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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.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPvMSu8gxf3
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“Oh, he is awake!” a man shouts on my left, riding on a strange horse I have never seen before.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdlZwdAxJpQ
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feeling the subtle bumping sensation, I realise that I am also on one of those horse239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmL1YjSQkAJ
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In front of me is a man with a broad back but short stature, its Warzheil.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡReWuoOAYPU
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“Where….” I try to speak but a sharp pain shoots up from my chest.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZTxtE5W6Li
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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 says239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkXBoXaXb8g
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“what….?” The pain surges up again, as if needles were stuck in my lungs.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgoIdYZbySA
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What’s he talking about?239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUXxG30einJ
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“Don’t speak, you were hit in the chest. It’s a miracle that you are still alive.” He says239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxD2RZN4A2g
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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.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR3d2obElLf
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“Wondering what happened ,right? That’s the first thing I tried too.” Warzheil says on which I nod.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡftbpnFuifx
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“Jortheus?....” I question with the low wind. So it doesn’t hurt me.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxkFBnnbf8q
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“Dead---a feat for real! Boast about it later though.” Warzheil says239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb1g4TeI7Wm
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“What you both talking about under the breath?” Kade inquires.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYwb3O4hPnh
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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.”239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY2SSmYK5tI
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I nod slowly as a greeting on which Kade nods back in approval.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5duTTLvNsI
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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 says239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk8OQdW6ugd
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My left arm is now back to normal too.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJCfcoamTu4
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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.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUT9EuGsvSN
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“Town is around horizon, Don’t move around too much or your wound may open up.” Warzheil orders me.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGkKdaBopI6
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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.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxpSB4BFD9J
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“I am surprised though, Kade. Our hunt crazed princess isn’t hunting these days?” Warzheil asks239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKGSqoXT48a
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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 replies239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡreIlg7KKHq
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Warzheil almost freezes up, hesitant. We know the truth, but I fear what might happen if she finds out.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXtOz2gwZxE
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Before anyone could notice his grim expression I push him lightly, snapping him out of it.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3cJXdurW6u
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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.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ53ObMrYaYN
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I try to speak but Warzheil saves me the trouble.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuh2XcjYeRC
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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.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ18Nab8phj
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“No shit? Stop with your bad jokes oldman. You just don’t have it in you.” Kade says239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfdCI0OO1Dx
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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.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdIgFZcwZIV
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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.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1d7ndOy3Cd
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“He has his story, but that’s his to tell.”239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS1HQUT6Gku
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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.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡloJBviFGEV
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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.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9BFAsDU6l3
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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.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiYZdjWQkUK
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She Stands out, so she must be drax’s daughter.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡflv2wJLBKC
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I can barely process all this, as I fight to keep awake.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnwe7ijXny7
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Everyone is Cheering, some welcoming their sons from Kade’s group.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJr8nT5Vr7n
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“Kade, another weak hunt?” Sil asks looking at the meagre stock of hunt and herbs.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvogAtXDuP6
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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.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOBXqWkAMeU
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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.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLhbs3GL6LP
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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.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSGrVGTSr4d
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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.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfypYr5WhZe
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“Sil, this is no time for celebration or grief, my friend here is gravely injured.” Warzheil says with urgence.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkjHgjGpC88
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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.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSoKKjlAEfu
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“Medusa’s poison, Sil” Warzheil almost hisses.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsfa1lJByhs
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Sil stiffens, I notice Gloria flinching upon hearing the words.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl8tCO6EkvM
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Sil rushes to check my eyes,239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdJlVZjC1KQ
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“What’s with your left eye?” She mumbles “And---By the heavens!”239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrAF0nVgUUz
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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.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9KKDp1qZuO
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“Who let this man walk?! Get a stretcher immediately!” Sil yells at some of the hunters who rush into action.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm9IEb4K0gy
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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.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6VJFGKrf5d
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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.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV8OL4Qe8RF
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This Strange Pride of mine will someday be my downfall, but its all I have left.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRha0jWQI9I
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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.”239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQoS3jLQN3e
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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 adds239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhR2k6FwUcv
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“And that?!” She asks pointing at the blade hanging behind Warzheil, The blade that the demon lord used on me.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFSgiuOgvxa
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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,239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmKCGWch2xW
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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.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ04CduUS38N
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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,239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzsPyV9AOPo
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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.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ81ExCUOJVy
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I- can’t Lose consciousness Here!239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ32WT6nexF0
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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?239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ87itVpYqoq
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“Giving up already? That’s what I though.”239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡehWd3faBbv
“You think you have suffered enough?!”239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsuI2AvgiiT
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“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.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaEgfo9LMO8
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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.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLdohS8dPp7
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Gloria gently pokes Ronin—no response, then she puts her index finger under his nose---no breath.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQWwJbgVzcw
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Her breath heavy“ Oh no…..Oldzheil…He-He passed away?!”239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5f92PvhYmS
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“What? While Standing?” Sil says in disbelief covering her mouth with a grim expression.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡybNBh6jC9y
Gloria slowly steps back, her sight never leaving ronin’s unfazed face.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqsGoIs0OYo
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Warzheil rushed to check Ronin.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡomB0YQrzmZ
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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.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIyZupDxEHl
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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 quicker239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl2aWcCD4gV
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“Dear….He—is gone.” Sil says with a sympathetic expression.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsEdOEZMJiO
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“Gone?!” Warzheil snaps with anger. “I TOLD you one God.Damn.Thing!, Give urgent treatment to the man!”239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwwO6hUArxb
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“You were the one who suggested the rule to….”239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNhKzYSIjnn
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“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 roars239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSRIG8Txtb1
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Losing strength in his feet and his moral hurt, he falls on his knees.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4o5FD4gmF6
“I came here in hopes of helping the Him. Oh good lad forgive me, I failed you!.”239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡItxkEJuRp3
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“Dear I, I---” Sil knees down to console Warzheil239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxxXVSLWJd6
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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.”239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Z3rP4tWI6
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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.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHqLVzu6WMe
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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.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh2yAtZBEi5
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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?239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfdJ77fohvr
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Sil is trying to console him.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwY4AQ5nQ7D
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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 him239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbTDsHmMy1h
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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.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfv7pyXwGhJ
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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.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA2FbrLvpXd
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Suddenly I feel like someone is forcing me, I lack strength to resist.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaKlSOcjuiE
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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.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡizlW91VT1e
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I see glimpses of things happening, my wound seemed big.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2T5ZhkxbPy
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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.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp18VEEf5Rw
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“What is he Oldzheil?” Gloria asks239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhQpr4IYndS
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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 says239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkpOVILPAjc
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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.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Ba5YbDkdF
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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 says239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjhuKQGujfk
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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.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSndGs2ml0c
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“What?” I whisper to myself.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8n1PKmY9HO
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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.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdepZj26FQc
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“The lad truly has his ancestors blood running in him like he said.” Warzheil says.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWsKqULngaT
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“Ancestors?” Kade asks239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPTG8sHx0Ls
“Finally you are here Sil.” Warzheil says239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEz2jqeW4mL
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“I had to prepare this meal in a hurry, so don’t complain.” She says239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5i7HGFjXoh
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The door opens, I slide my eyes gently to look at them. Sil enters from behind with some food.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡigcp25qwOD
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“Veg food just like you said he liked.” She says looking briefly at Warzheil with smile before returning to me.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2EcARjcMCD
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“Are you feeling well now, Ronin?” She asks me with a caring look.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKtwXENJQbv
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I nod slowly.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKJXgMDCV2R
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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 asks239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0KwNpZcnuB
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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 says239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAcHgX3qJau
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I muster the strength before finally speaking, powering through the pain which is much cope able now.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Ry8zFl1Rs
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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 ask239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ3LFi0v40p
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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 explains239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYr8BFcyyIr
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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 says239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaOzNF3p8Li
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“Sil, don’t force the lad, he just woke up!” Warzheil gives an uneasy suggestion.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi7rEzZyL7E
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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 replies239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3K8FRDtQPm
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“That’s…it? I thought you guys were suspicious of me.” I ask239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI8CGWHdrUL
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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!”239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9meDMEOFBe
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“Stop acting like my mom” I say to Warzheil239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8EFV0OiwLK
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Warzheil chuckles as they all start going out of the room except Gloria.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUAEZmDR20b
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“Gloria?....” Sil asks239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡokOHdMtSG6
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“Grandma Sil, you go on ahead, I will wash the dishes once he is finished eating the food.” She says239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKulqqnpuCm
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After a pause, Sil sighs and agrees.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLLS0M6SONG
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After a few seconds, the bustling room dies in silence.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW2WjlJ7Zyj
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I feel all kinds of anxieties. 239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3OvizW8e21
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“Eat up. The food will become cold.” Gloria says which startles me.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4vrVEhOTpj
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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.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7S4YJfBD7v
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At least this way I can avoid her probing eyes.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk25eg9muyk
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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.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcZAYvyNmBH
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But Now?
The body remembers what the mind does not want to accept, and it was no longer my ally.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVeDPV2JZMN
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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?239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYjSn94iu9C
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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.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNHD1ivA8lH
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As I eat, I can’t help but feel uncomfortable.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKjcHFxwOSq
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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.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGdtTGAXSVR
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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.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO8IrqqpJdx
“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.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh8nMk6udLX
“You always this quiet?”
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She waited, arms crossed, expecting… something. A reply, a reaction. Ronin gave her nothing.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1al0SkD2jG
After a beat, she huffed a laugh. “Alright, I’ll take that as a yes.”239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFCrs8bTdcM
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“My name is---” she adds239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3xT4ZYLPkG
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“I know.” I interrupt her239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuHRpMbe4PO
“Huh?” she says in a short exhale with slight confusion. I take big sips of soup to finish it faster239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNUMT7ULLJt
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“Drax’s Daughter—Gloria, right?.” I say239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpH30jXqVQC
“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.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2plTMPnYPm
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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 ask239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRJNpboTL2V
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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 giggles239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIq4Eg5WEaz
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So she really doesn’t know about Ethis being her mom.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqT6llY3TdY
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“Blood of the gods runs through you nonetheless.” I say239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaAGYdoixkn
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She laughs softly “Yeah, you can say that.”239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsLolcgGNrJ
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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 said239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡets7wOekkE
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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.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvroAnCV6qt
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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…..239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8cvNOyOqHo
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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.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR0KXvl2eUz
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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.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjBjDQTsPZr
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As the old men said, Now I can sleep like a horse seller!239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwSa4FpvEaa
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I lie down on the bed, its comfy, compared to sleeping on rough ground, enough to fit me.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡisJHF4KuJq
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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.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLVz1SisyWM
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“You know how much I hate mutants!” Sil spits239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUfH25XUtWx
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“I am telling you, He is human!” Warzheil yells back239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKDoIv98BSX
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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!”239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡio7aXVsIgJ
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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 insists239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUIAvh5KhMs
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“Now you have done it HAG!”239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnsmdFJdyBu
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Sil gasps “HAG?!”239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkgeYAGXJsM
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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 shocked239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFOvtjl3JEc
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“Wait, who? Surely you do not mean….” Sil almost shouts but Warzheil interrupts her.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOImk9gHci6
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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 says239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMPRt7wwkc8
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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.”239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ88tFpbrz6x
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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.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo57py75N0q
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Sil notices Gloria.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVU5eqaAj1t
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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.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf51b3Hf0o1
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“Make yourselves comfortable kids, this is tale of a legend in making. So, Don’t jump to conclusions.” Warzheil replies239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3mDZ3t9Un6
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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.”239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuzwAs4ykeL
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“H-he, killed the demon lord that my father told me fairy tales about?” Gloria hesitates under her mask.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm437pxOHvR
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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.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkCPzNxraSu
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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 asks239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZNMX9cYu2L
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“He told me its complicated.” Warzheil says239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3mIbDqjnxX
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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 again239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjNMfxVNPyb
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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.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAngIXVvTWF
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“You surely saw the lights flash down from heavens and whispers of gods yesterday, right?”239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV3BUFP0SSO
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“You mean the light that appears when heroes kill the demon lord?.....” Sil says239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEzShgTifVV
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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.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt6AxNs3BUi
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Kade is so shocked his jaw hangs with disbelief.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgPUhXqz3Qf
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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.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡey6CdOrRTE
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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.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf07bQfggEk
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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 says239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBq7RDPOQgL
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“Wait, then why did the demon lord’s weakness not apply on him if he killed him?” Kade asks239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZt26qEKJ0o
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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 says239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH4exX9lnIo
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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.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWtfA2h16p6
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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 says239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJuOfWPefJb
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Warzheil nods “ and Umm..., Forgive me for raising my voice earlier.” Warzheil says with a sad expression239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYPybmVQybM
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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 says239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ00cgJR8kfs
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“Ahem… kids, you should sleep too.” Warzheil coughs hiding his embarrassment.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQRzo4qILC8
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And so, everyone goes to sleep.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr94uOdsQmF
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Gloria closes her room’s door, and falls on her bed flat on her face as she clutches her pillow.239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3G9GGcnxFL
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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. ”239Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO6fZaiNv9i
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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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