Turning-Chapter 831

Unlike before, Yuder was moving slowly and cautiously now, attempting to push back or knock down the brainwashed ones without making direct contact.

The brainwashed ones, however, kept getting up and coming at him persistently.

The Sage, controlling them with a bolder attitude than before.

As if delivering a warning between them, pitch-black shadows suddenly drove into the ground like iron bars—and at that exact moment, someone flew inside and landed.

Wrapping the shadows around her hand like a rope tied to a tree to support her body, the person who came flying in was none other than Ever Beck.

"Ever?"

"Yeah. It’s me."

As Ever straightened her legs and stood up, the shadows embedded in the ground pulled back out and began slithering like serpent heads, threatening the brainwashed ones.

In the confusion caused by her sudden appearance, the brainwashed soldiers scrambled to avoid the shadows—and in that opening, Ever spoke up.

"Good thing I’m not too late. We figured out the Sage’s trail led here, but Hosanra escaped during the process."

"......"

"Kanna’s still outside, backup’s on the way. I got here first thanks to Hin and Fin, and as you can see, Gakein helped me bust through all this chaos."

The surprise faded quickly. Yuder shook his head and gestured with his eyes toward the back, where Naham and Kishiar would be.

“This side is fine. Head to the Commander.”

"Sorry, but I can’t do that."

Ever’s answer was unexpected.

"The moment I arrived, the Commander signaled me to come this way. The Sage is mine too, remember?"

‘...What?’

The moment she finished speaking, the brief time bought by the shadows ended.

"Die...!"

"Die... die...!"

The brainwashed knights forced their way through, slashing at the shadows with their swords. They began swinging wildly, and Ever raised both arms into a stance, lifting her glowing fingers toward them.

Yuder, fully aware of how deadly that technique of hers was, shouted out right before it activated.

“Ever! Just wait a seco—”

He didn’t have time to warn her not to use excessive force against non-Awakeners.

‘No choice. I have to stop it myself first—’

Just as Yuder was about to compress wind—

Ever vanished from his sight.

No. It only seemed like she vanished—she had moved at such explosive speed and at such an unexpected angle that it was almost imperceptible.

She slipped out of everyone’s line of sight in an instant, circled behind the brainwashed knights, and gently pushed the back of one who had let his guard down.

A touch at once lightning-fast and strangely slow.

And in the same motion, ★ 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 ★ as she leapt away again, the knights she had touched froze momentarily, then suddenly collapsed and rolled across the ground.

“......”

Yuder had expected them to get right back up like always, but they only twitched faintly and didn’t rise again. No visible wounds—just a perfect, clean takedown and loss of consciousness.

Even the Sage, standing far away, and Yuder himself couldn’t immediately comprehend what had just happened before their eyes.

“What did you just say?”

After calmly confirming the targets were out cold, Ever turned her head and asked.

"That technique. What is it?"

"Oh. I made a new one."

"When?"

"While I was tracking those bastards!"

Ever replied casually, thrusting her hand toward more charging brainwashed ones as she spoke in the same motion.

"Last time, I got my ass kicked like that. I couldn’t just sit back and do nothing. I’m the Deputy Commander of the Cavalry—how could I get beaten by the same opponent, the same way, again... ugh. Thanks."

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The sudden thanks was for Yuder, who had deflected a weapon flying in from Ever’s blind spot.

Yuder silently watched as Ever, amid each phrase she spoke, knocked down enemies like a quiet storm.

Then, finally, thanks to the heightened clairvoyance shining brighter than before in golden light, he could see exactly how Ever’s new technique worked.

Ever Beck’s original ability involved massively strengthening the skin and muscles of her hands, gathering fine energy at her fingertips to strike enemies. There was a time when she’d worried about that ability’s limitations and whether she should create a new skill to overcome them—but thanks to Yuder’s advice, she didn’t.

Her ability was already powerful in close combat. And not only that, she’d trained it further to develop fine control and precision.

That alone had already been impressive—but the new skill she created took it one step further.

When Ever’s fingertips made contact with a brainwashed soldier’s body—

The minutely adjusted force was absorbed by their clothing, spreading invisible impacts throughout their entire body.

Through his clairvoyant sight, Yuder saw the flow of her power—like ripples forming across a pond from a small stone.

The ripples were soft and delicate. They might’ve seemed non-aggressive at first glance. But the moment awareness returned, they surged like waves and crashed through the whole body, striking nerves and locking up the pressure points.

Soundless. Gentle and slow.

But with absolute precision—thousands, tens of thousands of micro-impacts that completely subdued the enemy.

The technique didn’t seem particularly destructive at first glance, but that was the key—it completely incapacitated foes without leaving visible injury.

It was such an incredible technique that Yuder couldn’t imagine how she had even created it in such a short time. He could picture her, maintaining her natural strengths while sharpening her limits over and over until this emerged.

Why she had created such a technique was clear from what she said just moments ago.

Ever had once faced the Sage and his brainwashed minions in the Capital. If it had been a quiet location with no onlookers, she might have succeeded. But her power wasn’t subtle.

No matter how obviously evil the enemy was, if the brainwasher showed up with puppets pretending to be victims, and she stormed in with overwhelming force, she became the one who stood out.

She had drawn noble eyes and endured insulting remarks. Failing that mission must have left a deep scar in her memory.

Her new technique held the result of all the rigorous thought and preparation she’d put in—how to fight the Sage and his brainwashed followers again, should the time come.

One can’t always fight in comfortable places. Especially not against an enemy who uses people like weapons.

Then at least—she would create a technique that didn’t help the enemy in the slightest and did the most good for her allies.

That had been her single, obsessive goal. And the answer she reached was here, now.

‘...I see.’

Once he understood everything, Yuder deactivated his clairvoyant sight.

He had thought he knew Ever Beck well. After all, her control over her power had been incredible even in his past life.

But now, he wondered if he’d been the one who failed to see her full potential—trapped in the memories of who she’d been before. What she had just done wasn’t something you could describe as merely “excellent.”

It was a new creation that shattered every expectation. Blinding progress.

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Even Ever, the Deputy Commander of the Cavalry whom Yuder had always trusted with everything for ten years in his past life, had never done something like this.

And the technique she crafted at her fingertips—it was exactly what Yuder needed most right now.

‘That I was about to tell Ever to step back... feels ridiculous now.’

He had known that it was Ever, more than anyone, who wanted to take down the Sage—and that she was grateful for the chance Kishiar had given her to correct her past mistake.

Yuder let out a deep breath.

Up until Ever’s arrival, his mind had been gradually, but certainly, consumed by anxious thoughts and memories.

Even his heightened sensitivity toward Kishiar, and his mental focus on the commander’s direction—he let them go.

Yuder turned to Ever and spoke.

“Don’t worry about anything behind you. Just keep going. I’ll support you.”

Yuder had decided—he no longer had to be the one to capture the Sage.

Ever had pursued the Sage until now. Since she had come this far, it was only right to let her handle him directly. All he needed to do was provide support from behind.

At least here, in this moment, there was no way he could resolve things “quietly and safely” better than Ever could.

In the past, he wouldn’t have let anyone else take the leading role. But now, it didn’t make him anxious. It didn’t upset him.

Ever, glancing toward him, gave a faint nod as if she understood. Then, plunging back into complete focus, she sprang into action once more.

“Ever! Yuder!”

“We’re here!”

And not long after that—the Elder siblings arrived.