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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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOLltHvCsOD
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“Oh, he is awake!” a man shouts on my left, riding on a strange horse I have never seen before.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP1q2Bj8sjH
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feeling the subtle bumping sensation, I realise that I am also on one of those horse133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbbkYgeCW07
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In front of me is a man with a broad back but short stature, its Warzheil.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIZ38vpW9X7
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“Where….” I try to speak but a sharp pain shoots up from my chest.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJGDhAFmY86
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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 says133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQNH8EMQZZT
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“what….?” The pain surges up again, as if needles were stuck in my lungs.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZGKuhETJ5p
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“Don’t speak, you were hit in the chest. It’s a miracle that you are still alive.” He says133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgfFmvFET3O
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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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrnjbKKhnvt
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“Wondering what happened ,right? That’s the first thing I tried too.” Warzheil says on which I nod.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLJqIy0PB2s
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“Jortheus?....” I question with the low wind. So it doesn’t hurt me.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYqF08l8GOQ
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“Dead---a feat for real! Boast about it later though.” Warzheil says133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYIGJlfthdF
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“What you both talking about under the breath?” Kade inquires.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxPN0NZacJ4
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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.”133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSXg0tJFW5h
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I nod slowly as a greeting on which Kade nods back in approval.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt06miAIWEx
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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 says133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡADIaJPEuI3
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My left arm is now back to normal too.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa4gtW32uw1
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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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqbjRQ1aXb4
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“Town is around horizon, Don’t move around too much or your wound may open up.” Warzheil orders me.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBcRilMMnAx
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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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Gx3SRVNMD
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“I am surprised though, Kade. Our hunt crazed princess isn’t hunting these days?” Warzheil asks133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUcInep8UHf
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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 replies133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZpWMu0TWeO
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Warzheil almost freezes up, hesitant. We know the truth, but I fear what might happen if she finds out.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF8jK1xCDUJ
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Before anyone could notice his grim expression I push him lightly, snapping him out of it.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFamX58evUy
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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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs3q0WPpaXy
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I try to speak but Warzheil saves me the trouble.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRS7WzDRzFS
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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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ73f5caMDom
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“No shit? Stop with your bad jokes oldman. You just don’t have it in you.” Kade says133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzaI4vswa6I
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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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjxAlw9X8Mm
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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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLOj2Ws7YA2
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“He has his story, but that’s his to tell.”133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTSJbqPEN3f
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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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuY4J5mabJw
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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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKH1dlHMD3a
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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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiQZqxOmehe
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She Stands out, so she must be drax’s daughter.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ6qRusUods
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I can barely process all this, as I fight to keep awake.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn31f7tvITS
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Everyone is Cheering, some welcoming their sons from Kade’s group.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTCZXQhnvdX
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“Kade, another weak hunt?” Sil asks looking at the meagre stock of hunt and herbs.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUnkj79t0go
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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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUJfJq38W64
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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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG26W1NhdLW
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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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGGJ7jS0Ckh
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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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡifFqzGp3Go
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“Sil, this is no time for celebration or grief, my friend here is gravely injured.” Warzheil says with urgence.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5I1exW9zUC
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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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOnmrKCtRdO
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“Medusa’s poison, Sil” Warzheil almost hisses.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJXT4OTo5bo
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Sil stiffens, I notice Gloria flinching upon hearing the words.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBH5VH99K7y
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Sil rushes to check my eyes,133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU4FYs0wnki
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“What’s with your left eye?” She mumbles “And---By the heavens!”133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLSdOqT6aeE
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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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8OoWNdVeXX
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“Who let this man walk?! Get a stretcher immediately!” Sil yells at some of the hunters who rush into action.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2NjQ4PqPpE
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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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvAgMDZlFu9
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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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXagzSAmV2o
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This Strange Pride of mine will someday be my downfall, but its all I have left.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFwxMh7WYlX
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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.”133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfdrb4l9xQs
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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 adds133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo1BKkJSwyW
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“And that?!” She asks pointing at the blade hanging behind Warzheil, The blade that the demon lord used on me.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEKBWPVYWe3
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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,133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSV4fHJXH2p
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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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMJ7OPWgmLl
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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,133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQRHLl6Kbkx
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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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfhzlweNpQ7
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I- can’t Lose consciousness Here!133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeDL0GYNIQP
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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?133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMcli5ALAuJ
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“Giving up already? That’s what I though.”133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlEy7sPQ1OM
“You think you have suffered enough?!”133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDYBI63R5I0
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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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvYyANcpjSN
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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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkaNlsp9hOk
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Gloria gently pokes Ronin—no response, then she puts her index finger under his nose---no breath.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwbyP3hPk36
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Her breath heavy“ Oh no…..Oldzheil…He-He passed away?!”133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ50NDbwsZjR
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“What? While Standing?” Sil says in disbelief covering her mouth with a grim expression.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpRkvZ35Yyt
Gloria slowly steps back, her sight never leaving ronin’s unfazed face.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz7GTraZqnr
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Warzheil rushed to check Ronin.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtjtXTckNTR
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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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Gx5onbkyL
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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 quicker133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡugvInIFUQc
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“Dear….He—is gone.” Sil says with a sympathetic expression.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcHtvSlqKOq
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“Gone?!” Warzheil snaps with anger. “I TOLD you one God.Damn.Thing!, Give urgent treatment to the man!”133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡREnERtmokW
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“You were the one who suggested the rule to….”133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJj6LiT7D5P
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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 roars133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY04SyNXu9C
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Losing strength in his feet and his moral hurt, he falls on his knees.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9DzCBQz9Bt
“I came here in hopes of helping the Him. Oh good lad forgive me, I failed you!.”133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvJ3uK4RU0e
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“Dear I, I---” Sil knees down to console Warzheil133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpN68pTaRNn
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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.”133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfXH07O4hLK
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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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp781qyL3Zg
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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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4R7WfSeQWr
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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?133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnS8iZ5y97b
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Sil is trying to console him.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFqNFRp1HPd
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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 him133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt0oJPBUAYL
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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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ438cxkM5io
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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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuRmSzRBDEI
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Suddenly I feel like someone is forcing me, I lack strength to resist.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0qHe26af7v
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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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6H0JIfKG8K
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I see glimpses of things happening, my wound seemed big.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgY7WxYYIhd
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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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE3et2tcwFc
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“What is he Oldzheil?” Gloria asks133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpTwlx0tFn9
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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 says133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQDpMtsuzDm
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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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTXsE63O4rU
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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 says133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdQFVCsVxgI
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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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJYY2z5ZeKF
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“What?” I whisper to myself.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXslTmb7qSH
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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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOHViUxjcl5
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“The lad truly has his ancestors blood running in him like he said.” Warzheil says.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoSGJmpexKl
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“Ancestors?” Kade asks133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMrcp0RVtf8
“Finally you are here Sil.” Warzheil says133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnQ4h5KVt2k
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“I had to prepare this meal in a hurry, so don’t complain.” She says133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVMTB6alOJL
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The door opens, I slide my eyes gently to look at them. Sil enters from behind with some food.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVknF1ofjb8
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“Veg food just like you said he liked.” She says looking briefly at Warzheil with smile before returning to me.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiHJQM6QEk3
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“Are you feeling well now, Ronin?” She asks me with a caring look.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8omMLsWY7w
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I nod slowly.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtVKHl4doCU
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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 asks133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG0YJDpgctm
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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 says133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlO81EMFcZ3
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I muster the strength before finally speaking, powering through the pain which is much cope able now.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVX1GruKtVp
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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 ask133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvMmf9uPVPT
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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 explains133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjycwCM3Fb2
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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 says133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ49mxcpYmUx
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“Sil, don’t force the lad, he just woke up!” Warzheil gives an uneasy suggestion.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqNWgRvF8b6
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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 replies133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMSQGna9V3V
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“That’s…it? I thought you guys were suspicious of me.” I ask133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7amlIdXOGC
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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!”133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPzZVxZrLZC
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“Stop acting like my mom” I say to Warzheil133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ78ACWRTyh2
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Warzheil chuckles as they all start going out of the room except Gloria.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS6GmoheHMK
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“Gloria?....” Sil asks133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6E11oYbd13
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“Grandma Sil, you go on ahead, I will wash the dishes once he is finished eating the food.” She says133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡej8tzar2eh
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After a pause, Sil sighs and agrees.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2FslOV7Wr4
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After a few seconds, the bustling room dies in silence.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUUfq4rJ02R
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I feel all kinds of anxieties. 133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ZlbCZm0UF
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“Eat up. The food will become cold.” Gloria says which startles me.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGHEWeQOdBs
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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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtzhJidxXIP
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At least this way I can avoid her probing eyes.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcIEinjuLR0
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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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHSKd1eRjy4
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But Now?
The body remembers what the mind does not want to accept, and it was no longer my ally.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp1eyt7PLbA
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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?133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGTbJfLF3vp
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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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzfvWrmks9P
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As I eat, I can’t help but feel uncomfortable.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCKNzou7Cs3
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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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoE9LlwVTF2
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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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq4xMDuVzlG
“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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmSqZwmz4GR
“You always this quiet?”
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She waited, arms crossed, expecting… something. A reply, a reaction. Ronin gave her nothing.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqj4VZ9Whvi
After a beat, she huffed a laugh. “Alright, I’ll take that as a yes.”133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbNGSvDx6zJ
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“My name is---” she adds133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxKMAfam8sG
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“Huh?” she says in a short exhale with slight confusion. I take big sips of soup to finish it faster133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡta0ORxiKVU
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“Drax’s Daughter—Gloria, right?.” I say133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGpQC3AF9Ah
“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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBmpZUciEhi
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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 ask133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8HsXVKkxLc
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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 giggles133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRbD51cwyxM
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So she really doesn’t know about Ethis being her mom.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpOVcxHP6Y8
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“Blood of the gods runs through you nonetheless.” I say133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeoUVVGwVBn
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She laughs softly “Yeah, you can say that.”133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyEQpWmB3wt
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“What about you? You look demi-human yourself.” She asks
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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 said133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeejx4rkqpn
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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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhdfMRYRzaE
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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…..133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUKi1mVosLz
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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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Pb74zFT9y
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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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGNYlLhyrpg
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As the old men said, Now I can sleep like a horse seller!133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCihzuGWLde
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I lie down on the bed, its comfy, compared to sleeping on rough ground, enough to fit me.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXa59kiwNvA
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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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJbhGSRkadq
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“You know how much I hate mutants!” Sil spits133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRlFofQgMpj
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“I am telling you, He is human!” Warzheil yells back133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgfsz2LLf62
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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!”133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuIqgvihVXV
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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 insists133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKsoHI4vnLw
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“Now you have done it HAG!”133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJfWdVxu064
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Sil gasps “HAG?!”133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPrBGVJWi2a
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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 shocked133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN1hZuFfZZd
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“Wait, who? Surely you do not mean….” Sil almost shouts but Warzheil interrupts her.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxRK6NB7zvs
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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 says133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2UIFaPsvUv
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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.”133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0aIqfDriJt
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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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGchQXrIvFB
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Sil notices Gloria.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡue3qPzTWWv
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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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxDjUAqMdKs
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“Make yourselves comfortable kids, this is tale of a legend in making. So, Don’t jump to conclusions.” Warzheil replies133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUXw9dOU3Bc
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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.”133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsViEoMoWkp
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“H-he, killed the demon lord that my father told me fairy tales about?” Gloria hesitates under her mask.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoZwAsmh5mm
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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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ46hzYOaxy0
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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 asks133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW1ExZLQOyD
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“He told me its complicated.” Warzheil says133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUaw5dr9AJM
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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 again133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyvisA1hYSR
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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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5LFiXySehy
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“You surely saw the lights flash down from heavens and whispers of gods yesterday, right?”133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt5CIoyqU1O
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“You mean the light that appears when heroes kill the demon lord?.....” Sil says133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡADou8mxZSb
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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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlTGQ8dAcWo
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Kade is so shocked his jaw hangs with disbelief.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVaELsYENZo
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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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡarsYHWOoee
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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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF2wS7MBGTL
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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 says133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHtvztOMdlZ
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“Wait, then why did the demon lord’s weakness not apply on him if he killed him?” Kade asks133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy8WMnvZZRT
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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 says133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRv57mAI9Zh
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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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn9YXsSfZku
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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 says133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwC2jnQtuCW
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Warzheil nods “ and Umm..., Forgive me for raising my voice earlier.” Warzheil says with a sad expression133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQtAK21jQ7D
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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 says133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcoUsc9aB2G
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“Ahem… kids, you should sleep too.” Warzheil coughs hiding his embarrassment.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpVdaMgACW1
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And so, everyone goes to sleep.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9YF6QNQiv3
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Gloria closes her room’s door, and falls on her bed flat on her face as she clutches her pillow.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnPKW6se7in
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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. ”133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4roSuEsDLL
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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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