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What Pandora witnessed could hardly be called a duel. There was little fighting happening between the two sides. Indeed, all bloodlust and violence simmered away from the rowdy wolf chief as soon as Lord Ignis placed his hand upon Haru. Those wolves guarding the entrance never noticed her presence-or the rat’s for that matter-until Pandora appeared before the skull-faced man and his quarry. However, Haru’s expression was completely blank and it didn’t change in any degree even when her face was caressed by Pandora.

[color=ed1c24]“What are you doing, Chains of the Abyss.”[/color] Lord Ignis’ voice rumbled above the dainty girl. The figure’s face looked down at her, eyes near-glowing under the lowlight as they regarded Pandora with an unreadable expression. His words naturally matched the hollowed-out gleam of his looks. [color=ed1c24]“I’ll ask again. What are you doing.”[/color] Haru for her part, still didn’t react to Pandora’s touch. She continued staring forward blankly as if the girl was unseen by her sight and unknown to her senses. Only after a few seconds did she move away from Pandora.

The wolf chief steadily got up to her feet and briskly stumbled over to the door as if in a drunken stupor. [color=ed1c24]“She will be announcing her acceptance to our negotiations,”[/color] Lord Ignis announced, more for Rafiq than anyone else in the room. [color=ed1c24]“Soon she will call off her wolves and integrate her allegiance to our sway. It only took some persuasive thinking for her to realize she needs us just as much as we need her.”[/color] Indeed, Lord Ignis’ predictions were correct.

One by one, steady as it was, the flow of endless wolves that poured out of their base stayed like a clogged faucet. The sea of dark pelts no longer writhed like a howling pack as the order to back down passed just as swiftly as any rumor regarding Haru’s defeat. Of course, no mutt would dare deny any such order from their leader no matter how strange or sudden it came. Soon even those fighting below would halt and allow the escaped criminals minutes of reprieve. 
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