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Arcane Drifters – Chapter 96: "Lilia – The Light Within the Shadow"
The wind was still in the Great Valley of Souls.
Arcane forces had already wiped out the border scouts.
The valley was supposed to be unimportant.
But someone remained there.
A quiet girl, wearing a tattered cloak and carrying only a satchel of herbs, walked slowly toward a dying soldier.
Her name was Lilia.
She wasn't famous like Shen.
Not feared like Kenya.
Not brilliant in battle like Eliz.
She healed, she watched, and she stayed quiet.
But today, the Arcane came for her too.
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Twelve Arcane warriors surrounded her.
The leader — AR-16, a beast with glowing claws and a cruel smile — stepped forward.
> "What are you doing here, little nurse?" he growled.
"This is no place for kind girls."
Lilia didn't run.
She didn't scream.
She simply closed the dying soldier's eyes… and stood up.
Her voice was quiet. "This valley used to be full of peace."
AR-16 laughed. "Then let's fill it with your blood!"
He charged.
In that second—
Lilia vanished.
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FLASH!
A golden rune lit up the ground. The Arcane army froze.
Then from above, light spears rained down like stars.
AR-16 screamed, "What—What kind of Drifter are you?!"
Lilia floated upward, her cloak burning off.
A long golden staff appeared in her hand.
Wings of holy symbols spun behind her back.
> Her voice echoed: "You took life from this world… now I return the light."
> "SAINT SPELL – DAWN BLOOM: SANCTIFIED RAY!"
A massive beam of white-gold light shot down, blasting half the Arcane army to ash.
AR-16 tried to escape, but golden chains wrapped around him.
Lilia floated forward slowly — calm, silent, eyes glowing.
> "You hurt the innocent."
> "LIGHT BINDING SEAL — OBLIVION BLOOM!!"
BOOM!!
AR-16 vanished in a burst of light petals.
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When the light faded…
Only Lilia remained, floating above the valley.
The wind returned.
Birds flew.
A golden flower bloomed from the battlefield.
A new legend was born.
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Far away, a civilian saw the flash from the mountain.
> "Who was that…?"
Another replied, "…Maybe one of those secret Royal Guardians."
Nobody knew her name.
But the world had felt her light.
And soon… everyone would know…
Lilia is not just a healer.
She is the light of the Drifters.
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Chapter End