Chapitre 242

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="0" aria-label="Play from paragraph 1" title="Play from paragraph 1"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Traducteur : Pai_

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="1" aria-label="Play from paragraph 2" title="Play from paragraph 2"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Tandis que Turan menait activement une guérilla dans la zone forestière occidentale.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="2" aria-label="Play from paragraph 3" title="Play from paragraph 3"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Une bataille féroce faisait également rage quelque part dans le sud-est de la Zone Grise et dans la région frontalière du désert d’Enril.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="3" aria-label="Play from paragraph 4" title="Play from paragraph 4"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>L'ampleur de cet affrontement n'avait rien à voir avec l'escarmouche mineure que Turan avait vécue tout récemment en escortant le transfuge.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="4" aria-label="Play from paragraph 5" title="Play from paragraph 5"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Des centaines de mages des Maisons Parsha et Varaha, ainsi que des centaines de mages de la Maison Zahar, se faisaient face en grognant, tandis que les quelques nobles de haut rang restants de la Maison Varaha, dont Solif, s'opposaient aux nobles Zahar fidèles au nouveau chef de famille, Rahman.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="5" aria-label="Play from paragraph 6" title="Play from paragraph 6"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>« Argh... »

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="6" aria-label="Play from paragraph 7" title="Play from paragraph 7"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>« Si vous êtes blessé, repliez-vous rapidement ! »

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="7" aria-label="Play from paragraph 8" title="Play from paragraph 8"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Solif saisit un noble Varaha qui gémissait, la jambe transpercée par une lance aussi épaisse qu'un avant-bras, et le projeta brutalement en arrière.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="8" aria-label="Play from paragraph 9" title="Play from paragraph 9"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>« Ughhh ! »

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="9" aria-label="Play from paragraph 10" title="Play from paragraph 10"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Grâce à l'immense force conférée par la lignée du Gardien, le corps du noble vola sur plus d'une centaine de mètres en un instant, comme s'il avait été propulsé par une fronde.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="10" aria-label="Play from paragraph 11" title="Play from paragraph 11"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Le cri, puissant au début, diminua rapidement à mesure qu'il s'éloignait, produisant un effet sonore étrange.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="11" aria-label="Play from paragraph 12" title="Play from paragraph 12"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Après avoir sauvé une personne et jeté un coup d'œil aux alentours, Solif claqua doucement de la langue.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="12" aria-label="Play from paragraph 13" title="Play from paragraph 13"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>« Quels sales types, vraiment. »

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="13" aria-label="Play from paragraph 14" title="Play from paragraph 14"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>À l'origine, la Maison Varaha et la Maison Zahar entretenaient une incompatibilité si viscérale qu'elles pouvaient presque être considérées comme des ennemies naturelles.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="14" aria-label="Play from paragraph 15" title="Play from paragraph 15"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Les capacités de pistage ne servaient à rien au combat, et leur spécialité, la dissimulation, pouvait être aisément déjouée et balayée, aussi naturellement que l'on respire.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="15" aria-label="Play from paragraph 16" title="Play from paragraph 16"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Pour exagérer à peine, un noble Varaha pouvait tenir tête à deux nobles Zahar de même rang.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="16" aria-label="Play from paragraph 17" title="Play from paragraph 17"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Cependant, leurs adversaires actuels ne se contentaient pas de la magie propre à la Maison Zahar ; ils employaient toutes sortes de méthodes bizarres pour lancer leurs assauts.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="17" aria-label="Play from paragraph 18" title="Play from paragraph 18"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>En utilisant toutes sortes d'étranges pouvoirs conférés par les dieux possédés — ce que Turan appelait des « compétences » —, ils prenaient au dépourvu les nobles Varaha, peu habitués à de tels procédés, comme ils l'avaient fait précédemment.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="18" aria-label="Play from paragraph 19" title="Play from paragraph 19"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Heureusement, quelques facteurs jouaient en leur faveur. Premièrement, les armes à feu fournies par la Maison Parsha avaient un impact significatif.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="19" aria-label="Play from paragraph 20" title="Play from paragraph 20"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Grâce à la puissance de ces armes, capables de soumettre instantanément des chevaliers et de menacer les nobles, la Maison Parsha dominait outrageusement les affrontements entre les mages de rang inférieur.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="20" aria-label="Play from paragraph 21" title="Play from paragraph 21"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Et pour ce qui était des combats entre mages de haut rang, où l'effet de ces armes était relativement amoindri, il était d'une aide immense que Solif, à l'instar des possédés, puisse lui aussi utiliser des compétences.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="21" aria-label="Play from paragraph 22" title="Play from paragraph 22"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Tout cela grâce à la pratique de la Magie de l'Âme qu'il avait apprise plus tôt, ainsi qu'aux techniques de fusion de symboles qu'il avait reçues de Turan.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="22" aria-label="Play from paragraph 23" title="Play from paragraph 23"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>« Hop ! »

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="23" aria-label="Play from paragraph 24" title="Play from paragraph 24"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>D'un geste de la main, il fit jaillir des flammes blanches qui illuminèrent une partie du champ de bataille, menaçant simultanément des dizaines de nobles Zahar.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="24" aria-label="Play from paragraph 25" title="Play from paragraph 25"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Naturellement, de nombreuses attaques volèrent vers lui, cible la plus en vue, mais presque aucune ne fut significative.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="25" aria-label="Play from paragraph 26" title="Play from paragraph 26"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Les attaques maladroites, dépourvues d'une grande énergie magique, se dissipèrent sans pénétrer les flammes, et celles qui y parvinrent furent bloquées par l'armure d'argent héritée du chef de famille de la Maison Varaha.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="26" aria-label="Play from paragraph 27" title="Play from paragraph 27"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Grâce à la combinaison du corps robuste de la lignée du Gardien et du pouvoir de la relique sacrée, sa capacité défensive était presque invincible.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="27" aria-label="Play from paragraph 28" title="Play from paragraph 28"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>À cet instant, frappé par une prémonition glaciale, Solif tourna vivement la tête.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="28" aria-label="Play from paragraph 29" title="Play from paragraph 29"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>« Argh. »

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="29" aria-label="Play from paragraph 30" title="Play from paragraph 30"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Une petite flèche effleura légèrement sa joue en passant.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="30" aria-label="Play from paragraph 31" title="Play from paragraph 31"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Depuis la lumière éclatante, Rahman, ayant enduré une consommation excessive d'énergie magique pour se dissimuler brièvement pendant quelques secondes, claqua légèrement la langue en réapparaissant.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="31" aria-label="Play from paragraph 32" title="Play from paragraph 32"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>À en juger par la sensation de brûlure de la blessure, il avait probablement utilisé une fois de plus un poison ignoble, mais heureusement, le corps robuste de Solif fut capable de l'endurer.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="32" aria-label="Play from paragraph 33" title="Play from paragraph 33"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Bien sûr, la détérioration de son état était inévitable.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="33" aria-label="Play from paragraph 34" title="Play from paragraph 34"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Rahman bloqua le rayon que Solif avait tiré avec son doigt en utilisant une barrière sombre, semblable à un bouclier.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="34" aria-label="Play from paragraph 35" title="Play from paragraph 35"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Il ne le bloqua pas complètement, car sa paume devint rouge à cause d'une brûlure.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="35" aria-label="Play from paragraph 36" title="Play from paragraph 36"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Après un combat aussi prolongé, alors que presque toutes les flèches et armes cachées avaient été épuisées par la Maison Zahar, et que les munitions étaient à sec du côté de Varaha-Parsha, les deux camps se retirèrent comme par accord mutuel.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="36" aria-label="Play from paragraph 37" title="Play from paragraph 37"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Tous deux avaient presque épuisé leur énergie magique et craignaient de lourdes pertes s'ils étaient repoussés à ce stade.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="37" aria-label="Play from paragraph 38" title="Play from paragraph 38"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>« Pfiou, ça m'achève... »

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="38" aria-label="Play from paragraph 39" title="Play from paragraph 39"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Quelques heures après la fin de la bataille, Solif grommela en plongeant la tête dans un récipient d'eau avant de la ressortir.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="39" aria-label="Play from paragraph 40" title="Play from paragraph 40"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Autour de lui, les nobles épuisés des Maisons Varaha et Parsha étaient assis, terrassés par la fatigue du combat.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="40" aria-label="Play from paragraph 41" title="Play from paragraph 41"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Ses courts cheveux argentés, désormais trempés, lui donnaient une allure assez pitoyable, mais aucun des nobles Varaha présents ne songea à lui faire remarquer qu'il devrait conserver sa dignité.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="41" aria-label="Play from paragraph 42" title="Play from paragraph 42"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>C'était parce que Solif avait fait preuve d'une domination écrasante tout au long de l'affrontement, et aussi parce qu'ils étaient eux-mêmes trop exténués pour trouver la force de critiquer quoi que ce soit.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="42" aria-label="Play from paragraph 43" title="Play from paragraph 43"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Dans un lieu tel que le champ de bataille, où ne subsistent que les instincts les plus primaires et bruts, les premières choses à être balayées sont les faux-semblants et les formalités.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="43" aria-label="Play from paragraph 44" title="Play from paragraph 44"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>« Le bilan des pertes a-t-il été établi ? »

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="44" aria-label="Play from paragraph 45" title="Play from paragraph 45"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>« Nous sommes encore en train de compter, mais le nombre de morts est estimé à environ quarante. Il y a également quelques disparus, ce chiffre pourrait donc diminuer s'ils venaient à revenir. »

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="45" aria-label="Play from paragraph 46" title="Play from paragraph 46"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>« Ça fait un sacré paquet de morts. »

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="46" aria-label="Play from paragraph 47" title="Play from paragraph 47"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Dans une bataille impliquant plus d'un millier de mages au total, quarante décès pouvaient sembler être un sacrifice dérisoire, mais si l'on considère que de tels affrontements se produisaient tous les quelques jours, ce n'était en rien un chiffre négligeable.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="47" aria-label="Play from paragraph 48" title="Play from paragraph 48"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>De plus, cela n'incluait même pas les pertes civiles.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="48" aria-label="Play from paragraph 49" title="Play from paragraph 49"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Les bâtards de Zahar, tout en feignant de mener une sorte de guerre de mouvement, pillaient continuellement les villages et les bourgs de la Zone Grise, et ces dommages ne pouvaient être ignorés.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="49" aria-label="Play from paragraph 50" title="Play from paragraph 50"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>« Ouais, c’est à cela que ressemble la guerre, la vraie. C’est juste que les choses avaient été trop faciles jusqu’à présent... »

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="50" aria-label="Play from paragraph 51" title="Play from paragraph 51"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Un noble Varaha, assis en face de Solif, répondit à ses mots avec un sourire amer.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="51" aria-label="Play from paragraph 52" title="Play from paragraph 52"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Les guerres précédentes n’avaient abouti à de brefs engagements que parce que les deux camps étaient certains de leur victoire ou avaient frappé directement les bastions adverses.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="52" aria-label="Play from paragraph 53" title="Play from paragraph 53"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>À l’origine, les guerres entre grandes maisons nobles étaient toujours aussi longues et brutales.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="53" aria-label="Play from paragraph 54" title="Play from paragraph 54"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>« L’autre camp a-t-il subi des pertes similaires ? »

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="54" aria-label="Play from paragraph 55" title="Play from paragraph 55"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>« Je suis désolé. Nous ne l’avons pas encore confirmé... »

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="55" aria-label="Play from paragraph 56" title="Play from paragraph 56"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>« Partons du principe que c’est le cas. Pour l’instant, reposez-vous, et dites à ceux qui ont dormi plus tôt de s’occuper correctement du ravitaillement et de la surveillance du périmètre. Si nous sommes percés, ils ne mourront pas de ma main, mais de celle de l’ennemi. »

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="56" aria-label="Play from paragraph 57" title="Play from paragraph 57"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Si ne serait-ce qu’un seul noble Zahar se glissait par erreur dans les dortoirs, personne dans cette pièce ne rouvrirait jamais les yeux.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="57" aria-label="Play from paragraph 58" title="Play from paragraph 58"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>C’était une leçon qu’Aravion avait apprise à ses dépens lors de leur précédente guerre contre Zahar.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="58" aria-label="Play from paragraph 59" title="Play from paragraph 59"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Lorsque Solif, les pressant à nouveau, se leva soudainement, les nobles Varaha allongés levèrent les yeux vers lui.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="59" aria-label="Play from paragraph 60" title="Play from paragraph 60"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>« Où allez-vous ? »

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="60" aria-label="Play from paragraph 61" title="Play from paragraph 61"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>« Je vais monter la garde moi aussi. Si Rahman attaque, ce n’est pas comme si vous étiez capables de l’arrêter. »

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="61" aria-label="Play from paragraph 62" title="Play from paragraph 62"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>« Alors nous allons aussi… »

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="62" aria-label="Play from paragraph 63" title="Play from paragraph 63"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>« Restez simplement assis. Vous allez vous effondrer d’épuisement. »

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="63" aria-label="Play from paragraph 64" title="Play from paragraph 64"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Contrairement à Solif, dont la constitution physique était supérieure grâce à son énergie magique puissante et à sa lignée du Gardien, les nobles qui le suivaient étaient au bord de l’effondrement.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="64" aria-label="Play from paragraph 65" title="Play from paragraph 65"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Se reposer avec diligence et récupérer rapidement était une meilleure façon de contribuer.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="65" aria-label="Play from paragraph 66" title="Play from paragraph 66"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Les nobles de Varaha et de Parsha observaient Solif, qui s’éloignait à grands pas, les yeux emplis d’admiration.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="66" aria-label="Play from paragraph 67" title="Play from paragraph 67"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>« Il doit être épuisé après avoir combattu le chef de famille Zahar… »

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="67" aria-label="Play from paragraph 68" title="Play from paragraph 68"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>« Il est vraiment incroyable. »

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="68" aria-label="Play from paragraph 69" title="Play from paragraph 69"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Ignorant les remarques embarrassantes qu’il pouvait entendre grâce à son ouïe fine, Solif grimpa sur le rempart extérieur de la cité et tourna son regard vers l’est.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="69" aria-label="Play from paragraph 70" title="Play from paragraph 70"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Comme la dernière bataille avait commencé au milieu de la nuit pour se poursuivre jusqu’à l’aube, plusieurs heures plus tard, le soleil était désormais haut dans le ciel.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="70" aria-label="Play from paragraph 71" title="Play from paragraph 71"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>« Je meurs d’envie de savoir comment les choses se passent là-bas. »

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="71" aria-label="Play from paragraph 72" title="Play from paragraph 72"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Bien qu’il ne le montrât pas, Solif ne pouvait s’empêcher de ressentir de l’anxiété alors qu’il combattait l’armée Zahar ici.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="72" aria-label="Play from paragraph 73" title="Play from paragraph 73"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Bien qu’il compensât l’infériorité relative de ses forces et les pertes accumulées par sa propre maîtrise, il ne pouvait échapper à la fatigue qui en découlait.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="73" aria-label="Play from paragraph 74" title="Play from paragraph 74"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Bien entendu, il ne pouvait partager ces pensées avec ses subordonnés.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="74" aria-label="Play from paragraph 75" title="Play from paragraph 75"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Ils n’avaient d’yeux que pour lui ; quel malaise auraient-ils ressenti s’il avait laissé paraître le moindre signe de faiblesse ?

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="75" aria-label="Play from paragraph 76" title="Play from paragraph 76"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Tout ce que Solif pouvait faire, c’était espérer que Turan vaincrait rapidement les forces alliées d’Aravion et de Nagin pour résoudre le désavantage sur ce front.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="76" aria-label="Play from paragraph 77" title="Play from paragraph 77"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Il ne pouvait, à lui seul, anéantir Rahman et le reste des dieux de Zahar.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="77" aria-label="Play from paragraph 78" title="Play from paragraph 78"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Au mieux, il pouvait tenir bon en tirant parti de l’avantage du terrain.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="78" aria-label="Play from paragraph 79" title="Play from paragraph 79"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>« À bien y réfléchir, n’est-il pas passé par ici hier ? Puisqu’il a fait tout ce chemin, il aurait pu nous aider un peu plus, bon sang… »

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="79" aria-label="Play from paragraph 80" title="Play from paragraph 80"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Bien qu’il grommelât intérieurement, ce n’était pas sincère.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="80" aria-label="Play from paragraph 81" title="Play from paragraph 81"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Si Turan était parti ailleurs au lieu de combattre ici à ses côtés, c’était certainement pour une bonne raison.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="81" aria-label="Play from paragraph 82" title="Play from paragraph 82"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>En songeant à cela, Solif plissa les yeux, scrutant l’horizon.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="82" aria-label="Play from paragraph 83" title="Play from paragraph 83"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>« Hein ? »

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="83" aria-label="Play from paragraph 84" title="Play from paragraph 84"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Un nuage de poussière, preuve qu’un nombre considérable de personnes approchait.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="84" aria-label="Play from paragraph 85" title="Play from paragraph 85"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Comme cela provenait de l'est, il crut d'abord que les bâtards de Zahar attaquaient à nouveau sans relâche, mais en y regardant de plus près, la direction était légèrement différente.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="85" aria-label="Play from paragraph 86" title="Play from paragraph 86"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Ce n'était ni le nord-est ni l'est pur, mais plutôt le sud-est, presque plein sud.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="86" aria-label="Play from paragraph 87" title="Play from paragraph 87"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>S'ils arrivaient de cette direction...

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="87" aria-label="Play from paragraph 88" title="Play from paragraph 88"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>« Bon sang, vous êtes arrivés vite ! »

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="88" aria-label="Play from paragraph 89" title="Play from paragraph 89"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Solif frappa dans ses mains avec joie en apercevant au loin l'armée arborant la bannière de Lavitas.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="89" aria-label="Play from paragraph 90" title="Play from paragraph 90"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Le bruit soudain et retentissant fit sursauter quelques chevaliers à proximité.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="90" aria-label="Play from paragraph 91" title="Play from paragraph 91"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>*

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="91" aria-label="Play from paragraph 92" title="Play from paragraph 92"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Après la première opération de guérilla, Turan lança deux autres assauts contre les forces d'Aravion avant de finalement regagner le camp principal.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="92" aria-label="Play from paragraph 93" title="Play from paragraph 93"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>L'ennemi s'habituait progressivement à leurs tactiques, et des pertes commencèrent à apparaître, même au sein de l'unité de guérilla qui, jusque-là, dominait le terrain de manière presque unilatérale.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="93" aria-label="Play from paragraph 94" title="Play from paragraph 94"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Heureusement, personne n'avait péri, mais deux hommes y seraient restés si Turan ne les avait pas soignés ; c'était donc le moment idéal pour battre en retraite.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="94" aria-label="Play from paragraph 95" title="Play from paragraph 95"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>De plus, il avait épuisé une grande partie des munitions qu'il avait apportées.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="95" aria-label="Play from paragraph 96" title="Play from paragraph 96"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Les mages restés avec la force principale poussèrent des acclamations à l'annonce du rapport de l'unité de guérilla de retour.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="96" aria-label="Play from paragraph 97" title="Play from paragraph 97"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Bien qu’il s’agît d’une unité composée de membres d’élite, le fait que moins de vingt personnes aient pu abattre plus de dix nobles et des dizaines de chevaliers constituait un résultat stupéfiant.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="97" aria-label="Play from paragraph 98" title="Play from paragraph 98"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>« Pour l’instant, vous avez tous bien travaillé, alors prenez un peu de repos. Nous devrons récupérer nos forces si nous voulons livrer la bataille décisive ici. »

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="98" aria-label="Play from paragraph 99" title="Play from paragraph 99"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>« Bien, chef ! »

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="99" aria-label="Play from paragraph 100" title="Play from paragraph 100"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Après avoir permis à ses membres épuisés de se reposer, Turan partit seul pour poursuivre la guérilla.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="100" aria-label="Play from paragraph 101" title="Play from paragraph 101"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Cependant, sans personne pour l’assister, il dut changer d’approche.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="101" aria-label="Play from paragraph 102" title="Play from paragraph 102"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>« Nous sommes attaqués ! »

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="102" aria-label="Play from paragraph 103" title="Play from paragraph 103"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>« Encore ? »

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="103" aria-label="Play from paragraph 104" title="Play from paragraph 104"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>« Bon sang, laissez-moi dormir un peu... ! »

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="104" aria-label="Play from paragraph 105" title="Play from paragraph 105"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Principalement la nuit, et parfois durant la journée.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="105" aria-label="Play from paragraph 106" title="Play from paragraph 106"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Turan tirait à répétition avec son canon électromagnétique depuis une position dissimulée à distance, avant de s’enfuir immédiatement.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="106" aria-label="Play from paragraph 107" title="Play from paragraph 107"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Les dégâts réels n’étaient pas si significatifs.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="107" aria-label="Play from paragraph 108" title="Play from paragraph 108"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Tout au plus parvenait-il à démanteler la barrière du camp et à blesser ou tuer quelques chevaliers sur le périmètre.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="108" aria-label="Play from paragraph 109" title="Play from paragraph 109"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Contrairement à ses attaques contre les forces de la Maison Ruvan, s'approcher trop près cette fois-ci risquait de provoquer une nouvelle poursuite, comme la dernière fois ; c'était donc tout ce qu'il pouvait faire.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="109" aria-label="Play from paragraph 110" title="Play from paragraph 110"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Cela causait davantage d'épuisement psychologique que de pertes réelles.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="110" aria-label="Play from paragraph 111" title="Play from paragraph 111"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Chaque chevalier de la Maison Aravion posté aux abords du camp vivait dans la crainte qu'une attaque ne survienne à tout instant, et qu'il ne soit la prochaine victime.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="111" aria-label="Play from paragraph 112" title="Play from paragraph 112"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Sur le chemin du retour, Turan interrogea Bije à voix basse.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="112" aria-label="Play from paragraph 113" title="Play from paragraph 113"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>« L'as-tu aperçu, Bije ? »

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="113" aria-label="Play from paragraph 114" title="Play from paragraph 114"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>— Je ne l'ai pas vu ! Je ne pense pas qu'il soit ici !

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="114" aria-label="Play from paragraph 115" title="Play from paragraph 115"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>« Je m'en doutais... »

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="115" aria-label="Play from paragraph 116" title="Play from paragraph 116"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Dès le premier raid, Turan avait confié une mission à Bije.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="116" aria-label="Play from paragraph 117" title="Play from paragraph 117"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Rechercher le visage d'un vieux chevalier qu'il avait croisé auparavant parmi les forces d'Aravion : Keorn.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="117" aria-label="Play from paragraph 118" title="Play from paragraph 118"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>S'il avait récupéré ne serait-ce qu'une mèche de cheveux ou de barbe de Keorn à l'époque, il aurait pu utiliser la Magie de pistage pour le retrouver. Mais malheureusement, cette possibilité ne lui avait pas effleuré l'esprit à ce moment-là.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="118" aria-label="Play from paragraph 119" title="Play from paragraph 119"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Et depuis qu'il était devenu plus compétent en Magie de pistage, il ne l'avait jamais recroisé.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="119" aria-label="Play from paragraph 120" title="Play from paragraph 120"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>« Peut-être est-il trop vieux pour avoir été conscrit ? »

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="120" aria-label="Play from paragraph 121" title="Play from paragraph 121"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Certes, Aravion n’avait pas le loisir de s’en soucier, mais si Keorn ne s’était pas manifesté après tout ce temps, il était probable qu’il ne fût pas avec l’armée.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="121" aria-label="Play from paragraph 122" title="Play from paragraph 122"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Selon ce qu’il avait appris précédemment, Keorn avait quitté la ville où il comptait prendre sa retraite. Se pouvait-il qu’il fût décédé entre-temps ?

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="122" aria-label="Play from paragraph 123" title="Play from paragraph 123"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Contrairement aux nobles, quatre-vingts ans n’était pas exactement un âge tendre pour un chevalier. Cela n’aurait rien eu d’étonnant.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="123" aria-label="Play from paragraph 124" title="Play from paragraph 124"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Même chez le commun des mortels, la mort subite devient plus fréquente après cinquante ans.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="124" aria-label="Play from paragraph 125" title="Play from paragraph 125"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>« Si vous ne l’avez pas trouvé, c’est qu’il n’y a rien à faire. Espérons simplement que nous ne nous croiserons pas. »

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="125" aria-label="Play from paragraph 126" title="Play from paragraph 126"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>— Keorn est là-bas ? Il se bat avec eux ?

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="126" aria-label="Play from paragraph 127" title="Play from paragraph 127"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>« Je l’espère bien. »

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="127" aria-label="Play from paragraph 128" title="Play from paragraph 128"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Turan se souvint du vieux chevalier qui tirait sa fierté de la Maison Aravion et de sa famille.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="128" aria-label="Play from paragraph 129" title="Play from paragraph 129"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Ce n’était pas le pire des scénarios, celui où ils se battraient sous la bannière des Zahar, comme il l’avait craint autrefois, mais il ne souhaitait tout de même pas l’affronter sur le champ de bataille.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="129" aria-label="Play from paragraph 130" title="Play from paragraph 130"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Après la dernière opération de guérilla, Turan mit fin à ses attaques lorsque l’ennemi se trouva à moins d’une journée de marche.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="130" aria-label="Play from paragraph 131" title="Play from paragraph 131"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>À partir de ce moment, il était temps d’accumuler autant d’énergie magique que possible et de se préparer pour la bataille décisive.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="131" aria-label="Play from paragraph 132" title="Play from paragraph 132"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Heureusement, toutes les tâches de commandement, comme la gestion des approvisionnements, étaient prises en charge par Meisa, qui restait sous la tente, permettant ainsi à Turan de se concentrer pleinement sur son repos.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="132" aria-label="Play from paragraph 133" title="Play from paragraph 133"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Il était étrange de se retrouver allongé aux côtés de son épouse enceinte alors qu'elle étudiait consciencieusement des documents, mais c'était ainsi.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="133" aria-label="Play from paragraph 134" title="Play from paragraph 134"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Un jour de plus s'écoula, et lorsque le soleil eut dépassé son zénith, le gros des troupes de l'alliance Aravion-Nagin arriva enfin à proximité du camp de Parsha.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="134" aria-label="Play from paragraph 135" title="Play from paragraph 135"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>« Ils sont enfin là... »

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="135" aria-label="Play from paragraph 136" title="Play from paragraph 136"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>« Ils semblent savoir que nous avons déjà pris position ici. »

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="136" aria-label="Play from paragraph 137" title="Play from paragraph 137"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>« Évidemment, ils ont dû envoyer des éclaireurs. »

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="137" aria-label="Play from paragraph 138" title="Play from paragraph 138"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Le moral de l'alliance Parsha-Varaha n'était pas mauvais.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="138" aria-label="Play from paragraph 139" title="Play from paragraph 139"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Bien que leurs effectifs fussent bien inférieurs à ceux de l'ennemi, certains parmi eux étaient équipés d'armes révolutionnaires et, ayant pris position les premiers, ils avaient pu achever leurs préparatifs et se reposer suffisamment.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="139" aria-label="Play from paragraph 140" title="Play from paragraph 140"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>À l'inverse, l'armée alliée Aravion-Nagin avait entamé les hostilités avec un moral et une endurance au plus bas, en raison d'une succession d'épreuves : une tentative d'assassinat orchestrée par les jeunes nobles d'Aravion, des pertes considérables dues à la guérilla, et une longue marche épuisante.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="140" aria-label="Play from paragraph 141" title="Play from paragraph 141"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Bien que les batailles entre mages se décident généralement par l'énergie magique et la maîtrise des sorts, dans une guerre à grande échelle, de tels facteurs ont inévitablement leur importance.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="141" aria-label="Play from paragraph 142" title="Play from paragraph 142"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>« Turan. »

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="142" aria-label="Play from paragraph 143" title="Play from paragraph 143"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>« Badal. »

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="143" aria-label="Play from paragraph 144" title="Play from paragraph 144"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Avant que la bataille ne commence, alors que Badal, debout à la tête de sa formation, l'appelait, Turan s'avança pour le rejoindre et lui répondit.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="144" aria-label="Play from paragraph 145" title="Play from paragraph 145"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Le face-à-face entre les chefs des deux camps relevait d'une forme de rituel, semblable à une affirmation de domination.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="145" aria-label="Play from paragraph 146" title="Play from paragraph 146"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>« Par précaution, je préfère demander : tu n'envisages pas de te rendre, n'est-ce pas ? »

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="146" aria-label="Play from paragraph 147" title="Play from paragraph 147"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>« Bien sûr que non. Et même si c'était le cas, tu ne l'accepterais pas, n'est-ce pas ? »

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="147" aria-label="Play from paragraph 148" title="Play from paragraph 148"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>« Heh. »

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="148" aria-label="Play from paragraph 149" title="Play from paragraph 149"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>À ces mots, un sourire grotesque se dessina sur le visage de Badal.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="149" aria-label="Play from paragraph 150" title="Play from paragraph 150"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Turan l'avait senti depuis l'époque où Badal avait torturé Haroon : derrière le visage apparemment doux de ce vieil homme se cachait un monstre terrifiant.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="150" aria-label="Play from paragraph 151" title="Play from paragraph 151"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Peut-être aussi cruel que Turan lui-même, voire davantage.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="151" aria-label="Play from paragraph 152" title="Play from paragraph 152"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>« Avant que nous ne nous battions, j'ai une question à te poser. »

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="152" aria-label="Play from paragraph 153" title="Play from paragraph 153"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>« Pourquoi devrais-je te répondre ? »

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="153" aria-label="Play from paragraph 154" title="Play from paragraph 154"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>« Si tu ne le souhaites pas, libre à toi. Le corps de Meisa, il n'est pas fait pour toi, n'est-ce pas ? »

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="154" aria-label="Play from paragraph 155" title="Play from paragraph 155"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Aux mots de Turan, Badal ne répondit rien ; il se contenta de froncer légèrement un sourcil.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="155" aria-label="Play from paragraph 156" title="Play from paragraph 156"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Après une brève hésitation, il ouvrit la bouche.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="156" aria-label="Play from paragraph 157" title="Play from paragraph 157"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>« ...Pourquoi penses-tu cela ? »

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="157" aria-label="Play from paragraph 158" title="Play from paragraph 158"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>« Parce que la personnalité que tu souhaitais donner à Meisa semble être aux antipodes de la tienne. »

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="158" aria-label="Play from paragraph 159" title="Play from paragraph 159"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Les dieux d’Aravion avaient délibérément fait venir des nobles Zahar pour isoler Meisa et la tourmenter sans relâche.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="159" aria-label="Play from paragraph 160" title="Play from paragraph 160"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Turan et ses compagnons pensaient que c’était là la méthode des dieux pour dompter les réceptacles possédés comme eux, mais à bien y réfléchir, il n’était pas certain qu’une telle méthode puisse engendrer une personnalité telle que celle de Badal.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="160" aria-label="Play from paragraph 161" title="Play from paragraph 161"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Si l’on considérait que la personnalité qu’ils avaient tenté de forger chez Solif ressemblait au tempérament formel et hypocrite de Reshion, cela semblait étrange.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="161" aria-label="Play from paragraph 162" title="Play from paragraph 162"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Turan s’interrogea donc.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="162" aria-label="Play from paragraph 163" title="Play from paragraph 163"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Quel genre de personnalité résulte d’un isolement et de tourments continus ?

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="163" aria-label="Play from paragraph 164" title="Play from paragraph 164"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Un isolationnisme né de la conviction que nul ne mérite confiance, une paranoïa qui doute de tout...

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="164" aria-label="Play from paragraph 165" title="Play from paragraph 165"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Lorsqu’il envisagea les choses sous cet angle, une seule figure lui vint à l’esprit.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="165" aria-label="Play from paragraph 166" title="Play from paragraph 166"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>« C’est le Monarque qui convoite le corps de Meisa, n’est-ce pas ? »

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="166" aria-label="Play from paragraph 167" title="Play from paragraph 167"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>« Quoi que je dise, il semble que tu aies déjà arrêté ton choix sur la réponse. »

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="167" aria-label="Play from paragraph 168" title="Play from paragraph 168"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>« J’en étais presque certain, mais ton expression vient de le confirmer. Merci. »

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="168" aria-label="Play from paragraph 169" title="Play from paragraph 169"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Turan ignorait pourquoi, contrairement à Badal, le Monarque ne possédait aucun talent en tant que Seigneur du Tonnerre et avait toujours besoin d'un corps tel que celui de Meisa. Mais c'était là une chose qu'il pourrait découvrir en torturant Badal.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="169" aria-label="Play from paragraph 170" title="Play from paragraph 170"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Il le renverrait avec environ la moitié de la douleur qu'il avait initialement prévue, murmura Turan à voix basse en détournant le regard.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="170" aria-label="Play from paragraph 171" title="Play from paragraph 171"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Badal, fixant silencieusement la silhouette de Turan, finit par pousser un soupir et détourna la tête.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="171" aria-label="Play from paragraph 172" title="Play from paragraph 172"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>Dix minutes exactement après cela.

<button class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 opacity-0 group-hover/paragraph:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-full shadow-lg hover:scale-110 active:scale-95 z-10 lg:-left-10 max-lg:right-2 bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90 text-text" data-paragraph-index="172" aria-label="Play from paragraph 173" title="Play from paragraph 173"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polygon points="6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3"></polygon></svg></button>L'immense armée d'Aravion et de Nagin commença à faire pression sur la formation Varaha-Parsha stationnée près du canyon des Nains.