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“Huff….”
Eun-Ho bent forward, clutching his knees as he struggled to catch his breath. Thick, sticky mucus slid down his cheek. It was a mixture of wolf and eagle blood. His sweat poured endlessly, soot coating his skin after he had set fires to deal with the bats and moths.
Plop—
Clotted drops of blood fell one after another, pooling on the ground before he realized it. Then, a golden circle flared to life above the red puddle.
“Sanctuary Declaration,” he said.
Fwaat—
It formed, expanded, and gave birth to another circle within it. They overlapped again and again until the gold grew deeper than the red beneath, swallowing even the land itself.
Fwaaaaat—
Then, a vast golden carpet unfurled beneath the sprawling roller coaster.
[Sanctuary has been declared!]
[Required duration: 29 minutes 12 seconds… 11 seconds… 10 seconds…]
“It’s done!”
“We’ve got thirty minutes until the trial ends. That should be plenty of time!”
Magic Land was where children’s haunted houses and exhibition halls lay scattered like isolated dark islands, swarming with nocturnal monsters. American Adventure was where flying squirrels leaped out from every hill-like walking path. European Adventure was where grotesque sandworms endlessly burst forth beneath the roller coaster tracks. All of them had been purified.
Only one place remained, where contract survivors reportedly lost half their combat power the moment they set foot inside. Zootopia. People gulped and headed to the safari.
***
A massive figure let out a low, heavy voice. “Hmm.”
What is displeasing him this time?
The man facing that unreadable silence felt flustered. He was an engineer, not a sycophant skilled at flattering those above him.
“Are you certain the boy chose that?”
At the question, the small-framed technician bowed his head. “Yes sir.”
“Then why isn’t he using it?”
“That, I honestly don’t know either sir…”
Thud!
The large man slammed a wooden goblet onto the table. “Then he must not have...
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