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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.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrwhTEKOMXa
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“Oh, he is awake!” a man shouts on my left, riding on a strange horse I have never seen before.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEvFn3aKSjK
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feeling the subtle bumping sensation, I realise that I am also on one of those horse271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL3kDBLbA8f
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In front of me is a man with a broad back but short stature, its Warzheil.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdrgWxHMVqh
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“Where….” I try to speak but a sharp pain shoots up from my chest.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLFoUneLyJR
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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 says271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6j3Recn8ec
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“what….?” The pain surges up again, as if needles were stuck in my lungs.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBHMKvMskBk
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What’s he talking about?271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH2aZEmOEQI
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“Don’t speak, you were hit in the chest. It’s a miracle that you are still alive.” He says271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv0N9n7lTiy
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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.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡME1vGItUUX
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“Wondering what happened ,right? That’s the first thing I tried too.” Warzheil says on which I nod.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLWfh3uGn5U
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“Jortheus?....” I question with the low wind. So it doesn’t hurt me.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyJ81Eajw9T
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“Dead---a feat for real! Boast about it later though.” Warzheil says271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz3C6w3riau
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“What you both talking about under the breath?” Kade inquires.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmIwMBVyjmY
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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.”271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbbaCrJAy0F
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I nod slowly as a greeting on which Kade nods back in approval.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxuZLS4ySEQ
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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 says271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiIADRPPplM
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My left arm is now back to normal too.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2daCHeS1bs
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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.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKiXhnIjoqu
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“Town is around horizon, Don’t move around too much or your wound may open up.” Warzheil orders me.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNlCLs3WZux
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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.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPdpBh4eOHQ
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“I am surprised though, Kade. Our hunt crazed princess isn’t hunting these days?” Warzheil asks271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO4P4BJva85
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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 replies271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡClqUQ3qALJ
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Warzheil almost freezes up, hesitant. We know the truth, but I fear what might happen if she finds out.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaOUub0QPCo
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Before anyone could notice his grim expression I push him lightly, snapping him out of it.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7TA40hzyVn
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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.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9InkdFelGO
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I try to speak but Warzheil saves me the trouble.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfV1ztPhrXh
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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.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeWiDSD1xU7
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“No shit? Stop with your bad jokes oldman. You just don’t have it in you.” Kade says271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Unpz690sZ
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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.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4oPF6FKk3R
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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.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKepBiQ3L6V
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“He has his story, but that’s his to tell.”271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9N5g2YO6IT
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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.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrxFcoTE3zb
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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.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo7WNXfw6ra
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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.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdG7LFM4Zn6
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She Stands out, so she must be drax’s daughter.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBWrnyVpmyf
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I can barely process all this, as I fight to keep awake.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHPcNuPGplf
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Everyone is Cheering, some welcoming their sons from Kade’s group.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgyTF4Ze1eA
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“Kade, another weak hunt?” Sil asks looking at the meagre stock of hunt and herbs.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJqxwxa6sZD
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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.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtPJTOcmZYR
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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.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW1qoHpmC9q
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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.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaOROtUhh1o
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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.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6vEktpDSUy
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“Sil, this is no time for celebration or grief, my friend here is gravely injured.” Warzheil says with urgence.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcUXwHONlhD
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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.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOlgmo2yHqz
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“Medusa’s poison, Sil” Warzheil almost hisses.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPojKCb2iIx
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Sil stiffens, I notice Gloria flinching upon hearing the words.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmWkYvRnE9C
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Sil rushes to check my eyes,271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdDHHG5dlgf
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“What’s with your left eye?” She mumbles “And---By the heavens!”271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS8OeqoqSxV
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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.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrSiAWAomMK
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“Who let this man walk?! Get a stretcher immediately!” Sil yells at some of the hunters who rush into action.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvrC1qolhar
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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.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnwkLU213Uh
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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.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQIYD5cpDKx
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This Strange Pride of mine will someday be my downfall, but its all I have left.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRxBkuaufXk
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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.”271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM56IQOr9Ei
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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 adds271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgZjGdQPHLy
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“And that?!” She asks pointing at the blade hanging behind Warzheil, The blade that the demon lord used on me.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxTLUyakEra
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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,271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSwJRYFTOXo
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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.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqoGngFW0zx
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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,271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrM4MQv8pYW
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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.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl2yvqgLwEI
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I- can’t Lose consciousness Here!271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ4Jxz4nkAd
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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?271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi505qkzSmr
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“Giving up already? That’s what I though.”271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW6rbVRCdoj
“You think you have suffered enough?!”271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOMQjUyiQzm
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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.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAw5OhYYCZ1
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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.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbFqKPkUgZL
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Gloria gently pokes Ronin—no response, then she puts her index finger under his nose---no breath.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGim8EgQBBf
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Her breath heavy“ Oh no…..Oldzheil…He-He passed away?!”271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxkRHAOpmit
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“What? While Standing?” Sil says in disbelief covering her mouth with a grim expression.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWw0FqNkaco
Gloria slowly steps back, her sight never leaving ronin’s unfazed face.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ65tYm45giq
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Warzheil rushed to check Ronin.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQi5B6HXjTd
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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.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjzE1NGloQX
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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 quicker271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1aKenUHx16
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“Dear….He—is gone.” Sil says with a sympathetic expression.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡawKk1GFCi0
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“Gone?!” Warzheil snaps with anger. “I TOLD you one God.Damn.Thing!, Give urgent treatment to the man!”271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOXgitkr92w
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“You were the one who suggested the rule to….”271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp03MINTlKZ
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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 roars271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1pByjVxg67
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Losing strength in his feet and his moral hurt, he falls on his knees.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkFa2jdZzj7
“I came here in hopes of helping the Him. Oh good lad forgive me, I failed you!.”271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXQADvN3GF4
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“Dear I, I---” Sil knees down to console Warzheil271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9n6hl0UxMW
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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.”271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ8CCddZDwU
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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.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDGbKxg1y5C
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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.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVR5M2mn6cs
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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?271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhN7i7SJFVh
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Sil is trying to console him.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyERVElRgbI
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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 him271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYYOg99227S
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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.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSsYwOrFHQ3
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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.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9wY8pGkLop
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Suddenly I feel like someone is forcing me, I lack strength to resist.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxd3aqwjlA0
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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.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU4WHguY9Se
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I see glimpses of things happening, my wound seemed big.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYHpNeLos4g
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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.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAAeYgnEve9
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“What is he Oldzheil?” Gloria asks271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr34aPd9sTD
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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 says271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLESXxQdFkE
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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.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWfcDH1Likg
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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 says271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyQtIZJSlLO
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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.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHfVRlXEP9t
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“What?” I whisper to myself.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaoqLaGRPCi
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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.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ37jEduA36
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“The lad truly has his ancestors blood running in him like he said.” Warzheil says.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRkekxYvxo9
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“Ancestors?” Kade asks271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6I2uXrvke0
“Finally you are here Sil.” Warzheil says271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcePjA4PIJA
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“I had to prepare this meal in a hurry, so don’t complain.” She says271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡevusLSgJ02
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The door opens, I slide my eyes gently to look at them. Sil enters from behind with some food.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ18ebum5wy4
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“Veg food just like you said he liked.” She says looking briefly at Warzheil with smile before returning to me.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Amf9YsQez
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“Are you feeling well now, Ronin?” She asks me with a caring look.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡreAz2zCsvm
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I nod slowly.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTdbN3etsqC
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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 asks271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOPwk5KghOz
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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 says271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6qJYxA5MRG
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I muster the strength before finally speaking, powering through the pain which is much cope able now.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa6SzSKgW8p
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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 ask271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOTWmw2TjxH
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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 explains271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKuYoiIKvuw
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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 says271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAbaKzj7vcR
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“Sil, don’t force the lad, he just woke up!” Warzheil gives an uneasy suggestion.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUUJBKl1aYf
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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 replies271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD4TbPD61sd
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“That’s…it? I thought you guys were suspicious of me.” I ask271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIy2NVZbEsN
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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!”271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUT0tg55SLf
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“Stop acting like my mom” I say to Warzheil271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdmRfxxCAO7
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Warzheil chuckles as they all start going out of the room except Gloria.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ17wfSzT3PC
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“Gloria?....” Sil asks271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4O7zIxJ3cd
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“Grandma Sil, you go on ahead, I will wash the dishes once he is finished eating the food.” She says271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡocnQ49yCkN
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After a pause, Sil sighs and agrees.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCbjpT0rheN
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After a few seconds, the bustling room dies in silence.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ0uFi1Rwpz
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I feel all kinds of anxieties. 271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9zEwOllRjp
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“Eat up. The food will become cold.” Gloria says which startles me.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ethQv4azL
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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.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAaArwoBn6F
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At least this way I can avoid her probing eyes.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC0MwMLX6nI
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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.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmiQcfKBhWH
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But Now?
The body remembers what the mind does not want to accept, and it was no longer my ally.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs7lSjn8VrS
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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?271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTN89oOAqc2
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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.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5e4GzXvkFV
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As I eat, I can’t help but feel uncomfortable.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf1EbZtAgX4
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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.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡamrUcIOGh4
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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.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0PiPJByMlo
“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.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiFXFp4olkq
“You always this quiet?”
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She waited, arms crossed, expecting… something. A reply, a reaction. Ronin gave her nothing.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHTCskxILOK
After a beat, she huffed a laugh. “Alright, I’ll take that as a yes.”271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtTH68OMXaK
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“My name is---” she adds271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcheURaohbI
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“I know.” I interrupt her271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvGXWY0x6Qx
“Huh?” she says in a short exhale with slight confusion. I take big sips of soup to finish it faster271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsRpilROxnW
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“Drax’s Daughter—Gloria, right?.” I say271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhbT1C3apvS
“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.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO1ocuI2vN2
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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 ask271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwd61xyJH3b
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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 giggles271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLR81idQ62Z
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So she really doesn’t know about Ethis being her mom.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr7DFihTlVT
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“Blood of the gods runs through you nonetheless.” I say271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwwVSNFHAfp
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She laughs softly “Yeah, you can say that.”271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ90FsPLt2J6
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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.?271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa4naozVEIL
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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 said271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmmB4rElIR6
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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.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ77kPOTWBIZ
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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…..271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd5O5vUY7nW
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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.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQNC0e9oXI1
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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.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSQTgOuQJo7
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As the old men said, Now I can sleep like a horse seller!271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxR656KVzpo
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I lie down on the bed, its comfy, compared to sleeping on rough ground, enough to fit me.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh38tKrJ4PI
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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.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtYcLe6oUfI
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“You know how much I hate mutants!” Sil spits271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzcSkyqSNS6
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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!”271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtAZf4aF4Y2
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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 insists271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmEoa19YiTU
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“Now you have done it HAG!”271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjDupT7JuGG
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Sil gasps “HAG?!”271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡilDf9IffrT
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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 shocked271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk3XPrq7sYx
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“Wait, who? Surely you do not mean….” Sil almost shouts but Warzheil interrupts her.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnsWbsWU7v3
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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 says271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdonZNCF7ic
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Everyone is shocked to271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqdHUtLHEkL
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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.”271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwMlNDcvbsv
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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.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfCmmNHjANJ
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Sil notices Gloria.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfzxnNVsZu0
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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.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKJ2jHurh1H
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“Make yourselves comfortable kids, this is tale of a legend in making. So, Don’t jump to conclusions.” Warzheil replies271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg4WVfJKcgg
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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.”271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ66D3Nn7SZV
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“H-he, killed the demon lord that my father told me fairy tales about?” Gloria hesitates under her mask.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdU8Wkn5U3P
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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.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrM5SccaW9n
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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 asks271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7pAnd127w8
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“He told me its complicated.” Warzheil says271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ07ChY5X93p
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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 again271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSj8ygEZ9sn
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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.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXGQT775l9h
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“You surely saw the lights flash down from heavens and whispers of gods yesterday, right?”271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzfVp15pkSF
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“You mean the light that appears when heroes kill the demon lord?.....” Sil says271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEnU3VJd6XE
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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.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFWFXRVlyxx
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Kade is so shocked his jaw hangs with disbelief.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdZQ74sL2a2
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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.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7n9M7b4rsC
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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.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9JLnuEEw51
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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 says271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDceFWF0RiT
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“Wait, then why did the demon lord’s weakness not apply on him if he killed him?” Kade asks271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwOOfIRmy6E
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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 says271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZOseysJojM
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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.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMoOHRf8wQi
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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 says271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7xxcIVoOig
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Warzheil nods “ and Umm..., Forgive me for raising my voice earlier.” Warzheil says with a sad expression271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnu1QoD6x1g
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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 says271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2gKkcChJEh
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“Ahem… kids, you should sleep too.” Warzheil coughs hiding his embarrassment.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJiRrv2p3ze
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And so, everyone goes to sleep.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEDpfhsDCDp
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Gloria closes her room’s door, and falls on her bed flat on her face as she clutches her pillow.271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZOTSZuhXpP
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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. ”271Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO9xqjbQlY6
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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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