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Chapter 167

Author: Jess Dawson
last update publish date: 2026-01-25 01:29:23
Edwardo's POV

“We have eleven warriors who have been unable to complete stage one, and the captains feel they won’t this time round, if ever,” Blake says as we run through the early morning mist rising off the ground through the woods.

I grunt in reply. The course results have been mixed this year. On the one hand, we’ve had three warriors complete the course in almost record time. On the other, the majority have been slow. The slowest completion times we’ve ever recorded. However, it’s also the
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