1
MQU“…We still do have our HP measuring devices, so they’ll probably force-summon us if it gets dangerous.”5aL
7k36eC“Anyway, what even is this Moonstone thing?” asked Jaeger. “Do you know anything about it, Korin?”SNH
mX43a“It’s a stone that contains the mana of the moon. It is a fairly rare stone that’s probably about Grade 2. Good ones might be Grade 1 as well.”1K386y5
ugp“Hukk! That must be super expensive then. Can you even find that in this city?”vrK
CaptM“Usually you can only find that at the depths of Lake Caldera, which was created by a volcanic eruption but… there will be a bunch of them in this city.”5V5ML
j6QI“What?”Dtcy91
H3RSfV“After all, the mana from the moon gets replenished every night in this place.”3jOfITm
eduhaxJaeger and Alicia flickered their eyes with expectation while going, ‘Ohhh~’. It was very obvious what they were thinking so Lark put a stop to their expectations.4YA
JL9cH“You can’t even take out the Moonstones you find in this city.”1jm
fK7pgJ“What? They’re worth nothing then!”tL807b
oe7“Of course you idiot. The rules inside Nazrea are different from the ones outside.”X5wr8
eBOONxMLike how you couldn’t intervene in the works of the city from outside, the ones inside also lost meaning as soon as they left the city premises.JqO
8NmThat was the conclusion made by the Tower of Mages and the religion before the religious revolution, back when they were researching about Nazrea, the City of Undeads.IHOTK
72fy“Hah… there’s no easy way to earn money I guess.”X5wQ6
gaC9y2“So how do we get those Moonstones?” asked Alicia.D3L4c
T92“Hmm~. According to what I read in a book, the undeads tend to swallow those Moonstones, and apparently, they glow with a green fluorescent light after swallowing one.”henmc
E0KNE“Ah! I think I saw a few of them on the way!”xrBuHrc
ewMklBy the way, it was possible to get bigger and higher-quality Moonstones by killing stronger undeads. Normally, quality wasn’t important since they couldn’t even be taken out of the city, but higher quality would probably equal higher marks in this group event.Z0U
LamOoAV“Let’s look around for now. Jaeger and Alicia can stay and protect the 1st floor. I will head to the top with Lark.”LNz
sI8N“Ugh… to the top?”6WYdlk
ED47KAIt might be exhausting for the scholastic mage to do something boorish like climbing the stairs, but there was no other way around it.YtMboiC
L3mAh3XLark started panting mid-way so I pulled him along as we walked all the way up the bell tower. After going up to the top floor of the bell tower where we could see a large bronze bell by looking up, Lark gasped with a pale face upon glancing around the surroundings.66A
An7mt“Uahh… We’re completely surrounded.”8noIw5c
Ju4All the streets and plazas near the bell tower were full of undeads that showed off their mighty numbers, which befit their name as the Immortal Legion. Even this was only a small number of them considering the zombie waves that would be happening at Nazrea.efS
6Lk4“You don’t have to be scared. All these are just Grade 4 and Grade 5 monsters. The real dangerous ones are at the center of the city.”vcT44
QvpWe were at the outskirts of the stage called Nazrea, which had a difficulty rating of about D or E.rtRt
Smr9kThis City of Undeads had a system where you had to progress deeper in after receiving the quest from the Grim Reaper and because of that, the stronger undeads did not show up in the low-level areas.UmM
m3jgiOx“But like… how do we even leave? Are we staying here until morning?”6ptTP
CPzjvI“Of course not. We’ll come last if we do that. All you need to do is find the brightest Moonstone Undead from here, and use ‘Fly’ on us.”wCU
R1sM4Y“…It won’t even last 30 seconds.”ikPt6
Ev17hLark said with a concerned look on his face, commenting that it would definitely last less than 30 seconds if he were to use it on all 4 of us.mPWc
VuI9“30 seconds is enough. That will buy us enough time to land after we jump down.”8kmh
e7yiia“…That’s true but…”3wPq3l
gotp1JI could only hope that there may be no one in our group that was scared of high places.5EP0AJ
jjWHMv“Anyway, what do you mean by brightest Moonstone Undead?”0oDl
WTzz“The brightest guy with the biggest Moonstone would be one of the elite monsters. We will go kill it.”lnicT3T
2gry“Ugh… Isn’t that just asking for trouble? I guess it’ll be fine with Alicia and you though.”Ywov
VJiV“Leave the battle to us.”vrelpKF
dln“Let me look around with a telescope spell…”gLOD
tmK– Geek!b7pd
BzYVIt was then.yVIQT
wWgTvThe sound of something screeching against the pavement reached us from all the way down. Hearing that, we turned to the source of the sound and looked at the group of undeads near the entrance of the city.lUEfY1
s8lfwz“Uhh…”FgVPJ4P
alqLarge… wasn’t even enough to describe the sheer size of that thing. An enormous giant was walking towards us while dragging a ridiculously huge 5-meter-long greatsword behind it.Ytk
GDPnThe giant was at least 4 to 5 times larger than me or Jaeger. Its face had crumbled down as if it had been scorched by flames and it was barely keeping one of its eyes open.yY8Bdcp
k9z0FHK“K, Korin. That’s…”EwILJ
Ba59“Revenant… Titan…”EY7QCx
XB0That was one of the stage bosses at the center of Nazrea. W, what was that guy doing here?gfhw4f
wGoN6m“Damn it! We have to run away right now!”EJkvf
yLEcc9The doors would be broken in the blink of an eye before that monster. It was a lot earlier than scheduled, but we had to move away from the bell tower as quickly as possible with Lark’s fly!m6sKTT
701LGx“…Huh?”t25rK
GeOIRoTThat was when Lark turned his gaze towards the sky after noticing a ‘change’. Before he could even react, the ‘bell’ brought itself back on its own accord and…em12F
5Nko17“Holy fuck!!!”iJPEjX
w9lm5– Kwang!HNb
pbKAnd it blew away Lark.dtFm
Zvaj8“What?!”EoQV
6F9pvThe bell flicked Lark away. I noticed what it was after seeing the bronze bell move by itself as if it had free will.FHy
2oa“A geist?!”bvLJDPD
RcNhEI9It was a spirit that possessed objects. After possessing the bell, the ghost flicked Lark off of the top floor.bcJx
wqmgF“Uahhkkk…!”EimPR
wj5THLark was completely flung off the platform and was falling to the ground. Before I could even go save him, Lark’s emergency summon device went off.F2eZ
PNbLight gathered in the air before swallowing Lark’s body and making it vanish from sight. He was probably sent to Hotel Kanna already.bz9r7Du
bzrVMPAnd what did that mean? It meant that Lark had been disqualified from this group event. We had to go through the group event as a 3-man party without Lark and…4CPeX
UdQCt“What a way to start things off…!”Y1m
0r0kIeI threw my body to the stairs, away from the bell that tried to swing itself again.361YE94
t7hzA geist? That guy’s not supposed to be here either right!VvE
tHrd“Jaegerrrr! Aliciaaa…!”VzXx0W
mY6bI“Mr. Korin?”UUmte
upKT0Z“Run up right now! It’s a Revenant Titannnn…!”ZRfU
x1Zmj“What do you…”jvdhbY7
wSNyIn that instant, my instincts warned me of the upcoming danger. It felt like something was digging through the air and as expected, my senses were right on the mark.lM6
Wnbp– Kwaaang!hFxs
UjCAQ95Breaking through the gates, something flew in.0yR2r
wan“Uooooht?! W, what is this?!”xEeDnv
CIpp“A, a greatsword?!”7wLGDxA
LxQg1OIt seemed that the Revenant Titan just threw its greatsword at the gates!jRyc
qnipzj“Hurry up and come!”t88snT5
yu1bWThe two quickly started climbing up the stairs in a hurry. As soon as they came up to the stairs, skeletons, zombies, and ghouls started hoarding in through the broken gates.uyD
dYIYRw“W, what are you doing, Korin! Why are you coming down when you’re telling us to go up?”TgYTap
wQTx“There’s a geist blocking the way at the top!”pLY
rwOoY“W, whatt? What about Mr. Lark?”w2ws
Ur5ffI made a cross shape with my arms, after which the two refrained from asking any more questions.JgaojB
inlos“W, what do we do? There are undeads coming from beneath and we can’t go up either!”8Di
YmjArrJaeger shouted with a pale look on his face. If it was just Alicia and me, there was the option of destroying the geist possessing the bell to jump down from the top of the bell tower.8NcJ
D2EqPQHowever, the issue was Jaeger. Unlike us who were skilled at aura manipulation, he wasn’t at the level to jump down from a place that high.uQHK
WrM2VpBesides, there was no guarantee that we would be able to escape from the bunch of undeads that were surrounding the bell tower even if we somehow landed on the ground.j8V
X9AmCVW“Alicia! Stop the zombies from coming up! Jaeger and I will destroy the bell tower!”t2FgPnq
VncRNhK“What do you mean?!”Mu2doz5
oDG“You’ve cut trees before, right? Same logic! We will destroy one side of the tower and make it fall!”j9TqVD
4vCaB“Off to a crazy start, aren’t we!”ljJ
7iXFADespite saying that, Jaeger did not raise an objection and made use of his specialty and erupted all the energy he had built up thus far.5kK9NH
7oC1A“Blow them away…!”Dkyk2T
vUAEJaeger’s empowered mace crushed a portion of the bell tower with one swing.qfTiG
flTF– Kwaang!eiv
qes6LvyEven after his attack, the bell tower remained firm. Jaeger’s attack had created a large hole on one of the walls of the building but that was it.KoS0Y
v7J“We will destroy the other parts ourselves! Mace the walls away!”6lqe
BV7“Okay!”mAB
wGUhThe bell tower was very tough but it slowly started to sway after receiving several monstrous strikes from us knights.xDgWWkY
GIMXQ5eIt was then. Alicia was slicing through the undeads that were climbing up the stairs but that was when the Revenant Titan swung its 5-meter-long greatsword at her.30yIh
5Bfcu2“Titan…!”OHqI4Kk
0G6EAlicia jumped back in fright. The greatsword of the Revenant Titan ended up missing its target and instead, it completely crushed through the walls of the bell tower.hBAzXIt
NVmRyIn other words, it drove the decisive blow onto the wavering bell tower.vaGSUb
FgJ6“…Ohh.”kEH
V44QJaeger lamented as the bell tower then started to lean to one side with a deafening roar.VRg
rt8Kez6“Run!”jcM
YMGVWe started running across the inner walls in the direction it was falling.ilra
3Lw– Kwaruru…!y6Bln
UDMAfter losing its foundational support, the bell tower leaned to one side and continued to fall down.nBKc3
hrc2k– Kwarurung!!IotwCk
eoOaO8The fallen bell tower landed after crumbling on top of the buildings of the city.qXi
ehP9G– Kuang!ZHOJHY
N5FgFrom the midst of the fallen bricks, we swam our way through and somehow made our way outside.6ZuK5Lu
og0“Hahaha… Cough! Cough! I’m going through all these weird things after I started hanging out with you!” Jaeger said with a laugh.xQCx
EyiexIq“Such a nice friend to have. Right?”zD0X
f6794“Is that called… Cough! A nice friend?!”G71A
igAseAlthough we ended up being covered in dust, we forged a way through those undeads. While running through the passage created by the fallen bell tower, we burst out into laughter after seeing each other’s miserable states.uhjz
iHW“Anyway, that was a terrible first day! Lark got disqualified way too early, and we got marked by the wrong guy. Let’s just run for now until the day breaks!”o1r3
Rpdus“Okay then…! It should work out one way or…!”7I0PzEF
oFG8R– Grab!UnXrB
KlUzZkJaeger stopped in the middle of his speech. Wondering what that was about, I turned around and… noticed that Jaeger was flying in the air after being snatched by an enormous undead bat.W4gO9yS
2xD“Mr. Jaegeerrr?!”QiX3lW
cfz0l“…Abyss Shrieker?”UeX3u
Vx19jr– KYAAAAAAHKKK…!sQ4Nz3
cIAvThe screaming noise shrieked across the night sky.D2s
RhSIz“Wow~. That’s almost everyone isn’t it?”QhMB
muw2We would have ourselves the 3 big bosses of Nazrea with just the addition of the Wight King!XfwQKq
Bgiz0y“Mr. Korin. Look at that.”gQjnOd
JsKBMRAlicia tapped my shoulder before pointing at the other end of the passage of the fallen bell tower.4RCNKo
pCs“Right. Of course you were gonna show up as well.”CGmM
bvEdZBAn undead horseman wearing a bony imperial crown was glaring at us while sitting on its skeleton horse.7tpyxF
1YWo97cRevenant Titan,osDxd2Q
KVzNkAAbyss Shrieker…D44Maxp
7zNQtJAnd lastly, the Wight King.AVMl5Y
3pvo4OiThe 3 big bosses of Nazrea had all gathered in one place.DuL
RskP“Mr. Korin… I think we are doomed.”IrSU
uqE“This is indeed quite the problem.”JZpM
aKwEcXKIn front was the Wight King; behind was the Revenant Titan and above us was the Abyss Shrieker. If this was in the game, the devs would definitely get flamed for having a trash balancing team.U9X0U
5qM1OhRight when I was pondering whether we should give up and just get summoned back to Hotel Kanna or not, a ray of light struck down from the sky through that volatile situation.hulX
f7fykliA spear traveled all the way down into the ground while leaving behind a powerful silver line of aura that connected the earth with the heaven. That light was incomparably radiant compared to my own.25y8F
Wn1iL“This spear…?”NRl
tUIoxA thick cloud of dust was created around us due to that javelin toss. Rather than an attack directed at us, it was there to create a layer of dust.MryM
KLMoogF“This way!”fMHu
y46smvyAlicia and I caught sight of the fluttering silver hair and… we desperately ran towards that source of light.pHOhi
LKker………4APgW
ZA9……Q0pA4q6
bgWMB7d…vOcs4T
Sx606After running away from the dead for who knows how long, we arrived at the inside of a building that was clearly far from the low-level stages of the city. There, we finally had the time to take a rest.Hy36E
cxk“Haak… Haak…! Korin-ssi. Are you okay?”YZRFRJ
zuenQ“I’m fine. What about you?”LYO
TTet“I’m fine too. I am worried about Mr. Jaeger but…”xq5dDOx
ZEg4kJaeger had probably been summoned back already. What was more important to me was the person who saved us.zXbOO
7WHYMN“Thank you for helping us but that spear just then…”xcrH5
9if“I would have to ask the same question. How come you are learning ‘my’ spear, child?”ogWW4Cp
52w9v0xHer clear and graceful voice was something I was very used to. Startled, I quickly turned towards her.iZjHCf
xUCThe woman who saved us was wearing a long robe. Her blue eyes were as clear as pure water while her hair looked like they were weaved with silver. She was a beautiful lady who seemed very mature despite only revealing parts of her body.5p6xdwy
l02FQ“Honestly, it was quite a surprise. You are the first child to garner so much attention from the Grim Reaper.”MqDn
B1dcO2Her feet treading across the floor were silent. It was a silent way of walking that tended to become a habit for martial experts through their long years at training to hide their presence.szOaZSV
1GFA1HThat skill which she must have built up through arduous and repetitive training of fundamental skills without cutting corners was something that I was very familiar with.dt58OR
NIwXzC“Why, are you…”ZILw
XCrc3fWhy are you here?0SQ
g9FiJD“Hmm… I see.”lsBG7
ek1Leaning her body forward, she observed me for a while. After some time, the corners of her eyes that were gazing up at me slanted to the sides and she… caressed my hair with a gesture that had long become a memory.EIIo
X3mE5Z“You must be my disciple from a distant future.”ZW9
gypgErin Danua.lNw3G1
VQv4QLMy master from 300 years ago was right before my eyes.AVc
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