A soft whistling sound wakes me up, I find myself in my room. I feel much better, but Getting up is still a challenge as my chest aches every time I try.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYA53u2xH6d
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After a few attempts, I drag myself to the edge of the bed and roll down softly to get up, then walk up to the window.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG0kU9VK4qO
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The sun is not visible but the sky seem dimly lit, stars are still visible, and now that I see it, the planet has two moons, one is blue and another is silver, except the blue moon is broken.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVSRhSBD5yF
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I can hear the whistling sound. And now that I am awake, might as well take a stroll.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡplleuRktF5
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But before that I tie a cloth around my left eye which is making me feel dizzy, this place is filled with energies.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ34FGEGvUui
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I open the window, and using the branches as foot hold, climb down slowly, but just as I am about to reach the bottom, my foot slip and I am about to fall flat on my face, but using my unbelievable strength I use my arms and legs like a cat to spread the impact across the ground.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzD4X2yQlCg
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Although it pains my chest, I power through it276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXjvNJ8w5xR
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“Cool..., lets go.” I say to myself optimistically.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnFOwo7tayz
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But if someone saw me walking around I am sure they would avoid me.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Rta4MwPFD
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There are less people around than I expected, maybe people sleep till sunrise here. And this place feels like it’s based in center of an Oasis, there are lots of trees and bushes.
I follow the sound and arrive into a small clearing not too far away behind the mansion. There are some wooden swords, some sort of equipment.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEH6TprCEi9
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I am sure the whistling sound must be coming from here. But there is no one here?276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFYtricHmuK
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Just kidding, they think they can ambush me, they are on my right in the darkness of the trees. I summon a dagger just in case.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ABxxN2eoH
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I quickly turn towards my right, ready to defend, but the flash of bright golden hair dazed me. I snap into action as the sword nears me, I divert it using calculated precision, tilting it so that the flat side slides against my neck, but suddenly Gloria switches her grip, trying to stop herself.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5GfHHzxUe5
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It works for me but seems like it didn’t quite work for her.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeupxp8imYu
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Gold particles disappearing in the air signified her failed attempt to use her powers.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡikCMCGi4Xo
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I catch her shoulders. Frail looking like any woman’s, But she sure is strong, and It felt like I am holding ambers.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoDMvrKaMeb
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A hissing sound starts to come from my hands.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPC3gW7njwm
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“Get your hands off me!” she says as she tries to force my hands away.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRG9vNa3yJ3
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“You should be in bed. I nearly killed you.” she says276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ85AGi04X3w
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“Don’t flatter yourself, and do you attack people out of the blue if they approach you?” I ask in a serious tone276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS7TXpTZ2at
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“Excellent, so you CAN~ talk?!” she says forcing a hint of surprise and frustration in her voice276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡymqriy7qvn
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“This is my training ground. Restricted. I hate people Intruding during practice.” She says arrogantly.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfCO5uWu6Hc
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She flicks her head to slight right “I didn’t injure you did I?”276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ23EPRkyOQY
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I don’t speak to strangers much, trying to save energy is a habit I developed during my time as the best hitman. She is just my contractor’s daughter.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1YUrM1f6Pz
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I smirk, looking around.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUli8ckp73I
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“Oh, so you can smile. I though you were some serious guy.” She says276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwOu4Mzs0Ph
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I stroll around, looking at the equipment. But as I turn towards Gloria again, I catch a wooden sword. Old memories, unpleasant ones return to me as it instantly crush the sword in my hand and throw it aside.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbrV1k7Y5Lg
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“Wha—Hey! If you didn’t want to practice you could have said so! Why break it?!” she says276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8OEeegoxLx
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“If it were a random person that forced a sword in my hand, they would be draining on the ground by now.” I snap, only to realize that I am way out of line.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB7vs6oDLNS
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“….” Gloria flinches276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvJNpsQ7eTd
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“Sorry. I didn’t intend to do that. Swords and I don’t get along.” I say as I pinch my nose disappointed on myself.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGYleemgfei
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“No, it’s fine.” A small, almost surprised smile touched her lips. “Startling, is all. Not many outside my family dare raise their voice at me.”276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd1Jq4xoV9M
“You aren’t angry?” I ask276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcCjIV7b6zg
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“No, I was just trying to get you to spar with me, forgetting you are injured. I was the one at fault, so I will let you off the hook this once.” she chuckles, mischief in her voice.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrnPXC5atlj
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“A spar?” I considered it. Good exercise, but not worth reopening these wounds. “Maybe Another time.”276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdmKvHiw4vD
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“Then we have a deal?” she asks276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSMWDhszGYJ
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“Deal” I assure her with a thumbs up as I transition into a cross-armed pose.
Keeping up this polite facade was exhausting. So much wasted energy.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc4a74zctHv
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“Last night, Old man said you defeated the demon lord. If you didn’t use a sword, then what did you use?” she ask276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiqD4xUqSVf
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“You want to know?” I ask, she nods immediately.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyhpquB1XST
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I point at the moon to distract her “Oh, look! A bird!” It works like it always does.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡej3BA9hOXg
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I only need moments to summon my spear using my strange powers.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Igf3lSrRo
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Now that it was in my hand, I remember how badly its damaged since the last battle.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnfZyl00OiV
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“Hold on—Where did that come from?” she asks276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzJMvxQc6u8
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“Magic?” I offer with a shrug “Maybe, who knows?” motion276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZgZnclUaki
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“Don’t take me as a fool. That staff was not there before. How did you make it appear out of nowhere? And I know you have an artifact which stops magic around you, mine didn’t work when I attacked you earlier.” she asks276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO3uRsmC9dQ
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I had a feeling she might ask this.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMKJjwjCp2A
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“Fine, It’s a lost technology. I had the staff, but in a miniature form.” I say276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1J2NDrHJlt
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“Hmm, that might explain how you defeated the demon lord.” She murmurs while clutching her chin and the part of the mask covering it.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡinnGtjBqQO
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“What rank are you anyway?” she asks276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ89dI15ydli
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“Rank?” I ask back in confusion276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUXw5qLhgqj
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“Yeah, as in Adventurer Rank. I am called the ‘Flame queen’ and my Rank is called Silver Hand. Burned a Wyvern into a crisp with single blow using my fire magic once Although I was trying to hide my power.” She says with a smug voice.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEnlNhfRi2U
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“Adventurer, huh? I am not one, I am a Hitman.” I say276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ94WsdIVZy
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“Oldzheil did mention that before. What does that even mean? Is that some kind of title?” she asks276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡETpCXFoPaW
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my stomach lets out a deep growl as if a lion roar.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ18i9R1SeKA
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“History can wait for later. But Food? My friend here suggests we Eat.” I say rubbing my stomach under the shirt.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6LwcExwUnQ
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“Now that you mention it, I am hungry too. But…” she hesitates276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXUfLtzplun
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“But I don’t think you would like what I eat.” She says.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQbvtZtH8no
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“Anything that doesn’t scream first.” I pause. “Even a tree will do, if it comes down to it.”276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn4cf76ZNK2
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She giggles “Your sense of humor sucks just like Oldzheil.”276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEtlMkx8cRH
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“Problem with vegetables?” I ask with a flat voice276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK6dq8mZBmp
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“Not at all stupid, as a matter of fact I am veg too.” she says276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSMz4DbeSj7
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“A veg like me in this world? Crazy fantasy world to be in.”276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ93xxbbHHqD
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“HEHE, there are many out there. Meat is quite expensive for common folk. And, eating lower beings is the last thing I want to do,” She says276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRutCoTkSLT
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Gloria starts walking excited, and I follow behind her, we both walk for a few minutes, quite. But then she speaks.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvEdNczUN5f
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“You know, when I first saw you, I Mistook you for some god’s descendant too, Your eyes, although strange, speaks of wisdom and knowledge not meant For humans to achieve your age, It’s unbelievable no matter how I think of it.” She says276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOgZ1g7Yx4h
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“Seems like the Old dwarf spilled more than I expected,” I say.
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Maybe she's right about the age thing, though.
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Telling her I'm decades older felt wrong somehow.
I lost my childhood working to meet expectations; perhaps being young again wasn't so bad. I shift the topic.
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“So—these adventurers—they are what, monster hunters?”276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFGpBvDXvdS
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“It’s an umbrella term, but yeah it involves bandit hunting, monster hunting and many other things.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOrgZ2uEPYy
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“So it’s a freelancing platform for people?” I ask276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu8ix08b3ZR
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“What’s freelancing?” she asks276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzRbn7KmQsm
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“Work on hire.” I say276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaoWAD7dCRr
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“yeah, more or less. How the hell do you don’t know about adventurer’s guild?” Gloria says, suspicion creeping in her voice.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQGxx7TjE5M
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“Geolard scrambled my memory before I met Warzheil. Only the important bits stuck.” I say276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIAei7DGVb4
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“Oh, Oldman didn’t tell us about that.”276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHmKzi49rrl
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“He doesn’t know it as well. I just realized that there was something missing in my head.” I say as I make up a random story.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl1Tijcei2D
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”By the way, you don’t quite speak like how one would expect a goddess, I assume you grew up here and not in a castle?”276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmakT32xy6r
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“It’s that bad? Maybe I should take those classes Sil was telling me to.”276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3egZJpZtbi
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“One’s presence can be powerful when used with knowledge and precision.” I say.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPjnQXpVd9T
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“You should become a Sage.” She laughs276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZI711q2kzf
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“So, What’s your plan after this? Like, what do you want to do in life? You already defeated extremely powerful foes and lived to tell the tale. I am sure you can easily become a captain of some knight’s order in a capital city if you wanted.” She asks276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQonBXEyiIf
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Her ideas are alluring, now that I reflect on it, I never took time to peacefully sit down and think about what I want to do after I found Ava.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡivbjLj42Dl
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“Maybe I will go visit the man who stole my precious sister’s heart, and show him who the boss of the house is!” I say, cracking my knuckles with a grin.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTM6f3kdCWS
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“You mean Ava ‘The Light Borne Hero’, right?” she catches me off-guard by mentioning Ava.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoJL2B6xNOm
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“Oldzheil told us about her too.” She says276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe1D6MsR0WX
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I sneer “That Oldman…...” tightening my fist276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEmPPL7A57H
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“Hehehe, Don’t hold it against him, Grandma Sil has a special spell that forces other to speak more than they intend.” She explains276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7z8pK5IdRx
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“Fine.” The thought of facing Ava still unnerved me. “Doesn't change that I need to see them.”276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWelncyVMZb
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“Why the long face? You think your sister won’t welcome you because you had a fight with her?” she asks276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqJRz4xFpsd
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“It’s---complicated. Right now, she hates me more than I hate the sword” I say276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkvC95ccPmE
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Gloria does not enquire further. But after a moment of quite walking she speaks276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR0aDasBEV5
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“Why not become an adventurer just like me? I have never asked anyone this because no one is worthy around here, but maybe we can become friends?” she says as she spins and walks backward while she face me276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQDYkzIREYM
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“Friends?” I continue after reconsidering. “Hard pass.”276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqv9sN8HHzB
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Gloria, who was excited earlier with her hand raised in joy had suddenly stopped. Her joy was put to an abrupt halt. I stop too.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNamlEfTger
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She must be struck hard, but I cannot be friends with my contractor’s daughter. I don’t want anyone else to be hurt because of me.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEdSUOLzB0c
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But, Then I hear a few sniffs. My heart sinks.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ088FA0CHqB
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Giggles after sniffs “I was just joking? Why would anyone want to be friends out of the blue with someone who attacked them.” She says276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcJghx05Yx8
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“Your father taught you well, arrogance is downfall of the weak who think they are strong..” I says with a small smile as I rub my beard.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo9FkfodL4x
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“So, do you think I can become an Adventurer?” I ask trying to divert from the sobby mood.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl8z0aZOdlt
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“oh, They don’t let mutants into the guild, but I can vouch for you if you want. The local adventurer guild can only promote you till the Elder Silver Hand rank. But after that you will need to go to one of the capitals.” She says276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9UjO0jIiQN
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“Can I ask for your help? Or did I hurt your feelings and you won’t help me?” I ask276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMW9JkN1Rua
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“I am not some fool who dwell on emotions for too long, and you are our guest, so I will help you. We are almost there anyways and Since there is still time until the food stalls open up, we should go there” She says
“Won’t the guild be closed as well?” I ask276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBGETVAVaYx
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“No, it opens up early, since adventurers start coming here.” She says as we walk through the town.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA7Z7di1EFM
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“You will need to fight a monster or instructor to get a rank, which should be breeze for you. But I suggest you take off your artifact when you measure your mana.” gloria says276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFTRfv83WRL
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“Take off? Oh didn’t Warzheil tell you? I cannot take off my artifact. It is bound to me with Curse of Binding.” I say276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwDED1r5DQV
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“Curse of Binding? But that’s a curse lost during time of the Elder Gods. Just how old is that artifact? And how did you even get your hands on it?” She asks with a gasp276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8OknUlXOid
“Well, Geolard had it.” I say276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDw43FRgXPB
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“Oh, that makes sense.” She says with an analytical nod276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOW1Ktl5HFd
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Soon, we arrive near a big, exotic looking building, magical almost.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2CQ2FBMdZn
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The doors are open and a Cat woman is mopping the front of the guild.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBn6U2fQ4za
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“Nya-? Miss Gloria? What brings the Flame Queen so early to the guild?” she asks276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVo4CG0pBus
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“Good morning Canthrine, This is a guest of our house. And he wants to register as an adventurer.”276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgCCxtZqs0Z
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I join my hand as a greeting which confuses them.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXNxR0HJV4C
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“This is the way of greeting in my homeland” I say276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIHeaUWrhE2
“Oh, you gi~yot me nyanfused for a second there. Hahahaha. Go in, Sinfia should be on the reception.” she says with a welcoming gesture.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ535w0TcZZ
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“Hmm… strange man, I couldn’t feel my mana near him.” Canthrine dwells on the thought for a few moments before getting back to her chore.
Gloria nods as we walk into the Adventurer’s Guild. Polished hardwood floors gleamed under soft, magical light emanating from runes carved into the ceiling beams. A long counter dominated one wall, several empty stools before it, while comfortable-looking leather chairs were arranged near a large, unlit hearth on the other side. Quiet, for now.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8cCrq3pohv
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A half Dragon half Human girl sat on the center counter.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn69nODXiq6
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As far as my knowledge go, they are called dragonewt.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ14hB3gsvKU
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There are 5 counter openings and she is on the center.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyISCfxH3l0
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She Seems busy with some paper work, and doesn’t notice us.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrjecDMflpt
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“Hey Sinfia!” Gloria says waving her hand.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ95EL6qod0u
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“Oh, If it isn’t Sister Gloria.” The girl says276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPsmbF8amqT
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“Kid, Where is the receptionist?” I ask, teasing her276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIYehaUTQ9V
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“Wha-?, Excuse me, I am THE receptionist and I am 19, a full fledged adult. And I will soon be posted to a capital city too. Sister, Who is this rude per…..son?!” her voice drifts from annoyed to shocked when she notices my hand.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw1tnMNvXNE
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Seeing her stare at my hand, I and realize that my hand really makes things complex for me.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡexDfsN5D27
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“You mean This? Standard issue. Made For certain specialized… professions.” I say276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOS1cMYffdV
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“A gauntlet?” she asks suspiciously276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV8ZF9IbxOv
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“You don’t need to hide it when I am with you Ronin, I will fill her in later.”276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRhkrZYXB1d
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“If you say so Big sister. But what brings the Flame Queen here today?” Sinfia says, letting her guard down slightest.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVO11faJ4Pu
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“I am here to vouch for this man, Says he wants to be an adventurer.”276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHFVrlSFatR
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“Him? I don’t see much in him though. His left eye is patched by a cloth, his left hand looks like a gauntlet out of the demon treasury.” She says with a bored expression276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv3z5RqJQ2M
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“Fia, If one of your adventurer becomes above Vanquisher Rank, you would finally get a job in one of the main branch, Right?” Gloria says, gesturing at me.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnby98OKmxK
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“So you are telling me this guy here is that capable? Even if it’s you, I need some proof to accept your vouch.” She says276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlAICtn7Jq1
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“A proof? I don’t think we have….” Gloria says but I know exactly what to do.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmkrbtBMWzP
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So I interrupt her as I step forward and put my index finger on the desk. “Listen kiddo, you saw the flash of light in the sky a few nights ago right?”276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXc9sgcyKxY
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“I am not a kid!” she recoils276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqEIJVquHkb
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“Tell me that, When you learn to control your temper. For now answer the question.” I say which annoys her but she answers276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrcw0QU9RD5
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“Yeah, what if I saw it? The Heroes must have defeated the demon lord.” She says276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJYluR8ExFE
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“Heroes didn’t kill that monster.” I lean forward slightly. “I did.”276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ZNMJ6YXoj
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At first Sinfia covers her mouth and then starts laughing wildly almost falling off her chair.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiqdjMIFHdE
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But Shortly after, I hear another giggle. I look up, slightly backing away from the counter, and see a powerfully built woman perched atop a counter. Muscle corded her arms and shoulders, compact and dense beneath practical white clothes and a half-leather jacket, but she moved with a surprising grace when she later jumped down. Not just brute strength, but honed power.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNdvFi7QvaI
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“Guild Master Kainia, You returned from Holy Kingdom?” Gloria asks.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNYbKjj9Hxj
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“Hello, Gloria. Thanks for taking care of our town in my absence.” She says as she jumps down from the top near Gloria.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfRBmIxBWkr
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Walking up to me she realizes something is wrong with her mana, her expression gives her away.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVnagbXKfhL
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Kainia’s eyes narrow on me. “No mana In or around you… An artifact?”276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7byOdkuRA4
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“As expected of the boss of the place. You know your stuff.” I say276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1AxdPphoeW
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The guild master’s expression changes, now she feels like someone who is worth talking to.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWybscMMFQj
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“Kid, going around, telling other that you have precious commodity doesn’t raise fame, it raise chances of death.”276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxrSttSmC3v
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But Her bossy attitude won’t work on me, putting bossy people in their place has been a big part of my history.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3IWeAoW6op
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“I am confident I won’t meet someone who can take it from me, I know just fine how to go against odds.” I say276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7WaioZx47e
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Kainia nods slowly, her sharp eyes assessing me. "So it is true." She lets out a short, barking laugh, devoid of humor. "I like you already kid."276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3F76Fu9oo7
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Kainia leans a hand on the counter, her expression turning serious. "And to think such a youngling is the 'Demon Traitor'. You're already a hot topic in the Holy Kingdom, you know?"276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmzcLYERTSP
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“Me?” I ask276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmtTzVXALGI
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"Yeah, you," Kainia confirms, seemingly enjoying the dramatic effect. "The Holy Kingdom realized you killed the Demon Lord – their prophet, the one who talks to gods, apparently saw the whole thing."
Sinfia gasps, her earlier mockery vanishing, replaced by wide-eyed shock as she glances nervously between me and the Guild Master. She had heard my claim.
"They're saying," Kainia continues, ticking points off on her fingers, "that a 'half-demon' betrayed the demon race..."
Half-demon? Where did they get that? I think, catching Gloria giving me a quick, questioning look.
"...held his own against the Light Borne Hero..."
Gloria's eyes widen “So Oldzheil wasn’t lying?” she asks276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHkTFz8xAc5
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“You still had your doubts, huh?” I ask with a sigh
"...and then killed the Demon Lord," Kainia finishes, driving the point home.
Sinfia looks faint, clutching the counter for support, finally grasping the reality behind my earlier statement. Gloria lets out a slow breath, seemingly confirming this part to herself while the other details swirl.
Kainia smirks slightly. "Made you a wanted criminal and a legend overnight." She pauses, letting the weight of her words settle in the now silent reception area. "Point is, they’ve put out a request to every guild, mine included. Compulsory quest: report any information on your whereabouts."276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeQK4hWGBSJ
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“W-w-wait, tell me you aren’t joking boss!” Sinfia says276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡStrunj5uxd
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“Not at all, Sinfia, you should apologies this man before he eats you.” She says teasingly to Sinfia, which works.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhPDe1aUAcx
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Sinfia is about to get up but I gesture her to sit down and relax.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcfIrwkfs41
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“Ok, first of all, I may look like this, but I am not a Demon. I am human by heart.” I pause “I am here to apply as an adventurer, so, are you going to let me take a test or should I leave? Because I have other things to do.” I get straight to the point.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW5nzdBmC6i
“Hold your horses now, there is no way we can make a demon into an adventurer, but I will make it a special case for you. I have ears around the town you know. Since you are a guest who saved our elder Warzheil, I will be delighted to help you create a fake card.” She suggests276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLtDcUSC3rp
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“I see a fake card….” I dwell on it for a moment276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLupQAg2j94
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“I can register you as a human adventurer with a prostitute hand or something. As for the test, I need you to bring some big hunt with you while you are here. I am sure you don’t want people hunting you know where you are because that’s what will happen if I told the main branches of adventurer guild about you.” She says276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL0FFbJe5Xt
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“I think that’s a good plan, so I just need to register as a newbie, hunt some beasts, and rise through the ranks?” I ask276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTa3VPi8u32
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“Bingo. It seems like our Gloria found a smart boyfriend for herself, I was starting to think she would be alone all her life.” The guild master huffs teasing Gloria.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR4IMw8HRAm
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“B-b-boyfriend? We aren’t like that! How can I- with him.” She starts to stammer.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ThzQxxo7F
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“She is teasing you, snap out of it.” I say in a commanding voice276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHtqbxDoqEa
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“so? What did you decide?” Kainia asks276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrhDSvhGWhk
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“Your proposition is not bad, ok let’s go with that.” I say276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡftQjXBVeBL
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“I will get register you on Steel Sentinel rank which is the 8th rank out of 10, hunt a good beast and I will raise your rank.” She says handing me over a small tempered Blue-Steel wristband that fails to attach to my wrist, so I try to bend it to fit my wrist.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡadz7od3mZt
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“Killing the demon lord has it’s benefits It seems. Thank you. Although it doesn’t fit my hand.” I say trying to fix the band, Gloria turn to leave, I follow her as I fix the band, but Kainia stops us as we near the gate.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡREXcsPDmfg
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“Take this advice to heart. Do not use your powers, items or artifacts openly. Kingdoms rage Wars over such precious commodities. They will try anything to strip you off your things if you are not under a kingdom.” She says276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHonNg1R5RU
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“Why tell me this?” I ask276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtIEwGTwqhV
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“Your ancestors must have worked hard as adventurers to obtain such precious artifact. I can respect that.” She says276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8I1YfxVcqS
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Well, It’s good that she doesn’t know that it’s not an artifact. She is a good person.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR2UX7F3wsg
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We step into the pre-dawn twilight. Just as our eyes adjust, a party of five adventurers approaches the entrance, moving with the synchronized efficiency of a veteran team, their boots crunching softly on the street. Their gear, though travel-worn, is high quality; the leader, encased in gleaming golden plate armor, wears the unmistakable Obsidian Black wristband of a Reaver. The bulky warrior beside him sports the Burnished Bronze of a Vanquisher. Slightly ahead of them, hurrying towards the door while glancing back, is a man in flamboyant silks carrying a lute.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡouSSoRfgTK
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Preoccupied in adjusting my band to my wrist, I don't sidestep quite fast enough as the bard reaches the threshold. Our shoulders collide. He yelps as the waterskin he was lifting flies from his grasp, splashing dark liquid down his colorful tunic.
"Seven bloody hells!" Valerius—the bard—exclaims, stumbling back and staring aghast at the spreading stain with theatrical horror. "My Aquarian silk! Utterly ruined! Have you no eyes, man?!" Real irritation underlies his dramatic tone.
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"Easy, Valerius," the Vanquisher rumbles, planting his heavy frame squarely in the doorway, blocking our path. His Bronze band is prominent as his hand rests near his axe hilt. He looks me up and down, gaze lingering contemptuously on my blue-steel band. "Watch yourself when approaching your betters, Sentinel. Some 'accidents' have steep prices."
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Gloria Step forward, he hair flaring with amber particles.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf9ta9a5ZcF
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Gloria draws herself up beside me, her posture unwavering, her hand near her Polished Silver band. "He was rushing blindly toward an occupied exit. Perhaps even those," she adds coolly, pointedly glancing at the leader's Obsidian Black band, "self proclaimed ‘betters’ should mind their own path."276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0VWAyzqG0Y
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The leader in gold armor remains silent, visor fixed forward, assessing. Behind him, the veiled mage and the shadow figure watch impassively.
Valerius recovers, striking a pose despite his damp tunic. "A tragedy! Such artistry warrants recompense! Perhaps," his eyes flick to Gloria's rank and bearing, "the lady understands? A private performance, maybe?"
I step slightly forward, drawing the focus. "It was unintentional," I state raising my left hand a little suggesting a gesture of de-escalation, my gaze fixed past the others onto the impassive golden helm of the Reaver leader.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHYjsGYAVbD
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My stance is relaxed, although the Vanquisher seems to be raring for a fight.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡznUGOfkwFV
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The Vanquisher bristles. "That all? It seem we need to teach you how to respect elders. You think that Silver Hand protects—"
"Rank means less out here," I cut him off, I say flatly, going out of my way to avoid an unnecessary fight, addressing only the leader. "Rank doesn't grant you the whole doorway. Travel costs coin. And Don't mistake the colour of a man's wristband for the threat he might be hiding just because he works the fields."
The challenge hangs, palpable. The Vanquisher glares, momentarily silenced. Valerius raises an intrigued eyebrow. The leader remains still, but I sense his focus sharpen behind the visor. The veiled mage shifts, lifting a hand subtly.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnHqx7rLleT
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“A small lesson for one so young as you.” She says in a whispering voice.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5nrf1bAzsc
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A faint thrum vibrates the air as mana gathers around her fingertips, Condensing into a sharp water stream aimed my way. It touches the field around me – less than a breath against my senses – and then its form destabilises, falling at my feet, wetting them. A silent crack like static discharge, and the nascent spell vanishes utterly, leaving no trace near my inert Blue-Steel band.
The mage gasps audibly, physically recoiling, her entire frame rigid beneath her veil.
Every member of the Reaver party reacts instantly. The Vanquisher stares, his jaw slackening in disbelief. Valerius pales, eyes wide. The shadow figure becomes a knot of pure tension. The Reaver leader's helmet snaps fully toward me, his stillness radiating sudden, intense scrutiny. An Iron Guard nullifying magic? Impossible.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa2bOC3UCDX
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“Now I am wet too, that makes us Equal.” I say
The Reaver holds the stunned silence for a long, calculating moment, clearly recalibrating the threat assessment. When he finally speaks, his voice is dangerously smooth, stripped bare of any condescension. "Enough. Hedvard" The command is clipped, directed at the Vanquisher, but his unseen eyes bore into me. "Inside. Now."
He starts to turn but pauses deliberately beside me, his presence radiating controlled power. His voice drops, a low murmur meant only for me, sharp as obsidian shards. "Don’t think I didn’t notice your artifact, Sentinel." The leader says with a voice dripping with venom. "Artifacts attract attention. The wrong kind. And that behavior of your will be your gravedigger." He holds my gaze through the visor slit, a silent promise of future scrutiny. "Remember that."
Without awaiting acknowledgment, he brushes past me and disappears through the open doorway into the quiet shadows of the guild hall. The bulky warrior gives me a final, hateful glare before lumbering inside. Valerius, looking thoroughly unnerved, scurries after them, followed swiftly by the still-shaken mage and the silent shadow, their figures quickly swallowed by the hall's depths.
The immediate threat recedes, but the tension lingers heavily in the air, the silence from the empty guild hall behind us somehow amplifying it. Gloria lets out a slow, shaky breath beside me.
"Well," she murmurs, looking from the empty doorway back to me, her expression troubled. "That was… more than I expected. I have a very bad feeling we'll be seeing that Obsidian band again."
I stare into the guild hall's depths where they vanished, the leader's parting words echoing. "No," I agree quietly, a cold certainty settling within me. "I have a feeling this isn’t the last we will see of them." I turn away from the guild entrance. "Let's go I am Hungry."276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaS8cqsuWqP
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And we walk into the streets looking for cuisine that would satiate my hunger.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUcHusqfrQc
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It's an old stubborn habit of mine to observe surrounding to almost minute details even when relaxed. I always feel insecure if I don’t, so I do what I am best at.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlK7esHOYGn
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passers talking about Jortheus’s death, omens, wars and demon attacks on various kingdoms, Species trafficking etc. but there is one interesting think I noticed to be odd.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLw0SgWlDCk
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There were birds chirping in the trees unlike in the Kobe forest, who suddenly went quite. I look around, scanning the trees, but my right eye can see only so much, so I force my left eye open under the bandage while it’s still on it.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkAhLIC7bjN
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I see outlines of beings, as if using some sort of sensor to outline things, even if it makes me nauseous, its handy in these situations and surely I see many figures in the trees watching me.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKqYDpcxJRt
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2 have pointy ears, elves, 1 has ears and a tail, a beastman?, another have a bow and its hiding under a hood, they all have a very thin line of colorful outline unlike gloria whose is overflowing, which means they are suppressing their power, but the hooded person doesn’t have any outline maybe I can try to peek…..I try to focus my left eye on the person, but it sends a dizzying pain in my head, maybe I shouldn’t force my strange powers, I don’t know enough about them.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvNXOZgzAaF
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They aren’t too bad, but they are unlucky I am the best at the game they are playing. I smirk at them to put them off their game.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOb7BuUb6Yj
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anyone would see me as crazed guy if they saw me smirking to thin air but I am certain I saw them flinch. I can even hear bits of murmur if I concentrate my enhanced hearing, but its no use.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLKipZ2ikPm
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I notice them using sign language and then using magic to disappear like they were never there.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOisypnRXpD
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“Hey! What you gawking at up there? The stall is very close, come on I am hungry too, it’s Oldzheil favorite too.” Gloria shouts from a distance which snaps me from the Simulator phase of my thoughts.
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