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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.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaWnR65vJtr
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“Oh, he is awake!” a man shouts on my left, riding on a strange horse I have never seen before.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSRmW2LpxPc
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feeling the subtle bumping sensation, I realise that I am also on one of those horse103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMsNj2vChMR
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In front of me is a man with a broad back but short stature, its Warzheil.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ076MaelKK
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“Where….” I try to speak but a sharp pain shoots up from my chest.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZPlGbyeAhv
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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 says103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgsYZzKzIQ5
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“what….?” The pain surges up again, as if needles were stuck in my lungs.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLqD9ucYhbj
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What’s he talking about?103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC5GqtmWTXG
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“Don’t speak, you were hit in the chest. It’s a miracle that you are still alive.” He says103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9pMrISD2y3
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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.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2UPsKuDgzI
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“Wondering what happened ,right? That’s the first thing I tried too.” Warzheil says on which I nod.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAy90vISP9j
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“Jortheus?....” I question with the low wind. So it doesn’t hurt me.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYWmvGHCZzZ
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“Dead---a feat for real! Boast about it later though.” Warzheil says103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyNnDNSShnX
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“What you both talking about under the breath?” Kade inquires.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTDgvqlDWLO
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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.”103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhlEeTvN06Z
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I nod slowly as a greeting on which Kade nods back in approval.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgWuBSXfYgY
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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 says103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ46dUmLePwR
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My left arm is now back to normal too.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUqyS7rcwtl
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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.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9kGBgaZjsj
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“Town is around horizon, Don’t move around too much or your wound may open up.” Warzheil orders me.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQXzT99GZ2d
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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.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7GywpxcktM
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“I am surprised though, Kade. Our hunt crazed princess isn’t hunting these days?” Warzheil asks103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIMTTya6sRS
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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 replies103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcJb595NgD3
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Warzheil almost freezes up, hesitant. We know the truth, but I fear what might happen if she finds out.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKNxqUb0L8y
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Before anyone could notice his grim expression I push him lightly, snapping him out of it.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1476WUhw8t
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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.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUtO34mXSHt
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I try to speak but Warzheil saves me the trouble.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVSS58Z6IKI
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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.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoogD3rOnV4
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“No shit? Stop with your bad jokes oldman. You just don’t have it in you.” Kade says103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD21auzFwwL
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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.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO17bXBiMMu
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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.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBv34WHcaeb
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“He has his story, but that’s his to tell.”103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBaiRKrvB8o
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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.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlkfqNnG6sU
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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.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp0VTrReMyG
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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.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡppKouC31sd
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She Stands out, so she must be drax’s daughter.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYs1aofXmA0
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I can barely process all this, as I fight to keep awake.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB2Z4z7CBmj
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Everyone is Cheering, some welcoming their sons from Kade’s group.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl6zHVPzQia
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“Kade, another weak hunt?” Sil asks looking at the meagre stock of hunt and herbs.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLAUMwb1j3I
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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.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0e3JfgdTxn
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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.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU9fYPkFr7g
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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.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7f101EmnwS
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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.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXE13vGvSey
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“Sil, this is no time for celebration or grief, my friend here is gravely injured.” Warzheil says with urgence.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡikI2XW30lU
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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.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2WooXFspsU
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“Medusa’s poison, Sil” Warzheil almost hisses.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm4spka2KLC
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Sil stiffens, I notice Gloria flinching upon hearing the words.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLEbx1io9dt
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Sil rushes to check my eyes,103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqHN0KUGLF8
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“What’s with your left eye?” She mumbles “And---By the heavens!”103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa44gS28SIa
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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.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡru0mxhyMRy
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“Who let this man walk?! Get a stretcher immediately!” Sil yells at some of the hunters who rush into action.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEcHerTgtcv
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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.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRGKBn6q42A
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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.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7jEfQmkHMQ
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This Strange Pride of mine will someday be my downfall, but its all I have left.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjsBAs5FRlM
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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.”103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ValshhLgW
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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 adds103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzcaopVip5g
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“And that?!” She asks pointing at the blade hanging behind Warzheil, The blade that the demon lord used on me.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq8DGikPnkd
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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,103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo0dAgfVoWE
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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.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLAaq3EDx6N
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“It’s a long story, but first we need to treat him.”
“I cannot risk it without knowing, I am the chief here and you know it.” Sil says103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsAFoeU1UGw
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“Right now?… fine! I was in….” Warzheil speaks but I can no longer hear,103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHkRUo8Y0Ii
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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.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfAbxgGvqfd
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I- can’t Lose consciousness Here!103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDT1pAXB3da
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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?103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz0MwrcbW1E
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“Giving up already? That’s what I though.”103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYwr7dwcYlj
“You think you have suffered enough?!”103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvWJP6nWQPa
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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.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4WvOhPdiI4
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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.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeER6dWDNgs
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Gloria gently pokes Ronin—no response, then she puts her index finger under his nose---no breath.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp0vCi6qvta
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Her breath heavy“ Oh no…..Oldzheil…He-He passed away?!”103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFrLfNMTZ1e
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“What? While Standing?” Sil says in disbelief covering her mouth with a grim expression.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbu16nYx6nj
Gloria slowly steps back, her sight never leaving ronin’s unfazed face.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡog5yLM1YEq
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Warzheil rushed to check Ronin.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGTukjgLTXz
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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.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMKf8nktuUk
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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 quicker103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnlgSUOiYxo
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“Dear….He—is gone.” Sil says with a sympathetic expression.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ00n7jHbrr
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“Gone?!” Warzheil snaps with anger. “I TOLD you one God.Damn.Thing!, Give urgent treatment to the man!”103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ30faG1cPN0
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“You were the one who suggested the rule to….”103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm9wOINWzUk
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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 roars103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoY72BdQKgc
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Losing strength in his feet and his moral hurt, he falls on his knees.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9SjWKghw37
“I came here in hopes of helping the Him. Oh good lad forgive me, I failed you!.”103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuGmgRuUF8x
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“Dear I, I---” Sil knees down to console Warzheil103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2PDchonz0Y
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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.”103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡII8t5MY2IG
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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.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL27VaAQ5NX
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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.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0X3eJVmB2O
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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?103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIcFvA1ZQwt
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Sil is trying to console him.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ357jw3sy7q
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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 him103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZyM794lS5t
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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.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGAt7TmuYd2
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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.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEMlb7r6Jxw
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Suddenly I feel like someone is forcing me, I lack strength to resist.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqMMzKNuJKK
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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.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyUd1SrUWsM
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I see glimpses of things happening, my wound seemed big.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbzyHl3zwvk
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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.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeIGjyiKwbU
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“What is he Oldzheil?” Gloria asks103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Ph5nlxDjE
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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 says103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyQpR2NKfAn
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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.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGb7Ra9SS8L
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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 says103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9wB8cJAS7a
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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.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOxOz4IClTf
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“What?” I whisper to myself.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3AsKHU7wBc
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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.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoQWNLE337v
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“The lad truly has his ancestors blood running in him like he said.” Warzheil says.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo2YkVvdUfs
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“Ancestors?” Kade asks103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGuhtgvfGSa
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“I had to prepare this meal in a hurry, so don’t complain.” She says103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqsoPLLXUX0
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The door opens, I slide my eyes gently to look at them. Sil enters from behind with some food.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmeTZVm4gxg
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“Veg food just like you said he liked.” She says looking briefly at Warzheil with smile before returning to me.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ91FDpgXN2W
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“Are you feeling well now, Ronin?” She asks me with a caring look.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDdYC182j1b
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I nod slowly.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHRTg2dwaNm
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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 asks103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJPShIyRsVJ
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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 says103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbgvc7u17Cr
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I muster the strength before finally speaking, powering through the pain which is much cope able now.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpSqjphso8j
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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 ask103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNrnjoxltz4
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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 explains103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ41zgx8XrU3
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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 says103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv8gTiWL0GM
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“Sil, don’t force the lad, he just woke up!” Warzheil gives an uneasy suggestion.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4zyHmSgS9a
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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 replies103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQTDeLyDtxy
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“That’s…it? I thought you guys were suspicious of me.” I ask103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqYaGSqr1SD
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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!”103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjM0fFOWXI2
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“Stop acting like my mom” I say to Warzheil103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUS3tw0aZnz
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Warzheil chuckles as they all start going out of the room except Gloria.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ58NhoOo7L
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“Gloria?....” Sil asks103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT8UCYYamh7
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“Grandma Sil, you go on ahead, I will wash the dishes once he is finished eating the food.” She says103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWMlSMKVD51
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After a pause, Sil sighs and agrees.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡobijx2wXba
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After a few seconds, the bustling room dies in silence.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTBElN7Flre
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I feel all kinds of anxieties. 103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJDpWGLV4KX
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“Eat up. The food will become cold.” Gloria says which startles me.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcWZaopNS70
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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.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpMIyrHqWYu
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At least this way I can avoid her probing eyes.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBmrfwwJIk9
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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.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsrNVSKCA7A
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But Now?
The body remembers what the mind does not want to accept, and it was no longer my ally.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1FmkFMhzBs
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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?103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnOswgbOdBy
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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.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ70pOJc4HB
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As I eat, I can’t help but feel uncomfortable.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq6Mdr67LTB
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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.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzUdcvlL3Ha
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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.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfmCvbc2ST7
“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.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpQUaKHA19S
“You always this quiet?”
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She waited, arms crossed, expecting… something. A reply, a reaction. Ronin gave her nothing.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeSSFneErAB
After a beat, she huffed a laugh. “Alright, I’ll take that as a yes.”103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8aAC6yOxnI
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“My name is---” she adds103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJz3tc24n9R
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“I know.” I interrupt her103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoN2uetmnRM
“Huh?” she says in a short exhale with slight confusion. I take big sips of soup to finish it faster103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaffdQRBaMp
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“Drax’s Daughter—Gloria, right?.” I say103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSiXOV4QOKu
“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.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7gYpuUWIhy
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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 ask103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa40CWWCigz
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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 giggles103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfpHlBw1NAP
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So she really doesn’t know about Ethis being her mom.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMwy21JYZq5
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“Blood of the gods runs through you nonetheless.” I say103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfApTpVT1Sp
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She laughs softly “Yeah, you can say that.”103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBg6eOowSZj
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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 said103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWecAgvKzsG
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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.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡipWu1eM0xZ
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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…..103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1VHhtElg3r
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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.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc08GUAlnSV
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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.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH5KwebhuuP
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As the old men said, Now I can sleep like a horse seller!103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpOuRBKPtSd
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I lie down on the bed, its comfy, compared to sleeping on rough ground, enough to fit me.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr53mGdBUFM
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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.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2NMDwGHzrU
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“You know how much I hate mutants!” Sil spits103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg3gdZh6yOS
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“I am telling you, He is human!” Warzheil yells back103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhaGDbFVXpk
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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!”103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7hs0mKn2PO
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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 insists103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKQNIDxKg6z
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“Now you have done it HAG!”103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGcwp8KiahS
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Sil gasps “HAG?!”103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsQ7j3ds7u4
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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 shocked103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡalLVH9Fqum
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“Wait, who? Surely you do not mean….” Sil almost shouts but Warzheil interrupts her.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4mi3cNFSvT
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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 says103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfDVLWMeZQT
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Everyone is shocked to103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8xQ2UB37o8
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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.”103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVa6gGUDhbU
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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.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJfOayWtKCY
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Sil notices Gloria.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ26biyTmYOW
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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.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMNNYITJ2g2
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“Make yourselves comfortable kids, this is tale of a legend in making. So, Don’t jump to conclusions.” Warzheil replies103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLxD2ORBjpz
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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.”103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsxcCOyIfHW
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“H-he, killed the demon lord that my father told me fairy tales about?” Gloria hesitates under her mask.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhX5xTRKmGR
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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.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9l6qF1sag0
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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 asks103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2cH2z0rwNj
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“He told me its complicated.” Warzheil says103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡklwd15IAyc
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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 again103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡursFckH5oI
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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.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcUUcSLD4dg
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“You surely saw the lights flash down from heavens and whispers of gods yesterday, right?”103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwlAzvkhB4t
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“You mean the light that appears when heroes kill the demon lord?.....” Sil says103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSK4yROHiYn
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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.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHFMOrIlGQN
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Kade is so shocked his jaw hangs with disbelief.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4tKHfUv414
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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.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrBVYukSKYU
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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.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTH907YGLkD
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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 says103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNPcyB6Uo3s
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“Wait, then why did the demon lord’s weakness not apply on him if he killed him?” Kade asks103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXjoeozAtY3
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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 says103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv3WWqFTEeu
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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.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt22Io8dn6R
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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 says103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyfp2lLBhGp
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Warzheil nods “ and Umm..., Forgive me for raising my voice earlier.” Warzheil says with a sad expression103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt2RM1OCF68
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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 says103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMgxqDL10JL
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“Ahem… kids, you should sleep too.” Warzheil coughs hiding his embarrassment.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOdnH1FkZvk
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And so, everyone goes to sleep.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ41PmR6VdZ0
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Gloria closes her room’s door, and falls on her bed flat on her face as she clutches her pillow.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJskCuyfoyn
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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. ”103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK1zdbbztcY
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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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