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Scene: Ronin opens his eyes.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHdaE2z4hP4
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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.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIw890IshIE
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“Oh, he is awake!” a man shouts on my left, riding on a strange horse I have never seen before.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKOTBCjyaxz
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feeling the subtle bumping sensation, I realise that I am also on one of those horse10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXmQsvOWgia
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In front of me is a man with a broad back but short stature, its Warzheil.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0YgNrn4rXi
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“Where….” I try to speak but a sharp pain shoots up from my chest.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFl0G1cGj3G
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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 says10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsppDiBUsyM
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“what….?” The pain surges up again, as if needles were stuck in my lungs.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡulxUcQUyny
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What’s he talking about?10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX4jnYCIduN
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“Don’t speak, you were hit in the chest. It’s a miracle that you are still alive.” He says10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx4F6CGqxxx
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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.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZp1nmqSH8K
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“Wondering what happened ,right? That’s the first thing I tried too.” Warzheil says on which I nod.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjVbCBRdSNu
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“Jortheus?....” I question with the low wind. So it doesn’t hurt me.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiVw3Ty8Q0j
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“Dead---a feat for real! Boast about it later though.” Warzheil says10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqN4Dep8A3u
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“What you both talking about under the breath?” Kade inquires.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7hEv05yzCH
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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.”10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhBQJAqnv5y
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I nod slowly as a greeting on which Kade nods back in approval.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDlDr16tP4q
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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 says10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ72GZQITA8
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My left arm is now back to normal too.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡePU4Js2MwS
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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.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8b4uerw2Ah
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“Town is around horizon, Don’t move around too much or your wound may open up.” Warzheil orders me.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHEFMvw7E6o
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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.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7lPmme96Vs
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“I am surprised though, Kade. Our hunt crazed princess isn’t hunting these days?” Warzheil asks10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBaL6ZzMVQs
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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 replies10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeLBSl0cgvX
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Warzheil almost freezes up, hesitant. We know the truth, but I fear what might happen if she finds out.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOYhSqvic5N
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Before anyone could notice his grim expression I push him lightly, snapping him out of it.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIBcgHFlixo
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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.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3iLaCGZwIL
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I try to speak but Warzheil saves me the trouble.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnHKr41M1Rj
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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.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrql77DOS0E
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“No shit? Stop with your bad jokes oldman. You just don’t have it in you.” Kade says10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtlVGbExDUD
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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.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm3MVsxoC5A
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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.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6mhVrZEDTZ
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“He has his story, but that’s his to tell.”10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj4tcYEnapn
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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.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLlB6v33vuc
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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.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoepSjKS5Db
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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.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhwOnAAvBSw
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She Stands out, so she must be drax’s daughter.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrW3UPsIitc
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I can barely process all this, as I fight to keep awake.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSGKiHZ1wkm
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Everyone is Cheering, some welcoming their sons from Kade’s group.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNonTHhlONk
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“Kade, another weak hunt?” Sil asks looking at the meagre stock of hunt and herbs.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4vIVVbBRDy
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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.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZyzQCqFNwN
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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.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ysBXnQtCe
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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.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMuBiTHgfWw
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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.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWL1rCC63Tq
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“Sil, this is no time for celebration or grief, my friend here is gravely injured.” Warzheil says with urgence.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdUZU1VcqOH
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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.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcNHB8bp8ql
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“Medusa’s poison, Sil” Warzheil almost hisses.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnk8UiVWL7B
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Sil stiffens, I notice Gloria flinching upon hearing the words.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPqQ6DIFjZ6
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Sil rushes to check my eyes,10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu9PVmGSYy1
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“What’s with your left eye?” She mumbles “And---By the heavens!”10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Tv29i6reE
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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.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqIiq0uy8ai
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“Who let this man walk?! Get a stretcher immediately!” Sil yells at some of the hunters who rush into action.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ6Sn0He1ql
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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.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPyqUZdneMx
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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.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKpl3INRgRP
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This Strange Pride of mine will someday be my downfall, but its all I have left.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfz3qjlmxy2
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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.”10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡprrwx21KF8
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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 adds10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCs1O0ZhlJe
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“And that?!” She asks pointing at the blade hanging behind Warzheil, The blade that the demon lord used on me.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt0EHMVDlMJ
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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,10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcDNKMg4LIb
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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.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8RTLVBQcHW
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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 says10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIjmF0N02fm
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“Right now?… fine! I was in….” Warzheil speaks but I can no longer hear,10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfyonloWRn9
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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.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbvoE2DYhCX
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I- can’t Lose consciousness Here!10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfyNBOmBa88
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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?10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA8kgxLX0bL
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“Giving up already? That’s what I though.”10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8OOkSdv0YC
“You think you have suffered enough?!”10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXDnuArzq5o
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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.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVPSEn7SD1U
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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.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡedyC21atJK
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Gloria gently pokes Ronin—no response, then she puts her index finger under his nose---no breath.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4DT4LWIrsT
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Her breath heavy“ Oh no…..Oldzheil…He-He passed away?!”10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQpvJQoGcme
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“What? While Standing?” Sil says in disbelief covering her mouth with a grim expression.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Y7yP4d1OR
Gloria slowly steps back, her sight never leaving ronin’s unfazed face.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD2liU9S9YJ
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Warzheil rushed to check Ronin.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6lpvI35cvN
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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.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZWfpvoUebQ
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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 quicker10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg0DtjLkeaT
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“Dear….He—is gone.” Sil says with a sympathetic expression.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCPcfvqGEVP
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“Gone?!” Warzheil snaps with anger. “I TOLD you one God.Damn.Thing!, Give urgent treatment to the man!”10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl8CL96lGyd
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“You were the one who suggested the rule to….”10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkV5a0vmKzp
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“Following ‘RULES’!?” he condemns10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXPdLw4u0bV
“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 roars10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWKeTmBfidn
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Losing strength in his feet and his moral hurt, he falls on his knees.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyoKObCc6vD
“I came here in hopes of helping the Him. Oh good lad forgive me, I failed you!.”10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuslZKnovPu
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“Dear I, I---” Sil knees down to console Warzheil10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZgomRtS0ev
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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.”10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6jXHMGH8pT
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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.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp2oy6S4ywF
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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.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxUn2obJpbF
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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?10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd1P5HaLlRn
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Sil is trying to console him.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwUGPcvKccS
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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 him10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg0o1ovhSg0
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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.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHsJV2keHcQ
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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.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7uZqU6RCpN
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Suddenly I feel like someone is forcing me, I lack strength to resist.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKO27f6VTCq
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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.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOoCGsTX9np
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I see glimpses of things happening, my wound seemed big.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpV6lCM2Bx4
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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.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ24STriy7Cb
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“What is he Oldzheil?” Gloria asks10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1QKiOL6wUE
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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 says10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsm8jFUAZjg
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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.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb7OziwqnvO
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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 says10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxsmuJ6EP3E
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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.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBEzJfWgyok
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“What?” I whisper to myself.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3jMeX1BXCF
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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.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnyOv5NcYVt
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“The lad truly has his ancestors blood running in him like he said.” Warzheil says.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo1ZH9ePx2N
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“Ancestors?” Kade asks10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHx9haYXKuv
“Finally you are here Sil.” Warzheil says10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXuxKaCwzEZ
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“I had to prepare this meal in a hurry, so don’t complain.” She says10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy0A6ITRAVb
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The door opens, I slide my eyes gently to look at them. Sil enters from behind with some food.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡreZ38ncN3B
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“Veg food just like you said he liked.” She says looking briefly at Warzheil with smile before returning to me.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡedqhHAEDLC
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“Are you feeling well now, Ronin?” She asks me with a caring look.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz6W13FwtZo
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I nod slowly.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi0ICGmQhAy
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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 asks10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGxegmvdiaY
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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 says10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ4HE8Gm2Sf
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I muster the strength before finally speaking, powering through the pain which is much cope able now.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhqHV8i0ecd
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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 ask10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvsPAlSqRUS
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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 explains10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡilQAKAjoNb
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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 says10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPfujtRlXbU
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“Sil, don’t force the lad, he just woke up!” Warzheil gives an uneasy suggestion.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxzdNvcYsVu
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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 replies10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNOTzb1tjtd
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“That’s…it? I thought you guys were suspicious of me.” I ask10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIDcD5zg6dD
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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!”10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡanSjWK9Uwn
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“Stop acting like my mom” I say to Warzheil10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWrFwUB5q3s
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Warzheil chuckles as they all start going out of the room except Gloria.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtBZuOT2g0g
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“Gloria?....” Sil asks10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHh4gkIdd6b
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“Grandma Sil, you go on ahead, I will wash the dishes once he is finished eating the food.” She says10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyb6R7zcWsq
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After a pause, Sil sighs and agrees.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3DKnrIQNQx
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After a few seconds, the bustling room dies in silence.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU5c4BooPn7
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“Eat up. The food will become cold.” Gloria says which startles me.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtoznjxDU8g
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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.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmGt6gVbKJc
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At least this way I can avoid her probing eyes.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw42X0Ptgjy
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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.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAD7osruIte
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But Now?
The body remembers what the mind does not want to accept, and it was no longer my ally.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDTHnuFlaRg
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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?10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWKOiZ6jOh7
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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.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhuROM9Lwbv
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As I eat, I can’t help but feel uncomfortable.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPWH2ghypRb
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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.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrVhSfhkEGY
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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.
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“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.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEr2mN9M8jl
“You always this quiet?”
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She waited, arms crossed, expecting… something. A reply, a reaction. Ronin gave her nothing.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxotJVVNWzA
After a beat, she huffed a laugh. “Alright, I’ll take that as a yes.”10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuiEcdehWV8
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“My name is---” she adds10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLKp0u12gb3
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“I know.” I interrupt her10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwGadr1KZnH
“Huh?” she says in a short exhale with slight confusion. I take big sips of soup to finish it faster10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR48JkHLDNa
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“Drax’s Daughter—Gloria, right?.” I say10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDGKSsZOlz5
“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.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxDfwgLs25E
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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 ask10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdexkBiTtes
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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 giggles10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWUEBKLanNO
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So she really doesn’t know about Ethis being her mom.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa6j8hYAw1Q
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“Blood of the gods runs through you nonetheless.” I say10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS0SjxTmBXh
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She laughs softly “Yeah, you can say that.”10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUy4ftDY1JO
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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.?10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2BaBSjLNcq
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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 said10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡft5YsKjvmK
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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.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhirAYjLijZ
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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…..10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFmLpy7ZdUq
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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.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuf9ffh85fe
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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.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ77rN6SMiTn
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As the old men said, Now I can sleep like a horse seller!10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsVe2n5bYlN
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I lie down on the bed, its comfy, compared to sleeping on rough ground, enough to fit me.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbtTULuDIy6
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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.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeP5nCK55fx
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“You know how much I hate mutants!” Sil spits10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvpJv60ZqW6
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“I am telling you, He is human!” Warzheil yells back10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbHw1T62EPG
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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!”10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCCY5ybE8py
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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.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKJYS078Tie
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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 insists10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrZzRQv2ZoC
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“Now you have done it HAG!”10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwcZNr1OxyH
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Sil gasps “HAG?!”10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK542C5eeEK
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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 shocked10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfs03LwKJML
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“Wait, who? Surely you do not mean….” Sil almost shouts but Warzheil interrupts her.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3bxvzGHo5L
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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 says10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKuwlKkVPLT
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Everyone is shocked to10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPrcQXdNlTq
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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.”10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuNRAjQXb7F
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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.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCgHat4VRkq
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Sil notices Gloria.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ30DZDZWrdd
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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.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb9zlnHNoF9
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“Make yourselves comfortable kids, this is tale of a legend in making. So, Don’t jump to conclusions.” Warzheil replies10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkel30GxlL1
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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.”10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8USItmcsIx
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“H-he, killed the demon lord that my father told me fairy tales about?” Gloria hesitates under her mask.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwzfsCxv2d7
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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.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcurUqCYZ84
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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 asks10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvF3QMJiuNV
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“He told me its complicated.” Warzheil says10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMkHAq9jtgr
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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 again10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt4jAi1Xo7Y
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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.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHpMbciAAQr
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“You surely saw the lights flash down from heavens and whispers of gods yesterday, right?”10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV7dEHReE61
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“You mean the light that appears when heroes kill the demon lord?.....” Sil says10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc1ecdRvvEb
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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.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGJNFm81Pox
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Kade is so shocked his jaw hangs with disbelief.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYqoXisMRhN
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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.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFfzGe6NmKs
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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.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnZNwTjtUxY
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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 says10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9RUK84Xxlj
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“Wait, then why did the demon lord’s weakness not apply on him if he killed him?” Kade asks10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKpatlJzU6q
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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 says10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRua1ReNOvU
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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.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIzbKohBQfB
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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 says10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzfetBrKT63
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Warzheil nods “ and Umm..., Forgive me for raising my voice earlier.” Warzheil says with a sad expression10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDIn5pYfbmz
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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 says10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQnjpzBegjz
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“Ahem… kids, you should sleep too.” Warzheil coughs hiding his embarrassment.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG3I9CfUGQj
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And so, everyone goes to sleep.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHZ4KamFRK8
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Gloria closes her room’s door, and falls on her bed flat on her face as she clutches her pillow.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡENXeNX2StJ
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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. ”10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgTHYRF9mmg
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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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