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Not really.410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgutlQXZIwg
And that Red, is how we lost Elistia.”410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ1XU4JC8O3
Red soaked it all in for a short moment, but there was no time for more, as it was410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxNjTOEZnXT
now the turn for Harigar Rhim to interrupt...410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA0seIfrDbe
“Boss!” Dhanel Marce looks at him “We really need to get going now.”410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡctuRqI1sGv
... the sky goes white once again... lightning strikes with the most thunderous of410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn9OY3uBpzC
roars... this time at the very top of the fearful mountain... so hard that they could swear410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3sUM3adDkT
some pieces of rock were cleaved right of it...410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuLK0IdG0LO
“What do you mean get moving?” asked Celle “What about this situation? We are410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPTFXKrnaBI
here brazenly wasting time talking with this riffraff, indulging him instead of coming410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNt78WXwuOm
to terms with how to handle this. Is any reminder needed that we are on a mission?410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKk9vTS82W2
Acting on secrecy?”410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjRgl2E9yZq
“Celle is right.” Deena took up the word “I guess we cannot proceed without410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuI0IEIKYrg
addressing this.”410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMXg9BGpulZ
“Why are you here?” Celle persisted...410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8E6pzWmdmF
“Red can often be found here.” Deena looked at Dhanel Marce as if asking410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbR6BuGfwGO
permission to proceed with every word offered “He is originally from this town and410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK8dBcweetF
more often than not, he comes here to walk these empty streets, so us finding him here410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP0Xlt7Q0G2
tonight is not that out of the ordinary nor coincidental. Ever since tragedy befell this410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhR7IxlOYRv
place he has been coming here, and none of us has ever asked, as we could understand410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2TZUFOJjxv
the reason somewhat.”410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM9XkrVzXZ5
Deena continued reluctantly, as she now looked at the red-haired man “Sometimes410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRF0hrL5QqL
he would disappear for days and in the end, we would always find him here when duty410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwwvimWn1kK
called. It is not that uncanny to find him here tonight. I think none of us is all that410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO94C2u3Bpe
surprised...”410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUd0nZijVny
“Aye, I’ll admit to that.” Harigar Rhim looked at them all, as he scratched the back410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzKaBOwrgLZ
of his head.410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyw9amTsxFb
“That may be” Celle took a few steps “but there is still the “detail” of the410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCIun7VuKM4
inconspicuously of our presence here, and this man regardless of his past or bond to410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnS3eBUv5Bz
any of you, is not with the Hand anymore. He is but a civilian now, and to be treated410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAbEXqIh5ZN
as such.”410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9jTztBgtjo
“Yeah, that part is also correct,” mumbled Harigar Rhim.410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw2rPlyl1CC
Dhanel Marce paced back and forth almost like teasing, till he came to a slow stop410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3iu1dvxw3e
and with his back now turned to all of them he asked: “What would you then suggest410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd3rMMhrSOp
Celle?”410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSURaODSM7x
“We are all aware of our instructions; we are not to be seen under any circumstance410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxRWCDmow07
during our stay in this forsaken area, and if such thing comes to pass then those410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRmuG5Dbm7F
unfortunate enough to gaze upon us are to be dealt with. To not be left in any condition410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwRT6ZdKuMn
where their mouths could tell what their eyes saw. As often must be Sir - the payment410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1LaCWg9IeV
of few to keep the many safe.”410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4RMgE9A0KC
“Are you suggesting then that we should take care of Red right here and now?” asks410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN7mAtFkP1B
Harigar Rhim while looking at Dhanel Marce “I doubt he will go down as a civilian,410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy3t4O77UAh
but hey, you have the rank so go on ahead” the black-cloaked swordsman then turns410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqD6fnOSvlp
his back to Celle and moves closer to Lorian.410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGbvy7Rejgm
“Now this should be something.”410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdTlXg2CTMU
“This is ridiculous...” Deena exhales “captain?”410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlzjnYUf3NH
“Our orders were clear were they not? Perhaps they were orders for me alone to410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLjd6uecxrC
carry?” Celle had on her face that typical smug expression of hers, something already410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3LImZ706Xx
too familiar to all those inhabiting her circle “I will make sure to bring these issues to410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNugzOS8GJa
his majesty more often.”410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSEkpMKunyd
“You are such a bitch sometimes” Deena spoke openly while Red just stood there,410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡophghPqOCX
in the middle of the whole scene, surrounded by the five, with Dhanel Marce slightly410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ3ficQIjQN
farther away than the rest.410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa5yOP2x0je
He stood and watched with his feet deeply rooted into that scarred soil, for his eyes410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPl0paOXOxN
alone could do all the necessary movements this moment required.410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBeQc7I4Rgq
“You used to serve the Hand, yes?” Celle asked, “So you know how it must go.”410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX6Y4v3q4B5
“Impressive.” Red finally said, “You really gobble up all that kingly shit, don’t you?”410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXWSXkVatgr
