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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.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0LYSMBrJDO
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“Oh, he is awake!” a man shouts on my left, riding on a strange horse I have never seen before.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡya9J1m5qqR
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feeling the subtle bumping sensation, I realise that I am also on one of those horse155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ7NUn4cpRt
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In front of me is a man with a broad back but short stature, its Warzheil.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuD7O8qjRlP
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“Where….” I try to speak but a sharp pain shoots up from my chest.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtyJZoj3nj5
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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 says155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ25sR9GimT9
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“what….?” The pain surges up again, as if needles were stuck in my lungs.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjh1r8H8WOJ
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What’s he talking about?155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzgeexGs57P
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“Don’t speak, you were hit in the chest. It’s a miracle that you are still alive.” He says155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmPBp4fW3sa
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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.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIiRkkE6myr
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“Wondering what happened ,right? That’s the first thing I tried too.” Warzheil says on which I nod.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8WpBVbZjeb
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“Jortheus?....” I question with the low wind. So it doesn’t hurt me.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp2tCmxbrB6
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“Dead---a feat for real! Boast about it later though.” Warzheil says155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ51DPhHSONq
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“What you both talking about under the breath?” Kade inquires.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPFYPpyZbkn
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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.”155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUObSVBTBIL
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I nod slowly as a greeting on which Kade nods back in approval.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjP1KmPY03i
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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 says155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTdBsimDJfO
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My left arm is now back to normal too.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH8vkJrL86V
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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.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq5L56kOVAE
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“Town is around horizon, Don’t move around too much or your wound may open up.” Warzheil orders me.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJt2uuXxaGq
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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.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOe7AEYNVCm
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“I am surprised though, Kade. Our hunt crazed princess isn’t hunting these days?” Warzheil asks155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzLbIbDm5iQ
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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 replies155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMy0eBSR62U
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Warzheil almost freezes up, hesitant. We know the truth, but I fear what might happen if she finds out.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbqBofXKl3Y
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Before anyone could notice his grim expression I push him lightly, snapping him out of it.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAJTmzUAqKA
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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.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHLooDv5MGP
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I try to speak but Warzheil saves me the trouble.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVXwK9n3ptU
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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.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡepsX92cezW
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“No shit? Stop with your bad jokes oldman. You just don’t have it in you.” Kade says155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbwSO7jHvfa
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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.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSyKdPuRJkv
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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.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAEHtj1ybxe
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“He has his story, but that’s his to tell.”155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRKWc9qwfFg
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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.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBh3TARVlBu
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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.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ5MAe73xUE
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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.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiaVJqDx5U5
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She Stands out, so she must be drax’s daughter.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyBNPJQYOpD
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I can barely process all this, as I fight to keep awake.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2vuP3N4oEZ
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Everyone is Cheering, some welcoming their sons from Kade’s group.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcT1Q2JtlUF
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“Kade, another weak hunt?” Sil asks looking at the meagre stock of hunt and herbs.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnBU4ThRJsL
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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.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXmJlXyCXnO
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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.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW3e5dpYwJz
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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.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqLOxge3UkT
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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.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLYBVYOZHpm
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“Sil, this is no time for celebration or grief, my friend here is gravely injured.” Warzheil says with urgence.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyfZQEmuLJL
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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.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPm6zeAJpXD
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“Medusa’s poison, Sil” Warzheil almost hisses.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT5PY2TLnVZ
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Sil stiffens, I notice Gloria flinching upon hearing the words.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYNaooqhsmO
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Sil rushes to check my eyes,155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ68bFU96gOm
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“What’s with your left eye?” She mumbles “And---By the heavens!”155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG3zrlLrWyQ
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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.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcC72A3uNEH
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“Who let this man walk?! Get a stretcher immediately!” Sil yells at some of the hunters who rush into action.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa93QTZoxOC
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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.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCPCwDTgMHP
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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.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2H80Mv4mbR
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This Strange Pride of mine will someday be my downfall, but its all I have left.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoLrRcUVDjR
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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.”155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmFDsl6Z34P
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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 adds155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTyeCJGrYN7
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“And that?!” She asks pointing at the blade hanging behind Warzheil, The blade that the demon lord used on me.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDSxQ5LQySo
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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,155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZNdCZKVmpK
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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.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWV1rS955ao
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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,155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡimlOJcBz5G
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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.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2zApImJBHi
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I- can’t Lose consciousness Here!155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdnLTByXErM
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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?155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiw8yLfe1sz
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“Giving up already? That’s what I though.”155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvKUNA1Mlya
“You think you have suffered enough?!”155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxKkQ2RB0jV
“Going to leave your contracts?”155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoJBhYHV4gO
“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.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwbI8w8iERf
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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.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ98jrmnHTiN
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Gloria gently pokes Ronin—no response, then she puts her index finger under his nose---no breath.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3uNCrPq5KF
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Her breath heavy“ Oh no…..Oldzheil…He-He passed away?!”155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPeI5F8iJPf
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“What? While Standing?” Sil says in disbelief covering her mouth with a grim expression.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡykT8wXW0oS
Gloria slowly steps back, her sight never leaving ronin’s unfazed face.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7gcVQvvl68
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Warzheil rushed to check Ronin.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEuumdI7XRw
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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.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWPlCCakNaD
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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 quicker155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfuRrl4mNUH
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“Dear….He—is gone.” Sil says with a sympathetic expression.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡglO7aRQrwq
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“Gone?!” Warzheil snaps with anger. “I TOLD you one God.Damn.Thing!, Give urgent treatment to the man!”155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6sZJmInfpx
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“You were the one who suggested the rule to….”155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZJMFdxSVgn
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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 roars155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZVzyy2U6uV
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Losing strength in his feet and his moral hurt, he falls on his knees.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa3MHiNxG3L
“I came here in hopes of helping the Him. Oh good lad forgive me, I failed you!.”155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9toGcvGWxL
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“Dear I, I---” Sil knees down to console Warzheil155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhtYGsQstBg
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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.”155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq2nIsuWbaa
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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.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaVjA3DJNiV
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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.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkdSpibHhNn
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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?155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2geAGKKFWz
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Sil is trying to console him.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgheM1ZCm13
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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 him155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtWxnYbjHii
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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.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbbIb5LNTpU
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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.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwRHpjwdeIG
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Suddenly I feel like someone is forcing me, I lack strength to resist.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD26cArd6Bf
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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.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ92V6rHXu7Q
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I see glimpses of things happening, my wound seemed big.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYohBkRs3V5
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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.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwNsnQOENZR
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“What is he Oldzheil?” Gloria asks155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmeh2EnEhCb
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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 says155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjlJ0UzkaQk
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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.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Byj0bZ0Oy
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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 says155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTMnYs2k8RG
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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.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAfSUKtfOcR
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“What?” I whisper to myself.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ86Z5KA6sKu
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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.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8zFjrQPstM
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“The lad truly has his ancestors blood running in him like he said.” Warzheil says.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsMdtvVxtEa
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“Ancestors?” Kade asks155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1AAlvxJ7yV
“Finally you are here Sil.” Warzheil says155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE725rLf5Xz
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“I had to prepare this meal in a hurry, so don’t complain.” She says155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6w1Jg9sXC2
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The door opens, I slide my eyes gently to look at them. Sil enters from behind with some food.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEwAT6Z34iY
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“Veg food just like you said he liked.” She says looking briefly at Warzheil with smile before returning to me.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTX0I3kZoTH
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“Are you feeling well now, Ronin?” She asks me with a caring look.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwZxhuse2ks
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I nod slowly.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡemvNCI74TL
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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 asks155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoziH843nLT
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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 says155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaQc5mTiIUI
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I muster the strength before finally speaking, powering through the pain which is much cope able now.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLL1vWv37Cq
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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 ask155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQaiNKjlTNi
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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 explains155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ23s6HEe7qd
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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 says155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjT3XMflOxb
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“Sil, don’t force the lad, he just woke up!” Warzheil gives an uneasy suggestion.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLMehPaJlDK
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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 replies155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVWrrju70aA
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“That’s…it? I thought you guys were suspicious of me.” I ask155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡROwkojUdr1
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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!”155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXWdjpkWDQO
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“Stop acting like my mom” I say to Warzheil155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVwdUaYzfdT
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Warzheil chuckles as they all start going out of the room except Gloria.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMVr4zGeiUW
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“Gloria?....” Sil asks155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNmiRly8pOY
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“Grandma Sil, you go on ahead, I will wash the dishes once he is finished eating the food.” She says155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTbP6zJZl4r
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After a pause, Sil sighs and agrees.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIiYFdTa3Vl
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After a few seconds, the bustling room dies in silence.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYuLkMCKPwZ
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I feel all kinds of anxieties. 155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ7V6BDQstp
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“Eat up. The food will become cold.” Gloria says which startles me.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡue9gL6ZL96
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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.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYE0dUY0MxD
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At least this way I can avoid her probing eyes.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Prv9JHD0Y
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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.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZZ3tpiknmG
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But Now?
The body remembers what the mind does not want to accept, and it was no longer my ally.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwZaD8NRrAl
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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?155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ345XNLxvgi
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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.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq3LU6nT4Vr
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As I eat, I can’t help but feel uncomfortable.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡghQhdefurT
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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.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOwjBCHxRIS
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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.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx8NJ7z16nY
“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.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgujvgexS8P
“You always this quiet?”
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She waited, arms crossed, expecting… something. A reply, a reaction. Ronin gave her nothing.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyN2tYXXorP
After a beat, she huffed a laugh. “Alright, I’ll take that as a yes.”155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6jhgXCh6xy
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“My name is---” she adds155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWSf1DPGkGv
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“I know.” I interrupt her155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUXuNUQT71H
“Huh?” she says in a short exhale with slight confusion. I take big sips of soup to finish it faster155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcc49uZjUz4
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“Drax’s Daughter—Gloria, right?.” I say155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrGPPXpi6iO
“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.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdX6ooOfuJz
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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 ask155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKYnADAngq7
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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 giggles155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPsoYNvtZ51
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So she really doesn’t know about Ethis being her mom.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEavBVSySzh
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“Blood of the gods runs through you nonetheless.” I say155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHlGTX01e52
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She laughs softly “Yeah, you can say that.”155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsn7rINs3kx
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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.?155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCg5zlhlIa2
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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 said155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8HjoTDhVRy
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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.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNqNDEveuIR
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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…..155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHSYdZhmrrk
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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.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTfc8NGrKn1
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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.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlpQ4ukGZFd
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As the old men said, Now I can sleep like a horse seller!155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKySuFurXyL
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I lie down on the bed, its comfy, compared to sleeping on rough ground, enough to fit me.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3k0OeKNehs
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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.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrZ55Y6cNEe
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“You know how much I hate mutants!” Sil spits155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0E3VR7rWSH
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“I am telling you, He is human!” Warzheil yells back155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcZw9WrsQMk
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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!”155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBxVaUTaBgk
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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.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh00LC1UMdr
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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 insists155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdVTtARAiZT
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“Now you have done it HAG!”155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡByraXsEOhJ
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Sil gasps “HAG?!”155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOvUMFpgXSp
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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 shocked155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWqMt8spR8j
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“Wait, who? Surely you do not mean….” Sil almost shouts but Warzheil interrupts her.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKpAh904aD8
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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 says155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5gR8NfQoQj
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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.”155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5IG5el1lWd
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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.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡueB7w53HTk
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Sil notices Gloria.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfXTwVib9CU
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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.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9bA6cp50hx
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“Make yourselves comfortable kids, this is tale of a legend in making. So, Don’t jump to conclusions.” Warzheil replies155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBjZFEBh6RG
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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.”155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRCnlFGwtKC
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“H-he, killed the demon lord that my father told me fairy tales about?” Gloria hesitates under her mask.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwOHchqvciT
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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.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbWhGKCeVL8
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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 asks155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4brDmWahJP
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“He told me its complicated.” Warzheil says155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaqPQlGfLAP
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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 again155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuTCAvtowmx
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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.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHiSlCXz9TK
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“You surely saw the lights flash down from heavens and whispers of gods yesterday, right?”155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKsEwBzc4wp
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“You mean the light that appears when heroes kill the demon lord?.....” Sil says155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡydc49cbTZ4
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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.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ22OWhr2w77
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Kade is so shocked his jaw hangs with disbelief.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCRHGfiEooU
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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.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkk6XFYfKu8
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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.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBuu0MMUoiy
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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 says155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡisG2t0faLo
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“Wait, then why did the demon lord’s weakness not apply on him if he killed him?” Kade asks155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbZjpeZW0Is
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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 says155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI58CNFOxrw
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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.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeUqNgDVgNt
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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 says155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡywmoFLbD4t
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Warzheil nods “ and Umm..., Forgive me for raising my voice earlier.” Warzheil says with a sad expression155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfEtmpToof3
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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 says155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIpSXrAHyqs
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“Ahem… kids, you should sleep too.” Warzheil coughs hiding his embarrassment.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgTq2e51Ffb
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And so, everyone goes to sleep.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbiV7gzLOCP
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Gloria closes her room’s door, and falls on her bed flat on her face as she clutches her pillow.155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1G4zex5iqn
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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. ”155Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTwvkBu2RIF
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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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