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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.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlsCW5AXdmf
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“Oh, he is awake!” a man shouts on my left, riding on a strange horse I have never seen before.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEMLFkW7hwl
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feeling the subtle bumping sensation, I realise that I am also on one of those horse245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡin4RH2ckUH
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In front of me is a man with a broad back but short stature, its Warzheil.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBpeeQtBIrD
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“Where….” I try to speak but a sharp pain shoots up from my chest.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmbMO9oqp2N
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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 says245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAJFbB3qAqG
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“what….?” The pain surges up again, as if needles were stuck in my lungs.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCmfdxXfbOJ
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What’s he talking about?245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbvNt5SwKNU
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“Don’t speak, you were hit in the chest. It’s a miracle that you are still alive.” He says245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsDbLpqIvpC
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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.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSmQScqOKWj
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“Wondering what happened ,right? That’s the first thing I tried too.” Warzheil says on which I nod.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3A9FrhgdOp
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“Jortheus?....” I question with the low wind. So it doesn’t hurt me.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ULJ5e2ejf
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“Dead---a feat for real! Boast about it later though.” Warzheil says245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOnLz2d4zpe
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“What you both talking about under the breath?” Kade inquires.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQaMSjEffVZ
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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.”245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBbHINFhHQU
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I nod slowly as a greeting on which Kade nods back in approval.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXMA3WEaFlW
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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 says245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfeaL4yfDLl
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My left arm is now back to normal too.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJNTHsFoxLc
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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.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj20AdpMg5a
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“Town is around horizon, Don’t move around too much or your wound may open up.” Warzheil orders me.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3lBDAmfIlp
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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.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnDVqwQbeKH
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“I am surprised though, Kade. Our hunt crazed princess isn’t hunting these days?” Warzheil asks245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡchEKdquFE0
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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 replies245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoPAOXr8OXJ
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Warzheil almost freezes up, hesitant. We know the truth, but I fear what might happen if she finds out.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVmEKFmDap8
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Before anyone could notice his grim expression I push him lightly, snapping him out of it.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm3b4ngP2zy
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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.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Ndpsr0j9U
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I try to speak but Warzheil saves me the trouble.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1TC9VjltmU
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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.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcZPMw5fuZe
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“No shit? Stop with your bad jokes oldman. You just don’t have it in you.” Kade says245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTloiPyPkbz
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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.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTS3Jt2Q4RM
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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.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1VsJ39irl0
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“He has his story, but that’s his to tell.”245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqdPCK3eKqt
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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.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG9nbIa3ZKj
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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.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2XIaeIYIpt
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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.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0to3RASm0K
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She Stands out, so she must be drax’s daughter.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbT31yN9lJY
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I can barely process all this, as I fight to keep awake.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiUUNqrLTYn
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Everyone is Cheering, some welcoming their sons from Kade’s group.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYaWJm8951Y
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“Kade, another weak hunt?” Sil asks looking at the meagre stock of hunt and herbs.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpavnACQhhH
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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.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTgjIEo71LS
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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.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0OMFSeYFL1
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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.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdH6djhNDQA
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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.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFTbd9A9fY6
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“Sil, this is no time for celebration or grief, my friend here is gravely injured.” Warzheil says with urgence.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlWB2DIdX9F
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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.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPZf67wKj5r
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“Medusa’s poison, Sil” Warzheil almost hisses.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO9xVUgq03E
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Sil stiffens, I notice Gloria flinching upon hearing the words.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKXYC3zpnxI
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Sil rushes to check my eyes,245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdIJBCCkeXV
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“What’s with your left eye?” She mumbles “And---By the heavens!”245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMwELhwKM1G
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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.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTb1ccZCyb2
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“Who let this man walk?! Get a stretcher immediately!” Sil yells at some of the hunters who rush into action.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy3GEE4GU0m
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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.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjD8GtMBDYO
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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.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdICVmnMgAy
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This Strange Pride of mine will someday be my downfall, but its all I have left.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtcR93uCp7H
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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.”245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4JyVDWm80L
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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 adds245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRxrx0CG5xN
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“And that?!” She asks pointing at the blade hanging behind Warzheil, The blade that the demon lord used on me.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7dcUenjiYo
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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,245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA4LYs4412n
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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.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjpIpZoLJNI
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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,245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Z8dQt4Qse
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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.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCBsU9EfffP
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I- can’t Lose consciousness Here!245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL0od1BNwzu
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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?245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMJE7mjo3cf
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“Giving up already? That’s what I though.”245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkyNcUinBP4
“You think you have suffered enough?!”245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZFYxcCPsZ5
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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.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM9Dl42tWIo
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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.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbU4nMlzE3k
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Gloria gently pokes Ronin—no response, then she puts her index finger under his nose---no breath.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtZrTyM1g0V
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Her breath heavy“ Oh no…..Oldzheil…He-He passed away?!”245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXYhN7e497g
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“What? While Standing?” Sil says in disbelief covering her mouth with a grim expression.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg8EOE2ydb8
Gloria slowly steps back, her sight never leaving ronin’s unfazed face.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJtFxsHG20y
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Warzheil rushed to check Ronin.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ1gJs2QzjZ
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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.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnjuHGbcZy5
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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 quicker245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ28mbrqMOCO
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“Dear….He—is gone.” Sil says with a sympathetic expression.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjIEA9LMgIT
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“Gone?!” Warzheil snaps with anger. “I TOLD you one God.Damn.Thing!, Give urgent treatment to the man!”245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ36Pr6zCBg
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“You were the one who suggested the rule to….”245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC2EbB4mgDm
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“Following ‘RULES’!?” he condemns245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqb9ySCiG70
“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 roars245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4IKdDRZWsM
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Losing strength in his feet and his moral hurt, he falls on his knees.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ30TCaKodMU
“I came here in hopes of helping the Him. Oh good lad forgive me, I failed you!.”245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡppWG7tqAnK
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“Dear I, I---” Sil knees down to console Warzheil245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrioUig7JOr
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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.”245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5QhO9lUBBc
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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.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYwuabZUMkT
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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.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIMYKE5QAAp
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What’s going on with me?245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡykl5g9txjn
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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?245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHXp872HLBc
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Sil is trying to console him.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSeYlenCpKv
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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 him245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4JdFHzNEta
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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.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1KoLQz2VKM
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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.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc7B45PTXSG
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Suddenly I feel like someone is forcing me, I lack strength to resist.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDF4HimpH1P
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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.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMZ1Cvc0Arg
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I see glimpses of things happening, my wound seemed big.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQM8VLT1RkU
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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.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIxqcM7NrIT
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“What is he Oldzheil?” Gloria asks245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgKuG3dnszv
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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 says245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHMXvhwRzqs
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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.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ72B4WeX2k
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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 says245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7vp82Yxy0g
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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.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyevF79EjNT
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“What?” I whisper to myself.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvN1beZEIFz
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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.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEEKFEI20AI
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“The lad truly has his ancestors blood running in him like he said.” Warzheil says.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCbYCeHXYZc
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“Ancestors?” Kade asks245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzpVc3nJsHY
“Finally you are here Sil.” Warzheil says245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmTnHU3wwcl
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“I had to prepare this meal in a hurry, so don’t complain.” She says245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMXNexf81x2
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The door opens, I slide my eyes gently to look at them. Sil enters from behind with some food.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRmb8uOs6QV
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“Veg food just like you said he liked.” She says looking briefly at Warzheil with smile before returning to me.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjkJS95nFer
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“Are you feeling well now, Ronin?” She asks me with a caring look.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuE4jM12v7t
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I nod slowly.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsWsP9ra3yG
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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 asks245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCfR7Bh5jHl
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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 says245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMzIJCT9OtQ
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I muster the strength before finally speaking, powering through the pain which is much cope able now.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLWbjkQZy0W
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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 ask245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtoYfqQFlHp
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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 explains245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGp8ZBChq1Z
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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 says245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡECiDLmj6QI
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“Sil, don’t force the lad, he just woke up!” Warzheil gives an uneasy suggestion.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbNR6bPZC7o
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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 replies245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8rszZRXs1Q
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“That’s…it? I thought you guys were suspicious of me.” I ask245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGG20c9LDGP
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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!”245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvEaAaDKQ9t
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“Stop acting like my mom” I say to Warzheil245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc7yolIEMae
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Warzheil chuckles as they all start going out of the room except Gloria.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUQTpIJi7aU
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“Gloria?....” Sil asks245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZoOOruky7P
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“Grandma Sil, you go on ahead, I will wash the dishes once he is finished eating the food.” She says245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2uxBiJ1QnE
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After a pause, Sil sighs and agrees.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVrHV5yFETB
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After a few seconds, the bustling room dies in silence.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSfSQviVmjq
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I feel all kinds of anxieties. 245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTv5xRXV3tJ
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“Eat up. The food will become cold.” Gloria says which startles me.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ47xZzqk7vX
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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.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ00Le6NXzLR
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At least this way I can avoid her probing eyes.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtq1JJnY9Dn
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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.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUuI8ydvvRz
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But Now?
The body remembers what the mind does not want to accept, and it was no longer my ally.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMAG8Ql6ED7
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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?245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlInrRd4Zde
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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.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7R27UNGoUr
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As I eat, I can’t help but feel uncomfortable.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnfQ43smcAZ
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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.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTQSRTiUsZa
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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.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhOkjbDCNd8
“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.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnpNKw3tt9l
“You always this quiet?”
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She waited, arms crossed, expecting… something. A reply, a reaction. Ronin gave her nothing.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDeCyV8JQWX
After a beat, she huffed a laugh. “Alright, I’ll take that as a yes.”245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡObQYjiTxke
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“My name is---” she adds245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgjqbtumGuj
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“I know.” I interrupt her245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ButBQStzu
“Huh?” she says in a short exhale with slight confusion. I take big sips of soup to finish it faster245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjDx0uIRrhB
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“Drax’s Daughter—Gloria, right?.” I say245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcc3GxpPQG1
“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.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQTbUs8BTJ4
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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 ask245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvh3NLlv0kX
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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 giggles245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡob0jXDIvLn
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So she really doesn’t know about Ethis being her mom.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdhF2w92GCx
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“Blood of the gods runs through you nonetheless.” I say245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡejUaMUjlu6
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She laughs softly “Yeah, you can say that.”245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpxdve7g4H5
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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.?245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfrFn2wcd97
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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 said245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQOuCnIpTWj
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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.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKItnoUwWyG
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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…..245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFhadFY2N0P
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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.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV6lCYR4OYT
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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.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWNh5Y1NK8Z
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As the old men said, Now I can sleep like a horse seller!245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgzIS1ModR4
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I lie down on the bed, its comfy, compared to sleeping on rough ground, enough to fit me.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY8ytLEUftp
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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.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ53DNt0hlZq
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“You know how much I hate mutants!” Sil spits245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ05rpWvh0tS
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“I am telling you, He is human!” Warzheil yells back245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPEsZQoeVhf
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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!”245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrpJQUbMdEm
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“You….!” he sneers in anger
“Had it not been you. I would have personally seen to it, that he died even more painful death!” Sil says in a serious tone.
Gloria is listening quietly from outside the kitchen.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡowVJc6N0Mx
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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 insists245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0K78dJxAQ5
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“Now you have done it HAG!”245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZMBNGlNJ50
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Sil gasps “HAG?!”245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj15yw2e4f3
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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 shocked245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUGF6fA3Oo5
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“Wait, who? Surely you do not mean….” Sil almost shouts but Warzheil interrupts her.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvTaFUQs4hV
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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 says245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpX8oBF1Elz
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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.”245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJUflavCh0U
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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.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0lW3sj28X7
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Sil notices Gloria.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrnUhYsOKGr
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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.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQjpxkmzY4N
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“Make yourselves comfortable kids, this is tale of a legend in making. So, Don’t jump to conclusions.” Warzheil replies245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoowpqGxU1R
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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.”245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTzLnjRVQIU
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“H-he, killed the demon lord that my father told me fairy tales about?” Gloria hesitates under her mask.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3N4bUP0X15
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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.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIe37kNXDje
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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 asks245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGLMFvI0ISc
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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 again245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQUfC74WrGQ
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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.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ59Fqbr8HrY
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“You surely saw the lights flash down from heavens and whispers of gods yesterday, right?”245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBrV3GeAZGg
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“You mean the light that appears when heroes kill the demon lord?.....” Sil says245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRPMsGl4Tb1
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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.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlJOQJEOdga
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Kade is so shocked his jaw hangs with disbelief.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXKHQMbY4vt
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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.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbFMZtSx3Nb
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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.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZa92ygcK6K
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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 says245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡodsXsl0Xo0
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“Wait, then why did the demon lord’s weakness not apply on him if he killed him?” Kade asks245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ73VtQLW3j8
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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 says245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQEUj9R9Py5
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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.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3SDMsA5eCB
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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 says245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwtRG9KjP4E
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Warzheil nods “ and Umm..., Forgive me for raising my voice earlier.” Warzheil says with a sad expression245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2WTpOj649X
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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 says245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqW0Xc9Xtyu
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“Ahem… kids, you should sleep too.” Warzheil coughs hiding his embarrassment.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGtZVni9oMF
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And so, everyone goes to sleep.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtummgyzE8n
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Gloria closes her room’s door, and falls on her bed flat on her face as she clutches her pillow.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYvHHyM42V8
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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. ”245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNUWgoA9XBU
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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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