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neck speed, but now the world felt a little slower, or maybe I was just faster. I t

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ehind me my skin still felt

faster?!" Di

rged from the left, his sword blazing brightly, flames encircl

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hilt had managed to keep the sword from shattering, leaving only a slight sc

ossi

happened today," I rep

ge of the moment and stabbed him in the shoulder. Kevin quickly retreated, but the tip o

d, very annoying. Lightning struck the ground near my feet, I jumped back

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ck shallow and hurt so much

stard." Blo

ce the speed of the players. My eyes immediately locked on Dimas, the long-range arc

imas!" Kev

ly but his arrow missed. Good, I got in

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the shaft

AC

hen stabbed him in the chest with a swift movement. Dimas's body immediat

ication

target

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er, hotter, and more addictive. I closed my eyes for a split second, feeling like my bo

cation app

lit

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broken, but slightly elongated. More thorns grew, and the surface became darker. Its shape was n

ification

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re is visibl

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to kill

ing Reno seemed to

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ve to

he said all day K

ut

so good. I spin the Thorny Branch in my hand

. I took a step forward, and Kevin unconsciously

u step back

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, the fire on his sword trembling slightly, a breach in trust dete

ming anymor

and ran away very w

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faint from fear. Kevin stared around at the bodies, the blood, his two friends dead, one running aw

can

se. It's interesting how morals and dipl

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wallowe

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situa

ng I shook m

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cked and went for t

ranch reflected a faint light, a

, lis

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my turn

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stronger now. We were locked in a moment, Kevi

d be dead!

at him

ay

ter of him, he lost his balance a little and then I stabbed

s widened, his mouth slightly open he looked

h.

kened and hi

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heavily, my body covered in minor injuries, my clothes dirty, and my h

ication

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absorptio

he writing, s

h ma

's body, and this time the energy that entered was much greater, more bru

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eng

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istance

agment o

uired: Em

ga

7 re

rent. So different, so much stronger, I noticed my own hands were

utes, I'd gone from being a burden to something th

the child was already sitting weakly,

't kil

for a few seco

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gla

ah

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ould, very clever. I finally sat on the ground, m

n, meaning there were still many stages to go. I smiled faintly. This new journey

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