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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.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmlYJJuzSrF
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“Oh, he is awake!” a man shouts on my left, riding on a strange horse I have never seen before.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡubTArlYEZ0
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feeling the subtle bumping sensation, I realise that I am also on one of those horse207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwiLoIvB3on
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In front of me is a man with a broad back but short stature, its Warzheil.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8HBvK7hIth
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“Where….” I try to speak but a sharp pain shoots up from my chest.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBm5YAhPEMT
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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 says207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnSVmSaXYV1
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“what….?” The pain surges up again, as if needles were stuck in my lungs.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2TFFocD0H3
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What’s he talking about?207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡusOsxYvUoo
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“Don’t speak, you were hit in the chest. It’s a miracle that you are still alive.” He says207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ24kQjzbjKY
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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.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIMAgI5InjZ
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“Wondering what happened ,right? That’s the first thing I tried too.” Warzheil says on which I nod.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgbKjmg5k7b
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“Jortheus?....” I question with the low wind. So it doesn’t hurt me.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTSOevjv9oh
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“Dead---a feat for real! Boast about it later though.” Warzheil says207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYHlrv7dqH9
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“What you both talking about under the breath?” Kade inquires.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmi2uxlMMPk
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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.”207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUwSpzHjrDr
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I nod slowly as a greeting on which Kade nods back in approval.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuJ8wYZ32Zd
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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 says207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaPI2BFjo4M
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My left arm is now back to normal too.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkVshRdz0J6
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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.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhVgrMN1n2a
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“Town is around horizon, Don’t move around too much or your wound may open up.” Warzheil orders me.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn8RUC9QRUs
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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.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0H3eBwq0Ze
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“I am surprised though, Kade. Our hunt crazed princess isn’t hunting these days?” Warzheil asks207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUCvP85Ffer
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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 replies207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Ik4Xyu1ac
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Warzheil almost freezes up, hesitant. We know the truth, but I fear what might happen if she finds out.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo5jauCxOxO
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Before anyone could notice his grim expression I push him lightly, snapping him out of it.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtO1RhXzYng
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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.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3OgqsfwMSb
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I try to speak but Warzheil saves me the trouble.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXIDW2Shu2N
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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.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW0Yu38lLNb
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“No shit? Stop with your bad jokes oldman. You just don’t have it in you.” Kade says207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Vr1UPI7yN
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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.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9fygrVjWBC
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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.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC4kH8bcgir
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“He has his story, but that’s his to tell.”207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ49zYNrkBSX
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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.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3dIXO7KODP
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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.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwcqMlYahiH
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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.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIgDIMeWC5v
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She Stands out, so she must be drax’s daughter.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi2QWUyLB7y
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I can barely process all this, as I fight to keep awake.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVGkaTKWOqC
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Everyone is Cheering, some welcoming their sons from Kade’s group.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNk3S1GkvrJ
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“Kade, another weak hunt?” Sil asks looking at the meagre stock of hunt and herbs.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV0W0vla9wF
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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.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLUKAPKJdpd
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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.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeCirqApo6l
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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.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhfmnG7QpRe
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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.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGTxtpPYQnN
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“Sil, this is no time for celebration or grief, my friend here is gravely injured.” Warzheil says with urgence.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0XY7GhzTlZ
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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.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJiWSHkdjEq
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“Medusa’s poison, Sil” Warzheil almost hisses.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡosWPcQSOgP
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Sil stiffens, I notice Gloria flinching upon hearing the words.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡggWrwDH4IW
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Sil rushes to check my eyes,207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq67h8lILE0
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“What’s with your left eye?” She mumbles “And---By the heavens!”207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ96KpZnAOtO
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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.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlBPv0rKj8O
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“Who let this man walk?! Get a stretcher immediately!” Sil yells at some of the hunters who rush into action.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3whMm0QyZI
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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.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVgERpvVlPP
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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.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBSxLGrk2ZZ
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This Strange Pride of mine will someday be my downfall, but its all I have left.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTEfNMNusUC
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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.”207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqkla9V8cFL
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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 adds207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6xPJ47tynl
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“And that?!” She asks pointing at the blade hanging behind Warzheil, The blade that the demon lord used on me.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUOKWHacnvR
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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,207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVFIM042IjA
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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.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtmwEfClwNE
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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,207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKS4227RaBu
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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.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOpJz8WhUc8
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I- can’t Lose consciousness Here!207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcpxwQCoh2J
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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?207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡclqw3JQkQT
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“Giving up already? That’s what I though.”207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwbWLc3xw7j
“You think you have suffered enough?!”207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡteM9O8Nq8g
“Going to leave your contracts?”207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe0NnoOdO1k
“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.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAOgT4xrj1a
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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.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaFFp5UZptc
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Gloria gently pokes Ronin—no response, then she puts her index finger under his nose---no breath.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBon1rhRXck
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Her breath heavy“ Oh no…..Oldzheil…He-He passed away?!”207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8PiyTuRqJM
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“What? While Standing?” Sil says in disbelief covering her mouth with a grim expression.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSQ6BKXxGRP
Gloria slowly steps back, her sight never leaving ronin’s unfazed face.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW44eQgmP5e
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Warzheil rushed to check Ronin.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZmykk1BqNG
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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.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpktZIZwaAM
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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 quicker207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ08emo5C9zp
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“Dear….He—is gone.” Sil says with a sympathetic expression.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLlY83kiJ1B
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“Gone?!” Warzheil snaps with anger. “I TOLD you one God.Damn.Thing!, Give urgent treatment to the man!”207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDY6iBUJ4DL
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“You were the one who suggested the rule to….”207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2wMJDLFmmr
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“Following ‘RULES’!?” he condemns207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0VZHk2y5C5
“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 roars207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwJB1WL2Q3r
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Losing strength in his feet and his moral hurt, he falls on his knees.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMxOOJjjySQ
“I came here in hopes of helping the Him. Oh good lad forgive me, I failed you!.”207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlC5wBGbYMW
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“Dear I, I---” Sil knees down to console Warzheil207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzf0szJh3O6
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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.”207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVI3iJWDasa
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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.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZpzrb9UxLT
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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.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQBLKYPplpM
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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?207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIhUs6AQb6Z
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Sil is trying to console him.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYCGolhdZ99
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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 him207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOrFSUSPlCj
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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.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS7kRXgRK8p
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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.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhgECjXKABV
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Suddenly I feel like someone is forcing me, I lack strength to resist.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡViDRYBhaPx
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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.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRtS5bYgHtX
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I see glimpses of things happening, my wound seemed big.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWqNqlBvvVA
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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.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZG1ktX7d4A
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“What is he Oldzheil?” Gloria asks207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNjCVgkwbpC
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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 says207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUbPxWTw5jG
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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.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNMaToYHOTO
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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 says207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHLwWqTJSuC
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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.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkxTQfy76mF
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“What?” I whisper to myself.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWqBpGuvBaw
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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.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtxh7NCYzBl
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“The lad truly has his ancestors blood running in him like he said.” Warzheil says.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU61UcFdePl
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“Ancestors?” Kade asks207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmJgRIpFq0e
“Finally you are here Sil.” Warzheil says207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ylA1KVQ6s
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“I had to prepare this meal in a hurry, so don’t complain.” She says207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ75F9YyhO1
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The door opens, I slide my eyes gently to look at them. Sil enters from behind with some food.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfUZNMiQrNj
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“Veg food just like you said he liked.” She says looking briefly at Warzheil with smile before returning to me.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM6hdGToIa2
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“Are you feeling well now, Ronin?” She asks me with a caring look.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9H6wuM6IDB
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I nod slowly.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡactF6LLyx1
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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 asks207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiEH41NM10l
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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 says207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMmLX4v3Ayf
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I muster the strength before finally speaking, powering through the pain which is much cope able now.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdEDLFJ4v29
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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 ask207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfd2f50we2d
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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 explains207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlqVkzTQ7K3
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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 says207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr7vpWFKvak
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“Sil, don’t force the lad, he just woke up!” Warzheil gives an uneasy suggestion.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLjUO0LnWNc
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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 replies207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzFRvtlw3Us
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“That’s…it? I thought you guys were suspicious of me.” I ask207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgjF6sMIFqz
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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!”207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv3Z94EGMLh
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“Stop acting like my mom” I say to Warzheil207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTBVJRXCVh9
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Warzheil chuckles as they all start going out of the room except Gloria.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQSDJFsF9dE
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“Gloria?....” Sil asks207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKJX1vSBD8z
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“Grandma Sil, you go on ahead, I will wash the dishes once he is finished eating the food.” She says207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK0bPEykeDI
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After a pause, Sil sighs and agrees.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2NFwTwCqOP
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After a few seconds, the bustling room dies in silence.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs6FRxZdwwG
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I feel all kinds of anxieties. 207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJRqTSEQ1H1
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“Eat up. The food will become cold.” Gloria says which startles me.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhjit6E8416
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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.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKQRanIEsWe
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At least this way I can avoid her probing eyes.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡslGlLeNSwk
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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.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPABHvlS1Gh
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But Now?
The body remembers what the mind does not want to accept, and it was no longer my ally.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyQzXLAu162
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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?207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9YhufHJ8Xi
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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.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPNpowFA8ud
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As I eat, I can’t help but feel uncomfortable.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbRXmhkNaPK
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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.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrAs0h0IN1S
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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.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOibSsfBG2B
“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.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhC794RJ2aR
“You always this quiet?”
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She waited, arms crossed, expecting… something. A reply, a reaction. Ronin gave her nothing.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSAY4pZa0IH
After a beat, she huffed a laugh. “Alright, I’ll take that as a yes.”207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGkAzcjcrqk
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“My name is---” she adds207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC7Q4lyQ41R
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“I know.” I interrupt her207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMvriJ2pLBU
“Huh?” she says in a short exhale with slight confusion. I take big sips of soup to finish it faster207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0dLFH6G1RO
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“Drax’s Daughter—Gloria, right?.” I say207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfT4HWKDWxL
“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.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp0UGPwp6qO
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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 ask207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa7mUdsD2YT
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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 giggles207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6nzvqjlgaX
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So she really doesn’t know about Ethis being her mom.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBVIZP9zqE5
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“Blood of the gods runs through you nonetheless.” I say207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgMjB0egPFm
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She laughs softly “Yeah, you can say that.”207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhKRdwF38p1
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“What about you? You look demi-human yourself.” She asks
Poor girl, I would not want to see her sad when she finds out her Father’s fate. And every time I think this, a haunting question arises, from within me. What will she think when she finds out that her father’s god is me.?207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsfYlSEjzyT
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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 said207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNtLDU8qMmp
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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.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI5hKf48LxE
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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…..207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNHPJ8rxHnA
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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.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyz7LB3URDc
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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.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA9qoKw0yPx
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As the old men said, Now I can sleep like a horse seller!207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1xHMNKEyIU
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I lie down on the bed, its comfy, compared to sleeping on rough ground, enough to fit me.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw8hVCvLZiW
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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.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCXSXEodddK
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“You know how much I hate mutants!” Sil spits207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS0LtVPx7S2
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“I am telling you, He is human!” Warzheil yells back207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzBYlVY5sj7
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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!”207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ965kIeHAwd
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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 insists207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqwJVJywV0n
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“Now you have done it HAG!”207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Z9i4yf066
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Sil gasps “HAG?!”207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4YH5tYXZJa
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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 shocked207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9EPitHlr9C
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“Wait, who? Surely you do not mean….” Sil almost shouts but Warzheil interrupts her.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNZC7LDuDRO
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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 says207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6J3O2d1wL6
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Everyone is shocked to207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡysH1omYJdl
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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.”207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcFYne8YMVD
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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.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoK1kItEzli
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Sil notices Gloria.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBxqycdM8a5
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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.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsvSkMSCQ1Q
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“Make yourselves comfortable kids, this is tale of a legend in making. So, Don’t jump to conclusions.” Warzheil replies207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl5BciyKWbj
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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.”207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxFicUvio6I
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“H-he, killed the demon lord that my father told me fairy tales about?” Gloria hesitates under her mask.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFtKHNs8rtL
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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.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7NjJVTxfDy
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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 asks207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1mSp0A6LZv
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“He told me its complicated.” Warzheil says207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5mR17m3ceR
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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 again207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡODLX99w8Nn
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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.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPBAD1Eiatl
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“You surely saw the lights flash down from heavens and whispers of gods yesterday, right?”207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYCbI57dYCw
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“You mean the light that appears when heroes kill the demon lord?.....” Sil says207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiqMOsvVEN3
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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.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡauUMybReYe
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Kade is so shocked his jaw hangs with disbelief.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6dzNPtqBxx
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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.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWHusj55i9v
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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.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxTR4Rb8HFb
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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 says207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkuM3wMoFhn
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“Wait, then why did the demon lord’s weakness not apply on him if he killed him?” Kade asks207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAiHXGTQboG
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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 says207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdCTf9T3sVA
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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.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3mS2oxaYKw
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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 says207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO6IJm5XVJi
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Warzheil nods “ and Umm..., Forgive me for raising my voice earlier.” Warzheil says with a sad expression207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLRHYxIIfSY
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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 says207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTVlcndcXlT
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“Ahem… kids, you should sleep too.” Warzheil coughs hiding his embarrassment.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLKT1CeLyWC
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And so, everyone goes to sleep.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Rev1Lhpcf
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Gloria closes her room’s door, and falls on her bed flat on her face as she clutches her pillow.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6qxqHGQBWe
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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. ”207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZCsHxh02Zb
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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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