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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.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8nluHLLnfp
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“Oh, he is awake!” a man shouts on my left, riding on a strange horse I have never seen before.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXKygmf8ed0
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feeling the subtle bumping sensation, I realise that I am also on one of those horse345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡauLasgEyZH
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In front of me is a man with a broad back but short stature, its Warzheil.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxT7KYEDjRT
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“Where….” I try to speak but a sharp pain shoots up from my chest.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyh8tt3Nwa6
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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 says345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM2bEi9b59Y
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“what….?” The pain surges up again, as if needles were stuck in my lungs.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzihBe09Iew
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What’s he talking about?345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsb7n4QrLeZ
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“Don’t speak, you were hit in the chest. It’s a miracle that you are still alive.” He says345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcXQoErM0U9
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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.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPjw799I87V
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“Wondering what happened ,right? That’s the first thing I tried too.” Warzheil says on which I nod.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhWnhANYf59
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“Jortheus?....” I question with the low wind. So it doesn’t hurt me.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP2oQHNQIAV
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“Dead---a feat for real! Boast about it later though.” Warzheil says345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡglnIUFfa8D
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“What you both talking about under the breath?” Kade inquires.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQtqATgJJal
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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.”345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTRPGVp3T5w
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I nod slowly as a greeting on which Kade nods back in approval.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZo5fop4M2v
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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 says345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbg9Pz2vKSs
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My left arm is now back to normal too.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOgY8Leyci6
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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.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbqNF95ehCn
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“Town is around horizon, Don’t move around too much or your wound may open up.” Warzheil orders me.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRqftk94RWC
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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.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpv6ryDOPsu
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“I am surprised though, Kade. Our hunt crazed princess isn’t hunting these days?” Warzheil asks345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5DlMgsi2UG
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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 replies345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJOeQK0HoYU
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Warzheil almost freezes up, hesitant. We know the truth, but I fear what might happen if she finds out.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqZklTVX7w8
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Before anyone could notice his grim expression I push him lightly, snapping him out of it.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlCHgPGfORp
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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.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz29lAJORMX
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I try to speak but Warzheil saves me the trouble.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVFQZdX5ffj
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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.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS6CHVteH0t
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“No shit? Stop with your bad jokes oldman. You just don’t have it in you.” Kade says345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtcaVaGbiNM
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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.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkKxWzZtf84
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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.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBHZFKCuAdk
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“He has his story, but that’s his to tell.”345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnJdxxoeBbj
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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.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLw6FTBKQtK
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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.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡISFZwpipie
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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.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh3BWBx1Xfy
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She Stands out, so she must be drax’s daughter.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRz6PWenDYQ
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I can barely process all this, as I fight to keep awake.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqQoorQ1mzC
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Everyone is Cheering, some welcoming their sons from Kade’s group.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMhEgRk7ViN
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“Kade, another weak hunt?” Sil asks looking at the meagre stock of hunt and herbs.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0UhTkDdDA3
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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.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ5WuSDQemB
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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.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwAnRu3l6oo
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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.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCjDizTx6h3
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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.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvzRnpdLhVL
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“Sil, this is no time for celebration or grief, my friend here is gravely injured.” Warzheil says with urgence.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAPu4DZKf43
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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.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyk4hlbu7xo
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“Medusa’s poison, Sil” Warzheil almost hisses.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGDEnyQct6c
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Sil stiffens, I notice Gloria flinching upon hearing the words.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbazY7prT4R
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Sil rushes to check my eyes,345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ69FqdIOTS6
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“What’s with your left eye?” She mumbles “And---By the heavens!”345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuv2vxi38Vq
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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.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEDZpp9EOCj
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“Who let this man walk?! Get a stretcher immediately!” Sil yells at some of the hunters who rush into action.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm1aGUSxrBe
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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.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcl6r5lTkG7
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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.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTuT9GVnyIw
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This Strange Pride of mine will someday be my downfall, but its all I have left.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLlsAxKTxur
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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.”345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqOTDjH1YZG
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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 adds345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLcF6vdYleO
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“And that?!” She asks pointing at the blade hanging behind Warzheil, The blade that the demon lord used on me.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ58BeZWQva9
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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,345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf7vKnsfPAW
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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.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ywRJk4hqx
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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,345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmbXwbegcix
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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.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5SGCJ6tOmE
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I- can’t Lose consciousness Here!345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo1bhsvRTTA
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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?345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK1E7FW7Had
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“Giving up already? That’s what I though.”345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoaGDDgV0Ys
“You think you have suffered enough?!”345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOS6O8PStJq
“Going to leave your contracts?”345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzmQGy3PbqY
“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.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnAisbaDQZM
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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.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5WQmZGtkQf
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Gloria gently pokes Ronin—no response, then she puts her index finger under his nose---no breath.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEWCOoFh87Q
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Her breath heavy“ Oh no…..Oldzheil…He-He passed away?!”345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTIf2reTFA7
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“What? While Standing?” Sil says in disbelief covering her mouth with a grim expression.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXUhPnVPT9d
Gloria slowly steps back, her sight never leaving ronin’s unfazed face.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXB9uRuM7Mp
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Warzheil rushed to check Ronin.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWgQTzTMnp6
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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.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwc8qNI0TPx
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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 quicker345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8WLShNjpMe
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“Dear….He—is gone.” Sil says with a sympathetic expression.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ00ewJzowHT
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“Gone?!” Warzheil snaps with anger. “I TOLD you one God.Damn.Thing!, Give urgent treatment to the man!”345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHz3haeebBm
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“You were the one who suggested the rule to….”345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnkw3Le1ChZ
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“Following ‘RULES’!?” he condemns345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDdLCScRE4W
“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 roars345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyZXfYjHiJa
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Losing strength in his feet and his moral hurt, he falls on his knees.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGnlLamtqxf
“I came here in hopes of helping the Him. Oh good lad forgive me, I failed you!.”345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwS0GrDnidQ
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“Dear I, I---” Sil knees down to console Warzheil345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkIaE317KFj
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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.”345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZJmFQuAZZm
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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.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYZn0chlRpJ
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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.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrc1gplnJm0
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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?345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ12x1E8P29A
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Sil is trying to console him.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ67OdQHIW82
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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 him345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO3HGkBXjYT
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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.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm3qnUpCxGo
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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.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI9fjeyYpCF
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Suddenly I feel like someone is forcing me, I lack strength to resist.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Vqfx7sVCO
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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.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrHDRvnR6W8
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I see glimpses of things happening, my wound seemed big.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCpK9BPjTlY
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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.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡincCphGNr4
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“What is he Oldzheil?” Gloria asks345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡztQ9u8gfrf
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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 says345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP462YUNhPO
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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.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ83vEbENqzi
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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 says345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb44FnaPJ0y
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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.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhAFwEfM2mP
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“What?” I whisper to myself.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxQsKnHbQQc
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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.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiZloMOajVY
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“The lad truly has his ancestors blood running in him like he said.” Warzheil says.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2kLOl5DhK6
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“Ancestors?” Kade asks345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzVCPokCTth
“Finally you are here Sil.” Warzheil says345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXhv058F0IA
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“I had to prepare this meal in a hurry, so don’t complain.” She says345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXodu3jdLj5
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The door opens, I slide my eyes gently to look at them. Sil enters from behind with some food.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3oHzBhr7cq
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“Veg food just like you said he liked.” She says looking briefly at Warzheil with smile before returning to me.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJJSuQ9FSq9
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“Are you feeling well now, Ronin?” She asks me with a caring look.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaa20ifvtr8
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I nod slowly.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmhO3F02dRD
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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 asks345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8mWukd4ae8
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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 says345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRuzwrDofAJ
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I muster the strength before finally speaking, powering through the pain which is much cope able now.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ynk06QcTj
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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 ask345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdiStMlxlCx
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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 explains345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOYHxGNuJSy
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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 says345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsHh67DlL1J
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“Sil, don’t force the lad, he just woke up!” Warzheil gives an uneasy suggestion.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNykcjBWbcm
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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 replies345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEQV6zQG7mG
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“That’s…it? I thought you guys were suspicious of me.” I ask345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6gODnCwUE4
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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!”345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5xi0PNyD7P
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“Stop acting like my mom” I say to Warzheil345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡojxC030Wfz
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Warzheil chuckles as they all start going out of the room except Gloria.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ToufpUxs3
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“Gloria?....” Sil asks345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7n9DmQG83e
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“Grandma Sil, you go on ahead, I will wash the dishes once he is finished eating the food.” She says345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVgvtvmnRaU
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After a pause, Sil sighs and agrees.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpV0Xjax9eP
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After a few seconds, the bustling room dies in silence.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdiaN3WJmVe
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I feel all kinds of anxieties. 345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpNOTXv065j
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“Eat up. The food will become cold.” Gloria says which startles me.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxoNCRzdhc7
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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.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ6whH860ni
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At least this way I can avoid her probing eyes.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZqhUFAiXga
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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.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjeu1S1s9M8
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But Now?
The body remembers what the mind does not want to accept, and it was no longer my ally.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfJPWTu3TQY
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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?345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAAmghfxLTE
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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.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOk01jJo4Sc
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As I eat, I can’t help but feel uncomfortable.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDZItsRE7MG
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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.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6aVA691gvT
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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.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWni46tEX4K
“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.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhTOtM7XRMp
“You always this quiet?”
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She waited, arms crossed, expecting… something. A reply, a reaction. Ronin gave her nothing.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWCoI0dbJD4
After a beat, she huffed a laugh. “Alright, I’ll take that as a yes.”345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQEpfUaQ06W
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“My name is---” she adds345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCieJO8t7rQ
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“I know.” I interrupt her345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsxIWGIx1TG
“Huh?” she says in a short exhale with slight confusion. I take big sips of soup to finish it faster345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1g4Olzab24
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“Drax’s Daughter—Gloria, right?.” I say345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoDs1MtuR46
“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.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1q3fSNcuOO
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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 ask345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKLBPx53cKE
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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 giggles345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY8vrG6Jtce
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So she really doesn’t know about Ethis being her mom.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡequqtS1xhI
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“Blood of the gods runs through you nonetheless.” I say345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvIQDyT8ABY
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She laughs softly “Yeah, you can say that.”345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBiFMhg2YJW
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“What about you? You look demi-human yourself.” She asks
Poor girl, I would not want to see her sad when she finds out her Father’s fate. And every time I think this, a haunting question arises, from within me. What will she think when she finds out that her father’s god is me.?345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeGtbGR1YSt
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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 said345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1mrBu9mKMn
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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.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3R3EZ7hwkn
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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…..345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUAwZhRibIH
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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.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcJDBZNZOTO
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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.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3QrZCFt5Vh
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As the old men said, Now I can sleep like a horse seller!345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSw49PNcqeB
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I lie down on the bed, its comfy, compared to sleeping on rough ground, enough to fit me.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPzBiATR26x
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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.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYLfmQiPkkJ
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“You know how much I hate mutants!” Sil spits345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMERg1wOYmQ
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“I am telling you, He is human!” Warzheil yells back345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZa0CuX56qM
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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!”345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFgCsLB83Bv
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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.
Gloria is listening quietly from outside the kitchen.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM30jPQ2wll
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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 insists345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTRdHSQkl7x
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“Now you have done it HAG!”345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJGVploln6u
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Sil gasps “HAG?!”345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrW1GgRWW5L
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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 shocked345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvuoo3UNy3J
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“Wait, who? Surely you do not mean….” Sil almost shouts but Warzheil interrupts her.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxD4pf7cdQv
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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 says345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk3ce9ofo0E
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Everyone is shocked to345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZmzSMdcVB1
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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.”345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBcvdl62Rr5
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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.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAIqVXPxA48
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Sil notices Gloria.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVc050X851Q
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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.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkzbEZCCSlk
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“Make yourselves comfortable kids, this is tale of a legend in making. So, Don’t jump to conclusions.” Warzheil replies345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZryWiVIw2X
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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.”345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOS75uwmOso
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“H-he, killed the demon lord that my father told me fairy tales about?” Gloria hesitates under her mask.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSVfXUJHeBV
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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.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡewYogc8wTj
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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 asks345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk7zLv6MUBp
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“He told me its complicated.” Warzheil says345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBos6zLTQFR
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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 again345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkjDyB0lDz5
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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.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmjOro3Ga9h
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“You surely saw the lights flash down from heavens and whispers of gods yesterday, right?”345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgpMdfQmTI5
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“You mean the light that appears when heroes kill the demon lord?.....” Sil says345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDWb5N9YFgW
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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.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLzt3jmc9vz
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Kade is so shocked his jaw hangs with disbelief.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhR8HPymN7l
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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.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVtfR7fJKvK
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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.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4TXHlOJhW3
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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 says345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyC3LWuvkqY
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“Wait, then why did the demon lord’s weakness not apply on him if he killed him?” Kade asks345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcohBiIuhkb
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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 says345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj1zFjTSv42
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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.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq1JP1pOur4
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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 says345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ29RTt713GE
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Warzheil nods “ and Umm..., Forgive me for raising my voice earlier.” Warzheil says with a sad expression345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcwJCRcbAcN
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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 says345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡscFJM9cy6C
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“Ahem… kids, you should sleep too.” Warzheil coughs hiding his embarrassment.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKBDbWw5oYM
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And so, everyone goes to sleep.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhjMDkDtVOw
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Gloria closes her room’s door, and falls on her bed flat on her face as she clutches her pillow.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMNKI5A4ARn
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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. ”345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ03jUpqBsU0
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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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