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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.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyx89T2FEfC
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“Oh, he is awake!” a man shouts on my left, riding on a strange horse I have never seen before.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn4S5DxYSYL
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feeling the subtle bumping sensation, I realise that I am also on one of those horse80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNBoauuJQLg
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In front of me is a man with a broad back but short stature, its Warzheil.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡssdxsx9JPK
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“Where….” I try to speak but a sharp pain shoots up from my chest.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6AD6DiIJvc
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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 says80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaUL7ItNNGC
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“what….?” The pain surges up again, as if needles were stuck in my lungs.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo1Ue0bh3vy
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What’s he talking about?80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt7aA5wDZ0A
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“Don’t speak, you were hit in the chest. It’s a miracle that you are still alive.” He says80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWvNZNbyJEa
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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.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMuhkmwwqd7
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“Wondering what happened ,right? That’s the first thing I tried too.” Warzheil says on which I nod.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGJ9nBEiqEK
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“Jortheus?....” I question with the low wind. So it doesn’t hurt me.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYSkTngiPRz
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“Dead---a feat for real! Boast about it later though.” Warzheil says80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkHtXKVgUR2
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“What you both talking about under the breath?” Kade inquires.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe8va2UM967
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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.”80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSkJBUJebPE
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I nod slowly as a greeting on which Kade nods back in approval.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0SdA4mwCsn
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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 says80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA58DWbxKAw
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My left arm is now back to normal too.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGOmKqwdU4b
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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.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMGoBDgkzP7
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“Town is around horizon, Don’t move around too much or your wound may open up.” Warzheil orders me.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK5tCZEgtBr
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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.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkd4gTZpodn
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“I am surprised though, Kade. Our hunt crazed princess isn’t hunting these days?” Warzheil asks80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIirp0mjmzR
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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 replies80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPvJwAqBYFl
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Warzheil almost freezes up, hesitant. We know the truth, but I fear what might happen if she finds out.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsajHAoLSLG
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Before anyone could notice his grim expression I push him lightly, snapping him out of it.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ15l9zgwDfu
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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.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFtQelJyQdS
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I try to speak but Warzheil saves me the trouble.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK50dpnSxCu
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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.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ01zVfHLz97
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“No shit? Stop with your bad jokes oldman. You just don’t have it in you.” Kade says80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbNDDn8f2hQ
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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.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiL944P3QIT
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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.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZWmAOcjsk7
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“He has his story, but that’s his to tell.”80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYfvnEYAsdj
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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.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCiepMgAAAQ
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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.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnZBsXqVcyr
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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.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdurJHUY5Xw
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She Stands out, so she must be drax’s daughter.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2hr9KCa1dl
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I can barely process all this, as I fight to keep awake.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡajmWrEsu2q
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Everyone is Cheering, some welcoming their sons from Kade’s group.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYcc5XzQ2Vn
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“Kade, another weak hunt?” Sil asks looking at the meagre stock of hunt and herbs.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFv3y0ClUkz
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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.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXQhfLPez8H
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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.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQQ1pN1eF1E
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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.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlb2bDdofI2
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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.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMmOChonita
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“Sil, this is no time for celebration or grief, my friend here is gravely injured.” Warzheil says with urgence.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCE8Q0NwJ8n
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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.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTcvLZHSrTt
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“Medusa’s poison, Sil” Warzheil almost hisses.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMSCgN4QZmc
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Sil stiffens, I notice Gloria flinching upon hearing the words.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2iWfY6CKWv
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Sil rushes to check my eyes,80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ13XX053d6f
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“What’s with your left eye?” She mumbles “And---By the heavens!”80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOeLEY0eQtL
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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.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsOxQ5g9oJ9
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“Who let this man walk?! Get a stretcher immediately!” Sil yells at some of the hunters who rush into action.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpBesmoWhfR
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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.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDptATzUbVK
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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.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFay7iG0U6Q
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This Strange Pride of mine will someday be my downfall, but its all I have left.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyAWq9iQKsm
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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.”80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaBo9oiSwpS
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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 adds80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrljJ29mkt6
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“And that?!” She asks pointing at the blade hanging behind Warzheil, The blade that the demon lord used on me.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCTgDCPSGgE
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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,80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbSzwaCkkvV
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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.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7HSefKr9L0
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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 says80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBOQqYFiZAf
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“Right now?… fine! I was in….” Warzheil speaks but I can no longer hear,80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEkBhtNAbLi
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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.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNsphg70SCF
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I- can’t Lose consciousness Here!80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzg4vPlzSUG
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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?80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ00hNdtGGYq
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“Giving up already? That’s what I though.”80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ16aN8NRWkh
“You think you have suffered enough?!”80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYJayzWY3pD
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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.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNueNk16828
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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.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRL8RtPmctr
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Gloria gently pokes Ronin—no response, then she puts her index finger under his nose---no breath.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc7Ju4gWLmr
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Her breath heavy“ Oh no…..Oldzheil…He-He passed away?!”80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4kM4qnn7Ot
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“What? While Standing?” Sil says in disbelief covering her mouth with a grim expression.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUJQThvPjjq
Gloria slowly steps back, her sight never leaving ronin’s unfazed face.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQjnsyXY8lb
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Warzheil rushed to check Ronin.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡATKmiKNMxi
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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.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVH0FuNvsww
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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 quicker80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl3yn5j4Svz
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“Dear….He—is gone.” Sil says with a sympathetic expression.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4JMVHMvinm
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“Gone?!” Warzheil snaps with anger. “I TOLD you one God.Damn.Thing!, Give urgent treatment to the man!”80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlwrZOw4myr
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“You were the one who suggested the rule to….”80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhmxfvgRWGA
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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 roars80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8HU37R7ntr
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Losing strength in his feet and his moral hurt, he falls on his knees.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJzXupbP1n9
“I came here in hopes of helping the Him. Oh good lad forgive me, I failed you!.”80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4IyFgYCjZS
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“Dear I, I---” Sil knees down to console Warzheil80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKR6pMLyGez
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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.”80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwFaEsKQ9Kj
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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.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpiZe8n2g7a
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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.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvADPdLZbY8
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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?80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvuANYgnOXc
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Sil is trying to console him.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWCnaM2GPWv
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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 him80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2dtphjqOBJ
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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.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKIyZsLkCmh
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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.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWrjXmq959t
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Suddenly I feel like someone is forcing me, I lack strength to resist.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVmHeJ1TNKV
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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.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1qLsJ5Ftv9
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I see glimpses of things happening, my wound seemed big.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPvwo0vJKbq
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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.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlh964kGO8n
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“What is he Oldzheil?” Gloria asks80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM99SvJDKkV
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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 says80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWkC3kPXl1j
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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.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcyHu7JEAp6
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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 says80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfyvvyR1KxG
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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.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTMRhCwQd6A
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“What?” I whisper to myself.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ7kyg6xzbc
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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.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ02hr8Z9YK6
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“The lad truly has his ancestors blood running in him like he said.” Warzheil says.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡajpsBujR9i
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“Ancestors?” Kade asks80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzsusvYc4aD
“Finally you are here Sil.” Warzheil says80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHncL58BErg
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“I had to prepare this meal in a hurry, so don’t complain.” She says80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDUunSwXWfH
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The door opens, I slide my eyes gently to look at them. Sil enters from behind with some food.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTxShTjMqKY
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“Veg food just like you said he liked.” She says looking briefly at Warzheil with smile before returning to me.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Zl0mNHC36
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“Are you feeling well now, Ronin?” She asks me with a caring look.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB1CtlXcWQE
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I nod slowly.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLRNvtoZ6jv
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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 asks80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpW2a9RlsXY
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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 says80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxwHzxaC8j8
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I muster the strength before finally speaking, powering through the pain which is much cope able now.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh56d1lUALJ
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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 ask80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQVmzlVSrXn
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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 explains80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNmHdy1VbF9
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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 says80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡywnsJZBMmf
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“Sil, don’t force the lad, he just woke up!” Warzheil gives an uneasy suggestion.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJWJUYCuBoa
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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 replies80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWqnpaxkE3O
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“That’s…it? I thought you guys were suspicious of me.” I ask80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ850Uhw1DjZ
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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!”80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9II3V7CQZK
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“Stop acting like my mom” I say to Warzheil80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc3S72jfTpN
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Warzheil chuckles as they all start going out of the room except Gloria.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA4pqxmxbKU
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“Gloria?....” Sil asks80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0vSsUGs0OT
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“Grandma Sil, you go on ahead, I will wash the dishes once he is finished eating the food.” She says80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4fBqXA7tyo
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After a pause, Sil sighs and agrees.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFwYOwSQjLI
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After a few seconds, the bustling room dies in silence.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwGgAMGRITH
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I feel all kinds of anxieties. 80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfAIIOcXJpC
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“Eat up. The food will become cold.” Gloria says which startles me.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYLAgMo9XeP
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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.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsq5yByLKyu
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At least this way I can avoid her probing eyes.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIFN1OI4o6F
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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.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSVBPwvY2t6
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But Now?
The body remembers what the mind does not want to accept, and it was no longer my ally.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcb9geODCxQ
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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?80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQIbWcU90FX
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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.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1iR3R0aiT8
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As I eat, I can’t help but feel uncomfortable.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE11fqa8qUS
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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.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH81IrvzJpa
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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.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw0d6W3wGXy
“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.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFxGLGuH3dW
“You always this quiet?”
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She waited, arms crossed, expecting… something. A reply, a reaction. Ronin gave her nothing.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLWUp1orV80
After a beat, she huffed a laugh. “Alright, I’ll take that as a yes.”80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJQiLmm3QnX
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“My name is---” she adds80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaKfrvF6eyA
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“I know.” I interrupt her80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeFGGQ8Y6vb
“Huh?” she says in a short exhale with slight confusion. I take big sips of soup to finish it faster80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtmxypemL3t
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“Drax’s Daughter—Gloria, right?.” I say80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZBBzF9eDnl
“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.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKNgOJ6rsfM
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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 ask80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoD90T1SkWl
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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 giggles80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGyna67CE5d
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So she really doesn’t know about Ethis being her mom.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzZAsOygiHY
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“Blood of the gods runs through you nonetheless.” I say80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIelu0EAVHm
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She laughs softly “Yeah, you can say that.”80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlIDv0yKonA
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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.?80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvH9fgvI5KE
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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 said80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwhddVp2Tze
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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.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4aJSbhsxuV
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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…..80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKEIoEsRFuB
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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.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP4IiD1atLS
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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.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYu65qvw9uR
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As the old men said, Now I can sleep like a horse seller!80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmUxTBY6krq
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I lie down on the bed, its comfy, compared to sleeping on rough ground, enough to fit me.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzDRKZAh49w
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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.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHP220WZPLW
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“You know how much I hate mutants!” Sil spits80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDK7OUNzOJA
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“I am telling you, He is human!” Warzheil yells back80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡksKPt3YWhr
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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!”80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8UKcv2nQFi
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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.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj5QSem3I8q
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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 insists80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMA8l2GL6CT
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“Now you have done it HAG!”80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAbZMS9hvVL
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Sil gasps “HAG?!”80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4nGbTWLky7
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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 shocked80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfCI56zJOVX
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“Wait, who? Surely you do not mean….” Sil almost shouts but Warzheil interrupts her.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIjPadaEHqG
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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 says80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8e1aLKVYDf
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Everyone is shocked to80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoOOvDYv4C4
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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.”80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV1lByuuVtd
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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.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDfxDicnhR1
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Sil notices Gloria.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqV53JHS0cT
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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.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0iNMtgzlJR
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“Make yourselves comfortable kids, this is tale of a legend in making. So, Don’t jump to conclusions.” Warzheil replies80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡITh8rWizZd
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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.”80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLUYUwgd0XW
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“H-he, killed the demon lord that my father told me fairy tales about?” Gloria hesitates under her mask.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLHy7HMSZSL
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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.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpeWqizjCPj
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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 asks80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp1XhqStQHv
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“He told me its complicated.” Warzheil says80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ9otJydb61
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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 again80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXXcP4fmJBJ
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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.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcMWwfXdNYU
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“You surely saw the lights flash down from heavens and whispers of gods yesterday, right?”80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWBeReFwOvg
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“You mean the light that appears when heroes kill the demon lord?.....” Sil says80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB3wZmf37vW
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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.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUps8gBHc4x
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Kade is so shocked his jaw hangs with disbelief.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ56ETvoAKZw
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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.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsD9fkGCGZ9
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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.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkqbwiYncy2
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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 says80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYV3jgy4xZ6
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“Wait, then why did the demon lord’s weakness not apply on him if he killed him?” Kade asks80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdwYz6vEnBU
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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 says80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡog6yHajEaD
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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.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpMaqfa2ouH
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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 says80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJWNH5h8L89
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Warzheil nods “ and Umm..., Forgive me for raising my voice earlier.” Warzheil says with a sad expression80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ9211CeHsc
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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 says80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXOlpvCkAj8
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“Ahem… kids, you should sleep too.” Warzheil coughs hiding his embarrassment.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHysnF7qXRX
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And so, everyone goes to sleep.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsw7Gyg0aE2
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Gloria closes her room’s door, and falls on her bed flat on her face as she clutches her pillow.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlOyj8ccyYg
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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. ”80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfKKgOEEtHR
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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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