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A cloaked and quick shadow jumps280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaw0jTJcvBs
from a dark corner to another; seconds280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwXmSGrII4O
pass and then there it is again, it is very280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvDOHt3ip1T
fast, easily as fast as any of them...280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLHczecDFQz
“Could it be?” mumbled Dhanel Marce280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjy8yPMtfRK
as he was the only one keeping his more280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ37uVozxxRy
relaxed approach, while the rest quickly280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR4rYfOmU52
assumed a much more prepared stance.280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRRvdYltdnT
Harigar Rhim drew his sword as fast as280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpBvq3tz3Iz
his eyes travelled through that dark, while280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDFgm14bOiP
standing right next to him, Lorian already280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdjAYB9hA3O
had his weapon at the ready. Dhanel280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzzqsRhNCnM
Marce did not even consider holding280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcN34YX3psC
his blade once. A few more unsettling280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuNhZuxCg2Z
seconds of silence and then a rising flame280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7WUqKeVLkJ
would lure them into a more open area; it280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3gD2iPlVOc
is a most familiar flame to some of them,280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ64LBeggunf
even if it is one not seen in quite a while.280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJDObvooLh3
A peculiar flame, a different kind of280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlQdCJ3eHQm
burn, an eternal fire that was hard to280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM1xym4EH9W
earn but worthy to master that currently280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL4k23i797j
inhabits the shapes of an also familiar280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmZRSGDAfFs
sword. It is known as the Malaguis Fire,280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡunq73VKbnU
for it is named after some sort of ´deity´280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKAHmzkP1q4
worshipped by some elder tribes in the280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1aBmhVFfBi
eastern depths of the world. Named after280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQQgBHgntdT
such divinity for it is a fire that does not280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7j63ovBFAj
hurt its wielder and also never runs out.280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlRTyV5F6vG
Folklore maybe? Perhaps.280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5FFoNDPsGQ
Regardless, that red glowing stone was280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNgI8L0xfcE
long ago recovered by a couple of young280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc3f9aECNc8
adventurers and once it was confined to280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiLcoRfs1ip
a blade of their choosing, it allowed its280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmP2fhKxEfz
wielder, after much hardship, to secure280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrLhSVxQl0f
himself a great power. Now in front of280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1vLc4Oni2b
them, waiting with his back turned, is said280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9gUD47lo8P
wielder, a large and familiar man to some280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgol87KLVdz
of them here, for his fire also served the280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0pfVUGNIrw
Hand once.280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfHDmPRhNWs
With his back turned to them but in280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC4HgKxy2CT
an inviting manner, as if he was almost280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLcUU3fXqrm
waiting for them, as he too faces that280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC8d8fInX8K
mountain. The fire on his sword burns280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFZNAFksdJr
up one more time as if calling them once280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf7e08XqjHb
again...280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfDXKNx3aDW
“Red...” said Deena as she slowly puts her weapon to rest. Harigar Rhim also280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHoCPLzmljF
sheathed his blade but the remaining two did not. Lorian looked back at Dhanel280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLGQoV141pT
Marce, and only after this one nodded did he do the same. Celle however would stay280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1mRXB7xfdk
armed and ready.280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCXHukeGvoE
“Red…not entirely unexpected I suppose.” Dhanel Marce takes a few steps forward280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOitExzCgya
as the hooded figure gently turned around.280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0azYHGAL5S
He is not wearing any mask. The fire he carries on his back diminished as he took280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwly0ZslzvX
some steps towards them. Both men met halfway, under rain and lightning, and now280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWvu5LmJGbZ
fire too; they stared at each other leaving the rest in quiet contemplation. Short words280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡknotuSjLXY
were exchanged between them that no one else was able to hear and after that, the two280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtLVYhivnhc
approached the rest of them.280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcEH9jWKqw5
Greetings took place among the already familiar faces, but they were not overdone.280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlajKtttC2N
