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Chapter 1081: A Quiet Night

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The whole encahtfall

Everybody sank into deep slu the witches

Yet Lightning ide awake

Her insoo — or rather, she had been feeling restless ever since her departure froan to throb again, re did not knohether the pain was real or not She had tried many different methods to distract herself but none of theravated nor disappeared but remained on her chest like a per was distraught Every day, she stayed awake until three or four in theinto a short, restless sleep Haunted by constant nighthtest sound h Out of the corner of her eyes, she saw Maggie lying sprawled across her bed in a deep sluie's armpits, slid off the bed and walked out of the room quietly

The witches' encauarded by the God's Punish did not want to disturb them, she flew out of the campsite and landed on the half-co the road and silvered the edge of the railway tracks A night breeze sighed through the field, ruffling bushes and trees Di She would have liked a night like this before, but now she was just not in thedid not even have the courage to look in Taquila's direction She knew that theher Every tiaze, her hand would auto at the crossties stretching across the field, Lightning felt bitter

It had actually taken her a month to finally overcohtning knew she ht never be able to directly confront the Senior De as she continued with her rehabilitation prograinal condition prior to the incident

Yet the reality was ruthless She not only lost the ability to su What orse, she even started to becoie could beat four Mad Demons effortlessly

But now, she could only tail the ene for them to retreat

In other words, she was a hindrance to the operation

The thought al to tears

No matter how hard she tried to conceal her secret, people would eventually discover it

Even Maggie, as usually slow at understanding things, had noticed soo her oay, leaving her timid-self behind

By then, what should she do?

"I' mumbled as she crouched down and buried her head between her knees "How can a person, so afraid of demons, be the captain of the Exploration Group? They'll definitely laugh at arded reatest explorer, but the truth is, I'm just a coward"

"Yes, you are," a voice in her head said reprih at you"

"But I don't want this" Lightning said and broke into a sob

"Now you see the consequence of bragging If you don't want anybody to mock you, you'd better leave for so stock for sure"

"Is this the only way? To leave?"