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The discomfort is immediate. As my senses return, a sharp pain pierces my chest. I try to figure out what’s going on.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjuECGboXiv
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“Oh, he is awake!” a man shouts on my left, riding on a strange horse I have never seen before.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1o83ieRMd9
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feeling the subtle bumping sensation, I realise that I am also on one of those horse270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9FCsDYq20d
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In front of me is a man with a broad back but short stature, its Warzheil.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡghobrZTwT1
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“Where….” I try to speak but a sharp pain shoots up from my chest.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkASqv0XzLq
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“Lad, finally you are awake! I can’t thank the ancients enough. I though I almost lost you back there.” He says270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF3aN2mbC4K
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“what….?” The pain surges up again, as if needles were stuck in my lungs.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvbQYh6l2rt
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What’s he talking about?270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP3uz6aB3gB
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“Don’t speak, you were hit in the chest. It’s a miracle that you are still alive.” He says270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzMJtQioyGm
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“Food….” I say as I force to speak, thinking I would heal if I absorb.
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Warzhiel hands me a fruit, I absorb it, but apart from supressing the hunger, it does nothing.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJSmrCIHptq
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“Wondering what happened ,right? That’s the first thing I tried too.” Warzheil says on which I nod.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsjvE4nb1vY
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“Jortheus?....” I question with the low wind. So it doesn’t hurt me.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmKX67sonmH
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“Dead---a feat for real! Boast about it later though.” Warzheil says270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpP9ul1dJd6
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“What you both talking about under the breath?” Kade inquires.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmaoVUmVQUe
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Warzheil ignores him, and continues “This is Kade and the hunters, They are my town folk. We’re heading back—Sil will take care of you.”270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWu58a9uf1e
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I nod slowly as a greeting on which Kade nods back in approval.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoxseQvpfZd
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“Nice to meet you Mister, Uh—Ronin. Man you look like someone pulled a Dragon Slayer out of the grave.” He says270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm0akvxYYG0
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My left arm is now back to normal too.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYTBEqmylaa
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I am disappointed by myself. I should have been able to figured it out from that strange smell during our fight During the fight that was burning my lungs , that it was poison.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRUc7P1Kg7y
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“Town is around horizon, Don’t move around too much or your wound may open up.” Warzheil orders me.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBKn4nbUwmR
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I grunt back with a light nod.
I see the town approach after a few minutes while Warzheil continues his talks.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVa44Jh5TD6
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“I am surprised though, Kade. Our hunt crazed princess isn’t hunting these days?” Warzheil asks270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡId1kJoHf0m
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“Oh---that…. A few days ago, a merchant stopped by with latest new from holy kingdom, he spoke of some paladins hearing about this rumour, “Drax the almighty god of skies and fire had fallen at hands of mortal Zamba.” I swear, Even the gods are a prey to mortals jokes these days. But that upset her, ruining her mood probably.” Kade replies270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTwRhTyrnqx
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Warzheil almost freezes up, hesitant. We know the truth, but I fear what might happen if she finds out.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt2sYY73k2d
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Before anyone could notice his grim expression I push him lightly, snapping him out of it.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9hOOlpQ5Ce
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“O-Oh, yeah, people talk when drunk with booze or money.” He said
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“You seemed lost just now, did something happen? And what’s his story? We can’t let a half demon into the village and you already knew that right? You were the one who suggested the rule. I would kill him on sight if not for you” Kade says, sounding almost unwelcoming of me.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKMrQja4jT3
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I try to speak but Warzheil saves me the trouble.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg8wKlo8QTV
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“You are taking this Lad lightly. My forge was taken over by goblins and the lich. Heck even the devil was there.” Warzheil tries to sound all proud. As if I was his son.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ14ooTBui0v
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“No shit? Stop with your bad jokes oldman. You just don’t have it in you.” Kade says270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOnnO7lZ48l
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“You doubt me? It seems like you need a taste of my hammer.” Warzheil says softly while he cherishes his hammer while closing his eyes as he speaks and quickly turns one eye open, aimed at Kade as if transferring the image of him getting beaten right into his mind.
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Warzheil explains all events leading up to us reaching the forge, and disguising my ability being an artifact to not give away too much info.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoIfVEjjNgY
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“Oh! That explains why Bangru couldn’t feel his mana around him? He can block magic with his artifact, huh? Where did he find such a good artifact, let me use it someday” he requests.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhNWQulgW4T
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“He has his story, but that’s his to tell.”270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpZyaLWjOZt
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“I really liked the story though, I would love to hear more about it.” Wyran the young hunter says
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Warzheil doesn’t tell about the demon lord, Ethis or my absorption abilities.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGc3MSl04R7
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“Ok, enough Stories. Look ahead Ronin.” He says, as we enter a big gate with guards and people welcoming us, few notice my arm and shoot anxious looks. I look ahead with all the strength I could muster. I see two figures who stand out even in the crowd.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF9oxcyZhNP
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“Our hunters have returned with their hunt!” An elven woman speaks, besides her is a girl with a mask on her face, but just looking at her tells me she must be quite a looker, her hair blonde, like gold shining in flame. Dressed like a princess.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5dpD6yBI5S
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She Stands out, so she must be drax’s daughter.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN6RV7I4OYa
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I can barely process all this, as I fight to keep awake.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6xlRpseJB4
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Everyone is Cheering, some welcoming their sons from Kade’s group.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8fI1Z4Yp25
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“Kade, another weak hunt?” Sil asks looking at the meagre stock of hunt and herbs.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPrc4Ld9mAC
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“The hunt have migrated. Alpha grazier herd has left almost no herb to be found in the plains.” Kade explains with disappointment on his face.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOYaOPmWqdv
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“At this rate we may need to move from here.” Sil whispers enough for Kade and all of us to hear.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcOosOnV00i
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Warzheil gets off the horse, helping me down from it. It still stings to move even an inch, but I brave through it.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYZA3HVkS8g
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I couldn’t care what others though of me before, but now, a thought spirals in my head.
What would Gloria think of her Father’s God? This starts to eat at my mind.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbuMmgx0r1X
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“Sil, this is no time for celebration or grief, my friend here is gravely injured.” Warzheil says with urgence.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbRJOnaYHpA
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“A friend? Apart from Drax? Finally you learned something new, huh? Don’t worry, a medium grade healing potion will get him back to top form in no time.” She says without glimpsing at me.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCbfGJRQGBP
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“Medusa’s poison, Sil” Warzheil almost hisses.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Bo7TdM83T
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Sil stiffens, I notice Gloria flinching upon hearing the words.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡar4vsQs9QD
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Sil rushes to check my eyes,270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ0oftVLrUy
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“What’s with your left eye?” She mumbles “And---By the heavens!”270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXge02RYmyy
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She suddenly lifts my shirt I want to step back but if I do…, Sil moves away, stumbling back as she catches a sight of my skin.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYqDwXwhEfG
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“Who let this man walk?! Get a stretcher immediately!” Sil yells at some of the hunters who rush into action.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO2IZNz4AXo
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She steps back near Warzheil “What is this? A demon? A Human? A monster? How- how is he alive?” Sil says but Warzheil interrupts.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9DjydeBUCo
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“HE—Is my friend. Who put his LIFE on line to save my ass thrice already. I owe him big, and if I fail to help him?!. I will cut my beard, break these hammers and live the life of a hermit.” Warzheil yells
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There is a pause as everyone look at me, at this point all I can see is a contrast of black and white from my right eye and my left eye feels like the world is going all jelly mode, wobbly.
I want to ask for help, maybe it can fasten the process, but my injury and Gloria’s presence hold me back.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyDvZYncsTE
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This Strange Pride of mine will someday be my downfall, but its all I have left.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfnWov0zstH
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“Ok, I will help him. But how is he even alive? First of all, he look like a mutant. He is unlike any I have seen, a mix of bone demon and human--yet Alive.”270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGg2Ui7oyna
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“Second, the poison that can petrify every cell of blood demons has reached his head and yet he is somehow alive.” She adds270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9IPyb3Tarj
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“And that?!” She asks pointing at the blade hanging behind Warzheil, The blade that the demon lord used on me.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDOlROraD9g
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“Is that the Ramoon Blade?! As I remember, the demon Lord should have had it!” Gloria’s voice floats through the air as she answers Sil’s question,270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3rEO9OTrkJ
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Her voice is sweet soothing, a remedy to my mind which feels like it’s about to dive in depths of the abyss.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXU5O1zWomc
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“It’s a long story, but first we need to treat him.”
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“Right now?… fine! I was in….” Warzheil speaks but I can no longer hear,270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡySR4rr7by0
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What happened? All I hear is a slow thumping of my own pulse, it is slowing down even more, I am starting to lose my sight.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqNTPIevFmj
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I- can’t Lose consciousness Here!270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCor4vQ4jHy
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I fail to resist the drift of my consciousness, it feels good, floating, no pain in the body, in the empty space again, how long have I been here?270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfJFRJtKYpi
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“Giving up already? That’s what I though.”270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKtkJIVRrZa
“You think you have suffered enough?!”270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqzOTXO9uUi
“Going to leave your contracts?”270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxvfiK5394Y
“Breaking your code?” My own voices eco, as if around me. It feels strange but I feel a fire ignite in me.
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Gloria’s sharp eyes flicked over Ronin—his tattered form, the raw exhaustion written across his stance. There was something wrong. A man in his condition should be trembling, should be struggling to keep upright. Yet, there he stood, not relaxed, but poised. Like a blade left in its sheath, edge unseen but present nonetheless.
She crossed her arms, not out of indifference, but to keep her hands from fidgeting. He was an enigma. And Gloria hated enigmas.
But there was something haunting about him, she notices a dullness in Ronin’s eyes as if Staring into the abyss. She slowly and hesitantly walks up to Ronin, waves her hand a little.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8TtLvviQlQ
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Her suspicion turns into concern as she swings it harder in front of his eyes, the light in his left eye had disappeared, Warzheil and Sil are still in an argument but Warzheil notices gloria.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvBCQzEdBPW
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Gloria gently pokes Ronin—no response, then she puts her index finger under his nose---no breath.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3o2GPbOoXt
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Her breath heavy“ Oh no…..Oldzheil…He-He passed away?!”270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpvDaDmNIkk
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“What? While Standing?” Sil says in disbelief covering her mouth with a grim expression.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTBWMfaI9jf
Gloria slowly steps back, her sight never leaving ronin’s unfazed face.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNoDeS4XIDu
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Warzheil rushed to check Ronin.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlqiRy1VBvw
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“Good Lad! Tell me This is just a prank you are playing on us.! ” trying to calm himself, maintaining a smile on his face.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0AiZI1tmDn
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He doesn’t find a pulse, No heart beat even after putting his ears on Ronin’s chest. Nothing. Warzheil’s pulse gets quicker270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2nMK7WGyrI
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“Dear….He—is gone.” Sil says with a sympathetic expression.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4p6VSlyWMZ
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“Gone?!” Warzheil snaps with anger. “I TOLD you one God.Damn.Thing!, Give urgent treatment to the man!”270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ87oVqelR0E
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“You were the one who suggested the rule to….”270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeZvdMq1dJb
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“Following ‘RULES’!?” he condemns270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRmXLrAdiB3
“You would follow RULES when a man is suffering silently Infront of you?! I made Rules to save people not to let them DIE!” he roars270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ005m7FkYHE
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Losing strength in his feet and his moral hurt, he falls on his knees.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAcHF2AGcuG
“I came here in hopes of helping the Him. Oh good lad forgive me, I failed you!.”270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡByQIK1b0lG
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“Dear I, I---” Sil knees down to console Warzheil270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZVOIZROp3Q
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“Never had I met such a broken yet humble man, so reliable, Just wishing for a peaceful life, yet in face of cruel fate, he suffered till his last breath. He never asked for anything of me. Even after I suggested the plan that might get us killed, even after getting him mixed in a mess of my own, he never abandoned me. Even though we were strangers.”270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP2bAKFrZE9
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In the darkness of my mind I see it turning to me, the big figure I saw at the end of the empty space when I was teleported in this world. But the voices around me mocked me, pitied me. Have I been so weak? I feel a jolt of energy in my left eye and slowly my Vision returns.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8i0lxFqDCL
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I see that I am still standing. A wet sensation drips onto my unshaved moustache. I slide my hand under my nose and notice that it’s blood but its darker in colour, it turns into grey and into cement like powder.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUi3SIs97n4
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I look with my almost blurry vision and see Warzheil is on one knee, one hammer near his right and one on his left, crying. Why is the old man crying? Was I sleeping while standing?270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsfNRQrMEBo
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Sil is trying to console him.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBlEw7ZV6bo
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Gloria feels a chill as she see Ronin—who she thought dead, slowly turns his eyes towards her, she almost yells in fear but puts her hand on her mask, trying to compose herself, the hunters next to her yell and stumble back looking at him270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8vm0goLHOL
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I still feel like my ears are under water. Sil and Warzheil looks at me and have an expression of shock and horror.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9j3HLKywjF
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Sil is in disbelief. It wasn’t the state of him that unsettled her—it was the way he carried it. A broken man should look lost, hollow. But there was something in his gaze, too smooth for someone who had just crawled back from the edge of death.
Her people were watching. Trust was a currency here, and she had little to spare. Taking him in meant betting on a ghost. But leaving him out here? That might be a mistake she couldn’t afford.
“Quick, take him to my mansion, I will treat him.” Her voice was steady, but her fingers twitched at her side before she relaxed them. It was a small hesitation. One she hoped no one noticed.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgWHlRSD5an
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The next thing I know is lying on the stretcher, then in a room. I feel pain and hear my own growns occasionally before blacking out.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuGFr5Q3QdE
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I see glimpses of things happening, my wound seemed big.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpSuEimGxkQ
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I finally wake up. Trying to figure things out I hear Warzheil speaking to someone, I recognise that voice, its gloria.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwfZCcisXcO
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“He is a Hitman. There is much to discuss. So lets all meet him first, then we can discuss more tomorrow when he is rested up. The drug ‘s effect should soon be fading.” Warzheil says270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2X5hXNfDtC
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“What even is he Oldzheil? Sil had to give her half a bag full of pain dampeners and sleep herbs to make him unconscious while she treated him,” Kade’s voice joins in.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6l1g7ksWLD
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“He isn’t a demon. Don’t ask anything else, I just want to see the lad as soon as Sil gets here.” Warzheil says270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCFx0QJ7bRv
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“When I check his pulse!. He wasn’t breathing and was certainly dead, but then suddenly he came back. Without use of potion or magic. He is not human either, I don’t sense mana, nor do I sense any other kind of energy from him. How can a being like him even exist.” Gloria asks, disbelief in her voice.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuGnVf5iIbw
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“What?” I whisper to myself.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmigErtUE4O
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“I was---dead? then I wasn’t sleeping?” My mind rushed more than my pulse, which had now stabilised. I can now think straight.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc6EWJuXOnv
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“The lad truly has his ancestors blood running in him like he said.” Warzheil says.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbS7c94WQ3l
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“Ancestors?” Kade asks270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSo6AXCAExP
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“I had to prepare this meal in a hurry, so don’t complain.” She says270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEoLevvRqDY
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The door opens, I slide my eyes gently to look at them. Sil enters from behind with some food.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6h07XICz3t
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“Veg food just like you said he liked.” She says looking briefly at Warzheil with smile before returning to me.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzc5coiyo3p
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“Are you feeling well now, Ronin?” She asks me with a caring look.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Ekk8hbDQ7
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I nod slowly.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwKwyJ1YGYu
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“Even a high dragon would struggle against poison of such rarity, yet you survived it. I have many questions for you Ronin, do you think you have the strength to talk? Lets start with names.” She asks270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ54wkVfeIEF
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“I am Sil Thundersmith, wife of this old geezer here. You and kade have already met. And this on my left, well, she is Lord Drax’s only child, Gloria.” She says270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡECTUYg6Rua
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I muster the strength before finally speaking, powering through the pain which is much cope able now.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6WNqdJnu4n
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“I am Shar Rohiez, for the longest I was known as ‘Ronin’. I can still feel weak, I can feel tremours in my body just by sitting up straight why is that?” I ask270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhwOfOsStQb
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“That’s natural, your body just underwent a surgery, I had to pump your heart to clean the blood by almost draining your blood, then using lot of food to make you heal. It was a close call.” she explains270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV8JMK5bHTL
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“My husband said you saved his life on various occasions. But he didn’t tell us the details. I would like you to answer questions related to that.” Sil says270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7zNJEf5Rma
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“Sil, don’t force the lad, he just woke up!” Warzheil gives an uneasy suggestion.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbjl1HpLhR2
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“You stay quite old geezer. For all we know he could be demon lord’s spy. I have heard they are so skilled that they would be among you and you wouldn’t know. Although even I highly suspect that.” Sil replies.
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“You are impossible!… fine, I will talk instead. But I will be rough. And not here, let the lad rest.” He suggests
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“Fine! Its not like I was going to stab ‘Your Lad’ if he didn’t want to answer me.” Sil replies270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSSKruXHaWp
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“That’s…it? I thought you guys were suspicious of me.” I ask270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfbie7K5kDX
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“Aww, don’t sweat it little one, we all know what you just went through. Anyone in your position would want some time alone. Here, eat some food. I will get what information I want from this dwarf here.” She says smiling at Warzheil in a scary way.
“gah, fine. But lad….” Warzheil says “Eat and Rest up, I will show you around town tomorrow. Take you to my new forge even!”270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSTYTeWoKvl
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“Stop acting like my mom” I say to Warzheil270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpAU1RElWsc
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Warzheil chuckles as they all start going out of the room except Gloria.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡja6tswpeDZ
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“Gloria?....” Sil asks270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiaG4OQ17hf
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“Grandma Sil, you go on ahead, I will wash the dishes once he is finished eating the food.” She says270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqXbv8NKAvk
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After a pause, Sil sighs and agrees.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9yhN031ecs
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After a few seconds, the bustling room dies in silence.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjPI5F5qhoc
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I feel all kinds of anxieties. 270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6KQCP9cg1P
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“Eat up. The food will become cold.” Gloria says which startles me.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqJ56unKenK
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I do as I say, not thinking too much---yeah that helps a lot, I just need to focus on the food and its aroma. Although a bit bland to my taste just from the looks of it.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX4QP74NhjT
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At least this way I can avoid her probing eyes.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDfGkKquvAr
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My fingers twitched. Weak. Shaking.
I lifted my hands, staring at the unfamiliar frailty. The callouses were still there, the old scars from battles past, but they felt like relics—a strength that I no longer had.
I curled my fingers, expecting resistance, the usual tension of muscle coiled and ready. Instead, my grip faltered, my knuckles barely tightening before the tremor returned.
Pathetic.
Memory clawed at the edges of my mind—my hands, steady as steel, cutting through flesh and bone. I had stood against monsters, men, and things that blurred the line between both.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnqvlz0CuDX
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But Now?
The body remembers what the mind does not want to accept, and it was no longer my ally.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡThxxL52kak
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A frustration boils up as my face distorts, but I try to control my emotions as I tighten my jaw.
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Questions rose in my head, will I ever be normal again?, I just wake up over my death bed? What have I become?270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC5j5ee3FAm
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At times like these I asked myself…. Are these questions you know answer to? If no then why worry? And it works like a charm, I pick up the loaf of bread on the table of food besides me, eat it slowly.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTjLj0mpLpq
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As I eat, I can’t help but feel uncomfortable.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAJhvSQxhmv
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She has been staring at me for so long and her aura is so crazy its making me feel dizzy, I wish I had my mask, but Warzheil must have taken it off my face and stored it in his pocket.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFSfEHhXmtD
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I try to pick up the bowl of soup with my right hand, but my fingers twitch uncontrollably. My grip fails me—again. A tremor runs through my arm, subtle but maddening.
Before I can spill it, two warm, fair hands reach out to steady the bowl—Gloria's. She doesn’t say anything at first, just holds it there, letting me adjust. Her touch is calm, practiced, like she’s done this before.
I exhale a frustrated sigh, forcing a crooked smile.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzW0G7e9ov6
“Oh—thanks.”
She doesn’t respond right away. Instead, she watches me with those sharp eyes of hers—only now, the edge is dulled by something else. Curiosity? Concern?
Gloria leans in just slightly, her voice barely above a whisper.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6JrBn0oVIC
“You always this quiet?”
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She waited, arms crossed, expecting… something. A reply, a reaction. Ronin gave her nothing.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB0XpepIPJ1
After a beat, she huffed a laugh. “Alright, I’ll take that as a yes.”270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡklYjnLiTc5
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“My name is---” she adds270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAY97yvp9vQ
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“I know.” I interrupt her270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUSgAzFK5RO
“Huh?” she says in a short exhale with slight confusion. I take big sips of soup to finish it faster270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxCnrJOlMtG
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“Drax’s Daughter—Gloria, right?.” I say270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8mewjuHnDl
“That’s Lord Drax for you” she says with a hint of anger in her voice, obviously she would expect respect for her father who was a god.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ94AwB0e8FB
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“Apologies, a slip of memory…. I meant Lord Drax. So should I be honoured to be drinking from hands of a goddess?” I ask270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuJzwiUznbB
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“I am a demi-human, not a complete god. And you look around my age too, so no need to be formal.” she giggles270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQldVePNMnj
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So she really doesn’t know about Ethis being her mom.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Ae5QLsDI3
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“Blood of the gods runs through you nonetheless.” I say270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOGLjYESHwO
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She laughs softly “Yeah, you can say that.”270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIhMcwYzda5
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“What about you? You look demi-human yourself.” She asks
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“I happened to have an accident with a deadly demon. He tried to take over my body--but failed, leaving my body like this.” I said270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhI9gCyrg1n
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“Oh, that’s harsh,” she says, rising as she picks up the bowl and sets it on the plate near me.
She pauses. Just for a second. Then her gaze flicks to me—sharp, thoughtful. “You should rest. Your body needs healing. You’ll be as good as new in two days.”
I give a short nod. “Oh, sure. Thanks for helping me.”
“No need.” She exhales, as if weighing something. Then, instead of leaving, she tilts her head slightly. “You know… most people don’t just stand after being hit with Medusa’s venom.”
She’s fishing.
I say nothing.
Gloria doesn’t push, but she lingers, arms crossed. “It should’ve locked up your body—petrified your limbs at the very least. But you stood there. Even moved.”
I meet her eyes but offer nothing.
She waits. For a beat. Maybe two. Then she sighs, shaking her head with a small smile. “Right. The silent type.”
She picks up the dishes but doesn’t leave just yet. “I wanted to ask more, but once I get caught in chats, I’ll forget to wash the dishes—and the last thing I want is to make Sil angry.”
This time, she leaves.
“At last… a moment’s peace.” As I let the thought let me drive, I hear a growl. I am still hungry.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9znxB5mFWA
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I see a tree outside the window. I walk up to it, and look around, there are lots of trees here but people will notice it. There is a big thick vine too, maybe I can…..270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡobTUh8gomD
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I feel satisfied after the absorbing the vine, my body has started to feel better already, my muscles coil up. I clench my fist and it stops shaking like it did. There is a mirror in the room to. Its been long since I saw my face.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxQhOjWpz9c
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my hair is very well maintained, as if someone gave me a hair cut. Maybe it was Sil, I will need to thank her later.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwLOJ9d3g2B
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As the old men said, Now I can sleep like a horse seller!270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQuqVrC8EyQ
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I lie down on the bed, its comfy, compared to sleeping on rough ground, enough to fit me.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkShb61JPRO
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Before I know it, I am drifting away into sleep.
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Warzheil and Sil along with Kade are talking in the kitchen.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkmgthWkufB
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“You know how much I hate mutants!” Sil spits270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu3tXf9memP
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“Do not shout in the house geezer. Let me ask this then.” She continues “WHY the hell Does he look like that? And even if we put aside the fact that he is mutant, why is his heart on the left side instead of right? A human’s heart is on right!”270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOmo4ZcY0va
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“You….!” he sneers in anger
“Had it not been you. I would have personally seen to it, that he died even more painful death!” Sil says in a serious tone.
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“Wait, both of you, whether we like it or not that guy is our guest. So tone down a little, will ya? And oldman, you cannot keep us in the dark, spill it already.” Kade insists270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnf0aiWbwju
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“Now you have done it HAG!”270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZBf4Nv4o6V
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Sil gasps “HAG?!”270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSNkeS65SQX
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“I thought it would be too much for you all but now you are begging for it, fine hear me--According to what I know, Geolard tried taking over his body…. “ Warzheil jogs his memory, but everyone one is shocked270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkOaBWrBTmO
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“Wait, who? Surely you do not mean….” Sil almost shouts but Warzheil interrupts her.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3TaYwbYltJ
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“Yes, I mean it exactly. GEOLARD, the heavenly Demon, who fought for all races when gods were after each other’s blood for heaven’s throne. Drax told me he and Geolard once fought side by side against a big threat to our world.” He says270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfrYF6d5Zgx
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”But that isn’t even the crazy part. The more I will tell you the more you will understand the weight of your words earlier.”270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmoSm5KRDP2
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“So you are telling us that, ‘that’ man we are housing is Geolard?” kade says as his hand clutches a small knife.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTaMgrCBMH9
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Sil notices Gloria.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNMpObbjhsu
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“Gloria stop standing there, you have hear it anyway, come join us as we hear this old geezer tell fairy tales” Sil says.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9tINeR3unt
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“Make yourselves comfortable kids, this is tale of a legend in making. So, Don’t jump to conclusions.” Warzheil replies270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ58N3RN7Yor
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“Geolard must have thought he had caught a prey, but it turned into his grave and someone else’s power. He failed due to Ronin’s strange left eye.”270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡByZSJ2SXVa
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“H-he, killed the demon lord that my father told me fairy tales about?” Gloria hesitates under her mask.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3dNIxylH5F
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“That’s just the beginning. He saved me from goblins……..” Warzheil explains everything that happened till how they got out of the forge.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWiW87FKAti
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“Wait, Ava, The Light borne Hero, said to be have a body given by goddess Ethis is his Sister? How?” Gloria asks270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9qOqDm2VY7
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“Even if we believe that, it doesn’t explain why you have Ramoon blade and why he was poisoned with….” Sil asks but Warzheil interrupts her again270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRgbWtUSJfL
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“I.AM. getting to that part. Now, I know how impossible and crazy I am about to sound. But I can swear on my beard that what I am bout to tell you is true and I am a living witness.” Warzheil warns, as he takes a deep breath.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc4gIsmRnX4
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“You surely saw the lights flash down from heavens and whispers of gods yesterday, right?”270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAsWi9raHmX
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“You mean the light that appears when heroes kill the demon lord?.....” Sil says270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEdFgir4PTQ
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But then there is silence, But at this moment silence is the loudest speaker as Sil grows uneasy as if it clicked to her.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCK1mgHoWDp
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Kade is so shocked his jaw hangs with disbelief.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJdKMbgY8b0
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“Yeah, I saw it too, what of it? Are you suggesting that he…..Wait, He?!” Gloria asks in disbelief, realising a moment later.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpP4eyojrdI
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“So, if my memory serves me well, someone here was talking big about killing the man, but now you know, if he was our enemy, he would have slain you even in that state of his.” Warzheil says with a smug. As if praising Ronin was like praising Himself.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSb4CnGzEZ1
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“By the Ancients” Sil supports her head “A human, turned monster. possesses an artifact that nullifies magic to some extent. A body that heals before another injury can be inflicted. And brother of one of the heroes?” Sil says270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS57lv80o2O
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“Wait, then why did the demon lord’s weakness not apply on him if he killed him?” Kade asks270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMuxnO5SrDt
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“I have my theories, but the one that clicks is his left eye. Second maybe that his artifact is not affected by the hero and demon system.” Warzheil says270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTgzQuKmQ5o
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Ronin is an anomaly in this world, unaffected by its rules. Warzheil know it, but hides it as it may lead to gloria finding out about her mother and potentially even Drax’s death.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPfpjil5REw
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“Ok, that’s it for today, I need to process all this before morning, and I feel sleepy. I will let you off the hook this time dear.” Sil says270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaDj2ePEoiS
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Warzheil nods “ and Umm..., Forgive me for raising my voice earlier.” Warzheil says with a sad expression270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIYX2NSdNix
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“Oh, don’t worry old bones, you did what any man would do for someone they care about, maybe I was just jealous that you never got this angry for me.” She says270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE9TnAs5Nz5
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“Ahem… kids, you should sleep too.” Warzheil coughs hiding his embarrassment.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXK2qQvHPJT
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And so, everyone goes to sleep.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUjW0lTzYhw
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Gloria closes her room’s door, and falls on her bed flat on her face as she clutches her pillow.270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSvLTM4SjpO
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“A human who is so strong he killed Geolard and Jortheus? I knew he was not ordinary the moment I saw him. ”270Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMGEDgKmM56
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“Father used to tell me, that demon lords are strong and that Geolard was one of the strongest. I really want to see how strong He who defeated them is.” Gloria as she drifts into sleep.
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