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"Excuse me, Mr. Byte. Are you really going to go out at this time of the year when it's starting to snow?"

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"An?　Yes, Elvis. Are you saying you don't believe what Ars says?

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"No, it's not like that, Mr. Byte. But, look. But you see, all these people here are shaking. I was wondering if we could really go as far as Percival's territory.

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"...... Well, you're right. Sometimes I don't understand what he's thinking. But this time it's okay. Look, here comes Ars."

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　Winter is almost here, and Fontana's army has decided to move.

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　Perhaps this is what they mean when they say they didn't hear what was coming.

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　It is said that Master Ars, who came to Bartonia and became the acting head of the Fontana family, suddenly made such a declaration.

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　I believe in Master Ars.

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　I even worship him.

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　I went from a peasant to a knight in a generation and before I knew it I was the acting head of a noble family.

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　It's been about a year now.

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　I was just fighting against Memento's army when Ars returned to the city of Fontana, and before I knew it, I was the acting head of the nobility.

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　I was surprised and so were the others.

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　And the incident that triggered it was the death of the previous head of the Fontana family, Carlos.

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　Carlos, who was escorting the king, was attacked by assassins of the Percival family and died a horrible death.

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　After a period of mourning, Master Ars, who had firmly united the Fontana despite the earthquake and other misfortunes, moved to avenge his brother's death.

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　Perhaps he wanted to move as soon as the mourning period was over.

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　That's how unforgivable the death of Carlos was for Ars-sama.

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　I am still anxious about ...... though.

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　Because it's usually almost impossible to move around when it snows.

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　How will they get to the distant territory of the Percival family?

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　Even if they could get there, would they be able to fight there?

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　And more importantly, how will they return to Fontana after the battle?

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　I did not think I would be able to make it back safely.

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　But after talking to Mr. Byte, it seems that Mr. Ars has a good idea.

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　Maybe he would be all right.

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　As I was thinking that, Master Ars appeared in front of the gathered knights.

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　He looks so cool riding his horned Valkyrie.

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　He will be 14 years old at the next New Year, right?

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　Compared to when I first saw him, he seems to have grown taller and more mature.

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　I guess he is just on the borderline between an adult and a child now.

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　But the figure he shows in front of us is more powerful than anyone else present here.

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　I feel that there is a kind of trust that makes us believe that if we follow him, we will be okay no matter who else says it is impossible.

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　This Mr. Ars had a lot of Valkyries behind him.

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　All with horns.

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　Valkyries, the messenger beasts created by Master Ars.

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　Among them, the horned one is a special one.

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　They can use magic.

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　Master Ars is said to entrust the Horned Valkyrie only to special ones.

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　In fact, there is a famous story that when his brother, Lord Byte, became independent as a member of the Baltic family, all the Valkyries he was given were without horns.

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　Only Master Ars and his brother Kyle are able to give direct orders to the unparalleled and powerful magic-using horned troops.

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　Zawatt.......

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　I was looking at the horned ant.

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　I couldn't help but let out an inarticulate sound.

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　It wasn't just me.

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　The rest of us did, too.

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　What did Master Ars just say?

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"Everybody get on the horns!"

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　Master Ars definitely said that.

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　I thought I must have misheard him, but it seems that my ears were not out of order.

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　Because the horned Valkyries, who must have heard what Master Ars said, came up to each and every one of us by themselves.

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　I wonder if I can get on .......

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　I wonder if it's okay for me to ride on a beast that is the most expensive type of beast among all the very expensive beasts.

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　That's what everyone thought.

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　But our master rode gallantly on its back.

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　It's Mr. Byte.

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　I knew that Mr. Byte must have heard about this in advance.

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　He gently patted his own beloved beast (without horns) that he had ridden to the town of Fontana, and then rode on the horned one given to him by Mr. Ars.

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　Seeing this, the others started to move to get on the horned one.

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The art of riding

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　To be honest, my head is still in turmoil.

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　But my body is moving.

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　Master Ars wants us to act quickly on his orders more than anything else.

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　I must not be idle just because I cannot understand it with my limited brain.

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　After chanting the magic [riding] that my master, Master Byte, possesses, I straddle the back of the horned creature.

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　I am very thankful that Mr. Byte has developed this magic.

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　Without it, I wouldn't be able to ride this Valkyrie properly.

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　But I can go anywhere by casting a spell, and I can handle weapons while riding.

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　Well, in this case, you might have to be a little careful because of its horns.

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　Master Ars opened his mouth again when he saw that we were all mounted with horns.

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　At that moment, everyone's body shook.

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　Of course, so did I.

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　I know you did.

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　Because Ars-sama had used the Fontana family's high-level magic, the "Ice Spirit Summoning".

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　I wasn't there so I didn't see it.

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　But I heard about it over and over again.

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　It was when Master Ars fought the House of Arbalest in the west.

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　Master Ars used the magic of the Ice Spirit Summoner to annihilate the 30,000-strong army of the Arbalests single-handedly.

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　The story is still told today.

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　And now he's used it on us.

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　You can't say we shouldn't be scared.

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　...... No, but it's not a very scary spirit, is it?

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　I had a chance to see Bite-sama's ice spirit during training, who had also learned to use [summon ice spirit], but it was a big ice wolf and very scary.

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　But Ars-sama's spirit is just a blue ball of light floating in the air.

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　It doesn't look very scary.

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　I wonder what Master Ars is going to do by summoning that ice spirit.

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　While I and the others around me are wondering, changes keep happening.

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　The ice nymphs that appeared around Ars-sama after he cast the spell, they keep increasing in number.

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　Oh, come on, how much more can they grow?

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　The number of ice nymphs like blue beads of light is increasing one after another.

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　By the time they exceeded a few dozen and reached over a few hundred, I stopped counting altogether.

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　It's all right, isn't it?

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　I'm sure Master Ars isn't trying to attack us with this.

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　No, I believe you.

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　I believe you, but I'm scared because I'm completely surrounded by ice nymphs and there's nowhere to run.

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"Fontana's army, let's go! Follow me!"

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Oh!

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"What?"

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　But while I was a little scared, things suddenly started to move.

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　Ars-sama gave the signal to go into battle, and Byte-sama and the other knights at the head of the family responded.

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　The next moment all the Valkyries started moving.

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　I didn't do anything.

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　Maybe that's it.

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　Maybe the Valkyries are listening to Master Ars' orders.

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　A large group of Valkyries started moving without any disruption.

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　Are we going like this?

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　I mean, these Valkyries are starting to run at a very high speed!

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　You know what I mean?

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　It's snowing, boys.

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　I know Valkyries don't mind the cold or the heat, but we humans don't.

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　I want to ask the riding Valkyrie, "Do you understand that?

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"What do you mean?　Aren't you cold?"

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"I'm fine with the cold, Elvis. The ice spirits I put out around the group are absorbing the surrounding cold."

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"Ah, Mr. Ars. It's been a long time.

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"Ah, it's been a long time. This time we'll be fighting the Percival family. It's a tough opponent, but it's a good opportunity for you to take credit. Good luck.

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"Yes, sir. What you just said is amazing. I didn't know ice spirits could absorb cold.

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"My [Ice Spirit Summoning] can only summon so many. I'm good at such tricks. I can send out ice spirits to surround the advancing group to keep the cold at bay. But it's only because it's not too cold, though the wind may have an effect.

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　Oh, my God.

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　That Master Ars spoke to me in response to my voice.

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　And I can't believe you still remember my name.

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　I'm so happy I'm about to wet my pants.

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　Oh, and just as I was thinking that, my horns protested against my riding horns.

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　It's okay.

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　I won't pee my pants, don't worry.

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　After that, I had a short talk with Master Ars.

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　It seems that he has taken some measures for the winter migration.

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　This time we are to march with horns.

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　And that we would use Ars-sama's [summon ice spirit] as a countermeasure against the cold.

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　I was surprised when I heard the whole plan.

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　Here's what Master Ars had in mind.

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　In order to attack the labyrinth town in the territory of the Percival family, we will attack from a long distance by approaching rapidly at once.

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　That's why he deployed a Valkyrie with horns who can use magic.

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　Among the magic that Valkyrie with horns can use, there is one that I can use too, called "Meditation".

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　Meditation" is a spell that can take away all your fatigue if you cast it and go to sleep.

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　But there is another way to use it.

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　That is to keep moving while using [meditation].

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　Using [meditation], even if you keep moving your body, you will not get tired.

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　What happens when you use it?

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　He says that even though he is running at a very high speed, he can keep running at a high speed for a long time because he does not get tired easily thanks to [meditation].

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　Moreover, when moving in a group, they can reduce fatigue even more by taking turns to run in a place where the wind hits them.

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　I did not understand what Mr. Ars said about slipstreaming and drafting, but it seems that if you run as a group, taking turns to serve as a wind shield, you can run faster.

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　That is probably why the Barthes had their cavalrymen replace their own hornless cavalry with horned cavalry.

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　This would allow the Fontana to move faster than ever before.

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　I see.

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　Is that why?

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　There's not a single infantryman in Fontana's army today.

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　They are all mounted on Valkyries.

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　So this army is literally an army of knights.

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　There are several other knights who are the heads of the families of the lands.

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　However, these knights seem to be limited in their availability.

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　Well, it can't be helped if I say so.

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　Because even knights can't ride on Valkyries if they don't have [the art of riding] like the Barthes.

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　The Barthes can all ride Valkyries with the [Riding Technique], so they are the mainstay of this operation.

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　Even so, the movement speed of this complete cavalry is really fast.

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　Normally, the presence of infantry and Transportation Corps would slow down the army's movement.

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　However, this cavalry troop rode through the distance that would normally take months to reach Percival's house as an army, in just a few days.

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　I could not believe it.

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　It was like a dream that they could make it to the target point, the labyrinth town, in such a short period of time when they were actually traveling by themselves.

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　But it's true.

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　We, the Fontana Cavalry, succeeded in launching an assault on the Percival family from Fontana territory in a very short period of time that no one could have predicted.

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