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Chapter 49: Joana’s Gambit

작가: Frankie.O
last update 최신 업데이트: 2025-09-10 18:31:03

The horns still reverberated across the ruined estate when the enemy ranks parted like a tide. Out of the smoke and fire she came, astride a pale horse, her armor gleaming with cruel elegance. Joana.

Even from across the courtyard, Lucy felt the shift in the air. It was as though the battlefield itself bent beneath Joana’s will. Soldiers who had faltered now raised their blades with renewed fervor. The chaos stilled, reshaped by the gravity of her presence.

Lucy’s throat tightened. She had heard the whispers: Joana was not simply a rival, but a force, a mind that wove chaos into victory. Seeing her now, tall and unyielding, her eyes sharp as glass, Lucy understood why men feared her as much as they revered her.

“She’s here,” Lucy whispered.

Gabriel’s hand closed around hers, grounding, unyielding. His armor was battered, his sword nicked and stained, yet his eyes blazed with a defiance that met Joana’s head-on.

“Then the real battle begins,” he said.

Joana reined in her horse just bey
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