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Chapter 251 Predators’ Greed After Seeing Her Power
The instant her hand touched the spirit animal, the Sentinel’s body went rigid, and he instinctively puffed out his chest.
His eyes darted sideways, curious, toward the detector’s display.
His contamination level read 62.79 p>
A suffocating hush fell over the room.
Then the numbers began to flicker.
Every person in the room flinched almost in time with the shifting digits.
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The decimal fraction, the seventy-nine, dropped slowly and rhythmically, like water droplets falling one by one.
Seventy-nine…
Seventy-eight…
Seventy-seven…
As the numbers shifted, so did the Sentinel’s physical state.
His ragged breathing quickened, growing heavier and more labored by the second. A drunk- like flush crept across his cheeks, and his gaze turned glassy and unfocused.
Then his brows drew tight.
It was as though he had plummeted straight down from cloud nine and crashed hard onto solid ground.
The Sentinel let out a muffled groan. Color drained rapidly from his face, red fading to ashen white.
He swayed unsteadily on his feet, staggering once, yet fought to stay upright.
Seventy…
Sixty-nine…
The contamination value kept creeping steadily downward.
The Sentinel ground his teeth together, fine beads of cold sweat popping out across his
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forehead.
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At last, he could hold himself up no longer and crumpled to the floor.
Only then did Lyra step away from the elephant.
Gasping for air, the Sentinel on the ground gaped like a fish dragged onto dry land.
Everyone’s gaze bounced between the fallen man and Lyra, who remained completely composed.
His contamination level had stopped at 62.43 p>
Only 15 minutes had passed.
Lyra moved on to the next Sentinel.
His spirit animal was a saber-tooth tiger, built as massive as a bear. Its sharp upper fangs jutted downward like two daggers driven upside-down into its jaw.
Its facial structure lacked the soft roundness of a Siberian tiger, yet its frame was far larger; its shoulder reached Lyra’s waist.
Muscular limbs, covered in spotted fur, looked like an armored war machine. One well-aimed swipe could knock her flat out cold.
She swallowed nervously, staring at this ferocious, overwhelming beast.
Careful not to provoke it, she hunted for the right spot, then laid her hand gently against its
back.
All eyes snapped toward the nearby detector.
This Sentinel’s contamination reading stood at 67.21 p>
Just like before, contact triggered an immediate reaction. The man tensed as if a gun had suddenly been pressed to his temple.
Little by little, his muscles unwound.
For a moment his expression softened, as if he dwelt in pure bliss.
But the instant the numbers began to shift, all trace of pleasure vanished. Agony washed over his features.
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Lyra judged that enough time had passed, pulled her hand away, and proceeded to the next subject.
Watching two of their own collapse as if tortured, the third Sentinel pressed his lips together in involuntary tension. Then Lyra set her palm upon his spirit animal.
In the span of an hour and a half, every Sentinel brought in for this verification test lay sprawled across the floor, fully incapacitated.
Only the very first two had recovered a small measure of strength with time, yet their skin still held that sickly pallor.
Lyra returned to her original spot, untouched. She looked as ordinary as if she had merely gone out for a casual stroll.
This calm, unshaken woman had stripped away a combined total of 20% contamination across ten Sentinels in such a short window.
The efficiency bordered on inconceivable.
Once she mastered a Guide’s psychic barriers and deployed them on battlefields, Sentinels would be able to fight without holding anything back, free of fear.
They might even be able to approach the Blighted Wasteland, home to the source of the contamination that had plagued the Federation for so long!
Having witnessed her singular, astounding ability firsthand, the high-ranking officials regarded Lyra differently.
She felt the shift plainly.
Earlier, they had looked at her like aloof gods, staring down at some insignificant, powerless creature below them.
Now their eyes glinted with chilling hunger, much like starved predators spotting fresh prey they could tear apart at will.
Dead silence hung heavy in the air.
Lyra stood where she was.
She understood exactly what exposing this power would mean for her future.
Yoren had already warned her.
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Still, secrets could not stay buried forever.
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Rather than hiding cautiously, she chose to lay her capability out in the open.
At least by volunteering it, she held some bargaining leverage.
If her gift came out by accident, she would lose all control over her own fate.
If only they would run no further examinations on her body. If they would simply accept her as an unusual Tier-3S Guide.
“Ms. Kaelin,” one official spoke up, “how are you feeling right now p>
“Any dizziness, weakness, exhaustion, or nausea p>
Though her appearance gave no hint of strain, they asked anyway.
Lyra typed, “None so far p>
Stunned disbelief spread across every face. How could anything this unbelievable be possible?
The Federation had produced Tier-3S Guides before, but nothing like her had ever happened.
Before anyone could voice their questions, Lyra quickly typed another message.
“Sirs, may I collect my personal guard now p>
The head of the Legislative Council lifted an eyebrow toward her.
“Not quite yet,” he said. “During our discussions, we already sent personnel over to Black Spire to retrieve him. He will be fitted with a restraint device before he comes back with you p>
Joy bloomed openly across Lyra’s features.
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Lucia Morh
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