Kochugunshikan- Boukensha Ni Naru - Raw Chapter 51.2 - Read Next Chapter 52.2 -

"I had the terrain. And you left me caltrops."

"No." Lyra stood, pulling him up by the arm. "It's called 'The Rearguard Learns to Let Others Hold the Line.' And you will hate every moment of it."

He allowed himself the ghost of a smile. "Forty-four. I counted." "I had the terrain

But duty, he had long learned, was a ledger written in blood, not gold.

"Rearguarding the rearguard." She smiled — sharp, warm, utterly defiant. "Someone has to watch your back while you watch everyone else's." "Forty-four

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"I'm not running," he said. But his voice cracked. "Someone has to watch your back while you

"Will face us ." Gunther hefted his axe. "Not just you, tactician. Us. The whole party. The one you keep trying to protect by pushing yourself into the dark."