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The One-Hour Calculation
Author: Deaz84
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"Welcome to your final hour, Arkan!"

Siska's shrill, doubled laughter still froze the dawn air. Her words hung over my head like a death sentence. Before me, the colossal figure of the True Execution Guardian, crawling out of the second stone coffin, slowly rose to its full height. Its enormous frame dominated my entire field of vision, clad in rusted black iron armor that radiated a paralyzing murderous aura. Every heavy breath it took condensed the cold air, unleashing a massive pressure that
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