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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.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvpF1Uh5m9D
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“Oh, he is awake!” a man shouts on my left, riding on a strange horse I have never seen before.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi0ONoks7Q8
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feeling the subtle bumping sensation, I realise that I am also on one of those horse33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgLXU7tGdA0
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In front of me is a man with a broad back but short stature, its Warzheil.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGvx8ZwFvWf
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“Where….” I try to speak but a sharp pain shoots up from my chest.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNLiDhGAjrr
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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 says33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ee2fhuJ6N
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“what….?” The pain surges up again, as if needles were stuck in my lungs.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXAAUYdmk4v
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What’s he talking about?33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmSSOdY3NEQ
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“Don’t speak, you were hit in the chest. It’s a miracle that you are still alive.” He says33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA5TfyKKUhZ
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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.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjLlMHEC6p8
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“Wondering what happened ,right? That’s the first thing I tried too.” Warzheil says on which I nod.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxthSK2g2du
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“Jortheus?....” I question with the low wind. So it doesn’t hurt me.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8vFvC2ZIWu
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“Dead---a feat for real! Boast about it later though.” Warzheil says33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB5D0G0AuPt
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“What you both talking about under the breath?” Kade inquires.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzS1gkceEfX
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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.”33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRMBOG8jpaB
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I nod slowly as a greeting on which Kade nods back in approval.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZvKdyq5EUG
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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 says33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡizTBizihQA
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My left arm is now back to normal too.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1cqiQeC6fH
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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.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5GETJmxj21
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“Town is around horizon, Don’t move around too much or your wound may open up.” Warzheil orders me.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHBKM89MHtP
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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.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡptP1eV3hDe
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“I am surprised though, Kade. Our hunt crazed princess isn’t hunting these days?” Warzheil asks33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYERQIS7rxR
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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 replies33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlbfygbgSyB
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Warzheil almost freezes up, hesitant. We know the truth, but I fear what might happen if she finds out.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT0Kuyatbcv
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Before anyone could notice his grim expression I push him lightly, snapping him out of it.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkXOxIhhSun
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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.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzdTwP2BoUc
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I try to speak but Warzheil saves me the trouble.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxW7oUWmzBt
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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.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMleGyDPgdk
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“No shit? Stop with your bad jokes oldman. You just don’t have it in you.” Kade says33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc9jNxWrEVx
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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.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ58RhajBE0c
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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.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFbp8AlKXUP
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“He has his story, but that’s his to tell.”33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrFLUmDGcjD
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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.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqb5zzTtTGz
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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.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtN2jvxTPD8
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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.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0wsyZ6uMJi
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She Stands out, so she must be drax’s daughter.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmDdnPVwbvy
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I can barely process all this, as I fight to keep awake.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7c4TZ4pCPJ
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Everyone is Cheering, some welcoming their sons from Kade’s group.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuiiNON1Y3t
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“Kade, another weak hunt?” Sil asks looking at the meagre stock of hunt and herbs.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdo1b1lx6of
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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.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG2lVVYtYGy
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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.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡunNvGDp2ZE
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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.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFyAEaVNwmY
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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.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBSW5d60Z8k
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“Sil, this is no time for celebration or grief, my friend here is gravely injured.” Warzheil says with urgence.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkvbNbIwncT
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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.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡErD9CWv9rn
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“Medusa’s poison, Sil” Warzheil almost hisses.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6hfcjknFrV
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Sil stiffens, I notice Gloria flinching upon hearing the words.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiAZHEZdNC0
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Sil rushes to check my eyes,33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBaePP8O5pC
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“What’s with your left eye?” She mumbles “And---By the heavens!”33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ92pIzSXn8o
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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.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYCk3WZaVdh
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“Who let this man walk?! Get a stretcher immediately!” Sil yells at some of the hunters who rush into action.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8nzjnQuqkG
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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.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqgruwv2PiZ
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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.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2r5dsC5m3I
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This Strange Pride of mine will someday be my downfall, but its all I have left.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkzgWbEwfpp
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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.”33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaYJREc65X4
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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 adds33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ZzB6FUJSa
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“And that?!” She asks pointing at the blade hanging behind Warzheil, The blade that the demon lord used on me.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnayVpz0FvL
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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,33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡymbLhNZkHQ
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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.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFmZBKbedCv
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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,33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ330upNAy64
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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.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjRhAxcGURC
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I- can’t Lose consciousness Here!33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxPRQUyD3FI
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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?33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡezmDrlhFNd
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“Giving up already? That’s what I though.”33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMVPytDz1cP
“You think you have suffered enough?!”33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwlgLLoKynw
“Going to leave your contracts?”33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3gzLFQrH4c
“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.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVXNwTctxGY
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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.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSxKg8ka3f4
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Gloria gently pokes Ronin—no response, then she puts her index finger under his nose---no breath.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYS3Oc0WzDU
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Her breath heavy“ Oh no…..Oldzheil…He-He passed away?!”33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoZJqdt6i4Z
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“What? While Standing?” Sil says in disbelief covering her mouth with a grim expression.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ89A1hdhoea
Gloria slowly steps back, her sight never leaving ronin’s unfazed face.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ517lcnvokm
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Warzheil rushed to check Ronin.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmZpvxGhdkZ
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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.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaIcNsJezEs
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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 quicker33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡovj7AilgCB
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“Dear….He—is gone.” Sil says with a sympathetic expression.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVK5pLmT3rR
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“Gone?!” Warzheil snaps with anger. “I TOLD you one God.Damn.Thing!, Give urgent treatment to the man!”33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlJLhFeftsp
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“You were the one who suggested the rule to….”33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmC7ctkEdal
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“You would follow RULES when a man is suffering silently Infront of you?! I made Rules to save people not to let them DIE!” he roars33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOFk8TwFRcn
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Losing strength in his feet and his moral hurt, he falls on his knees.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡepQQnwPdJz
“I came here in hopes of helping the Him. Oh good lad forgive me, I failed you!.”33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUtKHTxRdlZ
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“Dear I, I---” Sil knees down to console Warzheil33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPXRLooL6Uv
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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.”33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWToRTHCerm
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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.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvIGxjuX4i3
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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.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmnWop5BiNU
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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?33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLWHsPOKVNo
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Sil is trying to console him.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzL7ZZQrmRp
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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 him33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI5rttBf2iO
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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.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAWbfwecaiv
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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.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtYoczDxOST
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Suddenly I feel like someone is forcing me, I lack strength to resist.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVZKr1wGqOt
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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.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhsLvedQbEW
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I see glimpses of things happening, my wound seemed big.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuD0W9EpOSv
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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.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBXcxWTPRyV
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“What is he Oldzheil?” Gloria asks33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT5R0G2qqlf
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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 says33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgATZxYlXfN
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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.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMOdhMBpPmb
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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 says33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAtSq4GB0S6
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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.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI1g670FS5S
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“What?” I whisper to myself.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX07lvirnCy
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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.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRoaAz1YNed
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“The lad truly has his ancestors blood running in him like he said.” Warzheil says.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpul3dqGuO2
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“Ancestors?” Kade asks33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG0ze14nuN5
“Finally you are here Sil.” Warzheil says33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQBYPNnX7Uf
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“I had to prepare this meal in a hurry, so don’t complain.” She says33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGQflK60FlZ
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The door opens, I slide my eyes gently to look at them. Sil enters from behind with some food.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyHMcbatnQV
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“Veg food just like you said he liked.” She says looking briefly at Warzheil with smile before returning to me.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcyfHcMgEnA
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“Are you feeling well now, Ronin?” She asks me with a caring look.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcVqnDkA9Vr
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I nod slowly.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzAcJrdJn7H
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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 asks33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5wToGogkgG
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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 says33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7DD17svxde
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I muster the strength before finally speaking, powering through the pain which is much cope able now.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCoIBe1jJQs
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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 ask33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ0pT19OLc2
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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 explains33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7y1AWK0Smu
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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 says33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRapaqMHvby
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“Sil, don’t force the lad, he just woke up!” Warzheil gives an uneasy suggestion.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOHQpzBCeWq
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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 replies33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYAjMVhLRzU
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“That’s…it? I thought you guys were suspicious of me.” I ask33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8shKnxja70
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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!”33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ZQRvjLkxE
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“Stop acting like my mom” I say to Warzheil33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5O5XFPXbbB
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Warzheil chuckles as they all start going out of the room except Gloria.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIKhQuMe16M
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“Gloria?....” Sil asks33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9XB1tGrYuR
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“Grandma Sil, you go on ahead, I will wash the dishes once he is finished eating the food.” She says33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBou882RbNH
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After a pause, Sil sighs and agrees.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvW0tR0IgQT
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After a few seconds, the bustling room dies in silence.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcH2qMtUEi5
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I feel all kinds of anxieties. 33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwkN8k7MOuw
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“Eat up. The food will become cold.” Gloria says which startles me.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoY0vcAF1Eu
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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.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgvI2xvqsdY
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At least this way I can avoid her probing eyes.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDZQKUQeGBW
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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.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFj0wFzdNDh
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But Now?
The body remembers what the mind does not want to accept, and it was no longer my ally.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5lx6iDxSaT
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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?33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbKHIsZ7Tve
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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.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiskbnVVfyN
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As I eat, I can’t help but feel uncomfortable.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHi0DKJM8LI
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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.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyLOyyFzsYI
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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.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEWBRmUJpoR
“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.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡll9A1UHOXT
“You always this quiet?”
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She waited, arms crossed, expecting… something. A reply, a reaction. Ronin gave her nothing.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX0BXWGSpP6
After a beat, she huffed a laugh. “Alright, I’ll take that as a yes.”33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZii7iVcglY
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“My name is---” she adds33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCZewPyDCJE
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“I know.” I interrupt her33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡff7GNnyZWH
“Huh?” she says in a short exhale with slight confusion. I take big sips of soup to finish it faster33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEaQmqd5kKI
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“Drax’s Daughter—Gloria, right?.” I say33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVlJ3BgPujn
“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.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ckjqaeTKU
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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 ask33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvGZfFKcQ6f
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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 giggles33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIwBA7h7GAQ
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So she really doesn’t know about Ethis being her mom.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN84X6gzVgO
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“Blood of the gods runs through you nonetheless.” I say33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIcfHn2fviD
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She laughs softly “Yeah, you can say that.”33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTKVcBX6TUq
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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.?33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZhm3zkFlHZ
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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 said33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh9gyr6jfTh
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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.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxZ5KAfEejp
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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…..33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbEcIoh79JO
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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.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuxL4Z8L227
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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.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡARociYZI4t
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As the old men said, Now I can sleep like a horse seller!33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIvS2Ysdbxy
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I lie down on the bed, its comfy, compared to sleeping on rough ground, enough to fit me.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyNh3pF5jcJ
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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.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnLPqZuohpN
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“You know how much I hate mutants!” Sil spits33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqHNFsouUoe
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“I am telling you, He is human!” Warzheil yells back33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWpdGifhKEw
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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!”33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4SqFlHwZK4
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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 insists33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFmf6SB727p
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“Now you have done it HAG!”33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP5oJD1RVH0
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Sil gasps “HAG?!”33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkbUz3x5rxX
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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 shocked33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB0ym7mm48Z
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“Wait, who? Surely you do not mean….” Sil almost shouts but Warzheil interrupts her.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzRMNkOIssX
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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 says33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiRT9boZld4
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Everyone is shocked to33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZELxJiznEW
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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.”33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf6sWFsZnvZ
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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.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbdrBcFPGkv
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Sil notices Gloria.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSJOT5GQihE
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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.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiMVg23Zdrf
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“Make yourselves comfortable kids, this is tale of a legend in making. So, Don’t jump to conclusions.” Warzheil replies33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtjBaxishw7
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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.”33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK66dD09WUJ
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“H-he, killed the demon lord that my father told me fairy tales about?” Gloria hesitates under her mask.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTBQOc2qftb
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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.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTNpzZAnay3
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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 asks33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG7A8lQ7JGU
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“He told me its complicated.” Warzheil says33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0sr186ESrS
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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 again33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzhJ92PiG9u
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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.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG04kTISYtC
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“You surely saw the lights flash down from heavens and whispers of gods yesterday, right?”33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡETfH3gwzyr
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“You mean the light that appears when heroes kill the demon lord?.....” Sil says33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw1BS1oG5YK
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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.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡknXO9pp5bv
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Kade is so shocked his jaw hangs with disbelief.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ10YIcO8FhL
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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.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHXeBSAKw7A
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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.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIjStFI2Olu
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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 says33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBfe9NRvDqI
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“Wait, then why did the demon lord’s weakness not apply on him if he killed him?” Kade asks33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcegSgmuNOD
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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 says33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ymw3Pe6RX
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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.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Fgh6fkEmH
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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 says33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUNJXUKwKxf
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Warzheil nods “ and Umm..., Forgive me for raising my voice earlier.” Warzheil says with a sad expression33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVctLfTx03C
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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 says33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzKDhRvxQK7
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“Ahem… kids, you should sleep too.” Warzheil coughs hiding his embarrassment.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4M0UwBc0VH
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And so, everyone goes to sleep.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJLC4X2ha6V
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Gloria closes her room’s door, and falls on her bed flat on her face as she clutches her pillow.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmYW9eVSDLn
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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. ”33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOF5Q0A0AMo
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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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