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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.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTQNHactePP
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“Oh, he is awake!” a man shouts on my left, riding on a strange horse I have never seen before.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpUAELZyQoo
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feeling the subtle bumping sensation, I realise that I am also on one of those horse127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoEbxDfHgqK
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In front of me is a man with a broad back but short stature, its Warzheil.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0lRw3RJQVJ
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“Where….” I try to speak but a sharp pain shoots up from my chest.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEYmYvdYTbT
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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 says127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcq4Ncr2GxL
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“what….?” The pain surges up again, as if needles were stuck in my lungs.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3g3g1l5hR6
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What’s he talking about?127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMFy6YcGy34
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“Don’t speak, you were hit in the chest. It’s a miracle that you are still alive.” He says127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyf211sbc08
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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.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ycbCw6HUj
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“Wondering what happened ,right? That’s the first thing I tried too.” Warzheil says on which I nod.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYEnu1HS73t
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“Jortheus?....” I question with the low wind. So it doesn’t hurt me.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGvn5rYI5JR
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“Dead---a feat for real! Boast about it later though.” Warzheil says127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGhIl77ts4E
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“What you both talking about under the breath?” Kade inquires.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBzLE1lU6Zc
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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.”127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEfyVDGNqfi
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I nod slowly as a greeting on which Kade nods back in approval.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3agQCsFXkE
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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 says127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvNORfMlyEd
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My left arm is now back to normal too.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJnZ1wndRpz
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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.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxAOeoPsLeS
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“Town is around horizon, Don’t move around too much or your wound may open up.” Warzheil orders me.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0CEaPqK686
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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.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa8k3VXBNJ6
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“I am surprised though, Kade. Our hunt crazed princess isn’t hunting these days?” Warzheil asks127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7mdJtdvqRH
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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 replies127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiEgUOklnRJ
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Warzheil almost freezes up, hesitant. We know the truth, but I fear what might happen if she finds out.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAZ22PvAGpI
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Before anyone could notice his grim expression I push him lightly, snapping him out of it.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpGJQHWc1jy
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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.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsQLZiD1pUQ
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I try to speak but Warzheil saves me the trouble.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu2d9Hq2UD0
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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.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz69IJBxwfW
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“No shit? Stop with your bad jokes oldman. You just don’t have it in you.” Kade says127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgvowWC0ft0
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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.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRDaDgEhqST
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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.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhqVvRkC8f9
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“He has his story, but that’s his to tell.”127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGMxFrvJjOT
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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.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWyy91k6uJN
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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.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXK7kPTZtz5
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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.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOYGeWonqMb
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She Stands out, so she must be drax’s daughter.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUUDku4XRnA
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I can barely process all this, as I fight to keep awake.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM32CCkgCKT
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Everyone is Cheering, some welcoming their sons from Kade’s group.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkfd608YFlu
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“Kade, another weak hunt?” Sil asks looking at the meagre stock of hunt and herbs.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCcAksaCMxb
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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.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ76RUoBSzuG
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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.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzIdDxOCc17
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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.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfV8fi8og7B
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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.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs2gjJac0ZO
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“Sil, this is no time for celebration or grief, my friend here is gravely injured.” Warzheil says with urgence.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKMcydceSZv
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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.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbiajelYQDa
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“Medusa’s poison, Sil” Warzheil almost hisses.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCFY5ObWT3a
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Sil stiffens, I notice Gloria flinching upon hearing the words.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDFL6Q0ABpd
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Sil rushes to check my eyes,127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡztTiM9I5Zl
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“What’s with your left eye?” She mumbles “And---By the heavens!”127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBZaKDR5X5A
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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.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1aoiVBup1G
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“Who let this man walk?! Get a stretcher immediately!” Sil yells at some of the hunters who rush into action.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡymq9BmNg4s
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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.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwpVSKYNLEO
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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.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRA53PeQG5B
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This Strange Pride of mine will someday be my downfall, but its all I have left.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh677TZgk6O
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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.”127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXRSGAKVhZS
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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 adds127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqINrGjVi2X
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“And that?!” She asks pointing at the blade hanging behind Warzheil, The blade that the demon lord used on me.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYktOUTS3nG
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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,127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcFJcREToBs
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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.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqRPadvMvDx
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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,127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoyrgrG74nh
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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.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAokIF6myC1
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I- can’t Lose consciousness Here!127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe4PiirOAVg
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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?127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ78glAz8ClS
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“Giving up already? That’s what I though.”127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuzv5OgFvVJ
“You think you have suffered enough?!”127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZnJAYCqLT7
“Going to leave your contracts?”127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoUxD9IOTTu
“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.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMVY8C50ler
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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.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9j7CJRrXlY
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Gloria gently pokes Ronin—no response, then she puts her index finger under his nose---no breath.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3eWspbVQut
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Her breath heavy“ Oh no…..Oldzheil…He-He passed away?!”127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK8VjxQeR3Q
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“What? While Standing?” Sil says in disbelief covering her mouth with a grim expression.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmYpLIwbvKA
Gloria slowly steps back, her sight never leaving ronin’s unfazed face.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgTaConIyMD
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Warzheil rushed to check Ronin.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYL5QMSguE6
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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.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHzumhf1qji
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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 quicker127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfgQ1IxVunB
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“Dear….He—is gone.” Sil says with a sympathetic expression.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuILAdb0uPV
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“Gone?!” Warzheil snaps with anger. “I TOLD you one God.Damn.Thing!, Give urgent treatment to the man!”127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLCgcXhfDs7
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“You were the one who suggested the rule to….”127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHCl3s1i3Lp
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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 roars127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJcUbENJaA8
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Losing strength in his feet and his moral hurt, he falls on his knees.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHRFAnsgiS2
“I came here in hopes of helping the Him. Oh good lad forgive me, I failed you!.”127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN2CPDxfcdb
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“Dear I, I---” Sil knees down to console Warzheil127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKfBkV9dgu2
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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.”127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1TysFiFBQb
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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.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqtHtKr3OgG
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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.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCy1e9im4kB
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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?127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrud0T2jYxb
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Sil is trying to console him.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCT1roQJ492
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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 him127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTGx36uB6nI
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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.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxy7CzHZqJ3
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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.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWq7wV2uEvJ
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Suddenly I feel like someone is forcing me, I lack strength to resist.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW8alBn7cJ4
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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.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8RObJ5IxxH
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I see glimpses of things happening, my wound seemed big.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE4El3U9iLg
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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.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE8U8KJjH4a
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“What is he Oldzheil?” Gloria asks127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb6niQB8G40
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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 says127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT1QXGi0SYn
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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.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmyu6hcG82X
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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 says127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSbLIB5O30o
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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.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnahKH1uW4M
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“What?” I whisper to myself.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwopRmmXsPd
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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.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqCGvjpOpW7
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“The lad truly has his ancestors blood running in him like he said.” Warzheil says.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh6OQfOpIDQ
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“Ancestors?” Kade asks127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWo4rUgGLEg
“Finally you are here Sil.” Warzheil says127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUKBCrWRcOb
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“I had to prepare this meal in a hurry, so don’t complain.” She says127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHt2SNjch3B
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The door opens, I slide my eyes gently to look at them. Sil enters from behind with some food.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTAMpaVbhIT
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“Veg food just like you said he liked.” She says looking briefly at Warzheil with smile before returning to me.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOzoh2ki3wB
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“Are you feeling well now, Ronin?” She asks me with a caring look.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcNRjNaO5yD
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I nod slowly.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtjDrAefuUq
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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 asks127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVjcqVLUyn4
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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 says127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzdHIkQRJgR
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I muster the strength before finally speaking, powering through the pain which is much cope able now.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl1ENj3c7I1
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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 ask127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiJkfEHMOad
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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 explains127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ06kaKOefc5
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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 says127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdXgtqgTmlC
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“Sil, don’t force the lad, he just woke up!” Warzheil gives an uneasy suggestion.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs6OAX29ZTK
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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 replies127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVTMHRROFCu
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“That’s…it? I thought you guys were suspicious of me.” I ask127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsW6MplSdAa
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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!”127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4DFteGXpSX
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“Stop acting like my mom” I say to Warzheil127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ81ySoA7UvK
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Warzheil chuckles as they all start going out of the room except Gloria.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4l7SwlulV0
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“Gloria?....” Sil asks127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOVaZ53CKef
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“Grandma Sil, you go on ahead, I will wash the dishes once he is finished eating the food.” She says127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡefD9PQgnLA
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After a pause, Sil sighs and agrees.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFze0kT8205
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After a few seconds, the bustling room dies in silence.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrjRCF2BpbP
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I feel all kinds of anxieties. 127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRXy8LnRX5G
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“Eat up. The food will become cold.” Gloria says which startles me.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJor18DntM2
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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.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9IX0GMNyks
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At least this way I can avoid her probing eyes.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAV8xYnT9Ej
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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.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe2rFnZ6lPw
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But Now?
The body remembers what the mind does not want to accept, and it was no longer my ally.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu1GMuGzSuv
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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?127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOnAwAJiW8q
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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.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxK2jHNIciu
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As I eat, I can’t help but feel uncomfortable.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfK9gLUK2wa
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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.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZaHNZNaLHX
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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.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡATBqnM4dTe
“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.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3gAq8fdYsi
“You always this quiet?”
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She waited, arms crossed, expecting… something. A reply, a reaction. Ronin gave her nothing.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOt8n6fyF6F
After a beat, she huffed a laugh. “Alright, I’ll take that as a yes.”127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPVDSqzqU2k
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“My name is---” she adds127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaxQW2sJXV3
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“I know.” I interrupt her127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtP6BiDXxxj
“Huh?” she says in a short exhale with slight confusion. I take big sips of soup to finish it faster127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM6pRNaXOtj
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“Drax’s Daughter—Gloria, right?.” I say127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR0MBoMJY8i
“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.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqzFb8yuYCa
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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 ask127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtLKPqa9r7c
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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 giggles127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlXpLZFvhFk
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So she really doesn’t know about Ethis being her mom.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfOF1nSQF2D
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“Blood of the gods runs through you nonetheless.” I say127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6vwjzlEa0x
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She laughs softly “Yeah, you can say that.”127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgglf1GhxTa
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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 said127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNg9tcwICNM
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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.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5i0OjUfn1L
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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…..127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHg3X7lnPW5
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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.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIhlyIrATZb
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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.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuXxtjhAYmo
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As the old men said, Now I can sleep like a horse seller!127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxsZ4ee4pv3
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I lie down on the bed, its comfy, compared to sleeping on rough ground, enough to fit me.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPTk4cV7Vfw
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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.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKPgGEgUnH6
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“You know how much I hate mutants!” Sil spits127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ04pZjjOefh
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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!”127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD1LX4Ya3vl
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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 insists127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡytipZbwWSp
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“Now you have done it HAG!”127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGtQJcwMJB0
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Sil gasps “HAG?!”127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxidO34gDdy
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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 shocked127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMUCMJ5s8Fu
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“Wait, who? Surely you do not mean….” Sil almost shouts but Warzheil interrupts her.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡymISQv1Xf3
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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 says127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5poCDCOXah
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Everyone is shocked to127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRy9kBuYOPh
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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.”127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiMKhRLy4qb
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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.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeOCajd4jOK
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Sil notices Gloria.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDHjbK6vLzv
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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.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiYhi1k0J6J
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“Make yourselves comfortable kids, this is tale of a legend in making. So, Don’t jump to conclusions.” Warzheil replies127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1HrLDxRgi7
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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.”127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJoVbTW9Cai
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“H-he, killed the demon lord that my father told me fairy tales about?” Gloria hesitates under her mask.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXJuCs2ANgv
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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.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡewqe2py53u
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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 asks127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFP6NoNG7tL
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“He told me its complicated.” Warzheil says127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3pIqCsodsa
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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 again127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ60fe1396Lr
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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.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM479cUyE21
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“You surely saw the lights flash down from heavens and whispers of gods yesterday, right?”127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA4iiIyPr6J
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“You mean the light that appears when heroes kill the demon lord?.....” Sil says127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe5C9RVxbPA
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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.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9eAD01j8Hb
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Kade is so shocked his jaw hangs with disbelief.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJks8yp4ZOD
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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.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuJKNf2RFta
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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.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVCsf5Pdhyb
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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 says127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZmRBKBaV7M
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“Wait, then why did the demon lord’s weakness not apply on him if he killed him?” Kade asks127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdLJ7by1zQx
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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 says127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUm6MxHeFmL
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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.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnw996CklzL
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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 says127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ckr7ZEXa0
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Warzheil nods “ and Umm..., Forgive me for raising my voice earlier.” Warzheil says with a sad expression127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCdQOAiqdFA
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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 says127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN9Xrk3QlS7
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“Ahem… kids, you should sleep too.” Warzheil coughs hiding his embarrassment.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEO1cnkLNSQ
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And so, everyone goes to sleep.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvFVqB3lccS
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Gloria closes her room’s door, and falls on her bed flat on her face as she clutches her pillow.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC37OrADF6D
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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. ”127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmnuhyrsJ9z
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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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