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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.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwtJXVgWA02
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“Oh, he is awake!” a man shouts on my left, riding on a strange horse I have never seen before.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqagH6uwMeF
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feeling the subtle bumping sensation, I realise that I am also on one of those horse95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwHsQYiBXUA
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In front of me is a man with a broad back but short stature, its Warzheil.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ853nkXDzeq
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“Where….” I try to speak but a sharp pain shoots up from my chest.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6WbAAvEPoD
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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 says95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR6paQOppTT
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“what….?” The pain surges up again, as if needles were stuck in my lungs.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhLkiLQ1IcQ
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What’s he talking about?95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOt3yXDGtrs
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“Don’t speak, you were hit in the chest. It’s a miracle that you are still alive.” He says95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvepQila5NE
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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.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfTAKzFM8cq
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“Wondering what happened ,right? That’s the first thing I tried too.” Warzheil says on which I nod.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbOA7KeqOnq
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“Jortheus?....” I question with the low wind. So it doesn’t hurt me.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡreQQwFkggI
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“Dead---a feat for real! Boast about it later though.” Warzheil says95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcnWsYhdlCD
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“What you both talking about under the breath?” Kade inquires.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjwBc3TXjgN
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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.”95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIPZizgDmWk
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I nod slowly as a greeting on which Kade nods back in approval.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4m2OP2O8Rg
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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 says95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBOfzJqZLew
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My left arm is now back to normal too.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡko35DqDGKB
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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.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcceq3HgFKN
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“Town is around horizon, Don’t move around too much or your wound may open up.” Warzheil orders me.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMKOwjQBlzz
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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.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLLJbjNwkrX
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“I am surprised though, Kade. Our hunt crazed princess isn’t hunting these days?” Warzheil asks95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3L17fqSsmv
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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 replies95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1VkNXgyGFt
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Warzheil almost freezes up, hesitant. We know the truth, but I fear what might happen if she finds out.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAHWCNs5IZx
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Before anyone could notice his grim expression I push him lightly, snapping him out of it.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡza6rEDIcd1
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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.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEfOUA9Ou7z
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I try to speak but Warzheil saves me the trouble.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp2bVPFlLPH
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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.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDlZi8J74ad
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“No shit? Stop with your bad jokes oldman. You just don’t have it in you.” Kade says95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmSF3b9gkwR
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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.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzydk3TcNig
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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.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5LisvOSviH
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“He has his story, but that’s his to tell.”95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0pPfuvf9Yx
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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.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrMdqnwfy3W
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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.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQprUHpwq0l
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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.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJp7xMo3jZt
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She Stands out, so she must be drax’s daughter.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCXeSyZ5jqs
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I can barely process all this, as I fight to keep awake.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8JqLqagpoU
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Everyone is Cheering, some welcoming their sons from Kade’s group.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzPcNjl6FkV
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“Kade, another weak hunt?” Sil asks looking at the meagre stock of hunt and herbs.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq6LZ8BxbBb
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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.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz9bOtxHRnn
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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.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4yl9G3J70Q
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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.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMyWqqN3JPo
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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.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTSnK1aoPSi
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“Sil, this is no time for celebration or grief, my friend here is gravely injured.” Warzheil says with urgence.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLS6jYP10vL
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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.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPash83hckU
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“Medusa’s poison, Sil” Warzheil almost hisses.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMCVtGv2bM1
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Sil stiffens, I notice Gloria flinching upon hearing the words.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ97GVjJJLMh
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Sil rushes to check my eyes,95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQQLFrrzMX6
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“What’s with your left eye?” She mumbles “And---By the heavens!”95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvUtu7n5HUO
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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.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy4Vq1HUQ3o
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“Who let this man walk?! Get a stretcher immediately!” Sil yells at some of the hunters who rush into action.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZIB2HMcC6P
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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.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡByaJa6WXMx
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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.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkzzwv0ahQl
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This Strange Pride of mine will someday be my downfall, but its all I have left.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaanNjXCCXd
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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.”95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7OL5Az5uda
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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 adds95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVCawsIcpOz
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“And that?!” She asks pointing at the blade hanging behind Warzheil, The blade that the demon lord used on me.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVk1v4iiADB
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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,95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr4MSN5Spb1
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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.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpO5firwrji
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“It’s a long story, but first we need to treat him.”
“I cannot risk it without knowing, I am the chief here and you know it.” Sil says95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMOYKYqgXUg
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“Right now?… fine! I was in….” Warzheil speaks but I can no longer hear,95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOSZer3zYpq
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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.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR8bmOPareJ
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I- can’t Lose consciousness Here!95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfiDXMbIVHB
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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?95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlDnHvJ8nQZ
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“Giving up already? That’s what I though.”95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8JsIyhXeDO
“You think you have suffered enough?!”95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYF9Q2OgV4x
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“Breaking your code?” My own voices eco, as if around me. It feels strange but I feel a fire ignite in me.
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Gloria’s sharp eyes flicked over Ronin—his tattered form, the raw exhaustion written across his stance. There was something wrong. A man in his condition should be trembling, should be struggling to keep upright. Yet, there he stood, not relaxed, but poised. Like a blade left in its sheath, edge unseen but present nonetheless.
She crossed her arms, not out of indifference, but to keep her hands from fidgeting. He was an enigma. And Gloria hated enigmas.
But there was something haunting about him, she notices a dullness in Ronin’s eyes as if Staring into the abyss. She slowly and hesitantly walks up to Ronin, waves her hand a little.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnxVPqILunw
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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.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZvS74QDFdM
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Gloria gently pokes Ronin—no response, then she puts her index finger under his nose---no breath.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU4Xuu7bsjP
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Her breath heavy“ Oh no…..Oldzheil…He-He passed away?!”95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Xh3sp5ivH
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“What? While Standing?” Sil says in disbelief covering her mouth with a grim expression.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk85z2b3Jt0
Gloria slowly steps back, her sight never leaving ronin’s unfazed face.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk9kHO1TLcz
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Warzheil rushed to check Ronin.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ArsF3BoDD
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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.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCuv20TQonN
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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 quicker95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ65GnNlGYS1
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“Dear….He—is gone.” Sil says with a sympathetic expression.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5lu0vRb4Te
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“Gone?!” Warzheil snaps with anger. “I TOLD you one God.Damn.Thing!, Give urgent treatment to the man!”95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdG1hsuG81s
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“You were the one who suggested the rule to….”95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqLvaAHElhe
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“You would follow RULES when a man is suffering silently Infront of you?! I made Rules to save people not to let them DIE!” he roars95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEyurQHo0W7
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Losing strength in his feet and his moral hurt, he falls on his knees.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP2sRNRMzyg
“I came here in hopes of helping the Him. Oh good lad forgive me, I failed you!.”95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4IUXZqjkMb
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“Dear I, I---” Sil knees down to console Warzheil95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQFxPqMuZqP
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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.”95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0o1rnQlVrV
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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.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8D2omTXGZS
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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.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDJUlEbhkBl
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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?95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmokdtGrB4T
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Sil is trying to console him.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTgcj6PQRqP
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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 him95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKt9rELx8us
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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.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlSCdsJOPer
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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.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡedSuyVjmZ4
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Suddenly I feel like someone is forcing me, I lack strength to resist.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjMIPJnE1eR
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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.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjjZmrhc3i0
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I see glimpses of things happening, my wound seemed big.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP1OqqBqRvA
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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.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEmAMFRB0wI
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“What is he Oldzheil?” Gloria asks95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOn64aVv0lC
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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 says95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbGCTCMHhPv
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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.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQxVP63MC1d
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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 says95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAyb6FyUVsV
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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.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOug6Gvo2JT
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“What?” I whisper to myself.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHo1OPZxxKd
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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.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWbl4zv5ifH
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“The lad truly has his ancestors blood running in him like he said.” Warzheil says.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpKVWeoXGGb
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“Ancestors?” Kade asks95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHlq4TGy2Ng
“Finally you are here Sil.” Warzheil says95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTHpdXtTWm7
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“I had to prepare this meal in a hurry, so don’t complain.” She says95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQNwMBPCsZc
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The door opens, I slide my eyes gently to look at them. Sil enters from behind with some food.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5NxyQQxhEk
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“Veg food just like you said he liked.” She says looking briefly at Warzheil with smile before returning to me.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpng9DjV13h
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“Are you feeling well now, Ronin?” She asks me with a caring look.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhkX9l8S2dI
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I nod slowly.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTasG9SdtaS
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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 asks95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFVHGo71P5g
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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 says95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO3wkzwpA9X
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I muster the strength before finally speaking, powering through the pain which is much cope able now.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlpjhvuX51P
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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 ask95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6zVaoA4bzZ
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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 explains95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeQnfR3p0XK
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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 says95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ88e5ALYjde
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“Sil, don’t force the lad, he just woke up!” Warzheil gives an uneasy suggestion.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ66xr3OfXWQ
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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 replies95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj7Z0e238Xf
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“That’s…it? I thought you guys were suspicious of me.” I ask95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoY4c4hMwJY
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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!”95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxuRx0iDklJ
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“Stop acting like my mom” I say to Warzheil95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ry0UKjs7P
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Warzheil chuckles as they all start going out of the room except Gloria.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSbkItnlB34
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“Gloria?....” Sil asks95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWOBMGgJKy9
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“Grandma Sil, you go on ahead, I will wash the dishes once he is finished eating the food.” She says95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvE3qlaZ05D
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After a pause, Sil sighs and agrees.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKn4HpFxTIG
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After a few seconds, the bustling room dies in silence.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxEvKai737k
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I feel all kinds of anxieties. 95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡICP8ExqN94
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“Eat up. The food will become cold.” Gloria says which startles me.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡix82k80nV8
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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.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqrQEXMWsJu
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At least this way I can avoid her probing eyes.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVhZrBM36o7
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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.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHeVbDu07KZ
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But Now?
The body remembers what the mind does not want to accept, and it was no longer my ally.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡso96kGV2e7
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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?95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpS6ciM8Kv6
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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.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqnoOdGrKmW
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As I eat, I can’t help but feel uncomfortable.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3E6V7RQWd2
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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.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSkwHm2zifr
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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.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxdxJHeT1ia
“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.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUdzC4FZaBg
“You always this quiet?”
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She waited, arms crossed, expecting… something. A reply, a reaction. Ronin gave her nothing.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi0jEXPplM9
After a beat, she huffed a laugh. “Alright, I’ll take that as a yes.”95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOJhUM9QIwo
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“My name is---” she adds95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIklvZUch1k
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“I know.” I interrupt her95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeGCYP5ijVL
“Huh?” she says in a short exhale with slight confusion. I take big sips of soup to finish it faster95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡowEAIJq8BV
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“Drax’s Daughter—Gloria, right?.” I say95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA2EurRhAZY
“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.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxPvYp8XBpA
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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 ask95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIRbVLqVaiy
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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 giggles95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK9ORlpnM6F
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So she really doesn’t know about Ethis being her mom.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPaYE4TDCjo
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“Blood of the gods runs through you nonetheless.” I say95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDKZk1a1LMY
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She laughs softly “Yeah, you can say that.”95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhvNzC4Ywg6
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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.?95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrgaOUL5NYw
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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 said95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX2buqWQWqN
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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.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡksoSAXPx8l
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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…..95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsMHOMiZ6i7
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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.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhRnI6sR0sn
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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.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgvyN6Sxfkp
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As the old men said, Now I can sleep like a horse seller!95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh8fvZS0sG7
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I lie down on the bed, its comfy, compared to sleeping on rough ground, enough to fit me.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2POEMYV8Ux
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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.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmyACzQnjPt
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“You know how much I hate mutants!” Sil spits95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe3bQ693klW
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“I am telling you, He is human!” Warzheil yells back95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqKoj73Eqea
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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!”95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKb7msXVyBq
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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.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC1lgyXhb9s
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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 insists95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8svlcNQu1Z
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“Now you have done it HAG!”95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwMAt8fBSZx
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Sil gasps “HAG?!”95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRWtWJILLDV
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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 shocked95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhin9y0k5Dj
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“Wait, who? Surely you do not mean….” Sil almost shouts but Warzheil interrupts her.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDi4Wk4B7m3
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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 says95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUmDAHnoWw1
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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.”95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkZddhLnVws
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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.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHERhNxe5nm
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Sil notices Gloria.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM0753UahHx
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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.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJjJ2IMJcFd
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“Make yourselves comfortable kids, this is tale of a legend in making. So, Don’t jump to conclusions.” Warzheil replies95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2qHBN1Vlsu
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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.”95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTNKtvpH79E
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“H-he, killed the demon lord that my father told me fairy tales about?” Gloria hesitates under her mask.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHI93u703Vo
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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.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQdYZw7XEX1
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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 asks95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwUKUXQgeP4
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“He told me its complicated.” Warzheil says95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt8WmMPZXu4
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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 again95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUnliE6a6eD
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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.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5I264KbADD
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“You surely saw the lights flash down from heavens and whispers of gods yesterday, right?”95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGOpn8W8PuC
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“You mean the light that appears when heroes kill the demon lord?.....” Sil says95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMCsPpd03ni
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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.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx8v3np28gw
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Kade is so shocked his jaw hangs with disbelief.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6rsp0rZCnt
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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.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0a7VYCTI8q
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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.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzykebtlwq1
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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 says95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJuYfIReYOK
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“Wait, then why did the demon lord’s weakness not apply on him if he killed him?” Kade asks95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjezdR44dxa
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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 says95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFj6avwcNtx
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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.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxHyFTrMD0U
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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 says95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡccfTT5UJHF
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Warzheil nods “ and Umm..., Forgive me for raising my voice earlier.” Warzheil says with a sad expression95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6SQ1tHc66M
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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 says95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡizAkI3hPtD
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“Ahem… kids, you should sleep too.” Warzheil coughs hiding his embarrassment.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQRqv1bN4ig
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And so, everyone goes to sleep.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwFBjoegHIv
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Gloria closes her room’s door, and falls on her bed flat on her face as she clutches her pillow.95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuPYysHZuOp
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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. ”95Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhIQ2BzDTr6
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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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