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79. Right In Time
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"Is that you, Nash?" Elaine asked, coming to her senses. She looked down and saw that the young man had endured all of her attacker's blows, leaving him covered in wounds.

But Nash couldn't hear her words. He saw that the statue had stopped shooting the black balls, and knew that Elaine was really there.

Vexul, who was standing behind Nash, frowned. He was also a player, and knew a lot about the legend of the tomb. As far as he knew, the tomb belonged to Sylvana Eldarien, the first founder of Sylvandale and crowned The Mother of Elves, not Elaine. So who was this young man talking to?

"Did I miss something?" Vexul muttered softly. Morgrath and Nekron didn't care about the scene and chose to take a nap or play with small insects, mutilating them to the bones. Vexul sighed tiredly at the behavior of his two colleagues. If they weren't comrades, Vexul would have left those two idiots a long time ago.

"Elaine, can you hear me? It's Nash," he called out softly. "I'm not here to harm you. I
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