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A cloaked and quick shadow jumps398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTMZHntOLw1
from a dark corner to another; seconds398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ156aaZsMMk
pass and then there it is again, it is very398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHwZBUjZN5s
fast, easily as fast as any of them...398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8rCKOotXqr
“Could it be?” mumbled Dhanel Marce398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡePjIUE3Yqc
as he was the only one keeping his more398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0UQSrWujpu
relaxed approach, while the rest quickly398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSLFwFERG5e
assumed a much more prepared stance.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvPoG3oX1QJ
Harigar Rhim drew his sword as fast as398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFC0oLskcrl
his eyes travelled through that dark, while398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiceBZNl6pN
standing right next to him, Lorian already398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpr0AqcvmUF
had his weapon at the ready. Dhanel398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyZrp1W0Iaw
Marce did not even consider holding398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAuOXtEnRFR
his blade once. A few more unsettling398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe1dJK0vibP
seconds of silence and then a rising flame398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbeJVSKqUFR
would lure them into a more open area; it398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3IkYwr7gYM
is a most familiar flame to some of them,398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3eW1EuLacP
even if it is one not seen in quite a while.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg8LsexmCs3
A peculiar flame, a different kind of398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIWpVKZ0UAA
burn, an eternal fire that was hard to398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp5XfkBJLrz
earn but worthy to master that currently398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKOx8zeMea8
inhabits the shapes of an also familiar398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuNC15eVblo
sword. It is known as the Malaguis Fire,398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEqanOA93wE
for it is named after some sort of ´deity´398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvE8WDp95TG
worshipped by some elder tribes in the398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdXeD0X48ta
eastern depths of the world. Named after398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd93dEwIlxO
such divinity for it is a fire that does not398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuUmFIQs9WO
hurt its wielder and also never runs out.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU739xQvRIe
Folklore maybe? Perhaps.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9FqfqRiiqa
Regardless, that red glowing stone was398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ohZd24Eb8
long ago recovered by a couple of young398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvkq77iLF8k
adventurers and once it was confined to398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqlObZrW9R3
a blade of their choosing, it allowed its398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAlGCHf1gzX
wielder, after much hardship, to secure398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLLV45IkrWG
himself a great power. Now in front of398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUHtXYm8aB9
them, waiting with his back turned, is said398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk71H5JCKfL
wielder, a large and familiar man to some398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqPeoUBHmVY
of them here, for his fire also served the398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKw9M3Ll23M
Hand once.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjqYkULmnGx
With his back turned to them but in398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Gy5HLvOT7
an inviting manner, as if he was almost398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoqMDdm4xe1
waiting for them, as he too faces that398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSszWAfYQYi
mountain. The fire on his sword burns398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhEkBF4L1oU
up one more time as if calling them once398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡix9r7tyuUr
again...398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmcq8jWtZMl
“Red...” said Deena as she slowly puts her weapon to rest. Harigar Rhim also398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Z4hd0t24u
sheathed his blade but the remaining two did not. Lorian looked back at Dhanel398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXlmJ8CQ0g9
Marce, and only after this one nodded did he do the same. Celle however would stay398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrkdI7Y7BOZ
armed and ready.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtTFSdRE34J
“Red…not entirely unexpected I suppose.” Dhanel Marce takes a few steps forward398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcklFKTteOm
as the hooded figure gently turned around.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9j3BeORwdY
He is not wearing any mask. The fire he carries on his back diminished as he took398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKAZGxpeMQd
some steps towards them. Both men met halfway, under rain and lightning, and now398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF9Pv69TpBF
fire too; they stared at each other leaving the rest in quiet contemplation. Short words398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNsmOEzQNPI
were exchanged between them that no one else was able to hear and after that, the two398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1jZR3bsmi1
approached the rest of them.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh1abdOoFOy
Greetings took place among the already familiar faces, but they were not overdone.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNNyhLFPoJV
