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title: "Chapter 216: Kate, Leader of the Knights of Valor"
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slug: "ch-216"
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novel: "Dimensional Keeper: All My Skills Are at Level 100"
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number: 216
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views: 0
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likes: 0
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wordCount: 1221
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createdAt: "2026-04-13"
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Max stood amidst the tense silence, his smirk unwavering as his gaze swept over Norton Blade, Kheonne Evernight, James, and the other leaders.
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Their faces were etched with fear, disbelief, and anger.
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They knew what was coming.
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But—
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They were too late.
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Max’s fingers released.
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The 33-petal World Destruction Flaming Lotus began its silent descent.
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Toward the green force field sphere.
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Inside—
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The three trapped Monarch geniuses stared up in horror.
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"NO!"
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Norton’s roar of desperation tore through the air.
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His sword flashed—
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A white glowing streak of light, slicing forward in a final, frantic attempt to shatter the sphere and free them.
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"What did you do?!"
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Kheonne’s voice shook with terror, her eyes locked onto the lotus as it fell.
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Her breath turned unsteady.
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She never expected Max to casually dropped the lotus to the three geniuses from the Monarch.
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Just beside her James stood in solemn silence.
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He didn’t react outwardly—but his expression was grim.
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’The East is over.’
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There was no undoing this.
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A distance away…
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Aurelia watched in silence, standing at the outskirts of the Villa.
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Her eyes remained fixed on Max—
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Observing his every movement.
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Every flicker of his expression.
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Every pulse of power radiating from him.
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Then—
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She closed her eyes.
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’Chaos it is, then.’
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A slow sigh escaped her lips, the weight of understanding settling on her shoulders.
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She had known from the very start.
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From when Max decided to take revenge on Killian Blade.
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She realized.
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Max wasn’t someone who could be swayed.
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If he made a decision—
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He would see it through.
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No hesitation. No regrets.
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And now—this moment proved it.
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There was no in-between with him.
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No diplomacy.
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No backing down.
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No middle ground.
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Only absolute resolve.
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Her fingers tightened slightly at her side.
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’I guess I have to increase the pace of my plans a little bit now.’
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Then—
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Her eyes opened again.
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Sharp.
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Unreadable.
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The air thickened with finality as the black flaming lotus descended.
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The crowd watched in horror—
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Their faces pale.
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Their breaths held.
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They had lost all hope.
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This was it.
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The end.
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For the three Monarch geniuses.
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No one could stop it.
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No one should be able to stop it.
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But then—
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A flicker of light.
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A spark amidst despair.
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And then—
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Kate moved.
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The leader of the Knights of Valor extended her hand—
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And in that moment—
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Everything changed.
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BOOM!
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The space around Max froze.
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His body locked in place—hovering midair—
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His expression frozen in a smirk.
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The black flaming lotus—
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The unstoppable force of destruction—
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Halted.
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It floated motionlessly—
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Just inches above the three trapped geniuses.
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Its flames burned eerily, its power coiled and ready—
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But its detonation was suspended.
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The surrounding around Max stood still.
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For a moment—
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It was as if time itself had stopped.
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And the moment realization dawned—
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Shock rippled through the battlefield.
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Norton Blade—
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Took a sharp step back, his eyes wide with disbelief.
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Kheonne Evernight—
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Inhaled sharply, her body stiff, unable to process what she had just seen.
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Even Ralph and Garrison—
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Stood there, frozen in awe.
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Not just them.
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Every single person present.
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Geniuses.
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Guild leaders.
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Guests from the East Region.
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All stood motionless.
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Some of them understood.
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Others were completely baffled.
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Because what just happened—
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Should have been impossible.
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From a distance, Aurelia watched.
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Her golden eyes remained calm, analyzing the unfolding situation with absolute clarity.
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’She’s about to reach Level 2 of the Concept of Space.’
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Her observation was precise. Unwavering.
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Unlike the others—
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She wasn’t surprised.
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Not even a little.
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Kate’s mastery over space had already been formidable.
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But this?
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This confirmed it.
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She had touched the threshold—
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The point where space was no longer just controlled—
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But rewritten.
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The others gasped in shock.
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Some in awe.
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Some in fear.
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Yet, amidst the chaos, Aurelia’s curiosity stirred.
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What now?
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On the surface, Max was powerless.
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Frozen in space. Helpless. Trapped.
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With someone who wielded such mastery, it should have been over.
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Right?
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Or—
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Was it?
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’Damn… just how high is her comprehension of space?’
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Max’s eyes chilled, his mind racing.
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Before him—
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Kate walked forward.
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Slow. Deliberate.
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Like a executioner approaching a prisoner in chains.
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But she wasn’t coming for him.
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She was heading for the sphere.
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Toward the three trapped Monarch geniuses.
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Max clenched his jaw.
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’She froze space too strongly—I can’t even detonate the lotus.’
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The realization hit hard.
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This wasn’t just a simple Space Freeze technique.
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This was absolute suppression.
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His entire being was locked. Restrained.
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Even the 33-petal World Destruction Flaming Lotus—
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Suspended in her dominion.
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And if he failed now—
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He knew the truth.
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He’d never get another chance.
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This was it.
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All or nothing.
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"You shouldn’t struggle."
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Kate’s voice rang out—calm, composed, yet unshakable.
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She barely glanced at Max, her focus instead locked onto the suspended lotus.
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"I may not be the strongest in the East, but my control over space? It is absolute. Number one. In the entire Valora Continent."
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Her words dug into Max like needles.
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Not because they were arrogant.
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But because she was right.
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Her control over space was on another level.
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The air around him remained locked, his body frozen, not a single muscle responding.
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The lotus hung motionless, an unstoppable force trapped in an immovable cage.
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It should have erased everything in its path.
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Yet—
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It was suspended in time.
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Max’s mind raced.
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’What a worse moment to flaunt your power…’
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He cursed inwardly, forcing himself to analyze the situation.
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What did he need?
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Not movement.
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Not strength.
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Just one thing—
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Detonation.
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If he could ignite the lotus, the sheer scale of destruction would override any spatial freeze.
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A 33-petal World Destruction Flaming Lotus…
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Max had absolute confidence in one fact—
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No amount of space control could survive that explosion.
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Not even hers.
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Now—
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He just needed a way.
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But the question was how?
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Max’s mind raced, calculations firing in rapid succession.
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Kate would reach him in seconds.
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He didn’t have much time.
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’What should I do?’
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His Three-Dimensional Body physique was one of the most adaptable for space-related techniques—
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But right now?
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It wasn’t enough.
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It couldn’t help him control the black flames, nor could it break Kate’s space suppression directly.
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But then—
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An idea formed.
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’I’ll detonate it remotely.’𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦
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Yes.
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That was the only way.
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If he could just reconnect with the black flames on the lotus, he could ignite it without touching it.
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But—
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There was a problem.
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He had lost that connection.
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The moment he dropped the lotus, the flames had become severed from his control.
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And now—
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Because of Space Freeze, he couldn’t even extend his aura to reach them again.
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Which meant—
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He needed a way to bypass the suppression.
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To reassert control.
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’But how?’
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Max’s frown deepened, his eyes narrowing as Kate moved closer.
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Her expression was steady.
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Her presence—unshakable.
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Each step she took was a countdown.
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Ten feet away.
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Nine.
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Eight.
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Max’s jaw clenched.
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The worst part wasn’t just that he had lost control over the flames.
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It was that Kate’s mastery of space had severed his very connection to them.
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If he wanted to ignite the lotus, he needed a way to break through.
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To reach his flames again.
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But how?
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Seeing Kate closing in, a flicker of anxiety crept into Max’s mind.
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’What should I do?’ |