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Scene: Ronin opens his eyes.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkthaf4FrZN
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQR5I8MF3T1
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“Oh, he is awake!” a man shouts on my left, riding on a strange horse I have never seen before.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnaYlTYDKAA
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feeling the subtle bumping sensation, I realise that I am also on one of those horse26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFcpAJQN7cX
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In front of me is a man with a broad back but short stature, its Warzheil.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxz53SvhrCh
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“Where….” I try to speak but a sharp pain shoots up from my chest.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGzLDgPSKag
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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 says26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv2BAViOhx0
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“what….?” The pain surges up again, as if needles were stuck in my lungs.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1dH5dS9RZJ
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What’s he talking about?26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVpu5OsUwKh
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“Don’t speak, you were hit in the chest. It’s a miracle that you are still alive.” He says26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzBYd2oycBy
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxIuV6r2XbO
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“Wondering what happened ,right? That’s the first thing I tried too.” Warzheil says on which I nod.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCB30bzINps
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“Jortheus?....” I question with the low wind. So it doesn’t hurt me.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3NnjO6Mk8K
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“Dead---a feat for real! Boast about it later though.” Warzheil says26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQDHKh2m4Yi
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“What you both talking about under the breath?” Kade inquires.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUxn1I3SGY7
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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.”26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA3SSe8x8E9
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I nod slowly as a greeting on which Kade nods back in approval.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVfzruvV7ZS
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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 says26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwtVHFyCEvE
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My left arm is now back to normal too.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoPa8YtRC5S
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTV9p8JA4Qu
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“Town is around horizon, Don’t move around too much or your wound may open up.” Warzheil orders me.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ3auYH6z9t
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMJr0ek6u8Y
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“I am surprised though, Kade. Our hunt crazed princess isn’t hunting these days?” Warzheil asks26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOHYwtRCnjE
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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 replies26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxHIwtD5IUm
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Warzheil almost freezes up, hesitant. We know the truth, but I fear what might happen if she finds out.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7bk4T2vHUF
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Before anyone could notice his grim expression I push him lightly, snapping him out of it.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdBQojInU0F
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqB7IWFRzTs
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I try to speak but Warzheil saves me the trouble.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm40gAYlwxz
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡib3Xk2yNot
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“No shit? Stop with your bad jokes oldman. You just don’t have it in you.” Kade says26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh3VrrY1iPn
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡId8ZC6isxq
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡneZNccsnLx
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“He has his story, but that’s his to tell.”26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnAZG8Iqq64
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkHmLfR0C9I
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSVxnkaGRu2
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnsydRvqScR
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She Stands out, so she must be drax’s daughter.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTgu3wryfbB
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I can barely process all this, as I fight to keep awake.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZKtGrrdqZI
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Everyone is Cheering, some welcoming their sons from Kade’s group.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkxiT20L9Ta
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“Kade, another weak hunt?” Sil asks looking at the meagre stock of hunt and herbs.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsHoDRRHICt
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGFHRU50LRh
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvszuE4nUBu
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyY3RmM7Qtz
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPeB3OL4DfG
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“Sil, this is no time for celebration or grief, my friend here is gravely injured.” Warzheil says with urgence.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6dYmeSQPo8
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYE5mwu48lz
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“Medusa’s poison, Sil” Warzheil almost hisses.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7gtdc0gFpQ
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Sil stiffens, I notice Gloria flinching upon hearing the words.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzDQnBTCJVY
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Sil rushes to check my eyes,26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCDlPWQm5Nb
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“What’s with your left eye?” She mumbles “And---By the heavens!”26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2lsb39cG4u
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4lsOBdBLrb
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“Who let this man walk?! Get a stretcher immediately!” Sil yells at some of the hunters who rush into action.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJZ9XnMlOUx
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5OSfS8pIz8
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ydiYUajAz
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This Strange Pride of mine will someday be my downfall, but its all I have left.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6WsgFKZiBu
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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.”26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAe8mCfojID
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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 adds26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWG7gTwGNM0
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“And that?!” She asks pointing at the blade hanging behind Warzheil, The blade that the demon lord used on me.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcnfKBqVpYp
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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,26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhrcfA9Aw7Z
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjpkYp3IIVo
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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,26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2zwO2H7oPp
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCYAzZzqRRZ
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I- can’t Lose consciousness Here!26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP7oZsY9hQw
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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?26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpVyR5sBCxZ
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“Giving up already? That’s what I though.”26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ18WEp3NUIH
“You think you have suffered enough?!”26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBeo2lVNJMD
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmHwunOyawK
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbHQOPq30Gb
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Gloria gently pokes Ronin—no response, then she puts her index finger under his nose---no breath.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9wHAWpQMcP
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Her breath heavy“ Oh no…..Oldzheil…He-He passed away?!”26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMbiBrVkVdp
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“What? While Standing?” Sil says in disbelief covering her mouth with a grim expression.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYPYxkAklo4
Gloria slowly steps back, her sight never leaving ronin’s unfazed face.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhWpR05TYx1
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Warzheil rushed to check Ronin.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt88sdjD7ts
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwD8PP1jeOV
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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 quicker26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyytmq5ijne
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“Dear….He—is gone.” Sil says with a sympathetic expression.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYRS82kw4ZR
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“Gone?!” Warzheil snaps with anger. “I TOLD you one God.Damn.Thing!, Give urgent treatment to the man!”26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEU5bUpg7Yh
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“You were the one who suggested the rule to….”26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTF1RBA7s7B
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“Following ‘RULES’!?” he condemns26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqz4Nt6f0jS
“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 roars26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHxvgQnW6pB
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Losing strength in his feet and his moral hurt, he falls on his knees.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUYkVrYDSrl
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“Dear I, I---” Sil knees down to console Warzheil26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAq7uLjghjx
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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.”26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzGtqT6L0xg
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCJd9sfvgse
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqBggOUrW3G
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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?26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn512vuOEJr
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Sil is trying to console him.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUUvfMgPWDM
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9RzdxaIajP
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKhG9ax0xGa
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Suddenly I feel like someone is forcing me, I lack strength to resist.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW8aEfMAwaZ
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYE662JUtZy
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I see glimpses of things happening, my wound seemed big.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUVlm9zj6Md
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1FfwMN4Po7
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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 says26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLmyeZlyJoY
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqQ6lIiih26
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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 says26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXXJltjgm2G
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNtkfqgOFRN
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“What?” I whisper to myself.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLNcjYMjyG1
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs7wARDsJEH
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“The lad truly has his ancestors blood running in him like he said.” Warzheil says.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPJiewopU37
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“Ancestors?” Kade asks26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCl8ecQ1kTZ
“Finally you are here Sil.” Warzheil says26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY25VItace2
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“I had to prepare this meal in a hurry, so don’t complain.” She says26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0eZRLWxzys
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The door opens, I slide my eyes gently to look at them. Sil enters from behind with some food.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzVxJvMtjNn
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“Veg food just like you said he liked.” She says looking briefly at Warzheil with smile before returning to me.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4TLlk9Rvb4
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“Are you feeling well now, Ronin?” She asks me with a caring look.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZNVetFGnlF
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I nod slowly.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBeXBpLqKnb
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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 asks26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOv93NMKYKi
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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 says26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdCHHKY9KGG
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I muster the strength before finally speaking, powering through the pain which is much cope able now.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡslVnQnDIoe
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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 ask26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK2BTAHFCQO
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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 explains26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaMnX4FwqPP
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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 says26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNyasVHLe01
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“Sil, don’t force the lad, he just woke up!” Warzheil gives an uneasy suggestion.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUfd3L2lvRo
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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 replies26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkfH0XsbRZL
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“That’s…it? I thought you guys were suspicious of me.” I ask26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqT91FkaJ4w
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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!”26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlM4q0c7Pfo
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Warzheil chuckles as they all start going out of the room except Gloria.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEMCVvPql1R
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“Gloria?....” Sil asks26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlSqyjnSW1A
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“Grandma Sil, you go on ahead, I will wash the dishes once he is finished eating the food.” She says26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9awLsl24qY
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After a pause, Sil sighs and agrees.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9CYuFyzuEw
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After a few seconds, the bustling room dies in silence.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkAl88ijHvn
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“Eat up. The food will become cold.” Gloria says which startles me.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0tCBiLeWhM
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxEn3dKGjdt
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At least this way I can avoid her probing eyes.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLZXGF0arGq
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpGP6959ALi
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But Now?
The body remembers what the mind does not want to accept, and it was no longer my ally.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrDK2uKH1cs
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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?26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwniSQV2W5v
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdHkQWL6jd6
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As I eat, I can’t help but feel uncomfortable.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGS6GVGvQmi
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaI1BfyssWX
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmg8OyoVVLQ
“You always this quiet?”
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She waited, arms crossed, expecting… something. A reply, a reaction. Ronin gave her nothing.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO1tUB7ZenJ
After a beat, she huffed a laugh. “Alright, I’ll take that as a yes.”26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJyIt96bX2F
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“My name is---” she adds26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV4MlJZtOhx
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“I know.” I interrupt her26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1PJorR5B8Q
“Huh?” she says in a short exhale with slight confusion. I take big sips of soup to finish it faster26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJf0OBG3Pwn
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“Drax’s Daughter—Gloria, right?.” I say26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUTIeA7lgDQ
“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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDVkgyhehaJ
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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 ask26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4UoCPChR5v
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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 giggles26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmtRqVB3imW
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So she really doesn’t know about Ethis being her mom.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPwnEgQ76Bx
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“Blood of the gods runs through you nonetheless.” I say26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDusuof51D4
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She laughs softly “Yeah, you can say that.”26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQbJvvzZFhx
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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.?26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiq11OxQhT2
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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 said26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJVz96w2ss8
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGBRSX1kn3U
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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…..26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡguwoJrvmuI
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc0wvQoJnzJ
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMOIpEDClof
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As the old men said, Now I can sleep like a horse seller!26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqH7hwHwyCP
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I lie down on the bed, its comfy, compared to sleeping on rough ground, enough to fit me.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK1WDlEOPKQ
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaLkoUefiRw
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“You know how much I hate mutants!” Sil spits26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnP2wrI7kse
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“I am telling you, He is human!” Warzheil yells back26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeus0tR5Cnl
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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!”26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlX3gsQKaeo
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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 insists26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCImmjgpiqw
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“Now you have done it HAG!”26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDVXjgF61a3
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Sil gasps “HAG?!”26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ND2eKwwEj
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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 shocked26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCmPr3iOmTG
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“Wait, who? Surely you do not mean….” Sil almost shouts but Warzheil interrupts her.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡef1iWlKWfQ
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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 says26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxjSMKBuS1B
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Everyone is shocked to26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFw5pO0FwD5
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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.”26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK8QQudRMG1
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb8fDTxuC2z
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Sil notices Gloria.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjgGTg8e1BG
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsRJlKmlWzX
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“Make yourselves comfortable kids, this is tale of a legend in making. So, Don’t jump to conclusions.” Warzheil replies26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd3Mgp4GLkY
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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.”26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlISLBXi49y
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“H-he, killed the demon lord that my father told me fairy tales about?” Gloria hesitates under her mask.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhxYQFyGFTG
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPQm79G8pXb
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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 asks26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3sfxkMpaA1
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“He told me its complicated.” Warzheil says26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCcbjdr4FJT
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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 again26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNLfBdiTajJ
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGq4jhangfA
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“You surely saw the lights flash down from heavens and whispers of gods yesterday, right?”26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7BEOT5O7Om
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“You mean the light that appears when heroes kill the demon lord?.....” Sil says26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdbyWpcq0Wr
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWXDnQPIirm
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Kade is so shocked his jaw hangs with disbelief.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaMqvTJFfkg
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGnFYC6yYPx
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRpAjTdaQo6
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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 says26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡORcZ2UHwja
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“Wait, then why did the demon lord’s weakness not apply on him if he killed him?” Kade asks26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzZmCBNXZN5
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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 says26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjC8dxVybs0
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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.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj8DMPbmRqo
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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 says26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHNXNqKDNla
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Warzheil nods “ and Umm..., Forgive me for raising my voice earlier.” Warzheil says with a sad expression26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzfcoGxl8lg
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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 says26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKvTZxBbkDo
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“Ahem… kids, you should sleep too.” Warzheil coughs hiding his embarrassment.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡggKMlFBZZX
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And so, everyone goes to sleep.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG1apbQESx9
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Gloria closes her room’s door, and falls on her bed flat on her face as she clutches her pillow.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdAbmifNWh1
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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. ”26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkYoezSzIkV
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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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