Dinagas half-knelt on the ground, clutching his abdomen. He looked up at Kufensi before him, gritted his teeth, and forced himself back up. By this time, the other three had already stepped up to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Kufensi.
The initiative was no longer in Dinagas's hands—or rather, from the very beginning, Dinagas had never possessed any such thing as initiative.
"Damn it..."
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