Jennifer Smith
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A long and sound sleep... I had no idea how many hours I had slept, but... I had slept so long that I didn't feel like getting out of bed, so I wanted to sleep more. I didn't want to lift my head from the pillow, I didn't want to keep my eyes open. Still, I forced my eyes open, slowly sat up, and put my back against the headboard. Because there was something I needed to do, something I could do now when my mind was in a better state and there was nothing restricting my mana. I focused, then…-
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After confirming his identity, Dorhud sighed deeply and pulled up a chair that was the right size for his height. "Ezareth told me ye were dead, so I marked ye down as deceased in the records, but fixin' that's an easy matter. The real important thing is..." Dorhud stared at me, or rather at my right eye, which I could not open. "I won't be remindin' ye of the hardships ye went through. Just... I hope ye will get well soon, that's all." I put my hand to my right eye, so I understood why I…
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"Remember, Mr. Aaron, you are here because of your brother." The woman hesitated for a moment, looked sharply at the woman I was hiding behind, and then at me. There were many things that could be seen in her expression. She didn't like us, maybe she didn't like where she was, maybe she wasn't in the mood. I tugged at the dress of the woman I was hiding behind, the woman in front of us was uncomfortable. I didn't want to stand here. Yet I couldn't voice it. "Go ahead, don't forget what I…
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Kari, the giant white-furred tiger. Honestly... I was a bit scared of her at first, even though Lithoa told me otherwise. But that changed drastically on the short journey that began once I got on her. As Kari raced through the wild lands of the Neutral, leaping freely, moving swiftly and fluidly, never stopping, I literally felt like I was flying. The feeling of soaring through the air as the wind rushed in my face, as the ground rose and fell... It was a good feeling, something I could do…
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Pain. It's something I'm used to. Ah... I think... no, I can't say I'm used to it. There was never a moment when I didn't think about it, even when I was suffering non-stop, day in and day out. Pain was one of the things that kept me away from the edge of madness, but it was also one of the things that kept me connected to reality. It hurts even now, as it always has. I can feel my whole body, especially my right eye, writhing and doing everything it can to hold on to life. The purple…
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It didn't take me long to finally get an answer as I continued to try to understand Tenebra's, his clone's purpose. "Sir! There's a concentration o' mana in a small area in the spots where the clones died!" Mana... Why would he concentrate mana in tiny spots all over the ship? What can he do with this mana? "Try to disperse the concentrated mana." "Understood!" Just then there was another explosion. When I checked on the map, I saw that it was near the center of the ship, much smaller…
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"Is an escape of a captive somethin' that needs this much fuss?" "Are ya dumb, Bulgar? Of course, it's a bloody big deal." I let out a deep sigh, leaned back, and raised my eyes to the ceiling. Then I waited briefly. After the explosion that shook the entire ship half an hour ago, it was impossible to step inside or outside. Almost everyone working was after a single captive who had escaped from the dungeon, and it was hard to make sense of it, at least for me. Shouldn't someone held captive in…
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My eyes twitched as I stared blankly at the screen. I blinked a few times but what I saw in front of me didn't change, the blue dots were no longer visible on the screen. Only the red dot remained. "What? What happened?!" I knew the answer, yet I didn't want to accept the truth. "G- General Kahdun, the first unit that encountered the escaped captive... we lost contact." I slammed my fist on the table, yet I took a deep breath in and out, knowing I had to keep my composure. I closed and opened…
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I slowly and calmly entered my room, the room where, as the highest-ranking person in Caleuche, I could control everything. It was a large room. Inside, my assistants and a few staff members were tinkering with the ship's control mechanisms and giving instructions. They could control most things on the holographic screens in front of them, and they could do it just by thinking. They didn't even need to move their bodies in any way. Seeing me enter, one of the assistants bowed slightly. "General…
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A light, not very bright, but one I had seen for a long time, caught my eye. The door opened slowly. Then a dwarf came in. It was the same dwarf, the same person who had visited me before. His hands were behind his back, he had that cold look on his face. His beard was shaved this time, and for the first time, I noticed his pale green eyes. "I want to tell you something, Aiden Tenebra." The dwarf narrowed his eyes. Something seemed to be bothering him. "Why are you so stubborn? Is the secret…
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