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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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQJTh94TzMr
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“Oh, he is awake!” a man shouts on my left, riding on a strange horse I have never seen before.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmkhFYa69qr
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feeling the subtle bumping sensation, I realise that I am also on one of those horse101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVbOzv7tuIx
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In front of me is a man with a broad back but short stature, its Warzheil.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4aPkwCUKKf
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“Where….” I try to speak but a sharp pain shoots up from my chest.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2vZCWj95Nk
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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 says101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF97ZrBfiJK
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“what….?” The pain surges up again, as if needles were stuck in my lungs.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsVmSQ6U4v9
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What’s he talking about?101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡra2vAO8Ijq
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“Don’t speak, you were hit in the chest. It’s a miracle that you are still alive.” He says101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBo45YI91HO
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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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYfbypsMad4
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“Wondering what happened ,right? That’s the first thing I tried too.” Warzheil says on which I nod.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTurMQ2OSOE
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“Jortheus?....” I question with the low wind. So it doesn’t hurt me.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkMoSulvtKI
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“Dead---a feat for real! Boast about it later though.” Warzheil says101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRdDyhFgihd
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“What you both talking about under the breath?” Kade inquires.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqrNc4PXbWn
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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.”101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNqalwtcohx
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I nod slowly as a greeting on which Kade nods back in approval.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrsAdCJLGi8
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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 says101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLdE8racXxM
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My left arm is now back to normal too.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3wNX8bM7w1
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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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwe283BH08m
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“Town is around horizon, Don’t move around too much or your wound may open up.” Warzheil orders me.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbIYDM7eage
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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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡucBoijxCeJ
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“I am surprised though, Kade. Our hunt crazed princess isn’t hunting these days?” Warzheil asks101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT6pNztrsN3
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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 replies101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZaKUALme8F
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Warzheil almost freezes up, hesitant. We know the truth, but I fear what might happen if she finds out.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDLtGKW2iJ2
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Before anyone could notice his grim expression I push him lightly, snapping him out of it.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFoUrqkeWHs
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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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvrDFRoyg1A
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I try to speak but Warzheil saves me the trouble.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ17HQ7rU3Tn
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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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwQmmmdAp5z
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“No shit? Stop with your bad jokes oldman. You just don’t have it in you.” Kade says101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZVuDqxMm1F
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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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUqWWNQpalb
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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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDLfmhicQTs
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“He has his story, but that’s his to tell.”101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNduoM5VOv7
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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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXUmF4a2TVV
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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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlR9D9di9x6
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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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG3l4kGIi5x
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She Stands out, so she must be drax’s daughter.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqErCzdxjQY
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I can barely process all this, as I fight to keep awake.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlZelgGOqR7
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Everyone is Cheering, some welcoming their sons from Kade’s group.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH29G4ADFlx
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“Kade, another weak hunt?” Sil asks looking at the meagre stock of hunt and herbs.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡglDjDbaq7K
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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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqNQgDOCCC4
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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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWFnVVoiQnI
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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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnWdQ31s7ma
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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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTVbF8abjwQ
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“Sil, this is no time for celebration or grief, my friend here is gravely injured.” Warzheil says with urgence.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEmMHt9O7hn
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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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhYryTIX5hb
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“Medusa’s poison, Sil” Warzheil almost hisses.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKy5YX6Knyq
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Sil stiffens, I notice Gloria flinching upon hearing the words.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBoCSlQLaZB
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Sil rushes to check my eyes,101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡthyxWNahLF
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“What’s with your left eye?” She mumbles “And---By the heavens!”101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvWdIEksc8f
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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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF2takr8uLL
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“Who let this man walk?! Get a stretcher immediately!” Sil yells at some of the hunters who rush into action.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAqKpikLiyp
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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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ZFkErhCU4
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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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkdfqaKyl40
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This Strange Pride of mine will someday be my downfall, but its all I have left.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmMPC7l378D
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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.”101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOvBehz00sN
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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 adds101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLFyyvYPdwC
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“And that?!” She asks pointing at the blade hanging behind Warzheil, The blade that the demon lord used on me.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2adqQSQIoA
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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,101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoC6qI8wBaP
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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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡejPDQNCbEK
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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 says101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLodZyjm6pu
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“Right now?… fine! I was in….” Warzheil speaks but I can no longer hear,101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV6iQSQslDx
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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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYBZ7MQ9kQz
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I- can’t Lose consciousness Here!101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt75VM28Rxv
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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?101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKLPW377yDt
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“Giving up already? That’s what I though.”101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOhQJlFHjxl
“You think you have suffered enough?!”101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXjLv60wtaP
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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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHO284oiNUx
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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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKRHPD12hEV
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Gloria gently pokes Ronin—no response, then she puts her index finger under his nose---no breath.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDNAnUyDWGl
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Her breath heavy“ Oh no…..Oldzheil…He-He passed away?!”101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVVI9NSBJMo
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“What? While Standing?” Sil says in disbelief covering her mouth with a grim expression.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡecQnQadm0S
Gloria slowly steps back, her sight never leaving ronin’s unfazed face.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwwq12Ar2LW
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Warzheil rushed to check Ronin.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD4IWTkVfSF
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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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoSIkrjeSif
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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 quicker101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzswll5Dicg
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“Dear….He—is gone.” Sil says with a sympathetic expression.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuNYquW6i8T
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“Gone?!” Warzheil snaps with anger. “I TOLD you one God.Damn.Thing!, Give urgent treatment to the man!”101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnop5XJS6pq
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“You were the one who suggested the rule to….”101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpuRE1vcW16
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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 roars101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8CiLBeZP7D
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Losing strength in his feet and his moral hurt, he falls on his knees.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIqQL29qOf8
“I came here in hopes of helping the Him. Oh good lad forgive me, I failed you!.”101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNfI8tSV8oq
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“Dear I, I---” Sil knees down to console Warzheil101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtcZzqfCtjS
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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.”101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4S7KmfpU5i
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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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5nJupcwenu
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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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBdsfmf8M7O
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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?101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBrVO9PFl3F
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Sil is trying to console him.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuDsqqolJ1H
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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 him101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM6NFdT4BTy
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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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9SaB3xvF4c
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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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnXex6uDjbg
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Suddenly I feel like someone is forcing me, I lack strength to resist.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKDi4xeiQ5s
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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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTWc15icahV
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I see glimpses of things happening, my wound seemed big.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKD3cl4VW0b
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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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBsoBrpiTV3
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“What is he Oldzheil?” Gloria asks101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfV7AZWkso2
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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 says101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡObqLkPDkfu
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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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡugtThQlAgX
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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 says101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz6d5zpb3hE
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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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaeQtCTZ97d
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“What?” I whisper to myself.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzRnGMtOfql
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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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3usrzuLOW2
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“The lad truly has his ancestors blood running in him like he said.” Warzheil says.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd069sqvk5W
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“Ancestors?” Kade asks101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqdPEKEbzPx
“Finally you are here Sil.” Warzheil says101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7s1rWpDM06
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“I had to prepare this meal in a hurry, so don’t complain.” She says101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgBmNESNooe
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The door opens, I slide my eyes gently to look at them. Sil enters from behind with some food.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYOR2KemzqV
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“Veg food just like you said he liked.” She says looking briefly at Warzheil with smile before returning to me.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUyh2iNbG4G
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“Are you feeling well now, Ronin?” She asks me with a caring look.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡngPX4d1p0z
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I nod slowly.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVGRikdsvLH
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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 asks101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2QCNQWC7lH
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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 says101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz8Xu6WFEsl
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I muster the strength before finally speaking, powering through the pain which is much cope able now.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ctbEhk3Tu
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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 ask101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡevMP6b9LNA
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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 explains101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJyMwPbgNtx
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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 says101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx3AhKaf48s
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“Sil, don’t force the lad, he just woke up!” Warzheil gives an uneasy suggestion.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDlFQrDyabe
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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 replies101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJHRSpjGNu2
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“That’s…it? I thought you guys were suspicious of me.” I ask101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPiUELZjv24
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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!”101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGmPg9s1WNg
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“Stop acting like my mom” I say to Warzheil101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡivlnxl2rAD
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Warzheil chuckles as they all start going out of the room except Gloria.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc4Ts9K7wjO
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“Gloria?....” Sil asks101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2w4sF5yloP
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“Grandma Sil, you go on ahead, I will wash the dishes once he is finished eating the food.” She says101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqONUPi5k6J
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After a pause, Sil sighs and agrees.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ07Qz98Cu5v
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After a few seconds, the bustling room dies in silence.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgQlv3vngjU
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I feel all kinds of anxieties. 101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMhApdsf2Yu
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“Eat up. The food will become cold.” Gloria says which startles me.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoMzw0Vwldq
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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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIwRwgEMFsp
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At least this way I can avoid her probing eyes.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbSZpD5u32s
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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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQiPWfpV7Ol
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But Now?
The body remembers what the mind does not want to accept, and it was no longer my ally.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8z8ECl4AUK
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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?101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzeHEzJkcqH
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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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvCUgFAgkRH
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As I eat, I can’t help but feel uncomfortable.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgKrYCjGTbc
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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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡskx2rGm9rU
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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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4yuIgroFu7
“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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ00L7KCytWy
“You always this quiet?”
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She waited, arms crossed, expecting… something. A reply, a reaction. Ronin gave her nothing.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKhzXggVguW
After a beat, she huffed a laugh. “Alright, I’ll take that as a yes.”101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsD3XD7WtFz
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“My name is---” she adds101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDvx2lsGxt6
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“I know.” I interrupt her101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW1xt2Qm7RP
“Huh?” she says in a short exhale with slight confusion. I take big sips of soup to finish it faster101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEXh7egetV9
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“Drax’s Daughter—Gloria, right?.” I say101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgtv13wKlcH
“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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHn7FJEMs0D
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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 ask101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZLQvKuL81b
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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 giggles101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmMvMoewHgs
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So she really doesn’t know about Ethis being her mom.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh4M2OQs7Se
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“Blood of the gods runs through you nonetheless.” I say101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbsoCsz7T22
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She laughs softly “Yeah, you can say that.”101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡro4iZtyCmy
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“What about you? You look demi-human yourself.” She asks
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“I happened to have an accident with a deadly demon. He tried to take over my body--but failed, leaving my body like this.” I said101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7WdYla6z9N
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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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPTrQBn8Vjj
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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…..101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI3Z9TGOCgp
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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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLvtz47s780
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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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtEOQy1KbaJ
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As the old men said, Now I can sleep like a horse seller!101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk8k4Oj7B9P
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I lie down on the bed, its comfy, compared to sleeping on rough ground, enough to fit me.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhYLgAQddEk
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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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4v5p1gQljv
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“You know how much I hate mutants!” Sil spits101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjSbrut66mo
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“I am telling you, He is human!” Warzheil yells back101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkhVvPxv9kP
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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!”101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLk8VQVcrHz
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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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGhtVGs7ORV
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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 insists101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyUnLRk1joD
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“Now you have done it HAG!”101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqzw1q2DHxN
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Sil gasps “HAG?!”101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeGJ9rs4mRw
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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 shocked101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDcQ2CUCx4n
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“Wait, who? Surely you do not mean….” Sil almost shouts but Warzheil interrupts her.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ69fylclb9P
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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 says101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaT2UxYG1H5
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Everyone is shocked to101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6k7wLtdBnJ
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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.”101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNisuksjttn
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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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI1dTNnoC9y
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Sil notices Gloria.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjNqDpAOU3f
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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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ30JncnBqDX
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“Make yourselves comfortable kids, this is tale of a legend in making. So, Don’t jump to conclusions.” Warzheil replies101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyJ4ctETnGc
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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.”101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrdqlZnLGzj
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“H-he, killed the demon lord that my father told me fairy tales about?” Gloria hesitates under her mask.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ7dyJTgDPq
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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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDISmqIPwh1
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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 asks101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQUCUe2tdrL
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“He told me its complicated.” Warzheil says101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5JkNvtDA8D
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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 again101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjTyCSCQjjT
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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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvsbPdTqCUY
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“You surely saw the lights flash down from heavens and whispers of gods yesterday, right?”101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI2UAnlN5on
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“You mean the light that appears when heroes kill the demon lord?.....” Sil says101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs0MbWSqPTY
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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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf9HZzSiRP8
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Kade is so shocked his jaw hangs with disbelief.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO48ztYjRlN
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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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq6nRcAzZtZ
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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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgfYKdnwO3c
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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 says101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTdYQYXPvlJ
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“Wait, then why did the demon lord’s weakness not apply on him if he killed him?” Kade asks101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJxaOoqLi4u
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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 says101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWZREu2SQD7
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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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb3R42FqCmj
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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 says101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhQ00NdYAaY
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Warzheil nods “ and Umm..., Forgive me for raising my voice earlier.” Warzheil says with a sad expression101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu2j2KSW13J
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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 says101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEsuAocEblD
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“Ahem… kids, you should sleep too.” Warzheil coughs hiding his embarrassment.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrMaGn4TLZF
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And so, everyone goes to sleep.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrgykKCWrwq
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Gloria closes her room’s door, and falls on her bed flat on her face as she clutches her pillow.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzEot5uUe9T
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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. ”101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYUh61tuhPk
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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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