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The rolling orb struck my foot, and I picked it up. It was a relief that the monster's foul body fluids seemed to vanish with the light. It wasn't dirty, even when I slipped it into my pocket.
A purple orb—then the monster I encountered was the Cave Master that Charles had mentioned. No wonder it was so unusually powerful, I thought.
"Don't touch that. It's mine," Charon said in a low voice, aiming his bow at me.
Hector quickly stepped in, startled. "Wait, hold on!"
"Are you protecting your younger brother? What a disappointment, Hector. Have you forgotten we're in the middle of a trial—"
"It isn't like that. For now..." Hector looked at me, his gaze conflicted. "You... are you really Luan?"
"Yes."
"You aren't an undead?"
"Come on, give it a rest. I'm sick of that misunderstanding already," I whined, though I had only been through it once before.
"So, you've been alive all along," he murmured.
"Obviously."
"Then where the hell have you been? What happened to you?" he pressed.
I studied Hector for a moment. He was a Badniker too. Unlike the others who had come before him, I could afford to tell him the truth. Maybe I would have if Charon weren't standing there.
"Let's save that for later," I said. "First, I have something to accomplish."
"Something to accomplish?" Hector asked.
Without saying a word, I showed him the purple orb.
As expected of someone quick on the uptake, Hector's expression hardened immediately. ""You mean you won't settle for just that orb. You're planning to take the ones we have too."
I nodded."I'm in a bit...
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