We finally open our eyes as the bright light looses its effect. The curtains start coming down. But stop before fully coming down it looses its power.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcZ6aGeWhO5
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“Come on Ronin” Warzheil says as he gets on my back again “We need to get off this bridge. Before both the colossus collapse under the bridge.”262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2YcVJIydoG
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“What is this colossus you are talking about?” I ask262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ18XG5bTDeo
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“I will tell you on the way, we still have some way to go before we get off this bridge” he replies when suddenly the bridge trembles and a booming sound resonates in the surrounding.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9PBuy3R0rL
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“Start running Ronin lad!” he shouts as he bonks my heads.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3cSoYxA45j
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“Fine, why are you getting so restless?. Although even I know a booming sound so loud and the bridge trembling can never be good.” I say as I have an Idea of what’s happening.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs9wJZVuZrG
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“I will guess, something was holding up this bridge and now that the bridge no longer has power, its collapsing?” I ask262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtdY0zGjj1m
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“That saves me a lot of explanation lad, yes, now listen closely, there are 2 to 4 colossi under that bridge, giant and more sturdier versions of Dratnir soldiers. They are the redeemers of the bridge.” Warzheil says262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhmvZE9P500
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“Hmm?” I ask with a grunt as I run.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg0EBKEP4Cd
“Hmm” he gives back a short grunts as an approval “Normally, if someone succeeds in destroying the 4 Dratnir Soldiers on the bridge, which have weakened over time, the colossus under the bridge will awaken and track the one who destroyed them and hunt them, destroying the bridge in the process.”262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ53eoIipPAr
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“I would not sleep for days if something that big came for me. Wait don’t tell me that it’s going to chase us!” I ask in a voice full of fear, although that’s highly unlikely, but I don’t want to die just yet.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAixuuqOmtU
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“I don’t think it will chase us because the bridge has lost all its power.” He replies and continues262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdUIptAhbVW
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"Bridges are sacred, lad. No one's dumb enough to break them. Unless you’ve got wings, a warship, or a death wish, you’re not crossing these rivers. Although boats are only a one way travel.”262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjl9BArLfx6
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A one way travel huh? The current of this river did seemed powerful even though that gap near the supply station.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqrI3zDi3fa
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We have been running for hours now and now, finally, I feel like I can sleep soon.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6QAA7wpRjT
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“Oh! There the exit, finally! I feel very hungry.” Warzheil says as I hear a grumbling of his stomach.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh8U75oQsyO
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“Oldman did you fart on me!?” I ask enraged262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDpGILq7hEA
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“Hey, I can’t help it you know, don’t you feel the nature’s call too?” he says262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO23JtQGQe6
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“You going to eat food or answer the nature’s call? Do one at a time, Well now that you mention it, I also need to take a break, but first lets set up camp.” I say on which Warzheil agrees.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHIoM9ZhPUS
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We both get off the bridge and a few minutes after we witness such a massive bridge get swept by the fast flow of the Kobe river. The walls on its borders breaking, even though we are almost 2 kilometres away from the other end of the bridge I can still see it, the dine pavement age against test of time twist as the structure under it is swept away forcibly262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9AKX9J2vGB
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“First we need to do something about Drax. We can’t just take him with us, from this point forth it’s the demon lord’s area. And my forge is also there.” Warzheil says262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpyv3ERse5d
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“How about we cremate him? Although on Earth, that is supposed to be the child’s right,” I suggest.
“Yes, Drax has a daughter. And although this is supposed to be a secret only I and Drax knew, since you are his god, I will let you in on it.” he replies.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvvCSPQrAZA
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“What Secret? Spill it, I am not the one for cliffhangers.” I say very much interested in secret of his, expecting to get some wisdom that will help me to move forward in this world.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdm7svIa8SW
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Warzheil sighed. "That girl doesn’t know the truth. She thinks her mother was human."262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkJ1MbE1c0N
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Ronin raised an eyebrow. "And?"262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7GH4saol5U
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Before Warzheil could finish, his mouth snapped shut. Like some unseen force had sealed it.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRjloNkfBxR
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“I am guessing too much but … its Ethis right?” I say262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZRRYXzPA5p
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Warzheil nods with an angry expression, current rising on his hands.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5IvC11t96m
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“Yes, it seems like she doesn’t want you to know.” he says when suddenly the flow of wind feels different.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGrhqLpcmov
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We turn our heads towards the woods where a light starts to form into humanoid shape.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4knepfKSCM
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“You broke your promise Warzheil!” the light speaks in a voice with a mix of distress and frustration.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAH5jftF0Kk
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“Someone told me not too long ago that she had more pressing matters than to accept my request, a mortal’s request.” I say with sarcasm262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNj5Zs8lBhp
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“Do not be mistaken Ronin, I came here because this dwarf broke his promise.” Ethis says262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNFFK3mdjqo
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“Goddess Ethis here fell in love with Drax. They named their child Gloria and I was there, it was a secret affair that only few knew, including Zamaba.” Warzheil says but the goddess doesn’t looks pleased.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLHcIg1GSRn
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“Stop! Stop at once Dwarf” she says in a threatening voice262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm7ZiMggbd4
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“Gloria thinks her mother was human and died when she was born.” Warzheil continues as if unbothered by Ethis’s presence.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeqOxgsqhem
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“That is enough, Mortal!” This time she seem pissed off as she summons a spear of light and throws it on Warzheil.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡElIhzZleXm
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I can’t just let the Dwarf die. The divine spear hiss through the air, heat radiating like a dying star. The unseen barrier around me flared in the slightest, devouring its glow before it completely vanishes just like it appeared from Ethis’ hand.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOIjA8jdDOF
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“What was that lad?” Warzheil says in wonder “I thought I was seeing things earlier but I got to ask, how did you do that?”262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5WAnxh3Cqp
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“Anomaly, do not stand in my way, unless you want to make enemy of us gods!” she says, her anger palpable.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8O8K7klvH8
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“Calm down both of you, Ethis, I did not expect gods to have such lack of patience, and Oldman, stop pushing your luck. What are you both? Enemies?” I ask262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3gJAThg9E7
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“You don’t know anything yet, lad, she was watching! She saw that Drax was weak, and instead of trying to save her husband, she just watched! How can I ever forgive her!” he yells at Ethis.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyvRx2fKyOE
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The very air trembles as Ethis opposes with her voice going from low to a loud one, stirring the very wind and the ground trembles as the pebbles jump.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvfruKZvwti
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“Don’t speak as if you know anything!”262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡED6ke1hdvP
She says then pauses as If forcing a breath.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQsGkMXKKP8
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Ethis clenched her fists. "You think I didn’t try?" Her voice wavered, barely above a whisper. "I… I did. But I was bound. Chained by the King of the Heavens.”262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWN3u3awOpf
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“He had plotted with Zamba, and by aiding him from the shadows, he got rid of the greatest threat to his throne. And I could do was watch."
Ethis’ voice wavered, strained as if she were holding back tears. A cold wind swept through the clearing, rustling the trees like whispered judgment. She lowered her gaze, her fists clenching so tightly her knuckles turned white.
"I... I couldn’t do anything."
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Even gods fight in this accursed world huh?
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“That’s some seriously messed-up family dynamics,” I say “A daughter not knowing her mother, a father that believed in some god even though he is one and that too faith in someone who might not even exist, and a mother and wife who is bound by world’s laws while her husband wasn’t?, and above all, gods who sound like they would come crying out of the skies if I started roasting them.” I ask262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH4Gl4QhLDB
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There is a silence, Ethis doesn’t say anything on my last comment.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHscuFoBYJu
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“Drax was a mortal, hundreds of thousands of years ago. He achieved godhood by his devotion to the god he believed in so that god cannot be fake.” Ethis says.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ62529BQ3Dk
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“What? You are telling me that god is real?” Warzheil shot back in surprise.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVubIBJvMMt
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“I cannot answer that further, I have their eyes on me now. All I ask is the right to cremate my husband and see him off one last time.” She says turning to me.
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“What do I get by letting you, who ditched my devotee of whom I am supposed to be god of?” I ask262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG1WRqDSz3P
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“I-Right, I will tell you when your sister or her family is in danger.” She says262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH9azrVq8eo
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“You know your trade. What do you say Oldman?” I ask Warzheil262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuPQHcGUCxx
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“Suit yourselves, I am in foul mood.” He says
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We decide to cremate Drax’s body in a secluded place, I could see many bright energies leaving the skeleton of this dead god who considered me his god, the simple place around him becomes full of flora as the skeleton turns into ashes.
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Carefully, we gather the ashes and place them in a cloth, Ethis tries to take it but Warzheil snatches and stows it in his small space pocket.
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“This is for Gloria not you.” He says, on which Ethis steps back under her veil of light and nods as she disappears.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Z55yx6ndQ
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The air felt heavier after Ethis left.
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Warzheil didn’t speak, and Neither did I.
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There was nothing left to say. We set up camp in silence, the river’s roar the only sound between us. Then, the old dwarf stood up, rubbing his gut.
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“Right. Nature calls.” He says as he walks towards the woods.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡboaRKogY79
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I waved him off, leaning back against a rock. Finally, a moment to breathe. Or so I thought—until the trees shook.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXlqf3gwh7x
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“Hey! At least leave the pocket with the things in it.” I say262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ90iZc7U2Iw
Warzheil throws the pocket at me, which I almost drop but manage to catch it.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXkEdXk0m44
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Minutes pass as I grow more and more concerned, Warzheil isn’t back. I was about to get up to find him but I notice the trees shake as it something was coming out of it, so I ready my spear, but instead Warzheil comes running.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcQiAfUJc3f
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“You sure took your time!” I shout but he doesn’t look very happy as right behind him, a giant T-rex tears through the forest into the clearing near the shore of the river.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuOKXWitqmm
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“Is that a freaking Tyrannosaurus?” I ask as my expression distorts into the same as Warzheil.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVe7gdtX9sR
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But this one seems different then what I know, it has armour like things all around its body except some parts.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGDz5QkIv5E
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“It has Earth element, my lighting only tickles it, sick lizard ambushed me just when I finished my stuff together!” he says262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡILYxBvgH6T
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I almost burst into a laugh at Warzheil, but I try to control it and throw my spear, this time with its plasma tip on. It did little as it deflects from the armour around its eye, its smart, it knew where I would aim and dodged it.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI0D24dJdVD
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It's eyes glow as it makes a sound as if a giant eagle was trying to compete with a lion’s roar, my ears feel itchy from its sound.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHikDtSpl74
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Suddenly the ground erupts as a pillar made of soil hits me, I imagined I would go flying but instead end up staggering. Surprisingly I don’t feel much impact from it, in fact I left a big dents on the place I stomped.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDeHSya9kzD
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Seeing such progressions in my strength I feel compelled to try out my power, so I sprint, and the beast takes notice of me, trying to stomp me as I try to get my spear back, but it fails, I take the spear and try cutting through it but the heat is not enough to cleave its flesh deeply.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhDQGtKbi5c
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The beast tries to stomp me again but Warzheil throws his hammer which staggers the beast.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA43Xn2PY9g
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I use the chance go for its eye again. Using my agility I climb the giant beast and impale its left eye. The plasma spear does its job as fire erupts from its eye and the beast is felled.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8lJJZxAqG9
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Bull’s eye, no, Dino’s eye.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7lFRtktOSf
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“You knew eye was its weak spot?” Warzheil heil says as he approach me.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT81j1o4gDK
I stare at Warzheil at first, then as he gets closer, It gets harder to hold back.
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“Hey lad, listen…” he speaks
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I start laughing “That dinosaur totally fell for you just by watching you take a dump!”262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmIRBUhH4iK
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After processing the joke Warzheil starts laughing too.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCrGFKmecJs
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“*laughs* I need to note that down. *Laugh*, its been a while since I heard a good joke.” he says laughing262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjKFw7L4oCm
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I prepare the fire again which was extinguished by the T-rex’s movements “Now you know I wasn’t lying when I said I am old.”262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcH9XEmF6bh
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I had already prepared the space by making it’s ground soft using my spear’s knob and also set up the fire using its plasma, But Warzheil takes out a small tent-like thing form his pocket.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9vnhBadOok
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“How did you even fit things in that small space?” I ask262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlWILOOHiyP
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“You might not know it, but these pockets are so rare I could make a pair of hammers out of the metals I would get out of selling even one of these” He says almost flexing something I don’t understand.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs3xq3yDofF
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“You do realise I have no idea of how that’s supposed to tell me its worth right? Don’t you guys trade with gold?” I ask giving him a stare.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPdvFWQw39d
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Warzheil let out a long sigh. “Listen up, lad. Gold’s everywhere in these lands—so common it’s barely worth the trouble to pick up. If you spent a few hours panning the Kobe river, you’d fill a bottle with gold flakes. That’s why nobody bothers trading with it.”262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTfKX4I4abS
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“Trade is mainly done with these” he says taking out a rectangular metal with the same symbol like my eye.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnz6n4dwYCX
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“Doesn’t that look like my eye?” I ask262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ytTyntmIg
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Warzheil observes the coin and then looks at me silently262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1by1SZiEYR
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“You are right, they are exactly same. How is that possible?” he asks262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJftb1ChpX3
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“Don’t know.” I say262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHI5DGLgAVC
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“Anyway, these are called Globets, they are the main currency used in kingdoms and the cities and towns near it. I have only 3 of these, 1 of these can buy you a 5 acre farmland.” He says262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡImOHkblgsi
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He scratched his beard, voice growing more animated as he warmed to his favorite subject. “Platinum’s where proper trade starts. Silver’s rarer still. But the real wealth? That’s kept in the Commerce Guild vaults—Adamantium, Orichalcum, Uru. The kind of metals you’d expect to find only in legends. Most folk will never even get to touch them.”262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV9HtLXpEdK
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“What about diamonds?” I asked262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdUSPiAcTxv
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He shrugged. “Just stones. We use them for mirrors, jewelry, mage staves. They’re everywhere—no one bothers trading for them.”262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Eb5P8BS8A
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“Wait, So your hammers—what are those made of?”262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCegFJlvLmJ
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“Dark Uru. Rarest there is. If anyone knew, I’d have half the continent after me.”262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhKzAhlOAdd
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I whistled. “So you’re loaded?”262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAgfFXd4yTi
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He grinned. “If I sold one of my storage pockets, I’d get at least 5000 Globets.”
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I glanced at my spear. “What about this one? Its made of a metal we call Titanium on earth.”
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“Give me that.” He said taking the weapon as he stepped away from my anti-magic barrier.
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Warzheil sniffed the air around the spear as his I saw mana swirl around it, his eyes narrowing. “We call this metal Collosium I can smell tell by its mana conductivity and smell. This is a fine weapon. I don’t think you should sell it.”
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I raised an eyebrow. “I wasn’t going to sell it, and wait, You can actually ‘smell’ the difference?”
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He gave me a look. “Of course. Any blacksmith worth his salt can. We use mana ofcourse.”
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I hesitated, then asked, “What about Diamonds?”
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He waved a hand. “Just stones. We use them for mirrors, trinkets, mage staves. They’re everywhere in the wilds—no one trades for them.”262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnv2ezf4CVQ
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Warzheil goes on to tell me about how commerce works in this world.
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According to what I understand, in this world, main currency is Globet, found in dungeons or traded on toll plaza of the Dratnir Bridges in exchange for metals, Gold’s is as common as dirt—Kobe river’s full of it. Platinum, Silver and titanium are used for smaller trades while Adamantium, Orichalcum, and Uru are used for bigger trades within the nation or to make equipment and other things. Most folk never see those metals in a lifetime. 262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN9mubwYeCH
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It’s almost laughable—metals I’d only read about in old stories are just another part of daily life here.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDO28u3Hj7f
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I let the information settle in. Resting for half of the day, trying to process the ridiculousness of this world.
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It is almost everything that Earth isn’t, full of resources, Abundant with flora and fauna.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv8e6x8EmmT
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I remember about the book I found in the forest when I woke up and search for it but can’t find it so I ask Warzheil about it, thankfully he saw it coming out of my torn suit when I was asleep on other side of the river so he hands me the book with a curious look, but suppresses the urge to ask about it.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdA2DmiuQnr
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I open the book to distract myself and this time it lets me open new pages, and it seems like I have missed some of its page.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLbAlJOZ9cX
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I read it for a while and realise that it’s the outline of my journey so far, to clear my suspicion I turn another page but the blur effect occurs again, I sense it more clearly now, but this time instead of going back to the previous page again, some text appears on the page.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡztVprTYils
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“The night fall will deem the owl worthy, its prey will have no path to escape, but the night houses many threats, beware beyonder.” Is what the text says on the book.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5audpcijLc
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I rub my eyes as I turn the book into a head rest and sleep, I don’t have the mood to translate some encrypted riddle. Maybe my Sanskrit has dulled over time. What does owl have to do with being worth of night.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmNIv5TURLs
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I think as I let my tiredness take over me.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡecI1fin9un
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The next sun rises, Warzheil tries to wake me up, but I feel like a sloth, and in my laziness half of that day pass, heat on its peak as the sun hangs high in the sky, I finally wake up from sweating. I may need to find a place to take a bath soon.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3SrPrc3530
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“Oh, finally awake, huh?” Warzheil says as I get out of the small tent.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ36oAnov6ew
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“*Yawn* so, what did I miss?”262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4WgSi3IW6w
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“The plan to get into my forge, that’s what you missed.” He says as he hits on a very good looking Talwar on his makeshift force area. But then he cools down the sword and puts out the fire by pouring water in it from a bucket near him. The fire makes a hissing sound as it dies.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3TMQuvBsrI
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Warzheil starts to put some of those things back in his pocket.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5RyRo1d7OB
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“I can’t believe it no matter how many times I see it, no wonder it’s so expensive. How about you sell one of those and make me a dark Uru weapon too?” I ask262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyk9W4BkTAw
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“You should quite talking small when you are in presence of THE legendary blacksmith, lad. How do you think I got to know Drax? I am the best blacksmith of this era. Drax also had to admit when he lost to me in weapon forging duel. I have 7 ingots of Dark Uru ingots, dozens of Uru and few hundreds of orichalcum and adamantium ingots in my forge. I may look like a smelly old dwarf but I can buy kingdoms if I want to.” Warzheil says262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDKg8cLbUlQ
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“Thats one way to flex your wealth I guess.” I say, In a flat voice.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdDkDOMZnMQ
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“You are boring you know that, Lad, At least act to be excited. I worked my ass of to get them. Don’t you want to be rich? If it were someone else they would be out for my blood right now” Warzheil says in a plain voice too as he unfolds a big map.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEx1g1I9azA
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“Don’t get me wrong, I have always liked money, it makes life much easier. Maybe I should earn lot of money and then retire somewhere peaceful? But you and I both know I can’t, not right now at least. I have 2 contracts to fulfil, one is Geolard’s and another is Drax’s.” I say262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlwtzHijvsK
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“So, even my riches cannot bring out your greedy side huh?” he says262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX1AmhFgUwt
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“Nice try, Oldman, but you don’t know me enough just yet, I wouldn’t be THE legendary Hitman on Earth if I succumbed to greed. Smart people die winning, wise are those who win against life’s baffling choices.” I say262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡabmc1Q41MC
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“Ok, enough philosophy, now look here.” Warzheil says pointing in the map.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBzVJblgqtC
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“This right here is the Northern Kobe Forest” he says pointing to the top centre of the map with a sketch of a forest.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVr8UYuqDqX
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“We are now in the southern Kobe Forest, where the Demon Lord have Goblins as their allied forces.” He says sliding his finger to the right of the map across the sketch of the river into another forest on the other side of the map and stops his finger on some kind of hammer and anvil that is drawn over the map manually.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfs30up9FtD
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“And this right here is my old forge, not many days ago I was almost captured by the goblins.” He said262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvD7WiOW9Je
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“Why?” I ask262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiGAiDWMZVs
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“That’s what they are, wandering tribes of ever polluting green shits. The demon lord wanted me to work under him to make weapons for his generals and armies, but thanks to Drax’s letter I prepared to leave just when the goblins started their capture on my forge, maybe he knew it was going to happen so he sent me the letter on the right time. But I ended up screwing up big time and the goblins chased me for days.” Warzheil explains.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhlutF9HEEU
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“I am starting to understand your struggle now. So, what’s your plan?” I ask262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLjJfAA29uJ
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“You said you were an assassin didn’t you? Make a plan, Unless you suggest going with me, head-on against hundreds of goblins, mage goblins, hob goblins, champions and their King. Who knows, maybe even the lich is there.” He says262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj6KvRgdZ9e
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“Speak of the devil.” I say as I see the lich approach on a smaller dragon, a wyvern to be exact.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡssBBeTQJKU
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The lich sees Ronin and Warzheil “I feel like ripping the very flesh off their face, but that damned Dratnir soldier was Insanely strong, so much so that it destroyed my army, even wounding my mana core with his light and cosmic attacks, I tried to claim it as my own minion, it exploded, I am in no shape to fight these two monster, especially this Dwarf, he is cunning fox, hiding his powers of lighting authority.” Lich thinks262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6nBm1Fqmkx
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“I must alert the goblins of their arrival.” As he passes near ronin and Warzheil he gives them a menacing look. Which doesn’t bother them in the slightest262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlztamyrbVC
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“Hey, Bone head, what happened to all that confidence? Fear we may kick your ass without the help of your army huh? Or did that Dratnir Soldier do it for us?” Warzheil says262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkHrj41cnQl
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“It won’t be long before your head hangs on my dragon’s tail, mortals, we will meet soon.” The lich replies in a domineering voice, but we both know he is just scared.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsO7YXLRRpB
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“The Dratnir must have given him a run for his money, I guess he had to abandon his army on the bridge to find a wyvern in the forest to fly all the way back here.” I say262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXZhybw1uoH
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“Or maybe that wasn’t his complete army.” Warzheil speculates which raises more questions in my mind.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9YQxynSixT
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“You said that the goblins are under the demon lord, which means….” It clicks in both our minds at the same time.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzP1LJdqjRK
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“Shit!, he is going to alert those green vessels of filth.” Warzheil says with impatience evident in his expressions as his eyebrows curl inward, tensed.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI1xh9X99cM
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“Do you have any other way we can get inside the forge?” I ask Warzheil
“The owl… the owl is worthy of night.” I say as a though drifts into my mind. Maybe that riddle has something to do with our next step.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡld1ctgUXVv
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“What do you mean by owl? We don’t have time for this Ronin, take this seriously.” Warzheil says262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZunq8zuiKC
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I run back into the tent and bring out the book, tossing it on the table, opening the page that contains the text.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkQx24OXmIs
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“See here” I slide my finger over the text “The night fall will deem the owl worthy--its prey will have no path to escape--but the night houses many threats--beware beyonder” I say which confuses Warzheil.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE9l93jRLHH
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“Owl worthy of night, which means that an owl can only hunt at night.” I say262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUHkEvq7tS7
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“Well, you aren’t wrong, goblins see less at night, if that’s what you are implementing.” Warzheil explains.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUybJrhnXA6
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“That’s great…now” I slide my finger further on the text in the page “The night houses threats--beware beyonder. Which means it’s referring to me, as I am beyond this world. And the night houses threats, which means that even though night is our chance to strike, it might still be risky.”262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡANkTUffjX9
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“W-wait, I don’t understand. What you say makes some sense but, why are you sliding your finger on an empty page? Is this a habit of yours I should be aware of?” Warzheil says, which turns my excited expression to a confused expression.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxUJCd2I6XA
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I close my left eye and then the text starts to disappear from the page as my right eye focuses.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBApgOsHuLh
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“This book is not normal.” I say as I slowly let this discovery settle. “Or maybe I am not normal.”262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw3lH7yPL1Y
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“Lets get you examined later, but first, I have an idea.” Warzheil continues262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxU33A2rogI
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“There is a secret passage under my forge” Warzheil continues “Its gates are made of adamantium, it can only be unlocked from inside. but I think your spear can melt it in a few minutes, we can carve a way in. but we need to start now as at night your blade will be visible.” Warzheil says.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZBq9e1aEMi
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“That’s the best plan I have heard in a while.” I say “Why stand here then? We have riches to retrieve, lets go.”262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRs8yZI3ymU
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“Ok, I will do this, whatever you find there, you can keep it, I don’t plan to come back here anyway.” Warzheil says262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBcNevhRHsR
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“You speak as if we will go our separate ways after that.” I ask262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2gxVtkgavb
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“It’s your loss if you don’t want that stuff, I have a strong feeling that we will not be going our own ways anytime soon.”262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ECA059JjF
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And so We prepare to infiltrate the forge.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZhuA4Shi3N
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We move through the forest after finishing packing our camp. As we go deeper, a fog starts blocking our vision.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPg14201I1o
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“Don’t worry about me, I know all corners of this forest, I have been here for a while.” Warzheil said262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmboVbTD49l
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“Thankfully I won’t need to hold hands with you since I can see the path with my left eye.” I say262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNzkhw4u9qZ
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My eye is very convenient, although it feels very uncomfortable seeing things I don’t want to, the wobbly energies in the air makes me feel nauseous, but I need to get used to it soon. I can see the outlines of everything in my line of sight even in this fog. I was seeing normally when we were not in the forest, which must mean I only see different according to situations and see mana when it is dense or unless I want to see it. I don’t understand how this even works but as long it keeps me alive, its an ability.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2aTi7rZsEn
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Nestled into the side of a rocky hill is Warzheil’s forge. The building is surrounded by goblins and hobgoblins.
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“Don’t underestimate me, lad. Only the Demon Lord can detect me no as I have supressed my mana.” He says262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡws9S94fLeW
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“That’s reassuring….hmm” I say but I make a questioning face as I think about possible scenarios where the plan can break down, or succeed. Thank fully Warzheil also had a map of his forge so I have a raw Idea of what I can do once we are in. spear won’t be an option in there.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRf0KN2WQIi
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We talk amidst the guttural voices of goblin-kind carrying faintly through the air. Fires burn in large pits outside, with goblins working tirelessly on crude weapons and Armor.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwlWys8bs3Q
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But that’s not all, I see some skeletons as well, which means that they are alert now. But something feels off, the security should be tighter, then why isn’t.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1srCuVD914
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“Hey, Is the Goblin King friends with the Lich?” I ask Warzheil as we are in the bushes.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyl3PKmPJ4d
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“As far as I know, the demon lord’s generals don’t get along with the lich, he is like an outcast to them, even though he is the most loyal to the Demon Lord” Warzheil says262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnMfOxXvooA
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“That must be it. I don’t see any prominent figure here. Which must mean that the king with his champions must be in an argument with the lich. I have seen this happen in my field a lot, even when I disguised myself.” I say “Even if that’s not the case, we cannot afford loosing sunlight, we need a way in by night.”262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBwcuTvk4Hf
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“You are right. Lets go, there’s our ticket in.” He points to a large pipe beneath the forge, its bars glinting faintly in the sunlight. “It’s a water outlet I built as an escape route, but like I said, it opens only from the inside. Let’s hope your spear can cut through the bars.”
We approach the gate but suddenly I see 2 goblins coming our way so I yank Warzheil against the wall.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5CJPSltW8q
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Warzheil looks like he would cuss me out anytime but I signal him to keep it down. I pick up a pebble slowly and throw it in the opposite direction of the goblins over their head which distracts them.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9xyjgLbO5c
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It’s a good thing that goblins are idiots. I take the chance and kill both the Goblins using my plasma spear which cuts though their tiny necks, is it me or do the spear feel small in my hands? I normally don’t miss with my spear but even back when I fought the T-rex, it felt uncomfortable. It looks like I have grown in size too.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzWXm0AE1vo
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“Idiot, we need to get those two into the sewer too, the goblins may detect their blood.” Warzheil says.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaX17CPIzCN
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I kneel by the pipe as I put the goblins near me, and activate the plasma blade of my spear. The bars are tougher than I expect, made from a mixture of copper and adamantite. It takes a few minutes to cut through them.
“Hard, isn’t it?” Warzheil says with a smirk. “I debated using adamantite for a water outlet, but it’s proven useful.”
“Just keep quiet, old man. You’ll get us caught,” I hiss as we slip into the dark, narrow tunnel.
“Don’t boss me around like my mom. Show some respect for your elders,” he retorts in a low whisper.
I roll my eyes. “Did you finally go senile?”
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“Shhh…” I cut him off as we hear faint footsteps echoing through the tunnel. We finally got in, I put the goblin’s body in the sewer water and slowly head toward the voice that’s getting louder.
Two goblins appear, their torches casting flickering shadows on the walls. Moving swiftly, I dart ahead, my spear slicing through the air. The goblins barely have time to react before they collapse, lifeless.
“You really are an assassin through and through, huh?” Warzheil asks under his breath, impressed but unnerved.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc6Pfx0Ppfx
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“This is the most crude I can be as an assassin. You haven’t seen me in action just yet oldman.” I say, trying to flex262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoxeHhsKehh
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“Hoo? I will be watching then.” he says with sarcasm.
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