She combed the zone, quick-sniff hunt. Nabbed 'em fast: duo arrows, tree-trunk embed, husband-blood stain-deep.
Care-nose whiff. Archer shaft-grip draw-pull; fletch-scent lock sure.
Found it. Duo-scent real. Faint-one, strong-one. Killer-strong burn-mem iron.
Near-spot, chuck Shadowcaster bow-quiver reek-sync. Bow-peep? Impossible snag.
String-miss.
Rainbow Silk tension-tank, near-un-cut. Gone-how? No-string fire? Archer no-dump weapon. Mess-contradict puzzle. Scene? Confu-ruin raw.
Later, human-shift, bow-arrow gather. Oath-swear: one-day, this-tool arrow-re-send husband-killer. Now? Useless hunk.
Missing-string gnaw, unsolve brain-tease.
Ash-grey snow sky-rain, massacre-pad cover.
Survive Legend Archers vig-stand, soldier dead-tally grim-grind.
Thirty-plus Guild grey-smoke. Twenty-plus Legend dust. Thousand-guard six-hundo gone.
Near-two-hundo squire wipe. Dozen-few surv.
Hopefuls—escort-core—sixty-casual. Cage-lock crush-impale die. Some eight-all flat. Elias-cage? Half-miss.
Surv? Trauma-thick, rat-bite shard-cut body, eyes terror-wide fade-no-soon.
"Dead-live sum 316," officer Favian report. "Two hopeful miss."
Favian ledger-snatch face-smack. "Miss?" Roar-thunder. "Cage-lock! How two ghost? Bar-squeeze? Rats-munch no-spit!" Crown-report need. Plaus-story crave.
"Cage-re-check all, Commander," officer stam. "Answer tick-out."
Tick: soldier dash. "Commander! Miss-tag nab. Willem Blaze hopeful, Arthur Blackwood other."
Arthur Blackwood? Near Xander-Talon loaded-swap.
"Willem Blaze?" Favian repeat, other-tag ignore. "Gov academy-own-honor one?"
"Spot-on, sir."
"Miss-how?"
"Carriage-mates per," soldier unpack, "Guild-guard unlock. Blaze tail-out... no-re." Elias-cage tale: key-find out-break, "Arthur Blackwood" celeb-dip ghost.
"Toast likely," Kaelus flat-ice.
Favian grim-nod. Story-any? Report-write. Catast-no-fault mine. "Body-haul," sigh. "Hopeful ID if can." Head-wag. "Willem Blaze shame."
Xander-Talon mute. Arthur Blackwood here-drag. Now? Vapor.
"Never-roll better," Talon murmur.
Tick: rubble-climb gorge-dir men-pop. Advance-scout re-up, next-inn messenger tag. Seal-scroll Favian hand.
"Eight-hundo league flash, Commander."
Seal-crack read. Bitter-irony lip-twist. Scroll-pass Kaelus-Jiang.
Twilight Queen smoke. Earth Mother two-day shank.
Crisis-wrap.
"Too-late," Jiang choke-grief. "One-day pre..."
"Master Jiang," Kaelus ice-cut. "Word-watch. Guild-head reason-hold. Q-no our-lane."
Jiang mute. Over-line know. Twenty-plus archer-loss—shire-total chunk—wound raw-heal no.
"So pull-why," Kaelus topic-flip. "News-ping sure."
"Anyhow," Favian weary. "Cap-deliv till? Alert-high lock."
Sub-river drift half-day feel. Absolute suffocate black? Torture one-kind. Elias greed-regret creep. Carriage-chase no? Mess-no. Solo-consol: Midge-save.
Willem? Cage-leave regret raw.
Water no-void. Mega unseen shape raft-brush feel, leaf-pluck strange-hear.
"Brother Blackwood," Willem terror-whis, "leaf-munch?"
"Better leaf us," Elias confident-try. Post? All hush, foot-water pull.
Then light.
Init Elias hallu-muse. Blink-rub. Real. Far-shim bright.
Close-draw, cave-mouth emerge gorge, light dusky-sky reflect. Out-lock.
"Shore-hit," Willem relief-pipe.
Tick: side-water churn, spine-mega back breach surface, depth-sink.
Hush-re-drop.
Elias sword-grip. Dark-helpless. Light-here? Pred-mode. Monster-come let.
Drift-on. Front bizarre-landmark: giant skeleton cliff-slump, one-mitt rock-snag, river-fall mid-death vibe.
Elias water-no-more. Trunk-stand run-start, palm-river hit launch-up, skip-stone again, cliff-hold snag. Mountain-cat grace sheer-scale.
Midge gape-total stun. Lord Arthur that? Master-plus amaze. Elias true-action no-peep ever. Skill-show breath-steal.
She combed the zone, quick-sniff hunt. Nabbed 'em fast: duo arrows, tree-trunk embed, husband-blood stain-deep.
Care-nose whiff. Archer shaft-grip draw-pull; fletch-scent lock sure.
Found it. Duo-scent real. Faint-one, strong-one. Killer-strong burn-mem iron.
Near-spot, chuck Shadowcaster bow-quiver reek-sync. Bow-peep? Impossible snag.
String-miss.
Rainbow Silk tension-tank, near-un-cut. Gone-how? No-string fire? Archer no-dump weapon. Mess-contradict puzzle. Scene? Confu-ruin raw.
Later, human-shift, bow-arrow gather. Oath-swear: one-day, this-tool arrow-re-send husband-killer. Now? Useless hunk.
Missing-string gnaw, unsolve brain-tease.
Ash-grey snow sky-rain, massacre-pad cover.
Survive Legend Archers vig-stand, soldier dead-tally grim-grind.
Thirty-plus Guild grey-smoke. Twenty-plus Legend dust. Thousand-guard six-hundo gone.
Near-two-hundo squire wipe. Dozen-few surv.
Hopefuls—escort-core—sixty-casual. Cage-lock crush-impale die. Some eight-all flat. Elias-cage? Half-miss.
Surv? Trauma-thick, rat-bite shard-cut body, eyes terror-wide fade-no-soon.
"Dead-live sum 316," officer Favian report. "Two hopeful miss."
Favian ledger-snatch face-smack. "Miss?" Roar-thunder. "Cage-lock! How two ghost? Bar-squeeze? Rats-munch no-spit!" Crown-report need. Plaus-story crave.
"Cage-re-check all, Commander," officer stam. "Answer tick-out."
Tick: soldier dash. "Commander! Miss-tag nab. Willem Blaze hopeful, Arthur Blackwood other."
Arthur Blackwood? Near Xander-Talon loaded-swap.
"Willem Blaze?" Favian repeat, other-tag ignore. "Gov academy-own-honor one?"
"Spot-on, sir."
"Miss-how?"
"Carriage-mates per," soldier unpack, "Guild-guard unlock. Blaze tail-out... no-re." Elias-cage tale: key-find out-break, "Arthur Blackwood" celeb-dip ghost.
"Toast likely," Kaelus flat-ice.
Favian grim-nod. Story-any? Report-write. Catast-no-fault mine. "Body-haul," sigh. "Hopeful ID if can." Head-wag. "Willem Blaze shame."
Xander-Talon mute. Arthur Blackwood here-drag. Now? Vapor.
"Never-roll better," Talon murmur.
Tick: rubble-climb gorge-dir men-pop. Advance-scout re-up, next-inn messenger tag. Seal-scroll Favian hand.
"Eight-hundo league flash, Commander."
Seal-crack read. Bitter-irony lip-twist. Scroll-pass Kaelus-Jiang.
Twilight Queen smoke. Earth Mother two-day shank.
Crisis-wrap.
"Too-late," Jiang choke-grief. "One-day pre..."
"Master Jiang," Kaelus ice-cut. "Word-watch. Guild-head reason-hold. Q-no our-lane."
Jiang mute. Over-line know. Twenty-plus archer-loss—shire-total chunk—wound raw-heal no.
"So pull-why," Kaelus topic-flip. "News-ping sure."
"Anyhow," Favian weary. "Cap-deliv till? Alert-high lock."