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Scene: Ronin opens his eyes.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOxga3J3nzT
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZINJpSL8Do
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“Oh, he is awake!” a man shouts on my left, riding on a strange horse I have never seen before.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUnTY2Zl1Y4
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feeling the subtle bumping sensation, I realise that I am also on one of those horse8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwKXoIk3ezk
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In front of me is a man with a broad back but short stature, its Warzheil.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnFFRmeyoBm
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“Where….” I try to speak but a sharp pain shoots up from my chest.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyBOfeDycyS
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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 says8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWO2c7eMwY4
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“what….?” The pain surges up again, as if needles were stuck in my lungs.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxDM86Zjgby
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What’s he talking about?8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtbXOkvJfZ2
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“Don’t speak, you were hit in the chest. It’s a miracle that you are still alive.” He says8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIL7QkYm39B
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMMhayLFu5d
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“Wondering what happened ,right? That’s the first thing I tried too.” Warzheil says on which I nod.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTShlXrSzaE
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“Jortheus?....” I question with the low wind. So it doesn’t hurt me.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGpvE9uawxA
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“Dead---a feat for real! Boast about it later though.” Warzheil says8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ123yIt26YY
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“What you both talking about under the breath?” Kade inquires.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNDHgkEUOvU
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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.”8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWQYAE7Hech
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I nod slowly as a greeting on which Kade nods back in approval.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpG5jY6ppan
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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 says8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjNvLPejUF7
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My left arm is now back to normal too.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwD4Frvso1K
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM5Z2bnVCFK
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“Town is around horizon, Don’t move around too much or your wound may open up.” Warzheil orders me.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQhiLJ0jgUD
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡimabAvxQKO
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“I am surprised though, Kade. Our hunt crazed princess isn’t hunting these days?” Warzheil asks8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡraXF7GiFME
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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 replies8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvDH8BfZsyl
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Warzheil almost freezes up, hesitant. We know the truth, but I fear what might happen if she finds out.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbExbyjqfsW
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Before anyone could notice his grim expression I push him lightly, snapping him out of it.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwPTEVmsakh
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqcVoZZhnua
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I try to speak but Warzheil saves me the trouble.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnH1eqlPuY7
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfcVkHAYt1b
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“No shit? Stop with your bad jokes oldman. You just don’t have it in you.” Kade says8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3LXFk3Irne
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRR4p1OeivP
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhhH9hT1PgI
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“He has his story, but that’s his to tell.”8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqBHejiKJpb
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs6HPgWgUQf
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡolMOgvwP8O
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVqEUP096Ix
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She Stands out, so she must be drax’s daughter.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZMA8WuxzUi
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I can barely process all this, as I fight to keep awake.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKAcvknhq2p
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Everyone is Cheering, some welcoming their sons from Kade’s group.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡubWJH3jk5R
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“Kade, another weak hunt?” Sil asks looking at the meagre stock of hunt and herbs.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7apUPGrc4g
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO9hD3wi4il
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5B06htTA4N
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlylUgkMx2j
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡen77EgfKyr
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“Sil, this is no time for celebration or grief, my friend here is gravely injured.” Warzheil says with urgence.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZJOwmprXz3
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Sg8IzIrp8
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“Medusa’s poison, Sil” Warzheil almost hisses.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡah4gBAg9cZ
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Sil stiffens, I notice Gloria flinching upon hearing the words.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXhTolD5ZVV
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Sil rushes to check my eyes,8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgJk1xzkqQM
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“What’s with your left eye?” She mumbles “And---By the heavens!”8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSq9O9y51XP
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFvbnQ41tHH
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“Who let this man walk?! Get a stretcher immediately!” Sil yells at some of the hunters who rush into action.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpRYNPcdU1Z
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfMfGEmOONg
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT8R8hKdGTR
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This Strange Pride of mine will someday be my downfall, but its all I have left.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdVspLHBjvn
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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.”8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbcJlCuHxVV
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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 adds8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOxxFZs7Jpz
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“And that?!” She asks pointing at the blade hanging behind Warzheil, The blade that the demon lord used on me.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjtW3tIA0pk
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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,8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5IY2Qczhh7
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgsdbVpp2K9
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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 says8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuVYG5ufjY0
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“Right now?… fine! I was in….” Warzheil speaks but I can no longer hear,8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuHEYmmRz4W
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSjLVQSKJNG
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I- can’t Lose consciousness Here!8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeHaSXUk3te
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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?8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoDApSVaCPj
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“Giving up already? That’s what I though.”8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKxNOSjNPx2
“You think you have suffered enough?!”8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVBtFXDExQL
“Going to leave your contracts?”8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6bBRhyxIF6
“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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLO8D9VAAAO
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ188mRYKSA3
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Gloria gently pokes Ronin—no response, then she puts her index finger under his nose---no breath.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzJ5TQ5uJKz
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Her breath heavy“ Oh no…..Oldzheil…He-He passed away?!”8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIK9wHGs3F8
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“What? While Standing?” Sil says in disbelief covering her mouth with a grim expression.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFH9HfUz3mp
Gloria slowly steps back, her sight never leaving ronin’s unfazed face.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡefbjuGrJmI
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Warzheil rushed to check Ronin.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Vz45b1985
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwWZxOD57IF
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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 quicker8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmwtb1jqY7K
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“Dear….He—is gone.” Sil says with a sympathetic expression.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBfFPs8Olql
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“Gone?!” Warzheil snaps with anger. “I TOLD you one God.Damn.Thing!, Give urgent treatment to the man!”8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF84kCRd1gv
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“You were the one who suggested the rule to….”8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV6XaT8RcKb
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“Following ‘RULES’!?” he condemns8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbazx2uwifa
“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 roars8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO147ZyRSdC
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Losing strength in his feet and his moral hurt, he falls on his knees.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzLzBJiG874
“I came here in hopes of helping the Him. Oh good lad forgive me, I failed you!.”8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRpfBH2KOtZ
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“Dear I, I---” Sil knees down to console Warzheil8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOtPL39e5Dl
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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.”8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDhf1imfifT
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ41gTG90rNl
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiqjJylNM7Q
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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?8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRCnFLBb3oE
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Sil is trying to console him.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPjZZfqpsXd
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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 him8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY5uQOtEvYK
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvAHkC0pHxr
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5GRY3p8rge
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Suddenly I feel like someone is forcing me, I lack strength to resist.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJLiI7KwGc7
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp8I7j7QwxL
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I see glimpses of things happening, my wound seemed big.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCYDdwRanut
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ23oNdI8n2M
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“What is he Oldzheil?” Gloria asks8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1if37uyGEw
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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 says8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKpMaZVhILv
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSo86v9Dtbw
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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 says8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE8Va4mw8xk
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgkabB2Y1er
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“What?” I whisper to myself.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡplOChMUVTX
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGXB8Ct8PHm
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“The lad truly has his ancestors blood running in him like he said.” Warzheil says.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFf2eyEsvPz
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“Ancestors?” Kade asks8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyLFreEhOhg
“Finally you are here Sil.” Warzheil says8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDlAoQD3a3e
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“I had to prepare this meal in a hurry, so don’t complain.” She says8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMwoN86xiiT
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The door opens, I slide my eyes gently to look at them. Sil enters from behind with some food.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5vQoEa2yPK
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“Veg food just like you said he liked.” She says looking briefly at Warzheil with smile before returning to me.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtHdoeX1bU0
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“Are you feeling well now, Ronin?” She asks me with a caring look.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA0bwPPmk3T
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I nod slowly.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWoGjtpmbRd
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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 asks8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPxFqLhY1rL
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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 says8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbEwxS6rBDZ
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I muster the strength before finally speaking, powering through the pain which is much cope able now.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS8Rvzt0nhG
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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 ask8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0PkQ0Y1fG8
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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 explains8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmtfxafhm0V
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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 says8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMvvFXgHdvq
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“Sil, don’t force the lad, he just woke up!” Warzheil gives an uneasy suggestion.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU2U6fdzJya
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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 replies8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI8a7mcO257
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“That’s…it? I thought you guys were suspicious of me.” I ask8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPC2WZbLQnV
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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!”8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9l4qYCvpgx
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“Stop acting like my mom” I say to Warzheil8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiBCpGEKliI
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Warzheil chuckles as they all start going out of the room except Gloria.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkk5Z7tg2iG
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“Gloria?....” Sil asks8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4pxrR6rRI0
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“Grandma Sil, you go on ahead, I will wash the dishes once he is finished eating the food.” She says8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUN0qVGZgBA
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After a pause, Sil sighs and agrees.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9m3ihUU2os
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After a few seconds, the bustling room dies in silence.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG783lztaVp
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I feel all kinds of anxieties. 8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFplTmv6pXR
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“Eat up. The food will become cold.” Gloria says which startles me.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡohzpNV5wsh
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdmNnri0Wu0
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At least this way I can avoid her probing eyes.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCK8gUIUj67
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK9MxYmBFQI
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But Now?
The body remembers what the mind does not want to accept, and it was no longer my ally.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAnUBJhZzU1
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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?8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZahB5ewsl6
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1k7vDJ1fdy
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As I eat, I can’t help but feel uncomfortable.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3NUNfijQwE
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFXa67JWrkB
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡltaSrxjhiJ
“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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB5VQZUugZF
“You always this quiet?”
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She waited, arms crossed, expecting… something. A reply, a reaction. Ronin gave her nothing.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcSYGSKksYs
After a beat, she huffed a laugh. “Alright, I’ll take that as a yes.”8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBuYMha3ksU
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“My name is---” she adds8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjfSFSqGNv0
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“I know.” I interrupt her8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR8WlKWGWcL
“Huh?” she says in a short exhale with slight confusion. I take big sips of soup to finish it faster8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKa4YNT6qk9
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“Drax’s Daughter—Gloria, right?.” I say8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1OW6LLv61F
“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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9B7U98ZbgX
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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 ask8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7gW5wlNbQC
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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 giggles8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmUDJPcEhyE
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So she really doesn’t know about Ethis being her mom.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHzFUtGi2Rv
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“Blood of the gods runs through you nonetheless.” I say8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHPS9WpmAKR
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She laughs softly “Yeah, you can say that.”8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEkSu7m8HNC
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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.?8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJDyRzOABLX
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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 said8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuhjP40kfIW
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡId2FDa0I8q
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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…..8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgxkyUpj271
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIugE6VIVQS
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmVNwOpMuQT
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As the old men said, Now I can sleep like a horse seller!8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDSkC0waSv6
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I lie down on the bed, its comfy, compared to sleeping on rough ground, enough to fit me.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnoa1Z4hWOQ
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpo9eL23Evc
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“You know how much I hate mutants!” Sil spits8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrppKGJtnpv
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“I am telling you, He is human!” Warzheil yells back8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNs7a2oduZX
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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!”8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ79lPxtGU5e
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0HiRza6QM0
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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 insists8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJFMDF9niZg
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“Now you have done it HAG!”8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpUX0uV67VB
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Sil gasps “HAG?!”8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡql7SLWp3vU
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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 shocked8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfSxtqfVVX2
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“Wait, who? Surely you do not mean….” Sil almost shouts but Warzheil interrupts her.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsXtZi8Z9oG
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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 says8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8vAYCj5OEk
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Everyone is shocked to8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGuuTnHk8FH
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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.”8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3GRB7pFJP1
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL2ltj0ks7f
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Sil notices Gloria.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwHhiYyZIvN
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAiL5fFbw0b
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“Make yourselves comfortable kids, this is tale of a legend in making. So, Don’t jump to conclusions.” Warzheil replies8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeyS5a5xFu3
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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.”8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8tlhEyXQjk
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“H-he, killed the demon lord that my father told me fairy tales about?” Gloria hesitates under her mask.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8E6hPmOtkj
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS1pLBxueNm
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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 asks8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpl87TRCkb1
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“He told me its complicated.” Warzheil says8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxCq8zPstuI
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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 again8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxHcbkhGnNG
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzF0hYp0IMk
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“You surely saw the lights flash down from heavens and whispers of gods yesterday, right?”8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi7hzzZxAF5
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“You mean the light that appears when heroes kill the demon lord?.....” Sil says8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgWVjWexiEK
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn86Po2CFtx
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Kade is so shocked his jaw hangs with disbelief.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhWyCIQaTrv
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZVLgV05NXT
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvkMhWyDrD4
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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 says8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkj7bcrSaPG
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“Wait, then why did the demon lord’s weakness not apply on him if he killed him?” Kade asks8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7UOMR5Mrdz
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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 says8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzkdXVHHlhk
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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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLDKDvj64ME
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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 says8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl4B2qk1Iam
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Warzheil nods “ and Umm..., Forgive me for raising my voice earlier.” Warzheil says with a sad expression8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmq70DFo3Qs
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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 says8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnzzXQbD76n
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“Ahem… kids, you should sleep too.” Warzheil coughs hiding his embarrassment.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv4iaIloLWF
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And so, everyone goes to sleep.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO0M9KREUuJ
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Gloria closes her room’s door, and falls on her bed flat on her face as she clutches her pillow.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTzh5vQW5Qq
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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. ”8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Ex3LcLCHl
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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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