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“I can still fight.” Bayern forced the words out as he tried to lift himself.
“You cannot,” Ketal said.
He cut the answer as sharply as a blade. Bayern’s spirit still burned, but simply standing on his feet already pushed his body past its limit. Blood soaked the sand beneath him. At a glance, it would not have been strange if he simply bled out and died where he lay.
Even for a Hero warrior, these wounds sat far too close to mortal. The fact that those wounds had been carved into him by the White Bear itself made them even more dangerous.
“Lie still and rest,” Ketal said.
His fist fell on Bayern’s head, not with killing intent but with ruthless practicality. Bayern’s eyes rolled back, and his body went limp as he collapsed. The Tower Master lunged forward and caught him before he hit the ground.
“You are as rough as ever,” the Tower Master muttered.
“If I do not go this far, he will keep trying to stand,” Ketal replied. “I leave him to you.”
“Understood. His wounds are severe. I will take him to Helia myself.”
The Tower Master rose into the air with Bayern in his arms. Ignisia followed, red hair and cloak snapping in the desert wind as she climbed after him.
Left alone, Ketal turned back toward the White Bear and smiled.
“Thank you for humoring him, Bear,” he said.
“Grnn,” the Bear rumbled.
The sound carried a strange weight, as if it acknowledged what Ketal had just said while also judging the power he had revealed earlier.
“This is the strength I learned Outside,” Ketal said. “The world out there is different from this one. It is far more entertaining. You should take a look someday.”
“Grnn,” the Bear answered.
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