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When the other death row inmates heard Nagu's words, realization struck them immediately. Right. Why move forward at all? We can just jump back. The platform behind us is just as safe. It's only ten steps away, which is nothing for people like us. Even without using the sorcerers' abilities, we still have our ways to cross it.
But the moment they turned and saw Ashe's executioner swelling again at a visible speed, it became clear to them what was going on. They inwardly cursed Nagu's shamelessness, felt a flicker of schadenfreude at Ashe's predicament, and lowered their heads to keep climbing along the steel wire.
Nagu had set a trap with what he had said earlier.
Ashe realized he had made a mistake the instant he looked back. As soon as Nagu finished speaking, his vote count skyrocketed exponentially.
The audience panicked. Nagu was right. If Ashe jumped back, he could ruin the carefully arranged Blood Moon Tribunal. The steel wire trial and the purging flame had proven ineffective on him, and his smooth, painless experience only provoked the audience further. To them, Ashe was not merely refusing to repent; he was actively trying...
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