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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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn7ocCVFqnk
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“Oh, he is awake!” a man shouts on my left, riding on a strange horse I have never seen before.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDiqPfoNIhk
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feeling the subtle bumping sensation, I realise that I am also on one of those horse182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡowHgVeMJUJ
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In front of me is a man with a broad back but short stature, its Warzheil.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ52Y16DO79Z
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“Where….” I try to speak but a sharp pain shoots up from my chest.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6BDbobOjt8
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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 says182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyDBbKlSyDN
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“what….?” The pain surges up again, as if needles were stuck in my lungs.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCNbAZmnKB8
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What’s he talking about?182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyVihf9eb4e
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“Don’t speak, you were hit in the chest. It’s a miracle that you are still alive.” He says182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlg9sCxZXjP
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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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvbgwzaF4we
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“Wondering what happened ,right? That’s the first thing I tried too.” Warzheil says on which I nod.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0bNdmVldB7
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“Jortheus?....” I question with the low wind. So it doesn’t hurt me.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVa4h1B6V7L
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“Dead---a feat for real! Boast about it later though.” Warzheil says182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6WzMZRLmca
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“What you both talking about under the breath?” Kade inquires.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz5j4YNCXHn
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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.”182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0jsfNIluJ4
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I nod slowly as a greeting on which Kade nods back in approval.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw4TBX2em86
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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 says182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMwTt1sIlI7
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My left arm is now back to normal too.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKCwhMbLKL8
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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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwpHgrMOmEY
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“Town is around horizon, Don’t move around too much or your wound may open up.” Warzheil orders me.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIo0h76JPCy
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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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0CdWkhJPKJ
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“I am surprised though, Kade. Our hunt crazed princess isn’t hunting these days?” Warzheil asks182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVOBTD55tKF
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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 replies182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYEIna4OUUD
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Warzheil almost freezes up, hesitant. We know the truth, but I fear what might happen if she finds out.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmxrUAhpE9I
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Before anyone could notice his grim expression I push him lightly, snapping him out of it.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO50pLaWJiL
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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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm886ux8LU0
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I try to speak but Warzheil saves me the trouble.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkB0Rx5hbMC
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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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiSroHEbHj9
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“No shit? Stop with your bad jokes oldman. You just don’t have it in you.” Kade says182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPi8OtCINsa
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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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡanFXjQPgGM
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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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvC6fl70yZ2
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“He has his story, but that’s his to tell.”182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGGjjARuAIR
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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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbbbOwG22AE
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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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnttcwSvLVF
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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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMW3GkX5Ccj
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She Stands out, so she must be drax’s daughter.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGdpmpptKwE
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I can barely process all this, as I fight to keep awake.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSyY8AZbdjH
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Everyone is Cheering, some welcoming their sons from Kade’s group.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm8ZCUGUEce
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“Kade, another weak hunt?” Sil asks looking at the meagre stock of hunt and herbs.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdCS4BzHqeP
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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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4YpkbquZEj
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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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ260vMG0iQy
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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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNEpzg0EGB2
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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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcf6BhBNOny
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“Sil, this is no time for celebration or grief, my friend here is gravely injured.” Warzheil says with urgence.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbmlXOGIpfD
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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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Dh1PopqpO
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“Medusa’s poison, Sil” Warzheil almost hisses.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU4Liz68DXp
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Sil stiffens, I notice Gloria flinching upon hearing the words.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdNlkBAcDTL
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Sil rushes to check my eyes,182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxEl7H9iLsz
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“What’s with your left eye?” She mumbles “And---By the heavens!”182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjjW010KoHV
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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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEJCCRjE0MH
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“Who let this man walk?! Get a stretcher immediately!” Sil yells at some of the hunters who rush into action.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtQynQSDjiM
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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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn8r3u50ELN
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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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Va0Q4iUWi
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This Strange Pride of mine will someday be my downfall, but its all I have left.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC1jErw4GTq
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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.”182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPHEmbLLqmG
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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 adds182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ31rG5hL1W2
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“And that?!” She asks pointing at the blade hanging behind Warzheil, The blade that the demon lord used on me.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXz502Kn6Jh
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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,182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRsn2fzrcap
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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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdp72smXNtC
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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,182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAA08oCFhpi
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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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBsudQSSMfF
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I- can’t Lose consciousness Here!182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA8jMbdQNyZ
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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?182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyJeHGdIU41
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“Giving up already? That’s what I though.”182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXsoCc6pQII
“You think you have suffered enough?!”182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCLMgh62uIH
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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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe113uqwH9I
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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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg7FBrc0Z0D
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Gloria gently pokes Ronin—no response, then she puts her index finger under his nose---no breath.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZSFyKBMtWE
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Her breath heavy“ Oh no…..Oldzheil…He-He passed away?!”182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaqvi494gb8
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“What? While Standing?” Sil says in disbelief covering her mouth with a grim expression.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQvcwKixHxo
Gloria slowly steps back, her sight never leaving ronin’s unfazed face.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLFy12dlpij
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Warzheil rushed to check Ronin.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnTLTksUfiD
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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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjELyL6Wqv0
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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 quicker182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTwx6j4tyU2
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“Dear….He—is gone.” Sil says with a sympathetic expression.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb7TIZYgDmV
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“Gone?!” Warzheil snaps with anger. “I TOLD you one God.Damn.Thing!, Give urgent treatment to the man!”182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsAqo4NOcvs
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“You were the one who suggested the rule to….”182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDloHg7P0pH
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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 roars182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA820E8oVeg
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Losing strength in his feet and his moral hurt, he falls on his knees.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡagSuq03m4U
“I came here in hopes of helping the Him. Oh good lad forgive me, I failed you!.”182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrPE2EJ7Nol
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“Dear I, I---” Sil knees down to console Warzheil182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBKgx1WkcRg
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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.”182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIV1QVoy7Y6
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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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZZJTkjJlUx
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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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS4f442pBH9
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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?182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPnqE3FKR5w
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Sil is trying to console him.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN43l19NhEH
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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 him182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiogoBhDNbY
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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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡldFLow4uR5
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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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQpCsj4ry0W
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Suddenly I feel like someone is forcing me, I lack strength to resist.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj7K7JnB3M0
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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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKeV4aoVmE0
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I see glimpses of things happening, my wound seemed big.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7WWtqB3VaE
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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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZdwmQEQlxR
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“What is he Oldzheil?” Gloria asks182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpZfozR5Yf5
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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 says182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXQZ4neL2Xx
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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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyFg9bDsopL
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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 says182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRowETtZp23
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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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVDOUlwFuKa
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“What?” I whisper to myself.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlIr3GpbGte
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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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡolwTOm0Ks6
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“The lad truly has his ancestors blood running in him like he said.” Warzheil says.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFGMBHImtAN
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“Ancestors?” Kade asks182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8O7zZIbBrx
“Finally you are here Sil.” Warzheil says182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD1NCiehWdY
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“I had to prepare this meal in a hurry, so don’t complain.” She says182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡysbnqd1aOZ
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The door opens, I slide my eyes gently to look at them. Sil enters from behind with some food.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi99dKYTL4H
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“Veg food just like you said he liked.” She says looking briefly at Warzheil with smile before returning to me.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7q5MSXalnX
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“Are you feeling well now, Ronin?” She asks me with a caring look.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡybOaMyldMq
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I nod slowly.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHTx00F7y8L
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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 asks182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNhopsOKTYz
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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 says182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB8LkMoJbmf
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I muster the strength before finally speaking, powering through the pain which is much cope able now.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMayfOgGBYB
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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 ask182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHuOAvl1ajp
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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 explains182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3U91Dimpgt
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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 says182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE3NyjHcsbk
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“Sil, don’t force the lad, he just woke up!” Warzheil gives an uneasy suggestion.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM4pZQA2T0K
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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 replies182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyV4QFwlUch
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“That’s…it? I thought you guys were suspicious of me.” I ask182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm8M2iosYGV
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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!”182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ34SdgitG5c
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“Stop acting like my mom” I say to Warzheil182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO85RIOKcxZ
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Warzheil chuckles as they all start going out of the room except Gloria.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH02G7W68kB
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“Gloria?....” Sil asks182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvIh47876Af
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“Grandma Sil, you go on ahead, I will wash the dishes once he is finished eating the food.” She says182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlPQxTGbWR2
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After a pause, Sil sighs and agrees.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlIDGRvnsDg
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After a few seconds, the bustling room dies in silence.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVKxmrMFkUK
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I feel all kinds of anxieties. 182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAABf7dHN05
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“Eat up. The food will become cold.” Gloria says which startles me.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCdJ2nIjWz9
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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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡslfnmxwmOj
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At least this way I can avoid her probing eyes.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡITnI0n2L7x
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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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf78duOdAZQ
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But Now?
The body remembers what the mind does not want to accept, and it was no longer my ally.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQMs0rSkGUJ
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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?182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr95Dn3SxZZ
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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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmha7g1YRo8
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As I eat, I can’t help but feel uncomfortable.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRnNNUzmHLD
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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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn9QistlLNe
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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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTlcXt1MTFz
“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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy0QDMlQ0hd
“You always this quiet?”
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She waited, arms crossed, expecting… something. A reply, a reaction. Ronin gave her nothing.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6nhIfTtkLz
After a beat, she huffed a laugh. “Alright, I’ll take that as a yes.”182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuR0YiSKKCY
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“My name is---” she adds182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfGgAFf5sMS
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“I know.” I interrupt her182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8UPCsON5HR
“Huh?” she says in a short exhale with slight confusion. I take big sips of soup to finish it faster182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsxJDa4pF4M
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“Drax’s Daughter—Gloria, right?.” I say182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0wOxiYTkCi
“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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJyksgdtTFr
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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 ask182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVskFwkUZXL
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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 giggles182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXN488jzv6H
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So she really doesn’t know about Ethis being her mom.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd6YLYQ0DrP
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“Blood of the gods runs through you nonetheless.” I say182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ022kLxaOUq
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She laughs softly “Yeah, you can say that.”182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwkxhKYdkOZ
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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 said182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzk6Eh8t9Gi
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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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEV1R1Thf9J
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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…..182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9PfdiP3OlK
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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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7HtbTwZWB7
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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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzTpzWczQxS
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As the old men said, Now I can sleep like a horse seller!182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh8VRjS0ZAe
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I lie down on the bed, its comfy, compared to sleeping on rough ground, enough to fit me.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKQw2MrZbMX
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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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgTEARbeefb
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“You know how much I hate mutants!” Sil spits182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWGWA9Yd4ER
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“I am telling you, He is human!” Warzheil yells back182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc8nOpW6Foh
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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!”182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWz25y9bI5M
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“You….!” he sneers in anger
“Had it not been you. I would have personally seen to it, that he died even more painful death!” Sil says in a serious tone.
Gloria is listening quietly from outside the kitchen.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiBqqc26Pul
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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 insists182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGP6YNIa3OK
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“Now you have done it HAG!”182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCHyOaOvuwc
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Sil gasps “HAG?!”182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhpXvs9pjO6
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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 shocked182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW6te0hJ44T
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“Wait, who? Surely you do not mean….” Sil almost shouts but Warzheil interrupts her.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1yvLITyxLD
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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 says182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFBoz5rPTW1
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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.”182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUNl7bIWp2S
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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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkaybwtJjey
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Sil notices Gloria.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkNerjbnKoQ
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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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3q5vwtL1VD
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“Make yourselves comfortable kids, this is tale of a legend in making. So, Don’t jump to conclusions.” Warzheil replies182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSfPgTHOaIY
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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.”182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRRyIJeXzeg
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“H-he, killed the demon lord that my father told me fairy tales about?” Gloria hesitates under her mask.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡig8aTD8sSs
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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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE5slN6ryZ5
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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 asks182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeAKhGE4Vlg
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“He told me its complicated.” Warzheil says182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiF6ZC3RjKu
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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 again182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ViqN6yrsm
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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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEY7zoZ0t5H
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“You surely saw the lights flash down from heavens and whispers of gods yesterday, right?”182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXFjOZsKUyw
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“You mean the light that appears when heroes kill the demon lord?.....” Sil says182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡokBbR8PWw1
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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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3yR6S3rL86
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Kade is so shocked his jaw hangs with disbelief.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtSZQeDXa4v
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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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCtR9cTki9x
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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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzqeDEy8OO7
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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 says182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrDr9aXcF6O
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“Wait, then why did the demon lord’s weakness not apply on him if he killed him?” Kade asks182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPGfUkaXfEw
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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 says182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFOK2IlhWiJ
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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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWNGrkxw93p
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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 says182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE7qS5izXwt
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Warzheil nods “ and Umm..., Forgive me for raising my voice earlier.” Warzheil says with a sad expression182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNfcqCLUvTU
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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 says182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb3QDWZLhke
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“Ahem… kids, you should sleep too.” Warzheil coughs hiding his embarrassment.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHGyZZdlpWE
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And so, everyone goes to sleep.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvYp0KzZnce
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Gloria closes her room’s door, and falls on her bed flat on her face as she clutches her pillow.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcgl4HS1PYS
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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. ”182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6LJnwFg8Mg
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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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