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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.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHxfUhPHuvM
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“Oh, he is awake!” a man shouts on my left, riding on a strange horse I have never seen before.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQZttwHYXHR
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feeling the subtle bumping sensation, I realise that I am also on one of those horse261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWNjb1HsEuA
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In front of me is a man with a broad back but short stature, its Warzheil.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzJn62wTIXj
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“Where….” I try to speak but a sharp pain shoots up from my chest.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoR8NJ7isWU
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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 says261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoouTHo1hq3
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“what….?” The pain surges up again, as if needles were stuck in my lungs.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsiPV2ZnQkF
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What’s he talking about?261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSd4u8CKlKF
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“Don’t speak, you were hit in the chest. It’s a miracle that you are still alive.” He says261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkwcKd3wtKI
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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.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjMB8zxgSeQ
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“Wondering what happened ,right? That’s the first thing I tried too.” Warzheil says on which I nod.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4clDPFVV30
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“Jortheus?....” I question with the low wind. So it doesn’t hurt me.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc4NpfOnNTN
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“Dead---a feat for real! Boast about it later though.” Warzheil says261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGl0aOdodFB
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“What you both talking about under the breath?” Kade inquires.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy0usKuZQ9c
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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.”261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHzozWQWPoo
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I nod slowly as a greeting on which Kade nods back in approval.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMOPz09tRqS
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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 says261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUrHqEdLxyG
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My left arm is now back to normal too.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWROJk0yCtf
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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.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaGUOoDuqS1
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“Town is around horizon, Don’t move around too much or your wound may open up.” Warzheil orders me.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvF47DxHPO1
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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.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF6WRfESc3f
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“I am surprised though, Kade. Our hunt crazed princess isn’t hunting these days?” Warzheil asks261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlKCnk7qk4v
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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 replies261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡccR1pwCLJm
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Warzheil almost freezes up, hesitant. We know the truth, but I fear what might happen if she finds out.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtfiOFlvPcZ
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Before anyone could notice his grim expression I push him lightly, snapping him out of it.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡztUbOGf0Zn
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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.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmP4BH6rCZ5
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I try to speak but Warzheil saves me the trouble.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5n41KHCzV6
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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.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuIbW0mR4sG
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“No shit? Stop with your bad jokes oldman. You just don’t have it in you.” Kade says261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCGPkM8KYB1
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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.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu1pBRQQbug
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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.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8RxtfYnZqz
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“He has his story, but that’s his to tell.”261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqF9R0xgpxf
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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.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvAkWdfPvH1
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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.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkjVxbXwkga
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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.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3QlgNL37Vk
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She Stands out, so she must be drax’s daughter.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaFVrPMNQHR
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I can barely process all this, as I fight to keep awake.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR9rAMqMrzN
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Everyone is Cheering, some welcoming their sons from Kade’s group.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHnaLekgtnh
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“Kade, another weak hunt?” Sil asks looking at the meagre stock of hunt and herbs.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ewLxNsJ8P
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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.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxuNQqp96PX
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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.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqDl9jnfLlw
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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.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZOiyGjxBe4
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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.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHb6JFXmJjJ
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“Sil, this is no time for celebration or grief, my friend here is gravely injured.” Warzheil says with urgence.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkAqPgPtw6k
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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.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4I0OcLfUp5
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“Medusa’s poison, Sil” Warzheil almost hisses.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9tytEzKiwY
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Sil stiffens, I notice Gloria flinching upon hearing the words.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0PBGUWgLri
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Sil rushes to check my eyes,261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgCpzI6RRGb
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“What’s with your left eye?” She mumbles “And---By the heavens!”261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Gx6j7IQzo
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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.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9LMKkTU9cM
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“Who let this man walk?! Get a stretcher immediately!” Sil yells at some of the hunters who rush into action.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEqY2u2c81y
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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.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcM6RDpyALp
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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.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsLWwX40N8x
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This Strange Pride of mine will someday be my downfall, but its all I have left.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9LTEDkecZV
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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.”261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdrqXdvDF2m
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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 adds261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMCFAerrrLF
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“And that?!” She asks pointing at the blade hanging behind Warzheil, The blade that the demon lord used on me.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJWOSgUPmac
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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,261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ382uI2TlhZ
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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.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdW9zgvtsGH
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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,261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuEwPz8sFCB
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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.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi8y58rGK1W
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I- can’t Lose consciousness Here!261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkRfijEIMFH
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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?261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxEukSMgaPe
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“Giving up already? That’s what I though.”261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Xv150oeKj
“You think you have suffered enough?!”261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjQdGXtsipa
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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.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5rzj3NS4Wo
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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.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjkjcxMfeSH
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Gloria gently pokes Ronin—no response, then she puts her index finger under his nose---no breath.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMsAHQSw1by
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Her breath heavy“ Oh no…..Oldzheil…He-He passed away?!”261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQMlmEkximM
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“What? While Standing?” Sil says in disbelief covering her mouth with a grim expression.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWubLUmVtZP
Gloria slowly steps back, her sight never leaving ronin’s unfazed face.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu8LWQV4D12
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Warzheil rushed to check Ronin.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcwb9mikpyZ
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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.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLknXW0GXP4
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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 quicker261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlYiwZbliUR
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“Dear….He—is gone.” Sil says with a sympathetic expression.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnBiicIPJiW
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“Gone?!” Warzheil snaps with anger. “I TOLD you one God.Damn.Thing!, Give urgent treatment to the man!”261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtNfTVCMkdy
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“You were the one who suggested the rule to….”261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlvGcr94qK3
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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 roars261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6dKRw4w1MA
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Losing strength in his feet and his moral hurt, he falls on his knees.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSIAXAKx4lt
“I came here in hopes of helping the Him. Oh good lad forgive me, I failed you!.”261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwVomGkbM1E
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“Dear I, I---” Sil knees down to console Warzheil261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡULZAXmSL5N
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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.”261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDHSwFCY496
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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.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQwtWMi5Mze
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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.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPZXaPBlq17
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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?261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbW7VgGgGcZ
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Sil is trying to console him.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1xGNYY5gRf
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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 him261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtYgfhObyK1
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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.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGMwgutdbY9
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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.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwtXm4k2CSw
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Suddenly I feel like someone is forcing me, I lack strength to resist.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFym9bsJOe4
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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.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR0aKnOXLHi
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I see glimpses of things happening, my wound seemed big.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWl561Akl1J
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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.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDqKUb0xrsn
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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 says261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMzYA0UCwlo
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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.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkVO1O6rtqR
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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 says261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5tZ6UdilvX
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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.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDVaeWqHx2o
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“What?” I whisper to myself.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfIZNrImIEK
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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.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjnSQ0HAfPZ
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“The lad truly has his ancestors blood running in him like he said.” Warzheil says.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ70vsv17NrS
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“Ancestors?” Kade asks261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxKCxRWZFjT
“Finally you are here Sil.” Warzheil says261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaeZ1mujuOO
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“I had to prepare this meal in a hurry, so don’t complain.” She says261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaoFtndjnlI
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The door opens, I slide my eyes gently to look at them. Sil enters from behind with some food.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBLCEvrDMYX
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“Veg food just like you said he liked.” She says looking briefly at Warzheil with smile before returning to me.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyCOOXswXpt
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“Are you feeling well now, Ronin?” She asks me with a caring look.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn5ADv1wObU
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I nod slowly.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoeYL8xCpuT
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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 asks261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnDyCqwtHci
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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 says261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp54AjNn0Fz
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I muster the strength before finally speaking, powering through the pain which is much cope able now.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1tqZospSVM
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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 ask261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0YHeAlJ8yy
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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 explains261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcKYx2CPVdK
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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 says261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuweREiVIm9
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“Sil, don’t force the lad, he just woke up!” Warzheil gives an uneasy suggestion.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4l1wm6GW0C
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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 replies261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBhLgcIorM3
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“That’s…it? I thought you guys were suspicious of me.” I ask261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuF6bsMHCSp
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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!”261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSIKAHVjxCH
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“Stop acting like my mom” I say to Warzheil261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLzCh2e1Voj
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Warzheil chuckles as they all start going out of the room except Gloria.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGFQvBa1cvQ
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“Gloria?....” Sil asks261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnVSuoViaPY
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“Grandma Sil, you go on ahead, I will wash the dishes once he is finished eating the food.” She says261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmVcBzTNmNH
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After a pause, Sil sighs and agrees.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0LRuOJydBW
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After a few seconds, the bustling room dies in silence.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXdNYFFSGnu
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I feel all kinds of anxieties. 261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡthIFg62fFa
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“Eat up. The food will become cold.” Gloria says which startles me.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY4U2nj2wkB
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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.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk1MwvjYaLH
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At least this way I can avoid her probing eyes.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrBBra6HE1n
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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.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNz1EhOSid7
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But Now?
The body remembers what the mind does not want to accept, and it was no longer my ally.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhMd2ehX3LW
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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?261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjQ89XjMHLo
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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.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTQaqrkFPml
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As I eat, I can’t help but feel uncomfortable.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ00XFA0dqjX
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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.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUIW5bzhoa4
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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.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUDTIIXoaqs
“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.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxTo9saNMQu
“You always this quiet?”
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She waited, arms crossed, expecting… something. A reply, a reaction. Ronin gave her nothing.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHwbNXlCN9B
After a beat, she huffed a laugh. “Alright, I’ll take that as a yes.”261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD63c7Bhzrv
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“My name is---” she adds261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡztUAhATiGE
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“I know.” I interrupt her261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvB9BeLa4Vj
“Huh?” she says in a short exhale with slight confusion. I take big sips of soup to finish it faster261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxUARg52dc5
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“Drax’s Daughter—Gloria, right?.” I say261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWSaUsKD4VU
“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.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWSfvUfSNeD
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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 ask261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCLASpe38c8
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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 giggles261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIzO569yn5Q
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So she really doesn’t know about Ethis being her mom.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9V0W312cYG
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“Blood of the gods runs through you nonetheless.” I say261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9t6wCArkDT
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She laughs softly “Yeah, you can say that.”261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdGICiuohB0
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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 said261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQJIW6w6EBY
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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.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaFjKDeXP5l
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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…..261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBM9uRI2DTe
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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.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsdlurxuyEz
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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.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6rtE1ubiFS
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As the old men said, Now I can sleep like a horse seller!261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoi5pjqWaMO
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I lie down on the bed, its comfy, compared to sleeping on rough ground, enough to fit me.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQOfwHxvI8i
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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.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡckrSH6pTZs
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“You know how much I hate mutants!” Sil spits261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTKBSXNZnhK
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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!”261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ77CfwvxZc
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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 insists261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPz9mufL304
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“Now you have done it HAG!”261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoymcHWIRaZ
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Sil gasps “HAG?!”261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7yF571Etfb
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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 shocked261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqgdbDpkNGU
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“Wait, who? Surely you do not mean….” Sil almost shouts but Warzheil interrupts her.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiJPlr6mQRo
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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 says261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYNyKRfgSU4
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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.”261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn6tGxZMhXJ
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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.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4B8Ww8FuvO
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Sil notices Gloria.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhnNmtpDIZF
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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.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeCGNNtQUmy
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“Make yourselves comfortable kids, this is tale of a legend in making. So, Don’t jump to conclusions.” Warzheil replies261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNIO8M9hUD9
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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.”261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡchGa0NC660
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“H-he, killed the demon lord that my father told me fairy tales about?” Gloria hesitates under her mask.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYEMs64CBQn
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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.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJNQ4c0EhB5
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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 asks261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTsvklyXwVo
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“He told me its complicated.” Warzheil says261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ11XmThK20j
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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 again261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGqYeex6LE2
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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.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0LOap0wiSj
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“You surely saw the lights flash down from heavens and whispers of gods yesterday, right?”261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHGLSjkqMo6
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“You mean the light that appears when heroes kill the demon lord?.....” Sil says261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNUGadCq88y
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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.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF6T3Z5lkIy
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Kade is so shocked his jaw hangs with disbelief.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2hiFgFfMP1
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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.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4NWU02o4CB
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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.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuoU0CqY7u5
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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 says261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0fUNy83tJT
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“Wait, then why did the demon lord’s weakness not apply on him if he killed him?” Kade asks261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt3hoQxJKHk
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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 says261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIVkIzD0UkC
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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.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwH1OdpP2ot
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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 says261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwYQ8HOTh3e
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Warzheil nods “ and Umm..., Forgive me for raising my voice earlier.” Warzheil says with a sad expression261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJY3R4Wf5VC
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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 says261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM8kOUw1OTs
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“Ahem… kids, you should sleep too.” Warzheil coughs hiding his embarrassment.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeoSNUfhHhp
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And so, everyone goes to sleep.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpv8N1Amnyx
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Gloria closes her room’s door, and falls on her bed flat on her face as she clutches her pillow.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPXX9nxaACB
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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. ”261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK4w0kBa3De
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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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