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The shrill sound of the alarm echoed through the entire fortress, intermingling with the hurried clamor of footsteps. Every soldier within the fortress was clearly converging on this location.
Fortunately, it didn’t matter. I had already eliminated every enemy within the slave factory. Judging by the cadence of the approaching footsteps, I still had some time before they arrived.
After gathering all the freed captives into a single group, I estimated there were roughly two hundred of them.
One of them stepped forward before bowing its head low.
“Liberator… We are forever in your debt.”
Liberator...
The word triggered a sense of deja vu. That was the same term the orcs had used back on the second floor. Hearing it again in a place like this stirred something deep within me. The word seemed to hold a certain significance.
Were people who refused to open the status window during the tutorial called Liberators?
“No need to thank me. Right now, our priority is to get out of here.”
My gaze shifted to the grotesque mass of black tendrils.
While I had managed to rescue the captives who were being tortured, the victims entangled by the mysterious tentacles posed a far greater problem. Unfortunately, the tendrils were far too numerous to cut through, and if I tried using lightning, the lightning would likely electrocute anyone touching the gross mass.
Sensing my hesitation, a wizened seraph elder stepped forward, bowing deeply as it approached.
“Those who have been ensnared by the brainwashing tendrils are beyond salvation....
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