[NT: Sorry for the delay—my landlady just showed up out of the blue with a technician, saying she needed to do some electrical work here and telling me to cut the power to the house.
We're moving out in two or three months, so she wants to start renovating to sell it as quickly as possible.
It was a pain in the ass and really messed up my already difficult work, since I'm in a really tough part to write in both novels.
(Yes, I regret promising extra chapters, but I didn't expect it would be this hard to write these parts. I'm spending two to three hours per chapter.)
But anyway, everything's back to normal now.]
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Ethan took a step forward, his gaze falling on one of the women—the strongest among them, already at the peak of the second stage.
With the talent they possessed, it wouldn't be long before every one of them reached the third stage, transforming into a truly formidable elite protective force.
