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*GALLOP-GALLOP!
'I have to do something. We can't get to Master, they'd die— for this house, I have to save Kaleb.'
Those were his thoughts as Tav rode through the forest with the rest of the party. "Please, forgive me, guys."
"Huh?" One of the knights following and close to him heard mumbled something.
*SHING!
*CHUNK!
Both knights barely caught the sound of blades being unsheathed when an attack came at them the next second.
It was unexpected, quick for one to be unable to dodge or counter and deadly. Plunging into them and out at their backs, piercing through the most vital part of their bodies— the heartcore.
'This is for the greater good.' Tav convinced himself, doing his best to dampen the fact of what he'd just done. 'It's for NobleHouse Elmore!'