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RALLY/! WOULD I BE BEATEN THAT EASILY?! YOU'RE DEFINITELY } TENACIOUS, BUT STILL, THAT BRAT!! THE NEXT TIME WE MEET IN BATTLE... a a es ra eglliek ace NWAHA HA HA THAT'S WHY THEY CALL ME ADON, THE INVINCIBLE RESOURCEFUL GENERAL/! WITH THE SECRET TECHNIQUE PASSED DOWN THROUGH MY COBORLWITZ FAMILY FOR SEVEN HUNDRED YEARS, KASSATSU JIZAI CPLAYING DEAD? AT MY DISPOSAL, I HAD NO TROUBLE DECEIVING HIS EYES!!
NOT ..-BUT YOUR ONLY HAVE YOUNGER YOU SUFFERED BROTHER THE DISGRACE SAMSON LOST OF LEADING HIS LIFE, AND AN ENTIRE YOU DARE MERCENARY TO RETURN TROOP TO ALONE IN THEIR DEATHS DISHONOR... FOR THE SAKE OF SETTLING A GRUDGE... \ | D exc: DAY t ) ABLE!! | zy,
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PAMA RARE NOW... SEEM MORE CHALLENGING THAN ENEMIES [(* OF GREAT «.- JUST CAME IN REGARDING THE SECOND FORCE ATTEMPTING TO CAPTURE DOLDREY. AS WELL, YES? SIMPLY HEARD THAT THE BAND OF THE HAWK HAS NEVER BEEN DEFEATED. RS \ Qo” FORGIVE THAT MOMENTARY INDIGNITY. YOU SEEM PLEASED?
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WORTH THE VALUE OF HIS WEIGHT IN GOLD... I SWEAR I WILL HAVE YOU ONCE MORE, THAT'S ONE HELL OF PART OF STORM. THE PLAN. THE BURNS OF THAT NIGHT STILL DO NOT HEAL.
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BUT TO CHALLENGE THE HOLY PURPLE RHINO KNIGHTS PERSONALLY WITH AT MOST TWO THOUSAND BEHIND HIM... IT’S LIKE THE HARE LEAPING INTO THE TIGER’S MOUTH/! ALL TROOPS FOWARD/!! DESTROY THE ENEMY’S FIRST WAVE!!! THE FOOL/ I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF TRICK HE MEANS TO PULL!!
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NO MATTER HOW MANY IT...CAN’T BEL! ENEMIES WE'VE FACED, i THEY AREN'T THE CHARGE OF THE HOLY, { STOPPING!! PURPLE RHINO KNIGHTS | % HAS NEVER BEEN CHECKED!! FORGET ADVANCING... [; WE'RE BEING ( PUSHED?! THEY c POSSESS : r IT WOULD SEEM WORTHY . THE STORY THAT ADVERSARIES. ADON'S HUNDRED MERCENARIES WERE KILLED BY ONE MAN, IS RAIDERS NOT ENTIRELY CAPTAIN. UNTRUE.
THE ENEMY'S DO NOT NUMBERS ARE PANIC/! STILL FEW/! : THIS IS ARRANGE MERELY A FORMATION os) HARASSMENT AND FORCE TACTIC!! THEM BACK/! VA: é | GK THE HAWKS AND THE RHINOS ARE WELL MATCHED. THOUGH AFTER ALL THIS IS THE EXTENT OF A SMALL FORCE'S CAPABILITIES. 191
MIGHT HE INTEND TO DISREGARD PREPARE MY BODYGUARDS WHO REMAIN IN THE FORTRESS TO RIDE. PERSONAL COMMAND ON THE AT THIS RATE THEY CAN’T EVEN GET NEAR THE WALLS! 00000 SOOIS SSOSOOSO SS SOL POOC SOSOSHSGHL BUT THAT BOSCOGN. IF HE KEEPS FIGHTING THAT WAY, HE'LL KILL GRIFFITH.
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GENERAL/! THE ENEMY HAS BEGUN TO WITHDRAW. LET'S PURSUE!!
IS THIS REALLY THE PLAN OF THE UNDEFEATED WHITE HAWK? CHANCE TO BOLSTER OUR RENOWN EVEN FURTHER!! THERE MUST BE NO OTHER OPTIONS LEFT TO A SMALL FORCE LIKE THE BAND OF THE HAWK AGAINST THE HOLY PURPLE RHINO KNIGHTS. 7— LET THE WHITE HAWK ESCAPE LIKE THIS, THE MEN WON'T BE ABLE TO CONTAIN THEIR DISCONTENT OVER MISSING SUCH A FRUITFUL OPPORTUNITY!! HE SHOULD HAVE SEEN THE OUTCOME OF SUCH AN ATTACK FROM THE START. er MEANING NO DISRESPECT, 4 BUT PERHAPS YOU'VE OVERESTIMATED THEM, SIR? IT WAS PROBABLY A DESPERATE PLAN TO BREAK THROUGH AT ONE POINT AND CLAIM YOUR Ss =e
AND WHATEVER MONETARY REWARD You WISH/! WOULD YOU LET YOUR CHANCE AT VICTORY SLIP AWAY? EVERYONE LISTEN// SHALL CAPTURE HIM ALIVE!! I WILL NOT PERMIT THE ENEMY LEADER, COUNT GRIFFITH, TO BE KILLED!! IN RETURN, I PROMISE WHOEVER CAPTURES HIM A SPECIAL DOUBLE PROMOTION/!
ISING A THING £ 7 = «BUT WHAT OF MILITARY THE HOLY i i ; ; PURPLE a : . FROM HERE RHINO iM ‘ ON I AM KNIGHTS . i IN DIRECT : RS COMMAND!! ENEMY!! we dy nf WN BE CONVEY MY THOROUGH!! ORDERS TO ALL YOUR MEN!! / eS XS Z Ss S \ Ni AW