Isithombe: I-Moonlit Duel - Tarnished vs. Bell-Bearing Hunter

Lesi sithombe esibuyekeziwe sibonisa ukungqubuzana okune-grittier, komkhathi, okunikezwe ngesitayela sangempela nesipendiwe. Ukwakheka kuhlala kubanzi, kepha ithoni imnyama kakhulu-kokubili kuphalethi nesisindo somzwelo. Isibhakabhaka sijiyile sine-indigo ejulile namafu amalahle athulisiwe, agwinya ukukhanya kwenkanyezi okuningi futhi ashiye inyanga njengomthombo owodwa wokukhanya obusayo emazulwini. Ilenga igcwele futhi iyakhanya, ukukhanya kwayo okuthulisiwe kuchitheka ngokungalingani endaweni yonke njengobisi olubandayo phezu kwetshe. Ukukhanya kwenyanga kwembula le ndawo ngeziqephu—amadwala, inhlabathi, notshani obuphukayo—kuyilapho okunye kuncibilika kube inkungu emnyama eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka egwinya imininingwane ibe isiphakamiso kunokuba icace. Umhlaba uzizwa umanzi ngokuthula, kuminyene ukushuba, kube sengathi ngisho nomoya uyangabaza ukudlula phakathi kwalaba ababili abalwayo.

Kwesokunxele kumi abaTarnished. Izikhali Zommese Omnyama azisafundeki njengesitayela noma esicwebile; esikhundleni salokho ibonakala igugile, incithakalo, futhi ingcolile, izingxenye zayo zendwangu edatshulwe isimo sezulu nempi. I-hood yalesi sithombe ifihla cishe lonke ikhanda, ishiya kuphela inhlansi encane yesimo ngaphansi komthunzi. Ukucwebezela okukodwa okuphaphathekile kuklelisa unqenqema lwensingo njengoba beya endaweni ephansi—ethule, ebulalayo, enesineke. Izikhali zabo zihlangana ebumnyameni, umumo owedlula i-silhouette, i-surface yayo i-matte futhi ithulisiwe esikhundleni sokucwebezela. I-Tarnished izizwa iyingxenye yobusuku ngokwabo, njengokungathi ubumnyama bukhethe ukubonakala esimweni somuntu isikhathi eside ngokwanele ukuletha ukufa.

Abamelene nabo, abaphezulu engxenyeni engakwesokudla yohlaka, i-Bell-Bearing Hunter. Ubusa isithombe ngokubukeka—ebanzi, ehlomile, eqondile—nenkemba yakhe enkulu iphakanyiswe phezulu, iqhwa maphakathi nesikhashana ngaphambi nje kokushwibeka. Isembatho sakhe sokuzivikela, esithuntubezwe isikhathi nokugqwala, senziwa njengensimbi ecwengekile namalahle amadala, amapuleti awo aboshiwe futhi adliwa yisimo sezulu. Izintambo ezihlabayo ezifiphele zimgoqa ngamakhoyili amahhadla, angajwayelekile, eziluma zibe yinsimbi njengokungathi izivikelo kufanele zijeziselwe nje ukuthi zikhona. Isigqoko sokuzivikela somzingeli asibonisi ubuso, asibonisi lutho—kunezikhala ezimbili kuphela ezimnyama lapho amehlo kufanele abe khona, zidonsa ukukhanya kwenyanga esikhundleni sokukukhanyisela. Isisindo sesimo sakhe sizwakala singenakuphikwa; ngisho nasekuthuleni ubonakala esinda, ebambelele emhlabeni ngobuningi kanye nosongo.

Emuva kwakhe kuhlezi umjondolo—omncane, oncike, amapulangwe awo asonteka ngenxa yeziphepho zeminyaka. Isibani esisodwa sikhazimula emnyango, siphonsa ukukhanya kwenhlaka ebumnyameni njengokushaya kwenhliziyo okuntekenteke enqaba ukufa. Ukukhanya akuyikhanyisi impi; imane iwubuke nje, ilokoza kancane ibheke ezindongeni zokhuni ezimangelengele notshani obuphithizelayo obuzungeze umbundu. Yonke into engalé kwalo mbuthano wokukhanya iyanyamalala ibe inkungu nehlathi, lapho izihlahla ezifile zifinyelela phezulu njengezithombe zamathambo ngokumelene nesibhakabhaka esikhanya inyanga.

Isigcawu asithwebuli isenzo, kodwa umoya ophambi kwaso—izibalo ezimbili ezimi phakathi kodlame nokuphila, ziboshwe ukukhanya kwenyanga nesithunzi. Kuzwakala kuncane njengomfanekiso wokulwa futhi kufana nenkumbulo eyodwa, egcinwe endaweni ethule yobusuku obubandayo lapho insimbi nokufa kungenakugwenywa.

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