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The child's gaze swept across the clearing, his eyes narrowed in determination as he searched for a way to turn the tide in their favor. Anya, Damien, and Phillip were still out there, battling against Octavia's forces with a ferocity that belied their exhaustion, and the child knew that he couldn't let their sacrifice be in vain.

Turning to his allies, the child's expression hardened, his voice steady and unwavering.

"We need to find a way to get closer to Octavia," he said, his gaze fixed on the sorceress's towering form. "If we can disrupt her concentration, it might give the others the opening they need to strike a decisive blow."

The allies exchanged a series of apprehensive glances, their faces etched with a mixture of fear and uncertainty.

"But how?" one of them asked, their voice laced with trepidation. "Octavia's power is overwhelming, and her minions are relentless. We'd be putting ourselves in the line of fire."

The child's brow furrowed, and he shook his head firmly.

"I kn
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