A thief, a bandit, and a saint
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One is dangerous, one is sneaky, one is kind, two are chickens. After an untimely battle that ends in a perennial injury, three unlikely people form a pack in order to find a mysterious sage to heal their weakening bodies before the last tick tocks on their clocks.
The journey stretches across various idyllic valleys filled with blood-thirsty demons and mystical creatures that hunt after the bounty on their heads.
The trio are by no means friends, with each one still waiting for the chance to rip out the other's throat while their guard is down. With each one's dark past coming back to haunt them, will they ever be able to see eye to eye, or better yet, heart to heart?
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