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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.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaWqvs6d8Zl
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“Oh, he is awake!” a man shouts on my left, riding on a strange horse I have never seen before.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSsTIehDmOw
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feeling the subtle bumping sensation, I realise that I am also on one of those horse231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxsfw7WjD7H
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In front of me is a man with a broad back but short stature, its Warzheil.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOGDOazrqPU
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“Where….” I try to speak but a sharp pain shoots up from my chest.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ5TeFbAgy0
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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 says231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcJgf68AQj2
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“what….?” The pain surges up again, as if needles were stuck in my lungs.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwGiPoptLvr
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What’s he talking about?231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo89fw8Ky44
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“Don’t speak, you were hit in the chest. It’s a miracle that you are still alive.” He says231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ357x9fv0Qw
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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.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVQwdklU8LK
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“Wondering what happened ,right? That’s the first thing I tried too.” Warzheil says on which I nod.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6JuzYfmJsH
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“Jortheus?....” I question with the low wind. So it doesn’t hurt me.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv6Dc3mF7iR
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“Dead---a feat for real! Boast about it later though.” Warzheil says231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ78f8GvQict
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“What you both talking about under the breath?” Kade inquires.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpWpLEoZ4GP
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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.”231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpgpmgwYJuP
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I nod slowly as a greeting on which Kade nods back in approval.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsUiJVD70o9
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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 says231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdT2qBcDJsU
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My left arm is now back to normal too.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡskv59aliBG
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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.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpPBGrOL7FO
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“Town is around horizon, Don’t move around too much or your wound may open up.” Warzheil orders me.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnHm6fCzO4K
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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.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHWEs8QLpdp
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“I am surprised though, Kade. Our hunt crazed princess isn’t hunting these days?” Warzheil asks231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJTTbiJ91jA
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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 replies231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlKrQ3bHCUx
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Warzheil almost freezes up, hesitant. We know the truth, but I fear what might happen if she finds out.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP1UGVd2co1
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Before anyone could notice his grim expression I push him lightly, snapping him out of it.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdxt6lCM9jn
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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.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBtoslmjcRy
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I try to speak but Warzheil saves me the trouble.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgp9O1wf4z1
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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.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSWqrVG2vpJ
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“No shit? Stop with your bad jokes oldman. You just don’t have it in you.” Kade says231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFEGHHs4wXE
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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.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXpZKxCwVwo
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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.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzpDoTUTkDf
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“He has his story, but that’s his to tell.”231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Cb8KBCq1C
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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.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ85H87uNBFh
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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.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2VeG9LbRXU
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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.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqFespc0GPM
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She Stands out, so she must be drax’s daughter.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhMxDVl0FUQ
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I can barely process all this, as I fight to keep awake.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCpGZRCvvyN
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Everyone is Cheering, some welcoming their sons from Kade’s group.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyi8bHLQb8l
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“Kade, another weak hunt?” Sil asks looking at the meagre stock of hunt and herbs.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEcYInu9g8x
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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.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRjj30DCm28
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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.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuzpNx7shfv
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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.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrXz4HF87c1
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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.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9hcZgRLyTj
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“Sil, this is no time for celebration or grief, my friend here is gravely injured.” Warzheil says with urgence.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkbRfX35asZ
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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.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRzm78Rw9L7
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“Medusa’s poison, Sil” Warzheil almost hisses.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc0XJ9Tjpui
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Sil stiffens, I notice Gloria flinching upon hearing the words.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlEUAH2zOYW
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Sil rushes to check my eyes,231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7u8D8oXu82
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“What’s with your left eye?” She mumbles “And---By the heavens!”231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEvWcBnjIri
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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.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKlZvFjkB7b
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“Who let this man walk?! Get a stretcher immediately!” Sil yells at some of the hunters who rush into action.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXhegWs7lCW
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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.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNUHCY2NFGA
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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.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnpWeVISxwy
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This Strange Pride of mine will someday be my downfall, but its all I have left.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzYj0gVNk6q
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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.”231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Br2WUtWrQ
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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 adds231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3KvQTioHbg
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“And that?!” She asks pointing at the blade hanging behind Warzheil, The blade that the demon lord used on me.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡneJD7EFnrK
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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,231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMxUMdSdbJT
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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.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvjSjxRsFsq
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“It’s a long story, but first we need to treat him.”
“I cannot risk it without knowing, I am the chief here and you know it.” Sil says231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5k3CtzqZsA
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“Right now?… fine! I was in….” Warzheil speaks but I can no longer hear,231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCqKVbqDPfd
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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.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdZjMjGLeaa
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I- can’t Lose consciousness Here!231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd9DH9KRkMp
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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?231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQEU6iEL2Fc
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“Giving up already? That’s what I though.”231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡybN9kMQAQu
“You think you have suffered enough?!”231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwnbFwyR1Fb
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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.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdMjQTFCAIJ
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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.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkzAUb0EjMW
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Gloria gently pokes Ronin—no response, then she puts her index finger under his nose---no breath.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsJ2WrPDa3A
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Her breath heavy“ Oh no…..Oldzheil…He-He passed away?!”231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7DhlUhwYkL
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“What? While Standing?” Sil says in disbelief covering her mouth with a grim expression.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE9s6gSidmP
Gloria slowly steps back, her sight never leaving ronin’s unfazed face.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxWHJH1ELng
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Warzheil rushed to check Ronin.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2cDKgX2m3S
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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.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ56WgqhorQ2
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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 quicker231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMz1dwcTHqD
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“Dear….He—is gone.” Sil says with a sympathetic expression.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd4ycz5nky6
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“Gone?!” Warzheil snaps with anger. “I TOLD you one God.Damn.Thing!, Give urgent treatment to the man!”231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLqTuPduD5J
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“You were the one who suggested the rule to….”231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrIVMSdZXUR
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“You would follow RULES when a man is suffering silently Infront of you?! I made Rules to save people not to let them DIE!” he roars231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSq2QWJioau
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Losing strength in his feet and his moral hurt, he falls on his knees.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNel7MeHyuN
“I came here in hopes of helping the Him. Oh good lad forgive me, I failed you!.”231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSNQYipkUsA
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“Dear I, I---” Sil knees down to console Warzheil231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHpLWkULJJz
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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.”231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP8OfljiUo6
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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.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBM1iHdX6Tb
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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.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwLQMXCShyv
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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?231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxySlK751Ei
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Sil is trying to console him.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMxmh8fPWfc
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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 him231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCCWI0vD4oE
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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.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9JJSK9Cece
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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.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOBbZ5qzkIO
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Suddenly I feel like someone is forcing me, I lack strength to resist.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2pdzI0rjVY
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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.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrIZT7aCdSl
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I see glimpses of things happening, my wound seemed big.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS2tfWkDhUw
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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.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdIn30NeeCa
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“What is he Oldzheil?” Gloria asks231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWBKOi12gl0
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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 says231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiAUrikPAtm
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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.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP1VAhmOa4u
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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 says231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUmwGgfkQCB
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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.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNnuhuZEHyI
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“What?” I whisper to myself.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6MxGEI3TUZ
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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.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJBhYks7WSq
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“The lad truly has his ancestors blood running in him like he said.” Warzheil says.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPyx32OGzRo
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“Ancestors?” Kade asks231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡneLZCTu2ls
“Finally you are here Sil.” Warzheil says231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1VURedcy66
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“I had to prepare this meal in a hurry, so don’t complain.” She says231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcUE8GGdT89
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The door opens, I slide my eyes gently to look at them. Sil enters from behind with some food.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAIUlT7uvdu
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“Veg food just like you said he liked.” She says looking briefly at Warzheil with smile before returning to me.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT9MStNvTqE
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“Are you feeling well now, Ronin?” She asks me with a caring look.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5yms1pfHKt
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I nod slowly.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ48Lpi91oE7
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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 asks231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHlTWpth7TM
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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 says231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLGxdBWwMAk
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I muster the strength before finally speaking, powering through the pain which is much cope able now.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPshIoctkVf
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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 ask231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjdmxT2UcH5
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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 explains231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbMh6hYRD4Y
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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 says231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUwJJoatqCR
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“Sil, don’t force the lad, he just woke up!” Warzheil gives an uneasy suggestion.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQpURkaNHzT
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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 replies231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0wY1E5zD59
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“That’s…it? I thought you guys were suspicious of me.” I ask231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZonrOTRRC4
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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!”231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwpTdydgSPW
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“Stop acting like my mom” I say to Warzheil231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡclk3S2oCcu
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Warzheil chuckles as they all start going out of the room except Gloria.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQmdM4KqdAU
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“Gloria?....” Sil asks231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbrL5J8ybPi
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“Grandma Sil, you go on ahead, I will wash the dishes once he is finished eating the food.” She says231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0P2uwL7Jr6
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After a pause, Sil sighs and agrees.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1XI3z5ARp8
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After a few seconds, the bustling room dies in silence.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk3RrIJ8HvU
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I feel all kinds of anxieties. 231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFmgxGrfJiY
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“Eat up. The food will become cold.” Gloria says which startles me.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhuZzjr48r0
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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.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd3YYWFtLLW
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At least this way I can avoid her probing eyes.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiaIN0Nu0wT
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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.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBux6U2am4m
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But Now?
The body remembers what the mind does not want to accept, and it was no longer my ally.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡno7Qp7ngRN
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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?231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡalkV3mcZNr
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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.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBwyNWwcbYB
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As I eat, I can’t help but feel uncomfortable.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP48VIZBVzX
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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.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvbRnd2uM9g
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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.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7NJmWREPmU
“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.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS63f7a0HQs
“You always this quiet?”
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She waited, arms crossed, expecting… something. A reply, a reaction. Ronin gave her nothing.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb4t1guQMu8
After a beat, she huffed a laugh. “Alright, I’ll take that as a yes.”231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8nQCXnMNPW
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“My name is---” she adds231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpyOg3lzYss
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“I know.” I interrupt her231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI3ZbhHJ95O
“Huh?” she says in a short exhale with slight confusion. I take big sips of soup to finish it faster231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeSwTczAKmH
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“Drax’s Daughter—Gloria, right?.” I say231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCHtSIJDhPj
“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.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoQhjBOAtue
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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 ask231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡToidVRk1Mg
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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 giggles231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoSUgqhgdvd
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So she really doesn’t know about Ethis being her mom.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIGdoAHldUP
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“Blood of the gods runs through you nonetheless.” I say231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc8fV62iM8y
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She laughs softly “Yeah, you can say that.”231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOIMtoEdOfO
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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.?231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk2Km75EiGP
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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 said231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaM2DdpuLWi
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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.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcyzAcz79ue
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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…..231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0wM3WRg8ch
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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.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWKn8ykGdSm
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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.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0iwi4gkbSU
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As the old men said, Now I can sleep like a horse seller!231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7SoY0IcB3R
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I lie down on the bed, its comfy, compared to sleeping on rough ground, enough to fit me.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7e5l0vaImz
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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.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxs6xaoWbTU
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“You know how much I hate mutants!” Sil spits231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTNKIl2lgml
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“I am telling you, He is human!” Warzheil yells back231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT5AWZvYoy0
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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!”231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7dAYnQIjGc
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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 insists231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5jm3X2naIH
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“Now you have done it HAG!”231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL2eZKGorqZ
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Sil gasps “HAG?!”231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnNDGpAF1Wo
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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 shocked231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqk6CQXC7eE
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“Wait, who? Surely you do not mean….” Sil almost shouts but Warzheil interrupts her.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvNmhFj2ssT
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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 says231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5pmuiVPvgm
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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.”231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPKzmmnGRJ7
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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.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxfHPozzY38
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Sil notices Gloria.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXsUaIrLwuH
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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.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdzD9vXfpLH
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“Make yourselves comfortable kids, this is tale of a legend in making. So, Don’t jump to conclusions.” Warzheil replies231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy7sliBhzWO
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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.”231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡopqMkoE3zj
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“H-he, killed the demon lord that my father told me fairy tales about?” Gloria hesitates under her mask.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF3z0nNElhv
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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.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX4bJIfOy0i
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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 asks231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSQwqva8H1l
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“He told me its complicated.” Warzheil says231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4gw2ENXVNg
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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 again231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWBHTXyGClu
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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.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaUB1eAx0Y0
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“You surely saw the lights flash down from heavens and whispers of gods yesterday, right?”231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV5djli9Brd
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“You mean the light that appears when heroes kill the demon lord?.....” Sil says231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwzW7F0T68m
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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.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡElA5Gmqvdb
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Kade is so shocked his jaw hangs with disbelief.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIyOcNc6Qgp
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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.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY1PdmfpRdY
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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.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBSSMY27V4t
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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 says231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡINHw3S6ats
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“Wait, then why did the demon lord’s weakness not apply on him if he killed him?” Kade asks231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRmd5rRtkc2
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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 says231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ17YFfm40Ss
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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.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtRoWxteKHy
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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 says231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXLABd6mVwC
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Warzheil nods “ and Umm..., Forgive me for raising my voice earlier.” Warzheil says with a sad expression231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd9PXF5tZgu
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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 says231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJyBmYqFqRo
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“Ahem… kids, you should sleep too.” Warzheil coughs hiding his embarrassment.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCnYXElzLuV
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And so, everyone goes to sleep.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBmTHlDRN9n
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Gloria closes her room’s door, and falls on her bed flat on her face as she clutches her pillow.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqI5bQCUEzB
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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. ”231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1iYIRllfOO
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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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