Advent of the Three Calamities

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, I was

hatred that made my heart palpitate, were the same Three Calamities

death. Was I still dead?

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cent in the room, and the bittersweet, yet sm

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ht before me. It loomed large, dominating the sp

k except for a vintage, antique night lamp, which emitted a

an

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last laid eyes on the sword ju

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t.

h as the sword pierced through me, an

rawing webs on my forearm before staining the wooden floo

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clock, the blood persistentl

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I had ever witnessed s

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l heavy and my vision st

stopped. I didn't know when.

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encased it, and for a moment, I contemplated pulling

d the situation, I

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break. As if I had swallowed lava,

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ued to drip down

my voice again, I m

what hell

laugh then

aus

els lik

me hurt, but... compared to what I had been

take thi

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izzling sound caught my attention. At that mome

as the pain from before. It was

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shut and stare

could d

t anythi

t glow that formed on my forearm. On t

furrowed, and the glow

A ta

er was deeply etch

ck, and besides the soft glow that was slowly su

e more I felt like there w

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ur leaves lit up with

g, the world around me froze. I lost control of myself. I could n

were unwinding itself, the blood began to defy gra

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shocked. But I

tuck in

s watch as time s

mlessly returning to my chest. Simultaneously, the sword that had penetrated my

what I was seeing and all sorts of

an

heard the clanking sound

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its color, and I fe

at.

the book that fell from the bookshelf to the

a moment to recover my bearings, and when I did, the first t

about it that felt

onnection that linked between it a

about to move

an

to the ro

g mas

ines of the room. It was a familiar voice. O

y head, my hair

at

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topped. Why is he here? Who

from the

from t

ho killed me

name. It's your tur

standing

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s I wanted to ask him

, brain, was telling me th

maste

gain and he was about to approach me

the