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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.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqWruOxmUJR
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“Oh, he is awake!” a man shouts on my left, riding on a strange horse I have never seen before.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHG9pMHG1Ei
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feeling the subtle bumping sensation, I realise that I am also on one of those horse346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7XMxoxXBV6
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In front of me is a man with a broad back but short stature, its Warzheil.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxoR281vvFT
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“Where….” I try to speak but a sharp pain shoots up from my chest.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaehEFDDelo
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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 says346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6VuW28U4Cr
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“what….?” The pain surges up again, as if needles were stuck in my lungs.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmHTMSVcAqL
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What’s he talking about?346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM1CdkpUb1D
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“Don’t speak, you were hit in the chest. It’s a miracle that you are still alive.” He says346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmtgIYMu9Qw
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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.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3NHW8GGkw7
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“Wondering what happened ,right? That’s the first thing I tried too.” Warzheil says on which I nod.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8nZ5qMGWHR
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“Jortheus?....” I question with the low wind. So it doesn’t hurt me.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ39DyqCdIuQ
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“Dead---a feat for real! Boast about it later though.” Warzheil says346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgQqBtz8lBb
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“What you both talking about under the breath?” Kade inquires.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyDQq7ugqLJ
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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.”346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvYV9fxdtmN
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I nod slowly as a greeting on which Kade nods back in approval.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUaiVRp779B
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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 says346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOS1AJ5uCTZ
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My left arm is now back to normal too.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ00NcIJfv00
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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.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEOXAl1ckCw
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“Town is around horizon, Don’t move around too much or your wound may open up.” Warzheil orders me.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEwN2EWVhUU
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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.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxjfBaA1D1l
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“I am surprised though, Kade. Our hunt crazed princess isn’t hunting these days?” Warzheil asks346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJiEbfZWgWb
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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 replies346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU7BwmMfzMs
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Warzheil almost freezes up, hesitant. We know the truth, but I fear what might happen if she finds out.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhTzYei8lYC
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Before anyone could notice his grim expression I push him lightly, snapping him out of it.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyERNkJOGXU
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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.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfU1Im1ihNo
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I try to speak but Warzheil saves me the trouble.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhIkWr4zbDJ
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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.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHwKMVJTzvh
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“No shit? Stop with your bad jokes oldman. You just don’t have it in you.” Kade says346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiHkRYGm6nJ
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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.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBPhxELp0h7
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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.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGPJg3ksFkK
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“He has his story, but that’s his to tell.”346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQMBFeUzlvg
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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.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ73FbqsKqkn
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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.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa139bAHzKf
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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.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLgZoVJSCRE
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She Stands out, so she must be drax’s daughter.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡydWSjbmNdb
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I can barely process all this, as I fight to keep awake.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZW2nXgDjW9
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Everyone is Cheering, some welcoming their sons from Kade’s group.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0kb6gdI2Y8
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“Kade, another weak hunt?” Sil asks looking at the meagre stock of hunt and herbs.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdcBCA4ioDI
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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.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2JCWXmHUJ8
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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.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcTK1jD5muv
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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.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFUjvV9bPwJ
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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.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNw7f9n4wsD
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“Sil, this is no time for celebration or grief, my friend here is gravely injured.” Warzheil says with urgence.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8MCIide6Ka
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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.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj0QhoqBOjI
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“Medusa’s poison, Sil” Warzheil almost hisses.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAo150ZZugK
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Sil stiffens, I notice Gloria flinching upon hearing the words.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7GVOm6sxiF
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Sil rushes to check my eyes,346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIaoy0KYTdR
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“What’s with your left eye?” She mumbles “And---By the heavens!”346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGSnhijWwUq
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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.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ02XYbPLmQV
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“Who let this man walk?! Get a stretcher immediately!” Sil yells at some of the hunters who rush into action.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgATuU6GtcZ
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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.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbOxtF44RMN
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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.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYO9XV94TVe
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This Strange Pride of mine will someday be my downfall, but its all I have left.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡomaQhxJQ4X
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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.”346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwszgNG55Bu
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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 adds346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAz83BcFvMU
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“And that?!” She asks pointing at the blade hanging behind Warzheil, The blade that the demon lord used on me.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtjtdi2NYCQ
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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,346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuqbGkrCaBZ
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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.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqcfqeawksk
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“It’s a long story, but first we need to treat him.”
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“Right now?… fine! I was in….” Warzheil speaks but I can no longer hear,346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzddep8ObsI
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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.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpFsViJ5V9X
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I- can’t Lose consciousness Here!346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6NL6E7HvWR
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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?346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9E625qEWuV
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“Giving up already? That’s what I though.”346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWv0gXZzyOX
“You think you have suffered enough?!”346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLmHVxi92Q0
“Going to leave your contracts?”346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfmZF762AuG
“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.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS0Nf1YdlZR
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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.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsEIxAFb8Mp
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Gloria gently pokes Ronin—no response, then she puts her index finger under his nose---no breath.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0jEnjzI8au
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Her breath heavy“ Oh no…..Oldzheil…He-He passed away?!”346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1PBiifu7ca
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“What? While Standing?” Sil says in disbelief covering her mouth with a grim expression.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMAV8IcZ2dY
Gloria slowly steps back, her sight never leaving ronin’s unfazed face.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4DUzVBhk9F
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Warzheil rushed to check Ronin.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIXRwZdjmY6
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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.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEiPd7i1RN1
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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 quicker346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxOCqKHzjzK
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“Dear….He—is gone.” Sil says with a sympathetic expression.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqTHtFXT1Xq
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“Gone?!” Warzheil snaps with anger. “I TOLD you one God.Damn.Thing!, Give urgent treatment to the man!”346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ffM8Ipq6r
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“You were the one who suggested the rule to….”346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmdVcEoIuMb
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“Following ‘RULES’!?” he condemns346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5WUDqsPNuZ
“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 roars346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiSYtvzibps
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Losing strength in his feet and his moral hurt, he falls on his knees.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlSIiBx6UD6
“I came here in hopes of helping the Him. Oh good lad forgive me, I failed you!.”346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe4rIV3EwNA
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“Dear I, I---” Sil knees down to console Warzheil346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyvaHysjAGK
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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.”346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvcij9q8n2P
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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.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqfYuyVAHts
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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.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL1nSfYAc7n
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What’s going on with me?346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6eizqfgTKq
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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?346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡazBU545ONn
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Sil is trying to console him.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLX9mUW85YJ
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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 him346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV7OkhuatLV
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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.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCr6xr2Xzus
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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.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeJZfzCS4ET
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Suddenly I feel like someone is forcing me, I lack strength to resist.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn3yLJy7WAK
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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.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoMLmZTyGu1
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I see glimpses of things happening, my wound seemed big.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhzpJCAfUnO
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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.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLmmEUReFPO
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“What is he Oldzheil?” Gloria asks346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRdCj9UGyim
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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 says346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0wezlXU0Ww
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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.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ79n36NJ5QR
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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 says346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpM9TvdMIbA
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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.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBCKLHuw1u3
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“What?” I whisper to myself.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUN8Zb7fzuS
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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.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8hqkJnfGKS
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“The lad truly has his ancestors blood running in him like he said.” Warzheil says.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjBoWJfIPjE
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“Ancestors?” Kade asks346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOcKcCunAj2
“Finally you are here Sil.” Warzheil says346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCB0lVIiR8D
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“I had to prepare this meal in a hurry, so don’t complain.” She says346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE1DWVkOElm
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The door opens, I slide my eyes gently to look at them. Sil enters from behind with some food.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzd2W5oTIaA
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“Veg food just like you said he liked.” She says looking briefly at Warzheil with smile before returning to me.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCRmtQDYk0V
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“Are you feeling well now, Ronin?” She asks me with a caring look.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIi0OjIQ2Wi
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I nod slowly.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLwUFCHLtfj
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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 asks346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaDEYsA29WA
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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 says346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi0VeT8BXAS
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I muster the strength before finally speaking, powering through the pain which is much cope able now.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLRtb9gylWR
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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 ask346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOBPbaiXkFq
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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 explains346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3IcXF951Gs
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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 says346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEAABKnYEk6
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“Sil, don’t force the lad, he just woke up!” Warzheil gives an uneasy suggestion.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3i27g3VqUa
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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 replies346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Kce8B8fkb
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“That’s…it? I thought you guys were suspicious of me.” I ask346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYNUVCTwDyi
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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!”346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhE4Jmronzu
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“Stop acting like my mom” I say to Warzheil346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQJjmyonyoU
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Warzheil chuckles as they all start going out of the room except Gloria.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzqAJhX3Opq
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“Gloria?....” Sil asks346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfzXbnAoisI
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“Grandma Sil, you go on ahead, I will wash the dishes once he is finished eating the food.” She says346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKxOZU18jes
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After a pause, Sil sighs and agrees.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1eFlGlyFhf
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After a few seconds, the bustling room dies in silence.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ247toGJk7n
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I feel all kinds of anxieties. 346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1DpEb3KJ4M
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“Eat up. The food will become cold.” Gloria says which startles me.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7elwhhSwc3
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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.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfjfj1ggLaY
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At least this way I can avoid her probing eyes.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxW7ngCxqKk
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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.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWYFoM0G3K9
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But Now?
The body remembers what the mind does not want to accept, and it was no longer my ally.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6UEwHHgiHf
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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?346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡenlNaIJEBe
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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.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXf6zxsLPTL
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As I eat, I can’t help but feel uncomfortable.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡejirxQHc2t
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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.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD3PzmmZp1l
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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.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmtP1ouxE7j
“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.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkcCxSoWz9M
“You always this quiet?”
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She waited, arms crossed, expecting… something. A reply, a reaction. Ronin gave her nothing.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv58NXKITWw
After a beat, she huffed a laugh. “Alright, I’ll take that as a yes.”346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡENeTbs6Kyv
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“My name is---” she adds346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6QtkUpNUYF
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“I know.” I interrupt her346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFdCrk5l0xv
“Huh?” she says in a short exhale with slight confusion. I take big sips of soup to finish it faster346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmqlC4dXoWY
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“Drax’s Daughter—Gloria, right?.” I say346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGxz95TfJ4e
“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.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKW1cdLFAHw
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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 ask346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Tme8nPxu5
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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 giggles346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRpSY18DSSw
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So she really doesn’t know about Ethis being her mom.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhUiVGKPc3J
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“Blood of the gods runs through you nonetheless.” I say346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsHSd9voaT2
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She laughs softly “Yeah, you can say that.”346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjQlSD7VUZ8
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“What about you? You look demi-human yourself.” She asks
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“I happened to have an accident with a deadly demon. He tried to take over my body--but failed, leaving my body like this.” I said346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzDolj9t9OY
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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.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzGiT9ESQbr
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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…..346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4PVJQRGlAe
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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.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6bQ8soKN0H
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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.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRgnCVwUUlb
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As the old men said, Now I can sleep like a horse seller!346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqq4ieYND8y
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I lie down on the bed, its comfy, compared to sleeping on rough ground, enough to fit me.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2wvuugilkJ
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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.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPJ1mNyljr0
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“You know how much I hate mutants!” Sil spits346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXpj36xXqOb
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“I am telling you, He is human!” Warzheil yells back346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcIj3BTahHu
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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!”346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZBijq3cQcU
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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.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM3i6xCxBOl
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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 insists346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHYl4KscXat
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“Now you have done it HAG!”346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9JYYTxTEPM
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Sil gasps “HAG?!”346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfP2Y9yNkuP
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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 shocked346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv5ArBtPFiX
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“Wait, who? Surely you do not mean….” Sil almost shouts but Warzheil interrupts her.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTlQASoMwW0
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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 says346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQxmv1nBI6G
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Everyone is shocked to346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyUUwsNisy0
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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.”346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0XMdDvvBwT
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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.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡygBczaFggm
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Sil notices Gloria.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO7OF9Xq2i1
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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.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLEIh9NMoy2
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“Make yourselves comfortable kids, this is tale of a legend in making. So, Don’t jump to conclusions.” Warzheil replies346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRJhZUkQagw
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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.”346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl3Wm8LSkac
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“H-he, killed the demon lord that my father told me fairy tales about?” Gloria hesitates under her mask.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTJ44nl8RPT
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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.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPOfJjgZU0c
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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 asks346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKiIqjRhAky
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“He told me its complicated.” Warzheil says346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtNRbKyIwSc
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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 again346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhfNGrBU9mZ
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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.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXMpP4f1ZCA
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“You surely saw the lights flash down from heavens and whispers of gods yesterday, right?”346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiIfoRF3Qhq
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“You mean the light that appears when heroes kill the demon lord?.....” Sil says346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP5LIUIjmaa
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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.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmITuNJc5Vx
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Kade is so shocked his jaw hangs with disbelief.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwW51VvYeEI
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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.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmcItKUt57C
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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.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Fd0ElPeMx
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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 says346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcyf18dM91B
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“Wait, then why did the demon lord’s weakness not apply on him if he killed him?” Kade asks346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhzCTMVlabQ
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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 says346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7zAOox8Ktg
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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.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcbjf21Rnsm
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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 says346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5lrzmrazfI
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Warzheil nods “ and Umm..., Forgive me for raising my voice earlier.” Warzheil says with a sad expression346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCls5qIYQbR
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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 says346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkfI3UTWw4Y
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“Ahem… kids, you should sleep too.” Warzheil coughs hiding his embarrassment.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgcs2MHFt2O
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And so, everyone goes to sleep.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQE9PMQb9UJ
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Gloria closes her room’s door, and falls on her bed flat on her face as she clutches her pillow.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz2lkAcxGKn
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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. ”346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡofFo801gsH
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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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