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I'LL BE DONE IN A MOMENT!\nYOU BASTARD!\n\nWHO SAID I'D LET YOU LEAVE SO EASILY?!\nHE VANISHED...\n\nTRASH LIKE THIS...\n\n...CALL THEMSELVES THE BEST?\n\nAGEH!\nYOU PULL BACK FIRST!\n\nGOT IT!\nCOME ON! LET'S RIDE!\nTHE ENEMY IS RETREATING!\nSHALL WE PURSUE?\n\nDO NOT PURSUE!\nTHE LEFT FLANK IS JOINING US HERE!\nTHAT GUY!\nWE MUST TAKE THAT GUY'S HEAD AT ALL COSTS!\n\nALL UNITS, CHARGE!\nNOIR.\n\nDON'T GIVE HIM A CHANCE TO ESCAPE!\n\nNOIR!\n\nGAH... I CAN'T SEE!\n\nHUH?\n\nYOU BASTARD!\n\nDID YOU THINK I'D LET YOU GET AWAY SO EASILY?!\n\nHAHAHA!\nTELL GODIN AND COUNT GAIDAR!\n\nTELL THEM I'M TAKING YOUR PRIDE WITH ME!\nTHIS IS MY RIGHTFUL REWARD!\n\nSO HE WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO BROKE AWAY?\nTHAT'S CORRECT.\n...WHAT A HEADACHE.\n\nWAS THAT REALLY THE ONLY WAY?\nIT WAS OUR ONLY OPTION.\nIF WE HESITATED EVEN A LITTLE, WE WOULD HAVE RUN INTO THE LORDS' TROOPS ON THEIR WAY TO RETAKE NASSAU.\nI SUPPOSE YOU WOULD HAVE...\n\nEVEN I DIDN'T EXPECT THE WESTERN LORDS TO BAND TOGETHER SO TIGHTLY AND ADVANCE SO QUICKLY.\nWHAT IN THE WORLD HAPPENED?\n\nWHY ARE THEY ALL SO FURIOUS?\nIF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WAS UNEXPECTED,\nIT WOULD BE THAT THE STRIKE FORCE'S ACHIEVE- MENTS EXCEEDED OUR EXPECTATIONS.\nWHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH IT?\nTHEY WREAKED SO MUCH HAVOC WHEREVER THEY WENT...\n\n...THAT THEY EARNED THE WESTERN LORDS' UNDYING HATRED IN THAT SHORT TIME.\nWELL...\nTHAT DOES SOUND LIKE HIM.\n\nIS THAT THE CHILD?\nYES. THE LAST RAVNOMA.\nWE'VE SECURED THE TARGET.\n\nOUR CURRENT FORCE COULD HOLD OFF THE ASSEMBLED WESTERN ALLIED FORCES, BUT...\nBEING WITHOUT 800 ELITE SOLDIERS AHEAD OF A FULL-SCALE WAR WOULD BE A MAJOR BLOW.\nWE HAVE TO ABANDON NASSAU AND RETURN.\n\nIT SEEMS THEIR OFFENSIVE IS ABOUT TO BEGIN.\nIS THERE ANY OTHER ESCAPE ROUTE STILL OPEN?\n\nTHIS IS THE ONLY ONE.\n...WE HAVE NO CHOICE, THEN.\nWE’RE GOING TO WAIT FOR SIR VLAD, AREN’T WE?\n\nI HAVE TO GIVE HIM THIS.\nHE SAID IT WAS PRECIOUS TO HIM.\n\n...THOSE WHO ARE READY, BEGIN BOARDING.\nYOU’RE NOT GOING TO WAIT?!\nRECALL ALL THE SOLDIERS ON THE WALLS AS WELL.\n\nI ASKED IF YOU WERE GOING TO WAIT OR NOT!\nYOU’RE SUPPOSED TO BE KNIGHTS!\nTHEY ALL SAID THE SAME THINGS.\n\n\"GO ON AHEAD.\"\n\"I'LL BE RIGHT BEHIND YOU.\"\n\"WE'LL SEE EACH OTHER AGAIN.\"\n\"YOU HAVE TO WAIT.\"\n\n\"THEY'LL BE HERE SOON.\"\nKARL RAVNOMA.\nAS YOU SAY, HE IS OUR KNIGHT,\n\nAND HE HOLDS THE PROMISE OF BAYEZID'S FUTURE.\nGO ON AHEAD AND WAIT...\nAND GIVE HIM THAT CLOAK YOURSELF.\n\n...KEEP YOUR WORD.\nWHAT WILL YOU DO?\n\nLEAVE ONE SHIP TO GET HIM OUT. EVERYONE ELSE IS TO WITHDRAW.\nWILL ANY CAPTAIN AGREE TO STAY?\nTHEY'RE ONLY MERCHANTS REQUISITIONED FOR THIS OPERATION.\nDON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT.\n\nTHERE'S A CAPTAIN WHO'LL STAY.\nOUR ROOKIE IS RUNNING LATE!\n\nANY VOLUNTEERS TO WAIT FOR HIM WITH ME?!\nTHAT BOY REALLY IS A HANDFUL.\nSTILL, HE'S GOOD AT RUNNING LIKE HELL, SO HE SHOULD BE HERE SOON.\nAND THAT'S NOT ALL, IS IT?\nHE CARRIES TWO HANDKERCHIEFS TUCKED AGAINST HIS CHEST.\n\nA MAN WITH AMBITION DOESN'T DIE EASILY!\nYOU'RE RIGHT ABOUT THAT.\nA STUD RIDING A WILD HORSE? JUST IMAGINE HOW FAST HE'LL BE!\nLORD RUTIGER.\n\nIS THERE ANY NEED TO PICK OUT VOLUNTEERS?\nEVERY KNIGHT WILL STAY.\n\nGOOD.\nLET'S BRING BAYEZID'S FINEST DRAGON HUNTER BACK TO THE NORTH.\nDOROTHEA.\nINSCRIBE FIRE-RESISTANCE MARKINGS ON THE KNIGHTS.\n\nPARDON?\nI HAVE NO INTENTION OF HOLDING BACK TODAY.","bubble_count":103,"pages_count":40,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"A brutal rearguard fight erupts near the canyon as the strike force pulls back, with its chief refusing to let the enemy escape easily.","spoiler_summary":"A brutal rearguard fight erupts near the canyon as the strike force pulls back, with its chief refusing to let the enemy escape easily. As Western allied forces close in to retake Nassau, commanders decide they must abandon the city and withdraw by ship. Debate turns to Sir Vlad, left behind, and Karl Ravnoma insists on waiting. 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