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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.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd7A0GPKEBl
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“Oh, he is awake!” a man shouts on my left, riding on a strange horse I have never seen before.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCSmwKTpIkK
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feeling the subtle bumping sensation, I realise that I am also on one of those horse221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2jqVwLcoq0
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In front of me is a man with a broad back but short stature, its Warzheil.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUea25Nvfbl
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“Where….” I try to speak but a sharp pain shoots up from my chest.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtmA6EtlEJd
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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 says221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1sX0mfYg1M
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“what….?” The pain surges up again, as if needles were stuck in my lungs.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmak5LDGNzM
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What’s he talking about?221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv71lbIwy0E
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“Don’t speak, you were hit in the chest. It’s a miracle that you are still alive.” He says221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgyLMhibP9b
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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.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRJ4EkOyv5D
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“Wondering what happened ,right? That’s the first thing I tried too.” Warzheil says on which I nod.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgrEMWvnbC4
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“Jortheus?....” I question with the low wind. So it doesn’t hurt me.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcLDJukaCgd
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“Dead---a feat for real! Boast about it later though.” Warzheil says221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Gfx7XbycS
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“What you both talking about under the breath?” Kade inquires.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnX7v7b9YA0
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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.”221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr7mGk3Y8YN
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I nod slowly as a greeting on which Kade nods back in approval.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkZQq9sI5pN
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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 says221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAjSDYNMrq0
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My left arm is now back to normal too.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3glIUj8To1
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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.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEBhmtDplVx
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“Town is around horizon, Don’t move around too much or your wound may open up.” Warzheil orders me.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeDgQV1c36E
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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.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbKkBwvVvAk
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“I am surprised though, Kade. Our hunt crazed princess isn’t hunting these days?” Warzheil asks221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv68OsI9Qnu
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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 replies221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfUlfBPBtAt
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Warzheil almost freezes up, hesitant. We know the truth, but I fear what might happen if she finds out.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQEH0RJ5VVT
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Before anyone could notice his grim expression I push him lightly, snapping him out of it.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0XuxzQXTXq
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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.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmc2ygkk78h
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I try to speak but Warzheil saves me the trouble.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuowBWm7rZI
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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.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYPcT1Ln1Of
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“No shit? Stop with your bad jokes oldman. You just don’t have it in you.” Kade says221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ5Z7MsXwTO
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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.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVi3vaLWykG
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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.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPRl8FY4b28
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“He has his story, but that’s his to tell.”221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvQftc1IGhS
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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.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRi6j7c73L5
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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.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTpjgOmuRWL
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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.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQDnsQ0CZ3D
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She Stands out, so she must be drax’s daughter.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAJDyGc4UVb
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I can barely process all this, as I fight to keep awake.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS3cnaooh7O
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Everyone is Cheering, some welcoming their sons from Kade’s group.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGF1lIofDLP
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“Kade, another weak hunt?” Sil asks looking at the meagre stock of hunt and herbs.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1CD38caAwn
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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.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXW0lKfoeRA
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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.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8uHdDIWI8w
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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.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuC7YOSsaAG
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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.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm1KcfnlEzu
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“Sil, this is no time for celebration or grief, my friend here is gravely injured.” Warzheil says with urgence.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYu5MupKKy9
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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.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBRJYYGMYJy
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“Medusa’s poison, Sil” Warzheil almost hisses.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAxll72cMQQ
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Sil stiffens, I notice Gloria flinching upon hearing the words.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr2Lu2u0AKs
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Sil rushes to check my eyes,221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqz78kKXWgU
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“What’s with your left eye?” She mumbles “And---By the heavens!”221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoAOSEi1yer
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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.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡydTyJjX8Ja
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“Who let this man walk?! Get a stretcher immediately!” Sil yells at some of the hunters who rush into action.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbyWC613iDR
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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.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYlJvk13EHF
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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.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIhmZ10uGDi
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This Strange Pride of mine will someday be my downfall, but its all I have left.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Uoy4RSNIu
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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.”221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx45iNxvNXu
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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 adds221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEX2nu7W3wj
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“And that?!” She asks pointing at the blade hanging behind Warzheil, The blade that the demon lord used on me.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYehBAYROas
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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,221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5XKa8PezuD
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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.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrdqs1QEGnc
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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,221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFWMhHzyK2u
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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.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ67o7UDR6r3
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I- can’t Lose consciousness Here!221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMD31BIIUMj
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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?221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyCYFGvUt8T
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“Giving up already? That’s what I though.”221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRqBvRt3eq5
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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.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqrM5g5BOi2
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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.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSlj7DQnpvh
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Gloria gently pokes Ronin—no response, then she puts her index finger under his nose---no breath.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhRAoLKQ7mC
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Her breath heavy“ Oh no…..Oldzheil…He-He passed away?!”221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPBpsdkT5m6
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“What? While Standing?” Sil says in disbelief covering her mouth with a grim expression.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOcIGCjlK1h
Gloria slowly steps back, her sight never leaving ronin’s unfazed face.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUql7EWTvc4
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Warzheil rushed to check Ronin.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0gUTUHsfTf
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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.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFK0Tblgbmv
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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 quicker221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9lkOIQf8g2
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“Dear….He—is gone.” Sil says with a sympathetic expression.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXNLCnn2Xxi
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“Gone?!” Warzheil snaps with anger. “I TOLD you one God.Damn.Thing!, Give urgent treatment to the man!”221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJQQfXGOBLp
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“You were the one who suggested the rule to….”221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRAqikc26bx
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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 roars221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZUvWyIUzrv
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Losing strength in his feet and his moral hurt, he falls on his knees.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ5goLxmuXH
“I came here in hopes of helping the Him. Oh good lad forgive me, I failed you!.”221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOoXKsVNzQU
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“Dear I, I---” Sil knees down to console Warzheil221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK23yk6JuP7
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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.”221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZX0RpzmT3w
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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.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1wuGBviR36
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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.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWaTI1L1a1I
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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?221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZm7knJYV5I
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Sil is trying to console him.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuPQmixlQnY
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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 him221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx3Iql9KSZz
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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.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNatPV29X9i
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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.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUQ4H8i5smb
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Suddenly I feel like someone is forcing me, I lack strength to resist.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH1HOqBH4hX
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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.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK2uGq2P95G
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I see glimpses of things happening, my wound seemed big.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO6irmW24KX
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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.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡflLrXTk4av
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“What is he Oldzheil?” Gloria asks221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo90QS3fQ4V
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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 says221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkzbyG2251l
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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.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTdmp3kvJoZ
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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 says221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡItxds8G8m5
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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.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS1Ghv5kef2
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“What?” I whisper to myself.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmNO0IDgrJ2
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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.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7EMt2h2oZi
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“The lad truly has his ancestors blood running in him like he said.” Warzheil says.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhThYJ9WYgK
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“Ancestors?” Kade asks221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyzbcXgCPWx
“Finally you are here Sil.” Warzheil says221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwxDGJrTcOM
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“I had to prepare this meal in a hurry, so don’t complain.” She says221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvj0hjvaaj0
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The door opens, I slide my eyes gently to look at them. Sil enters from behind with some food.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ64fYKsl9Q
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“Veg food just like you said he liked.” She says looking briefly at Warzheil with smile before returning to me.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT3cN8eUeZU
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“Are you feeling well now, Ronin?” She asks me with a caring look.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSkB31lqeHV
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I nod slowly.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuT1o2l0fso
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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 asks221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXPaWMIMMfk
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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 says221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF4E0YeNLYx
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I muster the strength before finally speaking, powering through the pain which is much cope able now.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT8k3no3Lt0
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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 ask221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnsSJ8IJ4e9
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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 explains221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUzRFKGN78d
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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 says221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcN5w738ge7
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“Sil, don’t force the lad, he just woke up!” Warzheil gives an uneasy suggestion.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡccMDqwCPwx
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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 replies221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVtmX9c8HW7
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“That’s…it? I thought you guys were suspicious of me.” I ask221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAxJ2ikJmKD
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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!”221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0vP8SeHqfw
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“Stop acting like my mom” I say to Warzheil221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN51SBR55J2
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Warzheil chuckles as they all start going out of the room except Gloria.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6RTU5lZToY
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“Gloria?....” Sil asks221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsEfNzycR6Q
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“Grandma Sil, you go on ahead, I will wash the dishes once he is finished eating the food.” She says221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqZtbYaW59w
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After a pause, Sil sighs and agrees.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnIj7xyOUju
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After a few seconds, the bustling room dies in silence.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXt70EhIMmT
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I feel all kinds of anxieties. 221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxZmxubXxj5
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“Eat up. The food will become cold.” Gloria says which startles me.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcjv0PG8C9n
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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.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAAsbopiQtX
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At least this way I can avoid her probing eyes.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYmQ6jJARvw
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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.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9X6Iyyefu7
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But Now?
The body remembers what the mind does not want to accept, and it was no longer my ally.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHhoTbOWHHW
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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?221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQurmuIlU0s
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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.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH54d1UUsoO
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As I eat, I can’t help but feel uncomfortable.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl9WOUpIrOd
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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.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ceJakIxU0
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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.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRstGLxdLhX
“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.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ93gOy4B5YY
“You always this quiet?”
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She waited, arms crossed, expecting… something. A reply, a reaction. Ronin gave her nothing.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4yu6RQF2Fg
After a beat, she huffed a laugh. “Alright, I’ll take that as a yes.”221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Aolcv2biI
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“My name is---” she adds221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3WqkvdBrBv
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“I know.” I interrupt her221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2tWRmgtQ6I
“Huh?” she says in a short exhale with slight confusion. I take big sips of soup to finish it faster221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7trLWe3eTR
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“Drax’s Daughter—Gloria, right?.” I say221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO6Ib3B5xKS
“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.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcFKIOZHmC1
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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 ask221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtFMrq0G6qE
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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 giggles221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpbb5Mo393s
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So she really doesn’t know about Ethis being her mom.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQMFrAdCjSv
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“Blood of the gods runs through you nonetheless.” I say221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ETuasfrCQ
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She laughs softly “Yeah, you can say that.”221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡweVWzfSy0A
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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.?221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrR8a9VSmbj
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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 said221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8qAVrVtZ0V
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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.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVmpY8hoQQH
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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…..221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpu0ND2NQD5
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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.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeqeQ5qaRLM
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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.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmr9OwZ6Zs2
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As the old men said, Now I can sleep like a horse seller!221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡot1Ejoomfs
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I lie down on the bed, its comfy, compared to sleeping on rough ground, enough to fit me.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1AmscUP1Ch
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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.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKYFWpqentX
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“You know how much I hate mutants!” Sil spits221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoCrxc8lMrs
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“I am telling you, He is human!” Warzheil yells back221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Fgh49TKG1
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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!”221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWSohLGcx7G
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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.
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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 insists221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCOKUgKDOHa
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“Now you have done it HAG!”221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7E2B8lSp6K
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Sil gasps “HAG?!”221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXBGQddXce5
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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 shocked221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQDvUWwEWjn
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“Wait, who? Surely you do not mean….” Sil almost shouts but Warzheil interrupts her.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZdr9oHlndJ
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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 says221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHW9kAcCGux
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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.”221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGMon5yn4ei
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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.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBgs3lX1bMx
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Sil notices Gloria.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWMG2LHcaAx
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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.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6wRTHewiDi
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“Make yourselves comfortable kids, this is tale of a legend in making. So, Don’t jump to conclusions.” Warzheil replies221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvSazu97aCZ
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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.”221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡydHhtDatfz
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“H-he, killed the demon lord that my father told me fairy tales about?” Gloria hesitates under her mask.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKyPHbkGNh4
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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.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcRWF4Ln52f
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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 asks221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAMoW1YUj5f
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“He told me its complicated.” Warzheil says221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTL1RY0kdDX
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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 again221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtdnSx4NKIk
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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.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSGS0JHcTbV
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“You surely saw the lights flash down from heavens and whispers of gods yesterday, right?”221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNSTLdlMtb2
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“You mean the light that appears when heroes kill the demon lord?.....” Sil says221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl5dlM76Pzw
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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.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8tHz4F7wwo
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Kade is so shocked his jaw hangs with disbelief.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdDgPUXMo8V
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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.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHiXEemUrnY
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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.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzoDh7FtnME
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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 says221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbRBmcFw2Py
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“Wait, then why did the demon lord’s weakness not apply on him if he killed him?” Kade asks221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡge4sZBnrxA
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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 says221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuvcdIqghlh
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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.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5vwW9IPapX
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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 says221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcv8UHpKrkj
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Warzheil nods “ and Umm..., Forgive me for raising my voice earlier.” Warzheil says with a sad expression221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Plhv8qYpG
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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 says221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtRtAIrBC3g
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“Ahem… kids, you should sleep too.” Warzheil coughs hiding his embarrassment.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ93P0zdP0dQ
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And so, everyone goes to sleep.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF8uQOu1tQ6
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Gloria closes her room’s door, and falls on her bed flat on her face as she clutches her pillow.221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVFXfsxaIRV
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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. ”221Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡArEaw9VHry
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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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