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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.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9vH6V6LlhL
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“Oh, he is awake!” a man shouts on my left, riding on a strange horse I have never seen before.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0wYtXVL0TJ
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feeling the subtle bumping sensation, I realise that I am also on one of those horse236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpp2gbE78AN
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In front of me is a man with a broad back but short stature, its Warzheil.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPgtKlG2GZW
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“Where….” I try to speak but a sharp pain shoots up from my chest.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHEn9HqCtku
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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 says236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnnihcZipZV
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“what….?” The pain surges up again, as if needles were stuck in my lungs.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7y1z5J8VeL
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What’s he talking about?236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJb0EiDuAmR
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“Don’t speak, you were hit in the chest. It’s a miracle that you are still alive.” He says236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBYluKo8UvF
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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.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ28SiA7t45T
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“Wondering what happened ,right? That’s the first thing I tried too.” Warzheil says on which I nod.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmj8nAHqYZa
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“Jortheus?....” I question with the low wind. So it doesn’t hurt me.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6bJnEpONSN
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“Dead---a feat for real! Boast about it later though.” Warzheil says236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ94jAohRp0q
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“What you both talking about under the breath?” Kade inquires.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlg4EruZrFU
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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.”236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8SCpfUlfPK
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I nod slowly as a greeting on which Kade nods back in approval.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnd7uyYPIFP
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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 says236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEU7yOuJ6xy
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My left arm is now back to normal too.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡldncHBDIgP
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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.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡztSNly6V9T
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“Town is around horizon, Don’t move around too much or your wound may open up.” Warzheil orders me.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJYK7xwIOcQ
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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.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡah78KUAqGs
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“I am surprised though, Kade. Our hunt crazed princess isn’t hunting these days?” Warzheil asks236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAH9hp8Vwda
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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 replies236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaty4reUkkw
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Warzheil almost freezes up, hesitant. We know the truth, but I fear what might happen if she finds out.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6weNeCNxkv
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Before anyone could notice his grim expression I push him lightly, snapping him out of it.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7duYQb1hJX
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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.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlp8SZB8d18
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I try to speak but Warzheil saves me the trouble.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ9DDMN78LY
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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.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRxUcXyRBlI
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“No shit? Stop with your bad jokes oldman. You just don’t have it in you.” Kade says236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9BgquUz3M1
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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.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4tM6dhdxEf
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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.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQoOnw9k6eX
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“He has his story, but that’s his to tell.”236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡefi90XNeL1
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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.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaLNeTc9bVb
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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.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQBYmNkZtpj
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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.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvj5bNtuj82
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She Stands out, so she must be drax’s daughter.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXNUrRX04p5
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I can barely process all this, as I fight to keep awake.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡliWqwaTzHq
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Everyone is Cheering, some welcoming their sons from Kade’s group.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxodfxFWS1S
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“Kade, another weak hunt?” Sil asks looking at the meagre stock of hunt and herbs.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY4bNGDEPPm
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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.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9sINMqhT9k
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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.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFAKQhGZxYO
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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.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJLtLCn8uHR
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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.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXe42jh6xgL
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“Sil, this is no time for celebration or grief, my friend here is gravely injured.” Warzheil says with urgence.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrNa0UWX6MB
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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.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ42GSYPJ4Jy
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“Medusa’s poison, Sil” Warzheil almost hisses.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmDh4jLprGW
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Sil stiffens, I notice Gloria flinching upon hearing the words.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBj0DgSULMN
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Sil rushes to check my eyes,236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4AoRhdnmKj
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“What’s with your left eye?” She mumbles “And---By the heavens!”236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbaPHlMNch1
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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.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZjT7jjYHvK
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“Who let this man walk?! Get a stretcher immediately!” Sil yells at some of the hunters who rush into action.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNmpNcw1zCo
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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.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw5TD2AzmO9
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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.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ZraaUCbsN
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This Strange Pride of mine will someday be my downfall, but its all I have left.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj58sO8Ngv5
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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.”236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAwc6QG65w0
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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 adds236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOyz2pUCv2c
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“And that?!” She asks pointing at the blade hanging behind Warzheil, The blade that the demon lord used on me.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbvjbnJTDiw
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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,236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhMAuL0FZZd
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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.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ51brwyvXcF
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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,236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjlT5ERyzEU
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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.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv1MnYtkYSr
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I- can’t Lose consciousness Here!236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwAx1WFxQ8X
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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?236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMwZt5KulG1
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“Giving up already? That’s what I though.”236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ3jFIKcPxI
“You think you have suffered enough?!”236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhkQZTSXboR
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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.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0HjeFfgVXr
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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.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBzrtZcXwp1
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Gloria gently pokes Ronin—no response, then she puts her index finger under his nose---no breath.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDfOJCJFg9e
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Her breath heavy“ Oh no…..Oldzheil…He-He passed away?!”236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd6ZMoaYbQi
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“What? While Standing?” Sil says in disbelief covering her mouth with a grim expression.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSB5foUCj7s
Gloria slowly steps back, her sight never leaving ronin’s unfazed face.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxq8zgWYjaE
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Warzheil rushed to check Ronin.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡANQWol4RqR
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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.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBZXl4ov95s
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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 quicker236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ89GQvpqabq
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“Dear….He—is gone.” Sil says with a sympathetic expression.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcJ3UzjgXyr
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“Gone?!” Warzheil snaps with anger. “I TOLD you one God.Damn.Thing!, Give urgent treatment to the man!”236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRdZKyvgItb
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“You were the one who suggested the rule to….”236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNAZ1WoPOZG
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“Following ‘RULES’!?” he condemns236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhQq0SyvAhA
“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 roars236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcqVUAlvtBr
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Losing strength in his feet and his moral hurt, he falls on his knees.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8mlPbZiy9P
“I came here in hopes of helping the Him. Oh good lad forgive me, I failed you!.”236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDWNc4lSsYq
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“Dear I, I---” Sil knees down to console Warzheil236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUjFR4ecqve
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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.”236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfd62lYddio
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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.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvtSaUjIIhC
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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.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE91PzCegIG
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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?236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNkX3Q45Tr7
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Sil is trying to console him.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9tZnvOgTuV
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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 him236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXwDrGxTuaP
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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.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvYdCuicyUN
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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.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwjOGn4ucwE
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Suddenly I feel like someone is forcing me, I lack strength to resist.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwV55OdoH5i
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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.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyuNiYr0Q0m
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I see glimpses of things happening, my wound seemed big.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkHKRy6VxEq
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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.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQEZnkOjSit
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“What is he Oldzheil?” Gloria asks236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLI91jfdSGW
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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 says236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0GY5UrdEVy
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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.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1HwvEXVD6Q
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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 says236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡogdb7Z6wEi
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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.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTAmPfPMaof
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“What?” I whisper to myself.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsbEkYRjvh2
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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.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnYiOMqN8QL
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“The lad truly has his ancestors blood running in him like he said.” Warzheil says.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6xZBGy6HCl
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“Ancestors?” Kade asks236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0yfAxbigK9
“Finally you are here Sil.” Warzheil says236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS0UgPrQR8x
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“I had to prepare this meal in a hurry, so don’t complain.” She says236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8nPmcBH60Q
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The door opens, I slide my eyes gently to look at them. Sil enters from behind with some food.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2u6wzYbvZO
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“Veg food just like you said he liked.” She says looking briefly at Warzheil with smile before returning to me.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡinwnOU8TVE
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“Are you feeling well now, Ronin?” She asks me with a caring look.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpITcbkBMbX
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I nod slowly.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzTYrdaYHt7
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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 asks236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTRD5ChJLvU
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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 says236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkudfnqBr8g
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I muster the strength before finally speaking, powering through the pain which is much cope able now.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX5Qvuo67eP
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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 ask236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk39StV7qug
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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 explains236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhSmfzYLkSD
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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 says236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqJNnyKcMuO
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“Sil, don’t force the lad, he just woke up!” Warzheil gives an uneasy suggestion.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfZ0xgSbzTs
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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 replies236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY0TghwgnKA
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“That’s…it? I thought you guys were suspicious of me.” I ask236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4hrjTRBCzU
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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!”236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7x4lf7eQaz
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“Stop acting like my mom” I say to Warzheil236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeSZkyS9YqL
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Warzheil chuckles as they all start going out of the room except Gloria.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSXcbKULMxq
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“Gloria?....” Sil asks236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFgs1rPW1iM
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“Grandma Sil, you go on ahead, I will wash the dishes once he is finished eating the food.” She says236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq6uO0fL4y2
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After a pause, Sil sighs and agrees.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6SXHGEJwom
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After a few seconds, the bustling room dies in silence.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWrHBvFJey6
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I feel all kinds of anxieties. 236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBnXHsPwpg1
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“Eat up. The food will become cold.” Gloria says which startles me.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeunxTYP5wg
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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.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4SzM5s0B4L
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At least this way I can avoid her probing eyes.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtQfp71pHO4
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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.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5QmZOqcgdb
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But Now?
The body remembers what the mind does not want to accept, and it was no longer my ally.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqKvyGBY7u9
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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?236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡchSONU8cAl
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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.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFIB4Y9g7hy
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As I eat, I can’t help but feel uncomfortable.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGTZexMF8yr
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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.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaKXr4WgXdY
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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.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO4wUKz0FUK
“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.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ7gKEiLWM2
“You always this quiet?”
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She waited, arms crossed, expecting… something. A reply, a reaction. Ronin gave her nothing.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXjRFlaf2QH
After a beat, she huffed a laugh. “Alright, I’ll take that as a yes.”236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhWBOQpZqCm
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“My name is---” she adds236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ07QPUstcAH
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“I know.” I interrupt her236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3bCDZG0LWG
“Huh?” she says in a short exhale with slight confusion. I take big sips of soup to finish it faster236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU20RMO1b2A
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“Drax’s Daughter—Gloria, right?.” I say236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjhL64umlm4
“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.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc90s40dn6w
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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 ask236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6q4IR9RWCB
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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 giggles236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgAscf9gUrZ
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So she really doesn’t know about Ethis being her mom.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8TcUBGdTZb
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“Blood of the gods runs through you nonetheless.” I say236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm0aH0zHm4m
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She laughs softly “Yeah, you can say that.”236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA2TV3w59UK
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“What about you? You look demi-human yourself.” She asks
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“I happened to have an accident with a deadly demon. He tried to take over my body--but failed, leaving my body like this.” I said236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5rS7r7dZ5A
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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.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBkXzUylTNv
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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…..236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3HgkBaCoO6
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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.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpjmHQcD2q8
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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.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUQuy4jhZXk
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As the old men said, Now I can sleep like a horse seller!236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGmRXBB4b9B
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I lie down on the bed, its comfy, compared to sleeping on rough ground, enough to fit me.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1azPUwiUwg
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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.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrlVYcy9I70
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“You know how much I hate mutants!” Sil spits236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7JuZw9pSAv
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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!”236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVgrFqxaflQ
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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 insists236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtxfZ66rwhC
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“Now you have done it HAG!”236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxB8KjqdVp3
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Sil gasps “HAG?!”236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWuRXBjIAMT
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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 shocked236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsX5DB6VOZT
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“Wait, who? Surely you do not mean….” Sil almost shouts but Warzheil interrupts her.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡogJCg39KM6
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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 says236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0eid8B1xyu
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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.”236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb43yngJdC6
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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.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzDLbiDehMj
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Sil notices Gloria.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKbnBqS8SNE
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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.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO4bCoNJubd
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“Make yourselves comfortable kids, this is tale of a legend in making. So, Don’t jump to conclusions.” Warzheil replies236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKuaLW8qib8
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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.”236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ZGuLaI6Hy
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“H-he, killed the demon lord that my father told me fairy tales about?” Gloria hesitates under her mask.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡawEcpOGbqJ
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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.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTmPKQm1EHp
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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 asks236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpIdE4xxrqu
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“He told me its complicated.” Warzheil says236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmgE3oLm9tZ
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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 again236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOGVJEzlUMG
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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.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn6OUGpFH8f
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“You surely saw the lights flash down from heavens and whispers of gods yesterday, right?”236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdzBQvavC4c
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“You mean the light that appears when heroes kill the demon lord?.....” Sil says236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHIbfzWY1VF
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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.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXq97JcqfUq
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Kade is so shocked his jaw hangs with disbelief.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ZLItbsFRv
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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.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmpnNrTWRtD
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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.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Q6uKBd1gk
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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 says236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMoKo8Dq40i
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“Wait, then why did the demon lord’s weakness not apply on him if he killed him?” Kade asks236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeZNH2WCVYm
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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 says236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ87g4A0AEt
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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.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjbKNs0GjVp
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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 says236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4nQ6VgnqP2
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Warzheil nods “ and Umm..., Forgive me for raising my voice earlier.” Warzheil says with a sad expression236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ99WqBVSdIK
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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 says236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ohD569zIS
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“Ahem… kids, you should sleep too.” Warzheil coughs hiding his embarrassment.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBERdWWxziD
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And so, everyone goes to sleep.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX8EArSo2OJ
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Gloria closes her room’s door, and falls on her bed flat on her face as she clutches her pillow.236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcKry3If55V
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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. ”236Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmNywSTaoPF
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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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