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Chapter 13: The Hall of Judgement
Author: A.B. Ben
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Dusk fell over the Black Wind Range like a curtain of violet silk.

By the time Lu Chen and Kuang Yan descended the final mountain trail, the western sky had turned a deep, burning amber. Behind them marched a grim procession: eight Blood Wolf mercenaries bound in demon-tendon cords, limping and weeping, flanked by three unconscious Murong enforcers dragged across a makeshift litter of pine branches.

And carried upon Kuang Yan's broad shoulder, trussed like a festival hog, was Murong Lie—the Fir
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