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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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv1DCYhEmdh
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“Oh, he is awake!” a man shouts on my left, riding on a strange horse I have never seen before.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7lsjZYEug6
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feeling the subtle bumping sensation, I realise that I am also on one of those horse693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnQXE1HeOMn
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In front of me is a man with a broad back but short stature, its Warzheil.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMfWpB8Elfx
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“Where….” I try to speak but a sharp pain shoots up from my chest.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9p6lPM5Bki
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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 says693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIp8JEythbt
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“what….?” The pain surges up again, as if needles were stuck in my lungs.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡikpIb0ly16
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What’s he talking about?693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl2XOL5P7No
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“Don’t speak, you were hit in the chest. It’s a miracle that you are still alive.” He says693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0cy1sJHQoH
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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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAihCp5LRkj
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“Wondering what happened ,right? That’s the first thing I tried too.” Warzheil says on which I nod.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC44wzjQ6TR
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“Jortheus?....” I question with the low wind. So it doesn’t hurt me.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHE2pAWB72N
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“Dead---a feat for real! Boast about it later though.” Warzheil says693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHlc1mauvM8
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“What you both talking about under the breath?” Kade inquires.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1tkPPb2fOF
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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.”693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ46PgieEh9Y
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I nod slowly as a greeting on which Kade nods back in approval.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOu4zqkdMEw
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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 says693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWMPd6mwTdT
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My left arm is now back to normal too.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJtT2FC0Iph
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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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTdBxItcZzw
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“Town is around horizon, Don’t move around too much or your wound may open up.” Warzheil orders me.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0getNZ0Fi3
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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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu9uXfm4HCx
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“I am surprised though, Kade. Our hunt crazed princess isn’t hunting these days?” Warzheil asks693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdqAG6LKKBg
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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 replies693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiH15uTg9gR
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Warzheil almost freezes up, hesitant. We know the truth, but I fear what might happen if she finds out.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6FyhFU5kIS
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Before anyone could notice his grim expression I push him lightly, snapping him out of it.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDLLqS3VRvf
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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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYkqV6hRDc7
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I try to speak but Warzheil saves me the trouble.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp0bKniyuhd
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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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1dYeVBSWf4
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“No shit? Stop with your bad jokes oldman. You just don’t have it in you.” Kade says693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrtCpKn4rbk
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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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ1rXqrrdin
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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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrJSWAhnk3Z
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“He has his story, but that’s his to tell.”693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvtUcKCmPF6
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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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOCt4CVkQTf
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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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnytIu5Iyza
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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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTBAM8gTVMz
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She Stands out, so she must be drax’s daughter.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqKBcfgrcDF
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I can barely process all this, as I fight to keep awake.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzhwnSnwY57
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Everyone is Cheering, some welcoming their sons from Kade’s group.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU3H7GpmnWt
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“Kade, another weak hunt?” Sil asks looking at the meagre stock of hunt and herbs.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmKlDudP0z5
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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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw9p3SVAHKv
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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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8sQlo8VIM9
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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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYQhfmFXzGw
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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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ySbDNIHOU
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“Sil, this is no time for celebration or grief, my friend here is gravely injured.” Warzheil says with urgence.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhytsXN2eIc
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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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBtwL33arJh
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“Medusa’s poison, Sil” Warzheil almost hisses.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjg0ygJTDjy
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Sil stiffens, I notice Gloria flinching upon hearing the words.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOGXMP2GDAJ
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Sil rushes to check my eyes,693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN8bV0PijMw
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“What’s with your left eye?” She mumbles “And---By the heavens!”693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlsSUwvKP0g
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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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfV5HB9mzYr
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“Who let this man walk?! Get a stretcher immediately!” Sil yells at some of the hunters who rush into action.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGW9xhSGjHb
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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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkbx3XNJako
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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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7HFWdPwleM
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This Strange Pride of mine will someday be my downfall, but its all I have left.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeBjjTk58Y4
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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.”693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUazrHc15xU
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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 adds693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEoIOjnPWSC
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“And that?!” She asks pointing at the blade hanging behind Warzheil, The blade that the demon lord used on me.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgvRpS8FDM4
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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,693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaMEFhvENa2
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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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4yM5A5xzQZ
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“It’s a long story, but first we need to treat him.”
“I cannot risk it without knowing, I am the chief here and you know it.” Sil says693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLI7h1U5LFO
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“Right now?… fine! I was in….” Warzheil speaks but I can no longer hear,693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ70Uu0wumda
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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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoigFoJjH4J
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I- can’t Lose consciousness Here!693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJczKdDL8wp
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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?693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXBMRVyBPj9
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“Giving up already? That’s what I though.”693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfR4A9JK3nH
“You think you have suffered enough?!”693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH30mo6EIxp
“Going to leave your contracts?”693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjCR4aElYHG
“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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcI60k4huWM
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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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTArptPS5QI
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Gloria gently pokes Ronin—no response, then she puts her index finger under his nose---no breath.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡspLFSsWEMH
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Her breath heavy“ Oh no…..Oldzheil…He-He passed away?!”693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpXU0gjeFyY
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“What? While Standing?” Sil says in disbelief covering her mouth with a grim expression.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZZvbvdJERA
Gloria slowly steps back, her sight never leaving ronin’s unfazed face.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHwY4ZY6CVG
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Warzheil rushed to check Ronin.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwunFnrEJqz
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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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNKnKpTHoeh
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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 quicker693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQu574NTb50
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“Dear….He—is gone.” Sil says with a sympathetic expression.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlGYOBJTasj
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“Gone?!” Warzheil snaps with anger. “I TOLD you one God.Damn.Thing!, Give urgent treatment to the man!”693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEJADLSLA83
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“You were the one who suggested the rule to….”693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwBycanySPm
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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 roars693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8O0aMd0D51
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Losing strength in his feet and his moral hurt, he falls on his knees.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡReH3HRSQob
“I came here in hopes of helping the Him. Oh good lad forgive me, I failed you!.”693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfYK0URw86K
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“Dear I, I---” Sil knees down to console Warzheil693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy6XZRqVYeS
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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.”693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2GgMAzqRkW
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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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8nY0d0uaIB
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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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvfUb6tmksf
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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?693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxDCu2XXG9G
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Sil is trying to console him.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHp3kXaNKUO
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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 him693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ74eSb3lx0u
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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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ErkjTFCFU
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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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0I1frkuUeY
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Suddenly I feel like someone is forcing me, I lack strength to resist.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoqCFozpozL
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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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmBZO326WAR
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I see glimpses of things happening, my wound seemed big.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYOGWYGqYXh
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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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUxEcxtx48y
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“What is he Oldzheil?” Gloria asks693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr7LS4o1m4G
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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 says693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXEXvYPD3Po
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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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaTyjaiRQ3j
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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 says693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡChXEA3cdER
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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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx2LG2XXgMg
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“What?” I whisper to myself.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdN4GzFS36k
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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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdKREzhKTbu
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“The lad truly has his ancestors blood running in him like he said.” Warzheil says.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTGnA3OIp97
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“Ancestors?” Kade asks693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRF9uQVX6IB
“Finally you are here Sil.” Warzheil says693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXaFvxJ5ni9
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“I had to prepare this meal in a hurry, so don’t complain.” She says693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN9JOZKj4Zf
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The door opens, I slide my eyes gently to look at them. Sil enters from behind with some food.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPrPRRahT0P
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“Veg food just like you said he liked.” She says looking briefly at Warzheil with smile before returning to me.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUD8YsWFuPK
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“Are you feeling well now, Ronin?” She asks me with a caring look.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUEuKtMM6Uv
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I nod slowly.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD8Ugg6U65U
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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 asks693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjaP8vBtOTn
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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 says693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN8VVciHhKq
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I muster the strength before finally speaking, powering through the pain which is much cope able now.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKnGF8OzYwK
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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 ask693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAN7ZjD73MY
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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 explains693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzf808gX20D
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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 says693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOPbwoXEGgi
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“Sil, don’t force the lad, he just woke up!” Warzheil gives an uneasy suggestion.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwkMy2vVbnD
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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 replies693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdHEauYdddf
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“That’s…it? I thought you guys were suspicious of me.” I ask693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3h0Cnkgi3G
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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!”693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFREralY1VA
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“Stop acting like my mom” I say to Warzheil693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ356y6e8Gub
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Warzheil chuckles as they all start going out of the room except Gloria.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZP91GtjCnL
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“Gloria?....” Sil asks693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3gCwMJkCSa
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“Grandma Sil, you go on ahead, I will wash the dishes once he is finished eating the food.” She says693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2YYLFdFNXs
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After a pause, Sil sighs and agrees.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa4bWZ8HgD9
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After a few seconds, the bustling room dies in silence.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdRG9labu5R
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I feel all kinds of anxieties. 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLoxOqiWJld
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“Eat up. The food will become cold.” Gloria says which startles me.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡagSnwtjH4M
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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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe3HGMevnMR
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At least this way I can avoid her probing eyes.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW5YZXfayJE
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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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfQOTNG117i
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But Now?
The body remembers what the mind does not want to accept, and it was no longer my ally.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV2HslPpdqd
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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?693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfxccnE9n9y
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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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6vMgrQpr9M
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As I eat, I can’t help but feel uncomfortable.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡua0VXm4b04
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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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4poxjn7M8i
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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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAHWoqmFD3z
“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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv3shNWYUrs
“You always this quiet?”
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She waited, arms crossed, expecting… something. A reply, a reaction. Ronin gave her nothing.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyi82CfyzCv
After a beat, she huffed a laugh. “Alright, I’ll take that as a yes.”693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdUYCUcWsF9
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“My name is---” she adds693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTafB9uJQ4V
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“I know.” I interrupt her693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpqfCyhkGb4
“Huh?” she says in a short exhale with slight confusion. I take big sips of soup to finish it faster693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ3V3YSB6l5
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“Drax’s Daughter—Gloria, right?.” I say693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAH5uSZgJ1N
“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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoQd1XRuq01
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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 ask693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMQL6GIf5b3
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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 giggles693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvtM1mbTCyF
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So she really doesn’t know about Ethis being her mom.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuJmu3BvLwS
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“Blood of the gods runs through you nonetheless.” I say693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlUr4KUYoVu
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She laughs softly “Yeah, you can say that.”693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡejaqaKDOzz
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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.?693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8c82hrcwzX
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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 said693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx2IDLLN8HY
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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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTvdKsVLjMR
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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…..693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmIrvxzLlb2
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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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkn7Sg9yQsW
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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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ14ycUhV1KM
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As the old men said, Now I can sleep like a horse seller!693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOQk8rQ5MOI
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I lie down on the bed, its comfy, compared to sleeping on rough ground, enough to fit me.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Ze9xc3dB4
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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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0pSAbqWLq7
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“You know how much I hate mutants!” Sil spits693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ21vWk1EzgZ
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“I am telling you, He is human!” Warzheil yells back693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDjHs2W76GK
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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!”693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYu669ReVz8
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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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRUv0Xk1HGD
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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 insists693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoCgYpDD8i5
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“Now you have done it HAG!”693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMlwdhT4q8z
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Sil gasps “HAG?!”693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI3HEumxEvU
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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 shocked693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNVA3emzxI3
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“Wait, who? Surely you do not mean….” Sil almost shouts but Warzheil interrupts her.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkrkFulvREb
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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 says693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡemMhZs0e2R
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Everyone is shocked to693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0oLnHHQBCE
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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.”693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoumqBTVxxh
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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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡryNZMns3xz
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Sil notices Gloria.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjGBPnJO5qS
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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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa6AO9v5wtg
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“Make yourselves comfortable kids, this is tale of a legend in making. So, Don’t jump to conclusions.” Warzheil replies693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqCDKO0iBDj
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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.”693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyRB1M4Yofd
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“H-he, killed the demon lord that my father told me fairy tales about?” Gloria hesitates under her mask.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡts8ZPIPXTB
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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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDdFghrrkA5
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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 asks693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkaY6vXmq6v
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“He told me its complicated.” Warzheil says693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdbChRoj8Qr
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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 again693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE8THOll9kf
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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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFNuKW98wpQ
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“You surely saw the lights flash down from heavens and whispers of gods yesterday, right?”693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz28YwbXZGc
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“You mean the light that appears when heroes kill the demon lord?.....” Sil says693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡitdz4xXcYx
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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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoJAuiaZMGn
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Kade is so shocked his jaw hangs with disbelief.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYReiOAvnk6
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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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbekjAIrS6T
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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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqkeULcaJc0
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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 says693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbuunPZeXKe
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“Wait, then why did the demon lord’s weakness not apply on him if he killed him?” Kade asks693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ82scriAwWt
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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 says693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxlTL4gaNiz
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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.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWGdf5TSaYR
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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 says693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEweYvPNiUz
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Warzheil nods “ and Umm..., Forgive me for raising my voice earlier.” Warzheil says with a sad expression693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcZJSrp7389
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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 says693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUx2p9bkXzF
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“Ahem… kids, you should sleep too.” Warzheil coughs hiding his embarrassment.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdiudpwMTDo
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And so, everyone goes to sleep.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp55SJk1KUk
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Gloria closes her room’s door, and falls on her bed flat on her face as she clutches her pillow.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfzEDvTwx9Q
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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. ”693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs3FFSRClMI
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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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